Daily Dose-01.11.2012

1. Kabir Puraskar is awarded for:

a) Hindi literature                         

b) Promotion of Communal harmony

c) For contribution in culture development  

d) None of the above

2. India’s first food bank has been established at:

a) Mumbai           b) Chennai

c) New Delhi      d) Kolkata

3. Which among these islands in a bone of contention between U.K. & Argentina?

a) Spratly Island            b) Shetland Island

c) Falkland Island        d) Turks & Caicos Island

4. In which State the newly inaugurated Dhamra Port is situated?

a) Andhra Pradesh      b) Maharashtra

c) Orissa                         d) Goa

5. Kerala has the highest sex ratio according to the latest figures released by Census for 2001-2011. What is the sex ratio for that State?

a) 1099       b) 1091

c) 1084       d) None of the abov

6. India has declared the year 2012 as

a) Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization
b) Year for conservation of Biodiversity

c) Year as conservation of Mineral resources
d) Year of reducing Gender Disparity

7. The first Indian State to pass the Lokayukta bill in 2011 is

a) Uttar Pradesh            b) Bihar

c) Uttarakhand             d) Jharkhand

8. At the 59th National Film Awards, who was declared the best actor?

a) Girish Kulkarni       b) Upendra Limaye

c) Dhanush                             d) Salim Kumar

9. Who among the following has not been conferred Padma Vibhusan in the year 2012?

a) Bhupen Hazarike    b) Mario de Miranda

c) Jose Pereira               d) K.G. Subramanyan

10. German Order of Merit conferred to

a) Ummu Salma Bava         b) Karl Kehrle

c) Armin Maiwald               d) Ulrich Adam

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

12. Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2011 was given to
a) V.K Murthy                    b) Shyam Benegal
c) Soumitra Chatterjee      d) Saeed Akhtar Mirza

13. Name the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice who was sworn in as Supreme Court judge?

a) Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla        b) Justice Dalveer Bhandari
c) Justice Aftab Alam                          d) Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur

14. Sir creek area is a bone of contention between
a) Pakistan and Afghanistan             b) India and Pakistan
c) India and Bangladesh                    d) India and Sri Lanka

15. Mahadayi Water Disputes is among the States of
a) Kerala and Karnataka           b) Karnataka and Goa
c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu    d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

16. Fitch has downgraded the rating of India. What does BBB- implies?

a) economic situation can affect finance

b) currently vulnerable and dependent on favorable economic conditions 

c) Highly vulnerable

d) medium- to long-term growth potential will gradually deteriorate if further structural reforms are not hastened

17. The fertilizer management system has been recommended by:

a) Sam Pitroda   b) Nandan Nilekani

c) Kaushik Basu  d) C.Rangarajan

18. GOI has proposed establishment of India Opportunities Venture Fund in collaboration of

a) NABARD               b) RRB

c) IDBI                 d) SIDBI

19. Wang Shu has won the Pritzker prize 2012. In which field Pritzker prize is given?

a) Arts                 b) Music

c) Architecture    d) Journalism 

20. Hunar se Rojgar Scheme has been launched by

a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

b) Ministry of Tourism

c) Ministry of Rural Development

d) Ministry of Commerce