National Current Affairs Solved Objective Type Questions for April 2012

National Affairs 20 Questions Quiz

1) India and which country on March 1,2012,decided to open a new chapter in bilateral cooperation by agreeing to undertake joint operations against pirates and sharing technological know how on seabed research?

1) China

2) Japan

3) Russia

4) New Zealand

Ans 1

2) A meeting at the prime minister office on Feb 29,2012, decided to increase the total expenditure on health to what percent of the GDP from the current 1.4 percent by the end of the coming 12th plan period?

1) 2.0 Percent

2) 2.5 Percent

3) 3.0 Percent

4) 4.0 Percent

Ans 2

3) India and which country recently announced to have resolved their longstanding issues of payments for export shipment?

1) Iran

2) Syria

3) Lebanon

4) Pakistan

Ans 1

4) The indigenously development advanced light-weight torpedo and the Akash missile system was on March 3,2012,handed over to the Navy and the Indian Air force respectively at a function in

1) Visakhapatnam

2) Hyderabad

3)  Pune

4) Kolkata

Ans 2

5) The golden Jubilee celebrations of Afro-Asian Rural development organization were held in New Delhi in March 2012.The AARDO president hails from 

1) India

2) Egypt

3) Morocco

4) South Africa

Ans 2

6) The National Association of Street vendors of India( NASVI ) and Nidan,an organization that supports unorganized workers,were on March 29,2012 honored with the skoll Award for social entrepreneurship by the skoll foundation in

1) Toronto

2) oxford

3) Paris

4) Frankfurt

Ans 2

7) Union minister for Rural development, Drinking Water and sanitation Jairam Ramesh in March 2012 announced a national award for sanitation and water in the name of Maharashtrian saint sant

1) Romesh Hatangadi

2) Gadge Baba

3) Suresh Bhagwan

4) Shiv sagar Baba

Ans 2

8) Who among the following, on march 11,2012,said he will be "Very Sad" if India boycotts the London Olympics following the row over sponsorship of the event by Dow Chemicals, linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy?

1) Barack Obama

2) David Cameron

3) Manmohan singh

4) Hillary Clinton

Ans 2

9) The high level safety review committee recently submitted its report to the Ministry of railways with a Number of recommendations,who is the chairman of this committee ?

1) C.Rangarajan

2) Lalu Yadav

3) Anil Kakodkar

4) Harish Rawat

Ans 3

10) In an important development on March 12,2012, the supreme court issued notices to nsix ministers and eight Indian Administrative services officers from

1) Andhar Pradesh

2) Karnataka

3) Kerala

4) Tamil Nadu

Ans 1

11) Which of the following was pointed by the union Finanace minister Pranab Mukherjee in March 2012 as one of the major challenges facing public sector banks(PSB) in emerging as potential global tenders?

1) Human Capital deficit

2) Human Capital deficit

3) Innovation deficit

4) Technology deficit

Ans 1

12) The Centre told the Supreme Court in March 2012 that it was Probing into the allegations that the former Chief Justice of India and his relatives amassed assets disproportionate to their Known sources of income.Who is the chief Justice in reference here?

1) K.G.Balakrishna

2) S.H.Kapadia

3) Altamas Kabir

4) Dalveer Bhandari

Ans 1

13) The Functioning of both houses of Parliament was disrupted on March 13,2012,When members demanded that India support the resolution to be moved by------ against sri lanka at the U.N Human Rights Council.

1) U.S.A

2) France

3) Norway

4) All of the above

Ans 4

14) Noted critic Namvar Singh in March 2012 presented the Jnanpith Award to eminent hindi author Amar Kant at a Special ceremony in

1) New Delhi

2) Lucknow

3) Allahabad

4) Patna

Ans 3

15) Increasing the fare for the first time in eight years, the railway budget for 2012-13, presented before the parliament on March 14,2012,envisages how many new trains?

1) 90

2) 113

3) 145

4) 166

Ans 2

16) Okram Ibobi Singh was sworn as chief minister for the third Consecutive term of which state in March 2012?

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Nagaland

3) Manipur

4) Tripura

Ans 3

17) Governor Shivraj V.Patil in March 2012 administered the oath of office and secrecy to Parkash Singh Badal,Who took over as the chief minister of Punjab for a record- time

1) Fifth

2) Third

3) Fourth

4) Seventh

Ans 1

18) The finance ministry, on March 15,201, gave it's nod for the labour and employment ministry to fix the rate of interest payable to EEPF sub-subscribers at which percentage for2011-12?

1) 8.25%

2) 8.75%

3) 9.25%

4) 9.50%

Ans 1

19) The Cabinet of which state in march 2012 decided to give a grant of rS. 30,000 to high school pass Muslims girls for perusing their education and marriage?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) West Bengal

3) Andhra pradesh

4) Delhi

Ans 1

20) Which of the following Chief ministers of India figures on the cover of the Time magazine in March 2012 which prasied him in an article for the development of the State?

1) Mamta Banarjee

2) Nitish Kumar

3) Ashok Gehlot

4) Narendra Modi.

Ans 4

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