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Quiz - Current Affairs 1 October 20122012-10-02 11:10:59 GKToday

1. Recently an ancient Buddhist statue known as "iron man" was making news. Thestatue was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago.What is the name of the meteorite from which the statue was carved?[A]Valera meteorite[B]Chinga meteorite[C]Hodges meteorite[D]Sylacauga meteorite

Chinga meteorite

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2. Prime Minister of India has set up the Architecture for Cash Transfers, whichconsists of a National Ministerial Committee. The National Ministerial Committeeworks under____?[A]Prime Minister of India[B]Finance Minister[C]Food and Consumer Affairs Minister

[D]Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

Prime Minister of India

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3. Who among the following has been conferred France's highest cultural award forhis/her contribution in nurturing and presenting modern theatre in India andpreserving the treasures of photography and other art forms for posterity?[A]B. V. Karanth[B]Amal Allana[C]Ebrahim Alkazi[D]Girish Karnad

Ebrahim Alkazi

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4. Recently which among the following has published a study on the Impact ofInternet on the Indian Economy?[A]Google India

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[B]McKinsey[C]Ministry of Communications and Information Technology[D]Microsoft India

McKinsey

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5. What is the name of the recently launched communication satellite, which isIndia's heaviest satellite?[A]GSAT-8[B]GSAT-9[C]GSAT-10[D]GSAT-11

GSAT-10

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6. Recently which among the following virus is used by scientists to develop the firstbiological Internet, or Bi-Fi?[A]M8[B]M10[C]M13

[D]M15

M-13

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7. In which among the following year, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety wasadopted?

[A]1998[B]2000[C]2002[D]2004

2000

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8. Recently which among the following country's Border Guard and India's BorderSecurity Force (BSF) have proposed the setting up of a joint task force to check themenace of counterfeit Indian currency?[A]Nepal

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[B]Bangladesh[C]Myanmar[D]Bhutan

Bangladesh

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9. As per the decision taken by the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by AgricultureMinister Sharad Pawar, how many vital drugs will come under price control?[A]312 drugs[B]324 drugs[C]336 drugs[D]348 drugs

348 drugs

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10. As per a report by Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries, whichamong the following is the world's most expensive city for food? [A]Tokyo [B]Geneva[C]Zurich [D]New York

Tokyo

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