Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 5

Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 5

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1. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element?

(A) Arsenic

(B) Carbon

(C) Selenium

(D) Germanium

2. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ?

(A) Kapil Dev

(B) Bishen Singh Bedi

(C) Narendra Hirwani

(D) Anil Kumble

3. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world's only floating National Park, situated?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Manipur

(D) West Bengal

4. Which is the first Indian state to have electrified all of its villages?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat

5. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?

(A) Geet Sethi

(B) Pullela Gopichand

(C) Vishwanathan Anand

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

6. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ?

(A) Dadabahi Naoroji

(B) Badruddin Tyabji

(C) Pherozeshah Mehta

(D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

7. Who is the only woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?

(A) C B Muthamma

(B) Punita Arora

(C) Anna George Malhotra

(D) V S Ramadevi

8. Who succeeded General V K Singh as the Chief of Army Staff of India ?

(A) Gen Tejinder singh.

(B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

(C) Gen Deepak Kapoor.

(D) Gen Bikram singh

9. The awarding of gold medals for first place, silver medals for second and bronze medals for third began in which Olympics?

A. 1900, Paris

B. 1904, St louis

C. 1908, London

D. 1912, Stockholm

10. Who is the first woman to become CEO of the soft drink giant PepsiCO?

A. Virginia Rometty

B. Indra Nooyi

C. Ursula Burns

D. Meg Whitman

11. In international cricket, what was first introduced in an ODI between Zimbabwe and England on 1 January 1997?

A. Hawk Eye

B. Third Umpire

C. Duckworth Lewis Method

D. Hot Spot

12. Who is the only member of the 15th Lok Sabha to get elected to the House unopposed?

A. Agatha Sangma

B. Dimple Yadav

C. Harsimarat Kaur Badal

D. Kanimozhi

13. Which of these sporting events was reintroduced at the 2012 Olympics since it was last played at the 1924 Olympics?

A. Women’s Football

B. Women’s Wrestling

C. Badminton Mixed Doubles

D. Tennis Mixed Doubles

14. In 2012, under whose captaincy did India win the ICC Under -19 Cricket World Cup?

(A) Smit Patel

(B) Unmukt Chand

(C) Baba Aparajith

(D)Harmeet Singh

15. Which of these personalities has won both a Nobel prize and an Oscar?

A. Pearl S Buck

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Geogre Bernard Shaw

D. T S Eliot

16. In ODI cricket , who holds the Indian record of scoring a century in the least number of balls ?

A. Virender Sehwag

B. Kapil Dev

C. Yusuf Pathan

D. Md Azharuddin

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Modifications in Civil Services Examination, 2013

Modifications in Civil Services Examination, 2013

The Government has approved the following modifications in the Civil Services Examination, 2013 notified on 5.3.2013:

1. A candidate is allowed to use any one regional language from the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English as the medium of writing the examination.

2. Conditionality of a minimum of 25 candidates in that medium and the requirement to have that language as the medium of examination at graduation level has been dropped.

3. Furthermore, a candidate is allowed to take up literature as his/her optional subject (to be chosen from a list of 23 literature subjects – 22 of the 8th Schedule languages and English) without the conditionality of having to do his/her graduation in that language’s literature.

4. The English component (of 100 marks) from the Essay Paper has been dropped and 2 qualifying papers of 300 marks each in any Modern Indian Language(MIL) and in English have been restored. The Essay Paper is now of 250 marks to be written in the medium/language of candidate’s choice.

Now, the Civil Services Main Examination 2013 will be as under:

a. The candidates may write the examination in any one medium/language chosen from the languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English;

b. Paper I and II will be of qualifying nature only– one in any MIL and another in English – of 300 marks each;

c. Paper III will be the compulsory Essay Paper, with no English Comprehension test, to be written in the medium of candidate’s choice. The English component shall be dropped. Now this paper shall be of 250 marks.

d. There will be 4 compulsory papers of General Studies of 250 marks each, namely, Paper-IV (Indian Heritage & Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society), Paper-V (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations), Paper-VI (Technology, Economic Development, Bio Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) and Paper-VII (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude).

e. Paper VIII and IX: Candidates will have to take one optional subject with 2 papers of 250 marks each. This optional subject can be selected from a list of 25 core subjects and 23 literatures (literature of 22 languages in 8th Schedule of The Constitution of India and English).

f. The personality test/interview will be of 275 marks.

Source : PIB Release, 03 April, 2013

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Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 4

Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 4

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1. The movement which was launched by Annie Besant was known as?

(a) Quit India

(b) Home Rule

(c) Khilafat

(d) Non co-operation

2. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of rice in the world?

(a) India

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) Phillippines

3. The only state in India shows an excess of females over males is?

(a) Kerala

(b) Punjab

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Assam

4. The president can dissolve Lok Sabha.......?

(a) On the advice of the Chief Justice

(b) On the advice of the Prime Minister

(c) On the advice of the Vice-President

(d) On the advice of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

5. The southern most point of India's territory is?

(a) Indira Point

(b) Cape Comorin

(d) Adam's Bridge

(d) Palk Strait

6. No. of Gold medals won by Indian Hockey Team in Olympics?

(a) 5

(b) 7

(c) 4

(d) 8

Details:

1928 - Amsterdam, Nederlands

1932 - Los Angeles, United States of America

1936 - Berlin, Germany

1948 - London, United Kingdom

1952 - Helsinki, Finland

1956 - Melbourne, Australia

1964 - Tokyo, Japan

1980 - Moscow, USSR

7. Cooking gas supplied in cylinders is in the form of?

(a) Gas

(b) Liquid

(c) Solid

(d) A solution

8. Who was the first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test Matches?

(a) Lala Amarnath

(b) Ranjith Sinji

(c) Kapil Dev

(d) C.K.Nayudu

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UPSC withdraws mandatory English norm in civil services exams

UPSC withdraws mandatory English norm in civil services exams

UPSC, which conducts the prestigious examination to select IAS, IPS and IFS officers among other, issued a corrigendum on Tuesday restoring the earlier practice of two qualifying papers in any Indian language and English, the marks obtained on which will not be counted for ranking.

"The papers on Indian languages and English will be of matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature only. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking," it said.

The aim of papers on Indian language and English is to test the candidates' ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express their ideas clearly and correctly, the corrigendum said.

There will also be separate papers on "ethics, integrity and aptitude" and "essay" of 250 marks each for the candidates taking the mains examination.

The paper on ethics, integrity and aptitude will include questions to test candidates' attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem- solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society.

The aspirants will be required to write an essay on a specific topic and in their own choice of language.

Under the earlier controversial norm put forth by the Commission, a language would be allowed as the medium of examination only if a minimum of 25 candidates wanted it.

"It may also be noted that there is no change in the pattern of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, which will be held on May 26, 2013," UPSC said.

UPSC had on 5th March issued a circular giving more weightage to English language.

The move had led to an uproar inside and outside Parliament forcing the government to keep it in abeyance on 15th March.

Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy had told Lok Sabha that 'status quo ante' will be maintained on the suggested changes.

Now, a candidate would be allowed to take up literature as an optional subject "without the conditionality of having to do his/her graduation in that language's literature."

From Civil Services (Mains) exams, 2013, there will be two qualifying papers of 300 marks each and five compulsory general studies papers (including one on ethics, integrity and aptitude) of 250 marks each, in addition to one optional paper of 250 marks.

There will also be a interview, for those who qualify the written exam, of 275 marks, taking the total of mains examination marks to 2025.  

The last date for filling online application for Civil Services preliminary examination is 4th April.

The Mains Examination will be called sometime in August/September, this year.

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Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 3

Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 3

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1. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India?

(A) Goa

(B) Sikkim

(C) Nagaland

(D) Tripura

2. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ?

(A) P.T.Usha

(B) Shiny Abraham

(C) Karnam Malleshwari

(D) Kunjarani Devi

3. Which is the longest bone in human body ?

(A) Femur

(B) Fibula

(C) Radius

(D) Stapes

4. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?

(A) B.R.Ambedkar

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

5. Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC)?

(A) Dubai

(B) London

(C) Monaco

(D) Sharjah

6. 'My Music, My Life' and 'Raga Mala' books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ?

(A) Zakir Hussain

(B) Amjad Ali Khan

(C) Pt.Shiv Kuamr Sharma

(D) Pt.Ravishankar

7. Which European country is known as the 'Land of a thousand lakes' ?

(A) Denmark

(B) Sweden

(C) Norway

(D) Finland

8. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?

(A) Tamil

(B) Marathi

(C) Telugu

(D) Bengali

9. 'By God's Decree', 'Cricket my style' and 'Straight from the Heart' are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer?

(A) Sunil Gavaskar

(B) Ajit Wadekar

(C) Sandeep Patil

(D) Kapil Dev

10. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

(A) Google

(B) Alta Vista

(C) Yahoo

(D) Lycos

11. Deficiency of which vitamin leads to 'Rickets' (softening of bones) ?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin D

12. Where was the 5th BRICS Nations Summit (2013) held recently?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Durban

(c) Beijing

(d) Moscow

13. Millennium Dome, where Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World in 2000, is located in which European city?

(A) Paris (France)

(B) London (UK)

(C) Moscow (Russia)

(D) Rome (Italy)

14. Who invented Bicycle?

(a) Leo H Baekeland

(b) Karl Benz

(c) Evangelista Torricelli

(d) Kirkpatrick Macmillan 

15. To which country does the present UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon belongs? 

(a) Ghana

(b) North Korea

(c) South Korea

(d) Sweden

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Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 2

Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 2

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1. Where was the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas meet held during January 2013?

(a) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(b) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(c) Kochi, Kerala

(d) New Delhi

2. World Literacy Day is observed on?

(a) Sep 5

(b) Aug 6

(c) Sep 8

(d) Oct 24

3. The 'Char Minar' is in?

(a) Ahmedabad

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Delhi

(d) Sikri

4. Potassium nitrate is used in?

(a) Fertiliser

(b) Medicine

(c) Salt

(d) Glass

5. What is a URL?

(a) A type of UFO

(b) A computer software program

(c) An acronym for Uniform Resources Learning

(d) The address of a document or "page" on the World Wide Web

6. The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by?

(a) Alexandra Dumas

(b) Charles Lamb

(c) Charles Dickens

(d) Jonathan Swift

7. Dronacharya Award is given to?

(a) The Best Sportsman

(b) The Best Singer

(c) The Best Sports Coach

(d) The Best Actor

8. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2012?

(a) Mo Yan

(b) Gao Xingjian

(c) Tomas Tranström

(d) Hillary Mantel

9. Full Form of C T Scan?

(a) Computer Touch Scan

(b) Computerised Tomography

(c) Computerised Touching Scan

(d) Carbo Touching Scan

10. Who declared that "Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it " ?

(a) Balagangadhar Tilak

(b) Bhagat Singh

(c) Subash Chandra Bose

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

11. Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre'?

(a) C.V. Raman

(b) Satyendra Nath Bose

(c) Homi J. Bhabha

(d) Narinder Singh Kapany

12. 'Kyat' is the official currency of which Asian country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Myanmar

(c) Bhutan

(d) Sri Lanka

13. Which apparatus is used to measure the blood pressure?

(a) Hygrometer

(b) Chronometer

(c) Thermometer

(d) Sphygmomanometer

14. What is the name of the new version of office software launched by the microsoft on 04 March 2013?

(a) Office 8

(b) Office 2013

(c) Office 38

(d) Office 365

15. When did Margaret Thatcher became the first women Prime Minister of Britain?

(a) 1998

(b) 1989

(c) 1979

(d) 1800

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