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GK & Current Affairs: June 6-7, 2014

2014- 06- 08 15:06:57 GKToday

1. India's largest elect ricit y-generat ing plant is locat ed at ___?

[A]Kudankulam
[B]Kalpakkam
[C]Kaiga
[D]Kakrapar
Kudankulam
T he f irst unit of t he Kudankulam nuclear power plant at t ained it s maximum
capacit y of 1000 MW recent ly, becoming t he largest elect ricit y-generat ing
plant of any t ype in India. It is t he 21st nuclear power react or in India and is
also t he f irst pressurised wat er react or belonging t o light wat er react or
cat egory.
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2. Recent ly, T ennis player Maria Sharapova has claimed her second French
Open t it le in 2014. Maria Sharapova is f rom __?
[A]Unit ed St at es
[B]Russia
[C]France
[D]Romania
Russia
Recent ly, t op Russian T ennis st ar Maria Sharapova has claimed her second
French Open t it le when she f loored Romanian f ourt h seed Simona Halep 6-4
6-7(5) 6-4 af t er a marat hon encount er in Sat urdays f inal.
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3. A vult ure rest aurant has been recent ly opened at __?
[A]Gadchiroli (Maharasht ra)
[B]Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
[C]T onk (Rajast han)
[D]Banaskant ha (Gujarat )
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)
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4. Wit h ref erence t o t he Syrian Crisis, which among t he f ollowing count ries is
not against t he incumbent Syrian Government led by Bashar al-Assad?
[A] USA

[B] Israel
[C] Saudi Arabia
[D] Iran
Iran
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5. A pacif ic island count ry has recent ly sued nine nuclear weapon st at es
(including India in t he Int ernat ional Court of Just ice) over f ailure t o disarm.
Ident if y t he count ry f rom t he given opt ions:
[A]T he Federat ed St at es of Micronesia
[B]Philippines
[C]Marshall Islands
[D]Kiribat i
Marshall Islands
As per recent report s, Marshall Islands is suing t he nine nuclear powers
including India at ICJ, t he Hague wit h t he argument t hat t hey have violat ed
t heir legal obligat ion t o disarm. Marshall Islands is a chain of islands in Pacif ic.
It was a sit e of some 67 nuclear t est s bet ween 1946 t o 1958. T he count ry now
says t hat it s people are suf f ering serious healt h problems.
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6. Which among t he f ollowing is NOT a correct mat ch?
[A]Boer War Sout h Af rica
[B]Boxer War China
[C]Mau Mau Uprising Kenya
[D]Anyanya Rebellion Myanmar
Anyanya Rebellion Myanmar
T he Mau Mau Uprising, also known as Kenya Emergency was a milit ary conf lict
t hat t ook place in Kenya bet ween 1952 and 1960. Ananya rebellion was f irst
Sudan Civil war.
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7. World's largest pollut er count ry has recent ly decided t hat f or t he f irst t ime it
will impose an absolut e limit on it s carbon emissions. T his count ry is __ :
[A]Unit ed St at es of America
[B]China
[C]Russia
[D]India
China
China is t he worlds biggest emit t er of greenhouse gases, surpassing t he
Unit ed St at es in 2006. It recent ly decided t hat f or t he f irst t ime it will impose
an absolut e limit on it s carbon emissions, t o begin wit h coal f ired power plant s.

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8. Which among t he f ollowing t reat y is a t reat y t o Facilit at e Access t o
Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons wit h Print
Disabilit ies?
[A]Marakkesh T reat y
[B]Cape T own T reat y
[C]Kinshasa T reat y
[D]Kharkiv T reat y
Marakkesh T reaty
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9. Great Himalayan Nat ional Park (GHNP) is locat ed in __?
[A]Sikkim
[B]Arunachal Pradesh
[C]Ut t arakhand
[D]Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
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10. Who among t he f ollowing is t he youngest f emale ever in t he world t o reach
t he worlds highest peak Everest ?
[A]Bachendri Pal
[B]T api Mra
[C]Nirupama Pandey
[D]Poorna Malavat h
Poorna Malavath
Ms. Poorna Malavat h creat ed a record of t he youngest f emale ever in t he
world t o reach t he worlds highest peak, at t he age of 13 years and 11
mont hs, on May 25t h, 2014. She is a st udent of t he Social Welf are Resident ial
School in Nizamabad, T elangana.
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