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Quiz - Current Affairs 1 October 2012

2012-10-02 11:10:59 GKToday

1. Recently an ancient Buddhist statue known as "iron man" was making news. The statue was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago. What is the name of the meteorite from which the statue was carved? [A]Valera meteorite [B]Chinga meteorite [C]Hodges meteorite [D]Sylacauga meteorite Chinga meteorite

Show Answer 2. Prime Minister of India has set up the Architecture for Cash Transfers, which consists of a National Ministerial Committee. The National Ministerial Committee works under____? [A]Prime Minister of India [B]Finance Minister [C]Food and Consumer Affairs Minister [D]Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Prime Minister of India

Show Answer 3. Who among the following has been conferred France's highest cultural award for his/her contribution in nurturing and presenting modern theatre in India and preserving the treasures of photography and other art forms for posterity? [A]B. V. Karanth [B]Amal Allana [C]Ebrahim Alkazi [D]Girish Karnad Ebrahim Alkazi

Show Answer 4. Recently which among the following has published a study on the Impact of Internet on the Indian Economy? [A]Google India

[B]McKinsey [C]Ministry of Communications and Information Technology [D]Microsoft India McKinsey

Show Answer 5. What is the name of the recently launched communication satellite, which is India's heaviest satellite? [A]GSAT-8 [B]GSAT-9 [C]GSAT-10 [D]GSAT-11 GSAT-10

Show Answer 6. Recently which among the following virus is used by scientists to develop the first biological Internet, or Bi-Fi? [A]M8 [B]M10 [C]M13 [D]M15 M-13

Show Answer 7. In which among the following year, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted? [A]1998 [B]2000 [C]2002 [D]2004 2000

Show Answer 8. Recently which among the following country's Border Guard and India's Border Security Force (BSF) have proposed the setting up of a joint task force to check the menace of counterfeit Indian currency? [A]Nepal

[B]Bangladesh [C]Myanmar [D]Bhutan Bangladesh

Show Answer 9. As per the decision taken by the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, how many vital drugs will come under price control? [A]312 drugs [B]324 drugs [C]336 drugs [D]348 drugs 348 drugs

Show Answer 10. As per a report by Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries, which among the following is the world's most expensive city for food? [A]Tokyo [B]Geneva [C]Zurich [D]New York Tokyo

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