India Current Affairs- Jan 2012

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

JAN-2012

1.    Six researchers from five science streams were honoured with this prize by the former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Bangalore on 9 January 2012. Name the prize in question.
a.    Infosys Prize
b.    India Science Prize
c.    Rolls-Royce Science Prize
d.    Young Scientist Award
Answer: (a) Infosys Prize

2.  Which one of the following state governments launched Panch Parmeshwar scheme?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) UP
d) Kerala
Answer:  (a) Madhya Pradesh

3.  The Cabinet Committee on Security approved the setting up of NCTC. What is the full form of NCTC?
a)  National Counter Terrorism Centre
b) National Trade Cooperation
c) National Central Terrorism Centre
d) National Council for Trade Cooperation
Answer:  (a) National Counter Terrorism Centre

4.  10th PBD( Pravasi Bhartiya Divas) was held at which one of the following Indian cities?
a) Agra
b) Patna
c) New Delhi
d) Chennai
Answer:  (a) Chennai

5.    He was conferred with the first S K Singh Award for excellence in the Indian Foreign Service on 6 January 2012. Identify the diplomat.
a.    Ranjan Mathai
b.    Shivshankar Menon
c.    D Bala Venkatesh Verma
d.    K. Raghunath
Answer: (c) D Bala Venkatesh Verma

6.    Which Ministry prepared draft policy seeking to increase private participation and opens the doors for foreign direct investors for expanding its network?
a.    Railways Ministry
b.    Ministry of Rural Development
c.    Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d.    Defence Ministry
Answer: (a) Railways Ministry

7.  Planning Commission of India on 18 January 2012 approved Rudrasagar development scheme. The scheme is related__.
a) Tripura
b) Assam
c) Bihar
d) Sikkim
Answer:  (a) Tripura

8. Writer/diplomat Pavan K. Varma's new book set in contemporary India and in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, was launched in the New Delhi by Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, the Queen Mother of Bhutan in January 2012. The protagonist Anand is wrongly diagnosed with cancer. He quits his high-power job and loses himself in a Bhutanese retreat.
Name the book.
a.    When Loss is Gain
b.    Ghalib: The Man
c.    The Great Indian Middle Class
d.    The Times
Answer: (a) When Loss is Gain

9. Which one of the following state governments decided to constitute Jaisalmer Fort development authority?
a) MP
b) Bihar
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer:  (d) Rajasthan

10. Noted film critic who reviewed films for the Times of India died of cancer on 20 January 2012 at 53?
a.    Nikhat Kazmi
b.    Raja Sen
c.    Subhash K. Jha
d.    Pauline Kael
Answer: (a) Nikhat Kazmi

11. Which of the following authors was awarded the DSC Prize for South Asia Literature 2012, at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Rajasthan on 21 January 2012. Karunatilka won $50,000 for his book Chinaman?
a.    Dr Alastair Niven
b.    Dr Fakrul Alam
c.    Shehan Karunatilaka
d.    Marie Brenner
Answer: (c) Shehan Karunatilaka

12. The union government of India on 1 February 2012 gave the approval for setting up a National Council for Senior Citizens. It will be headed by the minister of____
a) External Affairs
b) Social Justice and Empowerment
c) Home
d) Finance
Answer: (b) Social Justice and Empowerment

13.  As per the latest Sample registration System( SRS) bulletin, December 2011 released by the Registrar General of India(RGI), it is noted that Infant Mortality Rate(IMR) dropped further from __ to __ infant deaths per 1000 live births during 2010.
a) 50; 47
b) 55; 49
c) 53; 40
d) 45; 47
Answer: (a) 50; 47

14.    Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on 11 January 2012 launched the signature tune of the Indian Customs Pragati ki Dhadkan in New Delhi.  The signature tune was composed by which of the noted music directors?
a.    A. R. Rahman     
b.    Aadesh Shrivastava     
c.    Adnan Sami
d.    Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Answer: (b) Aadesh Shrivastava     

15. Union Cabinet of India on 24 January 2012 renamed the Mana Airport at Raipur as the___ Airport, Raipur.
a) Swami Vivekananda 
b) Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:  (a) Swami Vivekananda

16. In the period from January to November 2011, Sri Lanka received just over 7.5 lakh tourists. Of this, over 1.5 lakh were Indians. Indians constituted about what per cent of the tourists to Sri Lanka in 2011?
a.    20%
b.    12%
c.    37%
d.    36%
Answer: (a) 20%

17.    Freedom fighter and one of the doyens of Indian diplomacy who was an architecht of of the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty passed away in New Delhi on 31 january 2012. Identify him.
a.    A K Damodaran
b.    Prakash Shah
c.    Bali Ram Bhagat
d.    Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Answer: (a) A K Damodaran