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1. The G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting was recently concluded in Istanbul, Turkey. Which among the following true about G-20 ?

1. Collectively, the G-20 economies account for around 85% of the gross world product

2. India is a member of G-20

3. The G-20 was founded in 1999 with the aim of promoting high-level on international financial stability

4. It include 20 individual countries and EU

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 Only

(b) 2 and 4 Only

(c) 1 and 4 Only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

A is the right answer.
The Group of Twenty is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. The members include 19 individual countries—Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States—along with the European Union (EU). The EU is represented by the European Commission and by the European Central Bank.

2. The authority which is competent of determine the conditions of citizenship in India is?

(a) Supreme Court

(b) Parliament

(c) President

(d) Cabinet

Parliament is the right answer.

3. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of passive resistance?

a) B G Tilak

b) Gokhale

c) M K Ghandhi

d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Aurobindo Ghosh is the right answer.
Sri Aurobindo wrote The Doctrine of Passive Resistance as a series of articles first appearing in the Indian daily Bande Mataram.

4. With the objective of tackling this major health issue in children, the Central Government has marked February 10 as the first ‘National De-worming Day’ and launched a massive de-worming effort. How much per cent of all children aged 1-14 years in India have intestinal worms?

a) Around 25%

b) Around 51%

c) Around 68%

d) Around 90%

Around 68% is the right answer
World Health Organisation estimates that 2.41 crore children or 68 per cent of all children aged 1-14 years in India have intestinal worms. However, the global prevalence rate is just 28 per cent. Another study estimates that nearly 70 per cent of all children aged between six and 59 months suffered from malnutrition or anaemia.

5. Who was recently appointed as new Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process by UN?

a) Ban Ki-moon

b) Martin Indyk

c) Amartya Sen

d) Nickolay Mladenov

Nickolay Mladenov is the right answer.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently announced the appointment of Nickolay Mladenov of Bulgaria as his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and his Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.

6. February 06 is observed as International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. This so called cruel ritual is most common in

a) Africa

b) Asia

c) Middle East

d) Europe

Africa is the right answer.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. Typically carried out by a traditional circumciser using a blade or razor, FGM is concentrated in 27 African countries, Yemen and Iraqi Kurdistan, and found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East, and among diaspora communities around the world. The age at which it is conducted varies from days after birth to puberty; in half the countries for which national figures are available, most girls are cut before the age of five.

7. Who won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize?

a) Bretton Woods

b) Bose Gloor

c) Amartya Sen

d) Harry Dexter White

Amartya Sen is the right answer.
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose ideas have fundamentally affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics and informed the economic policies of governments. He is widely considered to be one of the founders of modern macroeconomics and the most influential economist of the 20th century. His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics and its various offshoots.
Professor Sen will receive £7,500 to commission a work of art and will deliver the annual Charleston-EFG Keynes Lecture at the Charleston Festival in the U.K. This year’s lecture, scheduled for May 23, will be on “The economic consequences of austerity.”

8. World’s biggest solar telescope being built in ?

a) Hawaii

b) Gujarat

c) Ganeva

d) Riyadh

Hawaii is the right answer.
Hawaii is the 50th and most recent U.S. state to join the United States. It is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one made up entirely of islands.

9. The World Ocean Science Congress was held at ?

a) Maharashtra

b) Kerala

c) West Bengal

d) Goa

Kerala is the right answer.

10. Facebook announced a tie-up with which Indian company to launch Internet.org in India

a) TCS

b) Infosys

c) Reliance Communications

d) Tata Telecom

Reliance Communications is the right answer.
Facebook on Feb 10th announced a tie-up with Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in India. The tie-up gives subscribers of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications who have Internet-enabled handsets free access to 38 Websites – a mix of news, music, education, weather and health sites. The list includes Facebook, Wikipedia, and Reliance Astrology. The lone search option available is Microsoft’s Bing. They can be accessed via an Android app. For the time being, the service has gone live in Maharashtra, Gujarat, A.P., T.N. and Kerala. The pan-India launch is planned in three months.

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