Current Affairs Quiz (Feb 6,2012)

Q 1:Astronomers recently found a heavenly body outside our solar system called GJ667Cc.What is GJ667Cc ?
Asteroid
Planet
Moon

Q 2:India and .............on 3 February 2012 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-operate on Labour and employment issues during the visit of labour and employment minister.

UK
US
Australia

Q 3:V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award for Mike Pandey at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012.Who is Mike Pandey ?
Playback Singer
Actor
Environmental Filmmaker

Q 4:Which nation recently launched an observation satellite called navid satellite into orbit above Earth ?
UAE
Iran
Turkey

Q 5:India signed TIEA with Guernsey recently ? TIEA stands for ?
Trade Information Exchange Agreement
Tax Information Exchange Agreement
Tax Information Exchange Association

Q 6:Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE).The SHADE mechanism is likely to check sea piracy in Indian Ocean.The pact is signed between India and which two nations ?
Vietnam and Thailand
Srilanka and Pakistan
China and Japan

Q 7:Lord Woolf report is relating to ?
Changes in the current T20 format
Changes in the administration of cricket
Changes in UDRS review system

Q 8:The Supreme Court observed that the allocation of 2G spectrum under former telecom minister A. Raja was wholly arbitrary, capricious and contrary to public interest apart from being violative of the doctrine of equality favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer. The Supreme Court cancelled all the 122 2G licenses. According to the verdict, telecom regulator TRAI is to make fresh recommendations on the grant of licenses.The importance of the verdict is underscored Article ............ of the Constitution, which states that the law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts.
140
141
142

Q 9:The Fifth Edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held recently in ?
US
UK
UAE

Q 10:As per the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin, December 2011 released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), it is noted that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has dropped further from 50 to ..........infants deaths per 1000 live births
46
47
48

Q 11:Union Minister for Labour & Employment ............... presented Pride of India Award recently.
Mallikarjun Kharge
Virbhadra Singh
Sachin Pilot