Must Read 120 Current Affairs MCQs 2012 for All Exams - Set 1

This set of Current Affairs quizzes will equip you to take all competitive examinations as well. These quizzes are based on Corporate, Economy, Sports, Science, National Current Affairs of India. This will make you better prepared to face competitive examinations like that of IBPS CWE, Bank PO, RRB, NABARD, RBI, LIC, Civil Services, MBA etc.




1.    Name the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader who was inducted into the Union Cabinet as civil aviation minister on 18 December 2011.
a.    Ajit Singh
b.    Jayant Chaudhary
c.    Devendra Nagpal
d.    Sanjay Singh Chauhan
Answer: (a)

2.    Popularly known as Adam Gondvi, this Hindi poet who  wrote revolutionary poetry focusing on the pathetic state of dalits and the poor breathed his last in Lucknow on 18 December 2011. Name the poet.
a.    Bharat Bhusan
b.    Ram Nath Singh
c.    Uday Prakash
d.    Shail Chaturvedi
e.    Naresh Mehta
Answer: (b)

3.    Which world renowned architect was bestowed with Goa's highest civilian honour, the Gomant Vibhushan, on the eve of the Golden Jubiliee of Goa's Liberation on 18 December 2011?
a.    Michael Hopkins
b.    Kengo Kuma
c.    Charles Correa
d.    Kevin Kennon
Answer: (c)

4.  The Union cabinet of India on 22 December 2011 approved __ percent share for minorities within the 27% OBC quota in jobs and university seats.
a) 4.5
b) 5.6
c) 3.4
d) 5
Answer: (a) 4.5


5. The Manipur Legislative Assembly passed the Manipur Lokayukta Bill, 2011. Manipur will be the __state in North-Eastern India to have alegislation of Lokayukta.
a) Second
b) Third
c) First
d) Fourth
Answer: (b) Third

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