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Current Affairs CURRENT AFFAIRS (2) Russia gust 7, 2012, becoming only NATIONAL (3) Europe, Japan and China the second Vice-President to (4) All of the above get a second consecutive term 1. Giving a big boost to trade and 5. The Cabinet Committee on Po• after S. Radhakrishnan, who bilateral relations with which litical Affairs (CCPA), headed enjoyed two terms from neighbouring country, did the by Prime Minister Manmohan (1) 1947-1957 (2) 1950-1960 Government of India on Au• Singh, in August 2012, ap• (3) 1952-1962 (4) 1956-1966 gust 1, 2012 notify law permit• proved the longstanding de• 9. The National Centre for Bio• ting investments by citizens mand of the people of Karna- logical Sciences (NCBS) signed and companies of that coun• taka to provide special status, a joint agreement with the In- try? under which of the Constitu• stitut Curie in Paris and the (l)Sri Lanka tion? Centre National de la Recher• (2) Pakistan (1) Article 269 A che Scientifique (CNRS) in Au• (3) Nepal (2) Article 321 C gust 2012 on collaborative re• (4) Bangladesh (3) Article 371 D search. Where is NCBS based? 2. India and which country on (l)Pune (2)Panaji August 2, 2012 entered into a (4) Article 382 A (3) Bangalore (4) Hyderabad memorandum of understand• 6. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi was 10. Which High Court of India, on ing (MoU) for launching a pro• anointed an Election Commis• August 8, 2012 approved guide• gramme that would promote sioner of India on August 7, lines for the media for report• collaborative research across a 2012. He is a .1976 batch IAS ing matters related to children? wide range of disciplines from officer of which state cadre? medical and information tech• (1) Uttar Pradesh (1) Delhi (2) Allahabad nology to social sciences, hu• (2) Jammu & Kashmir (3) Calcutta (4) Madras manities and arts? (3) Andhra Pradesh 11. The Supreme Court on August (l)USA (2) Israel (4) Gujarat 9, 2012 directed which of the (3) Russia (4) Britain 7. Sushil Kumar Shinde was in following to take immediate steps for disposal of toxic 3. The Union Cabinet on August August 2012 made the new waste lying in and around the 3, 2012 fixed a reserve (mini• Leader of the Lok Sabha, the Union Carbide factory in Bho- mum) price of how much for 5 first Dalit to hold that job. MHz of pan-India 2G spectrum Which of the following state• pal in six months? in the 1800-MHz GSM band ments is/are correct regarding (1) Union government for auctioning spectrum to be him? (2) Madhya Pradesh vacated by companies whose (1) He presented nine consec• (3) National Pollution Control 122 licences were cancelled by utive budgets in Maharash• Board the Supreme Court? tra as Finance Minister (4) Only 1 and 2 (1) Rs. 5,000 crore (2) He has been Chief Minis• 12. The Planning Commission in (2) Rs. 10,000 crore ter of Maharashtra and August 2012 gave thumbs up (3) Rs. 14,000 crore Governor of Andhra to which state government's move to involve private enti• (4) Rs. 18,000 crore Pradesh ties in supply of water in sev• 4. The Union Cabinet in August (3) At present, he represents eral areas of the city on the 2012 cleared the Indian Space Maharashtra's Solapur Lok lines of power sector? Research Organisation's mis• Sabha constituency (1) Maharashtra sion to Mars in 2013. Which (4) All of the above of the following countries have 8. United Progressive Alliance (2) Gujarat already undertaken this effort? nominee Hamid Ansari was re• (3) Delhi (1) United States elected Vice-President on Au• (4) West Bengal 13. The Atomic Energy Regulatory a. It seeks to keep issues relating 23. V.V.S. Laxman, India's man Board (AERB) on August 10, to national security, sover• for crisis situations, bid adieu 2012 accorded which much- eignty and integrity out of its to international cricket in Hy• awaited approval for Reactor I ambit. derabad on August 18, 2012. at the Kudankulam Nuclear b. It seeks to protect public ser• Laxman is the great grand Power Project? vants exposing corruption. nephew of which former Presi• (1)'Initial Fuel Loading (IFL) Select the correct answer us• dent of India? (2) First Approach to Critical- ing the codes given below: (1) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrish- ity (FAC) (1) Both a and b nan (3) Isotope production (2) Neither a nor b (2) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (4) Both 1 and 2 (3) Only a (3) Basappa Danappa Jatti 14. Press Council of India Chair• (4) Only b (4) Ramaswamy Venkatara- man Markandey Katju in Au• 19. Much against the wishes of man gust 2012 denounced Chief which State government, 24. India and which country, at Minister of which of the fol• Union Minister for Environ• two high-level meetings on the lowing Indian states as "total• ment and Forests (MoEF) Jay- eve of the Non-Aligned Move• ment (NAM) Summit on Au• ly dictatorial, intolerant, and anthi Natarajan announced in gust 30, 2012, resolved to step whimsical"? Parliament in August 2012 up economic ties, especially in (1) Gujarat that final approval had been stabilising Afghanistan and (2) West Bengal accorded to declare Ku- shoring up Indian exports? (3) Karnataka dremukh National Park as a (1) Pakistan (4) Uttar Pradesh tiger reserve? (2) Iran 15. The 2012 Sastra Ramanujan (1) Andhra Pradesh (3) China Prize was in August 2012 an• (2) Chhattisgarh (4) Japan nounced to be conferred on (3) Karnataka 25. India in August 2012 offered Professor Zhiwei Yun in De• (4) Madhya Pradesh Bangladesh a $take in the cember 2012 in New Delhi. In 20. In a rare honour, the name of Rs. 15,000-crore Tipaimukh which year was the Sastra Ra• which eminent Indian Urdu lit• hydroelectric project on the manujan Prize established? terateur figured in the list of Barak river in (1) 1988 (2) 1996 civilian honours announced by (1) Assam (3)2005 (4)2010 Pakistan on the eve of its In• ^ (2) Arunachal Pradesh dependence Day in August 16. Which Indian state decided to ~ (3) Manipur clamp a complete ban on food 2012? (4) Tripura articles containing nicotine (1) Gopi Chand Narang and tobacco from August 15, (2) Josh Malihabadi STATES 2012? (3) Krishna Pal Sharma (1) Haryana m (4) Ajit Kumar Chauhan 26. The Cabinet of which Indian (2) Delhi 21. In a study published in The state on August 1,2012 decid• (3) Bihar Lancet on August 17, 2012, ed to exempt single phase do• mestic consumers using up to (4) Uttar Pradesh what was the global rank of 120 units of electricity a 17. The Indian Institute of Soil Sci• India in terms of number of month from the power tariff ence in August 2012 an• tobacco users? hike? nounced to have developed a (1) First (2) Second (1) Andhra Pradesh web-based system that calcu• (3) Third (4) Fifth (2) Bihar lates the quantum and quali• 22. The Union Government in Au• (3) Kerala ty of fertilizers that should be gust 2012 approved the Street (4) Gujarat applied to the soil for targeted Vendors (Protection of Liveli• 27. Which State government in yield. Where is it based? hood and Regulation of Street August 2012 decided to reserve (1) Hyderabad (2) Lucknow Vending) Bill, 2012. As per the three per cent of all contrac• (3) Bhopal (4) Kolkata Bill, anyone over what age can tual jobs and jobs that were 18. The government in August apply and register as a street being outsourced for the phys• 2012 moved The Whistleblow- vendor with the respective ically challenged persons? ers Protection Bill, 2011, which Town Vending Committee (1) Delhi the Lok Sabha has already (TVC) on payment of a one• (2) Odisha passed, in the Rajya Sabha time fee? (3) Maharashtra with an amendment. What (1) 16years (2) 18years (4) West Bengal does this Bill seek? (3) 21 years (4) 24 years 28. Which state government an• centres under the Indira Bal investment policy which will nounced in August 2012 that Swasthya Yojna? also outline the contours of unmarried daughters of retired (1) Himachala Pradesh the government policy on government employees will (2) Chhattisgarh (1 j Non-resident Indians now be entitled to a share in (3) Haryana (2) Industry the family pension even after (4) Jharkhand (3) Software development the age of 25 as per a proposed 33. The Planning Commission in (4) All of the above amendment in State pension August 2012 approved a Plan 39. The Odisha Departments of rules? outlay of Rs. 16,300 crore for Tourism and Culture in Au• (1) Haryana 2012-13 for which state , rep• gust 2012 decided to create a (2) Himachala Pradesh resenting an increase of 25 per heritage corridor comprising (3) Rajasthan cent over the previous fiscal? tourism sites between the cap• (4) Punjab (1) Bihar ital city of Bhubaneswar and the pilgrims' paradise of 29. Which state government in (2) Jharkhand (1) Ajmer August 2012 signed a Memo• (3) Odisha (2) Puri randum of Understanding (4) Karnataka (3) Kedarnath (MoU) with KfW, Germany's 34. Which state announced in Au• (4) Haridwar development bank, for secur• gust 2012 to soon introduce ing a loan of Rs. 357.58 crore adolescent education with 40. Which Indian state/Union for infrastructure develop• emphasis on adolescent repro• Territory in August 2012 an• nounced to raise a memorial ment? ductive health from Class VIII to commemorate the memory (1) Odisha to XII? (1) West Bengal of all Punjabis who had lost (2) Jammu Kashmir their lives during the Partition (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Bihar of the country in 1947? (3) Maharashtra (4) Uttar Pradesh (1) Chandigarh (4) Bihar 30.
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