Page-3 of GKToday Archives: May, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: May 20, 21, 2014

May 31, 2014

1. The “InSight” is a NASA’s unmanned lander mission designed to probe on the surface of ____? [A]Jupiter [B]Saturn [C]Mars [D]Venus Mars InSight is an unmanned Mars lander mission planned for launch in March 2016. The name stands for Interior ..

GK & Current Affairs: May 18, 19, 2014

May 31, 2014

1. The “World Information Society Day” is observed on _____? [A]May 14 [B]May 17 [C]May 18 [D]May 19 May 17 In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare 17 May ..

GK & Current Affairs: May 16, 17, 2014

May 31, 2014

1. “Russi Mody” who passed away recently, was a former chairman of ____? [A]Tata Steel [B]Larsen and Toubro [C]ITC Limited [D]Bajaj Auto Limited Tata Steel Russi Mody was a former Chairman and Managing director of Tata Steel and a leading ..

Kamal Nath will Pro-tem Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha

May 31, 2014

Senior Congress leader and former union minister Kamal Nath will be the Pro-tem Speaker of the newly elected Lok Sabha.  As the Pro-tem Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha, Mr Nath will be responsible to formally start the proceedings to the new Lok Sabha. Among his ..

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Goa Day was observed on May 30

May 30, 2014

Goa observed Goa Day on May 30 as its 27th Statehood anniversary. It was on this day in 1987 when Goa became 25th State of the Indian Union. Story of Goa joining Union of India Goa remained a territory under ..

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Two additional attempts, no change in pattern and syllabus of the Civil Services Examination: UPSC

May 30, 2014

The government has decided to allow two additional attempts with consequential age relaxations to all categories of candidates with effect from Civil Service Examination (CSE), 2014. However, contrary to the speculations in the market, the format and syllabus will remain the ..

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