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?

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?

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

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?

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