1. The “ASIMO” or Advanced Step In Mobile Innovative Mobility, is a humanoid robot designed and developed by ___?
[A]Microsoft
[B]Ford
[C]Honda
[D]IBM
Answer: Honda
ASIMO is a humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda. ASIMO was designed to be a multi-functional mobile assistant.
2. Recently, which of the following countries has decided to deploy drones to monitor and stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in all its national parks and reserves?
[A]South Africa
[B]Kenya
[C]Nigeria
[D]Uganda
Answer: Kenya
Kenya’s wildlife authority has decided to deploy drones to monitor and stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in all its 52 national parks and reserves. The country has lost over 435 elephants and around 400 rhinos to poachers since 2012, driven by demand for illegal wildlife products in Asia and elsewhere.
3. Who among the following has been adjudged as outstanding “Asian Men’s Player of the Year 2013” by Asian Squash Federation?
[A]Ramit Tandon
[B]Mahesh Mangaonkar
[C]Saurav Ghosal
[D]Harinderpal Sandhu
Answer: Saurav Ghosal
Saurav Ghosal has been adjudged outstanding Asian Men’s Player of the Year 2013.
4. The “Yandex” is a one of the largest search engine company operating in ______?
[A]Japan
[B]South Korea
[C]Russia
[D]China
Answer: Russia
Yandex is a Russian internet company which operates largest search engine in Russia about 60% market shares in that country. Yandex ranked as the 4th largest search engine worldwide, based on information from Comscore.com.
5. A new economic term GIRO is being reporting in newspapers recently, what does GIRO stands for ___?
[A]Government Internal Resource Order
[B]Government Internet Related Order
[C]Government Internal Revenue Order
[D]Government Internal Record Order
Answer: Government Internal Revenue Order
