Quizzes on the Current Affairs section are designed to cover the wide range of national issues, international events, and other information from different segments which are of general human interest. Taking the Current Affairs Quiz for December 2011 will update you on the latest incidents that the world is talking about. The quizzes on Current Affairs will equip you to take all competitive examinations as well.
1. Which of the following facts regarding the acclaimed and eccentric British film director Ken Russell who died on 27 November 2011 is/are not true?
2. Russell is best known for controversial films including Women In Love and The Devils.
3. Russell's first feature film was French Dressing (1963), a comedy loosely based on Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman.
4. Vanessa Redgrave won the Oscar the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Women In Love directed by Ken
5. Ken Russell (1927-2011) won a BAFTA in 1969 for creative contribution to television.
a. 2 & 3
b. Only 4
c. Only2
d. Only 3
Answer: (d)
2. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s only daughter, Lana Peters, who had defected to the US while in India at the height of the Cold War died on 22 November 2011 in Wisconsin. Which of the following facts about her is not true?
1. At her birth, on 28 February 1926 she was named Svetlana Stalina.
2. She took the name Lana Peters upon marrying architect William Wesley Peters in the US. Peters became a United States citizen in 1978.
3. Her first memoir, Only One Year, was published in 1967 and made more than $2.5m (£1.6m). In 1969 she recounted her journey from the Soviet Union in a second memoir, Twenty letters to a Friend.
4. She returned to the Soviet Union briefly in 1984. She had defected to the US in 1967
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Only 3
d. Only 4
Answer: (c)
3. Which film was judged the Best Picture at the 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards which announced its winners on 29 November on its official Twitter feed?
a. The Artist
b. The Iron Lady
c. Tree of Life
d. The Help
Answer: (a)
4. India on 27 November 2011 signed revised DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) with which one of the following countries?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Pakistan
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: (a) Nepal
5. The Arab League on 27 November 2011 imposed a set of sanctions against Syria for its failure to comply with the League mediated peace plan to end violence in the country. When was Arab league set up?
a) 22 March 1945
b) 21 august 1945
c) 22 March 1946
d) 22 September 1950
Answer: (a) 22 March 1945
6. Which one of the following countries recently passed a bill, the Vested Properties Return (Amendment) Bill 2011?
a) Pakistan
b) Bangladesh
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: (b) Bangladesh
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