Current Affairs August 2012 Quiz-20

1. The restructured version of the Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) was launched by the Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh recently in which of the following states?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Kerala
3) Goa 4) Orissa
5) Andhra Pradesh

2. Who was elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, Netherlands in April 2012?
1) Justice Altamas Kabir
2) Justice D.K.Jain
3) Justice P. Sathasivam
4) Justice G.S.Singhvi
5) Justice Dalveer Bhandari

3. Achala Sachdev passed away on April 30, 2012. She was a famous?
1) Author 2) Sportsperson
3) Film actress 4) Journalist
5) Politician

4. Who is the author of 'Lava', a book of poems?
1) Javed Akhtar
2) Kunwar Narayan
3) Uday Prakash
4) Mohan Rana
5) None of these

5. Rustom is a/an?
1) Surface to surface missile
2) Unmanned aerial vehicle
3) Surface to air missile
4) Air to air missile
5) Nuclear powered submarine

6. Which of the following warships was decommissioned on June 11, 2012? (It served for 31 years in the Indian navy)
1) INS Vindhyagiri
2) INS Taragiri 3) INS Himgiri
4) INS Nilgiri
5) INS Udaygiri

7. Enrica Lexie is an oil tanker involved in the shooting of two fishermen at Indian coast in February 2012. It belongs to which of the following countries?
1) France 2) Germany
3) Italy 4) Spain
5) Russia

8. Karen rebels have been fighting for self-rule for more than 60 years in which of the following countries?
1) Nepal 2) Vietnam
3) Cambodia 4) Myanmar
5) China

9. The Coast Guards of India and which of the following countries conducted a joint exercise named "Sahyog Kajin-XI" recently?
1) China 2) Japan
3) Sri Lanka 4) Myanmar
5) South Korea

10. What is the full form of 'CEPA'?
1) Complete Economic Preference Agreement
2) Cultural and Economic Partnership Accord
3) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
4) Complete Economic Partnership Accord
5) None of these

11. Which of the following books is written by Steve Waugh, former Australia cricket captain?
1) Cricket My Style
2) True Colors
3) Out of My Comfort Zone
4) Controversially Yours
5) One Day Wonders

12. Mario Monti is the present Prime Minister of which of the following European countries?
1) Spain 2) Italy
3) Greece 4) Poland
5) Portugal

13. The Dhamra Port is a major newly developed port in which of the following states?
1) Orissa
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Gujarat 4) Goa
5) Karnataka

14. Which of the following terms is associated with Lawn Tennis?
1) Spiker 2) Hoops
3) Pitch 4) Volley
5) Forward

15. When is the National Energy Conservation Day celebrated?
1) August 9 2) December 14
3) November 11
4) November 10
5) November 26

16. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with the game of soccer?
1) Deodhar Trophy
2) Duleep Trophy
3) SAFF Cup
4) Aga Khan Cup
5) Thomas Cup

17. Irom Sharmila Chanu is a civil rights activist from which of the following states?
1) Manipur 2) Sikkim
3) Meghalaya 4) Assam
5) Tripura

18. In which year
was the Dada Saheb Phalke Award instituted?
1) 1965 2) 1969
3) 1973 4) 1974
5) 1968
19. The Dir
ective Principles of State Policy, contained in Part IV of the constitution of India, have been inspired by the constitution of?
1) USA 2) Germany
3) Ireland 4) UK
5) Switzerland

20. Which of the following states is the largest producer of coffee in India?
1) Assam 2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu 4) Karnataka 5) Orissa

21. The Headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are located in which of the following cities?
1) Paris 2) Rome
3) Geneva 4) New York
5) Washington D.C.

22. Which one of the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?
1) Godavari 2) Krishna
3) Mahanadi 4) Narmada
5) Ganga

23. A High-Level Safety Review Committee was set up to check the growing number of rail accidents. Who headed this committee?
1) Anil Kakodkar
2) N.Vedachalam
3) E.Sridharan
4) Sanjay Dhanda
5) G.P.Srivastava


Key
1) 2 2) 5 3) 3 4) 1 5) 2
6) 1 7) 3 8) 4 9) 2 10) 3
11) 3 12) 2 13) 1 14) 4 15) 2
16) 3 17) 1 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4
21) 3 22) 4 23) 1