Ques. Rail Bandhu is the _________ being launched by Indian Railways.
(a) tourist information service
(b) mobile reservation service
(c) hotel
(d) magazine
(e) hospital
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Ques. Who among the following Nobel Laureate in Literature was in news for the launch his new book “The Naive and The Sentimental Novelist” recently?
(a) Elfriede Jelinek
(b) Günter Grass
(c) J. M. Coetzee
(d) V. S. Naipaul
(e) Orhan Pamuk
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Ques. India Connect is a monthly newsletter published by _________.
a) Ministry of Tourism
b) Ministry of Civil Aviation
c) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
d) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
e) Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
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Ques. Who among the following has edited ‘The Congress and the Making of the Indian Nation’, which was released recently?
a) Veerappa Moily
b) A. K. Antony
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) P. Chidambaram
e) Vayalar Ravi
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Ques.Who was the Chairman and Managing Director of Amar Ujala group of newspapers who passed away recently?
a) Jagannath Tripathi
b) Srinish Saxena
c) Monoj Hasan
d) Atul Maheswari
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Art historian and film-maker Benoy K. Behl has completed shooting and documentation of the culture of the six North-Eastern States and West Bengal for his series on Doordarshan titled “Spectacular India”.
The 52 film series also showcases the tribal dances of the North-East states.
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India has emerged as an international hub of scientific research. According to the UNESCO’s Science Report 2010 unveiled in December 2010, India’s share in world science publications is 3.7% (2008).
In terms of patents, according to the World Intellectual Property Indicators-2009 Report, India filed 28,940 patents in 2006-07 as compared to 2,45,161 patents filed by China.
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The book ‘Ek mahatma Ka Abhyudaya’, the Hindi translation of renowned author and historian late J.N. Uppal’s original English book ‘Gandhi Ordained in South Africa’ published by Publications Division, Government of India, was released at the Delhi Book Fair on December 30, 2010.
This translation has been done by Devendra Kumar.
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Ques.
Al Jazeera English, the global news and current affairs channel, has been granted a licence to broadcast in India by the government recently. Which Gulf country’s royal family is the sponsor of Al Jazeera?
a) Jordan
b) Oman
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Bahrain
e) Qatar
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Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar can now be seen in Indian Air Force fatigues with Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the backdrop in the IAF’s 2011 calendar.
The batsman features in the calendar wearing a green flying suit with helmet tucked under his left arm on the January page with a Su-30MKI in the background.
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