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Which of the followings statement incorrect about Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, approved on October 20, 2010?

  1. A monetary scheme for pragnant women & lactating women.

  2. Each pragnant & lactating women will receive Rs. 4,000 in four instalments.

  3. The scheme will be fully funded by the Center.

  4. The beneficiaries will be given to pregnant women of 19 years and above.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Each pregnant and lactating woman will receive a total cash incentive of Rs 4000/- in three installments.

Which country unvailed a five-year plan for developing renewable energy in the month of Oct'10?

  1. China

  2. Japan

  3. South Korea

  4. Malaysia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The plan, approved at a meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak, aims to transform South Korea into one of the world's five top players in renewable energy.All Country is Asia Country near by each, so need to read topic in the way to remember the exact name of country. thats why South Korea as option given here, to make confusion.

What is the position of India in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index 2010?

  1. 69th

  2. 87th

  3. 96th

  4. 98th


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rank: 87 Country: India, Albania, Liberia, Jamaica

Which one is the correctly matched, about National Voter's Day, the Election Commission of India has decided in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. National Voter's Day: 26th Nov

  2. National Voter's Day: 30th Dec

  3. National Voter's Day: 25th Jan

  4. National Voter's Day: 2nd Oct


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Election Commission of India has decided to celebrate the day its formation- 25 th January every year as the 'National Voters Day'. 

The following news (between Sep, 29 to Oct, 4) belongs to which country:

Dr. Manmohan Singh announced that India would provides Loans of Credit of US$ 500 million to support infrastructure projects, agriculture & energy. India has also extended a grant of US$ 4.5 million for capacity building of that Country's police force.

  1. Vietnam

  2. Kyrgyzstan

  3. Saudi Arabia

  4. Mozambique


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

India has announced a 500 million US Dollar Loan of Credit (LOC) to Mozambique to support infrastructure projects, agriculture and energy.India has extended a grant of 4.5 million Dollars for capacity building of Mozambique's police forces.

Which number of meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation was held in New Delhi on Oct'10?

  1. 8th

  2. 9th

  3. 10th

  4. 11th


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India and Russia will hold talks on defence cooperation this week. The 10th meeting of the India Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2010

Who took over as the principal adviser to the Planning Commission in 2010?

  1. T.C.A. Ananth

  2. Pronab Sen

  3. D. Subbarao

  4. S. Y. Quraishi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India's Chief Statistician Pronab Sen will take over as principal advisor in Planning Commission. 

What is the period of China's twelfth five-year plan, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. 2010-2014

  2. 2011-2015

  3. 2012-2016

  4. 2009-2013


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Five-Year Plans of the People's Republic of China:The Twelfth Five-Year Plan, 2011-2015 The Twelfth Five-Year Plan seeks to address rising inequality and create an environment for more sustainable growth by prioritizing more equitable wealth distribution, increased domestic consumption, and improved social infrastructure and social safety nets.

How many person elected as members of Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 5

  4. 6


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Empowered committee to look into Mullaperiyar dam issues A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices D. K. Jain, B. Sudershan Reddy, Mukundakam Sharma, R. M. Lodha and Deepak Verma said the five-member committee, to be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge.

Which book won Man Booker Prize 2010, declared in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. The Little Mermaid

  2. The Ugly Ducking

  3. Parrot and Olivier in America

  4. The Finkler Question


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Howard Jacobson is (Tuesday 12 October, 2010) named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Finkler Question.

Which day belongs to this theme (the theme of World Habitat Day for the year of 2010), Better City, Better Life?

  1. 12th January

  2. 5th September

  3. 4th October

  4. 5th June


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

World Habitat Day, (4th October)  its theme, Better City, Better Life.

What is UDFy-38135539, which is in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. The New Planet

  2. The Galaxy

  3. The Moon of Mars

  4. A comet


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

SUDFy-38135539 (also known as HUDF.YD3) is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) identifier for a galaxy which has been calculated (as of October 2010) to have a light travel time of 13 billion years with a present comoving distance of around 30 billion light-years.

Find the correct statement from the followings, all statement widely appeared in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

  1. The first land plant fossil is found in Brazil.

  2. Elephant has been declared the National Heritage animal in Mayanmar.

  3. India is the third country to set up Green Court, which is exclusively dedicated to environmental issue.

  4. Kiwidae & Hippolyte catagrapha are new species of Snake.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India launched a green court to make polluters pay damages as it steps up its policing of the country's environmental laws. India was only the third country in the world after Australia and New Zealand to set up such a tribunal.

Which one is mismatched, about the person news-maker in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Subra Suresh: Director, National Science Foundation

  2. Dilip Padgaonkar: Journalist

  3. Sajen Peter: Vice-Chairman, Rubber Board

  4. K. Shanmugam: Home Affairs Minister, Singapore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rubber Board Chairman Sajen Peter has been elected as the new chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC).

Who is Shelley Nitschke, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Tennis Player

  2. Cricket Player

  3. Badminton Player

  4. Squash Player


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shelley Nitschke (Australia) is cricket player because she is the ICC Women Cricketer of the year.

On which day of Oct Month Paul the Octopus died, which was in news after predicting the matches of FIFA 2010?

  1. 24th October 2010

  2. 25th October 2010

  3. 26th October 2010

  4. 27th October 2010


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Paul the Octopus died 26 October 2010 was a common octopus from Weymouth, England. Paul became internationally famous after his feeding behavior was used to correctly predict the winner of each of Germany's seven matches in the 2010 World Cup, as well as the outcome of the final match.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) Technolory & Clinic, the news about it recently in the month of Oct, 2010?

i. Bourn Hall Clinic is UK.based.

ii. Bourn Hall Clinic founded by Nobel Prize winner.

iii. The first IVF Clinic will become functional in Delhi by the middle of 2011.

iv. Bourn Hall Clinic intends to set up a chain of 16 IVF centres in India.

  1. i & ii

  2. i, ii & iii

  3. ii, iii & iv

  4. i, ii, iii & iv


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

UK.based Bourn Hall Clinic was founded by the pioneers of IVF, Mr Patrick Steptoe and Professor Robert Edwards (Noble Prize Winner). 

Which one of the following is not correctly mathced about ICC Awards 2010, presented in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Test Player of the Year: A.B. De Villers

  2. Umpire fo the Year: Aleem Dar

  3. Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand

  4. ICC Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

October 6, 2010: ICC test player of the Year Virender Sehwag but A.B. De Villers is ICC ODI player of the Year.

Who got second position in Australian Open Women Snooker Championship 2010, held in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Vidya Pillai

  2. Chitra Magimairaj

  3. Jessica Woods

  4. Remona Belmond


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

12 Oct 2010: Remona Belmond lost in the Final.

Match the following, the news hired in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Events/Facts: State:
1. Integrated Textile Park i. Rajasthan
2. Nippon Project In India ii. Andhra Pradesh
3. Bahin Shanno Devi Panchyati Raj Award iii. Haryana
4. Sahadev Padhi Smruti Samman iv. Orissa
  1. 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i

  2. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv

  3. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv

  4. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nippon Pipe India Private Limited of the Nippon group will set-up a steel tube components project for automobiles and motorcycles in the Japanese Zone at Majrakath in Neemrana in Rajasthan.

Who received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2010 for development and welfare of women and children, which was presented in October 2010?

  1. Lia Diskin

  2. Chunibhai Vaidya

  3. Shakuntala Choudhary

  4. Chewang Norphel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The award for development and welfare of women and children was given to Shakuntala Choudhary, a nonagenarian from Assam. 

What is Megi, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Floating Polar Station

  2. Super Typhoon

  3. World's fastest train

  4. Wolrd's fastest supercomputer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Typhoon Megi was one of the most intense tropical cyclones.

Choose the correct statement(s) from the following statements which were in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

i. Jurgen Melzer was the double partner of Leander Paes in Shanghai Masters 2010, held in the month of Oct, 2010. ii. Caroline Wozniacki is tennis player from Russia, in news in the month of Oct, 2010. iii. Steven Finn is from Newzealand, who won ICC Award 2010 as Emerginng Player, awarded in the month of Oct, 2010. iv. Saurav Ghosal is a Table Tennis player in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

  1. Only i

  2. i & ii

  3. i, ii & iii

  4. i, ii & iv


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leander Paes and Jurgen Melzer clinched the Shanghai Masters title 2010.

Match the followings, all person died in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Person: Field:
1. Farooq A. Leghari i. Opera Legend
2. Dame J Sutherland ii. Politician
3. K. E. Eapen iii. Journalist
4. Prabhakar B. Pendharkar iv. Film Director & writer
  1. 1-iii, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iv

  2. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv

  3. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii

  4. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

options 1 and 4 are printed same.

Match the Authors to theirs works, shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, in news in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Author: Works:
1. Amit Choudhuri i. The Immigrant
2. Musharraf Ali Farooqui ii. Home Boy
3. H. M. Naqvi iii. The Story of a Widow
4. Manju Kapoor iv. The Immortals
  1. 1-i, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-iv

  2. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv

  3. 1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i

  4. 1-iv, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pakistani novelist H. M Naqvi ( Home Boy).

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