Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part6 : 71 to 75

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2024 examinations :

71.Which country won the World Open Power lifting Championship organised in Gurgaon recently?

Russia

USA

Iran

Germany

72.Which of the following statements about winners of the Right Livelihood Awards and their achievements is incorrect?

Alyn Ware – Drafting peace study guidelines that became part of the school curriculum in New Zealand and co-founding the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) in 2002

Rene Ngongo – For braving threats to expose destructive mining and logging operations that threaten rain forests in Congo

Catherine Hamlin – For assisting UN Human Rights Commission in providing relief to victims of landmine blasts in war affected regions of Iraq & Afghanistan

David Suzuki – For promoting the socially responsible use of science and raising awareness about climate change, not the least as anchorman of a television programme about science

73.Students of which of the following were in news recently for having developed an automatic measuring and dispensing machine called Annpurna for use in PDS that will curb existing malpractices in and ensure determined quantity of ration?

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Delhi Technological University

74.India Gender Gap Review 2009 released at the India Economic Summit has ranked India at 114th position out of 134 countries in a study conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Which of the following statements about Gender Gap Review 2009 rankings are incorrect?

Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand are top ranked countries in descending order of rankings on the Global Gender Gap Index

Out of the four gaps India is the worst on political empowerment gender gap

Out of the four gaps used India is best on health gender gap

Both (b) and (c)

75.What amount does the government provide for voluntary relocation from the core areas of Tiger Reserves and Protected Areas?

Rs. 1.00 lakh per family

Rs. 2.00 lakh per family

Rs. 5.00 lakh per family

Rs. 10.00 lakh per family

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