GK Quiz 1. Recently which among the following player won the Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament? (1) Jaideep Singh (2) Ajay Kumar (3) Manjeet Singh (4) Sunil Kumar (5) None of these 2. Vijay Kelkar Committee was constituted for ____? (1) Frame Rules for Foreign Investors (2) to suggest a roadmap for fiscal consolidation (3) Bhopal Gas Disaster (4) to give report on decontrol of sugar industry (5) None of these 3. Which among the following countries became the 5th country to Ratify Istanbul Convention? (1) Iraq (2) Syria (3) Italy (4) Portugal (5) None of these 4. Recently Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) set up a Committee to examine aspects related indecent depiction of women in mass media. Who is the head of the committee? (1) K. Ratna Prabha (2) Dr. Charu Sharma (3) Prof. Shefali Bhagat (4) Priyanka Agarwal (5) Mamta Sharma 5. Recently Barack Obama nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director. He will succeed _____? (1) Louis Freeh (2) Stanley Finch (3) William J. Burns (4) Robert Mueller (5) None of these 6. Recently 39th G-8 Summit held in which among the following country? (1) China (2) Russia (3) France (4) USA (5) UK 7. As per RBI’s assessment, wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation is expected to be range bound around 5.5 per cent during 2013-14. (1) 3.5% (2) 4.5% (3) 5.5% (4) 6.5% (5) None of these 8. To which among the following countries NTPC has ink an agreement for the execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project? (1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal (3) Pakistan (4) Bhutan (5) Sri Lanka 9. “Umeed” a central social welfare scheme for poor rural women launched in which State/UT? (1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) J&K (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) None of these 10. Which among the following Indian Film Bags Yellow Oscar Award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil? (1) Laggan (2) High Power (3) Printed Rainbow (4) Little Energy (5) None of these Answers with Explanations: 1. (3) Manjeet Singh baged a Silver medal for India at the 3rd China Open boxing tournament. Manjeet, who beat Wang Zhi Bao from China in the semis, was up against another local lad Akepeer Yusuf of the China B team in the fight for the yellow metal. 2. (2) The Vijay Kelkar Committee, which was appointed by Finance Ministry to suggest a roadmap for fiscal consolidation, has suggested immediate hike in fuel prices and complete deregulation of diesel prices by start of 2014-15 fiscal. 3. (3) Italy has ratified Istanbul Convention which aims to combat violence against women. Thus approval makes Italy the fifth country to actually ratify the Council of Europe convention. The other countries that have ratified the Istanbul Convention are EU candidate countries Turkey and Montenegro, and EU potential candidate country Albania. 4. (1) The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has set up a committee to finalize modalities for a media campaign against indecent portrayal of women in mass media. The committee will be headed by WCD Additional Secretary K. Ratna Prabha and will comprise senior members from the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting among others. 5. (4) He will succeed Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller held the post of FBI Director since 2001 and will retire after completing 12 years of his service to FBI as its Director. 6.(5) Recently 39th G8 summit at Lough Erne near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, UK on 17-18 June 2013. It was the Sixth G8 Summit to be held in the United Kingdom. 7. (3) As per RBI’s assessment, wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation is expected to be rangebound around 5.5 per cent during 2013-14. 8. (5) NTPC has an ink an agreement for the execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka by early next month. 9. (3) 10. (2) Indian short film ‘High Power’, has won the ’Yellow Oscar’ award at the Uranium Film Festival at Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil. This film (made in 2012) is based on the project- affected people of Tarapur Atomic Power Station.
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