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GK & Current Affairs: July 25, 26, 2014

2014- 07- 30 15:07:24 GKToday

1. Which among t he f ollowing t hree count ries of Af rica have recent ly decided
t o creat e a regional f orce t o combat Milit ant Islamist group Boko Haram?
[A]Chad, Niger and Cameroon
[B]Chad, Kenya and Niger
[C]Kenya, Cameroon and Niger
[D]Niger, Chad and Cameroon
Chad, Niger and Cameroon
T he def ence minist ers of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger st at es have
pledged t o creat e a 2,800 st rong regional f orce t o combat against milit ant
Islamist group Boko Haram. Each count ry would cont ribut e 700 t roops t o t he
f orce.
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2. Sovaldi drug is used in t he t reat ment of __ ?
[A]T uberculosis
[B]Malaria
[C]Hepat it is C
[D]HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis C
Sovaldi is a drug developed by Gilead used t o t reat Hepat it is C inf ect ion.
Sovaldi can ef f ect ively cure hepat it is in 90 percent of pat ient s.
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3. Dhangar communit y, a nomadic t ribe primarily locat ed in t he st at e of ____?
[A]Andhra Pradesh
[B]Maharasht ra
[C]Haryana
[D]Gujarat
Maharashtra
T he Dhangar are a herding cast e of people primarily locat ed in t he st at e of
Maharasht ra.
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4. Recent ly, t he Finance minist ry has decided t o go in OFS rout e t o sell it s
st ake in t he st at e-owned companies. What does t he OFS st ands f or _____?
[A]Opport unit y f or Sale

[B]Of f er f or Sale
[C]Of f er f or St ockholdings
[D]Open f or Sale
Of f er f or Sale
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5. T he T ransat lant ic T rade and Invest ment Part nership (T T IP), is a t rade and
invest ment agreement under negot iat ion bet ween t he _____?
[A]EU and US
[B]EU and India
[C]WT O and India
[D]EU and China
EU and US
T he T ransat lant ic T rade and Invest ment Part nership (T T IP), is a t rade and
invest ment agreement under negot iat ion bet ween t he European Union and
US.
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6. Recent ly, t he realt y show based on classical music Naad Bhed-T he
Myst ery of Sound has been select ed by t he Limca Book of records. Naad
Bhed is a f irst of it s kind nat ional-level realit y t elevision show in t he count ry on
classical music aired by __?
[A]Zee Net work
[B]Doordarshan
[C]St ar Plus
[D]Sun Net work
Doordarshan
Naad Bhed is being organised t o popularise classical art s. Doordharshan is
broadcast ing t he perf ormances across t he count ry.
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7. Every year t he Nobel prizes ot her t han t he Peace Prize are awarded at __?
[A]Oslo
[B]New York
[C]St ockholm
[D]London
Stockholm
T he Peace prize is awarded in Oslo, while t he ot her prizes are awarded in
St ockholm, Sweden.
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8. Wit h ref erence t o t he Gaza Blockade, t he Palest inian Nat ional Aut horit y
(PNA) was set up t o govern Palest inian areas of West Bank and Gaza was
est ablished by which among t he f ollowing accords?
[A]Sochi Agreement
[B]Oslo Accords
[C]Kremlin accords
[D]Copenhagen Accords
Oslo Accords
Under t he 1993 Oslo Accords bet ween t he Palest ine Liberat ion Organizat ion
(PLO) and Israel, a Palest inian Nat ional Aut horit y (PNA) was set up t o govern
Palest inian areas of West Bank and Gaza. In 2005, Israel wit hdrew it s f orces
and set t lers f rom Gaza.
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9. Recent ly, it was report ed in t he news t hat weak monsoon may reduce t he
Kharif out put . Which among t he f ollowing is not a Kharif crop?
[A]Sugarcane
[B]Must ard
[C]Pearl Millet
[D]Cot t on
Mustard
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10. Who among t he f ollowing is t he current Chair of t he Federal Reserve,
Unit ed St at es?
[A]Ben Bernanke
[B]John Williams
[C]Robert Parry
[D]Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
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