Current Affairs of April 2013-Part 2 of 7

21. Ireland’s government on 1 May 2013 unveiled the Protection of Life during____________. It explains when life-saving abortions can be performed. Moreover, it’s a clarification of rights within the ambit of Current law.
a) Pregnancy Bill
b) Abortion Law
c) Protection of Life Bill
d) Right to live Bill
Answer: (a) Pregnancy Bill

22. _____________ became the first southern US state to Abolish Death Penalty
a) Louisiana
b) Oklahoma
c) New Orleans
d) Maryland
Answer: (d) Maryland 

23. National Thermal Power Corporation and Power Development Bangladesh signed Three Pacts on 20 April 2013. The agreements were a part of setting up of the biggest ever joint venture project of ______________ Megawatt Coal based power plant. This project is to be developed at an expense of_______________?
a) 1320 Megawatt  at the expense of 1.6 billion US dollars
b) 1340 Megawatt at the expense of 16 billion US dollars
c) 1200 Megawatt at the expense of 10 billion US dollar
d) 1230 Megawatt at the expense of 14 billion US dollar
Answer: (a) 1320 Megawatt at the expense of 1.6 billion US dollars

24. NTPC of India and Power Development Bangladesh signed three agreements on 20 April 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The agreements were a part of setting up of the biggest ever joint venture project of 1320 Megawatt Coal based power plant. The plant is planned to be developed in which area?
a) Chittagong Sea Port in Nazir Hat
b) Kamalapur ICD in Kamalapur
c) Mongla Seaport in Rampal Upazila 
d) Patuakhali
Answer: (c) Mongla Seaport in Rampal Upazila 

25. US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act, also called CISPA on 18 April 2013. How many times the US House of Representatives passed the CISPA till date.
a) Three times
b) One time
c) Two times
d) Four times
Answer: (c) Two times

26. Name the Island, whose residents voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum held on 10-11 March 2013.
a) Akrotiri and Dhekelia Islands
b) Falkland Islands
c) Turks and Caicos Islands
d) Islands in British Antarctic Territory
Answer: (b) Falkland Islands

27. Name the country where the largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated on 12 March 2013 ___________?
a) Scotland
b) Iceland 
c) New Zealand
d) Finland
Answer: (d) Finland 

28.Which space agency on 25 April 2013 during the 6th European Conference on Space Debris in Darmstadt, Germany announced that the Space Junk should be removed from the orbit of the Earth?
a) European Space Agency (ESA)
b) Mexican Space Agency
c) Austrian Solar and Space Agency
d) UK Space Agency
Answer: (a) European Space Agency (ESA)

29. Researchers at St Andrews, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany and Montana Tech in the US created a keyboard layout, said to be great for the touchscreen devices. What is the name of this new keyboard?
a) QWERTY
b) KALQ
c) TouchMe
d) Touch Special Keyboard Device
Answer: (b) KALQ

30. A report submitted by the Environment Ministry to the United Nations Convention described that one fourth of India’s geographical area is undergoing the problem of _________. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Land Degradation
b) Drought
c) Deforestation
d) Desertification
Answer: (d) Desertification

31. The High Seas, Our Future Conference concluded in Paris, France with the launch of ___________. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
a) Paris Appeal for world’s oceans
b) Paris Appeal for climate change
c) Paris Appeal for High Seas
d) Paris Appeal for sustainable use of resources
Answer: (c) Paris Appeal for High Seas

32. Space Debris such as the debris of rockets should be removed from the orbit of the Earth to avoid collision with what? 
a) Meteorites
b) Other Planets
c) Black Holes
d) Operational Spacecrafts and Satellites
Answer: (d) Operational Spacecrafts and Satellites 

33. Aurobindo Pharma got an approval from US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for manufacturing and marketing which drug?
a) Divalproex
b) Zofran
c) Ondansetron
d) Cefadroxil
Answer: (d) Cefadroxil

34. Which San Francisco-based company was bought by Facebook that will help it in specialising powering of the mobile applications?
a) WatsApp
b) Twitter
c) Parse
d) Google Plus
Answer: (c) Parse

35. Who took over as the CEO of Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) on 24 April 2013?
a) Dmitry Shukov
b) Vsevolod Rozanov
c) Vikas Oberoi
d) None of these 
Answer: (a) Dmitry Shukov

36. Which company acquired Wavii, the news summarization app based in Seattle, for around 30 million US dollar cash?
a) Apple
b) Google Inc
c) Yahoo
d) MSN
Answer: (b) Google Inc

37. Abu Dhabi based which airlines on 24 April 2013 confirmed taking over of 24 per cent minority stake in Jet Airways for 379 million dollars?
a) Etihad Airways
b) Emirates Airways
c) Gulf Air
d) Maximus Air
Answer: (a) Etihad Airways

39.Who was the one and only women, to serve as the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a) Mahasweta Devi
b) Pratibha Ray
c) Qurratulain Hyder
d) V.S. Ramadevi
Answer: (d) V.S. Ramadevi

40. State Cabinet of which State ________________ recently on 16 April 2013 gave its not to grant 35 percent reservation to women in the recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors in reserved and unreserved categories of the state.
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Gujarat
c) Bihar
d) Kerela
Answer: (c) Bihar