Current Affairs october 2012 Quiz-30

1. An expert panel set up by the Prime Minister recommended complete decontrol of the sugar industry. Who headed this committee? (The panel submitted its report in October 2012) 1) Kaushik Basu 2) Bimal Jalan 3) C.Rangarajan 4) R.S.Gujral 5) Y.V.Reddy 2. Who are awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein coupled receptors? 1) Thomas Steitz (USA) & Ada Yonath (Israel) 2) Barry Sharpless & William Knowles (USA) 3) Robert Lefkowitz & Brian Kobilka (USA) 4) Peter Agre & Roderick Mackinnon (USA) 5) None of these 3. Australia defended their ICC Women's World Twenty20 title with a four-run win over which of the following countries in the final in Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 7, 2012? 1) India 2) Sri Lanka 3) England 4) West Indies 5) New Zealand 4. The Reserve Bank of India constituted a Financial Inclusion Ad-visory Committee (FIAC) to spe-arhead the efforts towards greater financial inclusion in the country in October 2012. Who is the Cha-irman of this high-level committee? 1) Y.H.Malegam 2) Dipankar Gupta 3) K.R.Kamath 4)K.C.Chakrabarty 5)D.K.Mittal 5. Which of the following statements about the European Union (EU) is not true? 1) The European Union(EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. 2) The EU won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for fostering pea-ce on a continent ravaged by war. 3) Croatia is set to become the 28th member state of the EU on July1, 2013. 4) Euro is the official currency of all the 27 member states of the EU. 5) Herman Van Rompuy (Belgi-um) is the President of the Eu-ropean Council and Jose Ma-nuel Barroso (Portugal) is the President of the European Commission. 6. Which of the following books is/ are written by Jhumpa Lahiri, an Indian American author? 1) The Namesake 2) Unaccustomed Earth 3) Interpreter of Maladies 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 7. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) gave permission to which of the following to start operations in equity and equity derivatives in July 2012? (It will become the third national level stock exchange) 1) USE 2) BSE 3) DSE 4) MCX-SX 5) OTCEI 8. The twenty second Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) took place in which of the following American cities in June 2012? 1) Chicago 2) Seattle 3) Camp David 4) New York 5) Los Angeles 9. The Cabinet Committee on Eco-nomic Affairs (CCEA) headed by the Prime Minister approved the sale of 10.82 percent of its stake in which of the following public sector giants in July 2012? (It will fetch over Rs.4,000 crore to the exchequer) 1) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 3) Steel Authority of India Limited 4) Oil India Limited 5) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 10. Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwa-riya oilfields are located in Barmer in? 1) Assam 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra 4) Rajasthan 5) Karnataka 11. IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, recently announced a Rs.10,500 crore investment plan for India. It belongs to? 1) Sweden 2) USA 3) France 4) South Korea 5) Canada 12. Electronic filing (E-filing) has been made compulsory for the assessment year 2012-13 onwa-rds for an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), if the total income exceeds? 1) Rs.5 lakh 2) Rs.10 lakh 3) Rs.15 lakh 4) Rs.20 lakh 5) Rs.25 lakh 13. Who replaced Sharad Pawar as the Chairman of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the allocation of telecom spectrum in July 2012? 1) A.K.Antony 2) Kapil Sibal 3) P.Chidambaram 4) Salman Khurshid 5) V.Narayanasamy 14. Who has taken over as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)? 1) Vinod Rai 2) Surendra Mohan 3) Sekhar Basu 4) Jawahar Thakur 5) None 15. A popular cricket commentator on All India Radio for four decades passed away in July 2012. Name him? 1)Abid Hussain 2)Suresh Saraiya 3) Dara Singh 4) P.K.Rungta 5) N.K.P.Salve 16. Marcus Agius resigned in July 2012 as the Chairman of which of the following banks? 1) Barclays 2) HSBC 3) Deutsche Bank 4)BNP Paribas 5) Royal Bank of Scotland 17. Arvin Boolell visited India recently. He is the Foreign Minister of? 1) Singapore 2) Guyana 3) Indonesia 4) Mauritius 5) Trinidad & Tobago 18. Which state hosted the 39th Junior National Aquatic Championships in July 2012? 1) Karnataka 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Punjab 4) Maharashtra 5) Andhra Pradesh 19. Which of the following has been declared as the Airline of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airline Awards? 1) Qatar Airways 2) Cathay Pacific 3) British Airways 4) Qantas 5) Singapore Airlines 20. Tatenda Taibu quit cricket to devote his life to the church in July 2012. He played 28 Tests and 150 ODIs for which of the following countries? 1) England 2) West Indies 3) Zimbabwe 4) South Africa 5) None of these 21. Oracle Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has bought 98 percent of the Hawaiian Island of Lanai. Name him? 1) Steve Ballmer 2) Bill Gates 3) Larry Page 4) Larry Ellison 5) Warren Buffet 22. William Jones Cup is an international tournament held annually since 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan. It is associated with which of the following sports? 1) Badminton 2) Lawn Tennis 3) Basketball 4) Table Tennis 5) Football 23. Who is the author of the book 'Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'? 1) Arundhati Roy 2) Rashmi Bansal 3) Kiran Desai 4) Anita Desai 5) Shobha De 24. When did India first participate in the Olympics? 1) 1896 Athens 2) 1900 Paris 3) 1904 St.Louis 4) 1908 London 5) 1912 Stockholm 25. Hindalco Industries, one of the world's largest aluminium manufacturing companies, belongs to? 1) Aditya Birla Group 2) Vedanta Resources 3) Tata Group 4) Reliance 5) Jindal Steel and Power 26. North and South Agalega islands located in the Indian Ocean are part of? 1) France 2) Japan 3) Maldives 4) Mauritius 5) Japan 27. 'Sea of Poppies' was short listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. Who is the author? 1) Aravind Adiga 2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Chetan Bhagat 4) Salman Rushdie 5) None of these 28. The customers of banks can make a complaint to which of the following offices on the issues related to deficiency in services, if the problems are not resolved at banks' level? 1) Reserve Bank of India 2) Indian Banks' Association 3) Attorney General 4) Ombudsman 5) Comptroller and Auditor General 29. Which of the following awards is given by the Madhya Pradesh government in the field of classical music? 1) Arjuna Award 2) Chameli Devi Jain Award 3) Vyas Samman 4) Tansen Award 5) Saraswati Samman 30. The index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is known as? 1) Sensex 2) SCORES 3) MCX 4) CRIS 5) Nifty 31. Which of the following is the currency of Bahrain? 1) Baht 2) Taka 3) Dinar 4) Riyal 5) Peso 32. Who is the present Foreign Secretary of India? 1) Nirupama Rao 2) Ajit Kumar Seth 3) Ranjan Mathai 4) Shiv Shankar Menon 5) Shashikant Sharma 33. Who among the following is associated with archery? 1) Mithali Raj 2) Sudha Singh 3) Jhulan Goswamy 4) Deepika Kumari 5) Kavita Raut 34. Which of the following places does not have a nuclear power plant? 1) Tarapur 2) Narora 3) Kalpakkam 4) Rawatbhatta 5) Asansol 35. Which of the following terms is not associated with banking? 1) NEFT 2) RTGS 3) SLR 4) CRR 5) IRDP 36. World Blood Donor Day is observed on? 1) June 26 2) June 10 3) July 11 4) June 14 5) July 18 37. Which of the following organizations deals with regulation of trade between the countries? 1) WEF 2) IMF 3) ADB 4) ITU 5) WTO 38. Kane Williamson is a Test cricketer from which of the following countries? 1) Australia 2) West Indies 3) England 4) South Africa 5) New Zealand 39. Gangnam style dance is in the news recently. It originated in? 1) Jamaica 2) Brazil 3) Barbados 4) South Korea 5) Trinidad &Tobago 40. Which of the following is the capital city of Australia? 1) Sydney 2) Melbourne 3) Adelaide 4) Brisbane 5) Canberra 41. Which of the following committees dealt with reforms in Banking sector? 1) Sachar Committee 2) Yashpal Committee 3) Ranganath Misra Committee 4) Malegam Committee 5) Narasimham Committee 42. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Football? 1) Grand Slam 2) Deuce 3) Ace 4) Drop Shot 5) Back Pass KEY 1) 3 2) 3 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 5 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10) 4 11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 1 17) 4 18) 2 19) 1 20) 3 21) 4 22) 3 23) 2 24) 2 25) 1 26) 4 27) 2 28) 4 29) 4 30) 5 31) 3 32) 3 33) 4 34) 5 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 5 39) 4 40) 5 41) 5 42) 5