July 2012 Quiz-14

1. Who was appointed as the United States new Ambassador to Pakistan in July 2012? 1) Mike Rogers 2)Richard Olson 3) James Cunningham 4) Cameron Munter 5) None of these 2. Which country's parliament ratified the agreement to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in July 2012? 1) China 2) Russia 3) Cuba 4) Mexico 5) USA 3. Which of the following is the name of a country? 1) Krona 2) Rouble 3) Pula 4) Chad 5) Kwanza 4. Who inaugurated the Global Bihar Summit 2012 in Patna in February 2012? 1) Lord Meghnad Desai 2) Sheikh Hasina 3) Baburam Bhattarai 4) Kamla Persad Bissessar 5) None of these 5. Which former United Nations Secretary-General was appointed as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria in February 2012? 1) Kurt Waldheim 2) Boutros Ghali 3) UThant 4) Kofi Annan 5) None of these 6. Raj Kanwar and O.P. Dutta pass-ed away recently. They excelled in which of the following fields? 1) Poetry 2) Films 3) Politics 4) Social work 5) Hindustani music 7. Who is the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at the 2012 London Olympics? 1) Vijender Singh 2) Leander Paes 3) Sushil Kumar 4) Abhinav Bindra 5) Saina Nehwal 8. The birth centenary of Late Brigadier Mohammed Usman, who died in 1947 fighting for India against Pakistan, was celebrated on July 15, 2012. He was given which of the following awards posthumously? 1) Param Vir Chakra 2) Maha Vir Chakra 3) Vir Chakra 4) Shourya Chakra 5) Ashok Chakra 9. Roger Federer reached the landmark of an unprecedented 287th week as World Number 1 in tennis recently. Whose record did he surpass? 1) Pete Sampras 2) Andre Agassi 3) Ivan Lendl 4) Jimmy Connors 5) John McEnroe 10. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was sworn in as the first woman chairperson of the African Union Commission in July 2012. She is the Home Affairs Minister of which of the following countries? 1) Gabon 2) Uganda 3) Kenya 4) South Africa 5) Rwanda 11. Which city hosted the 19th African Union (AU) Summit in July 2012? 1) Cairo (Egypt) 2) Cape Town (South Africa) 3) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 4) Tripoli (Libya) 5) Kigali (Rwanda) 12. Wikimania is an annual internati-onal conference for users of the Wiki projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation (such as Wikipedia). Where was the Wikimania held in July 2012? 1) Frankfurt (Germany) 2) Haifa (Israel) 3) Buenos Aires (Argentina) 4) Alexandria (Egypt) 5) Washington D.C. (USA) 13. SELENE-2 is a proposed lunar mission to be launched in 2017 by which of the following countries? 1) Japan 2) South Korea 3) China 4) USA 5) France 14. Where was the 39th Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) held in July 2012? (Nearly 3000 space scientists from 74 countries participated in the meeting) 1) Moscow 2) Sriharikota 3) Tokyo 4) Mysore 5) Hyderabad 15. Manisha Malhotra has been chosen as winner of the IOC Women and Sports Awards World Trophy by the Internati-onal Olympic Committee for promoting women in sports. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Busan Asian Games in which of the following sports? 1) Squash 2) Badminton 3) Tennis 4) Discus Throw 5) Weightlifting 16. Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams took off for her second space odyssey on the Soyuz-FG rocket that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome located in? 1) Russia 2) USA 3) Kazakhstan 4) Kyrgyzstan 5) Uzbekistan 17. Chandrayan-2 is proposed to be launched in 2014. Who is its project director? 1) K.Radhakrishnan 2) M.Annadurai 3) K.R.Sridhara Murthi 4) G.Madhavan Nair 5) Roddam Narsimha 18. Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the Lines'? 1) Khushwant Singh 2) P.Sainath 3) Natwar Singh 4) M.J.Akbar 5) Kuldip Nayar 19. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has given the green signal for construction of a mega hydel project on Lohit River in which of the following states? 1) Bihar 2) Assam 3) Tripura 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) Himachal Pradesh 20. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to the Australian Open tennis tournament that was held in Melbourne in January 2012? 1) Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Men's singles title. 2) Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final. 3) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus won her first Grand slam singles title. 4) In the men's doubles India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won the title. 5) The Mixed doubles title was won by Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina of Russia 21. Who presented the first budget of independent India on November 26, 1947? 1) John Mathai 2) C.D.Deshmukh 3) Jawaharlal Nehru 4) R.K.Shanmukham Chetty 5) None of these 22. Ahmed Saleem became the Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on March 12, 2012. He belongs to which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh 3) Afghanistan 4) India 5) Maldives 23. Who among the following became the Chief Minister for the fifth time in March 2012? 1) Vijay Bahuguna 2) Okram Ibobi Singh 3) Akhilesh Yadav 4) Prakash Singh Badal 5) None of these 24. Which of the following states is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party? 1) Uttarakhand 2) Manipur 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) West Bengal 5) Goa 25. Who has been given the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson for 2012? 1) K.K.Shahina 2) Tushita Mittal 3) Rupashree Nanda 4) Smita Gupta 5) Nirupama Subramanian 26. Thomas Lubanga is the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is a warlord of which of the following countries? 1) Benin 2) Burkina Faso 3) Botswana 4) Democratic Republic of Congo 5) Namibia 27. The 4th Summit of BRICS was held in New Delhi on which of the following dates? 1) April 19, 2012 2) March 29, 2012 3) April 4, 2012 4) March 20, 2012 5) March 27, 2012 28. The Mullaperiyar dam on the Periyar River is located in which of the following states? 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Karnataka 3) Kerala 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these 29. The Reserve Bank of India deregulated the rates of interest to be provided by banks to their depositors with effect from 25-10-2011 on which of the following accounts? 1) Current 2) Savings 3) Fixed deposit 4) Time deposit 5) None of these 30. What is the number of Kisan Credit Card holder farmers in India? 1) 10 crores 2) 8 crores 3) 8.5 crores 4) 9 crores 5) 7.5 crores 31. Which country has proposed a golden handshake scheme for Maoists opting for rehabilitation and voluntary retirement? 1) India 2) Myanmar 3) Nepal 4) Bhutan 5) China 32. What is the full form of NRE deposit? 1) Non Refundable External 2) Non Resident External 3) Non Resident Extra 4) Non Resident Exchange 5) None of these 33. Who is the author of the book 'Lajja'? 1) Arundhati Roy 2) Shobha De 3) Taslima Nasreen 4)Salman Rushdie 5)Kamala Das 34. Which bank has introduced the Tiny card with biometric iden-tification to achieve Financial Inclusion? (The Tiny card prov-ides easy banking services for underprivileged communities) 1) Indian Bank 2) State Bank of India 3) Bank of India 4) Bank of Maharashtra 5) Bank of Baroda 35. John Key is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries? 1) Canada 2) Australia 3) U.K. 4) New Zealand 5) Denmark 36. Which of the following stock exchanges has launched the Green Index called "Greenex", India's first carbon efficient live index? (Greenex will measure the performance of companies in terms of carbon emissions) 1) Delhi Stock Exchange 2) Calcutta Stock Exchange 3) Bombay Stock Exchange 4) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange 5) National Stock Exchange 37. Which of the following Ministries gives the Dada Saheb Phalke Award? 1) Home Affairs 2) Corporate Affairs 3) Human Resource Development 4) Information & Broadcasting 5) None of these 38. Which city will host the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in August 2013? 1) Daegu 2) Moscow 3) Beijing 4) London 5) None of these 39. Which of the following is the name of an autonomous organi-zation for rural technology? 1) MGNREGS 2) IRDP 3) PURA 4) CAPART 5) IRDA 40. What is the maximum balance amount that is eligible for earning interest in a normal savings bank account? 1) Rs.1 lakh 2) Rs.5 lakhs 3) Rs.2 lakhs 4) Rs.10 lakhs 5) No limit KEY 1) 2 2) 2 3) 4 4) 3 5) 4 6) 2 7) 3 8) 2 9) 1 10) 411) 3 12) 5 13) 1 14) 4 15) 3 16) 3 17) 2 18) 5 19) 4 20) 521) 4 22) 5 23) 4 24) 5 25) 2 26) 4 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 131) 3 32) 2 33) 3 34) 2 35) 4 36) 3 37) 4 38) 2 39) 4 40) 5