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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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