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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Current Sports events Practise MCQs Quiz for Competitive Exam-General Awareness 2012

Sports related objective Questions

1) Which team defeated Dodsal Mumbai in the final of 125th Durand cup football tournament at the Ambedkar stadium in New Delhi on September 1,2012?

1) Air India

2) Railways

3) Services

4) SAIL

Ans 1

2) Which team paid the price for overconfidence as India pulled off a miraculous 7-6 victory via a penalty shootout in the Nehru cup football final in New Delhi on September 2,2012?

1) Nepal

2) Afghanistan

3) Cameroon

4) Iran

Ans 3

3) Who gave India its First medal at the Paralymic Games in London in September 2012 after bagging a silver medal in the men's high Jump F42 event?

1) Mrinal sengar

2) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

3) Sumit Dhawan

4) Ashwin Mutthu

Ans 2

4) Which of the following women golfers cruised to her final professional title at the Prestige Golfshire course in Bangalore in September 2012 winning the third leg of the Hero-WGAI women pro tour?

1) Chetna Mathur

2) Vani Kapoor

3) Amita Dubey

4) Supriya Bose

Ans 2

5) Thierry Lincou, the first continental European to top the men's world Squash rankings announced his retirement from PSA world tour in September 2012.Which country is he from?

1) Italy

2) France

3) Sweden

4) Switzerland

Ans 2

6) Defending Champion India retained the SAFF women's championship in Colombo on September 16, 2012. Which team did it defeat to regain the crown?

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Nepal

4) Afghanistan

Ans 3

7) Who won the third title of the season by winning the east India open snooker championship in September 2012 at the Hindustan club in Kolkata?

1) Rakesh Damani

2) Suraj Singh

3) Avinash Basal

4) Sourav Kothari

Ans 4

8) Who won the BMW championship in September 2012 holding off an elite field to win a second straight title in the US PGA Tour's Play-off series?

1) Tiger Woods

2) Rory Mcllroy

3) Westwood

4) Jack Nicklaus

Ans 2

9) Which American Golfer won the US PGS tour championship and claimed a $ 10 million bonus for capturing the tour season playoff title on September 23,2012?

1) Sam Ray

2) Kurt Phelps

3) Brandt Snedekar

4) Tiger Woods

Ans 3

10) India' s won ace double trap shooter won a silver medal at the ISSF world cup in Slovenia on September 24, 2012?

1) Bahadur Jung

2) Gagan Narang

3) Ronjan Sodhi

4) Mansher Singh

Ans 3

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National Topics Multiple Choice Solved Questionnaires for Bank Exam-Current Affairs 2012

 National Affairs Practice Material 

1) The Lok Sabha in September 2012 passed by voice vote amid pandemonium the North-Eastern areas(Reorganization) Amendment bill 2011 that seeks bifurcate the civil services cadre of Manipur and 

1) Assam

2) Tripura

3) Meghalaya

4) Nagaland

Ans 2

2) with a view to curbing trans border smuggling of vehicles, arms and drugs, which of the following forces recently introduced a new helpline number to alert it about any suspecious movement along a section of Indo- Nepal border?

1) Sashastra seema Bal

2) Home Guards

3) Border Security Force

4) Indo Tibetan Military Force

Ans 1

3) The Planning Commission on September 5,2012 sanctioned what amount for the upcoming conference on bio-diversity(conference of Parties) to be held in New Delhi in October 2012?

1) Rs 100 Crore

2) Rs 500 Crore

3) Rs 800 Crore

4) Rs 300 Crore

Ans  4

4) The fifth Joint Monitoring Mission(JMM) of India and the world health organization(WHO) on the Revised National Tuberculosis control programme(RNTCP) in September 2012, endorsed the National strategic Plan(NSP) for the TB control for 

1) 2012-2023

2) 2012-2015

3) 2013-2016

4) 2012-2017

Ans 4

5) At which place did Union Minister for Health and Family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad, on September 8,2012 inaugurated India's first employees state Insurance Corporation(ESIC) medical College

1) Nasik

2) Dehradun

3) Bangalore

4) Mumbai

Ans 3

6) The Fist meeting  of the India-Saudi Arabia joint committee on Defence cooperation was held in September 2012. The foundation for a strong bilateral relationship between the two countries was laid by visits by King Abdullah to India in

1) 2006

2) 1998

3) 1993

4) 2001

Ans 1

7) India on September 11,2012 announced another tranche of aid to Palestine and promised  to back the Palestine National authority's quest for non member status at the United nations.What is the amount of this trance?

1) $ 10 million

2) $ 5 million

3) $ 8 million

4) $ 6 million

Ans 1

8) The Empowered Group of Ministers(EGoM) on drought in September 2012 decided cut the interest rate on crop loan to what percentage for one year in the notified drought affected Talukas in four states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat?

1) 12 %

2) 10 %

3) 7 %

4) 5 %

Ans 3

9) Senior most Supreme court  Judge Justice Altamas kabir was on September 13,2012 appointed the next chief Justice of India.Whom did he succeeded as the country 's 39th Chief Justice on September 29,2012?

1) S.H. Kapadia

2) S.K. Sen

3) A.R Swamy

4) P.K Mohan

Ans 1

10) The Full Planning commission chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan singh on September 15,2012 approve the 12th Plan (2012-17) draft document endorsing the scaling -down of annual average economic growth target?

1) 6.6%

2) 9.1%

3) 8.2%

4) 7.1%

Ans 3

11) Defence Minister A.K Antony in September 2012 inaugurated a coastal radar network in which city a projected envisaged after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai?

1) Kochi

2) Tuticorin

3) Rajkot

4) Panaji

Ans 1

12) The Supreme court on September 19,2012 declined to entertain petitions seeking review of its Judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the right of children to free and compulsory education?

1) 2009

2) 2005

3) 2001

4) 2007

Ans 1

13) India in September 2012 granted Rs 23.60 million assistance for the construction of a building for Shri Mahendra Higher secondary school in 

1) Nepal

2) Mauritius

3) Maldives

4) Bihar

Ans 1

14) The Government in September 2012 notified its decision to hike the Foreign investment cap to 74 percent modernization which of the following

1) Mobile Television Service Providers

2) Cable Networks

3) Direct to Home(DTH)

4) All of the above

Ans 4

15) Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on September 21,2012 laid the foundation stone for a university of Budhist and Indic studies at

1) Ujjain

2) Sanchi

3) Bodh Gaya

4) Vidisha

Ans 4

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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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Current Affairs April 2012 quiz for all Bank Exams

Current Affairs for Quiz

1) The Fifth Edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held in

a) Abu Dhabi

b) New Delhi

c) Tehran

d) Dhaka

Ans a

2) Planning Commission of India on January 18,2012 approved Rudrasagar development scheme.The Scheme is related to

a) Tripura

b) Assam

c) Manipur

d) Sikkim

Ans a

3) The Board of approval (BoA) under the Commerce ministry on January 24,2012 approved the proposal of this company to set up a special economics zone( SEZ) at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Identify the Company ?

a) Reliance Industry

b) Tata Consultancy services( TCS)

c) Hero Motors

d) Infoysys

Ans b

4) Scientists identified a new gene in maize Plants called ?

a) Meg 1

b) Meg 2

c) Meg 3

4) Meg 4

Ans a

5) Researches discovered new earthworm species in Port Blair. What is the name of the new Species ?

a) Moniligaster ivaniosi

b) Annelida

c) Nematoda

d) Onychophora

Ans a

6) Scientists recently developed a new wireless device to detect the Presence of termites. Consider the following statement-

1) when the new device detects the presence of termites,it sends an SMS or email to a pest Control firm.

2) The Device is made of tiny sensor, even smaller than a fingernail

Choose the Right option

a) Both 1 and 2 Correct

b) Only 1 is Correct

c) Only 2 is Correct

d) Neither 1 not 2 is Correct

Ans a

7) According to the draft Sports Policy of this State Govt released on Jan 11,2012, a Special life-time achievement award in memory of G.V.Raja, the Founder-President of the State Sports Council is to be instituted.Which State is being referred to ?

a) karnataka

b) kerala

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans b

8) Which team defeated Uttarakhand in the Men's category to win the National title for the fourth time, in the 60th Senior national Volleyball Championship at Raipur on Jan 11, 2012 ?

a) Kerala

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) West Bengal

d) Tamil Nadu

Ans a

9) Which team extended their hegemony by defeating Kerala 25-12, 25-14, 25-16 in a one sided final in the women category at the 60th Senior National Volley-ball Championship ?

a) Punjab

b) Services

c) Railways

d) Delhi

Ans c

10) This Footballer was awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Oran January 9, 2012 in Zurich. He Won the award for the third Consecutive year for the world's outstanding footballer.Identify the Footballer ?

a) Cristiano Ronaldo

b) Xavi

c) Sergio Ramos

d) Lionel Messi

Ans d

11) 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 over Rs 6000 crore over the life of the Venture ?

1) Reliance Power

2) Adani Power

3) Birla Power Solutions

4) DLF Power

Ans a

12) Which car took home the Crown of Indian car of the Year 2012 in Jan 2012

1) Toyota Etios liva

2) Maruti Suzuki Swift

3) Hyundai Verna

4) Hyundai Eon

Ans b

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