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GK & Current Affairs: March 29-31, 2014

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1. T he invent or of t he world wide web has marked t he 25t h anniversary of his creat ion by calling f or a 'Magna Cart a' bill of right s t o prot ect it s users. Ident if y him f rom t he given opt ions: [A]T im Berners-Lee [B]St uart Harris [C]Robert T aylor [D]Claude Shannon T im Berners-Lee Show Answer 2. "Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Report " is a classif ied report relat ed t o __? [A]Sino-Indian war 1962 [B]Indo-Pak war 1947 [C]Kargil War 1999 [D]Indo-Pak war 1971 Sino-Indian war 1962 T he Henderson Brooks Report is a classif ied report prepared by t wo Indian Army of f icers, on t he Sino-Indian war 1962. Show Answer 3. Recent ly, which one of t he f ollowing count ries was ordered t o halt it s whaling programme by t he Int ernat ional Court of Just ice? [A]Japan [B]Sout h Korea [C]USA [D]Aust ralia Japan T he Int ernat ional Court of Just ice was ordered Japan t o halt it s whaling programme because t he hunt cannot be just if ied f or scient if ic research purpose. T he court said Japans open-ended programme t hat allows f or t he killing of about 1,000 whales a year in t he Sout hern Ocean must cease Show Answer 4. Consider t he f ollowing: 1. Gudi Padava 2. Ugadi

3. Navreh 4. Chet i Chand Which among t he above generally celebrat ed on same day in various part s of India? [A]Only 1, 2 & 3 [B]Only 2, 3 & 4 [C]Only 1, 3 & 4 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4 1, 2, 3 & 4 Gudi Padava, Ugadi, Chait ra Sukhladi, Navreh and Chet i Chand are celebrat ed simult aneously. Show Answer 5. In which among t he f ollowing count ries, t he Mult ilat eral Humanit arian Assist ance / disast er relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO was conduct ed recent ly? [A]Sout h Korea [B]Indonesia [C]Brunei [D]New Zealand Indonesia Mult ilat eral Humanit arian Assist ance / disast er relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO is being conduct ed f rom 28 Mar-03 Apr 14 at Indonesia. T he exercise part icipant s include India, Indonesia, USA, China, Russia, New Zealand, Sout h Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, T hailand, Viet nam, Philippines and Laos. Indian Navy is being represent ed by INS Sukanya wit h int egral Chet ak. (PIB) Show Answer 6. Which among t he f ollowing parliament ary const it uencies in India has largest number of elect ors? [A]Mumbai Sout h, Maharasht ra [B]Araria, Bihar [C]Mirjapur, Ut t ar Pradesh [D]Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh Malkajgiri, Andhra Pradesh Malkajgiri in Andhra Pradesh wit h 29,53,915 elect ors has t he largest number of elect ors while Lakshadweep wit h 47,972 elect ors has t he smallest number of elect ors. Show Answer 7. Recent ly, t he RBI has def erred t he implement at ion of Basel-III capit al regulat ions by Indian Banks. What is t he new deadline f or meet ing t he Basel-III

norms? [A]March 2017 [B]March 2018 [C]March 2019 [D]March 2020 March 2019 RBI ext ended deadline f or meet ing Basel-III norms t o March 2019. Show Answer 8. Recent ly, t wo large indust rial f irms viz. Laf arge and Holcim announced plans f or a merger. T hese t wo f irms are specialized in product ion of __? [A]Engineering Goods [B]Building Mat erials [C]Pet rochemicals [D]Home Appliances Building Materials Show Answer 9. Which among t he f ollowing count ries / regions was recent ly making news wit h respect t o Sunf lower St udent Movement ? [A]T ibet [B]T aiwan [C]Mongolia [D]Ukraine T aiwan Sunf lower St udent Movement is a prot est movement driven by a coalit ion of st udent s and civic groups in T aiwan. T he act ivist s prot est ed t he passing of t he Cross-St rait Service T rade Agreement (CSST A) by t he ruling part y Kuomint ang at t he legislat ure wit hout clause-by-clause review. Show Answer 10. Which among t he f ollowing is NOT a f amous archit ect ure prize? [A]Prit zker Prize [B]Driehaus Prize [C]LEAF Award [D]Deming Prize Deming Priz e Deming Prize is one of t he highest awards on T QM (T ot al Qualit y Management ) in t he world Show Answer