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49. Recently, which among the following social networking site has introduced a new feature called ‘graph search’, which allows its users to search their social network for people, places, photos and things that interest them?
Facebook
Facebook Inc took the wraps off a new search tool that lets people trawl their network of friends to find everything from restaurants to movie recommendations, an improvement that’s likely to increase competition with review websites like Yelp and potentially even Google Inc. The so-called graph search marks the company’s biggest foray into online search to date, though it displays only information within the walls of the social network rather than links to sites available across the Internet.
50. . Which among the following in the constitution of India defines India as a Union of States?
Article 1
51. As per the Census 2011, what is the number of urban agglomerations in India with a population of 1 million or more?
53
At present there are 53 cities in India with a population of 1 million or more as of 2011 against 35 in 2001. About 43 percent of the urban population of India lives in these cities.
52. The only scissor cluster in India is located in ____________?
Meerut
For the first time, a handmade tool from micro and small and medium enterprises in India has been registered for a geographical indicator (GI) tag. The tool is a pair of scissors made of metal scrap by a community in Meerut, which is “the only scissor cluster in India” and which has been making the product for more than three centuries. The tag would enable the crafters to make scissors of standard sizes and of high quality. Known for their sharpness, the scissors are used at home and by industrial garment manufacturers.
53. Recently, which among the following has proposed an equity investment of up to $25 million in a `India 2020’ fund that aims to provide capital and strategic assistance to SMEs in the country?
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Global development institution IFC is proposing an equity investment of up to $25 million in a `India 2020’ fund that aims to provide capital and strategic assistance to SMEs in the country. The investment has been proposed in the ‘India 2020 Fund II’, which is a successor to India 2020 Fund I. The earlier fund with a size of $100 million had earned an estimated gross internal rate of return of 30 per cent.
54. The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan wants to realise the huge potential that exists for a full range of efficient and environment-friendly electric vehicle (including hybrid) technologies by __________?
2020
The government announced the launch of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan, which seeks to support the creation of necessary eco system for promoting electric mobility, a frontier technology, so as to make it a self-sustaining business in the future. The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan envisages new sales of 6-7 million units of a range of electric vehicles, which would result in liquid fuel savings of 2.2 – 2.5 million tonnes by 2020. This will also result in substantial lowering of vehicular emissions and decrease in carbon di-oxide emissions by 1.3 to 1.5 per cent in 2020 compared to the status quo scenario at present.
55. The world’s oldest underground passenger railway, which celebrated it’s 150th anniversary recently is located in ___________?
Britain
The London Underground (often shortened to the Underground) is a rapid transit system in the United Kingdom, serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. It incorporates the oldest section of underground railway in the world, which opened in 1863 and now forms part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines; and the first line to operate electric trains, in 1890, now part of the Northern line. The oldest sections of the London Underground completed 150 years of operations on 9 January 2013.
56. Which among the following country will host the sixth World Future Energy Summit (WFES)?
United Arab Emirates
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