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



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2012 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 41 to 45

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

41.The Supreme Court, in July 2012, granted permission for controversial US ship Oriental Nicety, earlier known as ‘Exxon Valdez’, involved in one of the worst US oil spills off Alaska, to beach at Gujarat coast. When did the Alaska spill off take place?

1976
1981
1986
1993

42.The government on 13th July, 2012, announced the setting up of a five member committee, to be headed by Cabinet Secretary, to look into pay and pension-related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen. Who is the Cabinet Secretary?

Alok Dhuria
Kumar Mitra
Ajit Seth
Pancham Seth

43.Which country, in July 2012, declared a national animal health emergency in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic?

Japan
Mexico
Spain
Chile

44.Seeking to end the discretion in the allotment of retail outlets for which of the following, the government on 20th July, 2012, announced that in the future such allotments would be decided through lotteries?

Tatkal Railway Tickets
Petrol pumps
Food grains for Public Distribution System
Free seeds and other provisions to farmers

45.China successfully launched a satellite in Sichuan province in July 2012, completing the country’s first data relay satellite network system. The name of the satellite was

Tianlian I-03
Izmit L-101
Chao P-12
Ming T-112

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