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GK & Current Affairs: October 11, 12, 2014

2014- 10- 29 14:10:50 GKToday

1. Who among t he f ollowing has been honoured wit h Dadabhai Naoroji Award
f or Cult ure by t he UK government ?
[A]Madhav Sharma
[B]Asha Khemka
[C]Pat ricia Hewit t
[D]Lynda Bellingham
Madhav Sharma
Madhav Sharma has been awarded t he f irst -ever Dadabhai Naoroji Award f or
Cult ure by t he UK government . T he new awards are dedicat ed t o Dadabhai
Naoroji as t he f irst Asian member of t he Brit ish Parliament and t he man who
brought t he f irst Indian business t o t he UK.
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2. Which player has won t he European Golden Boot Award 2014?
[A]Luis Suarez
[B]Luis Enrique
[C]Lionel Messi
[D]Sergi Robert o
Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez f rom Barcelona Club has won t he European Golden Boot Award
2014 as he was t he t op scorer of Europe in 2013 season
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3. Who has won t he Shant i Swarup Bhat nagar Award 2014 f or Biological
Science?
[A]Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad
[B]Dr. Roop Mallik
[C]Dr. S Venkat a Mohan
[D]Dr. Anurag Agrawal
Dr. Roop Mallik
Dr. Roop Mallik of T at a Inst it ut e of Fundament al Research, Mumbai has won
t he Shant i Swarup Bhat nagar Award f or Biological Sciences. T he awards were
announced by Direct or General of CSIR during t he 72nd Foundat ion day
celebrat ions of CSIR in New Delhi.
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4. What was t he slogan f or Asian Games held at Incheon 2014?

[A]Diversit y Shines Here
[B]Green, Clean and Friendship
[C]We Cheer, We Share, We Win
[D]T he Games of your lif e
Diversity Shines Here
Diversit y Shines Here was t he slogan f or Incheon Asian Games 2014. T he next
Games will be held at Singapore in 2018.
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5. Who among t he f ollowing has designed t he logo and gave slogan of t he
campaign "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan"?
[A]Anant and Bhagyashree
[B]Neelam Bhat acharjee
[C]D Udaya Kumar
[D]Virman Kohli
Anant and Bhagyashree
Anant f rom Maharasht ra and Bhagyashree f rom Gujarat , had designed t he
logo of t he campaign (Gandhi's spect acles) and t he slogan "Ek Kadam
Swachhat a Ki Or" respect ively.
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6. Under t he new NAT O mission Resolut e Support , US Army will give t raining
and support t o which count ry's army t o f ight ext remism?
[A]Iraq
[B]T urkey
[C]Syria
[D]Af ghanist an
Af ghanistan
Under t he new NAT O mission Resolut e Support , US Army will give t raining and
support t o Af ghan army t o f ight against T aliban.
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7. Who has been conf erred t he 2014 Libert y Medal?
[A]Barack Obama
[B]Malala Yousaf zai
[C]Ban-ki-moon
[D]T awakkol Karman
Malala Yousaf z ai
Malala Yousaf zai received t he 2014 Libert y Medal f or her f ight f or children's
right t o educat ion at t he Nat ional Const it ut ion Cent er.It is awarded annually t o
men and women of except ional courage and convict ion who have st rived t o

secure blessings of libert y t o people across t he world.

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8. Duleep Cup is associat ed wit h which among t he f ollowing Sport s?
[A]T ennis
[B]Badmint on
[C]Shoot ing
[D]Cricket
Cricket
Duleep Cup is t he domest ic f irst class compet it ion in cricket which is played in
India bet ween t eams which represent dif f erent zones of t he count ry. It is
named af t er Kumar Shri Duleepsinghji also known as Duleep. It st art ed in 196162 season.
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9. G. Sat hiyan has jumped t o No.1 spot in t he Nat ional rankings list . Which
game does he represent ?
[A]T ennis
[B]Badmint on
[C]Shoot ing
[D]T able-T ennis
T able-T ennis
G.Sat hiyan has recent ly jumped t o No.1 posit ion in t he nat ional rankings list of
T able T ennis. T he 21-year old f rom Chennai had won his f irst major nat ional
t it le in New Delhi t his year.
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10. When is t he raising day f or Indo T ibet an Border Police Force observed in
t he year?
[A]Oct ober 20
[B]Oct ober 21
[C]Oct ober 22
[D]Oct ober 24
October 24
Indo T ibet an Border Police Force was raised on Oct ober 24, 1062. It is
deployed on border guarding dut ies f rom t he Karakoram Pass in Ladakh t o
Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh, covering 3488 kms of t he Indo-China border.
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