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461. What is the objective of the Union governments new educational initiative, Saakshar Bharat, launched on the International Literacy Day recently?
A. Primary education
B. Female literacy
C. Vocational education
D. Adult literacy
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462. Tripuras Left Front government has extended for another six months the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) recently. When was the anti-terror law enacted?
A. 1958
B. 1962
C. 1978
D. 1984
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463. Who was chosen for this years K.R. Narayanan award for his outstanding contribution to journalism in India recently?
A. Vir Sanghvi
B. Tarun Tejpal
C. N. Ram
D. Rajdeep Sardesai
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464. Who was awarded this years Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership which carries a cash prize of dollar 5 million and is awarded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation?
A. Tanzanias President Jakaya Kikwete
B. South Africas President Thabo Mbeki
C. Ghanas President John Kufuor
D. None found suitable
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465. The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for which of the following?
A. For discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system
B. For discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA
C. For the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
D. For discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells
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