Current Affairs-February 2013 Part-2
Current Affairs-Februrary 2013
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97. Recently, which among the following countries has became the first country to boycott a U.N. review of its human rights practices?
Israel
Israel became the first country to withhold cooperation from a United Nations review of its human rights practices, shunning efforts by the United States and others to encourage it to participate.
98. Which country has recently approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug “Sirturo” that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades?
United States
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades.
99. Which Indian state shares boundary with the maximum number of other states ? [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]Bihar [C]Jharkhand [D]Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh shares boundary with maximum number of other Indian states. It shares its border with Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
100. . After Petroleum Products and Gold, which among the following is India’s third largest import commodity?
Electronic Goods
101. Which among the following day is celebrated as International Mother Language Day?
February 21
International Mother Language Day is an observance held annually on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It was first announced by UNESCO in 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages. The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bengali, as one of the two national languages of the then Pakistan, were shot and killed by police in Dhaka, the capital of what is now Bangladesh.
102. Recently, who among the following has taken over as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)?
TS Vijayan
Former LIC chief TS Vijayan has taken over as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).
103. The International Press Institute (IPI)–India award for excellence in journalism 2012 was awarded to ___________?
The Tribune
The International Press Institute (IPI)–India award for excellence in journalism 2012 was awarded to the English daily The Tribune for its “outstanding journalistic work done in 2011”. An investigation by the daily’s Prabhjot Singh that exposed “the loot of Punjab’s public transport by politicians and bureaucrats” was selected for the award.
104. Kepler-37b, the smallest known planet outside our solar system is located in __________ constellation.
Lyra
NASA has discovered the smallest known planet outside our solar system which is slightly larger than the Moon and orbits its Sun like host star every 13 days. NASA’s Kepler space telescope detected the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to the Sun in a new planetary system. The planets are located in a system called Kepler-37, about 210 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. The smallest planet, Kepler-37b, is slightly larger than our Moon, measuring about one-third the size of Earth. It is smaller than Mercury, which made its detection a challenge.
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