General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Current Affairs 2009: part6



General Knowledge : Current Affairs 2009 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part6 : 66 to 70

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

66.The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and who among the following?

Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie
Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland
Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath
Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech

67.According to the India Science and Technology Report 2008, China sends two-and-a-half times more science students than India for studies to the US. Who publishes the report?

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Indian Institute of Science
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies

68.Which of the following statements about the Jnanpith Award is incorrect?

The 2006 Jnanpith Award was awarded to Sanskrit scholar Satya Vrat Shastri recently
The 2006 Jnanpith Award carried a cash prize of Rs 7 lakh while the 2005 Award carried a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh
Indu Jain of the Times of India Group is the Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust that gives the Award
The 2005 Jnanpith Award was awarded to Hindi poet Kunwar Narain recently

69.The Ram Pradhan Committee was in news recently for submitting its report on which of the following?

Grant of mining licenses in forest area on Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border
Minimum Support Price for foodgrains
Police response to November 26, 2008 terror strikes in Mumbai
Appointments to higher judiciary by National Judicial Commission

70.Which of the following banks operates the Vishwa Yatra Foreign Travel pre-paid card in association with VISA?

State Bank of India
ICICI Bank
Bank of India
HDFC Bank

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