The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Second India Water Forum 2013 on October 28, 2013 at a function at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.  Speaking on the occasion, the President said that India’s agriculture is a big demand centre for water. Water management in this sector is therefore crucial for overall sustainability of our water resource. 

Through current affairs online test series, currentaffairsindia.info presents the most relevant model questions on Indian and World Current Affairs. These questions are applicable to Civil Service Prelims(CSAT 2014), Other UPSC and PSC Exams, Railway Recruitment Exams, Bank PO and clerical exams and various other competitive exams. The questions are framed from Government releases, various major news papers etc. Any comments/doubts are welcomed!! 

1. Which among the following are true about Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant?

1. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) is an Indo‐Russian joint venture

2. Kudankulam is the first pressurized water reactor belonging to light water reactor category in India

3. The nuclear reactor achieved criticality in July 2013

4. Full capacity of the Power Plant is 2 000MW

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India's silicon city, Bengaluru has been ranked as the country's top business destination, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune in terms of human capital, infrastructure, city culture and basic quality of living, says a survey conducted by Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management (GIREM) and real estate consultancy firm DTZ.

Through current affairs online test series, currentaffairsindia.info presents the most relevant model questions on Indian and World Current Affairs. These questions are applicable to Civil Service Prelims(CSAT 2014), Other UPSC and PSC Exams, Railway Recruitment Exams, Bank PO and clerical exams and various other competitive exams. The questions are framed from Government releases, various major news papers etc. Any comments/doubts are welcomed!! 

1. Which among the following are true about Genesis Prize?

1. Genesis Prize is constituted by Israel

2. Michael R. Bloomberg is the first ever recipient Genesis Prize

3. Prize money of this Award is 1 million Dollars

4. Michael R. Bloomberg is the current New York City Mayor

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Eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan will be conferred the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2013. The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress in remembrance of , Indira Gandhi. 

SCRA Exam conducted by UPSC is a written exam that comprises of three papers;
Paper 1: Paper I English proficiency, General Knowledge and Psychological Test for 200 Marks
Paper II: Physical Sciences includes subjects like Physics and Chemistry for 200 Marks
Paper III is based on Mathematics for 200 Marks

Special Class Railway Apprentices SCRA Exam 2014 is conducted by the UPSC. SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) is the apprenticeship B-Tech programme of 4 years duration which is administered and governed by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The Notification for the examination is usually released in October of every year and examination is conducted in January of every year. The successful end of the training session will make the candidate come out as Mechanical Engineers in the department of Mechanical Engineering, Railway of India. Every YEar almost 1.5 lakhs candidates write the exam and around 50 are selected. So its a tough competition and only the best survives. Good Luck to all!!!

State Bank of India is the largest banking and financial services company in India by market capitalization, revenue and assets. It is a Govt-owned bank with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As of March 2012, it had assets of US$360 billion with more than 13,500 outlets including 157 overseas branches and agents globally. The bank was earlier known as Imperial Bank of India. Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency banks—Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay—to form the Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became the State Bank of India. In 1955, Government of India nationalised the Imperial Bank of India, with the RBI taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the Government of India took over the stake held by the RBI.

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The Indian Railways on 3rd October signed a pact with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.(RINL) to set up the country’s biggest Forged Wheel plant at Raebarelli in Uttarpradesh. The Forged wheel plant to be set up at a cost of 1100 crore rupees at Lalganj will reduce India’s dependence on imports of high speed forged wheels for trains. 

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. The latest assessment shows that further progress has been made towards the 2015 MDG target, which remains within reach for the developing regions as a whole, although marked differences across regions persist and considerable and immediate additional efforts will be needed.

According to the list of total 122 countries released on October 1st by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, India has been ranked lower than three of its BRICS peers -- China with 43rd rank, Russia with 51st rank and Brazil with 57th, while South Africa is placed at 86th place.