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GK & Current Affairs : January 24-27, 2014

2014- 02- 02 12:02:18 GKToday

1. T he Reserve Bank of India has power t o print currency not es of up t o Rs

____? [A]1,000 [B]5,000 [C]10,000 [D]15,000
10,000
T he RBI has power t o print currency not es of up t o Rs 10,000. At present ,
not es of Rs 10, Rs 100, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 are only print ed.
Show Answer 2. According t o Reserve Bank of Indias lat est st udy, which
one of t he f ollowing st at es ranks as t he best perf orming st at e in most of t he
key f iscal paramet ers? [A]Gujarat [B]Kerala [C]Chhat t isgarh [D]Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Chhat t isgarh ranks as t he best perf orming st at e in most of t he key f iscal
paramet ers, according t o a Reserve Bank of India st udy. As per t he st udy,
Chhat t isgarh has done reasonably well in spending it s money in development
sect or, one of t he key paramet ers t o judge St at es overall perf ormance.
Chhat t isgarh development expendit ure as percent of Gross St at e Domest ic
Product is highest in t he count ry. In respect of social sect or expendit ure, t hat
includes educat ion, healt h, SC/ST development , women and child
development , Chhat t isgarh holds t he f irst posit ion.
Show Answer 3. Recent ly, which among t he f ollowing count ries has
overt aken India t o become t he largest cont ribut or of FDI t o Nepal? [A]China
[B]Russia [C]USA [D]Sri Lanka
China
China has overt aken India t o become t he largest cont ribut or of Foreign Direct
Invest ment t o Nepal over t he f irst six mont hs of t he current f iscal year.
Invest ment f rom China reached $174 million bet ween July and December,
account ing f or over 60 per cent of t he t ot al FDI commit ment according t o
lat est f igure.
Show Answer 4. What is Indias ranking in t he 2014 Environment al
Perf ormance Index released, recent ly? [A]140 [B]155 [C]165 [D]168
155
India has been ranked at a low 155t h posit ion in a global list t hat places
count ries on how well t hey perf orm on high-priorit y environment al issues. T he
2014 Environment al Perf ormance Index has ranked 178 count ries in t ot al.
Among t hem, India is placed at t he 155t h posit ion, wit h an index score of 31.23

point s. T he overall list is t opped by Swit zerland f ollowed by Luxembourg,

Aust ralia, Singapore and Czech Republic.
Show Answer 5. Pet e Seeger, who passed away recent ly, was a
f amous_____? [A]Folk Singer [B]Pop Singer [C]Act or [D]Aut hor
Folk Singer
Pet e Seeger was an American f olk singer. For more t han 50 years, Seeger
roamed America, singing on st reet corners and in saloons, migrant labour
camps, hobo jungles, union halls. As a songwrit er he was t he aut hor or coaut hor of Where Have All t he Flowers Gone?, If I Had a Hammer and T urn,
T urn, T urn which have been recorded by many art ist s bot h in and out side t he
f olk revival moment and are st ill sung t hroughout t he world.
Show Answer 6. Recent ly, which among t he f ollowing Indian companies
announced t hat it was launching operat ion in Russia, it s f irst market in Europe?
[A]Airt el [B]Idea [C]Micromax [D]Karbonn
Micromax
Micromax, announced t hat it was launching operat ion in Russia, it s f irst
market in Europe. Micromax, is part nering wit h VVP Group in Russia f or
dist ribut ion and t he Canvas and Bolt smart phone will be launched in t he
count ry.
Show Answer 7. Who among t he f ollowing Indians have been awarded t he
2014 Marconi Prize, a Nobel equivalent f or t echnology engineers? [A]A Joseph
Paulraj [B]Naveen Nat arajan [C]Sumit raraj Gupt a [D]Jagadish Singh
A Joseph Paulraj
St anf ord Universit y Prof essor A Joseph Paulraj who has been recognised f or
his work in invent ing and advancing MIMO (Mult iple Input Mult iple Out put )
t echnology, a key enabler of wireless broadband services t hat has
revolut ionised high speed delivery of mult imedia media across t he world
awarded t he 2014 Marconi Prize, a Nobel equivalent f or t echnology engineers.
Show Answer 8. NASAs recent ly launched T DRS Sat ellit e is a _____?
[A]Navigat ion Sat ellit e [B]Communicat ion Sat ellit e [C]Remot e Sensing
Sat ellit e [D]Space Explorat ion Sat ellit e
Communication Satellite
A T racking and Dat a Relay Sat ellit e (T DRS) is a t ype of communicat ions
sat ellit e launched by NASA.
Show Answer 9. In an ef f ort t o prot ect crit ically-endangered Vult ures f rom
being ext inct , Bombay Nat ural Hist ory Societ y (BNHS) has decided t o set up

Vult ure Saf e Zone (VSZ) in ___? [A]Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh [B]Krishna,
Andhra Pradesh [C]Ramnagar, Karnat aka [D]Nasik, Maharassht ra
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
An MoU was signed bet ween t he Bombay Nat ural Hist ory Societ y and BirdLif e
int ernat ional and mining company Rio T int o t o creat e a Vult ure Saf e Zone in
Madhya Pradeshs Bundelkhand.
Show Answer 10. Recent ly, Aravind Mayaram headed panel has
recommended all invest ment above __ percent as f oreign direct invest ment
(FDI)? [A]15 [B]10 [C]20 [D]25
10
T he economic af f airs secret ary Aravind Mayarm-headed panel has
recommended classif icat ion of all invest ment above 10 percent as f oreign
direct invest ment (FDI) and below t hat as f oreign port f olio invest ment (FPI).
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