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1. In relation with polio eradication, which among the following are correct?
1. On Jan 14 2013, India completed 2 years without new polio cases.
2. India joined the global movement for polio eradication in 1988.
3. India spent about Rs1000 crore every year since 2000 for eradication
4. India's biggest thread now is the neighboring countries which still have polio cases.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 4 Only
(b) 2 and 4 Only
(c) 1 and 3 Only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. As per the latest Census, India has how many urban agglomerations
a) 53
b) 63
c) 73
d) 83
A is the right answer. An urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. Delhi is the second largest urban agglomeration in the world with a population of 22,630,000(wiki).
3. Recently, Malala Yousafzai was honored with Simone de Beauvoir Prize. The prize belongs to which country?
a) Russia
b) Spain
c) France
d) United States
C is the right answer. The Simone de Beauvoir Prize is an international human rights prize for women's freedom, awarded since 2008 to individuals or groups fighting for gender equality and opposing breaches of human rights. It is named after the French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, known for her 1949 women's rights treatise The Second Sex.(wiki)
4. Every year, Global Risk Report is published by which organization?
a) World Bank
b) World Economic Forum
c) RBI
d) UN
B is the right answer.
The Global Risks Report 2013 analyses 50 global risks in terms of impact, likelihood and interconnections, based on a survey of over 1000 experts from industry, government and academia. Link: http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-2013-eighth-edition
5. Which institution has proposed an equity investment of up to USD 25 million in a 'India 2020' fund that aims to provide capital and strategic assistance to SMEs in India?
a) World Bank
b) IFC
c) RBI
d) UN
B is the right answer. The investment has been proposed in the 'India 2020 Fund II', which is a successor to India 2020 Fund I. The earlier fund with a size of USD 100 million had earned an estimated gross internal rate of return of 30 percent. "India 2020 Fund II has a target fund size of USD 125 million. IFC is proposing an equity investment of up to USD 25 million (nearly Rs 140 crore)," IFC said in a notification.
6. Which asteroid in NASA's early calculations suggested a 2.7-per cent probability of collision in 2029, the highest ever for a detected asteroid and nicked named as ""doomsday asteroid"
a) Asteroid 88842
b) Asteroid 77742
c) Asteroid 99942
d) Asteroid 11142
C is the right answer.
A space rock popularly dubbed the "doomsday asteroid" because of fears it could smash into Earth a couple of decades from now poses no risk, NASA said after new observations of the object. Asteroid 99942 Apophis was scanned by optical telescopes and deep-space radars as it made a flyby last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a press release.
7. Which company has announced the successful commissioning of the Dabhol LNG terminal located at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra?
a) BHEL
b) GAIL
c) SAIL
d) REC
B is the right answer. This 5 million tonnes capacity LNG terminal has been set up with an investment of Rs.4,000 crore and will go a long way in meeting the demand of user industries in Maharashtra. The Dabhol LNG terminal would serve as a gateway for entry of natural gas to the southern and western parts of the country. GAIL is the commercial operator of the terminal and had arranged commissioning cargo for the terminal in December 2012.
8. ATTREX, a programme by NASA is the study of
a) Moon
b) Earth's atmosphere
c) Venus
d) Jupiter
B is the right answer. Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how a warming climate is changing Earth. ATTREX will study moisture and chemical composition in the upper regions of the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
9. The report Green Carbon, Black Trade was released by
a) RBI
b) UNEP
c) World bank
d) Ministry of Env, India
B is the right answer. The report Green Carbon, Black Trade by UNEP and INTERPOL focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of the poorest people in the world set aside the environmental damage. It underlines how criminals are combining old fashioned methods such as bribes with high tech methods such as computer hacking of government web sites to obtain transportation and other permits. The report spotlights the increasingly sophisticated tactics being deployed to launder illegal logs through a web of palm oil plantations, road networks and saw mills.
10. The only scissor cluster with a GI tag in India is located in
a) Chennai
b) Mysore
c) Meerut
d) Mubai
C is the right answer. For the first time, a handmade tool from micro and small and medium enterprises in India has been registered for a geographical indicator (GI) tag. The tool is a pair of scissors made of metal scrap by a community in Meerut, which is “the only scissor cluster in India” and which has been making the product for more than three centuries. Meerut has 250 small-scale scissors-making units, employing 70,000 people directly and indirectly. Both the Central and Uttar Pradesh governments have helped the industry. (thehindu)
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