QSeries-1

1)What are the intermediate range ballistic missiles of India?
A) Agni I, Agni II and Agni III are the intermediate ballistic missiles of India…

2)What is the Indian Navy’s only Sail Training Ship? what is the name of the voyage that it has just completed?
A) INS Tarangini is the ship and the name of the voyage is Lokayan-07

3)Which countries signed Abuja Declaration? give salient points of this
A) It is the declaration of strategic partnership between India and Nigeria.
Salient points are: Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, Expedition Treaty, Oil trade, support for UNSC seat for India

4)Which is the country that joined the Asia-pacific partnership on climate and clean development? who are the other member coutries in this?
A) Canada is the country that has joined recently. India, Australia, EU, USA. China and Japan are the members

5)Who are the signatories of the IBSA Tshwane summit? where is it held?
A) India, South Africa and Brazil are the signatories and the summit was held in Pretoria.

6)Who were the reciepents of this year’s Indira gandhi award for national integration…?
A) Prof Ram Puniyani and Juzar Sulebhai Bandukwala for their work on social harmony

7)Where are the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research – IISER going to be setup by the HRD? where are the other IISERs so far set up in India?
A) Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. The other IISERs are in Kolkata, Pune, and Mohali
FYI – NISER – National Institute of Science Education and Research is a sister institute for IISER and is located in Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa

8)Where is the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies?
A) New Delhi

9) Who heads the National Land Reforms council?
A) Prime Minister

10)whats the name of the organization setup by the Andhra pradesh govt to fight terrorism in the state?
A) Octopus

11) Where is the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services
A) Hyderabad

12) The national Tsunami Early warning system was inagurated in:
A) Hyderabad

13) The first ever International prize for an African leader for good governance and excellence in leadership has gone to?
A) Joquin Chissano who is ex-mozambique president

14) Who is the chairman of SEBI
A) M Damodaran

15) Who is the Drugs Controller General of India
A) M Venkateswarlu

16) Which countries are the top reciepents of FDI
A) China, India, USA, The Russian Federation and Brazil are the top 5 countries according to the UNCTAD report

17) where is the national environmental engineering and research institute – NEERI
A) Nagpur

18) Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable energy is located in:
A) Kapurthala – Punjab