General Knowledge - General Awareness Quiz - Questions and Answers, GK 2013

1. In 2013 (August, 2013), which of the followings has organized 'Sair-e-Watan' an educational- cum -motivational tour?

a. Rastriya Rifles Battalion

b. National Cadet Corps

c. National Security Guard

d. Assam Rifles

2. 'Ocean acidification' is the ongoing decrease in pH of Earth Ocean's caused by uptake of ________?

a. Methane

b. Carbon dioxide

c. Sulphur dioxide

d. Nitrogen oxide

3. Which one of the followings has won the inaugural 'Indian Badminton League'?

a. Hyderabad Hotshots

b. Mumbai Masters

c. Lucknow Warriors

d. Pune Pistons

4. 4. In 2013, some 140 countries agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use and emission of health-hazardous mercury. The treaty has been named as ________?

a. Seveso Convention on Mercury

b. Sandoz Convention on Mercury

c. Minamata Convention on Mercury

d. Tennessee Convention on Mercury

5. World's largest block of continuous mangrove forests located in India at _________?

a. Gulf of Cambay

b. Gulf of Katch

c. Sundarbans

d. Mahanadi Delta

6. Which among the following is the first in India to receive Rs.25 lakh as carbon credits from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

a. Dwarka composting plant

b. Gurgaon composting plant

c. Faridabad composting plant

d. Okhla composting plant

7. With reference to internet terminology, in the word URL, 'R' stands for ________?

a. Restart

b. Resource

c. Refresh

d. Relocate

8. Who among the following is the head of the committee constituted by Supreme Court to deal with complaints of sexual harassment within its precincts?

a. Ranjana Prakash Desai

b. Gyan Sudha Ratna

c. Shanta Sinha

d. Mamatha Sharma

9. Who among the following has been conferred the first 'Mahathir Award for Global Peace'?

a. Pranab Mukharji

b. Barack Obama

c. Nelson Mandela

d. Kofi Annan

10. Jeevandan Project, an organ transplantation programme is a project of __________?

a. Karnataka

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Tamil Nadu

d. Odisha

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