| Ques. : 11 Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for: | |
| 1) Drug resistant Japanese encephalitis | 2) New cancer research |
| 3) Breakthrough in treating HIV/AIDS | 4) Two-tier structure of the immune system |
| 5) None of these | Ans.) 4 |
| Ques. : 12 Indian agro industry is eying China as a potential importer of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) grown mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka? FCV is the variety of: | |
| 1) Tea | 2) Coffee |
| 3) Tobacco | 4) Betel nut |
| 5) Rubber | Ans.) 3 |
| Ques. : 13 Who has been presented the Dilip Bose ‘lifetime achievement award’ recently by the All India Tennis Association? | |
| 1) Praveen Kumar | 2) Kawaljeet Singh |
| 3) Vijay Amritraj | 4) Vijay Damani |
| 5) Harsh Mankad | Ans.) 2 |
| Ques. : 14 The government has hiked the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in FM radio to 26 from: | |
| 1) 10% | 2) 12% |
| 3) 16% | 4) 18% |
| 5) 20% | Ans.) 5 |
| Ques. : 15 The ambitious Rs 1,800-crore Indira Jal Prabha programme launched recently, aims at providing irrigation facilities to the land belonging to: | |
| 1) Drought-hit farmers | 2) People below poverty line |
| 3) Marginal farmers | 4) SCs/STs |
| 5) War widows | Ans.) 4 |
| Ques. : 16 Ram Dayal Munda, who passed away recently, was a famous: | |
| 1) Musician | 2) Politician |
| 3) Dramatist | 4) Novelist |
| 5) Educationist | Ans.) 1 |
| Ques. : 17 Which country has recently witnessed massive demonstrations against government-backed banking bailouts and corporate influence in politics? | |
| 1) Greece | 2) Italy |
| 3) US | 4) France |
| 5) Germany | Ans.) 3 |
| Ques. : 18 Which of the following Bills of Indian parliament has inspired the Sri Lankan government to move a similar bill in the island nation’s parliament? | |
| 1) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | 2) Food Security Bill |
| 3) Right to Education Bill | 4) Right to Employment Bill |
| 5) New Direct Tax Code Bill | Ans.) 2 |
| Ques. : 19 Which is the first West Asian country for which the government has launched a web-based procedure of attesting contracts of Indian workers working there to prevent exploitation by foreign employers? | |
| 1) United Arab Emirates | 2) Saudi Arabia |
| 3) Bahrain | 4) Turkey |
| 5) Egypt | Ans.) 1 |
| Ques. : 20 World Tourism Day (WTD) is observed annually on 27 September. What was the theme for WTD 2011? | |
| 1) Tourism – Linking Cultures | 2) Tourism & Biodiversity |
| 3) Tourism opens doors for women | 4) Sport and tourism |
| 5) None of these | Ans.) 1 |
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