Tuesday 23 October 2012

Daily Dose-23.10.2012


1. Govt. approves an ordinance to completely digitise TV Broad-casting. The entire nation has been targeted to be covered by –
a)2013                                b)2014
c)2016                                d)2015

2. Kaushik Basu the ex-economic adviser of PM recently in news, appointed as
a)President of IMF
b)President of World Bank
c)Economic Adviser of UNO
d)Chief Economist of World Bank

3. India Signed MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on Tourism with ASEAN on January 12, 2012. The agreement took place in-
a)Indonesia                         b)Thailand 

c)Malaysia                          d)Singapore

4. Who will be the Chief Guest of 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?
a)President of Mauritius
b)President of Trinidad and Tobago
c)Prime Minister of Mauritius
d)PM of Trinidad and Tobago

5. Who is the UN-Arab League special envoy for the Syrian conflict?
a)Kofi Annan                      b)Lakhdar Brahimi
c)Vannina Maestracci          d)Nabil El Araby

 


6. Which among the following countries is the first to set up a cardless ATM which will run on palm-scanning biometric technology, which recognizes the unique pattern of veins in a palm?
a) China              b) Japan
c) South Korea    d) USA

7. Which Indian state will set up Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Disposal Facility to manage and handle bio medical waste of government and private hospitals in all of its districts?
a) Karnataka       b) Kerala
c) Punjab             d) Haryana

8. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 was awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their research related to
a) Ribosome                               b) RNA
c) DNA                           d) Stem cells

9. Who is the author of the book “Bring up the Bodies”?
a) Hilary Mantel                   b) Peter Carey
c) J.M. Coetzee             d) None

10. The Electronic Nose, a biomarker used to diagnose which disease?
a) Tuberculosis       b) Influenza
c) Malaria                d) Allergy

11.According to the India State of Forest report 2011, Forest area in the country at
a) Between 27% to 30%           b) Between 25% and 27%

c) Below 25%                          d) Above 30%

12. To make Consumer's Payment more Easier Trust Card has been launched by an Organization .The Organisation is

a) BSNL                b) ICERT

c) Delhi Metro        d) BhartiAirtel

13. According to the HUNGAMA report the percentage of underweight( malnourished) children younger than five years in India is-

a) 65%                  b) 54%

c) 37%                  d) 42%

14. India has decided to make payment to buy Crude oil from Iran in which of the following curriencies.

a) Indian Rupee                           b) US Dollar

c) Pound sterling                         d) Euro

15. Who was appointed as the new President of the world Bank among the following?

a) NgoziOkonjo-Iweala                  b) Robert Zoellick

c) Jim Yong Kim                           d) Lumen Darcy 

 

16. India  announced to have resolved their longstanding issues of payments for export shipment with which of the following ountries?
1) lebnon             2) Syria
3) Iran
                  4) Pakistan

17. The union cabinet approved the proposal to bring down the quantum of subsidy on decontrolled fertilizers in 2012-13.Which of the following are those fertilizers?
1) Phosphatic (P)                   2) Potassic (K)
3) Nitrogenous (N)      4) Only 1 and 2

18. The PMO office  stepped in to the fast track the development and use of inland water transport(IWT) which opens the water route for movement of bulk cargo such as
1) Coal                 2) Food grains
3) fertilizers                4) All of the above

19. Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover 2012 have finalized cherry Automobile company as partner to form an equal Joint Venture ?
1) Japan               2) Brazil
3) China
              4) South Africa

20. Which of the following football clubs announced to open its first official football school in India?
1) Barcelona
                2) Leverpool
3) AC Milan                4) Chelsea

 

 

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