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GK & Current Affairs: September 5, 6, 2014

2014- 09- 10 13:09:51 GKToday
1. Who among t he f ollowing has won t he Karmaveer Chakra Award and t he
Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship by iCONGO?
[A]Medha Pat kar
[B]Arundhat i Roy
[C]Manjulat ha Kalanidhi
[D]Kaku Nakhat e
Manjulatha Kalanidhi
Manjulat ha Kalanidhi is a 38 year old Hyderabad, pioneered t he Rice Bucket
Challenge based on t he ALS Ice Bucket challenge, has been honoured wit h t he
award. iCONGO is an int ernat ional conf ederat ion of NGOs and t he UN.
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2. Which among t he f ollowing is a cont racept ive drug f or elephant s, t hat has
been recent ly banned by Supreme Court ?
[A]Porcine Zona Pellucida vaccine
[B]Lept ospirosis vaccine
[C]West Nile Virus vaccine
[D]Freund's Modif ied Complet e Adjuvant (FMA)
Porcine Zona Pellucida vaccine
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3. World's largest producer of Maize is __?
[A]China
[B]Egypt
[C]USA
[D]Nairobi
USA
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4. What are t he names of t wo Operat ions launched by Army t o deal wit h
f loods at J&K?
[A]Operat ion Megh Rahat and Operat ion Sahayat a
[B]Operat ion Rahat and Operat ion Megh Sahayat a
[C]Operat ion Megh Suraksha and Operat ion Megh Sahayat a
[D]Operat ion Megh Bachav and Operat ion Megh Aaram
Operation Megh Rahat and Operation Sahayata
Operat ion Megh Rahat and Operat ion Sahayat a are t he t wo programs
launched by Armed f orces t o rescue people f rom dif f icult f looded areas.
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5. Parimanjan Negi is a f amous __?
[A]Chess player
[B]Swimmer
[C]Shoot er
[D]Badmint on player
Chess player
Parimarjan Negi is a second youngest chess Grandmast er f rom India. He
earned his t hird and f inal Int ernat ional Mast er norm at t he Sort Int ernat ional
t ournament , Spain in 2005.
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6. Who has been appoint ed as t he f irst woman chairperson of IIAS -Indian
Inst it ut e of Advanced St udy?
[A]Mridula Chat t erjee
[B]Kanchan Trivedi
[C]Mamt a Sharma
[D]Chandrakala Padia
Chandrakala Padia
Chandrakala Padia present ly is working as Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Ganga
Singh Universit y in Bikaner and is succeeding f ormer West Bengal Governor
Gopalkrishna Gandhi f or t he t op post .
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7. Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant has recent ly done India proud by
winning t he gold medal f or t he t hird t ime at Denmark. He is relat ed t o which
among t he f ollowing sport s / at hlet ic event s?
[A]Shoot ing
[B]Squash
[C]Weight -lif t ing
[D]Swimming
Weightlif ting
Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant won gold medal at t he IWF World Mast ers
Weight lif t ing Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark t his Sept ember. This is
his t hird gold medal.
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8. Boko Haram-t he deadly t error group in Nigeria has recent ly declared an
Islamic Caliphat e in a small t own in t he count ry which has been wrest led back
by t he armed f orces. What is t he name of t he place?
[A]Gwoza t own
[B]Bama t own
[C]Haduza t own
[D]Gwoi t own
Gwoza town
Nigerian Army has repelled t he at t ack and has won back t he t own of Gwoza
f rom Boko Haram f ight ers.
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9. What is t he name of t he new sat ellit e developed by NASA t o predict t he
f requency of occurrence of drought s in t he world?
[A]SMAP
[B]TMAP
[C]DMAP
[D]NMAP
SMAP
SMAP-Soil Moist ure Act ive Passive Sat ellit e can help measure t he occurrence
of drought s and help f armers t o increase t heir crop product ivit y by t imely
inf ormat ion.
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10. Which realit y show of Doordarshan has made it s way t o t he Limca Book of
records?
[A]Naad Bhed
[B]Naat Bhed
[C]Nrit ya Bhed
[D]Bhaav Bhed
Naad Bhed
It is a classical music realit y show will be seen on t he Television Chapt er in t he
Book as being t he f irst of it s kind t o give a boost t o t he classical music.
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