Current Affairs-November 2012 Part-2

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113. In which among the following year, India-US-Japan trilateral talks were started for the first time?

[A]2009
[B]2010
[C]2011
[D]2012

through middle or north of Myanmar leading up to Hanoi.The talks were held in New Delhi.The three countries were on cycle of talk which they completed

following this meet. The talk began with their first meeting in Washington in December 2011 which was followed by next meeting in Tokyo in April 2012.

114. Recently, Lionel Messi was presented with his second Golden Boot award in recognition for scoring the most goals in Europe’s domestic leagues last

season. Messi plays for which among the following team?

[A]Chelsea
[B]Aston Villa
[C]Barcelona
[D]Real Madrid

domestic football leagues last season. The 25-year-old Messi scored a Spanish-league record 50 goals for Barcelona, edging out fellow Spanish league

star Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid by four goals. The Argentina international won his first Golden Boot in 2010 for his 34 goals that helped

Barcelona win the league title. He is just two goals away from equalling Brazil great Pele’s feat of 75 goals for club and country in one calendar year,

set in 1958.Messi also is the top scorer this season with 13 goals in La Liga, smashing through the 300 goals mark for his career in just 419 matches.

115. What is the new enzyme launched by the Danish industrial maker Novozymes that produces an extra 2.5 percent of ethanol out of the corn, addressing

concern that growth in biofuels has come at the expense of food production?

[A]zymogen
[B]Avantec
[C]Chymotrypsin
[D]Laccases

growth in biofuels has come at the expense of food production. The new enzyme, called Novozymes Avantec , can squeeze an extra 2.5 percent of ethanol

out of the corn.

116. What is the rank of India in the recent financial development index by World Economic Forum (WEF)?

[A]26th
[B]32nd
[C]36th
[D]40th

track financial development of 62 countries due to poor enforcement of contracts and lack of liberalization. The break-up of Financial Development Index

showed that India ranked 9th in non-banking financial services and capital markets tracked by the index, but India lost out in in terms of banking

financial services standing at 45th place. The report came a few days after the Doing Business Report 2013 by the World Bank ranked India at a low

position of 132 out of 185 countries in 2013 report, same as 2012.

117. Who among the following is the Sri Lanka’s first woman Chief Justice and she is set to be impeached on the charges of “improper conduct”?

[A]Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe
[B]Sirimavo Bandaranaike
[C]Shirani Bandaranayake
[D]Dipika Chanmugam

conduct" after weeks of a simmering spat between the executive and the judiciary.A motion to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from the

post will be handed over to the parliamentary speaker. Bandaranayake who was appointed last year became the first woman to head the highest court. She

was also the first woman judge in the Supreme Court.

118. Recently, who among the following has agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd and its “Star Wars” franchise for $4.05 billion?

[A]Warner Bros. Pictures
[B]Walt Disney
[C]Columbia Pictures
[D]Paramount Pictures

119. Who among the following is considered to be the father of Malayalam language?

[A]Oyyarathu Chandumenon
[B]Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
[C]Thunchath Ezhuthachan
[D]Kumaran Asan

the father of Malayalam language, at Tirur in Malappuram district.

120. . Recently, who among the following received the 27th Indira Gandhi award for National Integration?

[A]Shyam Benegal
[B]Mohan Dharia
[C]Gulzar
[D]Javed Akhtar

President and Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. This Award is given annually starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for

promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions

of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation’s sense of solidarity. The Awardee is selected by an Advisory Committee of

eminent persons representing art, science, culture, education, literature, religion social work journalism, law and public life. The Award carries an

amount of Rs. 5 lakh in cash and a citation. The Award is given on the Martyrdom Day i.e. 31 October.

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