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Sunday 11 November 2012

Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Sunday November 11th     

Topic
Page No.
Probe under way into French information, says FinMin
1
Light on more idols as a family loot unravels
1
Exposing a multidecade smuggling operation
14
Compensation delayed is livelihood depreived : court
15
IAEA team raised serius safety issues at Rawatbhata, say activists
16
Decision on GAAR and retro tax soon, says PM
17











Questions to be learn
1. In a first of its kind, doctors in Sweden have transplanted into the body of 10-year-old girl a vein grown in the laboratory from her own stem cells. The core team that performed the procedure was led by:-
(a) Dr N K Mehra
(b) Dr Suchitra Holgersson(c) Dr Martin Birchall
(d) Dr George Hamilton

2. Choose the correct sentence/sentences:-
1. Scientists have discovered a new species of freshwater fish in an unnamed stream in the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka.
2. Researchers have named the fish Dario urops after the Greek words meaning "tail" and "eye" to denote a conspicuous spot near its tail.
3. They have described their finding as "unexpected" in the latest edition of international taxonomy journal Zootaxa. 
Code:-
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

3. Who has bagged the 2012 World Business & Development Award for its transformational rural initiatives in social and farm forestry programmes in India at the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
(a) Unilever Limited
(b) ITC Limited
(c) Tata Limited
(d) Reliance Limited

4. Choose the correct sentence/sentences:-
1. Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda was sworn in as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor.
2. Fatou Bensouda is the first woman and the first African to head the team of prosecutors at the Tribunal.
3. She is investigating 17 cases in seven countries, all of them African.
Code: 
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) All of the above 

5. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Su Kyi accepted her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. She originally was given the award in the year_________.
(a) 1990 (b) 1991
(c) 1992 (d) 1993