Current Affairs Quiz/Questions-Answers November 2012, November 5-November 11

The First Week of November 2012 saw many great affairs of international importance, Obama was re-elected as the President in the Presidential Elections, India signed an agreement for importing Uranium from Canada and more. So the International Current Affairs Quizzes will allow you to test your knowledge about the happenings and keep you updated for the competitive exams that you will be facing in times to come.

1.    India-Japan-US Trilateral Dialogue was held in New Delhi in to enhance cooperation on combating maritime security, combating piracy and leveraging their strengths to shape the Asia-Pacific architecture and was the third trilateral meeting of its type. What was the place, where the first round of these talks took place?
a)    Tokyo
b)    New Delhi
c)    New Jersey
d)    Washington
Answer. (d) Washington

2.    India and Canada in November 2012 succeeded in creating a mechanism for shipping Canadian Uranium to India clearing the mistrust generated on the Canadian side after the nuclear explosion from India. When did the explosion done and what was the main issue.
a)    In 1976, the Uranium that India was exporting to Canada, which was never sent by the Indian side to Canada
b)    In 1974 when India used the plutonium that was allegedly abstracted from the Canadian test reactor to carry on a nuclear explosion
c)     In 1990, when Canada tried to exploit the resources from India for explosion purposes instead of using it for generation of power
d)    None of these
Answer. (b) In 1974 when India used the plutonium that was allegedly abstracted from the Canadian test reactor to carry on a nuclear explosion

3.    Which of the following statements in relation to India-Canada finalised a Mechanism for Shipping of Canadian Uranium to India is false?
a)    Both the sides were successful in inking the agreement on the mechanism of shipment of the Canadian Uranium to India for the first time after 1974.
b)    The nuclear trade relations between the two nations were affected, when India used the plutonium that was allegedly abstracted from the Canadian test reactor to carry on a nuclear explosion in the year 1974
c)    India and Canada on 6 November 2012 succeeded in creating a mechanism for shipping Canadian Uranium to India
d)    India and Canada signed a treaty that states that India can also use the Uranium if required for generation of Nuclear missiles
i.    Statements a and d are false
ii.    Statements a, b and c are false
iii.    Statement d is false
iv.    Statement a is false
Answer. (iii) Statement d is false

4.    United Kingdom recently in November 2012 lifted its travel advisory from an Indian State-name the state?
a)    Chattishgarh
b)    Mizoram
c)    Jammu and Kashmir
d)    Assam
Answer. (c) Jammu and Kashmir

5.    Name the lady reckoned to be a heroine of the World War II and was the world’s first lady radio operator, who was infiltrated in the then occupied France
a)    Noor Inayat Khan
b)    Phyllis Diller
c)    Makeda, Queen of Sheba
d)    Catherine II the Great Empress of All Russia
Answer. (a) Noor Inayat Khan