QUESTION OF THE DAY 09 NOVEMBER 2013 POSTED BY THE CAVALIER RAJA GARDEN Ques. : 1 India suspended a two decade-old tax benefits pact with which of the following countries recently saying the European nation has “not been providing” information to authorities here that are trying to track down black money? 1) Croatia 2) Cyprus 3) Belgium 4) Austria 5) None of these Ques. : 2 The IRCON International Limited was selected as the Top Infrastructure Company under the category Construction Infrastructure Development at the “Dun and Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013” recently. This PSU comes under 1) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 3) Ministry of Civil Aviation 4) The Ministry of Railways 5) None of these Ques. : 3 Who among the following has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix recently? 1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Fernando Alonso 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Mark Webber 5) None of these Ques. : 4 The International Day of Rural Women is observed on which of the following dates internationally? 1) 15 Sep 2) 15 Oct 3) 15 Nov 4) 15 Dec 5) None of these Ques. : 5 India and the US navies are all set to begin their joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean named 1) Goa exercise 2) Malabar exercise 3) Kandla exercise 4) Lakshadweep exercise 5) None of these Ques. : 6 The UN owes $80 m to which of the following countries, the most it has to pay to any country, for costs relating to peacekeeping operations? 1) Rwanda 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Ethiopia 5) India Ques. : 7 William C Lowe, who died recently, is known as 1) The father of IBM personal computer 2) The father of Apple personal computer 3) The father of HP personal computer 4) The father of Dell personal computer 5) None of these Ques. : 8 Six major central banks have announced to convert their temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangements into standing arrangements to deal with future global financial strains. Which of the following banks in NOT among them? 1) Bank of England 2) European Central Bank 3) US Federal Reserve 4) Reserve Bank of India 5) The Bank of Japan Ques. : 9 Which of the following is the first country in South Asia to approve the cultivation of the genetically modified food crops with approving the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal? 1) India 2) Bangladesh 3) Pakistan 4) Myanmar 5) None of these Ques. : 10 The book titled ‘The Shadow of the Crescent Moon’ is authored by 1) Jhumpa Lahiri 2) Amish Tripathi 3) Fatima Bhutto 4) Ravi Subramanian 5) None of these ANSWERS 1. Answer:- 2 : Cyprus 2. Answer:- 4 : The Ministry of Railways 3. Answer:- 3 : Sebastian Vettel 4. Answer:- 2 : 15 Oct 5. Answer:- 2 : Malabar exercise 6. Answer:- 5 : India 7. Answer:- 1 : The father of IBM personal computer 8. Answer:- 4 : Reserve Bank of India 9. Answer:- 2 : Bangladesh 10. Answer:- 3 : Fatima Bhutto
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