1. Which among the following is not a member of the commonwealth of Independent states (CIS) group?
(1) Uzbekistan (2) Kyrgyzstan
(3) Turkmenistan (4) Kazakhstan
2. Who among the following has won the 2012 BBC Sports personality of the year?
(1) Chris Froome (2) Fabian Cancellara
(3) Bradley Wiggins (4) Mak Cavendish
(5) None of these
3. Which among the following is the smallest missile developed by DRDO?
(1) Nag (2) Astra
(3) Agni-II Prime (4) Prahar
(5) None of these
4. Which among the following is the first state in India to pass a state level Food
Security Act?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Odisha (4) Bihar
(5) None of these
5. According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving
the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the _______
most dangerous killer.
(1) Second (2) Fourth
(3) Fifth (4) Sixth
(5) None of these
6. SFURTI is the scheme of:
(1) Ministry of Tourism (2) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(3) Ministry of Finance (4) Ministry of Finance
(5) None of these
7. Bikaneri Nerma Bt (BN BT.) which is recently in news is indigenous Bt variety of?
(1) Cotton (2) Ground Nut
(3) Maize (4) Wheat
(5) None of these
8. Barack Obama was reelected as ___th President of United States?
(1) 41th (2) 43rd
(3) 45th (4) 44th
(5) None of these
9. Who is the present coach Indian Hockey Team?
(1) Michael Nobbs (2) James Nobbs
(3) Mark Lee (4) David Jones
(5) None of these
10. Who is the Governor of the Uttrakhand?
(1) Aziz Qureshi (2) Margret Alva
(3) KR Narayan (4) Deepak Mehta
(5) RN Swami
Answers with explanations:
1. Turkmenistan – The CIS comprises nine member states – Armenia, Azerbaizan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan.
2. (3) Bradley Wiggins
3. (2) The 3.8-metre long Astra is the smallest of the missiles developed by DRDO. It can be launched from different altitudes and cover 110 km when fired from an altitude of 15 km, reach 44 km when launched from an altitude of eight km, and 21 km when launched from the sea-level. Designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds (1.2 to 1.4 Mach) in head-on and tail-chase modes, the missile uses solid propellant and can carry a conventional warhead weighing 15 kg.
4.(2) Chhattisgarh - The Chhattisgarh government has taken the initiative to pass the first Food Security Act in the country. It would provide 35kg of food grains to all Antyodaya households and priority households for Rs1 a kg a month, along with two kg of black gram at Rs5 a kg and two kg of pulses at Rs10 a kg, besides two kg of iodised salt.
5.(4) Sixth - Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India. According to the latest tally, air pollution causes 3.2 million deaths worldwide. The new estimates of particulate air pollution are based on ground-level measurements, satellite remote sensing and global chemical transport models to capture population exposure.
6.(4) Ministry of Finance - Scheme for Upgradation of Rural and Traditional Industries (SFURTI) is implemented by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
7.(1) Recently a Committee head by Prof. SK. Roy Sopory found that indigenous Bikaneri Nerma Bt (BN BT.) cottom variety contained by gene patented by Mosanto.
8. (4) 44th - Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current president of USA. He is the first African to hold the office.
9. (1) Michael Jack Nobbs(born 4 January 1954) is the coach of the Indian National Hockey Team. He was appointed in June 2011 and the contract runs till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 1984, he was a member of the Australian hockey team.
10. (1) Aziz Qureshi is the Governor of Uttrakhand born on 15 May 2012 in Bhopal.
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