Articles from General Knowledge TodayGK & Current Affairs: September 5, 6, 20142014-09-10 13:09:51 GKToday

1. Who among the following has won the Karmaveer Chakra Award and theRex Karmaveer Global Fellowship by iCONGO? [A]Medha Patkar [B]Arundhat i Roy [C]Manjulatha Kalanidhi [D]Kaku NakhateManjulatha KalanidhiManjulatha Kalanidhi is a 38 year old Hyderabad, pioneered the Rice BucketChallenge based on the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, has been honoured with theaward. iCONGO is an internat ional confederat ion of NGOs and the UN.

Show Answer2. Which among the following is a cont racept ive drug for elephants, that hasbeen recent ly banned by Supreme Court? [A]Porcine Zona Pellucida vaccine [B]Leptospirosis vaccine [C]West Nile Virus vaccine [D]Freund's Modif ied Complete Adjuvant (FMA)Porcine Zona Pellucida vaccine

Show Answer3. World's largest producer of Maize is __? [A]China [B]Egypt [C]USA [D]NairobiUSA

Show Answer4. What are the names of two Operat ions launched by Army to deal withf loods at J&K? [A]Operat ion Megh Rahat and Operat ion Sahayata [B]Operat ion Rahat and Operat ion Megh Sahayata [C]Operat ion Megh Suraksha and Operat ion Megh Sahayata [D]Operat ion Megh Bachav and Operat ion Megh AaramOperation Megh Rahat and Operation Sahayata

Operat ion Megh Rahat and Operat ion Sahayata are the two programslaunched by Armed forces to rescue people f rom dif f icult f looded areas.

Show Answer5. Parimanjan Negi is a famous __? [A]Chess player [B]Swimmer [C]Shooter [D]Badminton playerChess playerParimarjan Negi is a second youngest chess Grandmaster f rom India. Heearned his third and f inal Internat ional Master norm at the Sort Internat ionaltournament , Spain in 2005.

Show Answer6. Who has been appointed as the f irst woman chairperson of IIAS -IndianInst itute of Advanced Study? [A]Mridula Chat terjee [B]Kanchan T rivedi [C]Mamta Sharma [D]Chandrakala PadiaChandrakala PadiaChandrakala Padia present ly is working as Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja GangaSingh Universit y in Bikaner and is succeeding former West Bengal GovernorGopalkrishna Gandhi for the top post .

Show Answer7. Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant has recent ly done India proud bywinning the gold medal for the third t ime at Denmark. He is related to whichamong the following sports / athlet ic events? [A]Shoot ing [B]Squash [C]Weight -lif t ing [D]SwimmingWeightlif tingLt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant won gold medal at the IWF World MastersWeight lif t ing Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark this September. This ishis third gold medal.

Show Answer8. Boko Haram-the deadly terror group in Nigeria has recent ly declared anIslamic Caliphate in a small town in the count ry which has been wrest led back

by the armed forces. What is the name of the place? [A]Gwoza town [B]Bama town [C]Haduza town [D]Gwoi townGwoza townNigerian Army has repelled the at tack and has won back the town of Gwozaf rom Boko Haram f ighters.

Show Answer9. What is the name of the new satellit e developed by NASA to predict thef requency of occurrence of droughts in the world? [A]SMAP [B]TMAP [C]DMAP [D]NMAPSMAPSMAP-Soil Moisture Act ive Passive Satellit e can help measure the occurrenceof droughts and help farmers to increase their crop product ivit y by t imelyinformat ion.

Show Answer10. Which realit y show of Doordarshan has made it s way to the Limca Book ofrecords? [A]Naad Bhed [B]Naat Bhed [C]Nrit ya Bhed [D]Bhaav BhedNaad BhedIt is a classical music realit y show will be seen on the Television Chapter in theBook as being the f irst of it s kind to give a boost to the classical music.

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Articles from General Knowledge TodayGK & Current Affairs: September 5, 6, 2014