Quiz 38 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which mobile company on 28 January 2013

launched a product called One Nation, One

Rate which offers users one rate for voice,

SMS and data in home circles and on roaming?
Vodafone
Airtel
Aircel
Idea
 Which bank was appointed as the

depository bank for Global Depository

Receipt (GDR) of Indiabulls Infrastructure

and Power Limited (IIPL)?
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Deutsche Bank
ERSTE Group Bank
ERSTE Group Bank
Which leading car manufacturer acclaimed

the title of top selling automaker of the

world in 2012, recording the highest sales

and beating its arch rivals Volkswagen and

General Motors?
Nissan Motors
Honda Motors
Toyota Motor
Chevrolet
 Where will the first wildlife skywalk of

India come up?
Shillong
Manali
Manipur
Sikkim
Scientists discovered in their study

that Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) can

detect the electric fields of _________.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate

option.
Vegetables
Plants
Fruits
Flowers

41. The astronomers in the second week of

February 2013 discovered the proof that

cosmic rays originate as the results of

explosions of stars or supernova, these are

termed as the most energetic event in the

galaxy. Who discovered the cosmic rays first

in 1912?
Eratosthenes
Victor Hess
Claudius Ptolemy
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Where did the researchers in the third

week of February 2013 detected water traces

inside the crystalline structure?
Mars
Sun
Earth
Moon
UK scientists in the third week of

January 2013 discovered a set of

hydrothermal vents, the deepest anywhere in

the world while exploring the ocean floor in

the __________. Fill in the blank with an

appropriate option.
Caribbean Islands
Cayman Trough
Atlantic
None of these
The Person who had sworn -in as the first

woman President of South Korea on 25

February 2013
Park Geun-Sen
Park Geun-hye
Park vain -hye
Najeeb
The playbook which won four awards at the 

Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on

24 February 2013 ?
Silver Linings Playbook
SilverLinking Playbook
Silver Lighting Playbook
None of the above
The Car Rally that was flagged off from

the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium,

West Bengal on 22 February 2013 ?
Silk Route Car Rally
Cottan Route Car Rally
Davis Horn Car Rally
None of the above
The former head of Tata Group who was

awarded the life time achievement award 2012

by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013
Ratan Tata
Anil Ambani
Malya group
None of the above
The former LIC chief who took over as the

Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and

Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February

2013 ?
T. S. Vijayan
V. S. Vijayan
R. S. Vijayan
N. S. Vijayan
The former Union Minister and three times

MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of

68 on 19 February 2013 ?
Radhakishan Malviya
Radhakishan Jain
Radhakishan vairgav
None of the above
The Person who was conferred with Indira

Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and

Development Award 2011 by the President of

India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 ?
Ela Suryash Bhatt
Ela Ramesh Bhatt
Ela Chettan Bhatt
Ela Andrue Bhatt
The Ecuador's President who was re-

elected for a third term with more than 50

percent of the vote ?
Rafael Jordaer
Rafael Correa
Rafael Navvin
All of the above
The Country which banned the Japanese

cartoon Doraemon in the third week of

February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi

invasion ?
Bangladesh
Afganistan
Pakistan and Kuruchetra
None of the above
The person who was appointed as the next

Permanent Representative of India to the

United Nations on 13 February 2013 ?
Asoke Kumar Vain
Asoke Kumar Mukerji
None of these
Asoke Kumar Jain
The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund

mela that was ended on 15 February 2013 was  ?
Karnataka
Bangalore
Nagpur
Deodar and fern
The former Chief Justice of Karnataka

High Court, who sworn in as the Lokayukta on

14 February 2013 ?
N Y Bhaskar Rao
Y Bhaskar Rao
V Bhaskar Rao
S Y Bhaskar Rao
World Radio Day was observed on which day

to raise awareness about the importance of

radio ?
10 February 2013
12 February 2013
04 February 2013
13 February 2013
Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom

Bhutan was on an official visit to India

from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013
Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley
Lyonchhen Jigmi R. Thinley
Lyonchhen Jigmi N. Thinley
Thimas vandry
The Person appointed as the chairman of

Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013 ?
Kalyan Kumar Travedi
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Kalyan Kumar
None of the above
The short range surface-to-surface

missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February

2013 ?
Hatf X (NASR)
Hatf IX (NASR)
Hatf Xl (NASR)
None of the above
Code name given to secret plan for

executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal

Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 ?
Operation Three Star
Operation Two Star
Operation Four Star
None of these
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