Current Affairs-November 2012 Part-2

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161. The M23 rebels group, which is recently in news are fighting with government forces in which among the following country?

[A]Chad
[B]Uganda
[C]Democratic Republic of Congo
[D]Nigeria

162. Recently, which among the following computer has claimed the title of the world’s most powerful supercomputer?

[A]Jaguar
[B]Titan
[C]Watson
[D]Sequoia

supercomputer. Titan uses microchips more usually used for video-gaming to crunch numbers for climate studies, models of advanced materials and

alternatives to petrol. The machine has seized the top spot in the Top500 – a closely-watched global league of the fastest supercomputers. Built by Cray

at the US government’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Titan is 10 times more powerful than the lab’s last supercomputer, Jaguar, which led

the world as recently as 2009. Titan was measured at 17.59 petaflops or 17.59 thousand trillion calculations per second beating the previous record of

16.32 petaflops, held by Sequoia, a supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which simulates nuclear attacks.

163. Recently, in which among the following State, a dalit colony is renamed after Myanmar leader Suu Kyi?

[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]Andhra Pradesh
[C]Karnataka
[D]Odisha

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to mark her visit. The Nobel laureate has visited the tiny village to examine the implementation of the Rural

Development programmes at grass roots level. Interacting with the workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at

Govindapuram Village, Suu Kyi said people are more powerful than governments. She stressed the need for achieving greater empowerment of people

particularly with women emancipation.

164. India’s first Intelligent Transport System has been launched in ___?

[A]Ahmedabad
[B]Mysore
[C]Kochi
[D]Jaipur

central government. At present 500 buses, 105 bus stops and six major bus stands with 45 platforms are covered under the system in Mysore city. It is

implemented in Mysore as a pilot project at a cost of 23 crore rupees. Once successful, the project will be replicated in other cities of the country.

165. Which among the following city has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades as per the

Maplecroft’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI)?

[A]Manila
[B]Dhaka
[C]Yangon
[D]Bangkok

metropolis Kolkata is ranked seventh, Mumbai eighth and Delhi at 20th. Manila, the capital city of The Philippines, was ranked second in the British

risk consultancy Maplecroft’s fifth annual “Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013,” while Bangkok, Yangon, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City came

third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Chicago, London, St Petersburg, Paris and Madrid are the only five cities classified as “low risk“. Dhaka

came top in the ranking of 50 cities by Maplecroft, specialising in risk analysis, as the changing temperatures and weather systems are forecast to take

hold in the country in the coming decades. Maplecroft’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) classifies seven cities as “extreme risk,” out of a

list of 50 that were chosen for their current and future importance in global business.

166. Which among the following company has been made to pay a fine of between 3 to 5 billion U.S. dollars, for the 2010 Deepwater

Horizon disaster?

[A]BP Corporation
[B]Repsol YPF
[C]Chevron Corporation
[D]ConocoPhillips

167. Ningol Chakouba festival was recently celebrated ___?

[A]Mizoram
[B]Manipur
[C]Nagaland
[D]Assam

visit their parental home in their customary attire and dine together with their parents, brothers and sisters. After that, they receive gifts from

their parents and brothers. In return, they wish their parents and brothers a happy and prosperous life in the years to come. The festival is also

organized by many civil society organizations . Women of various communities are participating in the celebration. The festival is also celebrated at

Manipuri pockets of other North- Eastern states.

168. Which among the following is an exhibition special train that is launched by the Indian Railways as a tribute to the Rabindranath

Tagore on the occasion of his 150th Birth Anniversary?

[A]Sanskriti Express
[B]Gurudev Express
[C]Tagore Express
[D]Cultural Express

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