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India Current Affairs- Feb 2012


INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS

FEB-2012


1.    Name the senior BJP leader and Higher Education Minister of Karnataka who died in Bangalore on 14 February 2012 following a massive cardiac arrest.
a.    Katti Ramesh Vishwanath 
b.    G.S.Basavaraj 
c.    K.H. Muniyappa
d.    V S Acharya
Answer: (d) V S Acharya

2.    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) in which of the following places on 23 February 2012
a.    Mumbai
b.    Jammu
c.    Srinagar
d.    Vishakhapattnam
Answer: (a) Mumbai

3.    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel on priority sector lending on 21 February 2012 proposed increment in the target (priority sector) for foreign banks to 40% of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent with sub-targets of 15 per cent for exports and 15 per cent for the MSE sector. The committee was headed by which of the following members?
a.    Subir
b.    Dr. D. Subbarao
c.    Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty
d.    M. V. Nair
Answer: (d) M. V. Nair


4.    Name the veteran hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was honoured with the Lata Manageshkar award by the Madhya Pradesh government on 8 February 2012.
a.    A R Rehman
b.    Rajesh Roshan 
c.    Adnan Sami
d.    Leslie Lewis
Answer: (b) Rajesh Roshan 

5.    Noted Hindi writer Professor Ramdarash Mishra was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection. For which of his poetry collection was he selected for the award?
a.    Pak gai hai dhoop 
b.    Path ke Geet  
c.    Kandhe par Suraj
d.    Aam Ke Patte
Answer: (d) Aam Ke Patte

6. The new version of MGNREGA included more than 25 agriculture and allied activities.  The new version of the act will be implemented from___.
a) 1 April 2012
b) 1 May 2012
c) 1 June 2012
d) 1 July 2012
Answer:  (a) 1 April 2012

7. The Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari released a collection of poems titled LAVA in New Delhi. The poems were written by___.
a) Javed Akhtar
b) Hamid Ansari
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Salman Khan
Answer: (a) Javed Akhtar

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