Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Quiz 237 | Current Affairs December Month 2011

1.BJP MP and former cricketer allegedly pushed a security guard at a toll plaza on 6 December 2011, when he was on a tour of Nellore. Name this Person?

A. Navjot Singh Sidhu
B. Nayan Mongia
C. Saba Karim
D. Vinod Kambli



2.Who secured second place in the Abu Dhabi F1 race held on 13 Nov 2011?

A. Jenson Button (McLaren)
B. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
C. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
D. Michel Schumaker



3.Who is present Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission? (2011)

A. Y.V.Reddy
B. Man Mohan Sing
C. Montek S. Ahluwalia
D. V. Narayana Swamy



4.Kamal Ganzouri, the new Prime Minister of Egypt was given all presidential powers except

A. Control over the military and the judiciary, armed forces
B. Control over the educational institutios
C. Control over the military and the medicines
D. Control over the medicinal and the judiciary, armed forces



5.Organizers of the upcoming 2012 North American International Auto Show promise the event will be bigger, better and bolder as America’s automakers find their footing on the other side of the Great Recession. Who is the 2012 show chairman ?

A. Bill Perkins
B. Tom Markowski
C. Nolan Finley
D. Neal Rubin



6.A second generation Indian immigrant has emerged as the front-runner for the House of Commons seat from the west London constituency of Feltham and Heston. Name of the lady is..........

A. Seema Mehra
B. Virendra Sharma
C. Seema Malhotra
D. Ed Miliband



7.Who is the match referee of the First test match between Bangladesh v Pakistan at Chittagong played on 9 th to 13 th December 2011 ?

A. David Boon
B. Javagal Srinath
C. Andy Pycroft
D. Billy Doctrove



8.Name the state which has announced a scheme to provide free electric connection to 2 lakh BPL families.

A. Haryana
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Punjab
D. Gujarat



9.Who has been conferred with the 'Pride of India' award for 2008. He is also the first Asian to be appointed to the privy council by British Queen ?

A. Amartya Sen
B. Lord Swaraj Paul
C. V.S. Naipaul



10.Who is the host of World Climate change conference 2011 ?

A. Brazil
B. India
C. China
D. South Africa



11.Who is the match referee of the First test match between Australia v New Zealand at Hobart played on 9 th to 13 th December 2011 ?

A. Nigel Llong
B. Asad Rauf
C. Shahvir Tarapore
D. Andy Pycroft



12.Australia’s defence minister said ,"I have no doubt that the uranium decision has removed any potential irritant in relationship and set the scene for further improved relationship,". Who is the Defence Minister of Australia?

A. AK Antony
B. Nirmal Verma
C. Stephen Smith
D. Wen Jiabao



13.Who is the "Executive Chairman of Google" ?(As on October 2011)

A. Shirley M. Tilghman
B. Ann Mather
C. Larry Page
D. Eric Schmidt



14.Who won Hockey's Champions Trophy on 11 December 2011?

A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. Spain
D. Netherland



15.India won Football's SAFF championship on 11 December 2011 by beating Afganistan.Who is the coach of Indian Football team ?

A. Biraj Maharjan
B. Clifford Miranda
C. Mohammad Amin-ul Islam
D. Savio Medeira



16.Who among the following won Nobel prize 2011for Physics for discovery that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating ?

A. Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess and Brian Schmidt
B. Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess and Daniel Shechtman
C. Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess and Christopher Sims
D. Daniel Shechtman, Adam Riess and Brian Schmidt



17.Which of the following provides evidence of plate motion?

A. chains of seamounts in the ocean basins.
B. the age distribution of the Hawaiian Islands.
C. the age distribution of basalt at mid-ocean ridges.
D. all of these



18.Red Bull's Formula One World champion victory of the European Grand Prix on 26 June 2011 put him level with British great Stirling Moss in the all-time winners' list. Name the champion.

A. Fernando Alonso
B. Sebastian Vettel
C. Mark Webber
D. Lewis Hamilton



19.General manager ,Northern Railways will grace the 52nd batch of cadets from the Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force (RPF) will pass out on Wednesday . Who is the General manager of Northern Railways?

A. Jagjivan Ram
B. Beni Prasad Verma
C. Nakul Dev
D. Shailendra Kumar Budhalakoti



20.With which of the following international financial organizations Siddharth Tiwari is related to ?

A. World Bank
B. International Monetary Fund
C. Asian Development Bank
D. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

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