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GENERAL AWARENESS
Brush your knowledge on the significant developments and events within and outside India over the past few weeks
any important developments took place in and around us recently that caught our attention. Prominent among them were the 99th edition of the prestigious Indian Science Congress, the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Auto Expo at New Delhi, Jaipur Literature Festival, the 69th Golden Globe Awards and Leander Paes remarkable doubles win with Radek Stepanek at
the Australian Open. The people in the news recently included Milas Raonic, Venkatesh Varma, Daniel Ortega, Siddharth Varadarajan, Amjad Ali Khan among others for achievements in their respective work areas. Revisiting events and developments such as above have been carried out in this booklet to help you recall and test your knowledge in different fields. Since every competitive examination carries a section on General Knowledge,
a more systematic way to be aware of Current Affairs is to regularly read newspapers and watch informative programmes on the television. Internet is yet another source to keep you abreast of the latest happenings. A good revision of facts and figures will not only help you in achieving your immediate objective of scoring well in the general awareness section but also go a long way in enriching your overall understanding.
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The city of Medellin has been installed with outdoor escalators to solve the problem of people getting up and down steep terrain. In which country is this city located? (A) Bolivia (B) Brazil (C) Colombia (D) Peru Which court has thrown out a petition that sought to ban a translation of the Bhagavad Gita as extremist literature? (A) Russian (B) Siberian (C) Ukrainian (D) Romanian Realty giant DLF, along with its partner Hubtown in a joint venture, has sold its IT special economic zone (SEZ) in Pune to private equity firm Blackstone for ___________ (A) Rs. 810 crore (B) Rs 500 crore (C) Rs 450 crore (D) Rs 100 crore The infant mortality rate (IMR) in India has shown a decline, dropping from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births to __. (A) 44 (B) 45 (C) 46 (D) 47
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President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer two months after being re-elected in a landslide vote. Kirchner is the president of which country? (A) Argentina (B) Uruguay (C) Paraguay (D) Brazil Which countrys court ordered the countrys army to stop forced virginity tests on women detainees which the military claimed were performed so that they do not later claim they were raped? (A) Egypt (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Bahrain (D) Iraq Moving past the global economic powerhouses like the UK, Germany and France, the Indian economy would become the worlds ____ largest by 2020 a major jump from its 10th rank currently economic think-tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has said in its latest World Economic League Table report. (B) 5th (A) 6th (C) 2nd (D) 4th Which movie won The 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012 for Best Motion Picture? (A) The Descendants (B) The Help (C) Hugo (D) The Ides of March won the best actress award at 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012? Viola Davis Rooney Mara Tilda Swinton Meryl Streep
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11. Which website was shut down for a day in protest against US anti-piracy legislations - Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act? (A) Amazon.com (B) Wikipedi(A)com (C) Facebook.com (D) Ebay.com 12. If elected to power in Uttarakhand, which political party will encourage the production of filtered Gau Mootra (cow urine) in the State, according to its rather ambitious party manifesto? (A) Congress (B) BJP (C) Samajwadi (D) BSP
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42. With which company has Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said it would invest in making a major foray into the media sector by the energy-focused conglomerate and giving a boost to its plans to launch 4G services? (A) NDTV (B) CNBC (C) CNN (D) TV18 43. Which of the following chief ministers in India with movable assets worth only Rs. 6.15 lakhs and a flat in Delhi, is Indias poorest chief minister? (A) Shiela Dixit (B) Nitish Kumar (C) Narendra Modi (D) Mamata Banerjee 44. Where did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurate the 99th edition of the prestigious Indian Science Congress, the biggest congregation of the countrys bright scientists? (A) KIIT University (B) ICFAI University (C) IIT Delhi (D) NIT Rourkela 45. What (A) (B) (C) was the Science Science Science ogy (D) Science theme for the 99th and Technology for and Technology for and Technology for Indian Science Congress 2012? Inclusive Innovation Role of Women Inclusive Innovation role of communications Inclusive Innovation role of mobile technol-
46. Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of which state, as it is not the language of the region, the High Court observed while dealing with a petition objecting to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) publishing a notification in Hindi? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh 47. All India Chess Federation has decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for which award? (A) Padma Vibhushan (B) Padma Bhushan (C) Padma Shri (D) Bharat Ratna 48. Well known dance Guru KJ Sarasa who expired in Chennai had the distinction of being one of the first and most successful women nattuvanars of the traditional community in modern times. This famous natyacharya who initially sang for dance and soon took to nattuvangam, carried aloft the flag of the Vazhuvoor tradition of which dance most impressively for more than five decades? (A) Kathak (B) Kuchipudi (C) Mohini attam (D) Bharatanatyam
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56. Forests of which Indian State will soon be having fodder banks? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Kerala (D) Andhra Pradesh 57. The three-day CII Partnership Summit 2012 saw a flurry of MoUs being signed across sectors such as power, refinery, gas, mining and education. With more agreements the summit ended with investment proposals worth over a staggering Rs. 50,000 crore involving top private and public sector companies. In which city was the summit held? (A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (C) Hyderabad (D) Chennai 58. Who (A) (B) (C) (D) 59. Who (A) (B) (C) (D) won 2012 Aircel Chennai Open singles title? Milos Raonic Janko Tipsarevi Stanislas Wawrinka Go Soeda won 2012 Aircel Chennai Open doubles title? Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevi Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram Stanislas Wawrinka and Go Soeda Milos Raonic and Janko Tipsarevi
60. China will start work on the worlds highest airport next year, in Nagqu county. Nagqu is located in which country? (A) Tibet (B) Mongolia (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan 61. Syria rejected an _____________plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a flagrant interference, (A) Arab League plan (B) UN plan (C) International Court of Justice (D) None of the above 62. Chiefs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis who made ________the must-have Smartphone for almost a decade have stepped down as co-chief executives of its maker, after failing to reverse the companys decline. (A) Samsung (B) Blackberry (C) HTC (D) Apple 63. Actress Mallika Sherawat has out-shadowed which other actress to the finish line of the Sexiest Vegetarian Female poll conducted by PETA 2012? (A) Priyanka Chopra (B) Lara Dutta (C) Vidya Balan (D) Diya Mirza
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85. Which organization has formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran and a freeze of the assets of the countrys central bank as part of sanctions meant to pressure the country to resume talks on its nuclear program? (A) UN (B) The European Union (C) OPEC (D) ILO 86. Maharashtra ATS have made a major breakthrough in solving the blast case, in the city that claimed 27 lives, with the arrest of two of the accused hailing from Bihar. The accused of which bomb blast incident have been arrested? (A) 26/11 (B) 26/7 (C) 13/7 (D) None 87. An Indian couple in Norway recently have been battling for the custody of their two children who were sent to foster care by the Child Protective Services. What was/were the basis of objection to which External Affairs Minister SM Krishna hopes that the settlement would be up to Indias expectation? (A) Norwegian authorities objected to them hand feeding the children, equating it to force feeding. (B) Norwegian authorities objected to them sharing a bed with the kids. (C) Both A and B (D) None of the above 88. Newt Gingrich jolted the Republican presidential race with a resounding victory in which American state, where voters rejected frontrunner Mitt Romneys pitch that he is the best bet to fix a broken economy and defeat President Barack Obama (A) South Carolina (B) North Carolina (C) Georgia (D) Florida 89. At the 57th National school athletic meet in Ludhiana which State won 10 gold, 8 silver, and 4 bronze medals bagging the first position? (A) Kerala (B) Punjab (C) New Delhi (D) Haryana 90. Two powerful bombs exploded at Ningombam in the Thoubal Assembly constituency, the stronghold of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. In which State is Thoubal Assembly constituency located? (A) Tripura (B) Assam (C) Manipur (D) Arunachal Pradesh 91. In what is being hailed as a great leap forward in ________ growing economic presence in Britain, the nations Investment Corporation has bought a 8.68-per cent stake in Thames Water, Britains largest water and sewerage company serving about 14 million customers. (A) Japan (B) Korea (C) China (D) Singapore
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There has been an error in the latest Competition360 March 2012 issue where a wrong answer key was printed for the 99 Current Affairs questions in the free booklet. We post the correct answer key for your reference, along with the questions. The same shall also be printed in the April 2012 issue. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused to the readers.
COMPETITION 360 MARCH 2012 - CORRIGENDUM STUDENTS GUIDE SERIES 99 QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
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