Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers January 2012, January 16-January 22

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1.  Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago visited India from 5 January 2012 to 14 January 2012. Who among the following is the Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago?
a) Kamla Persad Bissessar
b) Hosni Mubarak
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Naresh Goyal
Answer:  (a) Kamla Persad Bissessar

2.  The fifth edition of the World Future Energy summit began in__.
a) Abu Dhabi
b) New Delhi
c) Tehran
d) Dhaka
Answer:  (a) Abu Dhabi

3. Memogate scandal is related to which one of the following countries?
a) Pakistan
b) Sri Lanka
c) China
d) India
Answer: (a) Pakistan

4. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and International Asociation of Sanskrit Studies jointly organised the 15th World Sanskrit conference from 5 to 10 January 2012 at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Where was the 14th World Sanskrit conference held?
a.    Kyoto, Japan
b.    Beijing, China
c.    Colombo, Sri Lanka
d.    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Answer: (a)

5. Identify this politicial with the help of the following clues.
1.    Leader of the Sandinista movement which overthrew the US-backed Somoza dictatorship in 1979
2.    After the Nicaraguan Revolution resulted in the overthrow and exile of the Somoza's government in 1979, he became a member of the ruling multipartisan Junta of National Reconstruction. 
3.    He was elected as the 83rd Nicaraguan president in 2006. He had previously served as the 79th President, between 1985 and 1990.
4.    He made alliances with fellow Latin American socialists and signed Nicaragua up to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
a.    Enrique Bolaños
b.    Arnoldo Alemán
c.    Daniel Ortega
d.    Hugo Chávez
Answer: (c)

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