Current Affairs-November 2012 Part-2

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201. Han Suyin, who recently passed was a well-known ______________?

[A]Writer
[B]Economist
[C]Human rights activist
[D]Politician

West in the 20th century and later became an ambassador for China-India relations after her marriage to an Indian colonel, died in Lausanne,

Switzerland.

202. In which among the following State, the recently discovered Eklama iron ore complex is located?

[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]West Bengal
[C]Chhattisgarh
[D]Jhatkhand

Corporation (CMDC) for developing Eklama iron ore mine in Kabirdham district.A SAIL release said that the impact of the economic development would soon

be felt by the population of Kabirdham and Rajnangaon districts. Recently discovered Eklama iron ore complex has high-grade hematitic iron ore in

substantial quantity and can support steel plants independently. SAIL will now undertake developmental and welfare activities for overall development of

the neighbouring areas of Kabirdham and Rajnandgaon districts, including the laying of railway line for connecting the mine area to the Howrah-Mumbai

main railway line. The MoU also states that SAIL shall undertake establishment of ore processing and beneficiation plants along with the construction of

road between Sahaspur-Lohara and Eklama. With this a total investment of around Rs.3000 crore will be coming to the region which will propel growth and

development of the area.

203. . Recently, which among the following literary magazine of Dr. Dinesh Nandini Dalmia is re-launched by the Vice-President of India?

[A]Rucha
[B]The Caravan
[C]Kaurab
[D]Bangadarshan

Dalmia in New Delhi.The Vice-President also re-launched ‘Rucha’, a literary magazine launched by the poet.Mr. Ansari said that she was an outstanding

literary figure – an author of prose and poetry, a social reformer and a philanthropist.Mr. Ansari hailed her as a practical leader of the Feminism

movement in the country who broke the bondage of traditional society. She rebelled against the purdah system and fought against gender bias.Born in

Udaipur, Dineshnandini Dalmia pioneered a new style of prose poems ‘Gadya Kavya’ and lived and wrote through an era which was marked by monumental

changes in society.

204. According to Fortune magazine, who among the following has retained her position as country’s top paid business woman?

[A]Chanda Kochhar
[B]Vinita Bali
[C]Kavery Kalanithi
[D]Preetha Reddy

to Rs 57 crore in 2012, according to Fortune magazine. In the Fortune list of top 10 most paid business women, Peninsula Land chairperson Urvi A Piramal

bagged the second rank with an annual pay package of Rs 7.3 crore. Apollo Hospital Enterprises Managing Director Preetha Reddy scored the third slot

with an annual pay packet of Rs 6.9 crore.

205. Recently, in which among the following place, Bhimbetka-type prehistoric settlement are found?

[A]Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
[B]Gulbarga, Karnataka
[C]Udayagiri, Odisha
[D]Ratnagiri, Odisha

fetched it international recognition but several prehistoric rock shelters found on Sailada hill-top and Chittivalsa area in the recent past are equally

significant, contend archaeologists here.They are excited by the finding of a set of four 3.8 metre high rocks leaning inwards and forming a polygonal

chamber on Saidala hill- top as it comes close on the heels of discovery of a cluster of druidical rocks at Chittivalsa and of dolmen and menhirs

resembling those in Europe and Africa. Both these findings that indicate existence of a reasonably big habitation of prehistoric people in the area.

207. Recently, Kerala and the Lakshadweep group of islands conducted a combined coastal security exercise to revalidate the coastal security apparatus

of the region. What is the name of the exercise?

[A]Operation Alert
[B]Operation Gemini
[C]Operation Success
[D]Operation Victory

the coastal security apparatus of the region.The 48-hour exercise is believed to be the first step towards integrating compartmentalised, State-specific

coastal security exercises with a view to fashioning a single integrated security drill along the country’s 7,200-km coast.

208. The President of which among the following country is dubbed as ‘poorest president of the world’ as he gives away 90% of his monthly salary to

charity?

[A]Paraguay
[B]Chile
[C]Argentina
[D]Uruguay

lifestyle to embrace the trappings of power that come with being the country’s figurehead. He gives away 90 per cent of his monthly salary — equivalent

of $12,000 — to charity.

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