TNPSC
Exam-GROUP- II - Subject wise analysed questions and Answers-Current Affairs and Sports-Part-1
TNPSC
GROUP – II
NOVEMBER
– 2012
(CURRENT
AFFAIRS)
1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), one of the major important
educational
programmes is connected with the
A) Elementary
Education
B) Higher
Education
C) Vocational
Education
D) Adult
Education
Ans : (A)
2. Which of the
following pairs is correctly matched?
Choose the correct answer using code given below.
I. Bharat
Nirman : Shelter and basic service needs of poor
II. Rajiv Awas Yojana :
Support for shelter, redevelopment
and
recreation of housing stock
III. Jawaharlal Nehru : Building infrastructure and basic amenities
National Urban Renewal
Mission
A) I only
B) II Only
C) II and III only
D) I and II only
Ans
: (B)
3. What is special about this group?
'Mahan Maharaj, Samir, Brahmahcari, shiraz, Minwalla'
A) Recepient
of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 2011
B) Scientists
involved in the research if Higgs Boson
C) Scientists
involved in space research
D) Recepient
of Bharat Ratna, 2011
Ans : (A)
4. Wimbledon 2012 men's Champion Roger Federer belongs to which
country?
A) United
State of America
B) Spain
C) Switzerland
D) Germany
Ans : (C)
5. Which position was held by all the following personalities?
1) Krishna
Kant
2) Gopal
Swarup Patnak
3) Bairon
Singh shekhawat
Choose the correct answer
A) Deputy
Prime Minister
B) Chairman
of UPSC
C) Chairman
of Rajya Sabha
D) Chief
Justice of India
Ans : (C)
6. Match the following:
a) Doctor
wind 1. Swizerland
b) Cherry
blossom 2. Sahara of Africa
c) Blood
rain 3. South Italy
d) Foehn 4. Karnataka (India)
a b c d
A) 1 3 2 4
B) 2 4 3 1
C) 3 2 4 1
D) 4 1 3 2
Ans : (B)
TNPSC
GROUP – II 2012
Current
Affairs and Sports
7. the satellite which was launched by
PSLV- C15 on July 12, 2010 which sends high quality images is
A) INSAT – 4B B) CARTOSAT- 2B
C) RISAT – 2 D) CHANDRAYAN – 1
Ans : (B)
8. Who won the Asian Snooker championship-
2012?
A) Shiva
Thapa B) Aditya Mehta
C) Saina Nehwal D) Sinha
Ans : (B)
9. The name of cyclone, Thane was coined
by which country?
A) India B) Myanmar
C) Oman D) Sri Lanka
Ans : (B)
10. Match List I with List II correctly and
select your answer using the codes given below :
List I List II
(Governors) (Stars)
a)
Shekhar Dutt 1. Andhra Pradesh
b) Kamla Beniwal 2.
Gujarat
c) Narasimhan 3. Chhattisgarh
d) Syed Ahmed 4. Jharkhand
Codes:
a b c d
A) 1 2 4 3
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 2 1 4
D) 2 1 3 4
Ans : (C)
11. PURA is
A) Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
B) Providing Universe Amenities in Rural
Areas
C) Providing Urban Amenities in Rourkela
Areas
D) Providing Universe Amenities in Rourkela
Areas
Ans : (A)
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Current Affairs and Sports
12. Operation 'Hamla' means
A) Security drill conducted by the police
and security agencies in Chennai
B) Operation
to increase the production of Amla in Tamil Nadu
C) New
surgical technique to reduce body weight (Human)
D) None of
these
Ans : (A)
13. Who has been appointed as the RBI
Governor after the retirement of Shri Y.V.
Reddy?
A) Dr. Indra Rangarajan
B) Dr. Dilip
Sanghavi
C) Dr. vijay
L.Kelkar
D) Shri. D.
Subba Rao
Ans : (D)
14. The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for
peace in 2009 is
A) Nelson Mandela B) David
Cameron
C) Julia
Gillard D) Sheikh Hasina
Ans : (D)
15. Match List I with List II correctly and
select your answer using the codes given
below:
List I List
II
(Books) (Authors)
A) The privileges 1) Martina
cole
B) Avatar 2) Jonathan Dec
C) Hard Girls 3) Dic
Mathison
Codes :
a b c
A) 1 2 3
B) 2 3 1
C) 3 2 1
D) 2 1 3
Ans : (B)
16. In 2010 which country changed its time
zones?
A) UK B) Russia
C) Canada D) Europe
Ans : (B)
17. Commonwealth Bank of ..... in August 2010
opened its first Branch in India in
Mumbai
A) Denmark B) Australia
C) Canada D) Ireland
Ans : (B)
18. The ice cubes were fist discovered in one
asteroid on
A) 29th April 2010
B) 29th
September 2010
C) 29th
January 2010
D) 29th
February 2010
Ans : (A)
19. Riyadh Declaration between India and
Saudi Arabia was signed on
A) 10th March 2010 B) 15th
March 2010
C) 1st March
2010 D) 5th March 2010
Ans : (C)
20. 2012
Olympic Games were to be held on
A) London B) Beijing
C) Athens D) Sydney
Ans : (A)
21. SARRFAESI Act was introduced for the
purpose of
A) Controlling stock exchange
B) Regulating
capital markets
C) Streamlining
the financial system
D) Enabling
the banks to realize their views
Ans : (D)
22. Who presented the FIFA 2010 song 'Waka
Waka'?
A) Shakira B) A.R. Rehman
C) Ilayaraja D) Madona
Ans : (A)
23. The flood hazard in Pakistan during July
2010 is due to the flood in
A) Jhelum B) Indus
C) Chenab D) Ravi
Ans : (B)
24. Which is the largest solar power plant in
the world?
A) Spain B) Portugal
C) Europe D) Russia
Ans : (A)
25. G.D. Birla International Award in art and
Culture category for the year 2010 was
given to
A) V.P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhanajayan
B) Vijay
Shanthi
C) Padma
Subramaniam
D) Kalamandalam
Krishnan
Ans : (A)
26. The newly introduced Indian rupee symbol
is based on
A) Roman Script B) Devanagiri
Script
C) Tamil
Script D) Both a and b
Ans : (D)
27. Which decade is declared as the 'Decade
of Innovation' by the Government of India
A) 1950 - 1960 B) 1980
- 1990
C) 2000 -
2010 D) 2011 - 2020
Ans : (D)
28. What was the venue of Nuclear security
Summit 2010 ?
A) Rio de Janeiro B) Bali
C) Geneva D) Washington
Ans : (D)
29. The meeting of the world water forum was
held in 2009 at
A) Tokyo B) Moscow
C) Istanbul D) Nairobi
Ans : (C)
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