Current Affairs Quiz 5. 12, 2017

Which of the following statements are correct:
1) Nalbana Bird Sanctuary is in the centre of Chilika lake.
2) Nalbana Bird Sanctuary has been declared a bird sanctuary under the Wildlife Protection Act.
3) Chilika lake is the largest coastal lagoon in the world.
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Which of the following statements are correct regarding IMD Talent Rankings, 2017:
1) India has been ranked at 51^st position.
2) Switzerland has topped list.
3) India is at the bottom among BRICS nations in ranking.
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Which of the following statements are correct:
1) The World Fisheries day is celebrated on November 21
2) In India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare celebrates the World Fisheries day.
3) This year’s theme of World Fisheries day is “2022 Ka Hai Sapna Kisan Ki Aay Ho Dugna - Sankalp Se Siddhi”.
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The Union Cabinet has approved India’s Membership for European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD). Which of the following statements are correct regarding EBRD:
1) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was founded in 1945
2) It is headquartered at London.
3) The bank invests mainly in developing countries to raise living standard of people.
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It is said that the compulsive hoarding of patents has led to the closing down of CSIR-Tech. However, patents are actively sought-out by many research institutes. What are the advantages of patents?
(i) Patenting protects the creation from being sold by others without permission
(ii) Patenting is seen as a valuable asset by banks and increases the net worth of a holder
(iii) Patents can be sold to another person for monetary remuneration
(iv) Patent holder has the exclusive right to manufacture and sell the creation
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Electronic-nematic state refers to –

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) –

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‘DART’, recently in news, is –

Which of the following statements about asteroids is not true?