CLAT GK Questions asked in 2012
1. What does ‘Light-year’ measure?
Distance
2. Christine Lagarde is the head of?
International Monetary Fund
3. Which countries jointly hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?
India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
4. Name the leading contender from the Republican party’s side in the United States’ Presidential Elections.
Mitt Romney
5. The Architect Le Corbusier was a citizen of which country?
France
6. Who won the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize?
National Literacy Service – Burundi
7. Name this Indian Tennis player who has turned Hollywood filmmaker.
Ashok Amritraj
8. Which country is the largest Iron Ore importer from India?
China
48. Name the longest shipping canal of the world. The Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal China
10. Which state won the ‘Santosh Trophy’ in the year 2011?
West Bengal
11. When was the BRICs summit held in New Delhi?
29th March 2012
12. Name the Supreme Court judges who delivered the judgment in the 2G Case?
Justice A K Gunguly and Justice G S Singhvi
13. On which day is the ‘Earth Day’ celebrated every year?
April 22nd
14. The Architect Le Corbusier was a citizen of which country?
France
15. Which sector witnessed the highest growth during the Eleventh Five Year Plan?
Services (9.62)
16. Which organisation assisted India in the Census Operation of 2011?
UNICEF and UNDP
17. Name the first Indian to reach the North Pole.
Ajit Bajaj
18. What is ‘Salwa Judum’?
A people’s resistance movement against the Naxalities started in 2006, in the state of Chhattisgarh
19. International Criminal Court is located in which city?
The Hague (The Netherlands)
20. The G8 summit of 2012 is scheduled to be held at? Camp David – Maryland (USA)
21. Name the first woman Director General of Police?
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
22. Where did the UN Climate Change Conference take place in 2011?
Durban (South Africa)
23. Where was the First Annual Formula One Indian Grand Prix held?
Greater Noida
24. Arab Summit of 2012 took place in?
Baghdad (Iraq)
25. How many years has it been since NREGA was implemented?
Six Years
26. The phenomenon when there is excess of money relative to the supply of goods is?
Inflation
27. Name the youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest.
Arjun Bajpai
28. The longest National Highway of India connects which two cities?
Varanasi and Kanyakumari (National Highway 44)