Current Affairs, General knowledge- June 2011

Q1.	‘Marasmus’ and ‘Kwashiorkor’ diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ? (A) Sodium (B) Protein (C) Iodine (D) Vitamin D  Answer :
Q2.	Which among the following is the largest Buddhist monastery in India ? (A) Ghum monastery (West Bengal) (B) Rumtek monastery (Sikkim) (C) Twang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh) (D) Kursha monastery (Jammu & Kashmir)  Answer :
Q3.	According to 2001 cencus, which state has the highest literacy rate ? (A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Tripura (D) Kerala  Answer :
Q4.	‘Ace’, ‘Double fault’, ‘Smash’, Second service’, and ‘Game point’ terms are related with which sport ? (A) Tennis (B) Squash (C) Table Tennis (D) Badminton  Answer :
Q5.	Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the apex training institution for senior members of the civil services in India, located ? (A) Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) (B) Mount Abu (Rajasthan) (C) Darjeeling (West Bengal) (D) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)  Answer :
Q6.	Which among the following grassland region is also known as the “World’s Breadbasket” ? (A) Pampas of Argentina (B) Prairies of North America (C) Savannas of Africa (D) Steppes of Russia  Answer :
Q7.	Which ancient Indian sage authored the ‘Yog Darshan’ ? (A) Jaimini (B) Gautam (C) Kapil Muni (D) Patanjali  Answer :
Q8.	Which Asian city was formerly known as ‘Batavia’ ? (A) Yangon (Myanmar) (B) Hanoi (Vietnam) (C) Jakarta (Indonesia) (D) Beijing (China)  Answer :
Q9.	Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat ‘zero’ as a number and show its mathematical operations ? (A) Aryabhatta (B) Medhatithi (C) Brahmagupta (D) Bhaskaracharya  Answer :
Q10.	Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ organisation set up in 1957 within the United Nations family ? (A) Tokyo (Japan) (B) Vienna (Austria) (C) Geneva (Switzerland) (D) New York (USA)  Answer :