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What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?
(a)
Prevention of weakening due to ageing
(b)
Flow of genetic information
(c)
Immunology and disease resistance
(d)
Adult stem cell research
(B)
International Relations
Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?
Colombia
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
(D)
In which one of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Central being set up?
Chennai
Hyderabad
Pune
Gurgaon
(A)
How is Steve Fossett known as?
as a crocodile hunter
For completing the longest nonstop flight around the globe
For swimming across Atlantic Ocean
For climbing Mt. Everest without any co-climber
Economics
Basel II relates to which one of the following?
International standards for safety in civil aviation
Measures against cyber crimes
Measures against drug abuse by sportspersons
International standards for measuring the adequacy of a bank’s capital
Science and Technology
Recently, the European Union and other six countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project. Which one of the following was not a signatory to it?
Canada
China
Japan
USA
Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
Chang La
Jara La
Nathu La
Shipki La
(C)
Which one of the following is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
Russia
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
With reference to the steel industry in India in the recent times, consider the following statements: 1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been declared Mini Ratna. 2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been completed. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October, 2006?
China and South Africa
India and South Africa
South Africa and Botswana
Saudi Arabia and South Africa