CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 48
[A]North India [B]South
India
[C]North East India [D]Central
India
2. Which one of the followings has become the only Indian Institute that
has made it to the top 500 in the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities?
[A]IIT, Karagpur [B]IISc,
Bangalore
[C]IIM, Ahmadabad [D]IIT,
Chennai
3. Recently (August, 2013), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has
decided to set up a new wing called NOWA. What does NOWA stands for?
[A]National Onshore Wind Energy Authority [B]National Offshore Wind Energy Authority
[C]National Oil and Wind Energy Authority [D]Natural Oil and Wind Energy Authority
4. Which one of the following countries is currently holding the Chairmanship
of Arctic Council?
[A]Canada [B]Russia
[C]Finland [D]USA
5. Which one of the following is the NASA’s frontier mission to the planet
“Jupiter”?
[A]Juno [B]Xylo [C]Dragon [D]Jup-X
6. Which of the following books were written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru?
1.Discovery of India 2.The Century for Young People
3.Glimpses of World History 4.The Story of Civilization
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 4 [B]Only 1 & 2
[C]Only 1 & 3 [D]Only
2 & 3
7. Apart from India, which of the following countries celebrate(s)
Independence Day on August 15th?
1.South Korea 2.Pakistan 3.Bahrain 4.Republic of Congo
Choose the correct answer from the given options below:
[A]Only 1 & 4 [B]Only
1,2 & 3
[C]Only 1, 2 & 4 [D]Only
1, 3 & 4
8. Who among the followings are the brand ambassadors of the “Indian
Badminton League”?
[A]Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan [B]Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla
[C]Aamir Khan, Deepika Padukone [D]Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif
9. Who among the following has been conferred Prime Minister “Shram
Ratna” Award for the year 2012?
[A]Bijay Kishore Mishra [B]Sanjay
Kumar
[C]Subrata Kumar [D]Muralidhar
Wadekar
10. Marion Bartoli, a professional tennis player who has announced an
unexpected retirement hails from which country?
[A]France [B]Japan [C]Russia [D]Germany
11. Which among the following cities is the host of World Economic Forum
(WEF) India 2013 meet in November?
[A]Bangalore [B]Chennai [C]Kochi [D]Mumbai
12. Which state recently, passed a Panchayt raj amendment bill that
provides for disqualification of grama panchayat members and presidents who
fail to convene meetings of ward and grama sabha?
[A]Andhra Pradesh [B]WestBengal
[C]Karnataka [D]Goa
13. What is the code name of the rescue operation conducted by Indian Air
Force (IAF) in badly affected area of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh by heavy
rain?
[A]Operation Sannad [B]Operation Rahat
[C]Operation Ganges [D]Operation Relief
14. On which of the following dates, “Nelson Mandela International Day” is
observed?
[A]June 18 [B]July 18 [C]June 19 [D]May 19
15. Recently, Government of India has inked a loan agreement with which
Institution for the National AIDS control Project (NACP-IV)?
[A]World Bank [B]Asian
Development Bank
[C]RBI [D]SBI
16. Who among the following has been elected new President of Iran?
[A]Hassan Rouhani [B]Mohsen
Rezai
[C]Saeed Jalili [D]Mohammed Baquer qalibaf
17. Recently doctors in Saudi Arabia reported a new MERS virus which
spread easily and deadlier than SARS. What does MERS actually stand for?
[A]Medium Early Respiratory Syndrome [B]Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
[C]Most Effective Respiratory Syndrome [D]Moderate Effective Respiratory Syndrome
18. In which of the following country, the 39th G-8 summit concluded
recently?
[A]UK [B]Russia [C]USA [D]France
19. Union government has set a target to achieve 80% literacy rate in the
country by the year?
[A]2015 [B]2016 [C]2017 [D]2018
20. Who among the following is the Chairman of the committee constituted
to examine aspects related indecent portrayal of women in mass media?
[A]Shanta
Sinha [B]Aruna Roy
[C]Kushal Singh [D]K
Ratnaprabha
ANSWER
1
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C
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6
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C
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11
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C
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16
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A
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2
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B
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7
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D
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12
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C
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17
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B
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3
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B
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8
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C
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13
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B
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18
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A
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4
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A
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9
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C
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14
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B
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19
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C
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5
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A
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10
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A
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15
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A
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20
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D
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