Current Affairs-December 2012 Part-2

191. Recently, the Planning Commission has recommended that the Indian School of Mines (ISM) could be converted into an IIT while ensuring that its core

competency is not diluted. Indian School of Mines is located at which among the following places?

192. The recently released Global Education Digest 2012 says that the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of students in higher education as a percentage of

population of India has increased in recent years. Which among the following organization has released this report?

percentage of population in the age group of 18-23 years has increased from 13.7 per cent in 2008-09 to 18.8 per cent (provisional) in 2010-11, as compared

to estimated world average of 29 per cent during the year 2009-10 as per the Global Education Digest 2012 published by UNESCO.

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193. 7 per cent in 2008-09 to 18.8 per cent (provisional) in 2010-11, as compared to estimated world average of 29 per cent during the year 2009-10 as per

the Global Education Digest 2012 published by UNESCO.

The product, originated on a beach when a mechanical-engineer-in-training named Norman Joseph Woodland with a transformative stroke of his fingers, yielding

a set of literal lines in the sand, conceived the modern bar code.Woodland was a graduate student when he and a classmate, Bernard Silver, created a

technology, based on a printed series of wide and narrow striations, that encoded consumer-product information for optical scanning. Their idea, developed in

the late 1940s and patented 60 years ago, turned out to be ahead of its time, and the two men together made only $15,000 from it. But the curious round

symbol they devised would ultimately give rise to the universal product code, or U.P.C., as the staggeringly prevalent rectangular bar code (it graces tens

of millions of different items) is officially known.

194. The controversial launch of which among the following rockets by North Korea in recent times has reignited the regional tensions in East Asia?

regional tensions and was condemned by neighbours as a provocative missile-test. The launch was the North’s second attempt this year under the rule of Kim

Jong-un, who took over following the death of his father Kim Jong-il. The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea for launching a rocket in defiance of

a UN ban. North Korea was banned by the UN from ballistic missile tests after nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

195. Recently, a miniature extraterrestrial version of the Nile River has been spotted on _________?

moon, Titan. The 400 kilometer (250 mile) long feature — from ‘headwaters’ to a large sea — is the longest extraterrestrial river ever to be discovered and

imaged to such high resolution. Using Cassini’s radar imaging instruments, the scientists were able to deduce that the feature is indeed a river as the dark,

smooth surface within the meanders and channel suggest the presence of a liquid. Titan is known to have vast seas — the only other body in the solar system,

apart from Earth, to possess a cycle of liquids on its surface. However, the thick Titan atmosphere is a frigid one, meaning liquid water couldn’t possibly

flow. The liquids on Titan are therefore composed of hydrocarbons such as methane and ethane.

196. The newly launched $50 million project “SERIIUS” is a joint venture of India and America in the field of ___?

Energy Research and Development Centres (JCERDC). SERIIUS is jointly funded by Govt of India, dept of science and technology and US department of energy. It

is funded over a five-year period starting October, 2012 with funding of 25 mn dollars for 5 years with 50-50 split between India and US. The lead institutes

for SERIIUS are Indian Institute of Science in India and National Renewable Energy Laboratory in US. The main objective of SERIIUS is to accelerate

development of solar electric technology by lowering cost per watt of photovoltaic and concentrated solar power. Research and development will be done and

industry commissioned projects undertaken by it. Indian partners include IIT Bombay, wipro and thermax among others.

197. Which among the following is the correct pair of the International Tennis Federation’s world champions for 2012?

the men’s award for the second straight year, while Williams took the honour for the third time in her career. Djokovic won the Australian Open and was

runner-up at the French Open and US Open. He finished the season No. 1 in the ATP rankings with six tour titles. Williams won Wimbledon, US Open and the

Olympic gold medal. She had a tour-best 58-4 record and seven titles. American twins Bob and Mike Bryan were named men’s doubles world champions for the

ninth time in 10 years, while Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy took the women’s doubles award. Filip Peliwo of Canada and Taylor Townsend of the US

were named junior world champions. Esther Vergeer of Netherlands won the women’s wheelchair tennis award for the 13th consecutive year. Stephane Houde of

France was named the men’s winner.

198. Pandit Ravishankar has become the first Indian to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously. In which year, Pandit Ravishankar has

received the first Grammy Award?

with Yehudi Menuhin

199. As per the recently released government data, which among the following banks has largest number of Mobile Banking Customers in India?

200. . As per the recently released new Investment Policy for Urea, the government has said that it will cover the full cost of the main feedstock (Raw

Material) of urea accounting for 80 per cent of the total cost. Which among the following is the main feedstock for Urea, the government is referring to?

manufacture of ammonia from coal or from hydrocarbons such as natural gas and petroleum-derived raw materials. The government would cover the cost of the

Natural Gas as per new investment policy for Urea.

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