Articles from General Knowledge TodayGK & Current Affairs: July 3, 4, 20142014-07-07 17:07:21 GKToday

1. The “Golden Pen of Freedom Award” is an annual internat ional journalismaward given by the _____? [A]UNESCO [B]United Nat ions [C]World Associat ion of Newspapers [D]T imes Group

World Association of NewspapersThe Golden Pen of Freedom Award is an annual internat ional journalism awardestablished in 1961, given by the World Associat ion of Newspapers toindividuals or organisat ions.

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2. Recent ly, which count ry has decided to issue mult iple ent ry short -term stayvisa to Indians to broaden the relat ionship between two count ries? [A]Russia [B]Japan [C]Singapore [D]USA

JapanJapan will issue mult iple ent ry visas for short -term stay to Indians. Thedecision will help increase the number of Indian tourists to Japan and improveconvenience in business act ivit ies, thus further developing bilateral exchangesbetween the two count ries.

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3. Recent ly, the Indian railway has test drives a semi-bullet t rain which setsnew nat ional speed record of ____ kilomet re per hour. Fill t he blank withcorrect opt ion? [A]180 [B]200 [C]160 [D]220

160Indian semi-bullet t rain sets new nat ional speed record of 160 kilomet res anhour during a test between the Delhi and Agra. This is now the fastest t rain inIndia.

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4. Recent ly, the Pentagon has not if ied the US congress about it s decision tosell ant i-ship Harpoon missile to India at an est imated cost of $200 million. Onwhich of the following submarines the Harpoon missile system will beemployed? [A]Shishumar class submarines [B]Sindhughosh class submarines [C]Chakra class submarines [D]Scorpene class submarines

Shishumar class submarinesThe Harpoon missiles system will be employed on the Indian Navy’s Shishumarclass submarines and will provide enhanced capabilit ies in defence of crit icalsea lines of communicat ions.

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5. Who among the following founded the Bharat iya Jana Sangh on 21 October1951? [A]Mot ilal Nehru [B]Gopala Krishna Gokhale [C]Syama Prasad Mukherjee [D]Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Syama Prasad MukherjeeThe Bharat iya Jana Sangh was started by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in Delhiwith Rasht riya Swayamsevak Sangh, as it s polit ical arm, and to be anat ionalist ic alternat ive to the Indian congress. It s ideology was cent red onHindutva.

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6. According to NCRB report , which cit y has recorded highest number of cybercrime cases in the count ry? [A]Hyderabad [B]Vishakhapatnam [C]Bangalore [D]Mumbai

BangaloreBangalore has recorded highest cyber crime cases (417) followed byVishakhapatnam (175) and Hyderabad (160).

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7. The Sant Kabir award is given for the personalit ies who have givenoutstanding cont ribut ion in the f ield of _____? [A]Handicraf t s and Handlooms

[B]Literature [C]Hindustani Music [D]Culture and Heritage

Handicraf ts and HandloomsThe Sant Kabir award was established by Government of India and conferredto outstanding weavers who have made valuable cont ribut ion in keeping alivethe handloom heritage.

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8. The Art icle 371E in the India const itut ion is related to _____? [A]Special provision regarding to Assam state [B]Establishment of Cent ral Universit y in Andhra Pradesh [C]Special Provision regarding to T ripura state [D]Special Provision regarding North-Eastern Areas

Establishment of Central University in Andhra Pradesh371E. Establishment of Cent ral Universit y in Andhra Pradesh.- Parliament mayby law provide for the establishment of a Universit y in the State of AndhraPradesh.

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9. In context to Indian Army, DHVANI which is in news recent ly, is a _____? [A]Marksmanship t raining system [B]Sea-weed based protein food [C]Robot ic soldier [D]Novel technology based bullet proof jackets

Marksmanship training system for Indian ArmyDHVANI is state-of -the-art marksmanship t raining system developed by CSIRfor Indian Army. The sophist icated acoust ic sensor-based system will help thearmy to develop shoot ing techniques of it s combat personnel during t raining.The system will help them in perfect ing marksmanship skills by accuratelydetermining the locat ion of bullet impact and providing real t ime feedbackduring t raining.

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10. Apart f rom West Bengal, which among the following is predominant ly aBengali Speaking state?

[A]Mizoram

[B]Nagaland

[C]Manipur

[D]T ripura

TripuraIn addit ion to more than one Hindi speaking states in India, there are twoBengali speaking states: West Bengal and T ripura, two Telugu speakingstates viz. Telangana & Andhra Pradesh. Bengali and Kokborok are of f iciallanguages of T ripura.

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