General Awareness QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

General Knowledge : General Awareness QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part24 : 36 to 40

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

36.Why was Halmahera, a small place in Indonesia, recently in the news ?

This is the place where ethnic violence broke out recently leaving more than 100 people dead.

This is the place where a huge fire broke ort in the forests, the thick fumes of which have badly affected normal life.

The World Peace Summit 2004 will be held here.

None of these

37.Decision to hold the elections for Panchayats is taken by the

Panchayat itself

Union Government

State Governments

Election Commission of the Area

38.Which of the following two countries are regularly fighting with each other over a dispute of territirial claims on Yellow Sea water ?

China-North Korea

North Korea-South Korea

South Korea-Singapore

China-South Korea

39.Since last few years, tribals in certain pats of Orissa are struggling to get their land back which has illegally been captured by the

Builders and developers of housing colonies

Immigrants from Bangladesh

Rich Zamindars who were originally owning that land

The naxalities who are very active in the area

40.Which of the following signifies the importance of 31st July, 1999 in the history of space research programme of NASA ?

On this day a new spacecraft was to be launched to study Mars.

On this day NASA launched a shuttle service between the Earth and the Moon.

On this day NASA deliberately crashed its Lunar prospector spacecraft into a Crater near the South Pole of the Moon.

None of these

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