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Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers October 2011, October 3-October 9
1. India and Iran agreed to set up a mechanism for payment of crude oil. Consider the following statements:
i) Iran is second only to Saudi Arabia as an oil supplier to India.
ii) India is Iran’s second biggest crude buyer after China.
Choose the right option:
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
d) Neither i nor ii is correct.
Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct

2. Which one of the following countries issued a worldwide alert to its citizens in the wake of the killing of key al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki?
a) USA
b) India
c) China
d) Yemen
Answer: (a) USA

3. How many agreements were signed between India and Afghanistan during the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to India on 4-5 October 2011?
a) Two
b) Five
c) Three
d) Six
Answer : (c) Three

4. Nobel peace prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai died on 25 September 2011. She won the Nobel peace prize in___.
a) 2004
b) 2005
c) 2003
d) 2007
Answer: (a) 2004

5. South Sudan recently chose __ as its official language.
a) French
b) Arabic
c) English
d) Spanish
Answer: (c) English

India Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers October 2011, October 3-October 9

1. Delhi state government on 8 October 2011, launched Micro Finance project for women. Consider the following statements:
i) The project aims at providing financial support to over one lakh vulnerable women in New Delhi.
ii) The project will be implemented by the Samajik Suvidha Sangam in collaboration with Delhi chapter of SEWA.
Choose the right option:
a) Both i and ii are correct.
b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
d) Neither i nor ii is correct.
Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct

2. Goa State Assembly Unanimously Passed Goa Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill is a modified version of Goa Lakayukta Bill 2003.
a. 2002
b. 2004
c. 2001
d. 2003
Answer: (d) 2003

3. Which one of the following launched the social auditing programme of gram Panchayats?
a) Goa
b) Assam
c) UP
d) Bihar
Answer: (b) Assam

4. The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated in __ district.
a) Kangra
b) Kullu
c) Kinnaur
d) Sirmaur
Answer: (a) Kangra

5. The Supreme Court on 1 September 2011 ordered Delhi’s private hospitals to provide free treatment to the poor. The bench asked the city hospitals to reserve __ percent of their out-patient department capacity and__ percent of beds at the indoor level for free treatment of the poor.
a) 25; 10
b) 35; 20
c) 10; 25
d) 25; 25
Answer: (a) 25; 10