Which organisation?
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Showing posts with label Govt. Show all posts
Oct 29, 2016
Q.2221
The African countries of South Africa, Burundi, and The Gambia have all threatened to pull out of this international organisation, saying that its decisions were against Africans. Gambia even said the "C" in the middle of the organisation's abbreviation stood for "Caucasian".
Oct 20, 2016
Q.2212
In Oct 2016, General Admiral Air Chief Marshal Prem Tinsulanonda became the Regent of which country? (he was once a controversial Prime Minister of the same nation).
Oct 1, 2016
Q.2193
In Oct 2016, the US government formally ceded control over this space, handing it over to a global group of stakeholders. A last minute legal challenge by the US states of Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada was dismissed, allowing this handover to take place. What space, which is now truly a 'global commons'?
Sep 1, 2016
Q.2163
In 1979, this Head of Government appeared in a Marvel comic in a storyline involving 'Alpha Flight', the top superhero squad from his country in the Marvel universe. In Sept 2016, his son, now occupying the same post, appeared in another Marvel comic, an Iron Man story, also along with Alpha Flight. Not just that, he was also on a variant cover created for this story.
Which son and father?
Jun 30, 2016
Q.2100
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte took over as the President of the Phillipines, after a contoversial tenure as Mayor of Davao City. Duterte was known for his tough tactics against criminals, which allegedly included the use of vigilante groups. He picked up the nickname of 'The Punisher' for this.
Another nickname, derived from a cult film character in a series of the same name has also been used for Duterte. What nickname?
Jun 27, 2016
Q.2097
In 2016, which religious community received minority status in the state of Maharashtra, which means, among others, they can be counted separately in surveys?
Jun 24, 2016
Q.2094
In June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union in what was a surprise decision. This was dubbed 'BREXIT'. A few days before this decision, another exit in India was dubbed 'RREXIT'. What did this refer to?
Jun 22, 2016
Q.2092
This European country has seen a tourist boom in the mid-2010s. Among the popular targets for souvenirs are the unusual road-signs in the country, several of which have been stolen, allegedly by tourists. To deal with this, authorities announced in mid-2016 that they have made the signs heavier and are bolting them differently to prevent such thefts.
Which country?
Jun 9, 2016
Q.2079
In 1766, this country passed a constitutional law against 'censorship'. To mark 250 years of that landmark law in 2016, the country's tourist association made public a telephone number. Call the number (note: it'll be an international call!) and you'll get connected to a random citizen of the country. You can chat about anything you wish.
Which country?
May 20, 2016
Q.2059
Like in May 2015, the Government of Iraq once again ordered a complete shutdown of all internet services in the country, from 5 am to 8 am on certain days in May 2016. While governments usually block the internet for political reasons, this reason is highly unusual since the target is mainly a small segment of the population
What is the government trying to prevent?
May 19, 2016
Q.2058
"REMAIN" or "LEAVE" - what six letter portmanteau word is commonly used to describe the 2016 poll for which these are the two choices?
May 9, 2016
Q.2048
Anthropologist and environmental conservationist Richard Leakey advised his country's President to take this headline-making step in July 1989. The same was repeated in May 2016 by the country's current President. Similar acts have been carried out in China, Mozambique, and the US.
What is this about?
May 6, 2016
Q.2045
With the launch of the 7th satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System in April 2016 by ISRO, India now has the system to offer its own alternative to the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the name for this system was chosen in dedication to India's sailors who had been navigating the seas for many years using the sky.
What's the acronym, which literally means a type of 'sailor'?
Feb 1, 2016
Q.1950
In Jan 2016, the Indian government announced its annual list of "Padma" awards. 10 people were awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.
Two of them have the word 'Rao' in their name and both are from the film world. Who are these two?
Jan 1, 2016
Q.1919
Starting from Jan 1, 2016, this has officially been 'doubled' in China, thus modifying a restriction that was in place from about 1978. (Previous exemptions to this restriction involved girls in rural areas or ethnic minorities.)
What?
Dec 17, 2015
Q.1904
The image shows the collaboration of which two entities that was announced on 16 December 2015?
One is an Indian mobile-commerce shopping website launched in 2010 and the other is the biggest e-commerce portal in India (a subsidiary of the ‘Lifeline to the Nation’).
Dec 16, 2015
Q.1903
Union Government on 14 December 2015 requested the states to start the second part of an Operation from 1 January 2016. The Campaign aims to rescue and rehabilitate the missing children, just like its successful predecessor.
Similarly, another dedicated campaign titled Operation _____ was launched in the month of July 2015 throughout the country. 19742 children were rescued and rehabilitated under this Operation.
What are the 2 similar names of these two noble campaigns?
Dec 9, 2015
Q.1896
The image shows the theme for the International Anti-__________ Day which was observed across the world on 9 December 2015. On this occasion, all the Governments, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, the media and citizens around the world joined forces to fight this crime. Also, the hashtag #breakthechain was trending on social media.
Fill in the blank!
Dec 4, 2015
Q.1891
This is the logo of which 5-day Festival that began on 4 December 2015 at IIT-Delhi?
This event set a new Guinness World Record for the highest number of students (more than 2000) conducting an experiment at the same venue!
Dec 3, 2015
Q.1890
On 3 December 2015 Tirath Singh Thakur became the 43rd person to attain this prestigious post. He was sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Thakur, who retires on 4th January 2017, succeeded H L Dattu who retired on 2 December 2015.
Which designation are we talking about?
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