GK & Current Affairs – November 12, 2015

GK & Current Affairs – November 12, 2015

1.Which day is celebrated as National Legal Services Day (NLSD) in India?

[A]5 November

 [B]7 November

 [C]9 November

[D]11 November 

Ans. 9 November The 9th of November of every year is celebrated as the Legal Services Day in India. It was first started by Supreme court of India in the year 1995 to provide help and support to poor and weaker sections of the society. On the occasion of NLSD, the union government declared its commitment towards towards Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, and added that an intrinsic part of this commitment is Sabka Nyay or Justice for all.

2. What is the range of India’s strategic missile – Agni-IV?

[A]2500 KM

[B]3000 KM

[C]3500 KM

 [D]4000 KM

Ans. 4000 KM Recently, Agni-IV missile with strike range of 4,000 km was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. This was the fifth trial of Agni-IV missile. The indigenously developed surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile is a two-stage weapon system. It is 20 metres long and weighs 17 tonnes. Agni-I, II and III and Prithvi missiles are already in the arsenal of the armed forces, giving them reach of over 3,000 km.

3. Who is appointed as the first Ombudsman at BCCI?

[A]S K Kapur

[B]K.S. Hedge

 [C]A P Shah

 [D]H.R. Khanna 

Ans. A P Shah BCCI has appointed retired Justice AP Shah as its first-ever Ethics officer (Ombudsman) with one year tenure. Justice AP shah was former chief justice of Delhi high court. The BCCI also removed former president and ICC chairman N Srinivasan as its representative at the world body. BCCI also appointed former captain Sourav Ganguly was appointed Chairman of the Technical Committee.

4. Who is the author of the book titled – ‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story’?

 [A]C Rangarajan

 [B]Jairam Ramesh

 [C]Mani Subramanian

[D]Manmohan Singh

Ans. Jairam Ramesh Former Union Environment and Forest Minister (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh authored the book titled – ‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story’. The book was published on first week of September 2015. The book discussed about the economic policy changes introduced by late P V Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh in 1991.

5. Recently, which partially recognized states’s proposal for membership was rejected by UNESCO? 

[A]Somaliland

 [B]Palestine

 [C]Sahrawi

 [D]Kosovo

Ans. Kosovo Kosovo’s proposal for membership was narrowly rejected by the UNESCO members. According to UNESCO rules, the support of two—thirds of those voting was required to allow membership for a new state. Kosovo’s proposal got less than two-thirds of votes. Kosovo has been recognized by 111 countries since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Russia backed Serbia in Kosovo’s 1998—99 war for independence. Russia has used its U.N. Security Council veto to block Kosovo from becoming a full U.N. member.