INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS
JUL-2012
1. Name the person who was appointed the Director of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on 2 July 2012.
a. Amar Pradhan
b. M Balachandran
c. Anup Sankar Bhattacharya
d. Shankar Sharan
Answer: (c) Anup Sankar Bhattacharya
2. Name the person who took over as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
a. DV Sadananda Gowda
b. BS Yeddyurappa
c. Jagdeesh Shettar
d. None of the above
Answer: (c) Jagdeesh Shettar
3. The Civil Aviation Ministry of India sacked EK Bharat Bhushan, the head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, on 10 July 2012. Who was appointed as the temporary head of DGCA?
a) Prashant Sukul
b) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
c) Ramesh Khurana
d) Ambrish Tripathi
Answer: (a) Prashant Sukul
4. Which one of the following states decided to ban Gutka and Pan Masala on 11 July 2012
a) Rajasthan
b) MP
c) UP
d) Maharashtra
Answer: (d) Maharashtra
5. Name the person who was appointed the new chairman of the High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure on 16 July 2012.
a. Deepak Parekh
b. Adi Godrej
c. KP Singh
d. All of the above
Answer: (a) Deepak Parekh
6. The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 16 July 2012 decided to appoint Arun Mishra as the Chief of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Whom he replaced to the top post?
a) EK Bharatbhushan
b) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
c) Rahul Khullar
d) all of the above
Answer: (a) EK Bharatbhushan
7. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry on 13 July 2012 agreed to set up two central universities in Bihar. The two universities will be opened in which of the two following towns of the state?
a) Patana, siban
b) Patna, Munger
c) Motihari, Gaya
d) Bhagalpur, Patna
Answer: (c) Motihari, Gaya
