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GENERAL AWARENESS
Brush your knowledge on the significant developments and events within and outside India over the past few weeks
any important developments took place in and around us recently that caught our attention. Prominent among them were the 99th edition of the prestigious Indian Science Congress, the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Auto Expo at New Delhi, Jaipur Literature Festival, the 69th Golden Globe Awards and Leander Paes’ remarkable double’s win with Radek Stepanek at
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the Australian Open. The people in the news recently included Milas Raonic, Venkatesh Varma, Daniel Ortega, Siddharth Varadarajan, Amjad Ali Khan among others for achievements in their respective work areas. Revisiting events and developments such as above have been carried out in this booklet to help you recall and test your knowledge in different fields. Since every competitive examination carries a section on General Knowledge,
a more systematic way to be aware of Current Affairs is to regularly read newspapers and watch informative programmes on the television. Internet is yet another source to keep you abreast of the latest happenings. A good revision of facts and figures will not only help you in achieving your immediate objective of scoring well in the general awareness section but also go a long way in enriching your overall understanding.
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The city of Medellin has been installed with outdoor escalators to solve the problem of people getting up and down steep terrain. In which country is this city located? (A) Bolivia (B) Brazil (C) Colombia (D) Peru Which court has thrown out a petition that sought to ban a translation of the Bhagavad Gita as “extremist” literature? (A) Russian (B) Siberian (C) Ukrainian (D) Romanian Realty giant DLF, along with its partner Hubtown in a joint venture, has sold its IT special economic zone (SEZ) in Pune to private equity firm Blackstone for ___________ (A) Rs. 810 crore (B) Rs 500 crore (C) Rs 450 crore (D) Rs 100 crore The infant mortality rate (IMR) in India has shown a decline, dropping from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births to __. (A) 44 (B) 45 (C) 46 (D) 47
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HAZRAT MUHAMMAD (PBUH) Holy Prophet was born in 571 A.D 22nd April.• Father’s name, Hazat Abdullah.• Mother’ Name, Hazrat Amna.• Maternal Grand Father’s name Wahib bins Abdul Munnaf.• Maternal Grandmother, Batarah.• Real name of Abdu Mutalib was Shaba.• Grandmother name, Fatima. HAZRAT MUHAMMAD (PBUH)• Bahira Syrian Christian saint recognized prophet as last prophet.• Harb-i-Fajjar was a war ...
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5. The infant mortality lowing? (A) Kerala, Mizoram (B) Kerala, Mizoram (C) Kerala, Mizoram (D) Kerala, Mizoram rate (IMR) has increased by one point in which of the foland and and and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Puducherry Lakshwadeep Andamans 14. 13. Which airline in India has been sanctioned Rs. 150 crore for payment of portion of pending salaries and allowances of its employees, including pilots? (A) Go air (B) Air India (C) Kingfisher (D) Indigo Accepting a major demand of the cash-strapped aviation industry, the government has said it will soon launch the process to allow foreign airlines ____________ percent stake in Indian carriers. (A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 48 (D) 47 Which 2 countries signed a border mechanism framework to maintain peace on the disputed boundaries between them? The framework was signed at the end of the 15th round of boundary talks between special representatives of the two countries. It will facilitate real-time contact between the foreign office of the two countries in case of intrusions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) — the de facto border. (A) India and China (B) India and Nepal (C) India and Pakistan (D) India and Bhutan Which pop star has become the first person in the world to boast 18 million followers on social networking site Twitter (A) Madonna (B) Justein Beiber (C) Lady Gaga (D) Adele Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) replacing veteran actor Om Puri? (A) Ramesh Sippy (B) Karan Johar (C) Aditya Chopra (D) Ravi Chopra Prestigious Rijks museum recently conducted an X-ray of its thousand-year-old monumental Shiva-Nataraja statue as a part of research and was surprised to know that it was cast in solid bronze. In which country/city is this museum located? (A) Oslo (B) Amsterdam (C) Dublin (D) Glasglow Dr. Sheikh Sultan III bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, ruler of conservative Sharjah Emirate in United Arab Emirates (UAE), has reportedly gifted about 10 acres of land for a new crematorium for Hindus and Sikhs in which state of USA? (A) Nevada (B) Sacramento (C) Arizona (D) Atlanta The Global Post quoted Obama as telling Time Magazine’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview that Prime Minister ___ is one of the five world leaders whom US president Barack Obama considers to be his nearest and dearest pals on the global stage. (A) Manmohan Singh (B) Angela Merkel (C) Recep Tayyip Erdogan (D) David Cameron
The Essay on Comparision Of Two Countries – India & Canada
Canada is one of the largest countries in the world with a climate that ranges from arctic to mild with moderate summers and long, cold winters. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a bilingual federal system, a parliamentary form of government and strong democratic traditions. Canada has immense mineral resources, it is the world’s largest producer of asbestos, nickel, zinc and silver. ...
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President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer two months after being re-elected in a landslide vote. Kirchner is the president of which country? (A) Argentina (B) Uruguay (C) Paraguay (D) Brazil Which country’s court ordered the country’s army to stop forced virginity tests on women detainees which the military claimed were performed so that they do not later claim they were raped? (A) Egypt (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Bahrain (D) Iraq Moving past the global economic powerhouses like the UK, Germany and France, the Indian economy would become the world’s ____ largest by 2020 — a major jump from its 10th rank currently economic think-tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has said in its latest World Economic League Table report. (B) 5th (A) 6th (C) 2nd (D) 4th Which movie won The 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012 for Best Motion Picture? (A) The Descendants (B) The Help (C) Hugo (D) The Ides of March Who (A) (B) (C) (D) won the best actress award at 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012? Viola Davis Rooney Mara Tilda Swinton Meryl Streep
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Which website was shut down for a day in protest against US anti-piracy legislations – Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act? (A) Amazon.com (B) Wikipedi(A)com (C) Facebook.com (D) Ebay.com If elected to power in Uttarakhand, which political party will encourage the production of filtered Gau Mootra (cow urine) in the State, according to its rather ambitious party manifesto? (A) Congress (B) BJP (C) Samajwadi (D) BSP
The Research paper on Science Technology Company
Science Technology Company was a leading manufacturer of computer-controlled automated test equipment (ATE) that was used to monitor and manage quality over the life cycle of electronic products. With 31% market share, the company was the dominant firm in the design and manufacture of testers and test software for printed circuit boards. Its second business was its semiconductor test operation, ...
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21. Which author has been banned from Jaipur Literature Festival after authorities warned the controversial author he was a potential target of assassins at the event, following threats of protests from Muslim groups at his planned appearance? (A) Tom Stoppard (B) Richard Dawkins (C) Ariel Dorfman (D) Salman Rushdie As per a recent research, the song ‘Someone like you’ was the most sung karaoke tune of 2011 which accounted for 14% of the 3-million songs sung by 100,000 users of the Lucky Voice website. Who is the singer of this song who was crowned ‘karaoke queen’? (A) Rihanna (B) Beyonce (C) Adele (D) Britney Spears Which Indian company has been featured by ‘Harvard Business Review’ on the list of 10 companies globally that has grown their net income by 5 per cent every year for the 10-year period ended 2009? (A) ICICI (B) SBI (C) HDFC (D) CITI State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is in talks with energy firm ConocoPhillips to explore possibilities of joining hands for exploration of oil and gas in Indian deep sea and shale gas in North America. ConocoPhillips belongs to which country? (A) UK (B) USA (C) USSR (D) UAE ____________, commonly known by her pseudonym “Dalda 13,” was India’s first woman photojournalist, to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2011. She had been suffering from interstitial lung disease which resulted in her death on 15th January 2012. (A) Santosh Mehta (B) Homai Vyarawalla (C) Zakia Sharer (D) Tina Dalal Who was conferred an honorary doctorate of Tripura University by Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari which was for the first time that the Tripura University has conferred the honorary (D)Litt on any person after the university was set up in 1987? (A) Sheikh Hasina (B) Baburam Bhattarai (C) (D) M. Jayaratne (D) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck State-run BSNL, which is mulling various options to raise funds to meet dayto-day requirements, has hired _____________ to arrange a long-term loan of up to Rs 15,000 crore. The PSU had registered a loss of over Rs 6,000 crore for FY 11, mainly due to high staff cost and payments made for acquiring BWA spectrum. (A) SBI (B) Indian bank (C) Syndicate bank (D) Andhra bank 28. Coal India agreed to a wage hike of _________ for its three lakh-odd mine workers, in line with what the market was expecting but much higher than what the management of the public sector coal producer was hoping for. (A) 25% (B) 30% (C) 40% (D) 50% The Costa Concordia carrying more than 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew hit a rock and sank in the shallow waters off the island of Giglio. The 114,500-ton Costa Concordia is the largest ship ever to sink. In which country did this disaster happen? (A) France (B) Germany (C) Italy (D) Ireland The government of which Indian state has extended a helping hand to the ailing ghazal maestro Mehndi Hassan, as he was born in the state but had to leave for Pakistan post partition. (A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan (C) Punjab (D) Kashmir Who was addressing a press conference on black money at the Constitution Club in New Delhi when he was attacked by a man who threw black ink on his face to exhibit his anger against the topic? (A) Anna Hazare (B) Arvind Kejriwal (C) Kiran Bedi (D) Baba Ramdev The policy holders of which insurance company will now be getting credit cards as part of the insurance scheme they opt for? (A) New India (B) Oriental insurance (C) LIC (D) None Which Indian technology group has been chosen by Michelin to display its electric mobility (eMO) engineering study EV at North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit? The company unveiled the prototype for a $20,000 electric car that can carry up to four passengers. (A) Bajaj auto (B) Maruti (C) TATA (D) Infosys Dozens of workers assembling ____video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their death, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labour unrest as China’s economy slows. (A) Play station (B) Blackberry (C) Iphone (D) Xbox
The Essay on India International Management Analysis
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35. The FIFA Ballon d’Or is an association football award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world. Who won 2011 the FIFA World Player of the Year? (A) Lionel Messi (B) Andrés Iniesta (C) Xavi (D) Cristiano Ronaldo Which city was the venue for the 2012 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas? (A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Jaipur (D) Chandigarh Who (A) (B) (C) (D) was the Chief Guest of the 2012 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas? Sheikh Hasina Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Kamla Persad Bissessar None 42. With which company has Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said it would invest in making a major foray into the media sector by the energy-focused conglomerate and giving a boost to its plans to launch 4G services? (A) NDTV (B) CNBC (C) CNN (D) TV18 Which of the following chief minister‘s in India with movable assets worth only Rs. 6.15 lakhs and a flat in Delhi, is India’s poorest chief minister? (A) Shiela Dixit (B) Nitish Kumar (C) Narendra Modi (D) Mamata Banerjee Where did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurate the 99th edition of the prestigious Indian Science Congress, the biggest congregation of the country’s bright scientists? (A) KIIT University (B) ICFAI University (C) IIT Delhi (D) NIT Rourkela What (A) (B) (C) (D) 46. was the Science Science Science ogy Science theme for the 99th and Technology for and Technology for and Technology for Indian Science Congress 2012? Inclusive Innovation – Role of Women Inclusive Innovation – role of communications Inclusive Innovation – role of mobile technol-
The Term Paper on Indian Competition Act
The Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 is the first enactment to deal with competition issues and came into effect on 1st June 1970. With the liberalization of the economy and the re-definition of the role of the State and of the private sector in the Indian economy, competition policy in India and its governing legal-regulatory framework needed revisiting. The MRTPA was ...
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Which country has started refining uranium deep inside a mountain, at the Fordow underground site near the city of Qom, signalling country’s defiance in the face of intensifying Western pressure to curb such activity? (A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Bahrain (D) Saudi Arabia Indian rock musician, promoter of rock music, publisher and impresario who founded the music magazine Rock Street Journal and promoted alternative music in India. He was also termed as “Papa Rock” by the rock music community of India, was drowned to death due to unknown reasons at Bogmalo beach in Goa. Identify the person in news. (A) Palash Sen (B) Raghu Ram (C) Amit Saigal (D) Sheela Raman India along with which country has set to have their first ever “hotline” or direct communication between the home secretaries shortly. The hotline, which will be non-encrypted, will be used to share real-time information with regard to terror threats, movement of militants — thus reiterating the commitment of both sides to fight terrorism? (A) Afghanistan (B) Nepal (C) Bangladesh (D) Pakistan Four years after they showcased its ‘small car’ at the 2008 Auto Expo, the auto giant has unveiled what it calls the RE60. It will deliver close to 40 kmpl and emit only 60g/km of CO2, making it one of the most fuel-efficient and green vehicles in the market. Which company has launched this car? (A) TATA (B) TVS (C) Kinetic (D) Bajaj
The Essay on Liberal Nature of Indian State
The state is being perceived as an “organised structural and institutional whole” epitomizing the power relations of society. The state in a developing society arise from historical factors and interacts with society through its decisive role in the economic process of the nation. To study the nature of any particular state, it is necessary to analyse to relation between state, power, ...
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Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of which state, as it is not the language of the region, the High Court observed while dealing with a petition objecting to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) publishing a notification in Hindi? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh All India Chess Federation has decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for which award? (A) Padma Vibhushan (B) Padma Bhushan (C) Padma Shri (D) Bharat Ratna Well known dance Guru KJ Sarasa who expired in Chennai had the distinction of being one of the first and most successful women nattuvanars of the traditional community in modern times. This famous natyacharya who initially sang for dance and soon took to nattuvangam, carried aloft the flag of the Vazhuvoor tradition of which dance most impressively for more than five decades? (A) Kathak (B) Kuchipudi (C) Mohini attam (D) Bharatanatyam
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49. The State Bank of India (SBI), which has attracted the urban poor with its Rs. one-rupee bank account facility in different parts of the country, has now come up with a Rs. one crore account exclusively for the high net worth individuals (HNIs).
The first of its kind branch of the SBI was opened in which city in India? (A) Hyderabad (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Chennai In a major policy decision, the Centre said it would allow Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) to directly invest in Indian ______ market in order to widen the class of investors, attract more foreign funds, reduce market volatility and deepen the Indian capital market. (A) Medicines (B) Agriculture (C) Food (D) Equity Which two countries of Asia have recently joined the UN Security Council? (A) Guatemala, Morocco (B) Pakistan, Azerbaijan (C) Togo and Tabago (D) None The proposed districts — Sukma, Kondagaon, Gariabandh, Balodbazar, Mungeli, Balod, Bemetara, Surajpur, and Balrampur — have started functioning from January 1, 2012. Which state of India announced the creation of nine new districts in the state? (A) Jharkhand (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Uttaranchal (D) Dadar Kalachakraa festival of teachings and meditations for World Peace was held in Washington, DC in 2011. It was it held this year from January 1, 2012 also attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama. Which State hosted it in India? (A) Bihar (B) West Bengal (C) Odisha (D) Assam Prince Harry will follow up on a promise he made last year to the ‘Walking With the Wounded’ charity for soldiers and join them on a trek up on which mountain in 2012? (A) Mount Everest (B) K2 (C) Kilimanjaro (D) Kanchenjunga Which party won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt’s first freely-elected Parliament in decades, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country’s new constitution? (A) The Muslim Brotherhood (B) Hosni Mubarak’s party (C) The Brotherhood’s Freedom (D) Justice Party 56. Forests of which Indian State will soon be having fodder banks? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Kerala (D) Andhra Pradesh The three-day CII Partnership Summit 2012 saw a flurry of MoUs being signed across sectors such as power, refinery, gas, mining and education. With more agreements the summit ended with investment proposals worth over a staggering Rs. 50,000 crore involving top private and public sector companies. In which city was the summit held? (A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (C) Hyderabad (D) Chennai Who (A) (B) (C) (D) Who (A) (B) (C) (D) won 2012 Aircel Chennai Open singles title? Milos Raonic Janko Tipsarević Stanislas Wawrinka Go Soeda won 2012 Aircel Chennai Open doubles title? Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarević Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram Stanislas Wawrinka and Go Soeda Milos Raonic and Janko Tipsarević
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China will start work on the world’s highest airport next year, in Nagqu county. Nagqu is located in which country? (A) Tibet (B) Mongolia (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan Syria rejected an _____________plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a “flagrant interference,” (A) Arab League plan (B) UN plan (C) International Court of Justice (D) None of the above Chiefs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis who made ________the must-have Smartphone for almost a decade have stepped down as co-chief executives of its maker, after failing to reverse the company’s decline. (A) Samsung (B) Blackberry (C) HTC (D) Apple Actress Mallika Sherawat has out-shadowed which other actress to the finish line of the ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Female’ poll conducted by PETA 2012? (A) Priyanka Chopra (B) Lara Dutta (C) Vidya Balan (D) Diya Mirza
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64. Datawind, the maker of the lowest priced tablet ‘Aakash’, has requested the Human Resource Development Ministry to include which clause in the proposed tender for the low-priced device? (A) Made in India (B) Made in UK (C) Made in Canada (D) Made in USA Britain, America and France delivered a pointed signal to __for sending 6 warships led by a 100,000 ton aircraft carrier through the highly sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz (A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Syria (D) Oman BJP president Nitin Gadkari has endorsed chief minister _________________ for the top posts of prime minister and party head, stirring a fresh debate among GenNext leaders positioning themselves for the 2014 sweepstakes. (A) Shivraj Chauhan (B) Narendra Modi (C) Vasundhra Raje (D) None Which country announced its first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years at an equivalent US $32 bn for 2011? (A) Japan (B) Korea (C) Australia (D) New Zealand Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, which international celebrity praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival fast becoming a global cultural gala? (A) Oprah Winfrey (B) Tom Stoppard (C) Michael Ondaatje (D) Richard Dawkins Farahnaz Ispahani, wife of former envoy to US Husain Haqqani, claimed that she fled the country as she feared being kidnapped by the ISI to force her husband to confess and implicate Zardari in the memogate issue. What designation does Farahnaz Ispahani hold in the Pakistani government? (A) President Asif Ali Zardari’s media adviser (B) President Asif Ali Zardari’s economic adviser (C) President Asif Ali Zardari’s lawyer (D) President Asif Ali Zardari’s secretary Noted Kashmiri poetess Naseem Shafaie has been chosen for this year’s _____________ awards for her poetic collection, becoming the first Kashmiri woman to get the prestigious literary awar(D) (A) Sahitya Akademi (B) Jnanpeeth (C) Booker (D) Pulitzer 71. Ramachandra Guha won the Sahitya Akademi award in English for his book on _______ in 2012. (A) Narrative History (B) The short India (C) The dark side of India (D) None Pakistani authorities cleared the import of 16 vegetables and raw jute from which country through the land border in order to bring down prices in the domestic market and added 18 more items to the list of goods that can be imported from the neighbouring country. (A) Afghanistan (B) India (C) China (D) Nepal Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment in a rare recognition of achievements by foreigners based in which country? (A) Britain (B) France (C) Germany (D) Ireland The face of Delhi Metro, _____ retired on 31st December 2011. He gave Delhi its new identity and achieved the near-impossible breaking through red tape to build the Delhi Metro. He handed over the reign to his chosen successor Mangu Singh. (A) E Sreedharan (B) Rajiv Singh (C) Prabhat Kumar (D) None MP Rajniti Prasad tore papers of Lokpal Bill and threw it in the well of the House shouting slogans against it. His party colleague Ramkripal Yadav also protested against the Bill. The two MP’s belonged to which political party? (B) INC (A) BJP (C) RJD (D) BSP Controversial TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has been accused of racism after mocking Indian culture in a ‘Top Gear’ Christmas Special, works for which international media channel? (A) CNN (B) FTV (C) BBC (D) CNBC Which country will help Nepal in modernizing its immigration facilities and strengthening security at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu in a move that may not only help both the countries in averting any type of hijacking, but also help in preventing terrorists from using TIA as ‘soft’ exit or entry point? (A) India (B) China (C) Tibet (D) Bhutan
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78. Radek Stepanek and Leander Paes won the 2012 Australian Open men’s doubles titles claiming a 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 victory. Who did they beat in the finals? (A) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (B) Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau (C) Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić (D) Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor After a long wait for government approval, Reliance Industries have begin work on development of four satellite fields — D-2, D-6, D-19 and D-22 in India’s largest gas field, block D6 in the which basin? (A) Krishna-Godavari basin (B) Narmada-Tapi basin (C) Tungabhadra –Godavari basin (D) Ganga-Yamuna basin According to a report by the US Security firm Stratfor, which cartel has recently become the largest drug gang in Mexico, operating in more than half of all Mexican states? (A) Sinaloa or the Pacific Cartel (B) Los Zetas (C) Tijuana (D) Juárez Jay Leno, the host of the popular The Tonight Show on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar on his programme and termed it as a possible summer home of which Republican presidential candidate? (A) Mitt Romney (B) Newt Gingrich (C) Ron Paul (D) Rick Santorum Which government has decided to develop a 7-km stretch, believed to be the route taken by Gautam Buddha to reach Rajgir, as an international tourist site in the state? (A) Nepal (B) Bihar (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) West Bengal A team led by Indian-origin scientists Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases have made a fundamental breakthrough in understanding how parasites target proteins to the surface of the red blood cell that enables sticking to and blocking blood vessels. The cause of which deadly disease has been discovered by the duo? (A) Plague (B) Malaria (C) Cholera (D) Rickets K-152 Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine has been handed over to the Indian Navy, In line with the contract worth over $900 million, the Project 971 ShchukaB (NATO: Akula II) class sub has been leased to India’s Navy for ten years. It will be renamed the INS Chakra. Which country has handed over this submarine? (A) France (B) Germany (C) Italy (D) Russia 85. Which organization has formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran and a freeze of the assets of the country’s central bank as part of sanctions meant to pressure the country to resume talks on its nuclear program? (A) UN (B) The European Union (C) OPEC (D) ILO Maharashtra ATS have made a major breakthrough in solving the blast case, in the city that claimed 27 lives, with the arrest of two of the accused hailing from Bihar. The accused of which bomb blast incident have been arrested? (A) 26/11 (B) 26/7 (C) 13/7 (D) None An Indian couple in Norway recently have been battling for the custody of their two children who were sent to foster care by the Child Protective Services. What was/were the basis of objection to which External Affairs Minister SM Krishna hopes that the settlement would be up to India’s expectation? (A) (B) (C) (D) 88. Norwegian authorities objected to them hand feeding the children, equating it to force feeding. Norwegian authorities objected to them sharing a bed with the kids. Both A and B None of the above
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92. Which city did the former Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam, recently visit, since the establishment of a memorial for the Indian Peace Keeping Force. (A) Kandy (B) Colombo (C) Anuradhapura (D) Jaffna Indian Railways in September 2011 constituted an expert committee to recommend modernisation of the public transporter with a focus on track, signalling, rolling stock, stations and terminals, for improving efficiency and safety. The committee which is likely to submit its report before the railway budget was constituted under the chairmanship of? (A) Sam Pitroda (B) D Raja (D) Vinod Dua (C) E Sreedharan Sand has been his preferred medium in the past to give shape to his ideas and now celebrated artist Sudarsan Pattnaik will prove his mettle once again, this time in Japan by creating a sculpture on the ill-effects of climate change by which natural product? (A) Cement (B) Snow (C) Limestone (D) Marble powder Which part of Delhi city, comprising largely of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s parliamentary constituency has been included in the list of 419 special focus districts (SFDs) for 2012-13 under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)? (A) South Delhi (B) North Delhi (D) Central Delhi (C) East Delhi The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of A (H1N1) has hit nine, with 573 cases detected. The strain represents some 90 percent of detected cases of influenza in the country, the health ministry said in a statement. Which deadly disease has been spread in the country? (A) Swine flu (B) Plague (C) Dengue (D) Hay fever Which company won the Rs 11,000 crore tax case, as the Supreme Court in India, set aside an earlier Bombay High Court judgement that directed the company to pay-up the tax on a deal abroad? (A) Vodafone International Holding (B) Wipro (C) Arvind Mills (D) Jumbo Electronics The Seattle-based company Starbucks Corp, the world’s largest coffee company, has signed a pact with which Indian company to buy coffee from India and explore opening retail stores in the country? (A) Tata Coffee Ltd (B) Café coffee day (C) Barista (D) Nestle Free LPG cylinder to every family living below poverty line and free laptop to every student of Class 11 and 12 of all government schools in the state are some of promises made by which political party in its election manifesto of Punjab? (A) Shiromani Akali Dal (B) Dera Sacha Sauda (C) INC (D) BJP
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