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



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2012 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 16 to 20

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

16.Nearly 12 million children across South Africa kicked off celebrations on 18th July, 2012, for the 94th birthday of Nelson Mandela who became South Africa’s first black president in

1989
1991
1994
1997

17.Which batting great was, in July 2012, recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the BCCI?

Sachin Tendulkar
Virendra Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
V. Lakshman

18.The six-member panel constituted to review the cartoons used in social sciences text-books of the NCERT ordered deletion of several cartoons in July, 2012. This panel is headed by

S.K. Thorat
Bina Sen
A.K. Chaturvedi
D.R. Ghosh

19.The United States, on 12th July, 2012, unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran. The actionsa. Impose additional sanctions on Iran’s ‘nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation networks’b. Identifies Iranian ‘front companies and banks.’Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Only a
Only b
Both a and B
Neither a nor B

20.Which State Cabinet decided in July 2012 that 75 per cent intake of students of a notified minority community is mandatory for an institution to be accorded minority status?

Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Maharashtra

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