[QandA] Questions and Answers - Part 12

Date: Dec 23, 2014

(01) Which are the four major coral reef areas identified for intensive conservation and management in India?

Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar

(02) The headquarters of National Coral Reef Research Centre is at

Port Blair

(03) If a wetland should be demarcated as internationally important, it shall support at least ____ number of water birds

20000

(04) How many seats are reserved for STs in Lok Sabha?

47

(05) What is “Unnat Bharat Abhiyan”?

Launched by the Ministry of HRD

Aimed to connect higher educational institutions (IIts, IIMs, NITs, IISERs) with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies

(06) Which country has in recent years adopted a “Look North Policy” which emphasised stronger ties with China?

Fiji

(07) Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi visited Fiji on Nov 2014. Which Indian Prime Minister visited Fiji before Mr. Narendra Modi?

Indira Gandhi in 1984

(08) Author of the book “R&AW” is

R. K. Yadav

(09) The River that originates in Black Forest and ends in Black Sea is

River Danube

(10) Which State in India has maximum number of ‘Statutory towns’ (2011 Census)?

Tamil Nadu (721 towns) followed by Uttar Pradesh with 648 towns and Madhya Pradesh with 364 towns

(11) Union Government decided to celebrate Vajpayee’s birthday as “Good Governance Day”, then whose birthday is chosen to celebrate as “Antyodaya Diwas”?

Deen Dayal Upadhaya

(12) The country which ranked first in GDI – 2014 (Gender Development Index) and India’s position on the same index is

Slovakia; India’s position is 132

(13) Author of the book “An Odyssey in Tibet – a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar” is

Tarun Vijay

(14) Who said the following?

“Naturam Godse was an aggrieved person. He may have done something by mistake, but was no anti-national. He was a patriot”

Sakshi Maharaj

(15) If Germany won the Men’s Champions Trophy 2014, then Women’s Champions Trophy 2014 was won by

Argentina

(16) How many Indian Cities hosted the Champions Trophy Hockey event so far?

 2(Chennai and Bhubaneshwar); Chennai hosted for two times (1996 and 2005) and Bhubaneshwar in 2014

(17) If “Make in India” is by Mr. Narendra Modi, then “Make for India” was said by

Mr. Raghuram Rajan

(18) The ____ (in India) has been declared as “Destination Flyway” b the UNWTO because of its natural treasure and bio-diversity

Chilka Lake, Odisha

(19) ____ (Article) of the Constitution prescribes that the total number of Ministers (including Prime Minister) in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the number of members of the House of the People

Article 75(1) (91st Constitutional Amendment, 2003)

(20) UN Secretary General Ban Ki – Moon set up an inquiry committee to investigate incidents during Israel’s latest war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Who heads the Committee?

Patrick Cammaert (Denmark)

Other Members:

K. C. Reddy (India); Maria Vicien (Argentina); Lee O’Brien (USA) and Pierre Lemelin (Canada)

(21) India handed over the second Fast – Attack Craft (FAC) “INS Tarasa” to the country

Seychelles

It is the second FAC to be handed to Seychelles; First one was INS Tarmgil to Seychelles in 2005

(22) Duncan Passage is located between

South Andaman and Little Andaman

(23) What is “Project Varsha”?

India’s Naval base around Rambilli (Vizag); mainly to counter Chinese Naval expeditions

(24) The Union Finance Ministry constituted a High Level Committee to interact with trade and industry on tax-related issues on a regular basis. The High-level Committee will be headed by

Ashok Lahiri

(25) The mascot for 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games respectively are

Vinicius (Olympics) and Tom (Paralympics)

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(26) ___is the data collection hub for India’s Mars Orbiter Mission

[A] Fiji

[B] Mauritius

[C] Papua New Guinea

[D] Maldives

Ans: [A]

(27)Which of the following Mughal Architectural site is not in India?

[A] Jahangir’s Tomb

[B] Nishant Garden

[C] Bibi’s Tomb

[D] Kabuli Bagh Masjid

Ans: [A]

Exp: It is located in Lahore

(28) The “Union Executive of India” is

[A] President + Prime Minister

[B] President + Prime Minister + Supreme Court

[C] President + Council of Ministers

[D] President + SC + Council of Ministers

Ans: [C]

(29) Which of he following is not correctly matched in regard with Indus Valley Civilisation and Rivers)?

[A] Harappa – Ravi

[B] Lothal – Bhogava

[C] Kalibangan – Sutlej

[D] Chanhudara – Sind

Ans: [C]

Exp: Kalibangan – Ghagar

(30) Which of the following in regard with NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) is/are correct?

(I) NSDC is 100%Government owned by autonomous body

(II) NSDC comes under the control of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

[A] I only

[B] II only

[C] Both I and II

[D] Neither I nor II

Ans: [D]

Exp: NSDC comes under the Ministry of Finance; NSDC comes under Companies Act –ownership: 51% (private) and 49% (Finance Ministry)

(31) Why Bodi (Theni Dt) in Tamil Nadu is chosen as site for setting the INO (India based Neutrino Observatory)?

1. Minimum occurrence of Earthquake

2. Mountains in this area are mostly metamorphic sedimentary rock

3. The laboratory has to be atleast 1000 metre below surface, to reduce natural cosmic radiation

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Ans: [C]

Exp: Mountains in Southern India are dense rock while in Northern India is mostly metamorphic sedimentary rock

(32) Which of the following is a replacement of INSAT – 3E?

[A] IRNSS – 1C

[B] Ariane – 5ECE

[C] GSAT – 14

[D] AISAT

Ans: [B]

(33) The North Bank Landscape (NBL), one of the world’s richest biodiversity spots is located in the

[A] foothill of the Himalayas

[B] Andaman & Nicobar Is

[C] Western Ghats

[D] Gulf of Mannar

Ans: [A]

(34) How many persons(s) have acted as a Chief Minister of an Indian State + Deputy Prime Minister + Prime Minister?

[A] None

[B] 1

[C] 2

[D]More than 2

Ans: [C]

Exp: Mr. Moraji Desai and Mr. Charan Singh

(35) Kotak Mahindra Bank announced a $2.4 billion all-share deal to acquire

[A] South Indian Bank

[B] Bank of Rajasthan

[C] ING Vysya Bank

[D] Bank of Baroda

Ans: [C]

(36) Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suheg was conferred with the title of ‘Honorary Rank’ in the Army of which neighbouring country?

[A] Nepal

[B] Bhutan

[C] Bangladesh

[D] Sri Lanka

Ans: [A]

(37) India signed MoU with ___ to facilitate technical cooperation in railway sector (signed on Nov 2014)

[A] South Korea

[B] China

[C] Japan

[D] France

Ans: [A]

(38) Under which programme, the astronomers recently have discovered a new Planet (PH3C) that has a highly consistent orbit time around its sun?

[A] Planet Search

[B] Planet Exploration

[C] Planet Orbit

[D] Planet Hunters

Ans: [A]

(39) Which of the following is Indian Navy’s “Project 17”?

[A] INS Kamorta

[B] INS Satpura

[C] INS Mysore

[D] INS Kolkata

Ans: [B]

Exp: INS Kamorta and INS Mysore - Project 28 and INS Kolkata – Project 15A

(40) Winner of Miss World 2014 is from the country of ___

[A] Venezuela

[B] South Africa

[C] China

[D] Puerto Rico

Ans: [B]
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[GK] Books and Authors - Part 4

#	Books	Authors
01	Autumn of the matriarch – Indira Gandhi’s Final Term in Office	Dr. Diego Maiorano
02	Kutsa Pakhha [Those Who Slander]	Mamata Banerjee
03	Playing It My Way — My Autobiography	Sachin Tendulkar
04	When Google Met Wikileaks	Julian Assange
05	The Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi.’	M V Kamath
06	Dark Star – Rajesh Khanna	Gautam Chintamani
07	An Area of  Darkness (His discovery of India)	V S Naipaul
08	The Radiance of Ashes	Cyrus Mistry
09	Passion Flower	Cyrus Mistry
10	Nehru & Bose: parallel lives	Rudrandshu Mukherjee
11	Interrogating Inclusive Growth – Poverty and Inequality in India	KP Kannan
12	Cine Politics – film stars and political existence in South India	M Madhava Prasad
13	And then One Day a memoir	Naseeruddin Shah
14	The Political Biography of an earthquake – aftermath and amnesia in Gujarat	Edward Simpson
15	Towards a Knowledge Society	Debal K SinghaROy
16	The Other Gitanjali	Udaya Narayna Singh
17	Reaching for the Stars: India’s journey to Mars and beyond	Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon
18	The Two Plans	Deen Dayal Upadhaya
19	Debating Vivekananda	Raghuramraju
20	The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years	Pranab Mukherjee
21	Price of Gujarat: The extraordinary story of Prince Gopaldas Desai	Rajomhan Gandhi
22	Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India	Joseph Lelyveld
23	Behind the Door – The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Story	Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman
24	Nehru & Bose – Parallel Lives	Rudrangshu Mukherjee
25	India – China Boundary Issues: Quest for Settlements	Ranjit Singh Kalha

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[QandA] Questions and Answers - Part 11

Date: Dec 10, 2014

(01) 12 spiritual leaders (including an Indian) across the globe met at Vatican and vowed to end modern day slavery by ___ (year)

2020

(02) Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi flagged off passenger train from ____ in Meghalaya to Guwahati in Assam, following which Meghalaya found a place in the country’s railway map

Mendipathur

(03) What is “Swantah Sukhaya”?

A new scheme launched by the Government of India. Government officials is allowed to take up social or charitable nature

(04) The number of international airports in India is (as mentioned in the new Draft Civil Aviation policy)

15

(05) The State that signed US$100 million agreement with Asian Development Bank, to increase the employability of school and college students by providing English fluency and IT skills is

Kerala

(06) In a bid to give push to its new Silk Route policy, China launched a cargo train service connecting Yiwu with Madrid in Spain. The 13000 km line passes how many countries apart from China and Spain?

6 (Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, France and Germany)

(07) ___ (country) will partner with India in Delhi International Book Fair 2016

China

(08) If it is Mitchell Johnson for ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year, then who is for ICC Women’s ODI cricketer of the Year?

Sarah Taylor (England)

(09) American geologist have named Earth’s most abundant mineral as ____

Bridgmanite

(10) “Koala Diplomacy” is associated with which Summit/Event?

G20 Summit 2014 (Brisbane)

(11) In a row of boys, Sudarshan is seventh from the left and Venkat is 12th from the right. If they interchange their positions, Sudharshan becomes 22nd form the left. How many boys are there in the row?

33

(12) Fill the series:

            1          2          3

            4          5          6

            7          8          9

            27        38        ?

51

Exp:

(7*4) – 1 = 27; (8*5) – 2 = 32; and so (6*9) – 3 = 51

(13) The sum of four consecutive even numbers A, B, C and D is 180. What is the sum of the set of next four consecutive even numbers?

212

Exp:

Let the numbers be: A = a; B = a+2; C = a+4; D=a+6

So A+B+C+D = a+a+2+a+4+a+6= 180

4a+12 = 180

4a = 168

So, a = 42

The next four “Consecutive even” numbers must be:

a+8, a+10, a+12 and a+14

Adding all these,

4a+44 = (4 * 42) + 44 = 212

(14) The average of 8 numbers is A and the average of four of these is B. If the average of remaining four is C. then B+C is

2A

Exp:

Let the 8 numbers be a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 and a8

Average of a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 and a8 is A

So, a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6 + a7 + a8 = 8A à (1)

Average of four (a1, a2, a3 and a4) of these is B

So, a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 = 4B à (2)

Average of remaining four (a5, a6, a7 and a8) is C

So, a5 + a6 + a7 + a8 = 4C à (3)

Put the values of (2) and (3) in (1)

4B + 4C = 8A

4(B+C) = 8A

So, (B+C) = 2A

(15) A number when divided by 2, 3 or 5 gives remainder 1. The number is

31

Exp:

LCM of (2, 3 and 5) + 1 = 30 +1 = 31

(16) Union Government constituted ______ committee to provide bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Viswanathan

(17) How many Lok Sabha Constituencies in India witnessed the introduction of VVPAT system in 2014 General Elections?

7

Exp:

Central Chennai, South Bengaluru, Lucknow, Raipur, Gandhinagar, Patna Sahib and Javadpur

(18) UN decided to celebrate 2015 as International Year of _____

(i) Light and light based technologies

(ii) Soils

(19) The man who is behind the National Planning Committee and the monthly science journal “Science and Culture” is

Meghnad Saha

(20) Who said the following statement?

“Science is not a matter merely of looking at test tubes and mixing different gases and producing things a big or small or gadgets. Science ultimately is a way of training the minds and mind’s working and their whole life functioning according to the ways and methods of science”

Jawaharlal Nehru

(21) Author of the book, “India – China Boundary Issues: Quest for Settlement” is

Ranjit Singh Kalha

(22) Phillip Hughes (cricketer) was injured by a bowler in Australia, which caused a vertebral artery dissection that led to a ____  (medical term) resulting in the death of Hughes

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

(23) What is “green diesel”?

A sustainable biofuel made from vegetable oils, waste cooking oil and animal fats

(24) _____ to become the European Green Capital next year

Bristol (England)

(25) The country which is to legalise same sex marriages on Jan 01, 2015 is

Luxembourg

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