India Current Affairs- Oct 2011

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

OCT-2011

1. Uttar Pradesh government announced the creation of three more districts. What is the total number of districts in the state now?
a) 70
b) 75
c) 78
d) 74
Answer:  (b) 75

2. National Commission for Safai Karamcharis presented its __Annual report to Government on 28 September 2011. 
a) 10th
b) 11th
c) 6th
d) 7th
Answer: (a) 10^th

3. Goa State Assembly Unanimously Passed Goa Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill is a modified version of Goa Lakayukta Bill 2003. 
a. 2009
b. 2004
c. 2007
d. 2003
Answer: (d) 2003

4. Which one of the following launched the social auditing programme of gram Panchayats?
a) Goa
b) Assam
c) UP
d) MP
Answer:  (b) Assam

5. Name the Rajasthan Water Resources Minister who was dropped from the Cabinet on 16 October 2011 in the wake of allegations about his involvement in a case of mysterious disappearance of an auxiliary nurse midwife, Bhanwari Devi.
a.    Mahipal Maderna
b.    Bharat Singh
c.    Aimaduddin Ahmad
d.    Bharat Singh
Answer: (a) Mahipal Maderna

6. The Save Sharmila Campaign was flagged off by Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey on 16 October 2011. In which of the following Indian cities was the campaign launched?
a.    Imphal
b.    Srinagar
c.    Guwahati
d.    Shillong
Answer: (b) Srinagar

7. The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated in __ district.
a) Kangra
b) Kullu
c) Kinnaur
d) Sirmaur
Answer: (a) Kangra

8. The Supreme Court on 1 September 2011 ordered Delhi’s private hospitals to provide free treatment to the poor. The bench asked the city hospitals to reserve __ percent of their out-patient department capacity and__ percent of beds at the indoor level for free treatment of the poor.
a) 25; 10
b) 35; 25
c) 20; 25
d) 25; 35
Answer:  (a) 25; 10

9. Rajasthan government on 19 October 2011 launched a web based Social Security Pension system. At which one of the following places the system was launched?
a) Jaipur
b) Kota
c) Bikaner
d) Ajmer
Answer: (a) Jaipur

10. UP state government increased the age limit for recruitment of Primary school teachers from 35 to __ years.
a) 40
b) 33
c) 44
d) 47
Answer: (a) 40 Years

11. Who was honoured with the Swiss Ambassador's award for exceptional leadership and his contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between India and Switzerland on 16 October 2011?
a.    Anil Ambani
b.    Rattan Tata
c.    Narayan Murthy
d.    G D Birla
Answer: (b) Rattan Tata

12.    A fresh offering on the lives of 20 great personalities titled Of a Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches penned by former West Bengal governor was released by Penguin Books India in New Delhi on 26 September 2011. Name the writer.
a.    M.K. Narayanan
b.    Gopalkrishna Gandhi
c.    Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 
d.    Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Answer: (b) Gopalkrishna Gandhi