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    Articles from General Knowledge Today

    GK & Current Affairs: August 3, 4, 2014


    2014- 08- 13 16:08:31 GKToday

    1. Apart f rom Eart h, lo is t he only known body in t he solar syst em wit h


    volcanoes erupt ing and spewing ext remely hot lava like on eart h. lo is one of
    t he moons of __?
    [A]Sat urn
    [B]Jupit er
    [C]Mars
    [D]Nept une
    Jupiter
    lo is t he f if t h of Jupit ers moons and t he t hird largest . Lo is t he only body in
    t he solar syst em besides t he eart h t o known t o have act ive volcano.
    Show Answer
    2. India has f inished f if t h posit ion in t he 2014 Commonwealt h games wit h 64
    medals wit h t he medals t ally comprising _____?
    [A]20 Gold, 25 Silver and 19 Bronze
    [B]10 Gold, 35 Silver and 19 Bronze
    [C]10 Gold, 30 Silver and 24 Bronze
    [D]15 Gold, 30 Silver and 19 Bronze
    15 Gold, 30 Silver and 19 Bronz e
    Show Answer
    3. Indias f irst world-class cycle t rack has been inaugurat ed recent ly at ___?
    [A]Goa
    [B]Diu
    [C]Daman
    [D]Kerala
    Diu
    Indias f irst dedicat ed, world-class cycle t rack has been inaugurat ed at Diu.
    T he 4.3 km long cycle t rack is f irst -of -it s kind t rack in India and built up at a
    cost of Rs 3 crore t o provide eco-f riendly means of t ransport wit hin t he cit y.
    Show Answer
    4. In which of t he f ollowing event s India has won maximum number of Gold
    medals in t he recent ly concluded Commonwealt h Games-2014?
    [A]Wrest ling
    [B]Shoot ing

    [C]Weight lif t ing


    [D]At hlet ics
    Wrestling
    Show Answer
    5. What is t he name of Indias f irst mult i-sensor moored observat ory deployed
    in Arct ic, recent ly?
    [A]IndARC
    [B]IndDruv
    [C]IndNIOT
    [D]IndESSO
    IndARC
    IndARC, count rys f irst mult i-sensor moored observat ory was successf ully
    deployed in Kongsf jordan Fjord of t he Arct ic roughly half way bet ween Nort h
    Pole and Norway. T his observat ory, designed and developed by ESSO-NIOT
    and ESSO-NCAOR wit h ESSO-Indian Nat ional Cent re f or Ocean Inf ormat ion
    Services, Hyderabad, was deployed f rom t he Norwegian Polar Inst it ut es
    research vessel R.V.Lance.
    Show Answer
    6. Who among t he f ollowing has become t he f irst Indian aut hor t o win
    Conspiracy Novel of t he Year award f rom t he American Lit erary Forum
    Societ y?
    [A]Amit hav Ghosh
    [B]Chet an Baghat
    [C]Nikhil Chandwani
    [D]Ravichandran Singh
    Nikhil Chandwani
    Not ed novelist and document ary maker Nikhil Chandwani has become t he f irst
    Indian aut hor t o win Conspiracy Novel of t he Year award f rom t he American
    Lit erary Forum Societ y. Chandwani bagged t he prest igious award f or his book
    t it le Coded Conspiracy and document ary Escape f rom Kenya. At 21,
    Chandwani is also t he youngest t o win t he American award.
    Show Answer
    7. Which among t he f ollowing is t he head of t he commit t ee t hat has been set
    up t o review Parliament securit y?
    [A]R K Singh
    [B]Sat yapal Singh
    [C]Harish Chandra Meena
    [D]Subhash Pani
    R K Singh

    Lok Sabha Speaker Sumit ra Mahajan has f ormed a commit t ee t o review


    parliament ary securit y. T he commit t ee will be headed by f ormer Union Home
    secret ary R K Singh and will include f ormer Rajast han DGP Harish Chandra
    Meena and f ormer Mumbai Police Commissioner Sat yapa Singh.
    Show Answer
    8. As per t he lat est report , which among t he f ollowing has overt aken Samsung
    t o become t he largest mobile phone supplier in India?
    [A]Nokia
    [B]Apple
    [C]Micromax
    [D]Karbon
    Micromax
    As per a report by an independent market research and consult ing f irm,
    Count er Point Research, Micromax has overt aken Samsung t o become t he
    largest mobile supplier in India in Q2 2014. As per t he report , Micromaxs
    mobile shipment share was 16.6% in t he quart er while samsungs share st ood
    at 14.4%.
    Show Answer
    9. Current ly, which among t he f ollowing organisat ion is/are have been
    exempt ed f rom RT I act ?
    1. Int elligence Bureau
    2. Special Front ier Force
    3. Direct orat e of Enf orcement
    4. Cent ral Economic Int elligence Bureau
    Chose t he correct answer f rom codes given below:
    [A]Only 1 & 2
    [B]Only 2 & 3
    [C]Only 1, 2 & 3
    [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
    1, 2, 3 & 4
    Show Answer
    10. T he 18t h BASIC (Brazil, Sout h Af rica, India and China) minist erial meet ing
    on Climat e Change will be held in ___?
    [A]Beijing
    [B]New Delhi
    [C]Durban
    [D]Copenhagen
    New Delhi
    T he 18t h BASIC minist erial meet ing will be held on August 7-8, 2014 at New

    Delhi. T he t wo day meet ing will discuss import ant issues relat ing t o t he
    current UNFCCC negot iat ions specially on mat t ers pert aining t o t he Adhoc
    Working Group on t he Durban plat f orm discussion on 2015 out come.
    Show Answer

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