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GK & Current Affairs: March 7-8, 2014

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1. Which among t he f ollowing is / are primary condit ions t o be f ulf illed by a
person who wishes t o cont est t he Lok Sabha elect ions?
1. He / she must be more t han 25 years old
2. He / she must be a member of a polit ical part y
3. He / she must be regist ered as a vot er
Choose t he correct opt ion f rom t he codes given below:
[A]Only 1
[B]Only 1 & 2
[C]Only 1 & 3
[D]1, 2 & 3
Only 1 & 3
Any Indian cit izen who is more t han 25 years old and is regist ered as a vot er
can cont est elect ions even wit hout f orming a part y. Similarly, associat ions can
also cont est elect ions wit hout get t ing regist ered by t he Elect ion Commission
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2. Which among t he f ollowing is t he source of f amous Sanskrit quot e "Yat ra
naryast u pujyant e ramant e t at ra Devat a" which means "Gods reside t here
where women are worshipped"?
[A]Rigveda
[B]Bhrihadupanishad
[C]Manusmrit i
[D]Tait t riya Upanishad
Manusmriti
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3. Which among t he f ollowing was t he venue of t he Third BIMSTEC Summit
held in March 2014?
[A]Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
[B]Colombo, Sri Lanka
[C]Dhaka, Bangladesh
[D]Bangalore, India
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Prime Minist ers of Bangladesh, Bhut an, India, Nepal and President of Sri Lanka
met in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 4 March 2014 f or t he Third BIMSTEC Summit
Meet ing.
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4. The "Nalanda Project " is a programme of ___?
[A]Minist ry of Cult ure
[B]Minist ry of Human Resource Development
[C]Minist ry of Minorit y Af f airs
[D]Minist ry of Ext ernal Af f airs
Ministry of Minority Af f airs
Nalanda Project is a Facult y Development Program of Minist ry of Minorit y
Af f airs, Government of India, under it s Inf ormat ion, Educat ion and
Communicat ion (IEC) st rat egy f or awareness, orient at ion and development of
f acult ies of Minorit y Universit ies/ Minorit y Managed Degree Colleges (MMDCs)
and higher educat ional inst it ut ions locat ed in minorit y concent rat ion areas in
t he count ry.
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5. What is t he maximum number of candidat es in a const it uency, f or which
elect ions can be conduct ed via t he Elect ronic Vot ing Machines (EVM) in India?
[A]16
[B]32
[C]64
[D]72
64
Elect ronic Vot ing Machines are being used in Indian General and St at e
Elect ions t o implement elect ronic vot ing in part f rom 1999 elect ions and in
t ot al since 2004 elect ions. Elect ions can be conduct ed t hrough EVMs if t he
number of candidat es does not exceed 64.
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6. Wit h t he Andhra Pradesh Reorganisat ion Bill, 2014 get t ing President 's
assent , which among t he f ollowing dat es has been decided as Telangana
Format ion Day?
[A]2 June
[B]6 June
[C]27 May
[D]25 May
2 June
On 4 March 2014 t he Government of India declared t hat 2 June would be t he
Telangana Format ion Day.
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7. Which among t he f ollowing region saw a major polio out break in 2013?
[A]Khorasan
[B]Caucasus
[C]Horn of Af rica
[D]Congo Basin
Horn of Af rica
Major polio out breaks were in t he Horn of Af rica region and t he Middle East .
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8. Which among t he f ollowing government minist ries / depart ment s have
recent ly launched "Virt ual Clust ers"?
[A]Depart ment of Inf ormat ion Technology
[B]Minist ry of Micro, Small and Medium Ent erprises
[C]Depart ment of Educat ion
[D]Minist ry of Commerce
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Virt ual Clust ers, an init iat ive of t he Minist ry of Micro, Small and Medium
Ent erprises, was launched recent ly. Conceived as supplement ing Physical
Clust ers, Virt ual Clust ers is a dedicat ed web- port al which will enable small
businesses locat ed anywhere in t he count ry and t he ot her st akeholders like
banks, ot her f inancial inst it ut ions, various Government bodies, NGOs, indust ry
expert s, consult ant s and t rainers, academia, research & t echnical inst it ut ions
et c. t o come t oget her. This will f acilit at e t he st akeholders t o leverage t he
expert ise of each ot her t o t heir mut ual growt h and benef it .
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9. Approximat ely what f ract ion of India's GDP is shared by MSME (Micro, Small
and Medium Ent erprises) segment ?
[A]3%
[B]5%
[C]8%
[D]10%
8%
The MSME sect or is of vit al import ance t o our nat ional economy. It account s
f or 8 per cent of t he count rys GDP, 45 per cent of it s manuf act ured out put
and 43 per cent of our export s. It provides employment t o over 10 crore
people.
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10. Every year, t he government gives away st ree shakt i awards which are
named af t er six legendary women of India. Who among t he f ollowing is NOT
among t hem?
[A]Lakshmibai
[B]Ahilyabai Holkar
[C]Jijabai
[D]Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal
St ree Shakt i Awards are named af t er six legendary women of India, Rani
Lakshmibai, Rani Rudramma Devi, Kannagi, Rani Gaidinliu Zaliang, Rani
Ahilyabai Holkar and Mat a Jijabai.
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