17. The location of the proposed National Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine (NISSM) is___:
[A]Chennai
[B]Kolkata
[C]New Delhi
[D]Hyderabad
National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The proposed NISSM would be leading institute in the country to
support high performance of sportspersons and integrate sciences and medicine into the training of elite sportspersons in the country as well as into the
teaching curriculum of sport coaching in the country.
[A]1 and 2
[B]1 and 3
[C]2 and 3
[D]1, 2 & 3
backward sections of society. The scheme extends life and disability cover to persons between the ages of 18 and 59 years living below and marginally above
the poverty line under 47 identified vocational/occupational groups, including ‘rural landless households’. It provides insurance cover of a sum of Rs.
30,000 on natural death, Rs. 75,000 on death due to accident, Rs. 37,500 for partial permanent disability due to accident, and Rs. 75,000 on death or total
permanent disability due to accident. The scheme also provides an add-on benefit of scholarship of Rs. 100 per month per child paid on half- yearly basis to
a maximum of two children per member studying in Classes 9 to 12 (including ITI courses).
[A]West Bengal
[B]Himachal Pradesh
[C]Gujarat
[D]Karnataka
lowest followed by Bihar (44.4 per cent).
[A]India and United States
[B]United States and China
[C]United States and Russia
[D]India and Russia
the Russian Federation with the formal name of Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It is expected to last at least
until 2021. New START replaced the Treaty of Moscow (SORT), which was due to expire in December 2012. In terms of name, it is a follow-up to the START I
treaty, which expired in December 2009, the proposed START II treaty, which never entered into force, and the START III treaty, for which negotiations were
never concluded.
mounted display (HMD)?
[A]Google
[B]Microsoft
[C]Samsung Electronics
[D]Research In Motion Limited
information currently available to most smartphone users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands, in a manner
similar to the iPhone application Siri. The Project Glass is powered by Google’s Android operating system.
the Internet via natural language voice commands, in a manner similar to the iPhone application Siri. The Project Glass is powered by Google’s Android
operating system.
[A]Joseph Stiglitz
[B]Nicholas Stern
[C]Michael Bruno
[D]Kaushik Basu
senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, and is a former member, and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.[
[A]Sergey Brin
[B]Bill Gates
[C]Larry Page
[D]Tim Berners-Lee
recognition of his contribution to the development of the world wide web. He shares the prize with other internet pioneers Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis
Pouzin and Marc Andreessen. The international prize has been described as the “Nobel Prize for Engineering”. Its aim is to acknowledge the field’s
contribution to the economy and society, and act as an inspiration for young people seeking a productive career.
[A]March 12
[B]March 16
[C]March 21
[D]March 22
the official ceremony of World Water Day 2013 taking place in The Hague, UN Water has recognized two projects that contribute to the fulfillment of
international commitments made on water and water-related issues this year. The UN Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award was given to a project
implemented in the city of Kumamoto in Japan for the conservation of groundwater resources and to the “Safe Water and Sanitation for All” initiative in the
Republic of Moldova, aimed at improving coverage in rural areas of the country.
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