Objective Current Affairs

Q. Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2012 was held in Jaipur. Jaipur is the capital of which one of the following states?
1 Rajasthan
2 Bihar
3 Bihar
4 UP
Ans: 1
Q. India and Japan on January 12, 2012 agreed to enhance their cooperation in the... sector.
1 Infrastructure
2 Tourism
3 Road and Transport
4 Coal and Mining
Ans: 1
Q. He was conferred the first S.K. Singh Award for excellence in the Indian foreign Service on January 6,2012. Identify the diplomat.
1 D. Bala Venkatesh Verma
2 Ranjan Mathai
3 Shivshankar Menon
4 K. Raghunath
Ans: 1
Q. Name the auto making company which launched three new variants of the Eon-D--Lite plus, Era plus and Magna plus in the Indian market in January 2012.
1 Tata Motors
2 Hyundai Motor India
3 Volkswagen
4 Maruti Suzuki
Ans: 2
Q. Who was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on January 4, 2011 the fourth day of the ten-day Kalachakra initiations?
1 Tanzania's Julius Nyerere
2 South African leader Nelson Mandela
3 Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama
4 Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Ans: 3
Q. European Union agreed in principle to ban import of Iranian Crude oil. Consider the following statements:
1. The European Union (EU) is one of Iran's biggest markets for oil.
2. The EU is a political and economical union of 27 member states.
Choose the right option:
1 Only 1is correct
2 Only 2 is correct
3 Both 1 and 2 are correct
4 Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Ans: 3
Q. The Israel-Palestine talks, in the first week of January 2012 were held in Amman. Amman is the capital of -
1 Jordan
2 Syria
3 Iraq
4 Iran
Ans: 1
Q. Maldives on January 4,2012 lifted ban on Spas in the upmarket tourist destination. Consider the following statements:
1. The tourism industry is an important foreign exchange earner in the Maldives.
2. Maldives in 2011 received more than 850000 tourists.
Choose the right option:
1 Only 1 is correct
2 Both 1 and 2 are correct
3 Only 2 is correct
4 Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Ans: 2
Q. Scientists for the first time produced mixed embryo monkeys. Consider the following statements:
1. Scientists produced monkeys composed of cells taken from separate embryos.
2. The cells stay together and work together to from tissues and organs.
Choose the right option:
1 Both 1 and 2 are correct
2 Only 1is correct
3 Only 2 is correct
4 Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Ans: 1
Q. Scientists discovered unknown species off the coast of Antarctica. Consider the following statements:
1. The temperature in this region rises to 380 degree Celsius.
2. There is plenty of light in this region.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
1 Only 1
2 Only 2
3 Both 1 and 2
4 Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: 1