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GK Current Affairs Quiz 
1. The Curiosity rover built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a part of Astrobiology mission successfully landed on the planet–
(A) Mars (B) Saturn
(C) Venus (D) Mercury
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2. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Cyrus Mistry : Tata Group (B) Sheryl Sandberg : Facebook
(C) Larry Page : Google (D) Deepak Parekh : HFCL
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3. Consider the following statements–
1. Radiation level of electronic equipments is measured by the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value.
2. Permissible limit of SAR value has been set by Department of Telecommunications at 1.6 watt per kg averaged over one gram of human tissue.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
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4. Consider the following statements–
1. UAE has emerged as a country with highest Foreign Trade with India in 2011-12.
2, India had a negative trade balance with the United States of America in 2012.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
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5. Select the correct statement(s)–
1. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia has been the longest Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
2. Dr. Tessy Thomas is the first Indian woman to head a missile project.
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 2 both (D) Neither 1 nor 2
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6. Which among the following States of India are involved in the controversy associated with Mullaperiyar Dam?
(A) Tamil Nadu and Kerala (B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala and Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
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7. Which of the following National Parks was in news due to massive forest fire outbreak that raged for many days?
(A) Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka
(B) Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
(C) Anshi National Park, Karnataka
(D) Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha
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8. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Valley of Flowers National Park : Himachal Pradesh
(B) Konark Sun Temple : Odisha
(C) Western Ghats : Kerala
(D) Keoladeo National Park : Rajasthan
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9. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The 10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held in the city of Jaipur.
2. The event was jointly organised by Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the State government of Rajasthan.
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
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10. Consider the following statements with reference to RISAT-1.
1. It is an indigenously built all weather Radar Imaging Satellite.
2. It was injected into the orbit by PSLV C-19.
3. It is a state-of-the-art Microwave Remote Sensing Satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload operating in C-band (5.35 GHz).
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 3 only
(C) 1 and 3 only (D) All of these
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11. Who among the following were awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2010?
(A) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Barack Obama (D) Aung San Suu Kyi
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12. Michael Phelps became the only player in history of Olympics to win a record haul of 22 medals in the Olympics.
Who among the following held the earlier record of winning maximum medals at Olympics?
(A) Sergey Bubka (B) Larisa Latyina
(C) Usain Bolt (D) Yelena Isinbayeva
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13. Rupesh Shah is associated with which of the following sport disciplines?
(A) Archery (B) Horse racing
(C) Billiards (D) Polo
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14. Which of the following group of National Parks is located within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve?
(A) Guindy, Agasthymalai, Achanakmar-Amarkantak
(B) Sanjay Kangar Valley, Bandipur, Gulf of Mannar
(C) Silent Valley, Bannerghata, Guindy, Vansda
(D) Bannerghata, Nagorehole, Bandipur, Eravikulam
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15. Consider the following statements–
1. South Western Railway Zones headquarter is located at Bilaspur.
2. India's longest distance-covering train Vivek Express was started to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
3. India's longest National Highway NH7 connects Varanasi to Chennai.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 only
(C) All of these (D) None of these
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16. National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducted Gravity Recovery Experiment by a well-orchestrated crash landing on–
(A) Mars (B) Venus
(C) Moon (D) Californian desert
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17. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘India-The Critical Years’?
(A) Chandra Shekhar (B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (D) Kuldip Nayar
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18. Who among the following became the first individual athlete from India to win consecutive medals at Olympics?
(A) MC Mary Kom (B) Sushil Kumar
(C) Abhinav Bindra (D) Leander Paes
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19. ‘Mirroring’ is a technique in which same data is written to–
(A) two duplicate disk drives simultaneously
(B) multiple disk drives simultaneously
(C) a mainframe (D) None of these
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20. Which of the following scripts is the basis of newly introduced Indian rupee symbol?
(A) Roman and Devanagari Script (B) Roman and Latin Script
(C) Latin and Devanagari Script (D) None of these
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