Saturday 27 October 2012

Daily Dose-27.10.2012


1. How is SDR valued?
a) The currency value of the SDR is determined by summing the values in U.S. dollars, based on market exchange rates, of a basket of major currencies (the U.S. dollar, Euro, Japanese yen, and pound sterling).
b) Based on the quota allocated to different countries in terms of FOREX reserves are taken together with weights attached
c) It is simple dollars valued on the basis of market principle valuation
d) None of the above

2. Mock Tsunami Drill -Exercise IOWave11 has been organized by…
a) International Maritime Organization (IMO)
b) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
c) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
d) UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.


3. Which among the following is the most polluted city of India according to recent World Health Organizations estimates?
a) Ludhiana       
        b) Kanpur
c) Bangalore        d) Patna

4. Which ministry of the government has come under the ambit of CAG?
a) Ministry of Urban Development

b) Ministry of Rural Development
c) Ministry of Road Transport and highways

d) Ministry of Civil aviation

5. The Sports Authority of India and the All India Football Federation signed an agreement to develop which stadium as the football hub in India?
a) Mohan Bagan Ground               b) Jawaharlal Nehru stadium
c) Bangalore Football Stadium      d) The Cooperage Ground

6. Which of the following State has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second official language of the state?
a) Bihar      b) MP
c) UP          d) Uttarakhand

7. The third Indian Research Centre in Antarctica has been named as:
a) Saraswati                   b) Bharti
c) Gangotri                  d) Yamunotri


Notes : Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri is other two reasearch centre of India in Antarctica . Dakshin Gangotri is abandoned after  it buried in ice in 1989.

8. Which of the following recently given Mother Teresa Award in 
a) Govinda                  b) Prem Chopra
c) Hema Malini          d) None

9. The Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2012 has been given to:
a) D R Mehta      b) Shabana Azmi
c) Javed Akhtar  d) Dilip Kumar

10. Miss World 2012 Wen Xia Yu belongs to which country?
a) Vietnam         b) Japan
c) South Korea    d) China

11. Which among the following is the regulatory authority for giving clearance for external commercial borrowings?
a) Foreign Investment Promotion Board         b) RBI
c) SEBI                  d) Foreign Investment Promotion Council

12. Consider the following statements about census 2011.
i. It was the 14thcensus conducting since 1872.
ii. It recorded the lowest ever child sex ratio of 914.
iii. Child sex ratio includes children under the age of 3.
iv. Child sex ratio has been decreasing since 1961.
Which of the above statement is /are correct?

a) all the above   b) I, ii and iii
c) ii and iv
           d) Iii and iv

13. Newly inaugurated helpline “udyami” is to assist:
a) Micro, small ,and medium enterprises

b) Large capital industries
c) Only female entrepreneur
d) Farmers introducing technology in farming.

14. Which city hosted the 5th IBSA Summit in October 2011?
a) Cape Town     b) Durban
c) Pretoria
          d) Johannesburg

15. Who among the following leaders did not attend the IBSA Summit in October 2011?
a) Dilma Rousseff                b) Jacob Zuma
c) Manmohan Singh
    d) Dmitri Medvedev

16. GRAIL (The gravity recovery and interior laboratory) mission refers to
a) NASA's mission to Mars
b) NASA's mission to Moon

c) ISRO's planned mission to moon
d) CHINA mission to build international space station

17. INDIA’s official entry for the best foreign language film award in OSCARS 2011 was :
a) Urumi                          b) No one killed Jessica
c) Adaminte Makan Abu       
    d) Peepli live

18. The proposed National Waterway 6 is on:
a) River Godavari       b) River Brahmani
c) River Krishna            d) River Barak

19. Palestine has recently become full member of UNESCO. Palestine is ;
a) 195th member of UNESCO
       b) 194th member of UNESCO
c) 196th member of UNESCO        d) 193rd member of UNESCO

20. ASEAN 2014 meet will be chaired by :
a) THAILAND   b) PHILIPPINES
c) MYANMAR
           d) SINGAPORE

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