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GK & Current Affairs : July 11, 12, 2014

2014- 07- 19 11:07:58 GKToday

1. According Employment Exchange St at ist ics-2013, which st at e has been

rat ed as t he t op st at e f or providing jobs t hrough employment exchanges?
[A]Punjab
[B]Kerala
[C]Gujarat
[D]T amil Nadu
Gujarat
Gujarat has been ranked as t he t op st at e f or providing jobs t hrough
employment exchanges, according t o t he Employment Exchange St at ist ics2013. As per t he report , Gujarat has given 57.53% of t he jobs provided t hrough
employment exchanges in t he count ry.
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2. Who among t he f ollowing has been awarded Gandhi Peace Prize f or 2013?
[A]Chandi Prasad Bhat t
[B]Laxman Bhat t acharya
[C]Raghavaloki Nayak
[D]Arunaprabha Singh
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Environment alist and social act ivist Chandi Prasad Bhat t was present ed t he
Gandhi Peace prize by President Pranab Mukherjee. A Gandhian and a
member of t he Sarvodaya movement , Mr.Bhat t organised t he Dashauli Gram
Swarajya Sangh in 1964. He dedicat ed himself t hrough t he Sangh t o improve
t he lives of villagers, providing employment near t heir homes in f orest based
indust ries, and f ight ing against wrong polices t hrough Gandhian non-violent
sat yagraha.
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3. Which one of t he f ollowing is not a f inancial regulat ory body in India?
[A]RBI
[B]SEBI
[C]CCI
[D]IRDA
CCI
T here are f ive major f inancial regulat ory bodies in India. T hey are RBI, SEBI,
IRDA, Forward Market Commission India and PFRDA.

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4. As of 2014, t he BRICS nat ions represent ed ____ per cent of t he World
economy. Fill t he blank wit h correct opt ion?
[A]10
[B]15
[C]18
[D]20
18
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5. T he t ar balls phenomenon which is get t ing wider at t ent ion of
environment alist and parliament arians nowadays is associat ed wit h which
st at es?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Goa
[C]Karnat aka
[D]Kerala
Goa
T ar ball deposit ion on Goas beaches, a regular phenomenon f rom June t o
Oct ober every year is af f ect ing t he marine lif e in t he coast al wat ers of t he
st at e. T he Goan coast is close t o one of t he Sea Lines of Communicat ion
(SLOC), which is used by ships and int ernat ional t ankers coming f rom and
going t owards t he Persian Gulf .
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6. Nobel prize-winning aut hor Nadine Gordimer, who died recent ly, belongs t o
which count ry?
[A]It aly
[B]Sout h Af rica
[C]Germany
[D]Kenya
South Af rica
Nadine Gordimer was a Sout h Af rican writ er, polit ical act ivist and recipient of
t he 1991 Nobel Prize in lit erat ure. She was recognised as a woman who
t hrough her magnif icent epic writ ing has-in t he words of Alf red Nobel been of
very great benef it t o humanit y.
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7. Recent ly, which one of t he f ollowing count ries has launched t he Operat ion
Barkhane a count er t errorism operat ion in against Islamist milit ant in Nort hern
Af rica?
[A]USA

[B]Russia
[C]France
[D]Germany
France
France has announced t he deployment of some 3,000 soldiers in nort hern
Af rica as a part of new milit ary operat ion t o f ight milit ant s in t he region. T he
count er-t errorism operat ion is codenamed as Operat ion Barkhane. T he
Operat ion Barkhane will be based in t he Chadian capit al Ndjamena, it s act ivit y
will span across several count ries in t he Sahel.
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8. According t o t he lat est World Development Indicat ors (WDI) dat a, public
spending on healt h and educat ion in India is ___ per cent of count rys GDP. Fill
t he blank wit h correct opt ion?
[A]8.5
[B]4.7
[C]7.0
[D]8.9
4.7
As per t he lat est World Development Indicat ors (WDI) dat a, public spending
on healt h and educat ion in India is 4.7 per cent of GDP in India.
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9. T he Movement f or Unit y and Jihad (MUJAO) in West Af rica is a splint er
group of t he organisat ion of ____?
[A]al-Qaeda in t he Islamic Maghreb
[B]al-Queda in t he Arabian Peninsula
[C]Ansar al-Sharia
[D]Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
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10. Who among t he f ollowing have t he Golden Boot and Golden Ball award
in t he FIFA 2014, respect ively?
[A]James Rodriguez and Lionel Messi
[B]Miroslav Klose and Lionel Messi
[C]Lionel Messi and James Rodriguez
[D]Lionel Messi and Miroslav Klose
James Rodriguez and Lionel Messi
Wit h six goals in t he 2014 World Cup, Colombias James Rodriguez earned t he
Golden Boot and Lionel Messi earned t he 2014 World Cup Golden Ball as FIFA
named t he Argent inean st art t he t ournament s t op player.

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