Current Affairs October (01-04)
1. Recently an ancient Buddhist statue known as "iron man" was making news. The
statue was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago.
What is the name of the meteorite from which the statue was carved?
[A]Valera meteorite
[B]Chinga meteorite
[C]Hodges meteorite
[D]Sylacauga meteorite
2. Prime Minister of India has set up the Architecture for Cash Transfers, which consists of a National Ministerial Committee. The National Ministerial Committee works under____?
[A]Prime Minister of India
[B]Finance Minister
[C]Food and Consumer Affairs Minister
[D]Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
3. Who among the following has been conferred France's highest cultural award for his/her contribution in nurturing and presenting modern theatre in India and preserving the treasures of photography and other art forms for posterity?
[A]B. V. Karanth
[B]Amal Allana
[C]Ebrahim Alkazi
[D]Girish Karnad
4. Recently which among the following has published a study on the “Impact of Internet on the Indian Economy”?
[A]Google India
[B]McKinsey
[C]Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
[D]Microsoft India
5. What is the name of the recently launched communication satellite, which is India's heaviest satellite?
[A]GSAT-8
[B]GSAT-9
[C]GSAT-10
[D]GSAT-11
6. Recently which among the following virus is used by scientists to develop the first biological Internet, or ‘Bi-Fi’?
[A]M8
[B]M10
[C]M13
[D]M15
7. In which among the following year, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted?
[A]1998
[B]2000
[C]2002
[D]2004
8. Recently which among the following country's Border Guard and India's Border Security Force (BSF) have proposed the setting up of a joint task force to check the menace of counterfeit Indian currency?
[A]Nepal
[B]Bangladesh
[C]Myanmar
[D]Bhutan
9. As per the decision taken by the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, how many vital drugs will come under price control?
[A]312 drugs
[B]324 drugs
[C]336 drugs
[D]348 drugs
10. As per a report by Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries, which among the following is the world's most expensive city for food?
[A]Tokyo
[B]Geneva
[C]Zurich
[D]New York
[A]Valera meteorite
[B]Chinga meteorite
[C]Hodges meteorite
[D]Sylacauga meteorite
2. Prime Minister of India has set up the Architecture for Cash Transfers, which consists of a National Ministerial Committee. The National Ministerial Committee works under____?
[A]Prime Minister of India
[B]Finance Minister
[C]Food and Consumer Affairs Minister
[D]Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
3. Who among the following has been conferred France's highest cultural award for his/her contribution in nurturing and presenting modern theatre in India and preserving the treasures of photography and other art forms for posterity?
[A]B. V. Karanth
[B]Amal Allana
[C]Ebrahim Alkazi
[D]Girish Karnad
4. Recently which among the following has published a study on the “Impact of Internet on the Indian Economy”?
[A]Google India
[B]McKinsey
[C]Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
[D]Microsoft India
5. What is the name of the recently launched communication satellite, which is India's heaviest satellite?
[A]GSAT-8
[B]GSAT-9
[C]GSAT-10
[D]GSAT-11
6. Recently which among the following virus is used by scientists to develop the first biological Internet, or ‘Bi-Fi’?
[A]M8
[B]M10
[C]M13
[D]M15
7. In which among the following year, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted?
[A]1998
[B]2000
[C]2002
[D]2004
8. Recently which among the following country's Border Guard and India's Border Security Force (BSF) have proposed the setting up of a joint task force to check the menace of counterfeit Indian currency?
[A]Nepal
[B]Bangladesh
[C]Myanmar
[D]Bhutan
9. As per the decision taken by the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, how many vital drugs will come under price control?
[A]312 drugs
[B]324 drugs
[C]336 drugs
[D]348 drugs
10. As per a report by Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries, which among the following is the world's most expensive city for food?
[A]Tokyo
[B]Geneva
[C]Zurich
[D]New York
11. The Nagoya protocol, which is recently in news deals with
________________?
[A]Elimination of Biological weapons
[B]Elimination of Chemical weapons
[C]Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
[D]Protection of Ozone layer
12. Who among the following has been recently re-elected as President of World Squash Federation?
[A]K. V. P. Chandra
[B]S. P. Shukla
[C]N. Ramachandran
[D]V. Ravindran
13. Recently who among the following is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award?
[A]R.P.Shenoy
[B]Tessy Thomas
[C]N.P.Ramasubba Rao
[D]T.K.Alex
Tessy Thomas was given the award for her outstanding contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology.
14. On 1 October 2012, HelpAge
and UNFPA launched the landmark report, Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A
Celebration and a Challenge. According to the report, what will be the per cent
of elderly people in the total population of India by 2050?
[A]15 per cent
[B]18 per cent
[C]20 per cent
[D]23 per cent
15. Who among the following is the present President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)?
[A]Abdelwahad Radi
[B]Abbas El Fassi
[C]Mehdi Ben Barka
[D]Omar Benjelloun
16. Recently in which State did the ousters of the Omkareshwar Dam project protest through a 17-day Jal Satyagraha?
[A]Chhattisgarh
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Madhya Pradesh
[D]Karnataka
17. Who among the following is the head of the government-appointed panel on legislative reforms in the financial sector?
[A]Subroto Roy
[B]T. N. Srinivasan
[C]Vijay Kelkar
[D]B. N. Srikrishna
18. Recently which among the following had signed a legally binding 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gazprom?
[A]IOCL
[B]HPCL
[C]BPCL
[D]GAIL
19. Recently which among the following State government has announced a special Rs 300-crore public toilets scheme for the urban poor?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Maharashtra
[C]West Bengal
[D]Bihar
20. Recently scientists have engineered a genetically modified cow that produces milk without beta-lactoglobulin - a major whey protein of cow and sheep’s milk, to which some people are allergic. What is the technique used by the scientists for this genetic modification?
[A]DNA interference
[B]RNA interference
[C]DNA flexing
[D]RNA flexing
[A]Elimination of Biological weapons
[B]Elimination of Chemical weapons
[C]Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
[D]Protection of Ozone layer
12. Who among the following has been recently re-elected as President of World Squash Federation?
[A]K. V. P. Chandra
[B]S. P. Shukla
[C]N. Ramachandran
[D]V. Ravindran
13. Recently who among the following is conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award?
[A]R.P.Shenoy
[B]Tessy Thomas
[C]N.P.Ramasubba Rao
[D]T.K.Alex
Tessy Thomas was given the award for her outstanding contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology.
[A]15 per cent
[B]18 per cent
[C]20 per cent
[D]23 per cent
15. Who among the following is the present President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)?
[A]Abdelwahad Radi
[B]Abbas El Fassi
[C]Mehdi Ben Barka
[D]Omar Benjelloun
16. Recently in which State did the ousters of the Omkareshwar Dam project protest through a 17-day Jal Satyagraha?
[A]Chhattisgarh
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Madhya Pradesh
[D]Karnataka
17. Who among the following is the head of the government-appointed panel on legislative reforms in the financial sector?
[A]Subroto Roy
[B]T. N. Srinivasan
[C]Vijay Kelkar
[D]B. N. Srikrishna
18. Recently which among the following had signed a legally binding 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gazprom?
[A]IOCL
[B]HPCL
[C]BPCL
[D]GAIL
19. Recently which among the following State government has announced a special Rs 300-crore public toilets scheme for the urban poor?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Maharashtra
[C]West Bengal
[D]Bihar
20. Recently scientists have engineered a genetically modified cow that produces milk without beta-lactoglobulin - a major whey protein of cow and sheep’s milk, to which some people are allergic. What is the technique used by the scientists for this genetic modification?
[A]DNA interference
[B]RNA interference
[C]DNA flexing
[D]RNA flexing
21. Eric Hobsbawm, who has recently passed away, was a famous
____?
[A]Scientist
[B]Actor
[C]Historian
[D]Painter
22. Recently who among the following was appointed chairman of the national cricket selection committee?
[A]Kirti Azad
[B]Sandeep Patil
[C]Mohinder Amarnath
[D]Balwinder Sandhu
23. In which among the following City, the National Institute of Urban Affairs is located?
[A]Ahmedabad
[B]New Delhi
[C]Patna
[D]Bangalore
24. What is the name of the newly discovered comet that may become one of the brightest lights in the sky — even outshining the Moon and will be visible in India towards the end of 2013?
[A]C/2012 S1 (ISON)
[B]C/2012 P1 (ISON)
[C]C/2012 R1 (ISON)
[D]C/2012 N1 (ISON)
25. Which among the following State government has launched Annshri Yojana, under which around two lakh families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs 600 per month?
[A]Haryana
[B]Delhi
[C]Rajasthan
[D]Punjab
Under the programme, Rs. 600 in cash would be transferred to the eldest female members of more than two lakh families which are not presently covered under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya programmes.
26. Who among the following had
led the controversial Operation Blue Star to flush out terrorists from the
Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 and is recently in news because of attacks on
him?
[A]A.S. Vaidya
[B]Israr Rahim Khan
[C]Kuldeep Singh Brar
[D]K. Sundarji
27. Recently in which among the following Pakistan City, Shadman Chowk is renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk?
[A]Karachi
[B]Islamabad
[C]Lahore
[D]Multan
28. Targeting mainly at school children, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a book on Gandhi on the occasion of his 143rd birth anniversary. What is the name of the book?
[A]Gandhi and His Evolution
[B]My Early Life : An Illustrated Story
[C]What Motivates Gandhi
[D]Gandhi and His Childhood
29. Recently which among the following country and India have announced the collaboration to build a model smart city, which will serve as a template for replication?
[A]Belgium
[B]Austria
[C]Germany
[D]Italy
30. Which among the following State government has launched its flagship Grih Adhar scheme, which will provide Rs 1,000 per month to those woman, whose gross family income is less than Rs 3 lakh?
[A]Kerala
[B]Andhra Pradesh
[C]Goa
[D]Karnataka
[A]Scientist
[B]Actor
[C]Historian
[D]Painter
22. Recently who among the following was appointed chairman of the national cricket selection committee?
[A]Kirti Azad
[B]Sandeep Patil
[C]Mohinder Amarnath
[D]Balwinder Sandhu
23. In which among the following City, the National Institute of Urban Affairs is located?
[A]Ahmedabad
[B]New Delhi
[C]Patna
[D]Bangalore
24. What is the name of the newly discovered comet that may become one of the brightest lights in the sky — even outshining the Moon and will be visible in India towards the end of 2013?
[A]C/2012 S1 (ISON)
[B]C/2012 P1 (ISON)
[C]C/2012 R1 (ISON)
[D]C/2012 N1 (ISON)
25. Which among the following State government has launched Annshri Yojana, under which around two lakh families will receive a monthly cash transfer of Rs 600 per month?
[A]Haryana
[B]Delhi
[C]Rajasthan
[D]Punjab
Under the programme, Rs. 600 in cash would be transferred to the eldest female members of more than two lakh families which are not presently covered under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya programmes.
[A]A.S. Vaidya
[B]Israr Rahim Khan
[C]Kuldeep Singh Brar
[D]K. Sundarji
27. Recently in which among the following Pakistan City, Shadman Chowk is renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk?
[A]Karachi
[B]Islamabad
[C]Lahore
[D]Multan
28. Targeting mainly at school children, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a book on Gandhi on the occasion of his 143rd birth anniversary. What is the name of the book?
[A]Gandhi and His Evolution
[B]My Early Life : An Illustrated Story
[C]What Motivates Gandhi
[D]Gandhi and His Childhood
29. Recently which among the following country and India have announced the collaboration to build a model smart city, which will serve as a template for replication?
[A]Belgium
[B]Austria
[C]Germany
[D]Italy
30. Which among the following State government has launched its flagship Grih Adhar scheme, which will provide Rs 1,000 per month to those woman, whose gross family income is less than Rs 3 lakh?
[A]Kerala
[B]Andhra Pradesh
[C]Goa
[D]Karnataka
31. Recently which among the following has released the report titled 'World
Development Report 2013'?
[A]World Economic Forum
[B]UNDP
[C]World Bank
[D]IMF
32. Who among the following is the executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women?
[A]Gro Harlem Brundtland
[B]Michelle Bachelet
[C]Nkosazana Dlamini
[D]Navi Pillay
33. In which among the following country, the 7th Meeting of the Women Speakers of Parliament on Gender Sensitive Parliaments was held?
[A]India
[B]Britain
[C]France
[D]Germany
34. Recently who among the following has taken charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank?
[A]Arun Kaul
[B] R K Dubey
[C]Archana Bhargawa
[D]Shubhalakshmi Panse
35. What is the India's growth forecast for the current fiscal as per the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
[A]5.2 per cent
[B]5.4 per cent
[C]5.6 per cent
[D]5.8 per cent
36. Which among the following paramilitary forces of India has recently celebrated its golden jubilee year?
[A]Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
[B]Border Road Organisation (BRO)
[C]Assam Rifles
[D]Sashastra Seema Bal
37. The Z-Morh tunnel, which is recently in news will provide all-weather road connectivity between _______________?
[A]Manali and Leh
[B]Srinagar and Leh
[C]Jammu and Srinagar
[D]Pathankot and Leh
38. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is a billionaire has recently elected as Prime Minister of __________?
[A]Georgia
[B]Azerbaijan
[C]Armenia
[D]Azerbaijan
39. Who among the following is a non-resident Indian settled in Colarado in the US, has been proposed to the Nobel Peace Prize by the US government?
[A]Atul Gawande
[B]Malireddy Srinivasulu
[C]Siddhartha Mukherjee
[D]Sangeeta Bhatia
40. Who among the following is the author of the novel - The Casual Vacancy?
[A]Paul Adam
[B]J. K. Rowling
[C]Salman Rushide
[D]Jeffrey Archer
[B]UNDP
[C]World Bank
[D]IMF
32. Who among the following is the executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women?
[A]Gro Harlem Brundtland
[B]Michelle Bachelet
[C]Nkosazana Dlamini
[D]Navi Pillay
33. In which among the following country, the 7th Meeting of the Women Speakers of Parliament on Gender Sensitive Parliaments was held?
[A]India
[B]Britain
[C]France
[D]Germany
34. Recently who among the following has taken charge as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank?
[A]Arun Kaul
[B] R K Dubey
[C]Archana Bhargawa
[D]Shubhalakshmi Panse
35. What is the India's growth forecast for the current fiscal as per the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
[A]5.2 per cent
[B]5.4 per cent
[C]5.6 per cent
[D]5.8 per cent
36. Which among the following paramilitary forces of India has recently celebrated its golden jubilee year?
[A]Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
[B]Border Road Organisation (BRO)
[C]Assam Rifles
[D]Sashastra Seema Bal
37. The Z-Morh tunnel, which is recently in news will provide all-weather road connectivity between _______________?
[A]Manali and Leh
[B]Srinagar and Leh
[C]Jammu and Srinagar
[D]Pathankot and Leh
38. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is a billionaire has recently elected as Prime Minister of __________?
[A]Georgia
[B]Azerbaijan
[C]Armenia
[D]Azerbaijan
39. Who among the following is a non-resident Indian settled in Colarado in the US, has been proposed to the Nobel Peace Prize by the US government?
[A]Atul Gawande
[B]Malireddy Srinivasulu
[C]Siddhartha Mukherjee
[D]Sangeeta Bhatia
40. Who among the following is the author of the novel - The Casual Vacancy?
[A]Paul Adam
[B]J. K. Rowling
[C]Salman Rushide
[D]Jeffrey Archer
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