Current Affairs April 2012 quiz-II for all Bank Exams

Current Affairs for Quiz-II

1) As per the Wholesale Price Index, Published by the govt on Jan 16,2012.Reduced food Prices Caused the inflation to dip to a year low at what percent in December 2011 ?

a) 7.47%

b) 7.65%

c) 6.33%

d) 5.41%

Ans c

2) Maldives Authorities allowed male international airport development and insurance charges from passengers,nearly a month after a local court barred the Bangalore-based company from doing so.Name the operator?

a) GMR Infrastructure

b) International Air Transport

c) Fraport AG

d) DIAL

Ans a

3) Which French Construction major entered the Indian market by buying out 100 percent stake in NAPC, a Chennai-based construction Company?

a) Sinopec Engineering

b) Uhde

c) Vinci

d) Snamprogetti

Ans c

4) India Signed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding ) on Tourism with ASEAN on January12,2012.The agreement took place in-

a) Manado

b) Jakarta

c) Malaysia

d) Manila

Ans a

5) Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2012 was held in Jaipur.Jaipur is the Capital of which one of the following states?

a) Rajasthan

b) Bihar

c) UP

d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans a

6) India and Japan on Jan 12,2012 agreed to enhance their cooperation in the ................. Sector.

a) Infrastructure

b) Tourism

c) Road and Transport 

d) Coal and Mining

Ans a 

7) He was Conferred the first S.K Singh Award for excellence in the Indian Foreign services in Jan 6,2012. Identify the diplomat

a) Ranjan Mathai

b) Shivshankar Menon

c) D.Bala venkatesh Verma

d) K.Raghunath

Ans c

8) Name the auto making company which launched three new variants of the Eon-D-Lite Plus,Era Plus and Magna Plus in the Indian market on jan 2012 ?

a) Tata Motors

b) Hyundai Motors India

c) Volkswagen

d) Maruti Suzuki

Ans b

9) Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Awards for Peace and Reconciliation on Jan 4,2012 the fourth day of the tenth day Kalachakra initiations ?

a) Tibetan Spiritual leader, Dalai Lama

b) South African leader Nelson Mandela

c) Tanzania's Julius Nyerere

d) Burmese Pro-democracy leader Aung san suu kyi

Ans a 

10) European Union agreed in Principle to ban import of Iranian Crude oil.Consider the following statement:

1) The European Union(EU) is one of Iran's biggest markets for oil.

2) The EU is a Political and economical union of 27 member states

 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

Ans a 

11) The Israel-Palestine talks, in the first week of Jan 2012 were held in Amman.Amman is the Capital of

a) Jordan

b) Syria

c) Iraq

d) Iran

Ans a 

12) Maldives on Jan 4,2012 lifted ban on Spas in the upmarket tourist destination .Consider the following statement:

1) The Tourism industry is an important foreign exchange earner in the Maldives.

2) Maldives in 2011 received more than 850000 tourist

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

Ans a 

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