Current Affairs Quiz for the Month of August 2012 Visit: quizzes/current-affairs/august-2012-quiz

Current Affairs Quiz for the Month of August 2012

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1.) Who has recently been elected Libyan president by the newly-elected Congress?

a) Mohammed magarief b) Meles Zenawi c) Syed Nasim Ahmed d) Ulku Adatepe

Answer: Mohammed magarief


2.) Which among the following country becomes the full member of MERCOSUR in August 2012?

a) Argentina b) Venezuela c) Brazil d) Uruguay

Answer: Venezuela


3.) Name the US Singer, who sang San Francisco, the unofficial anthen of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, died in Los Angeles on August 18.

a) Tony Martin b) Scott McKenzie c) Maeve Binchy d) Tony Scott

Answer: Scott McKenzie


4.) Which Indian state has adopted contributory pension model for its workers in August 2012?

a) Maharashtra b) West Bengal c) Kerala d) Assam

Answer: Kerala


5.) Which Indian state has signed a memorandum of understanding with four independent power producers in August for setting up five biomass power projects?

a) Punjab b) Madhya Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Haryana

Answer: Haryana


6.) Which among the following has been declared state bird of Delhi in August 2012?

a) Black necked Crane b) Greater Flamingo c) House Sparrow d) Pigeon

Answer: House Sparrow


7.) Who has been elected chief executive officer of the newly-elected Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in August 2012?

a) Pradeep Pradhan b) Bimal Gurung c) Mohan Uparaity d) None of these

Answer: Bimal Gurung


8.) Which Indian state has implemented right to hearing act on August 1, 2012?

a) Delhi b) Gujarat c) Rajasthan d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: Rajasthan


9.) Which iconic song has been voted as the song of the century by the HT readers in August 2012?

a) Chaiyya Chaiyya b) Tere Bina Zindagi c) Dum Maaro Dum d) kal ho na ho

Answer: Dum Maaro Dum


10.) Which university of International repute has introduced a new academic dress code in August 2012?

a) Cambridge University b) Ozford University c) Harvard University d) IIT kanpur

Answer: Ozford University


11.) According to the new norms for securitization of NBFC loans, how much among non-banking finance company will have to retain of the loan being sold to another entity?

a) 10 per cent b) 8 per cent c) 5 per cent d) 12 per cent

Answer: 5 per cent


12.) According toe SEBI’s July bulletin which among the following has become the world’s largest bourse in terms of the number of trades in equity segment for the first six months of 2012?

a) NSE b) Eurex c) NYSE d) BSE

Answer: NSE


13.) Who has been chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2012?

a) Vijay Kumar and Deepika Kumari b) Vijay Kumar and Sudha Singh c) Vijay Kumar and Yogeswar Dutt d) Yogeswar Dutt and Deepika Kumari

Answer: Vijay Kumar and Yogeswar Dutt


14.) Name the Indian Physicist who has been honoured on July 31, 2012 with Yuri Milner Award, the biggest monetary prize in the world?

a) Ashok Sen b) Satendranath Bose c) Homi Jahangir Bhabha d) Satish Dhawan

Answer: Ashok Sen


15.) Who among the following has been conferred for the Nishan-i-Imtiaz Samman by Pakistan government on the eve of its independence day on August 14?

a) Josh Malihabadi b) Gopi Chand Narang c) Mehdi Hasan d) Pt. Ravishankar

Answer: Mehdi Hasan


16.) Why is Wen Xia Yu famous?

a) She is newly-elected prime minister of Philippines

b) She is new CEO of Samsung c) She wins the Miss World crown d) None of these

Answer: She wins the Miss World crown


17.) Which rank did India possess at the London Olympic held in July-August 2012?

a) 20th b) 55th c) 58th d) 93rd

Answer: 55th


18.) . India had the best ever performance at the London Olympic. How many gold it won?

a) Six b) Two c) Four d) None

Answer: None


19.) Which country has joined WTO in August 2012 after 18 years of negotiations?

a) Russia b) South Africa c) Venezuela d) Taiwan

Answer: Russia


20.) Which among the following won the U-19 World Cup Cricket-2012 held at Townsville, Australia?

a) New Zealand b) India c) England d) Australia

Answer: India


21.) Name the Tennis player who won Rogers Cup-2012 held on August 13?

a) Petra Kvitova b) Li Na c) Angelique kerber d) Serena Williams

Answer: Petra Kvitova


22.) Which country is not linked with a new 7,800-km undersea data cable that was recently opened to traffic in Asia?

a) Singapore b) Japan c) Malaysia d) India

Answer: India


23.) Scientists of which country have developed a unique video game that will help fight depression in adolescents?

a) United States b) Germanyc) New Zealand d) Japan

Answer: New Zealand


24.) What is Curiosity?

a) A Women programme on National Television b) A software programme for business c) A nuclear-powered robot, sent to Mars d) Study of human behaviour

Answer: A nuclear-powered robot, sent to Mars


25.) Which of the following is not among the six traditional crafts of Kashmiri Origin, which have been granted Geographical Indications by the Government of India?

a) Pashmina b) Suzni Embroidery c) Kani Shawl d) None of these

Answer: None of these


26.) Which among did government fix as base price for auctioning pan-India second generation 2G mobile-phone spectrum on August 3?

a) Rs. 14,000 crb) Rs. 18,000 crc) Rs. 20,000 crd) Rs. 12,000 cr

Answer: Rs. 14,000 cr


27.) Who among the following topped the list of 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes in August 2012?

a) Sonia Gandhi b) Angela Markel c) Michelle Obama d) Mamata Banerjee

Answer: Angela Markel


28.) A double AC train was flagged off on August 24 from…

a) Delhi to Locknow b) Mumbai to Ahmedabad c) Delhi to Jaipur d) Delhi to Shimla

Answer: Delhi to Jaipur


29.) Which nuclear plant has been granted permission for the loading of fuel by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board in August 2012?

a) Koodankulam b) Rawatbhatta c) Jaitpura d) Narora

Answer: Koodankulam


30.) Where was the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation Meet held in August 2012?

a) Mecca b) Damascus c) Tehran d) Baghdad

Answer: Mecca


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