Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : September 15, 2012

1. Who among the following will be the next Chief Justice of India after SH Kapadia?
[A]P. Sathasivam
[B]Altamas Kabir
[C]G.S. Singhvi
[D]R.M. Lodha

Altamas Kabir


2. Who among the following is elected as new Prime Minister of Libya?
[A]Moussa Koussa
[B]Mustafa Abdul Jalil
[C]Mahmoud Jibril
[D]Mustafa Abu Shagour

Mustafa Abu Shagour


3. Who among the following was elected as president of The Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13?
[A]Kiran B. Vadodaria
[B]K.N. Tilak Kumar
[C]Ashish Bagga
[D]Sanjay Gupta

K.N. Tilak Kumar


4. Which among the following has signed an agreement with Afro-India Medical Services to set up 30 tele-medicine units in East and West Africa?
[A]Apollo Hospitals
[B]Wockhardt Ltd.
[C]Manipal Hospital
[D]Tata Memorial Hospital

Apollo Hospitals


5. Which among the following Indian IT major has featured in Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)’s ‘Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index’ for 2012?
[A]Wipro
[B]Tata Consultancy Services
[C]Infosys
[D]HCL

Wipro
The company scored 95 on 100 and is one of seven IT companies in the world to find a place in the listing. This index, a key component of CDP’s annual
Global 500 report, highlights the constituent companies within the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global 500) which have displayed a strong approach to information disclosure regarding climate change.


6. The 52nd National Open Athletics Championships was recently held in __________?
[A]Kolkata
[B]Chennai
[C]Bhopal
[D]Mumbai

Chennai


7. Ranganath Misra, who recently passed away was a ______________?
[A]Political analyst
[B]Former Chief Justice of India
[C]Former Union minister
[D]Veteran journalist

Former Chief Justice of India


8. Which among the following country is the host for fourth edition of the Asia Cup basketball?
[A]China
[B]South Korea
[C]Japan
[D]Indonesia

Japan


9. Who among the following is the Director-General of International Rice Research Institute, Manila?
[A]Seong-Hee Lee
[B]Peter Stephen Baenziger
[C]Robert S.Zeigler
[D]Emerlinda R. Roman

Robert S.Zeigler


10. Which among the following State will soon get India’s largest industrial exhibition centre?
[A]Tamil Nadu
[B]Gujarat
[C]Maharashtra
[D]Karnataka

Gujarat
Gujarat will soon get India’s largest industrial exhibition centre, in Gandhinagar. It is slated to be almost double the size of New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.

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