Topics
to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Tuesday, February 5th 2013
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Topic
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Page No.
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U.S. Baby’s HIV ‘functionally
cured’
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1
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Rebirth of a nation
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10
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Forging a new horse
shoe
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10
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From freeze to thaw
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10
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Irrelevance of
innocence
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11
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When water flows like
money
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11
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A model that delivers
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11
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“Nothing can stop India
from becoming third largest economy”
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12
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Japan learns from
Fukushima, looks at Indian liability law
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12
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Questions
1.Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
inaugurated the 7th Heads of Indian Missions (HoMs) conference on 17 September.
The conference is organized by the M/o Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) every
year to discuss the issues related to protection and welfare of Overseas Indian
workers. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs announced revised Indian Community
Welfare Fund (ICWF) scheme, which includes:
1.Assistance towards boarding expenses per head
by HOMs is enhanced from 15 to 30 days.
2.Payment of penalties in respect of Indian
nationals for illegal stay in the host country where prima facie the worker is
not at fault.
3.Providing support to local Overseas Indian
Associations to establish Overseas Indian Community Centres in countries that
have populations of Overseas Indians exceeding 2,00,000.
4.Providing support to start and run Overseas
Indian Community-based student welfare centres in Countries that have more than
20,000 Indian students' presence.
Which of the above sentence/sentences is/are
true revised Scheme?
(a)1, 2 and 3(b)2, 3 and 4
(c)1, 3 and 4(d)1, 2 and 4
2.India on 18 September 2012 signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) in New Delhi, to establish an institutional framework
for their ongoing cooperation in the field of election management and
administration. What is the name of this country?
(a)Egypt(b)South
Africa
(c)Turkey(d)Afghanistan
3.Consider the following sentences regarding
UIDAI's Iris Authentication proof of concept.
1.The UIDAI has successfully conducted the proof
of concept Iris authentication study in Mandya district of Karnataka.
2.The study brought out the high accuracy levels
(above 99.2%) achieved by iris authentication.
The correct sentence/sentences is/are
(a)Only 1(b)Only
2
(c)1 and 2(d)None of these
4.Scientists have developed a new cutting edge
technique which automatically permits one computer in a virtual network to
monitor another for intrusions, viruses or malware that cause malfunction. It
sends computer data to a world outside its home, and bridges the gap between
computer hardware and software systems. What is the nickname of this technique?
(a)Space Marker(b)Data travel
(c)Space
travel(d)Space
Soft
5.Consider the following sentence/sentences
about spoof Ig Nobel award.
1.Two Japanese researchers won the spoof Ig
Nobel acoustic prize for developing the SpeechJammer, a device that confuses
and stifles a person speaking by sending the speaker a delayed recording of their
own voice.
2.The science humor magazine Annals of
Improbable Research gives in 10 categories as a parody of the Nobel Prizes, was
held at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre.
3.It was the Fifth straight year for an Ig Nobel
prize to go to Japanese recipients.
The correct sentence is/are:
(a)1 and 2(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3(d)None of the above
