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Q. China recently became ________ arms exporter.
1) The world's second largest
2) The world's fourth largest
3) The world's fifth largest
4) The world's sixth largest

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Q. Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world (weight would be 50000 tons)?
1) NASA, USA
2) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
3) CERN, Geneva
4) ISRO, India

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Q. Which compost plant become the first in India to receive carbon credit worth Rs.25 lakh from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
1) Mumbai Compost Plant
2) Kanpur Composting PLant
3) Rotopala Composting Plant
4) Okhla Compost PLant

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Q. Which Malaysian budget carrier to launch the new airline along with Tata Group and Telestra Tradeplace?
1) Jet Star
2) Tiger Airways
3) Air Asia
4) Cebu Pacific

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Q. Name the two PSUs, which were granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013?
1) ONGC and NTPC
2) BHEL and GAIL
3) ONGC and GAIL
4) Coal India and SAIL

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Q. Who has won the "Entrepreneur of the Decade" award conferred by All India Management Association in New Delhi?
1) Mr. Ratan Tata
2) Mr. Narayan Murti
3) Mr. Mukesh Ambani
4) Mr. Sunil Mittal

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Q. Who is the winner of prestigious Jnanpith award for the 2012?
1) Amar Kant (Hindi)
2) Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja (Telgu)
3) Pratibha Ray (Odia)
4) Shrilal Shukla (Hindi)

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Q. The proposed allocation for the newly launched "National Livestock Mission" in the Union Budget 2013-14 is
1) Rs.304 crore
2) Rs.300 crore
3) Rs.310 crore
4) Rs.307 crore

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Q. To encourage farmers to switch to alternative crops from rice and wheat, the Budget 2013-14 has pledged
1) Rs.700 crore
2) Rs.600 crore
3) Rs.500 crore
4) Rs.400 crore

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Q. The Budget 2013-14 has proposed to allocate for urban transportation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) a sum of
1) Rs.14,873 crore
2) Rs.13,873 crore
3) Rs.12,873 crore
4) Rs.10,873 crore

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