Monday 29 October 2012

Daily Dose-29.10.2012


1. Bakasi Peninsula is a controversial region between 
a) Cameroon and Nigeria      b) Nigeria and Niger
c) Cameroon and Congo      d) Niger and Mali

2. S.R HASHIM Committee is associated with
a) Estimation of informal workforce
b) Sustainable Agriculture development
c) Study on employment generation sectors
d) Estimation of urban poverty


3. What is MIV-150 which was in news recently?
a) A short range nuclear capable missile developed by IRAN
b) An antiretroviral gel developed to prevent HIV transmission

c) A humanoid robot developed by the students of Massachusetts Institute of technology.
d) A recently discovered meteor.

4. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has introduced the new series of consumer price indices for all-India, and States and union territories separately for rural, urban and combined. What is the base year of new series?
a) 2008                 b) 2009
c) 2010
                 d) 2005

5. Iran’s airspace was invaded by the U.S army drones which was captured by Iran's military. What is the name of that drone?
a) RQ-170 Sentinel           b) RQ-1 Predator
c) RQ-11 A Raven           d) RQ-8A Shadow

6. Who is the present ruler of North Korea?
a) Kim Jong-il                 b) Kim-II-sung
c) Kim Jong-nam                     d) Kim Jong-un

7. Cyclone THANE that affected parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, was named so by which of the following country?
a) India                      b) Bangladesh
c) Myanmar                  d) Sri Lanka

8. Gold coast in Australia won the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, beating which of the following country?
a) Canada         b) Sri Lanka
c) Malaysia              d) Scotland

9. India has recently signed a Border Pact with which of the SAARC countries?
a) Myanmar        b) Nepal
c) China     d) Bangladesh

10. India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) - the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime is
a) 2.1          b) 2.6
c) 2.5          d) 2.8

11. Who has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2011?
a) Saina Nehwal          b) Aparna Popet
c) Pankaj Advani                 d) Gagan Narang

12. What is D-8?
a) A secret agency deployed by FBI.
b) 8 points formula for sustainable development.
c) An organization of eight developed and developing countries.
d) An organization of eight Muslim country to develop common market.

13. World Hindi Secretariat has been established in cooperation with:
a) Maldives                  b) Indonesia
c) Mauritius                 d) UK

14. Where was G-20 held in 2012?
a) Mexico   b) USA
c) Canada  d) France

15. Which country has become the latest member of WTO?
a) Russia            b) China
c) Iran                  d) Iraq

16. Which is the first European country to legally ban Burqa and street prayers?
a) Spain     b) Italy
c) Germany         d) France

17. Which European country is holding the presidency of European Union?
a) UK                   b) Spain
c) Denmark
         d) Italy

18. Which organization has launched Project “Teaching Respect for All”?
a) UNESCO       
        b) UNICEF
c) CRY                 d) INTERPOL

19. What is India’s rank in the world corruption list, prepared by transparency International?
a) 70th                  b) 78th
c) 95th
                   d) 23rd

20. Which two states in India has made chess compulsory in schools?

a) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

b) Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

c) Kerala and Karnataka

d) Bihar and West Bengal

 

21. Who has been selected as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India?

a) Hiren Bhatq             b) Jayadeep Singh

c) Jawahar Thakur       d) H.N Singh

 

22. The Government has set up high-level expert committee to look into all the issues relating to de-regulation of the sugar sector. Who is the head of the committee?

a) Dr. C Rangarajan    b) Sam Pitroda

c) P.C Chacko               d) Sharad Pawar

 

23. By the chronological order Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 

a) 12th President          b) 13th President

c) 14th President d) 11th President

 

24. Majuli Island is present in:

a) West Bengal   b) Mizoram

c) Tripura          d) Assam

 

 

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