India Current Affairs-Dec 2011

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

DEC-2011

1. The Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film was given to which of the following films at the 42nd International Film Festival of India which came to an end at the Kala Academy in Panaji, Goa on 3 December 2011? 
a.    Russian film Elena
b.    an Israeli film Restoration
c.    Columbian Film Porfirio
d.    Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu
Answer: (c) Columbian Film Porfirio

2. Readers of international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller voted which city in Rajasthan as the best leisure destination in India?
a.    Udaipur
b.    Kota
c.    Jaisalmer
d.    Bikaner
Answer: (a) Udaipur

3.  The Chhattisgarh government on 7 December 2011 decided to raise the percentage of reservation for the scheduled tribes and schedule castes. The STs will now get __ whereas the SCs will get_ reservation.
a) 30; 12
b) 12; 32
c) 32; 12
d) 12; 12
Answer: (a) 32; 12

4.    The book Non-Stop India by a journalist-author was launched in Chennai by Editor-in-Chief  of The Hindu, N Ram on 13 December 2011. Name the journalist-author who authored the book?
a.    Satish Chandra
b.    Sophie Raworth
c.    Mark Tully
d.    Babita Sharma
Answer: (c) Mark Tully

5.    Which world renowned architect was bestowed with Goa's highest civilian honour, the Gomant Vibhushan, on the eve of the Golden Jubiliee of Goa's Liberation on 18 December 2011?
a.    Michael Hopkins
b.    Kengo Kuma
c.    Charles Correa 
d.    Kevin Kennon
Answer: (c) Charles Correa 

6.  The Union cabinet of India on 22 December 2011 approved __ percent share for minorities within the 27% OBC quota in jobs and university seats. 
a) 5.5
b) 5.6
c) 3.5
d) 4.5
Answer: (d) 4.5

7.    The Sangita Kalanidhi M.S. Subbulakshmi Award was presented to whom at the inauguration of the 85th annual conference of the Music Academy in Chennai on 15 December 2011?
a.    S.R. Nathan
b.    Trichy Sankaran
c.    Subramania Pillai
d.    Subramaniyam Iyer
Answer: (b) Trichy Sankaran

8.    The 40th anniversary of vijay diwas was celebrated on which day marking the finest hour of the Indian armed forces when they defeated Pakistan, leading to the creation of Bangladesh in 1971?
a.    16 December
b.    18 December
c.    17 December
d.    19 December
Answer: (a) 16 December

9.  The Supreme Court of India directed Tamil Nadu to ensure that the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam does not exceed __but declined to entertain Kerala’s plea for reducing the level to__.
a) 136 feet; 120 feet
b) 125 feet; 135 feet
c) 1357feet; 112 feet
d) 150 feet; 140 feet
Answer: (a) 136 feet; 120 feet

10.    Name the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader who was inducted into the Union Cabinet as civil aviation minister on 18 December 2011.
a.    Ajit Singh
b.    Jayant Chaudhary
c.    Somnath Sharma 
d.    Sanjay Singh Chauhan
Answer: (a) Ajit Singh

11.    Popularly known as Adam Gondvi, this Hindi poet who  wrote revolutionary poetry focusing on the pathetic state of dalits and the poor breathed his last in Lucknow on 18 December 2011. Name the poet.
a.    Bharat Bhusan
b.    Ram Nath Singh
c.    Vijay Prakash
d.    Shail Chaturvedi
e.    Mahesh Mehta
Answer: (b) Ram Nath Singh

12. The Manipur Legislative Assembly passed the Manipur Lokayukta Bill, 2011. Manipur will be the __state in North-Eastern India to have alegislation of Lokayukta. 
a) Third
b) Second
c) First
d) Fourth
Answer: (a) Third

13. India’s infant mortality rate (IMR) showed a 3 point decline, dropping to what number per 1,000 live births, as per government data released on 28 December 2011?
a.    43
b.    47
c.    57
d.    50
Answer: (b) 47