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GK & Current Affairs: January 8-9, 2014
2014- 01- 13 15:01:18 GKToday
1. Which one of t he f ollowing is not a capit al cit y of Sout h Af rica? [A]Cape
T own [B]Pret oria [C]Durban [D]Bloemf ont ein
Durban
Sout h Af rica has t hree capit al cit ies: Pret oria, Cape T own and Bloemf ont ein.
Pret oria is t he administ rat ive capit al and seat of t he President of t he cabinet .
Cape T own is t he legislat ive capit al and t he seat of t he nat ions parliament .
Bloemf ont ein serves as t he judicial capit al.
Show Answer 2. T he Gangot ri Nat ional Park, which is home t o snow
leopard, is locat ed in ___? [A]Ut t rakhand [B]Ut t ar Pradesh [C]Assam
[D]Himachal Pradesh
Uttrakhand
Show Answer 3. Y B Dat uk Seri Palanivel, who was t he chief guest of
Pravasi Bharat iya Diwas-2014, belongs t o which count ry? [A]Canada
[B]Aust ralia [C]Malaysia [D]Indonesia
Malaysia
Indian origin Y B Dat uk Seri Panivel is Malaysias Minist er of Nat ural Resource
and Environment .
Show Answer 4. T he Agulhas and Kuroshio are t he names ref er f or ___?
[A]Mount ains [B]Ocean Current s [C]Arct ic winds [D]Volcanoes
Ocean Currents
Show Answer 5. Consider t he f ollowing: 1.Est onia 2.Lat via 3.Lit huania
4.Finland Which of t he above correct ly represent s t he Balt ic Nat ions? [A]Only
1, 2 & 4 [B]Only 2, 3 & 4 [C]Only 1, 2 & 3 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
Only 1, 2 & 3
T he Balt ic St at es are t hree nort hern European count ries east of t he Balt ic
Sea-Est onia, Lat via and Lit huania, which gained independence f rom t he
Russian Empire in t he wake of World War I.
Show Answer 6. Ila Pat hak, who passed away recent ly, was a f amous___?
[A]Folk dancer [B]Aut hor [C]Social act ivist [D]Act ress
Social activist
Ila Pat hak was a social act ivist . Pat hak was t he f ounder secret ary of
Ahmadabad Womens Act ion Group (AWAG). Pat hak played a key role in
movement f or just ice t o t he vict ims of 2002 Gujarat riot s. She also support ed
Manipurs Irom Sharmilas agit at ion against Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(ASPA).
Show Answer 7. Which of t he f ollowing st at ement s is t rue about Nirbheek?
[A]It is Indias f irst gun f or woman [B]A mobile app f or woman saf et y
[C]T ransport f acilit y exclusively f or women [D]Fund f or rehabilit at ion of rape
vict ims
It is Indias f irst gun f or woman
Nirbheek is Indias f irst f irearm designed f or women.
Show Answer 8. T he Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award is given f or
excellence in ___? [A]T elugu [B]Bengali [C]Odisi [D]Rajast hani
Bengali
T he Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award is given f or excellence in Bengali. It
was inst it ut ed in 2012 by t he Bengal, a cult ural organisat ion f ollowing t he
demise of it s immediat e past President Lat e Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay.
Eminent poet and lit t erat eur Nirendranat h Chakravart y and Sankha Ghosh are
t he recipient of t he 2012 and 2013 award respect ively.
Show Answer 9. As per t he YouGov poll survey, who among t he f ollowing
has been named as t he most admired person in world? [A]Sachin T endulkar
[B]Bill Gat es [C]Barack Obama [D]Narendra Modi
Bill Gates
Microsof t f ounder Bill Gat es has been named as t he most admired person in
t he world. T he world most admired people poll was conduct ed by YouGov f or
T he T imes by surveying almost 14,000 people across 13 count ries including
India. T here were f our Indians in t he t op t en and seven overall in t he list of 30
most -admired people. Sachin T endulkar is f if t h on a list of 30 people.
Show Answer 10. Worlds f irst Bit coin st orage service t hat insures deposit s
of t he digit al currency against loss and t hef t has launched in ___? [A]London
[B]New York [C]Sydney [D]Beijing
London
T he Worlds f irst Bit coin st orage service t hat insures deposit s of t he digit al
currency against loss and t hef t has launched in London. T he new Bit coin
st orage services of f ering insurance in UK, named ellipt ic Vault , uses deep
cold st orage t echnique t o secure t he digit al currency.
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