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GK & Current Affairs: August 29-31, 2014

2014- 09- 06 10:09:12 GKToday
1. Which of t he f ollowing Biosphere Reserves is not a part of t he World
Net work of Biosphere Reserves, based on UNESCO Man and Biosphere
Programme?
[A]Sunderbans-West Bengal
[B]Nokrek-Meghalaya
[C]Simlipal-Odisha
[D]Manas-Assam
Manas Biosphere Reserve
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2. Which of t he f ollowing Gharanas is not a part of Dhrupad gharanas?
[A]Dagarvani Gharana
[B]Bet t iah Gharana
[C]Bishnupur Gharana
[D]Gwalior Gharana
Gwalior Gharana
Gwalior Gharana is a Khayal Gharana
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3. Where is t he Headquart er f or Nort hern Command of Indian Army locat ed?
[A]Shimla
[B]Chandigarh
[C]Lucknow
[D]Udhampur
Udhampur
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4. Which among t he f ollowing was t he f irst count ry t o impose carbon t ax?
[A]Russia
[B]USA
[C]Sweden
[D]New Zealand
New Zealand
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5. The army of which count ry made use of t he lat est Google Glass t echnology
t o hunt f or wild lif e poachers?
[A]Russia
[B]Nepal
[C]Japan
[D]US
Nepal
Google Glass was adopt ed by Nepal government t o deal wit h poachers of
wild animals and herbs of Chit wan Int ernat ional Park. The milit ary used it t o
t rack birds and animals in t he park.
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6. Which SC judge is slat ed t o be t he next Chief Just ice of India?
[A]Just ice T.S. Thakur
[B]Just ice Anil R. Dave
[C]Just ice H.L. Dat t u
[D]Just ice Ranjana Prakash Desai
Justice H.L. Dattu
Just ice H.L. Dat t u who st art ed his pract ice as an advocat e in 1975 joined t he
apex court of India in 2008.
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7. Which of t he f ollowing is t he new generat ion naval of f shore pat rol vessel
NOPV t o be commissioned by Admiral R.K.Dhowan on Sept . 4,2014 in Chennai?
[A]INS Sahyadri
[B]INS Ranvir
[C]INS Sumit ra
[D]INS Ranjit
INS Sumitra
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8. Who has been awarded t he G.K. Reddy Memorial Award 2014?
[A]Vinod Meht a
[B]Amit Baruah
[C]Zahid Raf iq
[D]Alok Deshpande
Vinod Mehta
Vinod Meht a,is an eminent journalist and edit orial chairman of Out look Group.
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9. Who is aut hor of t he f amous plays The Capt ives (1963),Monsoon (1965),
The Ref ugee (1971), Angkor (1973)?
[A]Badal Sircar
[B]Habib Tanvir
[C]Asif Currimbhoy
[D]Girish Karnad
Asif Currimbhoy
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10. Where are t he headquart ers of Int ernat ional At omic Energy Agency
locat ed?
[A]New York
[B]Geneva
[C]Vienna
[D]Paris
Vienna
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