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UPPSC 2014 GS-I Current Affairs
Question

Boko Haram which was in news (May/June, 2014) in context to Nigeria is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: A Terrorist Organization

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A Terrorist Organization”.
(d) A Terrorist Organization

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Helen Clark is the second woman Prime Minister of:
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) Canada
  3. C) New Zealand
  4. D) Sweden
The importance given to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission in the official hierarch of the Government is that he is given the rank of:
  1. A) A cabinet minister in the Government of India
  2. B) A Supreme Court Judge
  3. C) Chairman of a Parliamentary
  4. D) A Secretary to the Government of India
Which of the following statements are true about the 10th Five Year Plan? Select the correct answer from the code given below the statements: Code:

1. 8% increase in GDP during the plan period.
2. Poverty ratio to be reduced and brought to 20% by 2007.
3. Literacy to be increased to 73% by 2007.
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 2 and 3
  3. C) 1 and 3
  4. D) 1, 2 and 3
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  1. A) Berne
  2. B) Leipzing
  3. C) New York
  4. D) London
With reference to Common Wealth Games Scheduled in 2022 and 2026, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Common Wealth Games will be held in Birmingham (England) in July – August 2022.
2. Common Wealth Games will be held in Victoria (Australia) in 2026.

Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Code :
  1. A) Neither 1 nor 2
  2. B) Both 1 and 2
  3. C) Only 2
  4. D) Only 1
The target to reduce Infant Mortality Rate [IM] during the eleventh plan period was kept at:
  1. A) 27 per 1000 live birth
  2. B) 28 per 1000 live birth
  3. C) 29 per 1000 live birth
  4. D) 30 per 1000 live birth
What is the correct sequence of the States in descending order in the production of sugarcane in 2013 ?
  1. A) Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana, U.P.
  2. B) U.P., Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana
  3. C) Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
  4. D) U.P., Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana
What is the expected target of development in the "vision paper" of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012 − 2017) as accepted by the National Development Council?
  1. A) 7%
  2. B) 8%
  3. C) 9%
  4. D) 10%
Which one of the following is the correct estimate of the capital output ratio for the Ninth Five Year Plan?
  1. A) 6.0
  2. B) 5.5
  3. C) 5.0
  4. D) 4.0
An international Human Rights Institute was launched by International Bar Association on December 6, 1995. Who is the Honorary President of the Institute?
  1. A) Yasser Arafat
  2. B) P.V. Narasimha Rao
  3. C) Helmut Kohl
  4. D) Nelson Mandela
The correct chronological sequence of the landings of the highjacked Indian Airlines plane IC 814 in December, 1999 was:
  1. A) Amritsar, Lahore, Dubai, Kandhar
  2. B) Lahore, Amritsar, Dubai, Kandhar
  3. C) Dubai, Amritsar, Lahore, Kandhar
  4. D) Amritsar, Dubai, Lahore, Kandhar
Who has been recently given "Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration" 2005?
  1. A) Bismillah Khan
  2. B) Jyoti Basu
  3. C) Javed Akhtar
  4. D) Mahesh Bhatt