Quiz 5 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Recently, which among the following has announced its plans to launch the world’s largest solar sail in 2014
ISRO
NASA
Japanese Space Agency
European Space Agency
Which among the following panel is looking into ways to improve the country’s overall business climate
Arup Roy Choudhury panel
Damodaran panel
B.P. Rao panel
Deveshwar panel
Recently, the enviorment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The committee is headed by
Ajay desai
Vinod rishi
J D sharma
Sanjay upadhayaya
able tennis legend Zhuang Zedong, who played a major role in ping pong diplomacy passed away recently. He hails from
Thailand
China
South korea
Japan
Name the person who has been appointed as the head of the Congress Coordination Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha poll
Pranb mukherjee
Rahul ghandi
Sonia ghandi
Man mohan singh
Name the person who has awarded Education Nobel prize Award 2012
Madhav Chavan
Shanti Bhusan
Madhavan Menon
Ashok Chauhan
Which country is elected as the board member of the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Brazil
Which among the following panel is looking into ways to improve the country’s overall business climate
Arup Roy Choudhury panel
B.P. Rao panel
Deveshwar panel
Damodaran panel
Which among the films has won the award in the best film category at the BAFTA award 2013
Life of Pie
Les Miserables
Argo
Lincoln
Recently, in which among of the following states, land acquisition for the Posco steel plant is re started
Bihar
West bangal
Odisha
Jharkhand
Samsung launched model
Samsung GRAND
Samsung GALAXY Mega
Samsung GALAXY S
Samsung S 4
Which State Election Commission announced 50 per cent reservation of seats in the panchayat election for women
Andhra Pradesh
Manipur
Assam
Nagaland
Name the person who has appointed as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation
Ranjit Sinha
R. V Reddy
V. Dinesh Reddy
Subhas Joshi
Who is the present chief executive officer of the All India Tennis Association
Hironmoy Chatterjee
Subhas Joshi
Vishwas Narang
Asikano Amano
Name the Asian elephant who can produce human speech
Daya
Koshik
Dolly
Garima
The telephone Connections in India till january 2013
893.14 million
870.13 million
715.76 million
900.12 million
The largest Telephone network in the world is
India
China
USA
UK
“Water Conservation Day” observed on
20th November
19th November
24th November
30th November
Antyodaya scheme is meant to help the
Harijans
Muslims
Poorest of the poor section of the society
Minorities
Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. Kumar Reddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counter-terrorist commando force
Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS)
Organization to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)
Anti Terrorism Agency (ATA)
Anti Terrorism Operations (ATO)
Which two countries signed Agreement for the Modernisation of Indian Railways
India and Belgium
USA and India
Indian and China
Russia and India
The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects(UMPPs) at Cheyyur and Sarguja are located respectively in
Kerala and Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh
Kerala and Odisha
Tamil Nadu and Odisha
National Education Day observed on
11th November
14th November
5th November
21th November
As per the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13, brought out by World Economic Forum, a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva, India ranks is
59th
58th
57th
56th
Who is the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India
Justice M. Kartzu
Justice Balakrishnan
Justice J. S. Verma
Justice D. K. Jain
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