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GK & Current Affairs: January 1-2, 2014

2014- 01- 05 18:01:52 GKToday

1. Which among t he f ollowing US st at es has become t he f irst t o legalise

selling of Marijuana?
[A]Colorado
[B]Calif ornia
[C]Illinois
[D]Washingt on
Colorado
T he US st at e of Colorado is making hist ory by becoming t he f irst in t he
count ry t o allow st ore t o sell cannabis (Marijuana). Colorado, along wit h
Washingt on St at e, vot ed t o legalise t he use and possession of cannabis f or
people over t he age of 21 in November 2012. Washingt on is not expect ed t o
allow t he sale of it unt il lat er in 2014.
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2. Which one of t he f ollowing count ries has become t he 18t h Euro-area
member t o adopt Euro currency, recent ly?
[A]Swit zerland
[B]Lat via
[C]Sweden
[D]Romania
Latvia
Lat via has become t he 18t h member of t he euro zone t o adopt Euro. T he
euro became Lat vias of f icial currency on January 1st as New Years f ireworks
exploded in t he skies over t he capit al, Riga.
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3. Corey Anderson, who hit t he f ast est cent ury in one-day int ernat ional hist ory
recent ly, belongs t o which count ry?
[A]Aust ralia
[B]New Zealand
[C]England
[D]Sout h Af rica
New Z ealand
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson cracked t he f ast est cent ury in oneday int ernat ional hist ory, in just 36 balls against t he West Indies. T he previous
record was held by Shahid Af ridi, who t ook 37 balls t o reach his t on playing f or
Pakist an against Sri Lanka in 1996.

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4. Wit h which one of t he f ollowing, t he Elect ion Commission of India t ie up f or
online vot ers regist rat ion?
[A]Facebook
[B]Yahoo
[C]Google
[D]T wit t er
Google
T he Elect ion Commission of India has ent ered a key part nership wit h US
based int ernet giant , Google, t o help it t o manage online vot er regist rat ion
and f acilit at ion services ahead of t he democrat ic exercise. Google will of f er
EC it s resources, including it s search engine, t o enable vot ers t o check t heir
enrolment st at us online and locat e t heir polling st at ion, complet e wit h
direct ions using Google maps.
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5. Who among t he f ollowing is t he new Air Force Chief of India?
[A]Arup Raha
[B]Vivek T yagi
[C]Arun Singh
[D]Kishore Chandra
Arup Raha
Air Marshal Arup Raha, an ace f ight er pilot t ook over as t he Air Force Chief
succeeding Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne. Raha is expect ed t o have t enure of
t hree years as t he Chief of Air St af f .
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6. Worlds t op t hree biggest cof f ee export ing count ries are ____?
[A]Brazil, Indonesia and Viet nam
[B]Viet nam, Brazil and Indonesia
[C]Brazil, Viet nam and Indonesia
[D]Indonesia, Viet nam and Brazil
Braz il, Vietnam and Indonesia
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7. Which among t he f ollowing st at es has launched f ree CFL bulbs scheme f or
hut dwellers?
[A]T amil Nadu
[B]West Bengal
[C]Manipur
[D]Haryana

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T amil Nadu government began t he f irst phase of dist ribut ing f ree Compact
Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs t o over 14 lakh hut dwellers in t he st at e. T he
scheme is aimed at saving 40 mw of elect ricit y.
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8. What is t he name of cyclone which is recent ly bat t ered west coast of
Aust ralia?
[A]Hemp
[B]Christ ine
[C]Lava
[D]Prist ine
Christine
Cyclone Christ ine was t he t hird t ropical cyclone and second severe t ropical
cyclone of t he 2013-14 slammed west coast of Aust ralia.
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9. Which of t he f ollowing count ries has recent ly assumed t he covet ed chair of
t he ASEAN?
[A]Myanmar
[B]Indonesia
[C]Cambodia
[D]Philippines
Myanmar
Myanmar t ook over t he chairmanship of Associat ion of Sout heast Asian
Nat ions (ASEAN) on January 1.
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10. According t o lat est st udy, which Indian cit y is expect ed t o wit ness t he
highest demand f or of f ice space in t he Asia during 2014?
[A]New Delhi
[B]Mumbai
[C]Bangalore
[D]Chennai
Bangalore
IT hub Bangalore is expect ed t o wit ness t he second highest demand f or
of f ice space in t he Asia Pacif ic region during 2014 in a list t opped by T okyo,
according t o propert y consult ant Cushman and Wakef ield. T okyo is f orecast
t o see t he highest of f ice absorpt ion among t he 30 cit ies in Asia in 2014 at 7.6
million sq f t , f ollowed by Bangalore at 2nd posit ion and Manila at 3rd, wit h
expect ed absorpt ion of 6.3 million sq f t and 6 million sq f t respect ively, during
2014.

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