Saturday, 12 May 2012

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 - Quiz 12

1. India signed MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on tourism with ASEAN on January 12, 2012. The agreement took place in—
(A) Manado
(B) Jakarta
(C) Malaysia
(D) Manila


2. State-run Northern Coalfields (NCL) agreed to surrender land required to mine two blocks attached to the Sasan ultra mega power plant to which of the following companies giving the company the benefit of over ? 6000 crore over the life of the venture ?
(A) Reliance Power
(B) Adani Power
(C) Birla Power Solutions
(D) DLF Power


3. Which team defeated Uttara-khand in the men's category to win the National title for the fourth time, in the 60th Senior National Volleyball Championship at Raipur on January 11, 2012 ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Tamil Nadu


4. Which of the major port in India celebrated its Golden Jubilee in January 2012 ?
(A) Kolkata/Haldia Port
(B) ParadeepPort
(C) Vishakhapatnam Port
(D) KandlaPort


5. At the end-December 2011, the teledensity in the country stood at—
(A) 72.38%
(B) 76.86%
(C) 79.03%
(D) 80.76%


6. . 'HUNGAMA' report of Nandi Foundation is related to—
(A) Hunger and Malnutrition
(B) 2-G Spectrum Scam
(C) Tax-evasion
(D) Black Money deposited in foreign banks


7. The Fourth Rail Coach Manufacturing Factory (The first in India to be built on PPP model) is being made in—
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu


8. Maldives on January 4,2012 lifted ban on Spas in the upmarket tourist destination.
Consider the following statements:
1. The tourism industry is an important foreign exchange earner in the Maldives.
2. Maldives in 2011 received more than 850000 tourists.
Choose the right option:
(A) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(B) Only 1 is correct
(C) Only 2 is correct
(D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct


9. As per the Commerce Ministry data released on January 2, 2012, India's exports recorded their slowest pace of growth in two years in November 2011. What was the percentage of growth recorded ?
(A) 4-2%
(B) 3-8%
(C) 2-2%
(D) 0-94%


10 . The Government of which of the following countries acquired 1-09 per cent stake, currently worth about Rs. 2500 crore, in Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), the company's latest shareholding data show ?
(A) Malaysia
(B) Japan
(C) Philippines
(D) Singapore


11. India became free from bird flu—

(A) H5N1
(B) H4N1
(C) H5N2
(D) H3N3


12. 'Sensitive Sector' as defined by RBI includes—
(A) Capital Market
(B) Real Estate
(C) Commodities
(D) All of the above


13. The new Chairman of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) who took charge in January 2012 is—
(A) Harsh Mariwala
(B) R.V.Kanoria
(C) Naina Lai Kidwai
(D) Siddharth Birla


14. As per India State of Forest Report 2011, the State having the maximum forest area is—
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh


15. The Sixth Economic Census of commercial units was/will be done in the year—
(A) 2011
(B) 2012
(C) 2013
(D) 2014


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