CURRENT AFFAIRS 13:Aug:2013 Ques. : 1 A new govt headed by Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok lost parliamentary confidence vote recently creating a situation of political uncertainty in 1) Czech Republic 2) Philippines 3) Indonesia 4) Slovakia 5) None of these Answer:- 1 : Czech Republic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 2 Which of the following statements is/are correct in the context of features of the recently passed Companies Bill 2012? 1) Business friendly corporate Regulation/ pro-business initiatives 2) Good Corporate Governance and CSR 3) Better framework for insolvency regulation 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) Answer:- 4 : All the above ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 3 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering the recommendation made by Oliver Wyman on an organisational rejig. What is Oliver Wyman? 1) A renowned international economist 2) Adviser to US Secretary of Finance 3) An international consulting firm 4) Advisory arm of IMF 5) None of these Answer:- 3 : An international consulting firm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 4 The Ulchi Freedom Guardian is the name of an annual critical alliance exercise between which of the following two countries? 1) US and South Korea 2) US and Japan 3) US and Australia 4) US and Israel 5) None of these Answer:- 1 : US and South Korea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 5 India named a young 18-member squad to be led by the inspirational Sardar Singh in the crucial Asia Cup hockey tournament scheduled from Aug 24th to 1st Sep in 1) Prague, Czech Republic 2) Ipoh, Malaysia 3) Seoul, Korea 4) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5) None of these Answer:- 2 : Ipoh, Malaysia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 6 Expand the term USSD. 1) User Supplementary Service Data 2) Unstructured Supplementary Support Data 3) User Structured Service Data 4) Unstructured Supplementary Service Data 5) None of these Answer:- 4 : Unstructured Supplementary Service Data ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 7 India entered into a select club of countries capable of designing and building an aircraft carrier with the launch of the first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant recently. It is a ____tonne carrier. 1) 20,000 2) 40,000 3) 60,000 4) 80,000 5) None of these Answer:- 2 : 40,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 8 Kishtwar was in news recently for communal violence. It is situated in which of the following states? 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Karnataka 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Jammu and Kashmir 5) None of these Answer:- 4 : Jammu and Kashmir ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 9 Fighting between two Arab tribes, Rezeigat and the rival Maaliya, killed more than 100 people in Darfur region in 1) Nigeria 2) Algeria 3) Sudan 4) Somalia 5) None of these Answer:- 3 : Sudan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. : 10 Which of the following states has decided to recruit 11000 constables and 1500 women police personnel and set up one women police station in each district to curb the crime against women? 1) Punjab 2) Delhi 3) Haryana 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) None of these Answer:- 3 : Haryana -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:41:05 +0000
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