Category: Current Affairs
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. The Pichhwai paintings which portray Lord Krishna, famous in which state? (3) (1) Haryana (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Gujarat (5) None of these 2. Who has been appointed as chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)? (1) (1) Stuti Narain Kacker (2) Varuna Bharghava (3) Chandra Premalatha Singh (4) Kushal Singh…
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who would be the next Chief Justice of India? (5) (1) Justice J.S. Khekar (2) Justice Anil R. Dave (3) Justice Dipak Mishra (4) Justice Sravan Kumar (5) Justice T.S. Thakur 2. Which country was most hit by the rare and historic cyclone Chapala, recently? (1) (1) Yemen (2) Omen (3) Somalia (4) Malaysia (5) None…
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Air pollution worsens in Delhi after Diwali
A day after Diwali, the air pollution across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday morning was “severe” with nearly six times the average levels of deadly PM 2.5 (particulate matter) that lodges itself in the lungs and increases risks of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and even lung cancers. According to the figures…
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JNTU-H Plans Massive Online Networking
In a move that could ensure transparency and offer easy access to important documents, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad and the school education department of Telangana government are going digital with their online initiatives. The JNTU-H is planning to build a massive online networking system to detect fake faculty members in engineering colleges…
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TS Government Relaxes Age Limit for Constable Posts by 3 Years
A day after announcing to fill nearly 9,000-odd constable posts, the state government went a step ahead and decided to extend age relaxation for all category aspirants. This will benefit a large number of unemployed youth who were seeking age relaxation as the government has issued notification for recruitment after a long gap and the…
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. Currently (September 2015), which of the following states have fixed minimum educational qualifications for those contesting panchayat polls? (4) (A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Haryana (1) Only A (2) Only A & B (3) Only A & C (4) A, B & C (5) None of these 2. Inter Globe Aviation…
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Human Resource Development Ministry to Launch Smart Apps to Make Education Available on The Go
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will launch smart apps to make education available to more people and on the go. Officials said that in the National Conference on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in School Education, organised by the Ministry, ICT-based initiatives of the Ministry including ‘e-pathshala’, a web mobile based application of teaching…
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. Vadakkunnathan Temple is located in Kerala at __? (3) (1) Trivandrum (2) Kozhikode (3) Thrissur (4) Vellayani (5) None of these 2. Which African city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games? (4) (1) Pretoria (2) Kimberley (3) Johannesburg (4) Durban (5) None of these 3. Which state government of India launched One Stop Centre…
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Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne Want to Mimic David Beckham in US
David Beckham is the millionaire model, sportsman and nice guy credited with helping make football more popular in the United States. And now Shane Warne wants to do the same for cricket. The Australian spin king has jetted into New York with Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar to embark on an exhibition tour designed to…
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which of the following recently got the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the “Largest Yoga performance”? (3) (1) ITBP (2) BSF (3) CRPF (4) NCC (5) None of these 2. Which Indian organisation got SKOCH Awards for Smart Governance initiatives, recently? (2) (1) EPFO (2) RBI (3) SEBI (4) SBI (5) None…
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PM Modi Launches India’s First-Ever Gold Coin, 2 Other Gold Schemes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched India’s first-ever gold coin and inaugurated two gold related schemes, including the gold monetisation scheme, aimed at luring tonnes of unused gold from households into the banking system. “20,000 tonnes of gold is just lying unused. That is the reason we are poor,” he said and added that “If…
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Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been chosen for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Science and Technology 2015, in medical science category? (2) (1) Yogesh Joshi (2) Vidita Vaidya (3) Mandar Deshmukh (4) D Srinivas Reddy (5) None of these 2. Which country has organised the Himalayan Air Festival to help revive the nation’s tourism industry? (1) (1)…