Current Affairs 2012 - Questions and Answers

151. The Western Ghats, in July 2012, made it to the coveted list of World Heritage Sites. Which of the following related statements is/are correct?a. It was inscribed under criteria 9 and 10 of the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Conventionb. The World Heritage Committee meeting was held in Russia in July, 2012Select the correct answer

152. An Israeli court, in 10th July, 2012, cleared the former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, of the central charges in a multi-case corruption trial that forced him from power in

153. In a report titled ‘Women Matter,’ released by consultancy firm McKinsey & Company in July 2012, which country came first with respect to percentage of women in board rooms of companies?

154. Almost three decades after deadly gases spewed out of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, the Union Cabinet recently approved the proposal to airlift 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the defunct pesticide factory site to

155. The University of Technology of which city, on 31st July, 2012, announced to have created a ‘Swumanoid’ robot using a 3D scanner to perfectly map a human swimmer’s physique, which has perfected the backstroke and tries freestyle swimming?