Current Affairs September 2012 Quiz-26

1. Effective from September 22, 2012 what is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
1) 4% 2) 4.75%
3) 4.5% 4) 4.25% 5) 5%

2. Which Russian city hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in September 2012?
1) Yekaterinburg
2) Vladivostok 3) Moscow
4) Novosibirsk
5) Saint Petersburg

3. Who was named One Day International Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards in September 2012?
1) Hashim Amla
2) Michael Clarke 3) Virat Kohli
4) Sunil Narine
5) Kumar Sangakkara

4. Christopher Stevens was killed during an armed mob attack in Benghazi in September 2012. He was the ambassador of the United States to which of the following countries?
1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Egypt 4) Libya 5) Afghanistan

5. Which of the following state-ments about the IIFA Awards is not correct?
1) The 13th International Indian Film Academy(IIFA) Awards ceremony was held on June 9, 2012 in Singapore.
2) Ranbir Kapoor bagged the Best Actor award for his role in Rockstar.
3) Vidya Balan was named the Best Actress for her role in 'Kahaani'.
4) 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' (ZNMD) won the Best Picture award.
5) Zoya Akhtar won the Best Director award for ZNMD.

6. Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and which of the following Indians have been awarded the prestigious Intern-ational Jurists Award 2012?
1) Salman Khurshid
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Mulayam Singh Yadav
4) Justice S.H. Kapadia
5) None of these

7. Charles Taylor received a 50-year-jail term recently for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity by a UN-backed war crimes court. He is the former President of which of the following African countries?
1) Rwanda 2) Liberia
3) Uganda 4) Sierra Leone
5) Gambia

8. Which Indian American was found guilty in June 2012 on insider trading charges in Manhattan, USA?
1) Raj Rajaratnam 2) Rajat Gupta
3) Vikaram Pandit 4) Sanjay Jha 5) None of these

9. Teofilo Stevenson passed away on June 11, 2012. He won three Olympic gold medals in boxing for which of the following countries?
1) USA 2) USSR
3) Poland 4) Cuba
5) Germany

10. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for inciting violence and murder. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1987 to 2011?
1) Libya 2) Yemen
3) Egypt 4) Tunisia 5) Syria

11. Mehdi Hassan passed away on June 13, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. He was a famous?
1) Painter 2) Politician
3) Ghazal singer
4) Science fiction author
5) Economist

12. The 12th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organiz-ation (SCO) was held in June 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Moscow (Russia)
2) Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
3) Beijing (China)
4) Astana (Kazakhstan)
5) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

13. The Port of Hambantota (also known as the Magampura Port) in Sri Lanka began commercial operations on June 6, 2012. Which country has funded construction of this port?
1) India 2) USA
3) UK 4) China 5) Pakistan

14. Which country has surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world's largest holder of proven oil reserves? (This is according to the June 2012 BP's annual Statistical Review of World Energy)
1) Canada 2) Russia
3) Iran 4) Venezuela
5) Kuwait

15. Iceland topped the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 158 countries that was released on June 12, 2012. What is India's rank?
1) 142 2) 137 3) 149 4) 134 5) 135

16. India's first Food Bank was inaugurated as part of war against hunger in June 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Chennai 2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad 4) Chandigarh
5) Jaipur

17. Navanethem Pillay of South Africa was given a two-year second term in 2012 as the?
1) Director General of ILO
2) Managing Director of IMF
3) Director General of UNESCO
4) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
5) Director General of IAEA

18. The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea. Who is the 2012 winner?
1) Kofi Annan 2) Vaclav Havel
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Ban Ki-moon
5) Juan Antonio Samaranch

19. Which company has acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion?
1) Nokia 2) Samsung
3) Microsoft 4) Apple
5) Google

20. Who among the following cricketers is not a member in the Indian Parliament?
1) Navojot Singh Sidhu
2) Kirti Azad
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Mohammed Azharuddin
5) Manoj Prabhakar

21. Simon Katich retired from first class cricket in June 2012. He played 56 Tests for which of the following countries?
1) England 2) Australia
3) West Indies 4) South Africa
5) New Zealand

22. Who was chosen as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 Championships that is held in Sri Lanka in 2012?
1) Ajanta Mendis
2) D.Chandimal
3) Lasith Malinga
4) Mahela Jayawardene
5) Kumar Sangakkara

23. Which of the following programs has been rechristened as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan?
1) JNNURM 2) PURA
3) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
4) Total Sanitation Campaign
5) National Rural Livelihood Mission

24. The Union Cabinet on June7, 2012 allowed capital infusion of Rs.632 crore in which of the following banks?
1) SBI 2) SBI Associate Banks 3) All Public Sector Banks
4) Private Banks
5) Regional Rural Banks

25. The Planning Commission constituted an expert group headed by which of the following economists to review the Tendul-kar committee methodology for estimating poverty?
1) Y.V.Reddy 2) Kaushik Basu
3) C.Rangarajan
4) Mahendra Dev 5) K.L.Datta

26. Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai. It is based in which of the following Asian countries?
1) China 2) Sri Lanka
3) Singapore 4) South Korea
5) Japan

27. FirstRand Bank started the retail and commercial banking opera-tions in India with the opening of a branch in Mumbai on April 18, 2012. It belongs to?
1) USA 2) Brazil
3) France 4) Germany
5) South Africa

28. Which of the following banks launched a dedicated 'Ajeevika' cell to
help alleviating poverty in rural hinterlands on April 15, 2012?
1) RBI 2) SBI
3) OBC 4) IDBI Bank
5) NABARD

29. RBI has made it mandatory for all banks to print which of the following on the Passbook and Statement of Account of the customers?
1) MICR code 2) IFSC code
3) PAN 4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these

30. What is the interest rate on employees' provident fund for the year 2012-13?
1) 8.25% 2) 8.6%
3) 9% 4) 9.5%
5) None of these

31. The Central Government has approved how many crores of rupees for purchase of high-tech equipment for the National Intelligence Grid or NATGRID?
1) 1500 2) 2500
3) 1100 4) 2300
5) 1600

32. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was held in June 2012 in which of the following countries?
1) Germany 2) Denmark
3) India 4) Brazil
5) Kenya

33. Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is an organization that has compiled first ever index of security materials globally. It is based in?
1) UK 2) Japan
3) Israel 4) India 5) USA

34. Which of the following books is written by Kiran Desai?
1) Fasting, Feasting 2) Catch-22
3) A Brush with Life
4) Inheritance of Loss
5) None of these

35. Which of the following pairs won the Mixed Doubles title at the 2012 French Open tennis championships?
1) Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (Pol-and) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico)
2) Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupathi (India)
3) Max Mirnyi & Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
4) Andy Murray & Laura Robson (Great Britain)
5) None of these

36. Who is the richest sportsperson in India, according to the Forbes magazine?
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Vijender Singh
5) Baichung Bhutia

37. Which of the following cities is the capital of Canada?
1) Edmonton 2) Toronto
3) Calgary 4) Vancouver
5) Ottawa

38. Which of the following teams won the Fair Play Trophy in the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL 5)?
1) Kolkata Knight Riders
2) Delhi Daredevils
3) Mumbai Indians
4) Chennai Super Kings
5) Rajasthan Royals

39. Which instrument is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes?
1) Periscope 2) Barometer
3) Fathometer 4) Seismograph
5) Manometer

40. Which of the following terms is used in the game of football?
1) Cox 2) Half Nelson 3) Bull's eye 4) Deuce
5) Penalty

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