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GENERAL AWARENESS
Brush your knowledge on the significant developments and events within and outside India over the past few weeks
any important developments took place in and around us recently that caught our attention. Prominent among them were the 99th edition of the prestigious Indian Science Congress, the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, Auto Expo at New Delhi, Jaipur Literature Festival, the 69th Golden Globe Awards and Leander Paes remarkable doubles win with Radek Stepanek at
the Australian Open. The people in the news recently included Milas Raonic, Venkatesh Varma, Daniel Ortega, Siddharth Varadarajan, Amjad Ali Khan among others for achievements in their respective work areas. Revisiting events and developments such as above have been carried out in this booklet to help you recall and test your knowledge in different fields. Since every competitive examination carries a section on General Knowledge,
a more systematic way to be aware of Current Affairs is to regularly read newspapers and watch informative programmes on the television. Internet is yet another source to keep you abreast of the latest happenings. A good revision of facts and figures will not only help you in achieving your immediate objective of scoring well in the general awareness section but also go a long way in enriching your overall understanding.
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The city of Medellin has been installed with outdoor escalators to solve the problem of people getting up and down steep terrain. In which country is this city located? (A) Bolivia (B) Brazil (C) Colombia (D) Peru Which court has thrown out a petition that sought to ban a translation of the Bhagavad Gita as extremist literature? (A) Russian (B) Siberian (C) Ukrainian (D) Romanian Realty giant DLF, along with its partner Hubtown in a joint venture, has sold its IT special economic zone (SEZ) in Pune to private equity firm Blackstone for ___________ (A) Rs. 810 crore (B) Rs 500 crore (C) Rs 450 crore (D) Rs 100 crore The infant mortality rate (IMR) in India has shown a decline, dropping from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births to __. (A) 44 (B) 45 (C) 46 (D) 47
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President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer two months after being re-elected in a landslide vote. Kirchner is the president of which country? (A) Argentina (B) Uruguay (C) Paraguay (D) Brazil Which countrys court ordered the countrys army to stop forced virginity tests on women detainees which the military claimed were performed so that they do not later claim they were raped? (A) Egypt (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Bahrain (D) Iraq Moving past the global economic powerhouses like the UK, Germany and France, the Indian economy would become the worlds ____ largest by 2020 a major jump from its 10th rank currently economic think-tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has said in its latest World Economic League Table report. (B) 5th (A) 6th (C) 2nd (D) 4th Which movie won The 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012 for Best Motion Picture? (A) The Descendants (B) The Help (C) Hugo (D) The Ides of March Who (A) (B) (C) (D) won the best actress award at 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012? Viola Davis Rooney Mara Tilda Swinton Meryl Streep
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Which website was shut down for a day in protest against US anti-piracy legislations - Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act? (A) Amazon.com (B) Wikipedi(A)com (C) Facebook.com (D) Ebay.com If elected to power in Uttarakhand, which political party will encourage the production of filtered Gau Mootra (cow urine) in the State, according to its rather ambitious party manifesto? (A) Congress (B) BJP (C) Samajwadi (D) BSP
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Which country has started refining uranium deep inside a mountain, at the Fordow underground site near the city of Qom, signalling countrys defiance in the face of intensifying Western pressure to curb such activity? (A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Bahrain (D) Saudi Arabia Indian rock musician, promoter of rock music, publisher and impresario who founded the music magazine Rock Street Journal and promoted alternative music in India. He was also termed as Papa Rock by the rock music community of India, was drowned to death due to unknown reasons at Bogmalo beach in Goa. Identify the person in news. (A) Palash Sen (B) Raghu Ram (C) Amit Saigal (D) Sheela Raman India along with which country has set to have their first ever hotline or direct communication between the home secretaries shortly. The hotline, which will be non-encrypted, will be used to share real-time information with regard to terror threats, movement of militants thus reiterating the commitment of both sides to fight terrorism? (A) Afghanistan (B) Nepal (C) Bangladesh (D) Pakistan Four years after they showcased its small car at the 2008 Auto Expo, the auto giant has unveiled what it calls the RE60. It will deliver close to 40 kmpl and emit only 60g/km of CO2, making it one of the most fuel-efficient and green vehicles in the market. Which company has launched this car? (A) TATA (B) TVS (C) Kinetic (D) Bajaj
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Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of which state, as it is not the language of the region, the High Court observed while dealing with a petition objecting to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) publishing a notification in Hindi? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh All India Chess Federation has decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for which award? (A) Padma Vibhushan (B) Padma Bhushan (C) Padma Shri (D) Bharat Ratna Well known dance Guru KJ Sarasa who expired in Chennai had the distinction of being one of the first and most successful women nattuvanars of the traditional community in modern times. This famous natyacharya who initially sang for dance and soon took to nattuvangam, carried aloft the flag of the Vazhuvoor tradition of which dance most impressively for more than five decades? (A) Kathak (B) Kuchipudi (C) Mohini attam (D) Bharatanatyam
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China will start work on the worlds highest airport next year, in Nagqu county. Nagqu is located in which country? (A) Tibet (B) Mongolia (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan Syria rejected an _____________plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a flagrant interference, (A) Arab League plan (B) UN plan (C) International Court of Justice (D) None of the above Chiefs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis who made ________the must-have Smartphone for almost a decade have stepped down as co-chief executives of its maker, after failing to reverse the companys decline. (A) Samsung (B) Blackberry (C) HTC (D) Apple Actress Mallika Sherawat has out-shadowed which other actress to the finish line of the Sexiest Vegetarian Female poll conducted by PETA 2012? (A) Priyanka Chopra (B) Lara Dutta (C) Vidya Balan (D) Diya Mirza
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Newt Gingrich jolted the Republican presidential race with a resounding victory in which American state, where voters rejected frontrunner Mitt Romneys pitch that he is the best bet to fix a broken economy and defeat President Barack Obama (A) South Carolina (B) North Carolina (C) Georgia (D) Florida At the 57th National school athletic meet in Ludhiana which State won 10 gold, 8 silver, and 4 bronze medals bagging the first position? (A) Kerala (B) Punjab (C) New Delhi (D) Haryana Two powerful bombs exploded at Ningombam in the Thoubal Assembly constituency, the stronghold of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. In which State is Thoubal Assembly constituency located? (A) Tripura (B) Assam (C) Manipur (D) Arunachal Pradesh In what is being hailed as a great leap forward in ________ growing economic presence in Britain, the nations Investment Corporation has bought a 8.68-per cent stake in Thames Water, Britains largest water and sewerage company serving about 14 million customers. (A) Japan (B) Korea (C) China (D) Singapore
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There has been an error in the latest Competition360 March 2012 issue where a wrong answer key was printed for the 99 Current Affairs questions in the free booklet. We post the correct answer key for your reference, along with the questions. The same shall also be printed in the April 2012 issue. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused to the readers.
COMPETITION 360 MARCH 2012 - CORRIGENDUM STUDENTS GUIDE SERIES 99 QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
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