RAPID GK SERIES 22

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">1. The National Game of Russia is<br /> 2. Currently, in Steel Production India ranks<br /> 3. This is the most densely populated country in South Asia is<br /> 4. This Governor-General abolished the Slavery System in India<br /> 5. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) is decided by this body<br /> 6. The Biological Name of Rice is<br /> 7. Indian Institute of Pulses Research is located in<br /> 8. World Food Day is observed on<br /> 9. According to the Article 1 of the Constitution of India<br /> 10. The Heaviest Metal is<br /> <br /> <strong>ANSWERS</strong><br /> <br /> 1. Football,Icehockey<br /> 2. Third in the World<br /> 3. Maldives<br /> 4. Lord Ellenborough<br /> 5. Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices<br /> 6. Oryza Sativa<br /> 7. Kanpur<br /> 8. October 16th of Every Year<br /> 9. India is the Union of States<br /> 10. Osmium </div>

RAPID GK SERIES 22

1. The National Game of Russia is 2. Currently, in Steel Production India ranks 3. This is the most densely populated country in South Asi...

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1993 telecom scam: Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to jail

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5546" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Former Union Minister Sukh Ram surrendered before a local court in Delhi  and has been sent him to jail to serve his three-year sentence in a telecom scam case in 1993.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sukh Ram, the Telecom Minister between January 18, 1993 and May 16, 1996 in the P. V. Narasimha Rao Government, had conspired with former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad-based businessman P Rama Rao and approved the ARM Ltd's bid despite its rates being higher than other bidders.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Runu Ghosh and Rama Rao have surrendered before the trial court and were sent to jail to serve their sentence of two and three years respectively. Besides the jail term, the convicts were also asked to pay a fine of Rs. 2 rupees each. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

1993 telecom scam: Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to jail

Former Union Minister Sukh Ram surrendered before a local court in Delhi  and has been sent hi...

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Trinidad & Tobago supports India’s bid for UNSC seat

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5547" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Trinidad and Tobago has supported for India's candidature for a permanent seat in an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC). This was disclosed in a joint statement issued after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his Trinidadian counterpart Mrs. Kamla Persad Bissessar in New Delhi.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The two leaders discussed a host of global issues, including terrorism, climate change and UN reforms. Intensifying energy collaboration also figured prominently in the discussions.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">An Indian delegation led by Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy will visit Trinidad and Tobago later this year to identify the areas of cooperation. Rich in oil and gas resources, Trinidad and Tobago is the largest and most vibrant economy in the Caribbean.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">India and Trinidad and Tobago also signed five agreements to enhanced economic and cultural ties. The air services pact is of vital importance apart from MoU in technical cooperation in the education and the health sector.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

Trinidad & Tobago supports India’s bid for UNSC seat

Trinidad and Tobago has supported for India's candidature for a permanent seat in an expan...

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U.S. applies new strategy in Asia-Pacific region

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5549" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a new military strategy that aims to strengthen the country's military presence in the Asia-Pacific region despite fiscal constraints, adjusting t gy directs the U.S. military to "rebalance towards the Asia-Pacific region," asking it to roop structure to a new era of austerity</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The strate rely on existing alliances and expand its networks to include emerging partners.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Maintaining peace, stability, the free flow of commerce, and U.S. influence in this dynamic region will depend in part on an underlying balance of military capability and presence, according to the strategy.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The strategy foresees that U.S. defense efforts in the Middle East will be aimed at countering violent extremists and destabilizing threats, while emphasizing Gulf security and preventing the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

U.S. applies new strategy in Asia-Pacific region

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a new military strategy that aims to strength...

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Pak releases 179 Indian fishermen

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5550" style="display: block;"> <ul><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>Pakistan has freed 179 Indian fishermen and one civilian from Karachi’s Landhi Jail as a goodwill gesture on the New Year. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>Sources said the freed fishermen would reach Lahore from where they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagha Border.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>There are still 276 fishermen held in Pakistani jails and more than 480 boats remain in Pak custody</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

Pak releases 179 Indian fishermen

Pakistan has freed 179 Indian fishermen and one civilian from Karachi’s Landhi Jail as a goodwill...

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10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas kicks off

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5551" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>The 10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conference began in Jaipur</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Ms. Kamla Prasad Bissessar is the Chief Guest of this three-day event. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span>The theme of this year's Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is Global Indian-Inclusive Growth.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas kicks off

The 10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conference began in Jaipur Prime Minister of Trinidad and To...

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PM Manmohan Singh appoints nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar as national solar mission head

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5552" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Prime Minister has appointed longstanding votary of nuclear energy Anil Kakodkar as the head of the government's most ambitious, multi-billion rupee, national solar mission.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Kakodkar, former head of India's nuclear programme and currently a member of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), has been named chairman of the newly set up Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The new government company has been positioned as the executing arm of one of the largest renewable programmes in the world - the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. It will have authorised and initial paid up capital totalling Rs.2,600 crore, while implementation of the mission will involve several thousand crores of rupees over the next few years.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

PM Manmohan Singh appoints nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar as national solar mission head

Prime Minister has appointed longstanding votary of nuclear energy Anil Kakodkar as the head of...

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UNHRC warns Yemen on amnesty law

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5553" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay has warned Yemen not to grantamnesty to those who have committed war crimes as part of a deal with President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">An Amnesty Law is due to go to Parliament in Yemen shortly. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Earlier, tens of thousands of Yemenis held renewed street protests demanding that President Saleh honour his agreement to step down next month. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

UNHRC warns Yemen on amnesty law

United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay has warned Yemen not to grantamnesty to those who...

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Greeley Haven’ could reveal watery past of Mars

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Scientists hope that Greeley Haven, an outcrop of rock on Mars, could provide exciting new discoveries about the watery past of the red planet when NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next few months during the coldest part of Martian winter.</span> </span></li> </ul><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> The place has been recently named informally to honour ASU Regents’ Professor Ronald Greeley, a planetary geologist who died Oct. 27, 2011.</span> </span></li> </ul><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> Long passionate about exploring the solar system and Mars in particular, Greeley was involved with many missions to the Red Planet, including Mariners 6, 7, and 9, Viking, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global Surveyor, and the two Mars Exploration Rovers.</span></span></li> </ul><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody> <tr> <td><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Opportunity, which landed on Mars eight years ago has driven a total of 21 miles (34 kilometers). In August, Opportunity arrived at the rim of Endeavour Crater, an ancient impact scar 14 miles (22 km) wide. Eroded sections of the crater’s rim poke above the flat-lying sediments that Opportunity has driven on since it landed. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Located just south of Mars’ equator, the rover has worked through four Martian southern hemisphere winters. Being closer to the equator than its twin rover, Spirit, Opportunity has not needed to stay on a Sun-facing slope during previous winters. Now, however, its solar panels carry a thicker coating of dust than before., </span></span></li> </ul></div>

Greeley Haven’ could reveal watery past of Mars

Scientists hope that Greeley Haven, an outcrop of rock on Mars, could provide exciting new discoveries about the watery past of the red pl...

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Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5555" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year's tsunami. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Concern about aging reactors has been growing because the three units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan that went into meltdown following the tsunami in March were built starting in 1967. Among other reactors at least 40 years old are those at the Tsuruga and Mihama plants in central Japan, which were built starting in 1970.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Many more of the 54 reactors in Japan will reach the 40-year mark in the near future, though some were built only a few years ago. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The government said Friday that it plans to introduce legislation in the coming months to require reactors to stop running after 40 years.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years

Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improv...

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Sudan President on 1st visit to post-Gaddafi Libya

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5556" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is in Tripoli on his first visit since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, in a bid to restore relations which soured in the last years of the Libyan dictator. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Khartoum had accused Gaddafi of supporting Sudanese rebels in the western region of Darfur. In return, al-Bashir openly said he supported Libyan rebels in their 2011 uprising, providing them with weapons and money.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ironically, al-Bashir, like Gaddafi — who was killed in October— is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity for his role in orchestrating a bloody crackdown against the Darfur rebels.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

Sudan President on 1st visit to post-Gaddafi Libya

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is in Tripoli on his first visit since the fall of Muammar...

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Death toll in Nigeria Mubi attacks reaches 21

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5557" style="display: block;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The  death toll in attacks by gunmen in the Nigerian town of Mubi has reached 21, the Red Cross said on Saturday, and reports of fresh attacks on Christians in the country's northeast have heightened fears of a sectarian conflict.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Gunmen opened fire in a hall in Mubi on Friday where a group of Christians had gathered to mourn the deaths of those killed in an attack the previous day.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Mubi is in Adamawa state, just south of Borno state, the homeland of radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose members have been behind almost daily attacks in recent months.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

Death toll in Nigeria Mubi attacks reaches 21

The  death toll in attacks by gunmen in the Nigerian town of Mubi has reached 21, the Red Cross...

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