1. Scientist in the month of
December revealed a planet that could support life, orbits a Sun-like star near
the Earth. What is the name of the star around which this planet was found
orbiting?
a) Tau Ceti b)
Sirius
c) 36 Ophiuchi d)
Gliese 33
Ans- (a)
2. Which Country won the
Junior Table Tennis Championship claiming all the titles?
(a) Germany (b)
China
(c) Hungary (d)
Sweden
Answer: (b)
3. Which team on 15 December
2012 won the 3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in
the Men’s category and second consecutive time in the Women’s category?
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Australia (d) England
Answer: (a)
4. NASA developed new next-gen
spacesuit called Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System
(PLSS) 2.0 for the sophisticated and complex space ventures, which also include
Mars mission. Which of the following statement is not true in this context:
a) The spacesuit is crafted
out of various hard elements on the fabric. It also becomes flexible after
being inflated.
b) There is no need of an
airlock for seeking entry or getting exit in and out of this suit.
c) It makes use of the recent
technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
d) The spacesuit packs in
itself water membrane evaporation cooler which cools the suit through same
method like sweating.
Answer: (c) It makes use of
the recent technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
5. The gravity mapping
satellites of NASA ended the successful mission to Moon by crashing on the rim
of crater. What is the name of these gravity mapping satellites of NASA?
a) Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 b) Ebb and Flow
c) Orion and Kepler d) Dawn and Orion
Answer: (b) Ebb and Flow
6. The Central Zoo Authority
of India approved exchanging white tigress from the Delhi Zoo against an animal
from the Krasnoyarks Park of flora and fauna, Roev Ruchey in Russia. Which animal
was traded in exchange of white tigress?
a) South American Jaguars b) Kangaroos
c) Puma d)
Leopard
Answer: (c) Puma
7. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is
the world’s first and largest operational space launch facility. In which
country is it located?
(A) France (B) Kazakhstan
(C) Uzbekistan (D) Germany
Ans. (B) Kazakhstan
8. The International Hockey
Federation has decided to allot the next Hockey World Cup in 2010 to India. In
which year Hockey World Cup tournament started?
(A) 1971 (B) 1974
(C) 1976 (D) 1977
Ans. (A) 1971
9. Write short notes on the
following:
a) SCO2 gene
b) Space Shuttle Columbia
c) Red October
d) Milos Zeman
e) Shahrukh Khan
f) Sreeramamurthy Janaki
10. Digital marketing company
GETIT Infoservices on 19 January 2013 rolled out DigiGains, a name give to
platform for digital marketing. What was the purpose of DigiGains?
a) To benefit Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs)
b) To benefit Small, Medium
and Large Enterprises
c) To benefit Small-Scale
Enterprises
d) To benefit Large-Scale
Enterprises
Answer: (a) to benefit Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
11. The automobile company,
Volkswagen in the third week of January 2013 unveiled its new advertising
campaign. What is the name of this advertising campaign?
a) Fast Track b) Fast Speed
c) Fast Start d) Fast Pace
Answer: (c) Fast Start
12. Reliance Industries shut
down its eighth well on the main gas-producing field in KG-D6 block, which
compelled the output to drop down to an all-time low at 20.88 million metric standard
cubic metre per day (mmscmd). What is the name of eighth well of KG-D6 block?
a) B4 b) B6 c) B8 d) B2
Answer: (b) B6
13. Spice Global, the
diversified company on 22 January 2013 entered into the healthcare sector. What
is the name of the hospital inaugurated by Spice Global?
a) New Delhi city Hospital
b) Mehrauli City Hospital
c) NFC Hospital
d) Saket City Hospital
Answer: (d) Saket City
Hospital
14. Which leading Dutch
financial services group departed the insurance business in India by selling
off 26 percent stake to the Exide Industries, its joint-venture partner?
a) ING b) Bupa health Insurance
c) Oriental Insurance d) Bajaj Allianz
Answer: (a) ING
15. Name the first women chief
Justice of Sri Lanka, who was removed from her office following the process of
impeachment by the countries Parliament.
a) Srimavo Bandaranaike
b) Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
c) Shirani Bandarnayake
d) Chandrika Kumaratunga
Answer: (c) Shirani
Bandarnayake
16. The FDI inflow in China
dropped down by what percentage in the year 2012?
a) 3.7 percent b) 1.6 percent
c) 6.3 percent d) 4 percent
Answer: (a) 3.7 percent
17. US President Barrack
Obama’s half-brother, Malik Obama decided to launch his political career in the
third week of January 2013. Malik Obama announced that he intended running for the
gubernatorial seat in the Kenyan country in elections which will be held on 4
March 2013. Malik Obama is planning to contest elections from which country?
a) Zimbabwe b) Kenya
c) Algeria d) Sao Tome and Principe
Answer: (b) Kenya
18. Name the Constitutional
Body that recommended setting up of the Special Court for conducting the trials
of the Italian Marines accused of shooting the two fishermen in Indian Ocean.
a) Supreme Court of India
b) High court of Delhi
c) Union Home Ministry
d) High Court of Kerala
Answer: (a) Supreme Court of
India
19. The Supreme Court of India
in January 2013 banned tourists from to pass from Andaman Nicobar Trunk Road
that passes through the tribal area. Name the tribe that is the local resident of
the region.
a) Sentinelese Tribes b) Jarawa Tribes
c) Peruvian Tribes d) Pintupi Nine Tribes
Answer: (b) Jarawa Tribes
20. The centre of excellence
which specializes in reading the weather conditions of the space and helps the
air traffic on their polar routes is scheduled to come up in which city and by
when. The space weather reading centre in Kolkata will be first of its kind and
is approved by Union HRD Ministry.
a) Kolkata by mid 2013 b) Bangalore by January 2013
c) Bhopal by end of ’13 d) Mumbai by mid 2013
Answer: (a) Kolkata by mid
2013
21. India for the continuous
second year reported no fresh cases of Polio. How many more year of success
with zero fresh cases of polio, would win India a status of polio free nation,
in 2014.
a) Three year b) All ready won the status
c) One year d) Five years
Answer: (c) One year
22. When and by which body was
the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the Pulse Polio Immunization (PPI)
Program was initiated in India with the aim of eradicating it completely from the
country.
a) In 1987 and was a program
of United Nation
b) In 2000 and was a program
of World Health Organization's (WHO)
c) In 1995 and was a program
of World Health Organization's (WHO)
d) In 1990 and was a program
of UNESCO
Answer: (c) In 1995 and was a
program of World Health Organization's (WHO)
23. The Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs in January 2013 suggested the
entitlement of the food under the National Food Security Act to the what
percent population and left behind what percentage of people, who are
tax-payers and have pucca houses of their own?
a) 60 percent population is
entitled with it and 40 percent is kept out from the plan
b) 58 percent population is
entitled with it and 42 percent is kept out from the plan
c) 67 percent population is
entitled with it and 33 percent is kept out from the plan
d) 55 percent population is
entitled with it and 45 percent is kept out from the plan
Answer: (c) 67 percent
population is entitled with it and 33 percent are kept out from the plan
24. Name the identity card
that has been decided and consequently advised by the Ministry of External
Affairs in January 2013 to all Passport Issuing Authorities for acceptance of
the same as the Proof of Address and Photo identity in conjunction with any
other prescribed documents for proof of address/identity for the purpose of
passport application.
a) Aadhaar Card b)
Ration Card
c) Educational Certificate d) Birth Certificates
Answer: (a) Aadhaar Card
25. Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL)
on 8 January 2013 launched the first fast patrol vessel (FPV), built for the
Indian Coast Guard. The vessel is the first in a series of 20 numbers fast
patrol vessel (FPVs) contracted by CSL for the Indian Coast Guard. What is the
name of the Patrol Vehicle?
a) Madhusudan b) Aadesh
c) Rastrabhakt d) Vishwast
Answer: (b) Aadesh
26. A Special Bench of two
Justices was constituted in the month of January 2013 to hear cases of crime
against women. Name the body that was responsible behind its constitution.
a) Supreme Court of India
b) Ministry of Home Affairs
c) Planning Commission of
India
d) Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO)
Answer: (a) Supreme Court of
India
27. The leading software
services exporter of India posted a very strong, unexpected 23 percent increase
in the quarterly profit for October to December 2012 quarter. What is the name
of this company?
a) Wipro b) Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS)
c) IBM d) Satyam
Answer: (b) Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS)
28. Air India on 17 January
2013 grounded the fleet of all six Boeing 787 dreamliners after US federal
agency asked its airlines to ground the Boeing 787. What was the reason for
grounding the fleet?
a) Employees went on strike b) No funds for fuel
c) Safety hazard d)
None of these
Answer: (c) Safety hazard
29. The Japanese automaker on
16 January 2013 launched a five-speed automatic version of the Fortuner SUV for
22.33 lakh rupees (ex-showroom New Delhi). What is the name of this Japanese
automaker?
a) Toyota Kirloskar Motor b) Nissan
c) General Motors d) Volkswagen
Answer: (a) Toyota Kirloskar
Motor
30. Which airways company in
the month of January 2013 entered into a partnership with CentrumDirect to
offer Foreign Exchange Services to guests travelling abroad?
a) Spice b) Kingfisher c) Indian Airlines d) Jet Airways
Answer: (d) Jet Airways
31. Which online marketplace
on 18 January 2013 tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra for selling of its
two-wheelers to customers on the site?
a) E-bay.com b) Myntra.com
c) Snapdeal.com d) Amazon.com
Answer: (c) Snapdeal.com
32. Scientists at the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, US and Karolinska Institute in Sweden
got a genetic get through into the main cause of arthritis. What, according to
the scientists could be used for predicting the person who could potentially be
at a risk of this disease?
a) Simple X-Ray b) Simple Blood test
c) Simple Diagnosis d) None of these
Answer: (b) Simple Blood Test
33. A team at Intel, the
computer hardware firm created a device, which is said to allow which renowned
physicist of the world to communicate faster than before?
a) Nikola Tesla b) Antoine Henri Becquerel
c) Max Planck d) Stephen Hawking
Answer: (d) Stephen Hawking
34. In which Indian zoo were
the thirty one Black Bucks killed by the stray dogs on 19 January 2013?
a) Kanpur Zoo b) Lucknow Zoo
c) Delhi Zoo d) Patna Zoo
Answer: (a) Kanpur Zoo
35. Where was the Vulture
Population Estimation-2013 conducted by the State Government?
a) Manas Tiger Reserve
b) Panna Tiger Reserve
c) Palamau Tiger Reserve
d) Pench Tiger Reserve
Answer: Panna Tiger Reserve
36. Researchers at the
University of California, San Diego, in the third week of January 2013 developed
a fresh technique that enables surgeons to find out about the reach of tumours
and helps them to decide which tissues should be removed for saving the healthy
cells in cancer patients. What is the name of this new technique?
a) Laser Imaging
b) Molecular-Laser Imaging
c) Molecular-Targeted imaging
d) Target Imaging
Answer: (c) Molecular-Targeted
imaging
37. Kaspersky Lab, the Russian
cyber security firm on 14 January 2013 revealed that India is one among various
nations which are hit by the cyber spying which has been targeting governmental,
diplomatic and scientific research organisations for around 5 years. What is
the name of this cyber spying campaign?
a) Blue October b) Red December
c) Blue December d) Red October
Answer: (d) Red October
38. Which space agency
released surprising pictures of the remains of huge river which ran across the
Red Planet, Mars at some point of time, on 17 January 2013?
a) NASA
b) European Space Agency
c) Australian Space Agency
d) None of these
Answer: (b) European Space
Agency
39. Astronomers had already
discovered that the super-massive black holes which sit in the centres of
various galaxies were growing faster. Professor Graham explained that every
time there is a ten times increase in the stellar mass of the galaxy, it leads
to around 100 times increase in the ______________. Fill in the blank with an
appropriate option:
a) Mass of black hole b) Density of black hole
c) Both of these d) None of these
Answer: (a) Mass of black hole
40. Versace 19.69
Abbigliamento Sportivo, the Italian luxury brand for clothing entered into
India through its partnership with which Indian apparel as well as leather
exporter?
a) Majgenta Fashions b) Levis Strauss
c) Pepe Jeans d) Mango
Answer: (a) Majgenta Fashions
41. Income Tax officials
surveyed the Sriperumbudur plant of which mobile company in its daylong survey
on 8 January 2013 in order to find out the tax default, if it existed?
a) Motorola b) Samsung
c) Nokia d) Sony Ericsson
Answer: (c) Nokia
42. With which bank did the
Chamber of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Kolkata on 4 January 2013?
a) Dena Bank b) State Bank of India
c) Axis Bank d) Allahabad Bank
Answer: (d) Allahabad Bank
43. Where did PR Fonroche, the
joint venture of the French company Fonroche and the Indian company PR Clean
Energy, on 10 January 2013 inaugurated a 5 MW Solar Plant in India?
a) Punjab b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana d) Chandigarh
Answer: (b) Rajasthan
44. Microsoft in the month of
January 2013 announced plans to shut down which service?
a) MS Office 2007 b) Skype
c) Windows Live Messenger d) Bing
Answer: (c) Windows Live
Messenger
45. Name the International
Cricket Team with which India Lost the Series by 2-1 after it won the last
match by 10 runs on 6th January 2013.
(a) England (b) Australia
(c) Pakistan (d) South Africa
Answer(c) Pakistan
46. Name the Argentine
footballer who won FIFA Ballond’Or Award on 7 January 2013 as a reward to his
91-goal in a year for Barcelona and Argentina, in the year 2012.
(a) Lionel Messi (b) Zavier
Zanetti
(c) Oscar Ruggeri (d) Gabriel Batistuta
Answer (a) Lionel Messi
47. Name the Indian Women
Weightlifter who on 10 January 2013 Won Maiden National Title in National
Weightlifting Championship 2013.
(a) Binitha Devi (b) Amanpreet Kaur
(c) Manpreet Kaur (d) Karnam Malleswar
Answer (c) Manpreet Kaur
48. Which International
cricket Umpire is supposed to become the first ever umpire to deliver, the MCC
Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture scheduled to be delivered on 24 July 2013?
(a) Billy Bowden (b) Steve Bucknor
(c) Rod Tucker (d) Simon Taufel
Answer (d) Simon Taufel
49. Name the Olympic gold
medalist who Won Athlete of the Year Award at JAAA Golden Cleats Awards
Ceremony.
(a) Michael Phelps (b) Usain Bolt
(c) Chris Roy (d) Carl Lewis
Answer (b) Usain Bolt
50. Which Australian pace
legend was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the third Test
between Australia and Sri Lanka starting from 4 January2013 in Sydney?
(a) Glenn McGrath (b) Shane Warne
(c) Brett Lee (d) Allan Border
Answer (a) Glenn McGrath
51. Name the player of Indian
cricket team who 4 January 2013 was named as CEAT International Cricketer of
the Year 2012
(a) Yuvraj Singh (b) Gautam Gambhir
(c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Virat Kohli
Answer (d) Virat Kohli
52. Which tennis player duo
claimed the ladies double final at the Brisbane International?
(a) Sania Mirza and Mahesh
Bhupati
(b) Sania Mirza and Bethanie
Mattek-Sands
(c) Saian Nehwal and Bethanie
Mattek-Sands
(d) Sania Mirza and Serena
Williams
Answer (b) Sania Mirza and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
53. Name the tennis player who
claimed the WTA Brisbane International trophy with her first
ever single Brisbane
International Title?
(a) Venus Williams
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Anastasia Sergeyevna
Pavlyuchenkova
(d) Maria Sharapova
Answer (b) Serena Williams
54. Name the third seeded Scottish
tennis player who retained his Brisbane International Tennis Title after
defeating the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on 6 January 2013.
(a) Jamie Murray (b) Andy Murray
(c) Roger Federer (d) Ian Collins
Answer (b) Andy Murray
55. The Government of China
recently launched a postage stamp to mark the year 2013. Name the animal
depicted on the postage stamp?
a) Lizard b) Snake
c) Dragon d) Rabbit
56. Which kind of wine can
distort the results of testosterone level in body?
(a) White Wine (b) Rose Wine
(c) Purple Wine (d) Red Wine
Answer: (d) Red Wine
57. Which is the largest
cosmic structure in the universe that is powered by super massive black holes
clump together? This structure was discovered by the astronomers in the first
week of January 2013.
(a) Large Quasar Group (b) Galaxy Filaments
(c) Inflationary universe (d) None of
these
Answer: (a) Large Quasar Group
58. Name the first Asian
country to Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist?
a) South Korea b) North Korea
c) Afghanistan d) Russia
Answer. (a) South Korea
59. US President Barack Obama
on 3 January 2013 signed into law an annual Policy Bills, authorizing 633
billion dollars to be spent for 2013. The bill was earlier threatened by the
White House to be exercised as a Veto. Name the Bill?
a) Annual Defence Policy Bill
b) Annual Employment Bill
c) Infrastructure Development
Bill
d) Education Bill
60. Where was the first wind
power project commissioned by National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco)
in the Month of January 2013?
a) Hyderabad b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh d) Kochin
Answer: (c) Andhra Pradesh
61. Scientists claimed that
the 2-billion year old dark black rock, called Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 or
Black Beauty is actually new kind of Martian meteorite which contains 10 times
excess water than the normal. Where did this rock land in 2011?
a) Mexico b) Sahara
c) Antractica d) None of these
Answer: (b) Sahara
62. Astronomers studying about
the newborn star observed glimpses of the planets which were forming around it.
Astronomers were studying the HD 142527 which is __________ away from the
Earth. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
a) 450 light years b) 350 light years
c) 250 light years d) 150 light years
Answer: (a) 450 light years
63. Which largest mountain
glacier of the world was claimed to have been reduced to 5.9 km in its
longitudinal extent from the time period of 1989 to 2009 because of increasing
temperatures and presence of humans?
a) Gangotri b) Janapa
c) Miyar d) Siachen
Answer: (d) Siachen
• The person who on 25 January
2013 became Czech Republic’s first directly elected President
as per the Czech Republic
Presidential election results-Milos Zeman
• The Bollywood superstar who
topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list-Shahrukh Khan
• The renowned playback
singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused to accept the prestigious Padma
Bhushan-Sreeramamurthy Janaki
• The ballistic missile
successfully test fired by India with a strike range of around 700 kilometres,
from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal-K15
• The Kannada author who was
shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker
Prize for Fiction 2013-UR Ananthamurthy
• The major of Rashtriya
Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts
in counter- terrorist operations in J&K-Major Abup J Manjali
• The mastermind of 26/11
terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the U.S. Federal
District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber-David Coleman Headley
• The Islamic school of India
which on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers should be
banned from 6th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)- Darul Uloom
Deoband
• The two Scientists awarded
with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society
of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat
• The Chennai-born Scientist
of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada who was
awarded with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – the Order of Canada-Venkatesh Mannar
• The former Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commission under Union
Government in January 2013-Yaga Venugopal Reddy
• The place at which the
foundation stone of the state-of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI) was laid-Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana
• The first fast patrol vessel
(FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on 8 January 2013 which was built
for the Indian Coast Guard – Aadesh
• The Special Bench of
Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against
women was constituted by-Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir
• Keeping under consideration
the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013
approved the Ministry of Rural Development’s proposal to increase the unit cost
under-Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
• The person elected by Shiv
Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at
Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray
• The BJP President who on 22
January 2013 resigned from his post as after his resignation, Rajnath Singh was
elected as the party chief-Nitin Gadkari
• The Female sports
personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated by
Election Commission of India as National Icons-Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal
• The largest shore patrol
vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for maritime surveillance
around Andaman and Nicobar Islands- NS Saryu
• Former Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party, during
the Atal Shankhnaad Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh
• The third oldest elephant of
the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo of
Japan- Hanako
• The congress MP who on 19
January 2013 declared the new vice-president of Indian National Congress after
the decision made by the Congress Working Committee-Rahul Gandhi
• The actor and the actress
who bagged the best actor and actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards
given away on 20 January 2013-Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan
• The Dutch Coach who in the
month of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian
Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans
• The Indian researcher who
was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award
for his work on Alzheimer's drug- Mahaveer Golechha
• The Union Minister for Urban
Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian
delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath
• Indian-origin women who
became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14
January 2013 by replacing Michael Palmer-Halimah Yacob
• The place at where ITU
summoned the World Conference on International Telecommunications held from
3-14 Dec 2012- Dubai
• The former all-rounder of
India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years-
Rusi Framroze Surti
• The place at which Indian
and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander-level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh
in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir
•Urjit Patel is appointed as a
Deputy Governer of the Reserve Bank of India.
•The first phase of Direct
Cash Transfer scheme is launched by the Union Government in 20 districts.
•World famous violinist M S
Gopalakrishnan passed away at the age of 82.
•S Ramakrishnan joined Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC) as the new Director.
•Cricketer Jacques Kallis
becomes the 4th test cricketer to reach the 13,000 runs.
•M-Education service is
launched by Bharti Airtel to provide facilities of English learning, exam preparation
and career counselling on mobile phones.
•An exhibition of around 250
paintings was inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms.Mamata Banerjee held
at Kolkata Town Hall.
•Masaki Asano is the new
Deputy Managing Director of India Yamaha Motor
•Teenage Pakistani activist
Malala Yousufzai’s father Ziauddin is being appointed as Pakistan’s education
attache in Birmigham
•Kerala State Government
announced a scheme to distribute free iron tablets to school students to
prevent Anemia
•Indian-American Srikanth
Srinivasan is among the 33 federal judges re-nominated by the US President
Barack Obama for the US Court of Appeals.
•Chief Justice of India,
Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first of the five fast-track courts in Delhi.
1. India and Bangladesh signed
agreements on extradition of criminals and liberalising visa regime. Describe
the major points of the agreement and discuss its benefits for both the nations.
2. India dropped to 140th rank
in the latest world press freedom index released in the last week of January
2013. Enlist the factors which led to such a lowly rank for India. Also discuss
why Press freedom should be treated as a Universal right?
3.Justice JS Verma Panel
report was submitted to the government on the Sexual Crimes. Enlist the main
features of the report. Suggest measures to contain sexual crimes.
4. Supreme Court banned
tourists’ entry in Jarawa tribe habitat of Andamans. What do you understand by
Jarawa tribe. Do you agree that tourists’ entry is harming Jarawa trib? Support
your answer with reasons.
5. Reserve Bank of India
slashed Repo Rate to 7.75 Percent and CRR to 4 Percent. What do you mean by
Repo rate and CRR? How these measures adopted by RBI will control inflation?
6. Gas that causes Ozone
destruction was discovered by the researchers. What is Ozone? Which gases
causes destruction of Ozone? Suggest measures to stop the destruction of Ozone.
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