India Current Affairs- Jun 2012

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

JUN-2012

1. Name the Indian Army Officer whose ban was ban was lifted by Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh? 
a.    Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag
b.    Lt. General PS Thorrat    
c.    Lt. General Ranjeet Singh
d.    Lt. General BK Singh
Answer: (a) Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag

2. Which one of the following ministeries decided to defer its plan to digitalise cable TV services in metros by four months as they were found not to be ready for it?
a.    Union Finance Ministry
b.    Union Home Ministry
c.    Union Science Ministry
d.    Union Information & Technology Ministry
Answer: (d) Union Information & Technology Ministry

3. Name the person who was served the Enforcement Directorate notice to question him on charges of money laundering ?
a.    Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
b.    A Raja
c.    Suresh Kalmadi
d.    Virbhadra Singh
Answer: (a) Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy

4. According to which international organisation’s report, India is listed among the top five countries across the world where a large number of children dies due to diseases like pneumonia and diarrhoea ?
a.   NRHO
b.    WHO
c.    World Bank
d.    UNICEF
Answer: (d) UNICEF

5. Name the Indian cricketer who was sworn in as the member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament on 4 June 2012 ?
a.    MS Dhoni
b.    Sachin Tendulkar
c.    Munaf Patel
d.    Saurabh Ganguly
Answer: (b) Sachin Tendulkar

6. Name the Indian human rights activists who were honoured with the International Peace Award given by the Gandhi Foundation at the House of Lords.?
a.    Binayak Sen & Bulu Imam
b.    Medha Patkar & Abahay Amte    
c.    Anna Hazare & Kiran Bedi
d.    Arvind Kejariwal & Aruna Roy
Answer: (a) Binayak Sen & Bulu Imam

7. The Supreme Court of India on 11 June 2012 upheld which one of the following high court’s ruling to quash 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions?
a.    Allahabad High Court
b.    Rajasthan High Court
c.    Delhi High Court
d.    Andhra Pradesh High Court
Answer: (d) Andhra Pradesh High Court

8. Name the BEML chairman and MD, who was suspended by the Union defence Ministry on 11 June 2012 to ensure fair investigation into the Tatra truck deal and other cases ?
a.    G Madhavan Nair
b.    Surendra Khanna
c.    VRS Natarajan
d.    Amit Barua
Answer: (c) VRS Natarajan

9. The Hyderabad bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) set aside the appointment of V. Dinesh Reddy as Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh.  What was the ground of Reddy’s removal as the state DGP?
a.    Seniority
b.    Corruption
c.    misconduct
d.    all of the above
Answer: (a) Seniority

10. The Pakistan government on 28 June 2012, released Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh after he served life imprisonment in Pakistani Prison.  Who is the other Indian citizen who has been languishing in Pakistani prison and was denied liberty by the Pakistani authorities on 26 June 2012?
a.    Sarabjeet Singh
b.    Amarjeet
c.    Sarvajeet Singh
d.    Swarnjeet Singh
Answer: (a) Sarabjeet Singh

11. Name the person who was appointed the new Commissioner of Delhi Police by the Union Home Ministry on 28 June 2012 ?
a.    CP Vergese
b.    Neeraj Kumar
c.    Surendra Singh
d.    B K Gupta
Answer: (b) Neeraj Kumar