Daily Latest Current Affairs Quiz: 22 December 2012

1. The State Assembly, on Friday 21 December 2012, enacted a landmark legislation by unanimously passing the Food Security Act, becoming the first state in the country to introduce such a law, covering several deprived sections of society left out by existing welfare programmes. The state Chief Minister told the House that the provisions of the bill ensured that adequate quantity of quality food will be available at affordable prices to nearly 50 lakh families. The new provisions will add a burden of Rs 2,311 crore on the state exchequer. Also the law also takes a major step to empower women by considering the eldest woman in a household as its head in matters related to the ration card. Name the state where this act has been passed?
[Category: India December 2012 Current Affairs]
[A]Delhi
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Madhya Pradesh
[D]Chhattisgarh


2. Barack Obama nominated one of America's top diplomat, on Friday, 21st Dec 2012, to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. In contrast to Mrs. Clinton, whom Mr. Obama named to his cabinet after they competed against each other in the 2008 presidential primaries, the new Secretary has been a loyal supporter of the Obama administration, guiding an arms-reduction treaty with Russia to ratification in the Senate and playing diplomatic troubleshooter for the White House in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan. Can you name him?
[Category: International Polity Current Affairs]
[A]John Kerry
[B]Susan Rice
[C]Condoleezza Rice
[D]Madeleine Albright


3. New Jersey-based Cognizant, on Friday, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire six companies of the C1 Group, an independent consulting and IT services firm. While the deal value was not disclosed, a company spokesperson said that Cognizant expected an annualised revenue of $100 million to come from the acquisition. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013. Where is the C1 Group firm based?
[Category: Business Current Affairs]
[A]USA
[B]Germany
[C]UK
[D]India


4. On Saturday, 22 December 2012, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), , the operator of the country's busiest and the second best airport in world in its category, has become the first airport in the world to secure BSA certification in Standards-based Software Asset Management (SAM) for Organisations, a programme known as CSS(O). The first and only enterprise-level certification, CSS(O) affirms an entity is compliant with its software license agreements and its SAM processes are aligned to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) SAM standard. What is BSA?
[Category: Travel News Current Affairs]
[A]Business Security Assessment
[B]Business Software Alliance
[C]Business Software Assets
[D]Business Security Academy


5. Google is celebrating the legacy and life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions with almost no formal training in pure mathematics. Today on 22nd December 2012, Google has marked the 125th birth anniversary of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan with a doodle. The maths wizard was born on December 22, 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu). How is today's day celebrated by the Indian government?
[Category: India 2012 Events Current Affairs]
[A]National Vedic Maths Day
[B]National Science Day
[C]National Mathematics Day
[D]National Wizard Day