Current Affairs & General Knowledge (GK) Questions And Answers - 31 January 2013

31 January 2013

Current Affairs & General Knowledge (GK) Questions And Answers - 31 January 2013

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1.      Which among the following communities is looking into various issues related to five minority universities proposed to be set up by the Centre?

A.    Sukhadeo Thorat Committee

B.     Jayati Ghosh Committee

C.    Deepak Pental Committee

D.    Zoya Hassan Committee

Answer: Sukhadeo Thorat Committee

2.      Samuel Yin, one of Taiwan’s richest men has launched the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize. What is the name of this new prize?

A.    Yuan Prize

B.     Han Prize

C.    Ming Prize

D.    Tang Prize

Answer: Tang Prize

3.      Which among the following countries has announced that it has successfully sent a monkey into space?

A.    North Korea

B.     Japan

C.    South Korea

D.    Iran

Answer: Iran

4.      Which among the following is the new compression format that could dramatically cut the amount of Internet bandwidth currently used by video files?

A.    C.265 codec

B.     H.265 codec

C.    C.270 codec

D.    H.270 codec

Answer: H.265 codec

5.      Super Trans- Iron Galactic Element Recorder (Super-Tiger) experiment is of which among the following organization?

A.    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

B.     Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

C.    Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

D.    China National Space Administration (CNSA)

Answer: NASA

6.      Recently, Scientist has discovered a new gene that could lead to new varieties of staple crops with 50 percent higher yields. What is the new gene name?

A.    Costa

B.     MEGI

C.    Scarecrow

D.    Lectin

Answer: Scarecrow

7.      The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) group consist of ---------- members?

A.    10 countries

B.     12 countries

C.    16 countries

D.    18 countries

Answer: 16 countries

8.      Recently, Milos Zeman became the first directly elected president of ------------?

A.    Cuba

B.     Ukraine

C.    Czech

D.    Argentina

Answer: Czech Republic

9.      Market regulator Sebi has set up a committee headed by former cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar to look into various matters related to--------?

A.    Investor Protection

B.     Foreign Investments Policy

C.    Stock Exchange Regulation

D.    Stock Exchange Reforms

Answer: Foreign Investment Policy

10.  As per the recent estimates, the country with the worst inflation situation in the world is--------?

A.    Venezuela

B.     Zimbabwe

C.    Sudan

D.    Nigeria

Answer:  Venezuela. It has 29.8% inflation rate.

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