CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 67

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 67

1. Recently (August, 2013), RBI has decided to open a forex swap window to meet the daily dollar requirement of which of the following oil companies? 
1.IOC           2.HPCL           3.BPCL        4.Reliance
Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1, 2 & 3                     [B]Only 1, 2 & 4
[C]Only 2, 3 & 4                     [D]1, 2, 3 & 4

2. Which of the following countries has recently launched an investigation into the trade policies of India?[A]USA                      [B]Sri Lanka

[C]Britain                    [D]Mauritius

3. Which one of the following companies has unveiled the world’s first clinically proven conjugate Typhoid vaccine “Typbar-TCV”?

[A]Dr Reddy’s                        [B]Bharat Biotech

[C]Lupin                                 [D]Cipla

4. Which one of the followings has won the inaugural “Indian Badminton League”?

[A]Hyderabad Hotshots                         [B]Mumbai Masters

[C]Lucknow Warriors                            [D]Pune Pistons

5. The government of India is implementing the Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) for which among the following sectors?

[A]Plantation Crops                               [B]Sericulture

[C]Animal Husbandry                            [D]Horticulture

6. The Kyoto Protocol aims to mitigate which of the following greenhouse gases?

1. Carbon dioxide                   2. Methane                 3. Sulphur hexafluoride                    4. Nitrous Oxide

Chose the correct answer from the codes given below: 

[A]Only 1, 2 & 3                        [B]Only 1, 2 & 4

[C]Only 1, 3 & 4                        [D]1, 2, 3 & 4

7. Currently, India has observer status in which of the following organisations?

1.World Trade Organisation                         2.Financial Action Task Force

3.Arctic Council                                           4.CERN

Chose the correct answer from codes given below: 

[A]Only 1 & 2                                  [B]Only 2 & 3

[C]Only 3 & 4                                  [D]Only 1 & 4

8. Who among the followings is the current president of the European Commission?

[A]Herman Van Rompuy                     [B]Jose Manuel Barroso

[C]Algirdas Butkevicius                       [D]Martin Schulz

9. The Rakhine state riots are a series of conflicts between Buddhists and Muslims in ___? 

[A]Bangladesh                                 [B]Myanmar

[C]Pakistan                                     [D]Indonesia

10. Recently (September, 2013), which one of the following countries has enacted a law banning online users from discussing current affairs?

[A]Vietnam                             [B]Saudi Arabia

[C]Uruguay                             [D]Russia

                ANSWER

1	A	6	D
2	A	7	C
3	B	8	B
4	A	9	B
5	B	10	A