9. Which state became the first State in India to announce a ban on Bt Brinjaleven before the Centre takes a final decision on the introduction of the controversial genetically modified crop?
Answer: Uttarakhand
10. Who has taken over as Director-General of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi (Kerala)?
Answer: E.T. Lukose.
11. Name the Indian-American author that is currently a member of Arts and Humanities Committee of US government appointed by President Barack Obama?
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri
12. Who have been chosen for the G.D.Birla International Award in art and culture category?
Answer: V.P. Dhananjayan and his wifeShantha Dhananjayan. They will receivethe award along with two social workers, Zokhumi Vankung of Mizoram for service to humanity and Percy Barnevik, a Swiss National, for his workin the rural areas of Tamil Nadu.
13. Chairman of news and current affairs channel -Channel Nepal - and largest cable operator Space Time Network, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Katmandu?
Answer: Jamim Shah
He was a Nepalese media entrepreneurhad two newspapers (now closed) and a television channel "Channel Nepal", which is the first satellite channel in Nepal.
14. Which country now joins Chile as the second country in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity?
Answer: Bolivia.
15. Who is elected as Costa Rica's first female president?
Answer: Laura Chinchilla
16. Name of the long-range missile successfully test-fired and launched by India on 07-02-2010 from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coastof Orissa?
Answer: Agni-3. The missile, which hasa range capability of 3500-kilometers was flight tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This was the fourth flight test in the Agni-3 series. The missile is 17 meters long and two metres in diameter. It was powered by a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons.
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