Quiz 125: Current Affairs 2012 April/May for Bank & Other Examinations

1. The First G-20 Summit was held at which among the following places?
[A]London
[B]New York
[C]Washington
[D]Pittsburgh

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2. The Buckingham Canal which was declared national waterway of India runs between which among the following?
[A]Cochin to Kozhikode
[B]Vijaywada to Villupuruam
[C]Kanya Kumari to Rameshwaram
[D]None of them

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3. Who among the following has recently taken over as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank ?
[A]Haruhiko Kuroda
[B]Rajat M. Nag
[C]Pranab Mukherjee
[D]Lakshmi Venkatachalam

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4. Which among the following is the main aim of Asian Development Bank ?
[A]Eradication of Poverty from Asia Pacific
[B]Build Infrastructure in Asia Pacific
[C]Finance Government projects in Asia Pacific
[D]Finance Public and Private companies of Asia Pacific

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5. Which among the following leader of India belongs to Left front?
[A]Veerappa Moily
[B]Arun Jetly
[C]Prakash Karat
[D]Ram Vilas Paswan

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6. Pyithu Hluttaw, is the lower house of the parliament of which among the following countries?
[A]Myanmar
[B]Thailand
[C]Cambodia
[D]Vietnam

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7. Lionel Messi, who recently was making news for breaking Gerd Müller's scoring record, plays which among the following sports?
[A]Cricket
[B]Football
[C]Basket Ball
[D]Hockey

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8. Recently, Marathi Film "Deool" won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film. Who among the following is the director of this film?
[A]Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
[B]Abhijit Gholap
[C]Girish Kulkarni
[D]Dilip Prabhawalkar

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9. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who was recently in news for granting new powers to parliament, is the King of which country ?
[A]Yemen
[B]Saudi Arabia
[C]Baharain
[D]Lebanon

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10. Which of the following country has recently shut down all of its nuclear reactors?
[A]South Korea
[B]Japan
[C]Italy
[D]France

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11. The latest ASEAN summit was held in April 2012 in the Cambodian capital _____?
[A]Naypyidaw
[B]Phnom Penh
[C]Vientiane
[D]Sihanoukville

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12. The Muslim militant group Hezbollah is predominantly based in ___?
[A]Syria
[B]Lebanon
[C]Jordan
[D]Cyprus

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13. Which among the following is not directly controlled by RBI?
[A]Bank Rate
[B]Base Rate
[C]Repo Rate
[D]Cash Reserve Ratio

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14. Bohai Sea is coterminous with ____?
[A]Red Sea
[B]Black Sea
[C]Yellow Sea
[D]White Sea

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15. Salva Kiir is the president if which among the following countries?
[A]Mali
[B]Malawi
[C]Botswana
[D]South Sudan

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