Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : August 23, 2012

1. Who among the following is the new Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
[A]Mukut Mithi
[B]P.J. Kurien
[C]O.T. Lepcha
[D]M.S. Gill

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2. What is the present FDI cap in insurance sector in India?
[A]26 per cent
[B]49 per cent
[C]76 per cent
[D]100 per cent

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3. Recently Khandelwal committee report is in news. It deals with _____________?
[A]Conservation of tiger reserves
[B]changes in insurance sector
[C]Railway safety
[D]Banking sector human resource management

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4. Which among the following will become 157th member of the WTO?
[A]Montenegro
[B]Vanuatu
[C]Russia
[D]Tuvalu

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5. Recently in which among the following countries ‘National Outreach Conference on Global Nuclear Disarmament’ was held?
[A]USA
[B]Australia
[C]India
[D]Japan

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6. Presently how much cultivable area in the country is using bio-fertilisers?
[A]3 per cent
[B]5 per cent
[C]6 per cent
[D]8 per cent

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7. In which among the following states, Nun peak is located?
[A]Himachal Pradesh
[B]Jammu and Kashmir
[C]Arunachal Pradesh
[D]Sikkim

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8. Recently which among the following government has launched ‘Kerosene-free’ scheme?
[A]Delhi
[B]West Bengal
[C]Uttar Pradesh
[D]Haryana

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9. Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents. He hails from ____________?
[A]UK
[B]France
[C]Ukraine
[D]Germany

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10. Cricket has been a competitive sport only once at the Olympics in which among the following years?
[A]1896
[B]1900
[C]1908
[D]1912

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