current affairs

Current Affairs

1) The Union cabinet on September 4, 2012 approved an amendment to the constitution to provide special status to which districts in the Hyderabad Karnataka region?

1) Raichur and bellary

2) Yedgir and Koppal

3) Bidar and Gulbarga

4) All of the above

Ans 4

2) Which of the following cities hosted the 'Emerging Kerala 2012' in September 2012?

1) Thiruvananthapuram

2) Dubai

3) New Delhi

4) Kochi

Ans 4

Current Affairs for CPF Exam (Indian Polity Questions Bank)

Mission CPF 2012 The Indian Polity
1 The Citizenship Act 1955 provides for
a) Five way of acquiring citizenship b) They ways of losing citizenship
c) Commonwealth citizenship d) All of these

2. Who among the following constitutes a finance commission after every five years to review the financial position of the panchayats and the municipalities as per Article 243?
a) Chief Minister b) 

Comptroller and Auditor General of the State
c) Governor d)District Colector

3. The Prime Minister is the Chairperson of
1. Planning Commission 2. National Development Coouncil
3. National Integration Council 4. Inter State Council
a) Only 1 and 2 b) Only 1 and 3 c) Only 1, 2 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Current Affairs related to Indian Defence

● Coast Guard Ship ‘Rajtarang’ commissioned
Minister of State for Defence M.M pallam Raju on May 19, 2012 commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Rajtarang ‘in Chennai. Raju said the economic growth witnessed by the country in the last two decades had reinforced the importance of maritime trade and commerce. The resultant growth in maritime traffic and commerce. The resultant growth in maritime tra

ffic called for an efficient framework of maritime safety, disaster management an enforcement of law of sea.
The ICGS Rajtarang is a 50 meter inshore patrol vessel equipped with advanced navigational and communication sensors. With an economical speed of 16nots, the ship has an endurance of 1,500 nautical miles.

Defence Current Affairs

● Assam Rifles to join UN Mission in Haiti
A 160-man contingent of India’s Assam Rifles on June 27, 2012 left for the Caribbean nation of Haiti on a year-long deployment under the United Nation’s stabilization mission that has been functioning there since 2004. The Indian government had sanctioned the services of Assam Rifles in Haiti for five years form 2010, with a contingent sent in r

otation every year. The force will be serving the UN mandate to restore a secure and stable environment in Haiti in order to promote a political process for strengthening Haiti’s government institutions and rule of law.
Besides India, 41 other countries have deployed their personnel for UN operations in Haiti. Haiti had suffered a severe earth quake in 2010 in which 2.2 lakh persons including 160 UN peacekeepers had lost their lives. The reconstruction work is still going on for which UN is playing a major role.

Latest current affair

1. Name the freedom fighter with picture of whom Rs.5 coin would be introduced by RBI.
Ans. Bhagat Singh

2. Name the news search engine introduced by Rediff.com
Ans. Relatime News Search

3. Tiger brand is associated with which company?
Ans. Britannia

Organisations And Summits 2012

Organisations And Summits 
4th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit took place in India for the first time in march 2012 in New Delhi. The theme of the Summit was BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity. The BRICS nations Agreed on trade in and to set up a development bank. First BRIC summit took place in 2009 Yekaterinburg, Russia and in 2011 in Sa

Objective Current Affairs 2012

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

PERSON/ AWARD IN NEWS 2012

Person of the year 2011: The protester person of the year 2010: Mark Zukerberg,
The best teacher award :Mr.B Madhusudhan ready(given by tata group)the panth rattan fakhr-e-quam :Mr.prakash singh (CM Punjab)
Indra Gandhi prize for peace,Disarmament & Development 2011-Ms Ela Bhatt(founder of an Ngo Sewa)
Indra Gandhi prize for peace,Disarmament & Development 2010-Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula Da silva 

Latest Current Affair 2012/Current Affairs for All Exams

Union Minister Mukul Roy replaced Dinesh Trivedi as the Union Railway Minister
Prices of Protein Items, Edible Oil Products pushed Retail Inflation to 8.83% in February 2012
Tamil Nadu Government agreed for Commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
Indian Ace Badminton Player Saina Nehwal won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Trophy