Current Affairs October 2012 Quiz-28

1. Who was sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of India on September 29, 2012? 1) Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan 2) Justice J.S. Khehar 3) Justice Altamas Kabir 4) Justice D. Murugesan 5) Justice M.Y. Eqbal 2. The Supreme Court directed which of the following companies/groups to refund over Rs. 24,400 crore collected from 2.21 crore depositors through the optimally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs) by way of bonds? 1) Reliance 2) Murugappa 3) Sahar 4) Kingfisher 5) Essar 3. K.R. Kamath took charge on October 1, 2012 as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA). He is the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following public sector banks? 1) Bank of India 2) Indian Bank 3) Corporation Bank 4) Punjab National Bank 5) United Bank of India 4. At the 2012 US Open tennis championships Andy Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament when he defeated which of the following players in the final? 1) Marin Cilic (Croatia) 2) David Ferrer (Spain) 3) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 5. Which of the following statements about the ICC Awards is not true? 1) The 2012 ICC Awards function was held on September 15, 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2) Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka has won three awards- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and LG People's Choice Award. 3) ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year is Sunil Narine of West Indies. 4) ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award was won by Richard Levi of South Africa. 5) Jacques Kallis of South Africa received the Spirit of Cricket Award. 6. Who won the US Open women's singles title in September 2012? 1) Sara Errani (Italy) 2) Marion Bartoli (France) 3) Serena Williams (USA) 4) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 5) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 7. The 62nd meeting of Nobel Laureates was held in Lindau from July 1 to 6, 2012 that was dedicated to Physics. Lindau is located in which of the following European countries? 1) Italy 2) Portugal 3) Spain 4) Germany 5) France 8. Eight Indian companies are in the list of world's 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine in July 2012. Which is the only bank in that list? 1) PNB 2) HDFC Bank 3) ICICI Bank 4) IOB 5) SBI 9. Which company topped the Fortune magazine's list of top 500 companies globally for the year 2012? 1) Royal Dutch Shell 2) Exxon Mobil 3) Wal-Mart 4) BP 5) Sinopec 10. Who was appointed the new Chairman of the High Level Committee on Financing Infras-tructure in July 2012? 1) R. Gopalan 2) Deepak Parekh 3) Yogesh Agarwal 4) J. Harinarayan 5) G.V. Sanjay Reddy 11. The Government has set up a co-mmittee to recommend the fram-ework for cloud computing services under the Chairmanship of? 1) Kapil Sibal 2) Gulshan Rai 3) S. Gopalakrishnan 4) Shiv Nadar 5) None of these 12. Who was crowned the winner of the Asia Youth Under-19 Badminton Championship in South Korea in July 2012? 1) Saina Nehwal 2) P.V.Sindhu 3) Jwala Gutta 4) Ashwini Ponappa 5) None of these 13. Identify the mismatched pair of the Ministers and their portfolios? 1) P.Chidambaram- Finance 2) Sushil Kumar Shinde- Home 3) M.Veerappa Moily- Corporate Affairs & Power 4) Subodh Kant Sahai- Tourism 5) Jairam Ramesh- Parliament-ary Affairs 14. According to the latest Education Development Index (EDI) released by the Human Resource Development Ministry on July 24, 2012 which of the following States/ Union Territories retained the first position? 1) Puducherry 2) Lakshadweep 3) Punjab 4) Mizoram 5) Sikkim 15. Agni I missile was test-launched from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast on July 13, 2012. Its range is? 1) 500 km 2) 400 km 3) 700 km 4) 1000 km 5) 1500 km 16. Which country has announced on July 19, 2012 that it would provide $20 billion in credit to African countries over the next three years, doubling its earlier loan commitment? 1) India 2) China 3) UK 4) USA 5) Russia 17. Democratic Republic of Congo signed a pact aimed at eliminating the threat of armed rebels in eastern Congo with which of the following countries on July 16, 2012 in Addis Ababa? 1) Uganda 2) Burundi 3) Zambia 4) Rwanda 5) Ethiopia 18. Identify the mismatched pair? 1) Army Chief- Bikram Singh 2) Navy Chief- D.K.Joshi 3) Air Force Chief-N.A.K. Browne 4) CEC- Syed Naseem Ahmed Zaidi 5) Competition Commission of India Chairman- Ashok Chawla 19. Jan Eliasson became the Deputy Secretary- General of the United Nations on July 1, 2012. He is from? 1) Germany 2) Sweden 3) Norway 4) Denmark 5) Poland 20. Abid Hussain passed away recently. He was the former? 1) National Security Advisor 2) Director General of NIA 3) Ambassador to the USA 4) CBI Director 5) None of these 21. Who became the first Britishman ever to win the Tour de France cycling competition that concluded in Paris, France on July 22, 2012? 1) Bradley Wiggins 2) Chris Froome 3) Vincenzo Nibali 4) Cadel Evans 5) Alberto Contador 22. Who among the following is not associated with the Formula One Championship? 1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Kimi Raikkonen 3) Fernando Alonso 4) Mark Webber 5) Ernie Els 23. The Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup was jointly won by India and Pakistan. Where was the final played on July 1, 2012? 1) Karachi 2) Dhaka 3) Kuala Lumpur 4) Colombo 5) Singapore 24. P.M.Rungta passed away on July 12, 2012. He was a former? 1) Cricket Captain 2) BCCI President 3) ICC President 4) IPL Chairman 5) None of these 25. Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in the country in which of the following states on July 11, 2012? 1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Kerala 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Uttar Pradesh 26. India signed an agreement to establish Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development with which of the following organizations in July 2012? 1) FAO 2) WHO 3) UNESCO 4) UNICEF 5) UNDP 27. Which country recently test fired Shahab-3, a medium range ballistic missile? 1) Syria 2) Pakistan 3) Iran 4) Afghanistan 5) Israel 28. Which of the following has launched 'Bank Branch Locator', a dynamic database that gives information on location of branches of a bank? 1) SBI 2) PNB 3) HDFC Bank 4) RBI 5) ICICI Bank 29. Mark Boucher has retired from international cricket after suffering a severe eye injury. He play-ed 147 Tests with a world record of 555 dismissals for which of the following countries? 1) England 2) Australia 3) South Africa 4) Wet Indies 5) New Zealand 30. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was criticized by which of the following US magazines as "The Underachiever" in July 2012? 1) Newsweek 2) World 3) TIME 4) The National Journal 5) U.S. News & World Report 31. Enrique Pena Nieto is the Pres-ident elect of which of the following countries? (He will take charge on December 1, 2012) 1) Mexico 2) Spain 3) Italy 4) Portugal 5) Brazil 32. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has been re-elected for a fifth term as the President of? 1) Ireland 2) Poland 3) Norway 4) Sweden 5) Iceland 33. Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned recently on corruption charges. He was the Cabinet Minister for? 1) Health and Family Welfare 2) Labour and Employment 3) Commerce and Industry 4) Chemicals and Fertilizers 5) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 34. Yitzhak Shamir passed away on June 30, 2012. He was the former Prime Minister of? 1) Belarus 2) Israel 3) Poland 4) Germany 5) None of these 35. Rajesh Khanna, a Bollywood actor, passed away on July 18, 2012. He did not act in which of the following Hindi hits? 1) Aradhana 2) Safar 3) Kati Patang 4) Anand 5) Zanjeer 36. Identify the mismatched pair? 1) Bank Rate-9% 2) Repo Rate-8% 3) Reverse Repo Rate-7% 4) Cash Reserve Ratio-4% 5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio-23% 37. Freedom fighter and a close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal passed away on July 23, 2012. She was defeated by which of the following leaders in the 2002 Presidential elections? 1) R. Venkatraman 2) K.R. Narayanan 3) Giani Zail Singh 4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 5) Shankar Dayal Sharma 38. Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket on July 12, 2012. He played 76 Tests, 221 ODIs and 25 T20s for which of the following countries? 1) South Africa 2) West Indies 3) England 4) New Zealand 5) None of these 39. India shares longest border with which of the following countries? 1) Nepal 2) China 3) Bhutan 4) Pakistan 5) Bangladesh 40. 'World Day for Water' is observed on which of the following dates? 1) March 20 2) March 21 3) April 22 4) April 21 5) March 22 41. Who is the author of the book 'A Tale of Two Gardens'? 1) V.S. Naipaul 2) E.M. Forster 3) Mulk Raj Anand 4) Charles Dickens 5) Octavio Paz KEY 1) 3 2) 3 3) 4 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 5 9) 1 10) 2 11) 3 12) 2 13) 5 14) 1 15) 3 16) 2 17) 4 18) 4 19) 2 20) 3 21) 1 22) 5 23) 3 24) 2 25) 4 26) 3 27) 3 28) 4 29) 3 30) 3 31) 1 32) 5 33) 5 34) 2 35) 5 36) 4 37) 4 38) 5 39) 5 40) 5 41) 5