January 2012 – CLATGyan Mock General Knowledge Set

By Praveen Dwivedi -
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1. The year 2012 was designated as all of the following, but:





2. All of the following countries assumed a seat as a non- permanent member of UNSC in the year 2012, except:





3. The 1st session of Indian Science Congress was held in Kolkata, as will be its 100th session. Where was the 99th session held?





4. On January 02, 2012, Hon’ble Prime Minister released a book and a postage stamp in memory of the late Puran Chandra Gupta who was the founder of the Hindi daily:





5. The theme for year 2012’s Indian Science Congress was:





6. Marking the 60th anniversary of the prestigious UNESCO Kalinga Prize, this eminent scientist of Vietnam was conferred the prestigious Kalinga Chair Award at 2012’s Indian Science Congress:





7. Union Rural Development Ministry permitted to construct 6,000 Indira Awas in six panchayats of Saranda forest range in south- west Jharkhand. This forest was in grip of Naxalites and was freed by security forces via:





8. 15th World Sanskrit Conference was held in:





9. Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas is celebrated on January 09 every year to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India from South Africa. The theme of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was ‘Global Indian- Inclusive Growth’ and it was held at:





10. India's biggest stone sculpture, which is 30 feet tall, 12 feet wide and weighs 40 tonnes, was inaugurated at the Chira Shanthi Dhama cemetery, Hebbal in Bengaluru. It is a statue of:





11. The recipient of the first ‘Natya Kala Acharya' award at the inauguration of the 6th Dance Festival of The Music Academy in Chennai was the renowned Bharatanatyam exponent:





12. HyAlfa is a :





13. This Chinese dancer brought Bharatnatyam and Kathak to Mao's China in the 1950s and inspired thousands to follow her passion for classical Indian culture over a celebrated, five decade-long teaching career, passed away after a long battle with cancer. She was:





14. Recently a video released by a British Newspaper showed tribal women on Andaman Island being bribed with food by a local policeman. These women belonged to:





15. Andhra Bank launched this pack termed as ‘one wealth management solution for all financial needs' which will have a savings bank account, a recurring deposit account, a group term insurance and a unit linked insurance plan:





16. Tamil Nadu imposed a ban for six months on Sohan Roy’s film Dam 999, which depicts the issue relating to Mullaperiyar dam involving:





17. Tunisia marked the one- year anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution which was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, leading to a thorough democratization of the country and to free and democratic elections. This revolution ended the dictatorship of:





18. Aung San Suu Kyi received the insignia of Commander in the National Order of the Legion d'Honneur, a French Honour. She is a democracy icon from:





19. On January 18, 2012, as a part of series of coordinated protests against two proposed laws in the United States Congress, Wikipedia blacked out its website for 24 hours. These laws are:





20. This black and white silent movie by the French Director Michel Hazanavicius won the Best Film award at 65th British Film Academy Awards:





21. NDTV India senior editor and prime time anchor Pankaj Pachauri replaced him as the Communications Adviser to the Prime Minister:





22. ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ won the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. The legend of a Sri Lankan bowler called Pradeep Sivanathan Mathew and the sport of cricket lie at the heart of this novel which is written by:





23. Lyricist and singer Bhupen Hazarika was named posthumously for the Padma Vibhushan award 2012, India's second highest civilian honour. He shared this award with the cartoonist:





24. Indian director Shonali Bose and three other filmmakers have won the prestigious 2012 Sundance Institute-Mahindra Global Filmmaking award, which recognises and supports independent talent from around the world. She won this award for her film:





25. The new Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) appointed in January, 2012 is:





26. 'Indian Car of the Year 2012' is:





27. Charminar, the indisputable icon, has found a place of pride in World's Largest Atlas being published by Millennium House, Australia The atlas is named:





28. To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the Gujarat government declared that the year 2012 would be celebrated as :





29. He has been sworn in as the President of Nicaragua for a third term:





30. The first adaptive athlete in the history to reach the South Pole is a paralyzed man from the US state of Nevada named:





31. India International Coffee Festival 2012 was held in:





32. Merck, a pharmaceutical and chemical company, announced the institution of the Merck- Tagore Award to recognise special contributions for promoting cultural exchange between India and:





33. This Odisha- based International sand artist has been selected for the Godavari Puraskar, 2012:





34. The Planning Commission approved the Rudrasagar Drainage Development Scheme for:





35. This state observed its 40th statehood day on 21st January 2012:





36. This noted Classical singer became the first Indian to give a performance at the South Pole:





37. This power project in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills District has proven to be economically conducive for production of energy, and has started its power generation through its first unit:





38. He has been appointed as the National Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for a two- year period:





39. The first coastal village in India (mainland) to have received the Resident Identity Cards under the scheme of National Population Register is:





40. Bihar’s first all- women police station was opened in:





41. Rajasthan retained the Ranji trophy for second consecutive term by defeating:





42. Recently this product became the first Indian product to be recognised by the Europen Union as a Protected Geographical Indication product from India:





43. Laura Dekker became the youngest sailor to complete a solo circumnavigation of the world. She is:





44. Mr Khamaliana from Mizoram shares the National Communal Harmony Award for 2011 in the individual category with:





45. As midnight of 29 December,2011 ended, this South Pacific island nation fast- forwarded to 31 December,2011, missing out on 30 December entirely, and was the first to celebrate new year’s:





46. This Commonwealth and Asian Games bronze- medallist struck gold four times at the South Central Asian Gymnastics Championships in Dhaka:





47. This festival was organised for the first time in Nicobar Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar to promote tourism in the tribal islands:





48. This district was inaugurated as the 23rd district of Chattisgarh and is the most naxal affected district in the state:





49. This Indian shooter bagged a gold at the Asian Shooting Championship in Doha:





50. People of village Porthrapur became the first among Indians to receive the Resident Identity Smart Card under the NPR Scheme. This village is in:









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26 COMMENTS

  3. There are some huge inherent problems with this.

    1. We don’t know how many questions are there.

    2. If we close the tab, we have to start from scratch.

    3. Correct answers are not displayed.

    4. New questions that shall be added will be at the end, so one can’t jump directly to them.

    • 1. How many questions do you think it will have when we titled it ‘Mock GK SET’? How many does the GK section have in CLAT? (Brains, kiddo!)

      2. Don’t close the tab, then. Simple.

      3. They are. At the end. They won’t be displayed immediately after each question. Remember the ‘Mock Set’ part?

      4. Why would we add ‘new’ questions? We’ll create such tests for every month.

      • Fair enough, it was just that the post which had directed me here said ‘new questions will be added to the page’ (not quoting). So I assumed that this was the only page (missed the January part).

        Thanks 🙂

  6. I was just going through this again, and honestly, CLAT apart, how important are some of these events really?

    Like the Wealth Pack by Andhra Bank? Or the India International Coffee Festival? Aren’t there more significant issues that one should be expected to know of? Even a well-informed individual who reads the papers regularly might know the answers to some of these questions about obscure events!

    And even from the POV of CLAT, will not knowing who won the “Natya Kala Acharya” award affect how good a lawyer I will be? I highly doubt it. But apparently, it might affect my chances at getting into a good law college!

    However, I don’t mean to undermine the effort that has been put into this GK set. (Think I’ve mentioned it in an earlier comment, but thanks again!) Just venting.

  7. is it possible for you to copy paste the answers here? because my net connection went just as i was submitting my answers and i cant do the whole quiz again.

  8. Do provide the question-ans as displayed at the end of the test some where after a few days so that we can have a last minute revision of what we dont know/are confused about…for eg there was one question relating to the press or financial secretary of PM or something like that..I had read it before but was confused as to which one of the options was correct and which wasnt .
    so I know my weakness for Jan2012…..and would obviously want to be have a last minute revision before AILET….same maybe the case of others

  9. Theme for 2012 Science Congress was “Science for Shaping the future of India”, Please check. The answer says it was,”Science & Technology for Inclusive Innovation- Role of Women”

    And 2012 was to be celebrated for Sustainable Energy not Forests… 2011 was for Forests.

    Please reply.

    • Read the question again. It says “The year 2012 was designated as all of the following, BUT”.. meaning which of the following was NOT celebrated in 2012. Your answer is right, forests – 2011 while the others – 2012
      Read the questions carefully.. don’t make a similar mistake in the actual paper. 😛

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