• Which airline was recently named as World’s leading low cost Airlines at the World Travel Awards 2013? - Air Asia
• Which three countries on 9 December 2013, signed a historic water-sharing initiative at the World Bank in Washington that protect the Dead Sea from the rising demand for water in the region? -Israel, Palestine and Jordan
• Which three countries on 9 December 2013, signed a historic water-sharing initiative at the World Bank in Washington that protect the Dead Sea from the rising demand for water in the region? -Israel, Palestine and Jordan
• Which country, 8 December 2013, expanded its defense zone in the East China Sea, also called Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)? -South Korea
• Which space centre of India announced in December 2013 to shift its northern boundary to make a way for oil Exploration? --Satish Dhawan Space Centre(SDSC)
• What is the name of the first lunar rover of China which was deployed successfully on moon on 14 December 2013? --YUTU
• Scientists at which institute in Germany, on 4 December 2013, decoded the oldest DNA ever found? Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• Which Nuclear capable ballistic missile was successfully test-fired by India on 23 Dec 2013? Agni III
• Who is the former Pakistani cricketer who was inducted into the ICC Cricket’s Hall of Fame on 11 December 2013? -Waqar Yunus
• Which movement was the first-ever series of nationwide people’s movements of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience, led by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian national Congress? --Non-Cooperation movement
• Which work composed by the 12th –century poet, Jayadeva describes the relationship between Krishna and the Gopis (female cow herders) of Brindavan? -Geet Govind
• The Treaty of Bassein was a pact Signed on December 31, 1802 between the British East India Company and: --Baji Rao II
• Which Moroccan Berber Muslim Scholar and traveler is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla(Voyage) in Arabic? --Ibn Batuta
• Who was a devotional philosopher, who founded the Pusthi Sect in india, following the philosophy of shudda Advaita (pure Non-dualism)? --Sri Vallabhacharya
• Which Mughal Prince completed the translocation of 50 Upanishads from its original Sanskrit into Persian in 1657 so it could be read by Muslim Scholars? --Dara Shikoh
• The third Buddhist council waqs convented in about 250 BC in pataliputra, supposedly under the patronage of: ---Emperor Ashoka
• Which Delhi sultan Broke up the ‘Chahlagani’, a group of the forty most important nobles in the court and tried to establish peace and order in India? --Balban
• The group of States having the forest cover of more than 75 % to the total Geographical Area is: --Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland
• Which one of the following types of forest occupies the highest percentage in India? --Tropical Deciduous Forest
• Water power potential of India is great, but it has not been developed ti its full extent. The major Deterrent is: -Rainfall is seasonal and as such requires costly storage reservoirs.
• The number of wells in south India is very low Because: ---Wells are different to dig because of Hard rock underneath the thin layer of the soil
• The moist air masses that cause winter rains in the north-western region of India are part of : ---Westerlies
• Which canal starts from hartke Barrage, a few Kilometers below the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state? -- Indira Gandhi Canal
• India’s Biggest hydro-Electric project in the private sector is Vishnu Prayag Power Project. This project is located in: --Uttarakhand
• The association of the rupee with pound sterling as the intervention currency was broken in : --1992
The tropic of cancer currently lies 23 degree 26’ 16” north of the Equator, it passes through the Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and - West Bengal
What is the name of a 96 km strip of water that is disputed between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch Marshlands? -Sir Creek
At present, China and India are two main silk producers of the world, together manufacturing more than _____________ of the world production? --60 %
Which 5 year plan was marred by inflation, armed conflicts and droughts, resulting in the production of plan holiday (1966-1969) to absorb the shock dealt to the economy and thus make way for further planning? ---Third plan
Which economic term describes a situation where an inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high? -Stagflation
Under article 280 of the Indian Constitution, which body has been asked to define the financial relations between the centre and the state and make recommendations to the President with regard to the same? ---Finance commission
An activity by a central bank to buy or sell government bonds on the open market is better known as ---Open market operation
Which body /institution/organization has been accredited with matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic activities in the rural areas in India? --NABARD
Rajya sabha cannot reject or make amendments in a ________passed by Lok Sabha. ---Money Bill
Which list comprises custom duties and export duties , duties of excise, corporation tax, taxes on capital value of assets, estate duty, terminal taxes, etc? -Union List
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