Daily Dose-25.10.2012

Q1 "Prithvi II" was successfully launched from the Odissa Coast. Which type of missile is Prithvi II?

a) Air-to-air missile             b) Surface-to-air missile

c) Air-to-surface missile      d) Surface-to-surface missile

Q2. Pakistan successfully test-fire which missile on 5 June 2012?

(a)    Hatf-VII (Babur) cruise missile    (b)   Agni –VI (air drone)

(c)    Alacrán missile                         (d)    Velvet Glove

Q3. Asia's first and largest, a 600 MW solar power park situated at which one of the following places?

a) Badmer, Rajasthan           b) Patan, Gujarat

c) Anand, Gujarat                d) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Q4. Which of the following districts of Bihar has achieved record Paddy and Potato production?

a) Nawada               b) Nalanda

c) Saharsa               d) Saran

Q5. The shooting World championship of 2018 was awarded to which of the following country?

a) Korea                b)Thailand

c) China                d) Qatar

Q6. With which one of the following countries India agreed to allow the entry of law firms?
a) United Kingdom        b) USA
c) China                     d) Pakistan

Q7. Justice M B Shah Commission is probing into:
a) Illegal mining in Karnataka    
b) Illegal mining in Goa
c) Exact determinant to fix income level for people living below poverty line    
d) Police excesses in Maoist-infested areas

Q8. Between which of the following stations, Indian Railways flagged off its first air-conditioned double-decker chair-car train recently?
a) Mumbai-Surat    b) Howrah-Dhanbad
c) Howra-Patna      d) Mumbai-Goa

Q9. Which one of the following states has launched the social auditing programme of gram panchayats?
a) Goa                  b) Assam
c) Uttar Pradesh    d) Bihar

Q10. With which country India has signed an extradition treaty recently?
a) Denmark         b) Turkmenistan
c) South Korea    d) Vietnam

Q11. K Malleswari, the lone medal winner for India in the millennium Olympics, and the first woman from India to ever win a medal, is employed at which Central Government Corporation? 
a) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA
b) CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD
c) CENTRAL RESERVE  POLICE FORCE
d) CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL  SECURITY  FORCE

Q12. Which country recently joined UNSC as non-permanent member?
a) IRAN           b) PALESTINE
c) PAKISTAN    d) SRI LANKA

Q13. Which two countries have strengthened business ties to start trading electricity and petroleum products?
a) INDIA AND PAKISTAN    b) PAKISTAN AND AMERICA
c) INDIA AND NEPAL        d) INDIA AND BHUTAN

Q14. Which country test launched first 3D television broadcast?
a) INDIA     b) USA
c) CHINA    d) JAPAN

Q15. Which country is set to join European Union in 2013?
a) SYRIA       b) CROATIA
c) HUNGRY    d) FINLAND

Q16. Which 2 countries signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint investment to boost bilateral trade?
a) India and china                 b) India and Bahrain
c) India and Pakistan          d) India and Bangladesh

Q17. Where in India, largest solar power plant with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producing electricity?
a) Rajasthan                        b) Orissa
c) Gujarat                   d) Tamil Nadu

Q18. Which two north Indian states will have pipelines-connected oil terminals for supply of diesel, petrol and kerosene?
a) Jammu And Himachal Pradesh         b) Punjab And Himachal Pradesh
c) Jammu And Punjab                    d) Punjab And Haryana

Q19. Which bank will set up 1-person micro branches to serve remote areas of the northeastern region financially?
a) Indian Overseas Bank              b) Indian Bank
c) State Bank Of India         d) Punjab National Bank

Q20. Which Asian country made Hindu marriage registration a must by bringing the law in lines with India?
a) Nepal              b) Sri Lanka
c) Bangladesh     d) Bhutan