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GK & Current Affairs : March 13, 2014

2014- 03- 15 14:03:07 GKToday
1. Who among t he f ollowing will be named goodwill ambassadors of t he 2014
Incheon Asian Games?
[A]Abhinav Bindra
[B]Rajavardhan Rat hode
[C]Sushil Kumar
[D]Vikas Gowda
Sushil Kumar
Olympic bronze medallist wrest ler Sushil Kumar and st ar archer Deepika
Kumari will be named goodwill ambassador of t he 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
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2. The Saint Helena Island locat ed in t he middle At lant ic Ocean is a
dependency of ___?
[A]France
[B]USA
[C]Brit ain
[D]Germany
Britain
Saint Helena is an island of volcanic origin in t he Sout h At lant ic Ocean. It is
part of t he Brit ish Overseas Territ ory.
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3. Which among t he f ollowing st at es has highest number of primat e species
f ound in any Indian st at e?
[A]Assam
[B]Kerala
[C]Tripura
[D]West Bengal
Tripura
Tripura has highest number of primat e species f ound in any Indian st at e.
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4. The Int ellect ual Propert y Appellat e Board of India comes under t he purview
of which minist ry?
[A]Minist ry of Overseas Af f airs
[B]Minist ry of Commerce and Indust ry
[C]Minist ry of Science and Technology
[D]Minist ry of Finance
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Int ellect ual Propert y Appellat e Board (IPAB) const it ut ed by a Gazet t e
not if icat ion of t he cent ral government in t he minist ry of Commerce and
Indust ry in 2003. The IPAB has it s headquart ers at Chennai and shall have
sit t ing at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkat a and Ahmadabad.
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5. Recent ly, Union government has launched a nat ion-wide campaign
awareness campaign t o curb t he spread of dengue disease. The campaign
has been named as___?
[A]Kill Dengue Bef ore it Kills You
[B]U and ME against Dengue
[C]Dengue: No More
[D]Dengue Free India
U and ME against Dengue
A nat ion-wide campaign t it led U & Me Against Dengue has been launched
wit h an aim t o raise awareness and cont rol t he rising number of dengue cases
across t he count ry. The drive will reach out t o over 65,000 school children
across 130 schools and 85,000 households t o conduct f umigat ion drive, st reet
plays, neem plant at ion and cleanliness drive. The campaign will be rolled out in
phases across Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkat a, Pune and Ahmadabad.
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6. Which among t he f ollowing is t he longest Nat ional Wat erways of India?
[A]Allahabad t o Haldia
[B]Sadia t o Kot t apuram
[C]Kollam t o Kot t apuram
[D]Bhadrachalam t o Vijayawada
Allahabad to Haldia
Allahabad-Haldia st ret ch (1620 km) of t he Ganga-Bhagirat hi-Hooghly river
syst em is t he longest nat ional wat erway of India.
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7. Chandra Prabha wild lif e sanct uary in Ut t ar Pradesh is home t o which of t he
f ollowing endangered species?
[A]Asiat ic Lion
[B]Whit e Tiger
[C]Hongul
[D]Wild Ass
Asiatic Lion
Chandraprabha Sanct uary is sit uat ed in t he east ern region of Ut t ar Pradesh.
The Sanct uary was home t o Asiat ic Lions.
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8. The six degree channel lies bet ween which of t he f ollowing Islands?
[A]Andaman and Nicobar
[B]Nicobar and Sumat ra
[C]Andaman and Sumat ra
[D]Sumat ra and Java
Nicobar and Sumatra
The six-degree channel lies bet ween t he Indias Great Nicobar Island and
Indonesias Sumat ra Island.
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9. Which of t he f ollowing banks has become t he count rys f irst bank t o set up
payment gat eway?
[A]St at e Bank of India
[B]ICICI Bank
[C]Axis Bank
[D]Canara Bank
State Bank of India
Indias largest lender St at e Bank of India set t ing up it s payment gat eway SBI
ePay wit h t he object ive of enrolling government ent it ies and municipal
corporat ions as well as small t raders in t he online market place. SBI is t he f irst
bank in India t o st art it s own online aggregat or services.
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10. The St ring of Pearls is a st rat egy t hat involves est ablishing a series of
milit ary and economic power along sea lines of communicat ion ref ers t o which
count ry?
[A]Sri Lanka
[B]China
[C]India
[D]Japan
China
The St ring of Pearl ref ers t o t he net work of Chinese milit ary and commercial
f acilit ies and relat ionship along it s sea lines of communicat ion, which ext end
f rom Chinese mainland t o Port Sudan.
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