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G K QUIZ

BY

Mr. SANJAY SINGH

GK Gyan Targets of 11th Plan (2007-12)

Growth Rate (Annual) original (Revised)- 9.0% &8.1% Agriculture Growth Rate - 4%pa Growth Rates in Industry & services- 9 to 11% Saving Rate- 34.8% of GDP

Investment Rate- 36.7% of GDP Literacy Rate (2012)- 80% Infant Mortality Rate (2012)- 28per1000 births Maternity Mortality Rate (2012)- 1 per 1000 births Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)-

2011-12 9352016-17 950

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12th Plan (2012-2017) Targets Section Target set for 9% GDP Growth Transport, communication and storage and tourism- 11.0 Construction - 10.0 Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Service- 10.0 Manufacturing- 9.8 Electricity, Gas and Water Supply - 8.5 Minning and Quarrying- 8.0 Community, social and Personal service- 8.0 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing - 4.0 Total GDP - 9.0 Industry - 9.6 Service- 10.0

GK Gyan Finance Commission

Appointment of Finance Commission- President (under Article 280)

No. of Finance Commission setup by now 13 Chairman of 12th Finance Commission- D r. C

Rangrajan Chairman of 13th Finance Commission- Vijai L

Kelkar Chairman of 14th Finance Commission**- Dr. Yaga

Venugopal Reddy, better known as Y. V. Reddy

GK Gyan The authorization for the withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated

Funds of India must come from

-The Parliament of India  All revenues received by the Union Government by way of taxes and

other receipts for the conduct of government business are credited to

-Consolidated Funds of India India is regarded as a country with “Demographic Dividend”. Because

-Maximum Population is in the Age-group below 15 Years  Who shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance

Commission to be laid before each House of the Parliament?

-The President of India

GK Gyan Which hills are found where the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet?

-Nilgiri Hills At which river is the Tehri Hydropower Complex located?

-Bhagirathi Which is the first National Park established in India?

-Corbett In which state is the percentage of Scheduled Tribes population to

its total population highest?

-Mizoram Leaching is the maximum in the soil type of

-Laterite Which is the longest National Highway in India? -NH7

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What is the main reason for the red colour soil in India? -Presence of Ferric Oxides  Why Gondwana Rock System is most important for India? -It Holds More Than 90% of Coal Reserves of India In India, which state has the largest inland saline wetland?

-Rajasthan  As per India’s National Population Policy, 2000, by which year

it is our long term objective to achieve population stabilization? -2045

GK GyanRose Revolution

Mikhail Saakashvili came to power through the peaceful Rose Revolution after a riggo parliamentary vote in 2003

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili conceded defeat in Parliamentary election by Bidina Ivanishvili a billionaire businessman. (oct 2012)

Saakashvili will remain the leader of the country until his last (IInd) term ends next October-2013

GK GyanEdinburgh Agreement

UK & Scotland UK PM David Cameron & Scotland’s Ist minister Alex

Salmond Agreement paving the way for a referendum on Scottish

independence. The deal confirms the Scottish Parliament’s power to hold

a vote in 2014 that will be respected fully by both governments.

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Queensland – Australia

1982

Australia’s known uranium resources are the world’s largest ( 31% of the world total)

In 2011-2012 world’s top 3 producers

Kazahasthan > Canada > Australia

GK GyanA five – Judge Bench of the Apex court (Pak) headed by ------

Approved the governments’ third draft of a letter to be sent Swiss authorities to Reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa

------------waved an African Union (AU) flag, topped a wooden gavel and become the 1st woman to take office as the chair person of the African union commission (AUC) at the AU head quarters in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

GK Gyan New Non – Permanent Members of UNSC

Australia, Rwanda, south Korea, Argentina, and Luxembourg were elected.

Replacing India, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa. President of Venezuela defeating Henrique capriles and

gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism.

Hugo Chavez Re (Venezuela)

– Caracas

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1. President of Francois

2. PM of Iraq

3. Kuwait EMIR

4. Qatar Emir

5. Myanmar’s President

1. Francois Hollande2. Nouri – al – Maliki 3. Sheikh Sabah al – Ahmad4. Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al – Thani 5. Thein Sein

GK Gyan The 8th edition of Heads of Asian Coast Guard

Agencies Meeting of (HACGAM) held in -----

New Delhi 7th Annual Convention of Information Commission

held at------

New Delhi 67th Session of United Nations General Assembly

was held in New York & President for the 67th session of UN was

Vuk Jeremic (Serbia)

GK GyanFormer Goldman Sacks director -------- was sentenced to

2yr jail terms for insider trading.

Rajat Gupta

Sri Lankan Chief Justice ------- faces impeachment on the ground for his misusing her post, corrupt allegation etc. Speaker of Sri Lankan Party Chamal Rajpaksha.

S. Bandaranayke

------------ was celebrated as UN first International day for the girl child.

11th October 2012

GK GyanLibyas PM ---------- was dismissed from his post on Oct 7

2012 as no-confidence was passed against him.

Mustafa AbuShagur

ICC suspends 6 accused umpires who were caught during sting operation. Nadeem Ghauri, Anees Siddiqi from Pakistan, Nadir Shah of Bangladesh & Gamini.Disanayke, Maurice Winston, Sagan

Gallage from Sri Lanka.

GK GyanFormer India’s all rounder --------- was appointed chairman

of Senior Selection Committee.

Sandeep Patil

----------- was one of the greatest 18 Islamic thinkers of modern times was passed away on Oct 3, 2012. His masterpiece “Learning the Language of Quran”.

Abdul Haq Ansari

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GK Gyan --------- considered as lifelong socialist &

one of Britain’s eminent historian passed away on 1 Oct 2012. He wrote book such as “The Age of Revolution”. The Age of Capital, the Age of Empire etc.

Eric Hobsbawm

GK GyanFilmmaker & Producer --------- passed away on Oct 21. He

played a significant role in Indian Cinema; he gave a new platform to romance in Indian film. He received Dada Saheb Phalke in 2001 & was honored with Padm Bhusan in 2005. He is the first Indian to be honored at BAFTA. He received “Legion of Honor” in 2006 France highest honor.

Yash Chopra

GK Gyan---------- was appointed as chairman of FICCI on 19 October

2012. He succeeded Rajiv Shah.

Didar Singh

------------ was appointed as Director General (Investigation) of NHRC [National Human Rights Commission]

Kanwaljeet Deol (Arunachal Pradesh Police chief)

--------- was chosen Managing Director of NSE [National Stock Exchange]

Ravi Narain

GK GyanJustice ----------- of Allahabad High Court has been

appointed Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court on 15 th October 2012.

Yatindera Singh

Justice ---------- has been elevated as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court from Bombay High Court

Sharad Bobde

GK Gyan ---------- has been appointed as first black

president of Supreme Court of Brazil on 11 Oct 2012. [Note→ After Nigeria, Brazil has largest population of Blacks]

Jokim Bardosa

GK Gyan ------------ a senior Indian Cricketer was awarded

with “Order of Australia on 16 October 2012” & became the only second Indian Citizen to win this prize first Indian was “Soli Sorabjee” who got this in year 2006.

Sachin Tendulkar

GK GyanRenowned lyricist, poet & author -------- was chosen for the

27th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.

‘Gulzar’

------------ was awarded with Knight of the Orders of Arts & Letters by French Govt. He is referred as the grand old man of Indian theater.

Ebrahim Alkazi

GK GyanThe Afghan doctor ---------- has won 2012 Swedish Right

Livelihood Award

Sima Samar

Biodiversity Award was constituted by govt of India & UNDP at 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity & winners for this yr were Pir Jahania Jungle Suraksha Samiti from Odisha Community,

Shankarpur Village Gram Panchayat,

Vanutthan Sansthan,

Periyar Tiger Reserve