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GK & Current Affairs: April 1, 2, 2014

2014- 04- 15 17:04:05 GKToday

1. Maximum number of f act ories in India are locat ed in __?

[A]Gujarat
[B]West Bengal
[C]T amil Nadu
[D]Maharasht ra
T amil Nadu
T he Annual Survey of Indust ries (ASI) f indings f or 2011-12, yet t o be made
public by t he Cent ral St at ist ics Of f ice, show t hat T amil Nadu has t he
maximum number of f act ories, account ing f or 17 per cent of t he 2.17 lakh unit s
in India. T he St at e also ranks f irst in t he number of f act ory jobs. It is f ollowed
by Maharasht ra (13 per cent of t he t ot al f act ories) and Andhra Pradesh (12.7
per cent ).
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2. T he revised Direct T ax Code proposes t o int roduce t ax slab f or individuals
earning more t han Rs10 crore a year by t axing t hem at ____?
[A]15%
[B]20%
[C]35%
[D]40%
35%
Direct T ax Code 2013 proposes t o int roduce t ax slab f or individuals earning
more t han Rs.10 crore a year by t axing t hem at 35% rat e.
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3. Which of t he f ollowing ent it ies has been recent ly grant ed banking license by
t he Reserve Bank of India?
[A]Bajaj Finance and IFCI
[B]Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Lt d and IDFC
[C]India Inf oline and INMAC
[D]JM Finance and LIC Housing Finance
Bandhan Financial Services and IDFC
T he Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave in-principle approvals t o inf rast ruct ure
f inancier IDFC Lt d and microlender Bandhan Financial Services Pvt . Lt d t o
st art new banks only t he t hird set of privat e sect or lenders it would be
licensing in t wo decades. T he approvals will be valid f or 18 mont hs, during
which t he t wo companies will have t o comply wit h rules st ipulat ed by RBI.

Bandhan is t he largest microlender in India in t erms of asset s. As of 31 March

2014, Bandhan had a loan book of Rs.6,200 crore and 5.4 million borrowers. T he
company has 13,000 employees and 2,016 branches operat ing in 22 st at es.
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4. According t o RBI guidelines, what f ract ion of t he branches are mandat ory t o
be opened in rural areas by newly licensed banks?
[A]15
[B]25
[C]35
[D]45
25
RBIs guidelines on set t ing up new banks require new banks t o hold minimum
capit al of Rs.500 crore. RBI has made it mandat ory f or new banks t o open at
least 25% of branches in rural cent res.
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5. Who among t he f ollowing has been appoint ed as next Prime Minist er of
France?
[A]Manuel Valls
[B]Marine Le Pen
[C]Anne Hidalgo
[D]Jean Claude
Manuel Valls
President Francois Hollande has named Int erior Minist er Manuel Valls as
France next Prime Minist er. Mr Valls, has replaced PM Jean-Marc Ayrault ,
whose of f ice conf irmed his resignat ion recent ly.
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6. Lee Kun-hee, who is f acing an arrest warrant in a 1.4 million dollar cheat ing
case is chairman of ___?
[A]Nokia
[B]Samsung
[C]LG
[D]IBM
Samsung
Lee Kun-hee is a Sout h Korean business magnat e and Chairman of Samsung
Elect ronics. He is considered a criminal and an absconder in India, as he has
def ault ed on a $1.4 million payment due t o it f or supplying a Coke calcinat ions
plant in 2005. Recent ly, Supreme Court ordered him t o come t o India t o f ace
criminal charges in a case where a subsidiary is accused of f ailing t o pay one
of it s suppliers.

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7. T he World Aut ism Awareness Day is observed every year on ___?
[A]March 28
[B]March 30
[C]April 1
[D]April 2
April 2
World Aut ism Awareness Day is celebrat ed on 2 April every year, in order t o
help share more knowledge on t he neurodevelopment disorder, which has
af f ect ed t he lives of many people around t he world.
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8. Who among t he f ollowing has become t he f irst Indian pist on shoot er t o be
rank no.1 in t he world ranking, recent ly?
[A]Heena Sidhu
[B]Anjali Bhagwat
[C]Rani Sarnobat
[D]Annu Raj Singh
Heena Sidhu
World record holder Heena Sidhu has become t he f irst Indian pist ol shoot er t o
be ranked No.1 in t he world as she climbed t o t he t op of t he chart on womens
air pist ol rat ing in t he lat est ranking released by t he Int ernat ional Shoot ing
Sport s Federat ion.
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9. Heart bleed which is being report ing in newspapers recent ly, is a ____-?
[A]A new heart relat ed disease
[B]Sof t ware bug
[C]Chemical weapon
[D]New variet y of Cherry
Sof tware bug
Heart bleed is a newly discovered comput er bug. T he widespread bug
surf aced recent ly when it was disclosed t hat a pernicious f law in a widely used
Web encrypt ion program known as OpenSSL opened hundreds of t housands
of websit es t o dat a t hef t .
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10. Which among t he f ollowing is t he f irst count ry t o sign a civil nuclear
agreement wit h India?
[A]Russia
[B]France
[C]Namibia

[D]UK
France
France was t he f irst count ry t o sign a civilian nuclear agreement wit h India on
30 Sept ember 2008.
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