Daily Dose-31.10.2012

1. NTR National Literary Award 2012 has been won by:
a) S. L Bhyrappa               b)  K Sachidanandan
c) Ashokamitran                d) A Soma Sundaram

2. Andhra Pradesh has set up its first Biosphere Reserve recently. What is the name of that?
a) Simlipal                                                 b) Seshachalam
c) Kasu Brahmananda Reddy               d) Mahavir Harina Vanasthali

3. What is LAHAT?
a) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle          b) Surface to surface missile
c) Torpedo                                          d) Anti Tank Guided missile

4. 38th G-8 Summit held at:
a) Camp David, Maryland                 b) Chicago
c) L'Aquila,Abruzzo                            d) Huntsville, Ontario

5. Which one of the following is not the latest district set up in Uttar Pradesh?
a) Prabuddhanagar                 b) Panchsheel Nagar
c) Bhimnagar                            d) Sant Ravidas Nagar

6. Which of the Pacific islands moved from east to west of the international date line on December 29, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zone better with their main trading partner?

a) Samoa & Tokelau    b) Samoa & Kiribati

c) Kiribati & Comoros d) Comoros & Tuvalu

7. The Boko Haram, islamist militant group is engaged in conflict with the government of which of the following countries?

a) South Sudan                     b) Ethiopia 

c) Nigeria                              d) Sierra Leon

8. Which of the following is the longest train service in India?

a) Himsagar Express                       b) Vivek Express

c) Dibrugarh-Chennai Express      d) Trivandrum Rajdhani

9. Russia has set up world's first international atomic fuel bank as part of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms to nations like North Korea and Iran. It has been established at:

a) Moscow            b) Angarsk

c) Omsk               d) Irkutsk

10. "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of cancer", won Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. The author of the book is-

a) Paul Theroux           b) Siddhartha Mukherjee

c) Zareer Masani                   d) Arvinda Adiga

11. Which of the following Gulf country has granted Voting rights to woman recently?

(a) Bahrain          (b) Saudi Arabia

(c) Yemen            (d) Qatar

12. Recently Amazon has launched its new wet browser for its new kindle Tablet. The same of the browser is–
(a) SILK               (b) SWIFT
(c) CORONA      (d) QUICK

13. The Tagore University for the Liberal Arts, is the first institution to be established under the Human Resource Development Ministry as a University for Innovation Programme. The said university will be set up at–
(a) Kolkata           (b) Pune
(c) Bangalore      (d) Guwahati

14. Who among the following has been awarded with International Jurists Award-2012 for the support to the development of the legal fraternity in the world?
(a) Mulayam Singh Yadav     ( b) Ram Jethamalani

(c) G.E Vahanvati                    (d) Sharad Yadav

15. There is an ongoing judicial inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal. Who among the following is head of the judicial panel?

(a) Brian Henry Leveson                (b) Duncan Larcombe

(c) Sir David Bell                             (d) Shami Chakrabarti

16. Which of the following countries has recently donated 1 million US dollars for construction of a library in Nalanda International University (NIU) to highlight the art and architecture? The fund will help in strengthening the relations between the two countries.

a) Thailand           b) South Korea

c) Japan        d) China

17. The U.S. has launched “Climate and clean Air condition”- a global initiative to combat climate change. Which of the following is the only Asian country to be part of this initiative?

a) India                 b) Myanmar

c) Bangladesh     d) Philippines

18. Which of the following countries has started imposing 'fat tax'?

a) Netherland     b) Sweden

c) Serbia                d) Denmark

19. Recently the Union Cabinet of India has approved the reconstruction and repair of houses for the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons in which country?

a) Myanmar        b) Bangladesh

c) Afghanistan    d) Sri Lanka

20. Name the new President of France:

a) Lucas Papademos    b) Nicolas Sarkozy

c) George Kirtos           d) François Hollande