CURRENT AffAIRS The renaming of Fawara 8. President of Afghanistan Ha- NATIONAL Chowk in the Shadman area mid Karzai was in India on a in Pakistan after revolutionary four day visit from 9 Novem• 1. Which country, on November freedom fighter Bhagat Singh ber, 2012 to 12 November, 28, 2012 expressed interest in got delayed further on Novem• 2012. Which of the following providing funds for moderniz• ber 27, 2012 with a High Court agreements/MoUs was/were ing the government hospital in extending a stay on the pro• signed between the two coun• the township of Vengurla in posal by three weeks. Which tries during his visit? Maharashtra's Sindhudurg dis• High Court of Pakistan is be• trict, on condition it be named (1) MoU oh Fertilizer = ing alluded here? after the legendary Indian phy• (2) MoU on the development of (1) Islamabad High Court sician, Dr. Dwarkanath Shan- coal resources (2) Lahore High Court taram Kotnis? (3) MoU under which India will (3) Multan High Court (1) Japan (2) China provide grants to Afghani• (4) Sindh High Court (3) Malaysia (4) Germany stan to implement small The Union Cabinet of India on development projects 2. The Union Government of In• 22 November, 2012 passed the through local bodies, com• dia on 27 November 2012 ap• National Pharmaceutical Pric• proved a scheme under the munity organisations, ing Policy (NPPA). As per the 12th Five Year Plan for carry• charitable trusts and edu• new pricing policy declared by ing out an anti-piracy initia• cational institutions the Union Government, how tive in the audio-visual sector. many essential drugs would (4) All of the above Which of the following is/are come under price control poli• 9. In November 2012, an Opera• the highlights of this scheme? cy of the nation? tional Safety Review Team (OS- a. Under the scheme, the cam• (1)126 (2)222 ART) of the International paign on piracy through audio• (3)348 (4)455 , Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visual, internet and print me• 6 With which country did India gave clean chit to which Atom• dia will be launched. sign an Earths Pact on 16 No• ic Power Plant (APP) of India b. This new scheme of the Infor• vember, 2012 that will enable after conducting an in-depth mation & Broadcasting Min• the latter to import the rare safety review of the plant? istry has an outlay of Rs 2 Earth minerals from India? (1) Narora crores for the plan period of (l)Myanmar (2) China (2) Kalpakkam 2012-17. (3) Japan (4) Iran (3) Rawatbhata Select the correct answer us• Union Finance Minister P. ing the codes given below: Chidambaram on 18 Novem• (4)Trombay (1) Only a (2) Only b ber, 2012 disclosed that .the 10. The Protection of Children (3) Both a and b amendments to GAAR (General from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (4) Neither a nor b Anti-Avoidance Rules), the came into force in India on 14 3. A coastal chain of static sen• controversial law against tax November, 2012. Which of the sors positioned along the coast avoidance through foreign in• .following is/are not the fea• of which state was inaugurat• vestments, had been finalised. tures of this act? ed by Ministry of Defence in a The amendments has been (1) It defines child as a person Ceremony held at Coast Guard made in line with the recom• below the age-group of 14 District Headquarters on 23 mendations made by the (2) It is gender-neutral (l)Thorat Committee November, 2012? (3) It has made it mandatory (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Ahluwalia Committee to report the sexual offenc• (2) Gujarat (3) Odisha (3) Shome Committee es against any child (4) Tamil Nadu (4) Kelkar Committee (4) Section 45 of the Act allows (1) It came into existence in ping Uranium to India clear• the Union Government to 1997 ing the mistrust generated on make the necessary chang• (2) It came into existence by the other side after the nucle• es in the Act, whenever and an Act of the Parliament ar explosion from India in wherever applicable (3) Its constitution came into 1974? 11. The three-day review meeting effect in 1994, when the (1) Canada (2) Australia of Ministers of Education and Government constituted (3) Britain (4) Japan heads of delegation of the E-9 the National Telecom Poli• 20. The Union Government body, countries ended in New Delhi cy (NTP) Cabinet Committee on Eco• on 10 November, 2012 with the (4) All of the above nomic Affairs (CCEA) on 1 adoption of the New Delhi 16. Which country, on 6 Novem• November, 2012 lifted the ex• Commitment. Which of the ber, 2012 lifted its around port ban on milk products till following is not a member of twenty years old travel adviso• March 2013. Which of the milk E-9? ry for its nationals against products come under this cat• (1) Pakistan and Nigeria travel to Srinagar, Jammu and egory? (2) China and Indonesia Ladakh, referring improve• (1) Whole milk powder (WMP) (3) Mexico and Bangladesh ments of the security situation (2) Dairy whitener in the State? (4) Sri Lanka and Japan (3) Infant milk foods 12. The Union Government on 8 (1) The United Kingdom (4) All of the above November, 2012 approved the (2) Australia 21. Senior officials of the India, release of funds for the estab• (3) Japan Japan and which other coun• lishment of how many integrat• (4) China try held their third trilateral di• ed textile parks, which was 17. The central government recent• alogue in New Delhi on 29 Oc• sanctioned in the 11th Five ly signed a tripartite pact with tober, 2012 to enhance coop• Year Plan? some state and UT govern• eration on combating mari• (1) 13 (2) 18 ments for laying digital high• time security, combating pira• (3) 21 (4) 36 way and also formed a special cy and leveraging their 13. The Union Government recent• purpose vehicle BBNL for fa• strengths to shape the Asia- ly constituted a National Com• cilitating connection to every Pacific architecture? mittee on Direct Cash Trans• gram Panchayat with broad• (1) China fers. Who among the following band network. Which of the (2) USA following Union Territories of do not come under this Com• (3) Indonesia India has/have not signed the mittee? (4) South Korea pact? (1) Prime Minister of India 22. India and the United Kingdom (2) Deputy Chairman of.the (1) Dadar and Nagar Haveli on 30 October, 2012 signed a Planning Commission of (2) Daman and Diu protocol amending the bilater• India (3) Puducherry al convention on avoidance of (3) Governor of the Reserve (4) Delhi double taxation and preven• Bank of India 18. The Union Cabinet of India on tion of fiscal evasion related to (4) Chairman of the Unique 1 November, 2012 gave its nod taxes on income and capital Identification Authority of to grant retired personnel of gains. When was this conven• India central police and paramilitary tion signed? forces the status of ex-Service- 14. India and which country, on 8 (1) 1988 (2) 1993 men. Retired personnel from November, 2012 decided to (3) 1997 (4) 2002 which of the following would step-up cooperation in Cyber now be counted among the ex- 23. King Juan Carlos I of Spain Security during the Foreign central police personnel equiv• visited India recently. During Minister level talks of both the alent to the ex-servicemen rec• his stay in India, both the nations? ognition of the retirees of the countries signed a number of (1) Britain (2) Russia defence forces? agreements and Memorandum (3) Japan (4) Brazil of Understanding (Moll). (l)CRPF 15. The Telecom Regulatory Au• Which of the following is/are (2) CISF and BSF thority of India (TRAI) on 5 No• those agreements/MoUs? (3) ITBP and SSB vember, 2012 issued a cap of a. MoU for the encouragement of 100 SMSs per day at conces• (4) All of the above collaboration between the de• sion rate. With reference to 19. India and which country on 6 fence industries and exchange TRAI, which of the following November, 2012 succeeded in of personnel. statements is/are correct? creating a mechanism for ship• b. A protocol for amending the spection because a child is over 19-year-old double taxa• STATES susceptible to be swayed by tion avoidance pact to check 26. The Union Cabinet of India re• others and can be tutored? tax evasion. cently approved a 4038-crore (1) Kolkata High Court Select the correct answer us• Rupees comprehensive multi- (2) Delhi High Court ing the codes given below: pronged plan for prevention (3) Andhra Pradesh High Court (1) Only a and control of Japanese En• (4) Kerala High Court (2) Only b cephalitis (JE) and Acute En• 31. A Switzerland-based company (3) Both, a and b cephalitis Syndrome (AES) in on 9 November, 2012 launched (4) Neither a nor b the country. In which of the an insecticidal bed net and 24. As per an announcement following states will this plan community water filter in made by Save Our Species. be implemented within five which state of India to fight (SOS), a global coalition initi• years from 2012-13 to 2016-17? against diseases like Dengue, ated by the International (l)Uttar Pradesh and West Malaria and Diarrhoea? Union for Conservation of Na• Bengal (1) Bihar (2) Odisha ture (IUCN), the Global Envi• (2) Tamil Nadu (3) West Bengal ronment Facility and the (3) Bihar and Assam (4) Andhra Pradesh World Bank in November 2012, (4) All of the above 32.