1.      Recently, in which among of the following states, land acquisition for the Posco steel plant is re started?

a.       Bihar
b.      West Bengal
c.       Odisha
d.      Jharkhand

Answer: Odisha

2.      Which among the films has won the award in the best film category at the BAFTA award 2013?

a.       Life of Pie
b.      Les Miserables
c.       Lincoln
d.      Argo

Answer: Argo

3.      Which among the following panel is looking into ways to improve the country’s overall business climate?

a.       Arup Roy Choudhury panel
b.      Damodaran panel
c.       Deveshwar panel
d.      B.P. Rao panel

Answer: Damodaran panel

4.      Recently, which among the following has announced its plans to launch the world’s largest solar sail in 2014?

a.       ISRO
b.      NASA
c.       European Space Agency
d.      Japanese Space Agency

Answer: ISRO

5.      The Kishenganga river, on which India is constructing a power project is a tributary of the -----?

a.       Ganga river
b.      Jhelum river
c.       Chenab river
d.      Yamuna river

Answer: Jhelum river

6.      Who among the following is the head of the panel appointed by the Union Enviorment ministry to examine the Western Ghats ecology expert panel report “in a holistic and multidisciplinary fashion”.

a.       Nikil Dey
b.      K Kasturirangan
c.       Arun Maria
d.      Sunita Narain

Answer: K Katurirangan

7.      The Maheshwar power project, which is recently in news is located in -----?

a.       Maharashtra
b.      Odisha
c.       Madhya Pradesh
d.      Karnataka

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

8.      Who among the following Indian is a member of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), which is recently formed to restore health and productivity to the ocean?

a.       Vandana Shiva
b.      Rajendra Pachauri
c.       Ratan Tata
d.      Navi Pillay

Answer: Ratan Tata

9.      Recently, the enviorment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The committee is headed by ------?

a.       Ajay Desai
b.      Sanjay Upadhayaya
c.       J D Sharma
d.      Vinod Rishi

Answer: Vinod Rishi

10.  Table tennis legend Zhuang Zedong, who played a major role in ping pong diplomacy passed away recently. He hails from -----?

a.       Thailand
b.      China
c.       Japan
d.      South Korea

Answer: China