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Current Affairs and Gk -March 2013 Part-2

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Current Affairs and Gk -March 2013

89. Sour gas is natural gas or any other gas containing significant amounts of:

[A]Hydrogen sulfide
[B]Carbon dioxide
[C]Nitrogen oxide
[D]Carbon monoxide



Hydrogen sulfide




90. . With reference to environment conservation, CITES is also better known as:

[A]Philadelphia Convention
[B]Geneva Convention
[C]Paris Convention
[D]Washington Convention



Washington Convention



91. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which was recently in news is a ___:

[A]Open source cloud computing platform
[B]A visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere
[C]A nearby irregular galaxy, and a satellite of the Milky Way
[D]New version of Apple’s ‘iCloud’



A nearby irregular galaxy, and a satellite of the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a nearby irregular galaxy, and a satellite of the Milky Way. At a distance of slightly less than 50 kiloparsecs (˜163,000 light-years).


92. At which among the following locations, India’s First All Women Post Office was recently inaugurated?

[A]Ahmedabad
[B]Patna
[C]New Delhi
[D]Dehradun



New Delhi



93. Which among the following was the theme for “International Women’s Day 2013″?

[A]”100 Women Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls through International Exchanges”
[B]”Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty”
[C]”A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”
[D]”Women’s History Month”



“A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”



94. Who amongst the following Indians was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013?

[A]Abhay K
[B]Dr Suresh K Goel
[C]Surjit Patar
[D]Abhi Subedi



Abhay K
Poet-diplomat from India Abhay K was among the five writers to be honoured with the prestigious Literature Award. Other writers to be honoured with this award were Farheen Chaudhary (Pakistan), Abdul Khaliq Rashid (Afghanistan), Suman Pokhrel (Nepal) and novelist Daya Dissanayake (Sri Lanka).


95. Who is the chairperson of FSDC (Financial Stability and Development Council) ?

[A]Finance Minister
[B]RBI Governor
[C]Prime Minister
[D]None above



Finance Minister




96. In March 2013, Bangladesh has conferred “Liberation War Honour” upon:

[A]Pranab Mukherjee
[B]Manmohan Singh
[C]Indira Gandhi
[D]Sonia Gandhi



Pranab Mukherjee



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