Objective Current Affairs

Q. Uttarakhand state cabinet on October 29, 2011 cleared Uttarakhand Lokayukta Bill, 2011. Consider the following features of the bill-
(i) The Chief Minister of the state, all ministers, MLAs and lower judiciary will be under the purview of Lokayukta.
(ii) Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court will not be covered under the purview of Lokayukta.
Choose the right option-
1 Both (i) and (ii) are correct
2 Only (i) is correct
3 Only (ii) is correct
4 Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct
Ans: 1

Q. Which Bengali film was selected as the inaugural film at the 11th edition of River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, 2011, in Florence, Italy in December 2011?
1 100% Love
2 Khokababu
3 Chaplin
4 Bedroom
Ans: 3

Q. Name the legendary Bollywood playback singer who entered the Guinness world Records for the most number of single studio recordings?
1 Lata Mangeshkar
2 Asha Bhonsle
3 Shreya Ghoshal
4 Suchitra Krisnamurthy
Ans: 2

Q. Which one of the following became the first Indian state to launch health insurance policy covering all its people?
1 Kerala
2 Haryana
3 Bihar
4 Goa
Ans: 4

Q. West Bengal State cabinet approved the newly drafted land acquisition and resettlement Bill. Consider the following features of the Bill-
(i) The private enterprises would have to acquire land for their projects directly from the landowners.
(ii) The new policy provides that the government would acquire land only for projects of public utility like building, hospitals, irrigation projects, bridges, laying railway tracks, setting up of embankments, and projects relating to internal secu
1 Both (i) and (ii) are correct
2 Only (i) is correct
3 Only (ii) is correct
4 Nither (i) nor (ii) is correct
Ans: 1

Q. Which one of the following state governments announced free housing for Schedule Castes living in jhuggis under the Rajiv Ratna Yojana?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Delhi
4 Kerala
Ans: 3

Q. Name the Indian Union Minster who represented India at the meeting of the Heads of Governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St. Petersburg on November 7,2011.
1 Union Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna
2 Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
3 Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh
4 Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah
Ans: 2

Q. Which one of the following ministries launched a scheme, Adivasi Shiksha Yojana on November 2,2011?
1 Tribal Affairs Ministry
2 Ministry of Rural Development
3 Home Ministry
4 Ministry of Power
Ans: 1

Q. Social activist who was chosen for the Basava award for the year 2010 for excellence in service in the social sector by the Karnataka State Government?
1 Medha Patkar
2 C.R. Neelakandan
3 Aruna Roy
4 Reetika Khera
Ans: 1

Q. Which one of the following governments launched Kishori scheme for adolescent girls?
1 Delhi state government
2 Odisha state government
3 Bihar state government
4 Haryana state government
Ans: 1