29 SEPTEMBER 2014 Ques. : 1 The World Hepatitis Day is observed on which of the following dates? 1) 22 Jul 2) 26 Jul 3) 28 Jul 4) 29 Jul 5) None of these Answer:- 3) 28 Jul Ques. : 2 The Law Commission Chairperson AP Shah has recommended three changes to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Law in his report submitted recently. Which of the following is NOT among them? 1) Same retirement age of 65 for Supreme Court and High Court judges. 2) A three-year “cooling off” period for retired judges before the take up positions offered by the govt. 3) A fixed tenure for Chief Justice of India. 4) Executive takeover of judicial appointment system. 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Executive takeover of judicial appointment system. Ques. : 3 As revealed by the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, recently, which of the following countries is the largest client for the World Bank Group? The WB committed a total of $6.4 bn to the country during its last fiscal year. 1) China 2) India 3) Brazil 4) Japan 5) None of these Answer:- 2) India Ques. : 4 Which of the following e-commerce websites has announced to have raised $ 1bn (Rs 6,000 cr) in fund recently? This is the largest ever fund-raising by an Indian Internet company. 1) Snapdeal 2) Shopclues 3) Flipkart 4) Homeshop18 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Flipkart Ques. : 5 Name unmanned vehicle developed by NASA which has made a record clocking highest distance by any man-made vehicle on a celestial body other than earth recently. The solar-powered robot has journeyed 40 KM on mars so far. 1) Opportunity 2) Discovery 3) Path Finder 4) Lunokhod 2 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Opportunity Ques. : 6 While addressing a gathering of scientists in New Delhi, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for ‘Blue Revolution’. The blue revolution is associated with 1) Crude oil production 2) Bio-dieses production 3) Plastic industry 4) Fisheries sector 5) None of these Answer:- 4) Fisheries sector Ques. : 7 Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat won gold medals for India in which of the following games in the 20th Commonwealth Games recently? 1) Boxing 2) Shooting 3) Wrestling 4) Weightlifting 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Wrestling Ques. : 8 During the recent visit of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to Nepal, both sides stressed the need to complete necessary formalities for BIPPA. Expand the term BIPPA. 1) Bilateral Investment Protection and Preference Agreement 2) Bilateral Investment Provisioning and Promotion Agreement 3) Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement 4) Bilateral Investment Protection and Provision Agreement 5) None of these Answer:- 3) Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement Ques. : 9 The book titled ‘The Gypsy Goddess’ has been authored by who among the following? 1) Meena Kandasamy 2) Ranjit Hoskote 3) Kalyan Ray 4) Dayanita Singh 5) None of these Answer:- 1) Meena Kandasamy Ques. : 10 Who among the following is the present Chairman of the Railway Board? 1) VK Gupta 2) Arunendra Kumar 3) Alok Johri 4) Kul Bhushan 5) None of these Answer:- 2) Arunendra Kumar
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