Quiz 40 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

 The Bollywood actress  who on 1 November 2012 was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Ambassador to India François Richier ?
Jayya Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Sunita Rai Bachchan
None of the above
Indian American astronaut who along with a fellow astronaut moved out of the International Space Station on  ?
Anindya Vaisla
Sujjan Williams
Sunita Williams
David Beckham
Veteran BJP leader, former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan and former finance minister of Bihar who passed away in State of Bihar on  ?
Kailashpati Mishra
Garima santu
S.L HUSSAN
H.L vailin
Chinese-British writer and physician who was known by her pen name Han Suyin, died at the age of 95 on 2 November 2012 ?
Elizabeth Comber
Elizabeth selter
Elizabeth honing
None of the above
The Iron Lady from Manipur who on 5 November 2012 completed 12 years of her fast demanding cancellation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958  (AFSPA) ?
Vikram Seth
Irom Sharmila
Irom vaenam
None of these
BBC Director General who on 10 November 2012 resigned from the job over covering sexual abuse ?
George Entwistle
George Estale
George Foster
None of the above
The great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi who was elected to a State Assembly in the United States during the general elections held on 6 November 2012
Shanti Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
None of the above
Renowned literary critic and educator who

on 10 November 2012 was awarded the

prestigious Kyoto Prize in Kyoto ?
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri hienat
All of the above
None of the above
The UK Word of the Year 2012 , chosen  by

the Oxford English Dictionary ?
Omnishambles
NBTSTAT
Anand Bhargav
Maithili Sharan Gupt
The Person who was elected new General

Secretary of the Party’s seven-member

Politburo standing committee by the

Communist Party of China (CPC) on 15

November 2012 ?
Chinongo ji chong
Xi Jinping
Gi chong
None of the above
The ex-Defence Minister of India and

former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman

who died on 15 November 2012 ?
K.C. Pant
V.C Pant
N.C Pant
R.C Pant
The California-based, Indian-American  who

became the only 3rd of the community to win

Congressional Election, making it to US

House of Representatives
H.l jain
Ami Bera
Semi Bera
None of the above
The Shiv Sena Supremo   who died on 17

November 2012 at the age of 86 ?
Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray
Shreesanth, Ajit Chadila and Ajinkya Rahane
Anand Bhargav
None of the above
The Chairman of Assam Tribune Group of

Newspapers died on 17 November 2012 at his

residence in Rajgarh  ?
David William Donald Cameron
Tulsi Govinda Baruah
Shiv Kumar Sharma
Mahaparinirvan
The 23rd official James Bond movie which

became the highest-grossing installment in

the 50-year-old franchise ?
Skyfall
Endrufly
Moon
None of the above
The former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High

Court on 19 November 2012 was appointed as

the new Chairperson of the Election

Commission of The Indian Olympic Association

(IOA) ?
Anil Dev Singh
Rajiv Dev Singh
Sunil Dev Singh
Raghu Dev Singh
The person who was appointed as the head

coach of the men’s National Basketball Team

in the third week of November 2012 by the

Basketball Federation of India (BFI)
Scott Flemming
K.L VAINSAN
S.L HUSSAN
None of the above
The Pakistani National and the lone

surviving terrorist of 26/11 Mumbai Terror

Attacks who was hanged on 21 November 2012

at Pune’s Yerwada Jail ?
Mohammad Iqbal
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
Mohammad ibrahim
None of the above
The former President of the Federative

Republic of Brazil, was awarded with Indira

Gandhi Prize for Peace on 22 November 2012 ?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Ranjit Sinha
Sunil Gavaskar
Y.H. Malegam
The person who was sworn-in as Brazil's

Supreme Court's first non-White President on

23 November 2012 ?
Joaquim Barbosa
Garima santu
J.R.D. Tata
John Tony Blair
The US special envoy to Af-Pak

(Afghanistan-Pakistan) who on 27 November

2012 announced his resignation
Marc Grossman
Rafael Correa
Hatf Xl (NASR)
None of the above
Chairperson of the National League of

Democracy of Myanmar  who visited India from

13 November 2012 to 18 November 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi
Hing pong ving
Ching pong li
None of the above
Former Prime Minister of India and the

head of unsteady coalition government in

1990s who died at the age of 92 following

brief illness on 30 November 2012
Rafael Jordaer
Inder Kumar Gujral
Anand Bhargav
Jyotiba Phule
Which online marketplace on 18 January

2013 tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra for

selling of its two-wheelers to customers on

the site?
E-bay.com
Myntra.com
Snapdeal.com
Amazon.com
Which airways company in the month of

January 2013 entered into a partnership with

CentrumDirect to offer Foreign Exchange

Services to guests travelling abroad?
Spice
Kingfisher
Jet Airways
Indian Airlines
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