151. Who among the following has recently won her seventh Women’s World Open squash title?
of England.
152. Recently, who among the following Indian-Americans has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama for the prestigious National Medal of Technology
for Innovation?
used to etch a living tissue precisely without causing any thermal damage to surrounding area. He named it Ablative Photodecomposition (APD). In 1983,
Rangaswamy collaborated with an ophthalmic surgeon to use APD for a surgery of the cornea. This led to development of LASIK. In 1998, Rangaswamy was awarded
the Biological Physics Prize by the American Physical Society.
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153. Who among the following is the sole Indian to made into the top 10 list of the world’s best chief executive officers by the Harvard Business Review?
list of the world’s best chief executive officers. The list that Harvard Business Review has come out with is led by former Apple chief Steve Jobs, who
passed away last year. The sole Indian representation in the top 10 is ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar at seventh. Deveshwar pipped other Indian corporate
honchos, including ONGC former chairman and managing director Subir Raha (ranked 13), RIL chairman and CEO Mukesh Ambani (28), Larsen & Toubro’s A M Naik
(32), former Bharat Heavy Electricals CMD A K Puri (38), Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal (65), Jindal Steel & Power’s Naveen Jindal (87) and former
SAIL chief V S Jain (89) — among other global business leaders.
154. Recently, which among the following countries has passed a new human rights law on the abduction of individuals by state officials, the first of its
kind in Asia?
the first major human rights legislation passed by Mr Aquino, who came to power three years ago promising to address such crimes. Officials face a life
sentence if convicted of the offence. The US-based Human Rights Watch said the law, passed by Congress two months ago, was the first of its kind in Asia. The
Philippine human rights group Karapatan has documented more than 1,000 enforced disappearances since the end of the dictatorship of Fernando Marcos in 1986.
The new law defines an enforced disappearance as the abduction or “any other form of deprivation of liberty” of a person by state officials or
their agents who subsequently conceal the person’s fate or whereabouts.
155. Consider the following statements about a country of Africa:
156. On which among the following dates, the National Mathematics Day is celebrated in India?
Minister of India, during the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan held at the Madras University
Centenary Auditorium on 26 February 2012. Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 CE would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The
Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920. It was in recognition of his contribution to
mathematics the Government of India decided to celebrate Ramanujan’s birthday as the National Mathematics Day every year and to celebrate 2012 as the
National Mathematical Year.
157. Who among the following is the new US secretary of state (successor to Hillary Clinn?
the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been a close confidant of Obama on foreign policy issues. He has decades of foreign policy experience,
which has very often been praised by opponents Republicans. Kerry, the senior senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party’s 2004 presidential
nominee, is noted for the experience, gravitas and relationship-building skills that could help him succeed as the United States’ top diplomat.
158. The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is part of the which International Body Headquarters?
159. Which among the following terms does not get a place in Constitution of India?
160. . Consider the following institutions:
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