1. The Dhanush missile is a naval variant of India’s indigenously developed ___missile?
[A]Akash
[B]Trishul
[C]Agni
[D]Prithvi
Prithvi
Dhanush is a variant of the surface-to-surface Prithvi II missile, which has been developed for the Indian Navy. It is capable of carrying both conventional as well as nuclear warheads with pay-load capacity of 500 kg and can strike targets in the range of 350 km.
2. The “James Bond Island” or “Khao Phing Kan” is a pair of islands on the west coast of ___?
[A]Thailand
[B]Singapore
[C]Japan
[D]Indonesia
Thailand
Khao Phing Kan is a pair of islands on the west coast of Thailand, in the Phang Nga Bay, Strait of Malacca. Since 1974, when it was featured in the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun”, it is popularly called James Bond Island.
3. Which one of the following movies has won Golden Elephant Award for best film at 18th International Children’s Film Festival?
[A]Kauwboy
[B]Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya
[C]Ernest Et Celestine
[D]Arjun
Kauwboy
4. Who among the following has been named as WTA Player of the Year 2013?
[A]Senera Williams
[B]Maria Sharapova
[C]Cara Black
[D]Kim Clijsters
Senera Williams
5. Who among the following is author of the book “Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer”?
[A]Anand
[B]Cyrus Mistry
[C]Mohammed Hasin
[D]Amithav Ghosh
Cyrus Mistry
6. The Government of India has planned to erect a security wall (similar to Berlin wall) along the borders of which one of the following neighbouring countries?
[A]China
[B]Pakistan
[C]Nepal
[D]Bangladesh
Pakistan
India has planned a 10 meter high embankment along the 198-km stretch of international border that separates Jammu and Pakistan. The security wall being erected to keep infiltrators out will be higher and wider than Berlin Wall. It will be 135 feet wide and pass through 118 villages in the district of Jammu, Kathu and Samba.
7. Which one of following countries has recently announced it was setting up an “air defence identification zone” over East China Sea?
[A]Japan
[B]Vietnam
[C]Taiwan
[D]China
China
China announced it was setting up an air defence identification zone over an area that includes islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, in a move that could inflame the bitter territorial row. The outline of the new zone covers a wide area of the East China Sea between South Korea and Taiwan that includes the Tokyo-controlled islands known as the Senakaku to Japan and Diaoyou to China.
8. What does “T” stands for in TAPI, the proposed natural gas pipeline being developed Asian Development Bank?
[A]Trans-Asia
[B]Tajikistan
[C]Turkmenistan
[D]Trans
Turkmenistan
The TAPI or Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed Asian Development Bank. Expected to be completed around 2017, the pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.
9. The controversial 300-MW Lakhwar hydroelectric power project is related to which state?
[A]Uttarakhand
[B]Uttara Pradesh
[C]Madhya Pradesh
[D]Himachal Pradesh
Uttarkhand
The Lakhwar project is located on the Upper Yamuna River Basin in Dehradun, district of Uttarakhand.
10. Who among the following has been recently elected as new chief boxing coach of India?
[A]Gurbax Singh Sandhu
[B]Narottam Singh Rawat
[C]Bhaskar Rao
[D]Gurubachan Singh
Gurbax Singh Sandhu