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Current Affairs and Gk -April 2013 Part-1

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Current Affairs and Gk -April 2013

41. In recent times, which among the following proposed legislations have been in news in relation to copyright infringements on internet?
1. CISPA
2. PIPA
3. SOPA
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

[A]Only 1 & 2
[B]Only 2 & 3
[C]Only 3
[D]1, 2 & 3



Only 2 & 3



42. PIPA
3. SOPA
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

[A]USA, UK and France
[B]India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
[C]Brazil, India and South Africa
[D]USA, UK, China



Brazil, India and South Africa
The coalition of Brazil, India and South Africa is known as the Rainbow coalition in diplomatic parlance because the location of the respective nations form an arc on a traditional political map of the world.


43. SOPA
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

[A]Philippines
[B]Egypt
[C]China
[D]Mexico



China
India is followed by China (60 billion US dollars), the Philippines (24 billion US dollars), Mexico (23 billion US dollars) and Nigeria and Egypt (21 billion US dollars each). Other large recipients include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Lebanon.


44. Which among the following is India’s sixth Commodity futures trading platform which went live recently?

[A]Bharat Commodity Exchange (BCX)
[B]Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX)
[C]Indian Commodity Exchange (ICX)
[D]Market Commodity Exchange (MCX)



Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX)


45. “Civil Services Day” is observed every year on ___:

[A]April 20
[B]April 21
[C]April 22
[D]April 23



April 21
Civil Service Day is celebrated on 21 April by members of Civil Services to rededicate and recommit themselves to the cause of the people. All officers of Central and State Governments are honoured for excellence in public administration by the Prime Minister of India. The ‘Prime Minister Award for Excellence in Public Administration’ is presented in three categories. These awards were instituted in 2006.


46.

[A]Ayad Akhtar
[B]Sharon Olds
[C]Adam Johnson
[D]Gilbert King



Adam Johnson
“The Orphan Master’s Son” – a novel based on North Korea by author Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize 2013 for fiction. The novel deals with intertwined themes of propaganda, identity and state power in North Korea.


47. Who among the following has become the first women officer to be appointed to the top position of special DG CRPF ?

[A]Karnam Malleswari
[B]Priya Jhingan
[C]Asima Chatterjee
[D]Aruna Bahuguna



Aruna Bahuguna
Aruna Bahuguna is a 1979 batch AP cadre IPS officer. She has been appointed special director general in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). She would assume charge in July 2013. She is the first women Special Director General of CRPF.



48. The world’s only returnable satellite committed to biological research is __:

[A]SARAL
[B]Atlas V 401
[C]Bion-M1
[D]GSAT-10



Bion-M1
Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos launched an orbital Noah’s Ark to examine the consequences of spaceflight on animals to set up for human interplanetary flights. Bion-M1 is the world’s only returnable satellite committed to biological research. Bion-M1 is a Russian space mission and is a part of the Bion series ( also named Biocosmos) of spaceflights.


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