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DECEMBER 2011<br />
CURENT COVERAGE MCQs OF THE MONTH<br />
1. India and Iran agreed to set up a mechanism<br />
for payment of crude oil. Consider the following<br />
statements:<br />
i) Iran is second only to Saudi Arabia as an oil<br />
supplier to India.<br />
ii) India is Iran’s second biggest crude buyer<br />
after China.<br />
Choose the right option:<br />
a) Both i and ii are correct.<br />
b) Only i is correct.<br />
c) Only ii is correct.<br />
d) Neither i nor ii is correct.<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
2. Which one of the following countries issued<br />
a worldwide alert to its citizens in the wake of<br />
the killing of key al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-<br />
Awlaki?<br />
a) USA<br />
b) India<br />
c) China<br />
d) Yemen<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
3. How many agreements were signed between<br />
India and Afghanistan during the visit of<br />
Afghan President Hamid Karzai to India on 4-5<br />
October 2011?<br />
a) Two<br />
b) Five<br />
c) Three<br />
d) Six<br />
Answer : (c)<br />
4. Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist<br />
Wangari Maathai died on 25 September 2011.<br />
She won the Nobel peace prize in___.<br />
a) 2004<br />
b) 2005<br />
c) 2003<br />
d) 2007<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
5. South Sudan recently chose __ as its official<br />
language.<br />
a) French<br />
b) Arabic<br />
c) English<br />
d) Spanish<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
6. IBSA summit concluded in Pretoria, South<br />
Africa. What is the full form of IBSA?<br />
a) India Brazil South America<br />
b) India Brazil South Africa<br />
c) India Brazil Saudi Arabia<br />
d) India Bangladesh South Africa<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
7. Syria announced the creation of a committee<br />
tasked with preparing new constitution. Syria<br />
is located in____.<br />
a) West Asia<br />
b) South Asia<br />
c) East Asia<br />
d) South America<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
8. China recently backed Pakistan for UN<br />
Security Council seat. UN Security Council<br />
consists of 5 permanent members and __ nonpermanent<br />
members.<br />
a) 10<br />
b) 5<br />
c) 15<br />
d) 7<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
9. World Food Day was observed on which of<br />
the following dates with the theme- Food Prices<br />
– From Crisis to Stability?<br />
a. 15 October<br />
b. 16 October<br />
c. 17 October<br />
d. 18 October<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
10. Name the Indian-born Fauja Singh, 100 year<br />
old person who entered the Guinness Book of<br />
records as the oldest person to complete a fulldistance<br />
marathon after crossing the finish line<br />
at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 8 hours,<br />
25 minutes and 16 seconds, but was later not<br />
recognized by the Guinness Book because he<br />
cannot produce a valid birth certificate.<br />
a. Fauja Singh<br />
b. Milkha Singh<br />
c. Veer Singh<br />
d. Navjot Singh Ahluwalia<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
11. Who won the 2011 man Booker Prize for his<br />
short novel The Sense of an Ending?<br />
a. Carol Birch<br />
b. Patrick deWitt<br />
c. Julian Barnes<br />
d. AD Miller<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
12. Delhi state government on 8 October 2011<br />
launched Micro Finance project for women.<br />
Consider the following statements:<br />
i) The project aims at providing financial support<br />
to over one lakh vulnerable women in New<br />
Delhi.<br />
ii) The project will be implemented by the<br />
Samajik Suvidha Sangam in collaboration with<br />
Delhi chapter of SEWA.<br />
Choose the right option:<br />
a) Both i and ii are correct.<br />
b) Only i is correct.<br />
c) Only ii is correct.<br />
d) Neither i nor ii is correct.<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
13. Goa State Assembly Unanimously Passed<br />
Goa Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill is a modified<br />
version of Goa Lakayukta Bill 2003.<br />
a. 2002<br />
b. 2004<br />
c. 2001<br />
d. 2003<br />
Answer: (d)<br />
14. Which one of the following launched the<br />
social auditing programme of gram Panchayats?<br />
a) Goa<br />
b) Assam<br />
c) UP<br />
d) Bihar<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
15. The largest ever water supply scheme in<br />
Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated in __<br />
district.<br />
a) Kangra<br />
b) Kullu<br />
c) Kinnaur<br />
d) Sirmaur<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
16. The Supreme Court on 1 September 2011<br />
ordered Delhi’s private hospitals to provide free<br />
treatment to the poor. The bench asked the city<br />
hospitals to reserve __ percent of their outpatient<br />
department capacity and__ percent of<br />
beds at the indoor level for free treatment of the<br />
poor.<br />
a) 25; 10<br />
b) 35; 20<br />
c) 10; 25<br />
d) 25; 25<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
17. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee<br />
on 16 October 2011 voiced the Finance<br />
Ministry’s decision to to recapitalise which of<br />
the following PSU lenders to help it achieve<br />
compliance with capital adequacy ratio (CAR)<br />
norms?<br />
a. State Bank of India<br />
b. United Bank of India<br />
c. Punjab National Bank<br />
d. Bank of Baroda<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
18. A panel constituted by which of the<br />
following bodies on mutual funds in October<br />
2011 retained the minimum capital requirement<br />
to start a fund house at Rs 10 crore, rejecting a<br />
proposal to increase the net worth criterion?<br />
a. IRDA<br />
b. SEBI<br />
c. RBI<br />
d. CCI<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
19. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi<br />
collected what amont of tax as property tax in<br />
the first half of 2011-12 fiscal, recording a Rs<br />
75.16 crore jump compared to its collections<br />
during the corresponding period in 2010-11?<br />
a. Rs 900 crore<br />
b. Rs 950 crore<br />
c. Rs 912.54 crore<br />
d. Rs 971 core<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
20. The Agriculture Ministry on 20 October<br />
2011 proposed a hike of Rs 115 per quintal in<br />
the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat to<br />
what sum per quintal to cover rising farm input<br />
cost and encourage farmers to increase acreage?<br />
a. Rs 1251 per quintal<br />
b. Rs 1293 per quintal<br />
c. Rs 1285 per quintal<br />
d. Rs 1233 per quintal<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
21. Scientists identified the bug, which caused<br />
the Bubonic plague (Black Death) in Europe<br />
between 1347 and 1351. Consider the following<br />
statements on Bubonic plague:<br />
i) Bubonic plague still strikes somewhere<br />
between 1000 and 3000 people.<br />
ii) Bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis.<br />
Choose the right option:<br />
a) Both i and ii are correct.<br />
b) Only i is correct.<br />
c) Only ii is correct.<br />
d) Neither i nor iii is correct.<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
22. Scientists identified the genes, which<br />
increase a Person’s risk of getting Dengue.<br />
Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne<br />
infection after ____.<br />
a) Malaria<br />
b) Yellow Fever<br />
c) Japanese encephalitis<br />
d) West Nile Virus<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
23. Name the Rajasthan Water Resources<br />
Minister who was dropped from the Cabinet on<br />
16 October 2011 in the wake of allegations about<br />
his involvement in a case of mysterious<br />
disappearance of an auxiliary nurse midwife,<br />
Bhanwari Devi.<br />
a. Mahipal Maderna<br />
b. Bharat Singh<br />
c. Aimaduddin Ahmad<br />
d. Bharat Singh<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
24. Union government of India decided to ban<br />
the use of infertility drug Letrozole. Letrozole is<br />
mainly recommended for treating ____.<br />
a) Cancer<br />
b) AIDS<br />
c) Dengue<br />
d) Malaria<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
25. Australian Scientists created the world’s first<br />
drug, which can prevent blindness from<br />
cataracts. Cataracts are formed when a protein,<br />
known as calpain, clouds the eye lens and<br />
impairs vision.<br />
a) Hemoglobin<br />
b) Keratin<br />
c) Calpain<br />
d) Myosin<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
26. The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)<br />
upheld a regulatory order directing which of the<br />
following group of companies to refund Rs<br />
24000 crore - equivalent to the country’s secondbiggest<br />
lender ICICI Bank’s deposit growth last<br />
fiscal - for violating securities laws?<br />
a. RIL<br />
b. Tata Group<br />
c. Sahara Group<br />
d. Jindal Group<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
27. Overnite Express launched a new premium<br />
service, Overnite Priority on 17 October 2011<br />
with an assured next business-day delivery<br />
feature besides a money back guarantee<br />
attached to it. The express delivery service (EDS)<br />
industry was valued at Rs.10,000 crore is found<br />
to be growing by what percentage annually?<br />
a. 23%<br />
b. 25%<br />
c. 27%<br />
d. 28%<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
28. GVK Airport Holdings Private Limited, a<br />
subsidiary of GVK Power & Infrastructure<br />
Limited (GVKPIL) on 18 October 2011 acquired<br />
108000000 equity shares worth Rs10 each<br />
(amounting to a 13.5% equity stake) in which of<br />
the following?<br />
a. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd<br />
(MIAL)<br />
b. Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL)<br />
c. Kolkata International Airport Ltd (KIAL)<br />
d. Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL)<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
29. The department of <strong>tel</strong>ecom (DoT) slapped<br />
Rs 50 crore fine on which of the following cellular<br />
companies for suppressing information,<br />
violating licence agreement and renting out<br />
more than 3,600 pre-activated post paid SIM<br />
cards in bulk to a Delhi-based company that<br />
further subrented them?<br />
a. Bharti Air<strong>tel</strong><br />
b. MTNL<br />
c. Idea Cellular<br />
d. Vodafone Essar<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
30. Rajasthan government on 19 October 2011<br />
launched a web based Social Security Pension<br />
system. At which one of the following places<br />
the system was launched?<br />
a) Jaipur<br />
b) Jodhpur<br />
c) Bikaner<br />
d) Ajmer<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
31. UP state government increased the age limit<br />
for recruitment of Primary school teachers from<br />
35 to __ years.<br />
a) 40<br />
b) 38<br />
c) 45<br />
d) 42<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
32. Scientists found the Ozone hole above<br />
Antarctica, which is the fifth largest on record.<br />
The size of this Ozone hole is___ square<br />
kilometres.<br />
a) 27<br />
b) 25<br />
c) 23<br />
d) 29<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
33. The Save Sharmila Campaign was flagged<br />
off by Magsaysay award winner Sandeep<br />
Pandey on 16 October 2011. In which of the<br />
following Indian cities was the campaign<br />
launched?<br />
a. Imphal<br />
b. Srinagar<br />
c. Guwahati<br />
d. Shillong<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
34. Who was honoured with the Swiss<br />
Ambassador’s award for exceptional leadership<br />
and his contribution to strengthening bilateral<br />
ties between India and Switzerland on 16 October<br />
2011?<br />
a. Anil Ambani<br />
b. Rattan Tata<br />
c. Narayan Murthy<br />
d. G D Birla<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
36. Which of the following McLaren’s driver<br />
won the Japanese Grand Prix in his adopted<br />
homeland, Japan on 9 October 2011?<br />
a. Sebastian Vet<strong>tel</strong><br />
b. Max Webber<br />
c. Jenson Button<br />
d. Fernando Alonso<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
37. Sebastian Vet<strong>tel</strong> who stood third in the<br />
Formula 1 race became the youngest double<br />
world champion with four races to spare on 9<br />
October 2011. To which of the following teams<br />
does he belong to?<br />
a. Red Bull<br />
b. McLaren<br />
c. Ferrari<br />
d. Mercedez<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
38. Which tennis player retained his Shanghai<br />
Masters title by defeating David Ferrer 7-5 6-4<br />
in the final on 16 October 2011?<br />
a. Rafael Nadal<br />
b. Roger Federer<br />
c. Andy Murray<br />
d. Novak Djokovic<br />
Answer: (c)<br />
39. Which Formula 1 team sealed the<br />
constructors’ title at the Korean Grand Prix on<br />
16 October 2011?<br />
a. Mercedes<br />
b. Ferrari<br />
c. McLaren<br />
d. Red Bull<br />
Answer: (d)<br />
40. Which football club/team won the 2011<br />
Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium with a 5-<br />
4 tie-break win?<br />
a. East Bengal<br />
b. Churchill Brothers<br />
c. Prayag United<br />
d. Mohun Bagan<br />
Answer: (b)<br />
41. Bharti Enterprises, the parent company of<br />
Air<strong>tel</strong> floated a new joint venture with Japanese<br />
internet firm for offering mobile internet services<br />
in India. Name the firm.<br />
a. SoftBank Corp<br />
b. Aichi Bank<br />
c. Arc System Works<br />
d. Bridgestone<br />
Answer: (a)<br />
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