Quiz 59: Recent Current Affairs 2011

1. Who among the following was the chairman of the committee to recommend anti-ragging measures appointed in 2007?
[A]Dr. R K Raghavan
[B]Prof. Damodar Acharya
[C]P C Sharma
[D]V S Tiwari


2. Who among the following is current Chief of the Army Staff?
[A]General Vijay Kumar Singh
[B]General Deepak Kapoor
[C]General Joginder Jaswant Singh
[D]General Nirmal Chander Vij


3. Maximum of the reactors of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd are of which among the following types?
[A]Boiling Water Reactors
[B]Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
[C]Light Water Reactors
[D]European Pressurized Reactors


4. At which among the following places, Hockey India’s first Senior National Hockey Championship (Men) 20 was held recently?
[A]Bangalore
[B]Bhopal
[C]Ranchi
[D]New Delhi


5. Recently, CSO has launched a new series of India's Index of Industrial production (IIP). In this context consider the following:
1. Base year is 2004-05
2. It comprises 682 items
3. Previous base year was 1993-94
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
[A]Only 1
[B]1 & 2
[C]2 & 3
[D]1, 2 & 3


6. Singhey Khababs Festival is celebrated in which among the following states of India?
[A]Himachal Pradesh
[B]Jammu & Kashmir
[C]Uttarakhand
[D]Punjab


7. The new tenure of Ban Ki-moon as secretary general of United Nations will end in which among the following years?
[A]2014
[B]2015
[C]2016
[D]2017


8. In which among the following cities, India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM) has been launched recently?
[A]Mumbai
[B]New Delhi
[C]Gurgaon
[D]Noida


9. On which among the following dates, World Refugee Day was recently observed by the United Nations ?
[A]15 June
[B]20 June
[C]25 June
[D]26 June


10. The Abyei Region has been controversial between which among the following countries?
[A]North Sudan and South Sudan
[B]North Sudan and Egypt
[C]South Sudan and Congo
[D]South Sudan and Ethiopia


11. Every year in January, India and Pakistan exchange their list of nuclear installations through their diplomatic missions under an agreement on prohibition of attacks against nuclear installation and facility. In which year, such agreement was signed?
[A]1986
[B]1988
[C]1990
[D]1992


12. The ‘in danger’ tag placed previously, by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has been recently lifted from which among the following sites of India?
[A]Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
[B]Keoladeo National Park
[C]Group of Monuments at Hampi
[D]Manas National Park


13. Merlin Award is given for excellence in which among the following fields?
[A]Science
[B]Medicine
[C]Magic art
[D]Environment Protection


14. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana covers:
1.Persons belonging to BPL
2. Unorganized Sector
3. Domestic Workers
Choose the correct option:
[A]Only 1
[B]1 & 2
[C]1, 2 & 3
[D]1 & 3


15. Consider the following about Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF):
1. It can be established as a Company as well as a Trust
2. A Trust based IDF will be regulated by the RBI, while an Company based IDF will be regulated by the SEBI
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
[A]Only 1
[B]Only 2
[C]Both 1 & 2
[D]Neither 1 nor 2