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GK & Current Affairs: May 2, 20142014-05-12 11:05:02 GKToday

1. The Fazendas are the areas of plantation found in ___?[A]Ghana[B]Brazil[C]Vietnam[D]Cambodia

BrazilFazendas are the areas of plantat ion throughout the Brazil. It was earlierrefers to t he area of Sugar and Cof fee product ion. Fazendas now denotesany kind of farm.

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2. Khaled Chowdhury, who passed away recent ly, was a famous personalit y in____?[A]Tamil Theat re[B]Telugu Theatre[C]Bengali Theat re[D]Gujarat i Theat re

Bengali TheatreKhaled Chowdhury was a f amous theat re personality in Bengali. He worked forvarious direct ors of bot h Bengali and Hindi plays. He has been awarded t hePadma Bhushan for his contribut ion to t heat re in India on 26th January 2012.

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3. According t o latest World Bank report which of the f ollowing are the worldsmost expensive economies?[A]Sweden and Norway[B]Switzerland and Net herland[C]Denmark and Norway[D]Switzerland and Norway

Switzerland and NorwaySwitzerland and Norway are placed as t he worlds most expensive economiesas t he latest report published by World Bank. They are f ollowed by Bermuda,Aust ralia and Denmark in the list .

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4. Recently, which among the f ollowing has become t he worlds f irst Island t o

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secure a constant supply of elect ricity by combining wind and water power?[A]El Hierro[B]Sumatra[C]Honshu[D]Vict oria Island

El Hierro

El Hierro-the smallest of Spains Canary Islands became the Island to secure aconstant supply of elect ricity by combining wind and water power.

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5. A polit ical party will be t reated as a Nat ional Party when it as recognisedpolit ical party in __ or more st ates. Fill t he blank with correct opt ion?[A]Three[B]Four

[C]Five[D]Six

FourIf a polit ical party is t reated as a recognised polit ical party in four or morestates, it shall be known as Nat ional Party t hroughout the whole of India, butonly so long as that polit ical party continues t o f ulf il thereaf ter the condit ionsfor recognition in four or more states on the results of any subsequentgeneral elect ion either to the House of the people or to the LegislatureAssembly of any St at e.

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6. The Berne Convent ion, is an internat ional agreement related t o ___?[A]Sea Routes[B]Copyrights[C]Chemical weapons[D]Gold minings

CopyrightsThe Berne convention is an international agreement governing copyright whichwas f irst accept ed in Berne, Switzerland.

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7. Recent ly, scient ists have created a worlds f irst solar jet fuel under t heproject named Solar-Jet fuel by using ____?[A]Water and Hydrogen[B]Water and Carbon dioxide[C]Water and Oxygen[D]Water and Nit rogen

Water and Carbon dioxide

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