IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Oct 17 & 18, 2015

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK.
- The prize was historically limited to authors from the U.K., the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe
- But from last year has been open to anyone writing in the English language and published in the U.K.
- Marlon James, the Jamaican novelist, has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for “A Brief History of Seven Killings.” in 2015.

ANSWER: Yarlung Tsangpo

Explanation:
- Zangmu Dam is a 510MW Chinese hydroelectric dam became operational on the Brahmaputra.
- Brahmaputra is known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet.
- Zangmu Hydropower Project is regarded as the highest in the world and just 550km from the Indian border, had been connected to China's national power grid.

ANSWER: River

Explanation:
The Brahmaputra River is also called as "Burlung-Buthur" by the Bodo people of Assam.
- It originates in Chemayungdung glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas.
- It is known as Dihang or Siang in Arunachal Pradesh while called as jamuna in Bangladesh.

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) has appointed G V Nageswara Rao as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO).
- Upendra Kumar Sinha is chairman of SEBI.
- NSDL has been promoted by IDBI Bank, National Stock Exchange and the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India. Several other public sector, private sector and foreign banks are shareholders of NSDL.

ANSWER: 1 Rs

Explanation:
Under the rule, mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for every dropped call from January 1 but it will be limited to a maximum three dropped calls in a day. However, the compensation will be given only if the call drop takes place due to the calling party’s network and not because of the receiving operator’s network.

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- The headquarter of FAO is in Rome.
- October 16, is World Food Day.
- The theme for this year’s World Food Day is "Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty."
- Kundhavi Kadiresanwas was appointed as the Assistant Director (AD) of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific.

ANSWER: Both

Explanation:
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was officially recognized by the United Nations,but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France, in 1987.
- Theme for this year is Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination.

ANSWER: None

Explanation:
Advocate General's remuneration is not fixed by Constitution, but receives the Pay as per fixation by Government.
The Governor of each State shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court to be Advocate General for the State.