General Knowledge (GK) and Current Affairs 2013- 15thMarch
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1. The 2013, SAARC literature festival was hosted by ------?
a. Agra
b. Jaipur
c. Thimpu
d. Khatmandu
Answer: Agra
2. Recently, which among the following countries was in news for a current designing of world’s largest magnet, weighing 50,000 tonnes?
a. China
b. Japan
c. India
d. Australia
Answer: India
3. The Katchatheevu island belongs to which among the following countries?
a. China
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
Answer: Sri Lanka
4. Who among the following is the current chairman of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Network (As of March 2013)?
a. Suresh Bharadwaj
b. Navin Kumar
c. Sudhil Kumar Modi
d. Pankaj Mishra
Answer: Navin Kumar
5. The nodal agency for estimating the number of percentage of people living below povert line is -----?
a. Ministry of Rural Development
b. Ministry of Finance
c. National Development Council (NDC)
d. Planning Commission
Answer: Planning Commission
6. A recently released report by Tata Strategic Management Group, keeps which among the following states on highest place in the Female Security Index (FSI)?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
7. The Pan-STARRS, which recently in news is a ------?
a. Dwarf star
b. Comet
c. Asteroid
d. Planet
Answer: Comet
8. Who among the following is the head of the six member committee constituted by the union government to prepare a blueprint for the proposed women’s bank?
a. Arundhati Bhattacharya
b. K. Ramakrishna
c. M.B.N. Rao
d. Jayshree Vyas
Answer: M.B.N. Rao
9. Recently, which among the following State government has announce a new scheme called Kanyasri Prakalpa, to encourage girls towards higher education?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. West Bengal
d. Odisha
Answer: West Bengal
10.The Nachiarkoil brass lamp, which recently obtained geographical indication (GI) tag is available in ------?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu
