Questions and Answers 04 August 2016

Questions

1.What is "Editors Guild of India" ?

   [A]Film censorship and editing body of India

   [B]An organization of editors of news papers and magazines in 

        India

   [C]Film censorship board for regional films in India

   [D]Ombudsman for Press in India

2.As of April 2013, which among the following is / are included in the Direct Benefits Scheme (DBS)?

   [A]Gas subsidy 

   [B]Fertilizer subsidy

   [C]Kerosene Subsidy 

   [D]None of the above
 

3.Oleander girl book was penned by ?
  [A]Aravind Adiga
  [B]Vikram Chandra
  [C]Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  [D]None of These

4.The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is
  [A] Borneo
  [B] Malagasy
  [C] Sumatra

  [D]New Guinea

5.Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?

   [A] Jupiter  [B] Earth  [C] Mars  [D] Venus

Answers

1.[B]An organization of editors of news papers and magazines in India.

   Narasimhan Ravi has been unanimously elected as the president of Editors Guild of India. Mr. Ravi is the director of Kasturi and Sons Limited , publisher of “The Hindu” newspaper. Narasimhan Ravi will succeed T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director of ” Business Standard”. Mr. Ravi has been elected President of the Editors Guild of India for a tenure of 2 years.

2.[D]None of the above    

   Presently, DBT scheme take into ambit benefits like scholarships, pensions, MNERGA wages directly to the bank or Post Office accounts of identified beneficiaries.

3.[C]Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  Banerjee is Indian-American Author,Poet.her short story collection won American book award in 1995.Her Novel Mistress of Spices made as film.

4.[D] New Guinea

   It is the world's second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 sq.km, and the largest wholly or partly within the southern hemisphere.

5.[A]Jupiter

   Jupiter-12 years

   Earth-365 days

   Mars-687 days

   Venus-263 days