General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2012: part1



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2012 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 86 to 90

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2024 examinations :

86.Which state government, in July 2012, announced to establish literacy committees at all village panchayats to achieve the targets of ‘Saakshar Bharat’ programme and spread literacy among the youths above 15 years of age?

Chhattisgarh
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh

87.Which of the following Indian environmental philosopher and activist was, in July 2012, chosen for the 2012 Fukuoka Prize?

Anna Hazare
Vandana Shiva
Aruna Roy
Arundhati Ghosh

88.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in July 2012: ‘The economy is expected to continue contracting through the year owing to tight financial conditions, the global slowdown, and the needed fiscal consolidation.’ IMF said this about the economy of

Greece
Spain
Italy
Croatia

89.Iran, on 03rd July, 2012, took the first step towards military intervention in which of the following bays/straits-a move that could skyrocket global oil prices?

Bay of Fundi
Hormuz Strait
Cala Luna Bay
Oakura Bay

90.A former South American dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was, in July 2012, convicted and sentenced to 50 years for a systematic programme to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta’s war on Leftist dissidents. Which country is in reference here?

Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Colombia

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