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GK & Current Affairs: August 21, 2013

2013-08-21 10:08:40 GKToday
1. Ryder Cup and Curtis Cup are associated with which of the following sports?
[A]Soccer [B]Volleyball [C]Golf [D]Tennis
Golf Ryder Cup and Curtis Cup are associated with Golf.
Show Answer 2. Sindhurakshak, which was recently in news, is a/an ____?
[A]Aircraft carrier [B]Submarine [C]Anti-aircraft gun [D]Multi-purpose fighter
Submarine INS Sindhurakshak is a submarine of the Indian Navy. Commissioned on
24 December 1997, it was the ninth of the ten Kilo-class submarines in the Indian
Navy. The submarine suffered a major fire on 14 August 2013, which resulted in its
sinking at Mumbais naval dockyard.
Show Answer 3. Recently (August, 2013), which of the followings has organized
Sair-e-Watan an educational-cum-motivational tour? [A]Rastriya Rifles Battalion
[B]National Cadet Corps [C]National Security Guard [D]Assam Rifles
Rastriya Rifles Battalion The tour named Sair-e-Watan has been organized by
Rastriya Rifles Battalion and was flagged off at Chanderkot in Ramban. The tour
would help create friendly bonds among local sports persons and students from the
mainland. This tour will enable the students to spread messages of peace and
communal harmony and witness rapid development being made in the fields of
information technology, medical science and other sectors in other parts of the
country.
Show Answer 4. Which among the SAARC countries is the largest producer of
Jute? [A]India [B]Bangladesh [C]Nepal [D]Bhutan
Bangladesh Bangladesh is the largest producer of Jute among SAARC countries.
Show Answer 5. The Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?
[A]Assam [B]Arunachal Pradesh [C]Himachal Pradesh [D]Uttarakhand
Arunachal Pradesh Eaglenest is a protected area in the foothills of West Kameng
district, Arunachal Pradesh. Eaglenest is notable as a prime birding site due to
extraordinary variety, numbers and accessibility of bird species there.
Show Answer 6. Which of the followings is the latest company to entered
agriculture insurance area by launching the weather and yield-based crop insurance
in scheme in some states of India? [A]Reliance [B]Tata [C]SBI [D]Aviva
Reliance Reliance General Insurance entered into the agriculture area by launching
the weather-and yield-based crop insurance schemes in five different states of India.
These schemes will focus on the farmers in the five states- Uttarkhand, Haryana,
Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Show Answer 7. In which year, India's first Economic Survey was released?
[A]1952-53 [B]1957-58 [C]1961-62 [D]1978-79
1957-58 While the first Economic Survey was released in the year 1957-58, the Mid-
Year Review was begun by Ashok Lahiri in the year 2002.
Show Answer 8. Which among the following cities of India has earned the
sobriquet of Dollar City due to knitwear exports of over $2 billion a year? [A]Trichi
[B]Surat [C]Tirupur [D]Ahamedabad
Tirupur With knitwear exports of over $2 billion a year, India's garment
manufacturing hub Tirupur has earned the nickname "Dollar City".
Show Answer 9. Charon, which has been spotted for the first time, is the largest
moon of __? [A]Pluto [B]Uranus [C]Saturn [D]Venus
Pluto Plutos largest moon Charon has been spotted for the first time, in a cosmic
snapshot captured from nearly 885 million kilometres away. Nasas Pluto-bound
New Horizons spacecraft, using its highest resolution telescopic camera spotted the
dwarf planets Texas-sized, ice-covered moon.
Show Answer 10. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero
degrees latitude and longitude) is in which among the following? [A]Mozambique
Channel [B]Gulf of Guinea [C]Gulf of Aden [D]Ivory Coast
Gulf of Guinea
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