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Current Affairs and Gk - September full month, 2013

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Current Affairs and Gk -September full month, 2013

Important current affairs and Gk questions of September month for IAS, RAS, SSC CGL, UPSC, BANK PO, UPSC,RPSC, Bank exams and all other exams.If you like the post kindly give rating.
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105. Which one of the followings has won the inaugural “Indian Badminton League”?

[A]Hyderabad Hotshots
[B]Mumbai Masters
[C]Lucknow Warriors
[D]Pune Pistons




Hyderabad Hotshots
Saina Nehwal led Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL) title. The hotshots beat the PV Sindhu led Awadhe warriors 3-1 in the final.


106. Which of the following countries has recently launched an investigation into the trade policies of India?


[A]USA
[B]Sri Lanka
[C]Britain
[D]Mauritius




USA
A federal agency of United States launched an investigation into the trade policies of India. The federal agency has alleged that the Indian trade policies has discriminated the American trade and investment sector.


107. Currently, India has observer status in which of the following organisations?
1.World Trade Organisation
2.Financial Action Task Force
3.Arctic Council
4.CERN
Chose the correct answer from codes given below:


[A]Only 1 & 2
[B]Only 2 & 3
[C]Only 3 & 4
[D]Only 1 & 4




Only 3 & 4
India has been granted the statue of an observer in Arctic Council and CERN.


108. Recently (September, 2013), which one of the following countries has enacted a law banning online users from discussing current affairs?


[A]Vietnam
[B]Saudi Arabia
[C]Uruguay
[D]Russia




Vietnam
Vietnam controversial law banning country’s online users from discussing current affairs has come into effect. The decree, known as Decree 72, says blogs and social websites should not be used to share news articles, but only personal information.


109. Which one of the following companies has unveiled the world’s first clinically proven conjugate Typhoid vaccine “Typbar-TCV”?


[A]Dr Reddy’s
[B]Bharat Biotech
[C]Lupin
[D]Cipla




Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech launched the world’s clinically proven conjugate Typhoid vaccine Typbar-TCV which offers long-term protection and can be given to children as young as six months.


110. . Who among the followings is the current president of the European Commission?


[A]Herman Van Rompuy
[B]Jose Manuel Barroso
[C]Algirdas Butkevicius
[D]Martin Schulz




Jose Manuel Barroso
Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal is the current president of the European Commission.


111. Name the Indian environmentalist, who has been conferred this year’s prestigious “Clinton Global Citizen Awards”?


[A]Ullas Karanth
[B]Medha Patkar
[C]Bunker Roy
[D]Ila Bhat




Bunker Roy
Indian environmentalist Bunker Roy and Pakistan’s teenage education activist Malala Yousafai were declared the winner of prestigious “Clinton Global Citizens Award”. Roy is the founder of the Barefoot College, which has been providing solutions to problem in rural communities for more than 40 years.


112. Recently (September, 2013), China has decided to ban the export of several weapon-related technologies to which country?


[A]Pakistan
[B]South Korea
[C]Sri Lanka
[D]North Korea




North Korea
China has banned the export to North Korea of several weapon-related technologies which could be used in the development of nuclear weapons. It said the move would help implement UN resolution on North Korea, and would be effective immediately.


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