1) India and which country on March 1,2012,decided to open a new
chapter in bilateral cooperation by agreeing to undertake joint
operations against pirates and sharing technological know how on seabed
research?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) New Zealand
Ans 1
2) A meeting at the prime minister office on Feb 29,2012, decided
to increase the total expenditure on health to what percent of the GDP
from the current 1.4 percent by the end of the coming 12th plan period?
1) 2.0 Percent
2) 2.5 Percent
3) 3.0 Percent
4) 4.0 Percent
Ans 2
3) India and which country recently announced to have resolved their longstanding issues of payments for export shipment?
1) Iran
2) Syria
3) Lebanon
4) Pakistan
Ans 1
4) The indigenously development advanced light-weight torpedo and
the Akash missile system was on March 3,2012,handed over to the Navy
and the Indian Air force respectively at a function in
1) Visakhapatnam
2) Hyderabad
3) Pune
4) Kolkata
Ans 2
5) The golden Jubilee celebrations of Afro-Asian Rural
development organization were held in New Delhi in March 2012.The AARDO
president hails from
1) India
2) Egypt
3) Morocco
4) South Africa
Ans 2
6) The National Association of Street vendors of India( NASVI )
and Nidan,an organization that supports unorganized workers,were on
March 29,2012 honored with the skoll Award for social entrepreneurship
by the skoll foundation in
1) Toronto
2) oxford
3) Paris
4) Frankfurt
Ans 2
7) Union minister for Rural development, Drinking Water and
sanitation Jairam Ramesh in March 2012 announced a national award for
sanitation and water in the name of Maharashtrian saint sant
1) Romesh Hatangadi
2) Gadge Baba
3) Suresh Bhagwan
4) Shiv sagar Baba
Ans 2
8) Who among the following, on march 11,2012,said he will be
"Very Sad" if India boycotts the London Olympics following the row over
sponsorship of the event by Dow Chemicals, linked to the Bhopal gas
tragedy?
1) Barack Obama
2) David Cameron
3) Manmohan singh
4) Hillary Clinton
Ans 2
9) The high level safety review committee recently submitted its
report to the Ministry of railways with a Number of recommendations,who
is the chairman of this committee ?
1) C.Rangarajan
2) Lalu Yadav
3) Anil Kakodkar
4) Harish Rawat
Ans 3
10) In an important development on March 12,2012, the supreme
court issued notices to nsix ministers and eight Indian Administrative
services officers from
1) Andhar Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
Ans 1
11) Which of the following was pointed by the union Finanace
minister Pranab Mukherjee in March 2012 as one of the major challenges
facing public sector banks(PSB) in emerging as potential global tenders?
1) Human Capital deficit
2) Human Capital deficit
3) Innovation deficit
4) Technology deficit
Ans 1
12) The Centre told the Supreme Court in March 2012 that it was
Probing into the allegations that the former Chief Justice of India and
his relatives amassed assets disproportionate to their Known sources of
income.Who is the chief Justice in reference here?
1) K.G.Balakrishna
2) S.H.Kapadia
3) Altamas Kabir
4) Dalveer Bhandari
Ans 1
13) The Functioning of both houses of Parliament was disrupted on
March 13,2012,When members demanded that India support the resolution
to be moved by------ against sri lanka at the U.N Human Rights Council.
1) U.S.A
2) France
3) Norway
4) All of the above
Ans 4
14) Noted critic Namvar Singh in March 2012 presented the Jnanpith Award to eminent hindi author Amar Kant at a Special ceremony in
1) New Delhi
2) Lucknow
3) Allahabad
4) Patna
Ans 3
15) Increasing the fare for the first time in eight years, the
railway budget for 2012-13, presented before the parliament on March
14,2012,envisages how many new trains?
1) 90
2) 113
3) 145
4) 166
Ans 2
16) Okram Ibobi Singh was sworn as chief minister for the third Consecutive term of which state in March 2012?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Nagaland
3) Manipur
4) Tripura
Ans 3
17) Governor Shivraj V.Patil in March 2012 administered the oath
of office and secrecy to Parkash Singh Badal,Who took over as the chief
minister of Punjab for a record- time
1) Fifth
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Seventh
Ans 1
18) The finance ministry, on March 15,201, gave it's nod for the
labour and employment ministry to fix the rate of interest payable to
EEPF sub-subscribers at which percentage for2011-12?
1) 8.25%
2) 8.75%
3) 9.25%
4) 9.50%
Ans 1
19) The Cabinet of which state in march 2012 decided to give a
grant of rS. 30,000 to high school pass Muslims girls for perusing their
education and marriage?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Andhra pradesh
4) Delhi
Ans 1
20) Which of the following Chief ministers of India figures on
the cover of the Time magazine in March 2012 which prasied him in an
article for the development of the State?
1) Mamta Banarjee
2) Nitish Kumar
3) Ashok Gehlot
4) Narendra Modi.
Ans 4
