Important Preparatory Notes(MCQs) on States Affairs 2012-Decision/Orders/Schemes launched October Month

States Affairs Latest Quiz 2012

1) The Union cabinet on September 4, 2012 approved an amendment to the constitution to provide special status to which districts in the Hyderabad Karnataka region?

1) Raichur and bellary

2) Yedgir and Koppal

3) Bidar and Gulbarga

4) All of the above

Ans 4

2) Which of the following cities hosted the 'Emerging Kerala 2012' in September 2012?

1) Thiruvananthapuram

2) Dubai

3) New Delhi

4) Kochi

Ans 4

3) The President on September 21, 2012 appointed Justice Darmar Murugesan as the chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Prior to this appointment, he was a judge of which High Court?

1) Madras

2) Hyderabad

3) Kochi

4) Bombay

Ans 1

4) Which state cabinet approved a scheme for payment of compensation to victims of atrocities committed against women in september 2012?

1) Karnataka

2) West Bengal

3) Delhi

4) Madhya Pradesh

Ans  2

5) The Supreme court on September 10, 2012 issued notice to which state government on petition challenging the constitutional validity of the law providing for 69 percent quota in employment and educational institutions in the state?

1) U.P

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Bihar

4) Tamil Nadu

Ans 4

6) Which state suspended the operation of all existing mining leases with effect in September?

1) Goa

2) Rajasthan

3) Karnataka

4) Andhra Pradesh

Ans 1

7) Union Minister Veerappa Moily on September 19, 2012 presented the Rs 7.5 Lakh Saraswati Samman- 2011 to Dr. A.A. Manavalan who is known for his writings in 

1) Telgu

2) Tamil

3) Malayalam

4) Kannada

Ans 2

8) Which State government in September 2012 instituted nutrition awards at the district level to check malnourishment among Children?

1) Haryana

2) Bihar

3) Punjab

4) Jharkhand

Ans 1

9) The fourth-oldest University in the country turned 125 on September 23, 2012.Which is that University?

1) Delhi University

2) Allahabad University

3) Patna University

4) Lucknow University

Ans 2

10) Which High Court on September 22, 2012 stayed the decision of the All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) not to consider the tennis Player Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to represent India till the end of June 2012?

1) Delhi

2) Karnataka

3) Bombay

4) Madras

Ans  2

11) Which state govt. in September 2012 decided to paint in white the roof and exterior walls of all its buildings to cut down energy consumption?

1) UP

2) Rajasthan

3) West Bengal

4) Delhi

Ans 4

12) Which state govt. announced in September 2012 to adopt painless and convenient method of haemoglobin(Hb) estimate Known as Hb colour scale Kit from the year 2013?

1) Odisha

2) Haryana

3) Gujarat

4) Rajasthan

Ans 2

13) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 20, 2012 finally removed the "Distributed area" tag of which city, when ceased the implementation of a notification issued in 1983 during the days of terrorism in Punjab?

1) Ludhiana

2) Chandigarh

3) Pathankot

4) Amritsar

Ans 2

14) The Odisha state govt. in September 2012 approached software Technology Parks of india(STPI) to assist setting up of hardware Technology Incubation Facility(HTIF) and characterization Laboratory(CL) at

1) Keonjhar

2) Puri

3) Cuttack

4) Bhubaneshwar

Ans 4

15) The industrial and Infrastructure Investment policy, 2012 approved by the state cabinet on September 4, 2012 provides for special incentives to entrepreneurs for setting up units in 

1) Madhyanchal(Central UP)

2) Bundelkhand

3) Purvanchal(Eastern UP)

4) All of the above

Ans 4

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