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Thursday, 6 November 2014

क्या भारत इसराइल के साथ है?

क्या भारत इसराइल के साथ है?


ग़ज़ा में संयुक्त राष्ट्र के एक स्कूल पर इसराइली बमबारी की निंदा करते हुए संयुक्त राष्ट्र के एक प्रवक्ता अपनी भावनाओं पर काबू नहीं रख सके और प्रेस कॉन्फ़्रेंस में रो पड़े.

उन्होंने कहा कि ग़ज़ा की त्रासदी अब एक ऐसे चरण में पहुंच गई है जहां शब्द नहीं बल्कि आंसू ही इस दर्द को बयां कर सकते हैं.

चंद दिनों पहले जब भारतीय संसद में विपक्षी दलों ने ग़ज़ा की स्थिति पर एक प्रस्ताव मंज़ूर करने के लिए सरकार से बहस कराने की मांग की तो सरकार का कहना था कि ग़ज़ा की स्थिति पर बहस देश के हित में नहीं है क्योंकि इसके दोनों ही पक्षों से भारत के दोस्ताना रिश्ते हैं.

सभापति के हस्तक्षेप से सदन में बहस तो हुई लेकिन सरकार ने किसी तरह का प्रस्ताव पास करने से साफ़ इनकार कर दिया.

फ़लस्तीन से पुराने रिश्ते
सरकार का रुख़ यही था कि हमास को संघर्ष विराम के लिए तैयार होना चाहिए. पिछले दिनों विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज से एक पत्रकार ने ग़ज़ा पर इसराइली हमले के बारे में भारत के पक्ष को लेकर जब सवाल पूछा तो उन्होंने कहा कि भारत सरकार फ़लस्तीनियों की संघर्ष का समर्थन करती है और इसराइल भारत का एक क़रीबी दोस्त है.

भारत फ़लस्तीनियों का बहुत क़रीबी दोस्त रहा है और एक फ़लस्तीनी राष्ट्र के निर्माण के उनके संघर्ष में भारत ने साथ दिया है लेकिन भारत में फ़लस्तीनियों के लिए ये समर्थन कम होता जा रहा है.

भारत अब इसराइल का एक भरोसेमंद सहयोगी है वो इसराइल से सैन्य साज-सामग्री ख़रीदने वाला सबसे बड़ा देश है.

रक्षा और राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के मामले में ही नहीं डेयरी, सिंचाई, ऊर्जा और बहुत से तकनीकी क्षेत्रों में इसराइल भारत के साथ साझेदारी कर रहा है.

भाजपा इसराइल के समर्थन में
पिछले कुछ सालों में इसराइल भारत के बहुत क़रीब आया है. भारत में जिस तरह फ़लस्तीनियों के लिए सहानुभूति है उसी तरह आबादी के एक बड़े हिस्से में शुरू से ही इसराइल का समर्थन भी रहा है.

भाजपा और हिंदू संगठन इसराइल के समर्थन में रहे हैं और अब भी हैं.

दक्षिणपंथी विचारक और विश्लेषक फ़लस्तीनियों का समर्थन करने को मुसलमान वोट हासिल करने की सियासत के तौर पर देखते हैं.

फ़ेसबुक, ट्विटर और दूसरे सोशल मीडिया पर ऐसे लोग काफ़ी सक्रिय हैं.

भारत अगर चाहता तो वो हमास की कड़े शब्दों में निंदा करते हुए ये कह सकता था कि ग़ज़ा में इसराइली बमबारी से जिस बड़े पैमाने पर आम लोग मारे गए हैं और जिस तरह शहरी इलाकों, अस्पतालों और स्कूलों को निशाना बनाया जा रहा है उसे कतई मंज़ूर नहीं किया जा सकता और इसका कोई शांतिपूर्ण हल निकलना चाहिए.

अपनी ख़ामोशी से भारत ये साफ़ संदेश देना चाहता है कि वो इस संघर्ष में अगर इसराइल के साथ नहीं है तो कम से कम इसराइल के ख़िलाफ़ भी नहीं है

नेपाल को एक अरब डॉलर का क़र्ज़: मोदी

नेपाल को एक अरब डॉलर का क़र्ज़: मोदी


भारत नेपाल को एक अरब डॉलर यानी क़रीब 10 हज़ार करोड़ नेपाली रुपए का रियायती क़र्ज़ देगा. भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नेपाल की संसद में इसकी घोषणा की.

इस रकम का इस्तेमाल नेपाल अपनी प्राथमिकता के अनुसार कर सकेगा.

नेपाल की संसद को संबोधित करते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि नेपाल के साथ भारत के रिश्ते अटूट हैं और भारत पड़ोसी का धर्म निभाने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है.

इससे पहले मोदी ने नेपाल की संसद में अपना संबोधन नेपाली भाषा में शुरू किया.

कारोबार
मोदी ने दोनों देशों के बीच कारोबारी रिश्ते मज़बूत करने पर ज़ोर दिया. उनका कहना था कि नेपाल को हिट की ज़रूरत है. हिट यानी एचआईटी यानी हाइवेज़, इन्फॉर्मेशन वेज़ और ट्रांसवेज़.

मोदी ने अपने भाषण में नेपाल से बिजली ख़रीदने की इच्छा भी जताई.

उन्होंने कहा, "भारत को बिजली बेचकर नेपाल विकसित देशों में जगह बना सकता है."

उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि नेपाल के लिए ट्रांसमिशन लाइन दोगुना की जाएगी.

मोदी ने कहा कि नेपाल हर्बल दवाओं का बड़ा निर्यातक बन सकता है और भारत इसमें मदद करने को तैयार है.

'युद्ध से बुद्ध की ओर'

मोदी ने अपने भाषण में कई बार उन सांस्कृतिक प्रतीकों का ज़िक्र किया, जो भारत और नेपाल दोनों के लिए साझा हैं.

मोदी ने नेपाल में शांति प्रक्रिया की तारीफ़ करते हुए कहा, "बुलेट को छोड़कर बैलेट की तरफ बढ़ने के लिए... युद्ध से बुद्ध की तरफ़ जाने के लिए नेपाल को बधाई."

उन्होंने भारतीय सेना के लिए काम करने वाले नेपाली सैनिकों की बहादुरी का भी ज़िक्र किया.

उन्होंने कहा, "मैं उन गोरखा सैनिकों को सलाम करता हूं जिन्होंने भारत के लिए शहादत दी."

मोदी ने कहा कि भारत नेपाल के अंदरूनी मामलों में दखल नहीं देना चाहता.

नरेंद्र मोदी नेपाली संसद को संबोधित करने वाले भारत के पहले प्रधानमंत्री
हैं.
बीबीसी से साभार ।

24 AUGUST 2014

24 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 The Hague-based International Court of Arbitration rejected Pakistan's objections by upholding New Delhi's right to divert water from the _______river for power generation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Answer:- ) Kishenganga
Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Answer:- ) Andy Murray
Ques. : 3 National Consumer Day is observed on:
Answer:- ) 24 Dec
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has been conferred with the prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' award by the govt of Japan recently?
Answer:- ) E Sreedharan
Ques. : 5 Jayanthi Natarajan resigned from the Union Council of Ministers recently. She was Minister of State with independent charge of:
Answer:- ) Environment and Forests
Ques. : 6 Which of the following dates is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India, in honour of the great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Answer:- ) 22 Dec
Ques. : 7 The president Enrique Pena Nieto signed into law a bill that will allow private companies to drill for oil and gas in:
Answer:- ) Mexico
Ques. : 8 Which of the following countries scrapped a double money system (convertible and ordinary peso) recently which had become a symbol of economic instability?
Answer:- ) Cuba
Ques. : 9 Who among the following has become the highest-ranked Indian golfer in the world, at 111 recently?
Answer:- ) Anirban Lahiri
Ques. : 10 The book titled ‘Follow Every Rainbow’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Rashmi Bansal
Ques. : 11 Who among the following won the women's title in the $15,000 Tata Open India international Challenge recently?
Answer:- ) PV Sindhu
Ques. : 12 Name the inventor of the world's most popular assault rifle, the AK-47, a simple and durable weapon of war used by tens of millions in about 100 countries, who died recently.
Answer:- ) Mikhail Kalashnikov
Ques. : 13 Which of the following countries announced recently to have succeeded in sending a monkey into space for the second time and returning it safely to Earth?
Answer:- ) Iran
Ques. : 14 Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon's surface recently in a huge advance in the ambitious space programme of:
Answer:- ) China
Ques. : 15 In a report to mark its 67th birthday on 11 Dec, the UN children's agency UNICEF has revealed that nearly ______ children under the age of five around the world never get their birth registered.
Answer:- ) 230 mn
Ques. : 16 Russia plans to increase its arms exports worth 50 bn dollars by 2020. It has maintained second place on the list of top arms exporters worldwide only behind:
Answer:-) US
Ques. : 17 The book titled ‘Scandal Point’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Fahad Samar
Ques. : 18 Japan approved its biggest ever budget recently, as an improving economy has made room for more defence spending and the first step towards achieving a balanced budget. What is the size of the budget?
Answer:- ) USD 922 bn
Ques. : 19 Which of the following is not a type of banks operating in India?
Answer:- ) Commodity Bank
Ques. : 20 The President has appointed former Union home secretary V K Duggal as the governor of which of the following states?
Answer:- ) Manipur
Ques. : 21 According to the Internet search giant Google, who among the following is the most googled sportsperson in 2013?
Answer:- ) Sachin Tendulkar
Ques. : 22 Which of the following countries has passed a law provisioning life imprisonment for some homosexual acts recently?
Answer:- ) Uganda
Ques. : 23 Mary Barra has been named as the chief executive officer (CEO) by which of the following auto majors making her the first female CEO in the global automotive industry?
Answer:- ) General Motors
Ques. : 24 The central bank of which of the following countries has announced that 2016 onward the currency notes of the country will be printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic film? It will be the largest economy to do so
ans:- ) England
Ques. : 25 Reliance Jio has inked an unprecedented pact for sharing telecom infrastructure with which of the following telecom operators?
Answer:-  Bharti Airtel
Ques. : 26 Wrestling's apex body (Fila) has decided to merge three freestyle weight categories into two new ones from Jan 2014 putting India's squad in a tricky situation. Who among the following is not associated with the game of wrestling?
Answer:- ) Vijay Kumar
Ques. : 27 Name the Indian painter whose untitled work fetched Rs 23.7 cr in a recent auction, the highest so far for any India artist.
Answer:- ) VS Gaitonde
Ques. : 28 After bagging the 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup's hosting rights, India is set to bid for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Club World Championships. Which country is hosting the game for 2013 and 2014?
Answer:- ) Morocco
Ques. : 29 Which of the following facts in NOT true about the Agni-III missile recently successfully test fired by India?
1) It is a nuclear-capable missile. 
2) It has a strike range of more than 3,000 km.
3) It is a surface-to-surface missile. 
4) It is indigenously developed.
5) It is powered by a three-stage liquid propellant system. 
Answer:- 5) It is powered by a three-stage liquid propellant system.
Ques. : 30 After Formula One, now Formula E is ready to kick start in 2014 in China. The new format of motor sporting will run which of the following types of cars?
Answer:- ) Electric car
Ques. : 31 What is the expanded form of TDS, a term related to taxation in India?
Answer:- ) Tax Deducted at Source
Ques. : 32 The govt has decided to provide interest-free loans of _____________ to cash-starved sugar mills to make payments to cane farmers.
Answer:-  Rs 6,600 cr
Ques. : 33 Kirobo, which made small talk with a Japanese astronaut and said it had no problem with zero gravity on the International Space Station, is:
Answer:- ) A humanoid robot
Ques. : 34 The United Nations (UN) has lowered India's economic growth forecast for 2013 to:
Answer:- ) 4.8 per cent
Ques. : 35 India and which among the following countries have inked a three-Year Program for Cultural Exchange recently?
Answer:-) Venezuela
Ques. : 36 Who among the following has been crowned the Miss International 2013 in Tokyo recently?
Answer:-) Bea Rose Santiago
Ques. : 37 Cebit, the world's largest IT business exhibition and conference, will be organised in which among the following cities that will then become an annual affair?
Answer:-  Bangalore
Ques. : 38 The International Olympic Committee has given a reprieve to India allowing the athletes to participate in Sochi Olympic recently. Examine the following in this regard and choose the correct statement(s):
1) India risked becoming the first country kicked out of the Olympic movement since South Africa was expelled in 1970 for its apartheid policies. 
2) As per IOC, Indians would compete as ''independent athletes'' under the Olympic flag.
3) India is likely to send a three-member team to Sochi, led by luger Shiva Keshavan. 
4) All the above
Answer:- 4) All the above
Ques. : 39 Which among the following banks has recently joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to introduce eKYC (electronic Know Your Customer) norms in its branches? It is the second lender to introduce eKYC in the country.
Answer:- ) HDFC Bank
Ques. : 40 FILA is the governing body of international:
Answer:- ) Amateur wrestling
Ques. : 41 Which of the following countries was formally adopted as a new member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its ministerial conference held in Bali recently?
Answer:- ) Yemen
Ques. : 42 The International Human Solidarity Day is observed on:
Answer:- ) 20 Dec
Ques. : 43 The central govt has cleared a proposal for setting up of National Cancer Institute at which of the following campuses of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, at a cost of Rs 2,035 cr?
Answer:- ) Jhajjar
Ques. : 44 As MSP stands for Minimum Support Price, what does MEP stands for:
Answer:- ) Minimum Export Price
Ques. : 45 The new book ‘Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy’ has been authored by:
Answer:- ) Deepak Nayyar
Ques. : 46 Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the premier "Black Cats" counter-terror force, National Security Guard (NSG) recently?
Answer:-  JN Choudhury
Ques. : 47 Who among the following will receive the Polly Umrigar Award, for being India’s best international cricketer of 2012-13?
Answer:-  Ravichandran Ashwin
Ques. : 48 Which of the following currencies has the highest value in terms of rupee at present?
Answer:- ) Pound Sterling
Ques. : 49 The five-day 21st National Children Science Congress is being held in which of the following cities? More than two thousand participants are taking part in this conference.
Answer:- ) Bhopal
Ques. : 50 According to the think tank, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), which of the following countries is expected to overtake Germany as the biggest economy of Europe by 2030?
Answer:-) UK

25 AUGUST 2014

25 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 Which of the following countries has announced that it is preparing a list of Indians suspected to have un-taxed money parked there?
Answer:-  Switzerland
Ques. : 2 ‘Fuleco’ is/was official mascot of which of the following sports events?
Answer:- ) 2014 FIFA World Cup
Ques. : 3 Which of the following real estate firms in India has become the country's first real estate developer to get ISO 9001:2008 quality certification for development of housing and commercial projects recently?
Answer:- ) DLF
Ques. : 4 As announced by the concerned state govt, recently, which of the following cities has become the first 'kerosene-free city' in the country?
Answer:- ) Delhi
Ques. : 5 Name the Indian-origin physicist who has been accorded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for his achievements in science recently?
Answer:- ) Tejinder Virdee
Ques. : 6 A one stop crisis centre 'Gauravi' for women who are victims of violence has been set up for the first time in which of the following cities in India recently?
Answer:- ) Bhopal
Ques. : 7 Who among the following has won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula One championship recently?
Answer:- ) Nico Rosberg
Ques. : 8 Which of the following pairs of countries and their aircraft carriers is NOT matched correctly?
Answer:- ) Italy: Nimitz
Ques. : 9 Which of the following Indians has/have won the ‘Global Economy Prize’ so far? Indian entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has won this prize in 2014 recently.
1) Sunil Bharti Mittal 2) Baba N Kalyani
3) Amartya Sen 4) All the above
) Answer:- ) All the above
Ques. : 10 The UNESCO announced to inscribe some sites as the World Heritage Sites recently. Which of the following site is NOT among them?
Answer:- ) Great Himalayan National Park


26 AUGUST- 2014

26 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 Which of the following initiatives conceptualised by Indian govt to enable delivery of public services electronically has been awarded a United Nations public service award recently?
Answer:- ) Mobile Seva
Ques. : 2 The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan left on a five-day visit in his first official tour abroad to which of the following countries recently?
Answer:- ) US
Ques. : 3 The Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) provides plan support for modernization of which of the following industries?
Answer:- ) Textiles
Ques. : 4 The RBI started issuing its credit policy bi-monthly on the recommendation of which of the following committees?
Answer:- ) Urjit Patel Committee
Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks in India organised 'The Banking and Economics Conclave 2014' for the first time in the country recently?
Answer:-) State Bank of India
Ques. : 6 Recently commissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was originally named as
Answer:-  Baku
Ques. : 7 Recently unveiled 600 Megawatt Kholongchu Hydropower Project is located in which of the following countries?
Answer:-) Bhutan
Ques. : 8 Which of the following sportswomen is NOT associated with archery?:-  None of these
Ques. : 9 The Sardar Sarovar Dam is the second largest concrete gravity dam (by volume) in the world and is situated on the river
Answer:- ) Narmada
Ques. : 10 Eminent folk singer Khagen Mahanta died recently. He was associated with which of the following languages?
Answer:- ) Assamese


27 AUGUST 2014

27 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 According to a study on world insurance in 2013 by the Global re-insurer Swiss Re, India stood at _____position in the world in terms of premium volume.
Answer:- ) 15th
Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been formally appointed the first chairman of the ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial revamp of the body’s administrative structure recently?
Answer:- ) N Srinivasan
Ques. : 3 According to the commerce ministry data, the trade deficit of India with China stood at __________ in 2012-13.
Answer:- ) USD 40.78 billion
Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet approved industrial parks to be set up in India by China recently. During the fifth India-China strategic dialogue in Aug 2013, both sides had identified five states to set up parks. Which of the following states in NOT among these five states?
Answer:- ) None of these
Ques. : 5 With lack of transmission infrastructure hurting electricity availability, the power ministry approved a ____________ package for development of nine high capacity transmission projects recently.
Answer:- ) Rs 12,500 cr
Ques. : 6 The govt plans to impose an additional penalty of USD 578 million on which of the following companies for producing less-than-targeted natural gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 block in 2013-14?
Answer:- ) Reliance Industries
Ques. : 7 The govt imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of __________on potatoes to augment domestic supply of the vegetable?
Answer:- ) USD 450 per tonne
Ques. : 8 The govt has decided to rope in World Bank, IMF and USOTA for seeking assistance for the establishment of three out of the four task forces envisaged under the recommendation of the FSLRC. Which of the following is NOT among those to be set up?
Answer:- ) Financial Sector Appellate Tribunal
Ques. : 9 Which of the following state govts has decided to provide 16 per cent reservation to Marathas and five per cent to the Muslim communities in jobs and education recently?
Answer:- ) Maharashtra

Ques. : 10 The state govts have been given three months to implement the Food Security Act. The deadline for implementing the National Food Security Act was on ______.
Answer:- ) Jul 4

28 AUGUST- -2014

28 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 The retirement fund body EPFO's trustees decided to retain interest payment on provident fund deposits for 2014-15 at ________recently.
Answer:- ) 8.75 per cent
Ques. : 2 Which of the following countries has announced the ‘Dadabhai Naoroji Awards’ which will be given annually to individuals promoting partnership between India and that country in domains like commerce, education and culture?
Answer:- ) Britain
Ques. : 3 The govt notified increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to _______through approval route in the defence sector.
Answer:- ) 49 per cent
Ques. : 4 The govt has launched a new domain which will be in Devanagari script and will cover several Indian languages including Hindi. Identify the new domain.
Answer:- ) .Bharat
Ques. : 5 The govt notified the liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the Railways, permitting FDI through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains up to
1 Answer:- ) 100 per cent
Ques. : 6 The Supreme Court in its recent verdict said that Prime Minister and Chief Ministers should desist from appointing who among the following as ministers in their cabinet?
Answer:- ) People with criminal antecedents
Ques. : 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which hamper governance. Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the new committee?
1) On the basis of committee’s recommendations a bill will be introduced in Parliament in the winter session. 
2) The committee will examine "Acts and Rules which may have become obsolete within the last 10 to 15 years".
3) The Committee will be chaired by R Ramanujam and VK Bhasin will be its other member. 
4) All the above
 Answer:- 4) All the above
Ques. : 8 The name of Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?
Answer:- ) Badminton
Ques. : 9 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) eased norms to refinance ECBs recently. What does ECB stand for?
Answer:- ) External Commercial Borrowing
Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries inaugurated its first environment friendly industrial zone Achchuveli Industrial Zone recently?
Answer:- ) Sri Lanka


29 AUGUST 2014

29 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 Who among the following won IBSF 6-Red World Snooker title in Egypt recently and created history by becoming the first player in the world to win world titles in the long and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker?

 Answer:- ) Pankaj Advani
Ques. : 2 Which of the following Islamist groups has proclaimed establishment of Caliphate across areas under their control in Iraq and Syria recently?
Answer:-  ISIL
Ques. : 3 At least 15 people were killed and others injured in a fire following a blast in a gas pipeline belonging to GAIL in the East Godavari district of which of the following states recently?
Answer:- ) Andhra Pradesh
Ques. : 4 Who among the following has won the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia recently?
Answer:- ) Malala Yousafzai
Ques. : 5 The European Union signed a landmark pact with which of the following countries recently? The 1200-page Association Agreement defines the political and trade terms between the two sides.
Answer:- ) Ukraine
Ques. : 6 Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of the Australian Super Series badminton tournament recently?
Answer:- ) Saina Nehwal
Ques. : 7 China announced an award and scholarships to groups and individuals who have contributed to the promotion of Panchsheel. The five principles of Panchsheel are associated to which of the following?
Answer:- ) Peaceful coexistence
Ques. : 8 PSLV C23 lifted off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying five satellites of different countries including an Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7. SPOT-7 belongs to

Answer:- ) France
Ques. : 9 In economics, ‘capitalism’ refers to which of the following?
Answer:- ) Private ownership of capital goods
Ques. : 10 The agricultural price support program is an example of which of the following?
Answer:- ) A price floor



Wednesday, 5 November 2014

30 AUGUST 2014

30 AUGUST 2014
Ques. : 1 National Sports Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of hockey legend Dhyan Chand which falls on
Answer:- ) 29 Aug
Ques. : 2 The Committee set up by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe against ICC President N Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal filed its report recently. The committee was named
Answer:- ) Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee
Ques. : 3 The Defence Ministry scrapped Rs 6000-cr scam-tainted tender for purchase of light utility helicopters from which of the following firms recently?
Answer:- ) Agusta Westland
Ques. : 4 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the launch its $7-bn Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift, exploration class rocket under development, by Nov 2018 to
Answer:-  Mars
Ques. : 5 Murali Karthikeyan was in news for his performance in which of the following sports recently?
Answer:-  Chess
Ques. : 6 Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as the president of which of the following countries recently?
Answer:-  Turkey
Ques. : 7 Who among the following has been appointed the ambassador of Interpol’s ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign recently? He has become the first Indian actor to be roped in by the Interpol.
Answer:- ) Shah Rukh Khan
Ques. : 8 Tavurvur, an active volcano which erupted recently, is located in which of the following countries?
Answer:- ) Papua New Guinea
Ques. : 9 A Delhi court has fixed Dec 9 for hearing the complaint case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others. The issue is related to which of the following dailies published by Associated Journals Limited?
Answer:-  National Herald
Ques. : 10 A three-member Committee has been set up by the govt to look into the functioning of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from 2006. Who among the following is the current Vice Chancellor of IGNOU?
Answer:-  M Aslam