Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers December 2011, December 5-December 11

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1.    Brazil's former football captain, Socrates died of septic shock on 4 December 2011 in Sao Paulo. Which of the following facts mentioned below about Socrates is/are not true?
2.    Socrates Brasileiro de Souza Viera de Oliveira made his international debut in 1979 and captained Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups
3.    Brazil won 1986 World Cup under his captaincy
4.    Socrates won 60 caps and scored 21 goals in his seven-year Brazil career. He had scored 25 goals in 63 games for Brazil
5.    He was notable for the use of the backheel and was also known as the Golden Hee and the Big Thin One.
a.    1 & 3
b.    Only 2
c.    2 & 3
d.    1 & 4
Answer: (b)

2. World Aids Day is observed anually on 1 December 2011. What was the theme of World AIDS Day 2011?
1.    Getting to Zero
2.    Stigma and Discrimination
3.    Women & AIDS
4.    Force For Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People
Answer: (a)

3. In 2011, the theme for the International Day of Person’s With Disability was- Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development. Which day is anually observed as World Disability Day (WDD)?
a.    2 December
b.    5 December
c.    3 December
d.    8 December
Answer: (c)

4.  The one-day Bonn conference on Afghanistan’s future ended on 5 December 2011. Bonn is the capital of_.
a) Germany
b) UK
c) Spain
d) France
Answer: (a) Germany

5.  Turkey announced a New Set of Sanctions against Syria. Turkey is located to the__ of Syria.
a) North
b) South
c) East
d)West
Answer: (a) North

6.  The Labour Party conference in Australia approved Uranium Exports to India. Consider the following statements:
i) The Conference was held in Sydney.
ii) Australia possesses approximately 40 percent of the world’s known uranium reserves.
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

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