India Current Affairs- May 2012

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

MAY-2012

1.    Which one of the following High Courts on 28 May 2012 scrapped the Union Government's 4.5 per-cent quota for minorities, carved out of the 27 per cent reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs)?
a.    Andhra Pradesh High Court
b.    Rajasthan High Court
c.    Karnataka High Court
d.    Patna High Court
Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh High Court

2.    Brahmeshwar Singh alias ‘Mukhiyaji,' the head of a dreaded private militia of upper caste landowners in Bihar, was shot dead on 1 June 2012. Name the group he was head of?
a.    MCC
b.    Ranvir Sena
c.    People’s War Group
d.    CPI
Answer:  (b) Ranvir Sena

3.    The DRDO test-fired indigenously built ‘Akash' missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on 28 May 2012. What kind of missile Akash is?
a.    Surface-to-air missile
b.    Surface -to-surface missile
c.   Air -to-surface missile
d.    Water-to-surface missile
Answer: ( a) Surface-to-air missile