Quiz 44 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which legendary Chinese basketball player announced retirement recently?
Ding Jinhui
Liu Wei
Sun Yue
Yao Ming
Sanjiv Sachdeva, who has recently resigned from his post was the
Chief National Badminton Coach of India (Seniors)
Chief National Badminton Coach of India (Juniors)
Chief National Badminton Coach of India (Women)
None of the above
Ginni Rometty recently became the first woman CEO of which multi-national company?
Infosys
HP
IBM
Microsoft
Which American airline has recently filed a bankruptcy petition?
Continental
Virgin Airlines
American Airlines
None of the above
Vikram Akula recently resigned as the Chairperson of which micro-finance company of India?
Share Microfin Limited
SKS Microfinance Ltd.
Asmitha Microfin Ltd.
None of the above
 Scott Thompson was recently named as the new CEO of Yahoo Inc. immediately replacing  ?
Carol Bartz
Roy Bostock
Tim Morse
David Filo
Which multi-national company’s “Unhate” campaign has recently prompted the Vatican to threaten legal action against them?
Levi’s
Nike
Adidas
United Colors of Benetton
Which internet titan, based on the model of deal-ofthe-day, recently debuted at NASDAQ?
Groupon
Crunchbase
LivingSocial
StealTheDeal
Caron Bartz, the former CEO of Yahoo Inc. who was fired recently, was the former executive chairperson of ?
Google
Autodesk
Apple
AltaVista
 Who recently stepped down as the President of Standard and Poor’s?
Douglas Peterson
Arun Deodhar
Deven Sharma
None of the above
 Meg Whitman, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard, is the erstwhile President of which of the following companies?
Amazon
Ebay
apple
Microsoft
 K.V. Kamath recently took over as the Chairman of ?
ICICI
IDBI
Infosys
Reliance Communications
Starbucks, an international coffeehouse chain, is foraying into the Indian market in collaboration with ?
Tata Investment Corporation
Tata Global Beverages
Tata International
All of the above
Name the current CEO of Infosys, who succeeded Kris Gopalakrishnan in August, 2011.
N.R.Narayana Murthy
S.D. Shibulal
Nandan Nilekani
K.V. Kamath
Contract of which iconic company was recently auctioned by Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest auction house?
Apple
Microsoft
IBM
Nestle
Jill Abramson was recently appointed as the executive editor of ……………, thus becoming the first ever woman executive editor in its 160-year old history.
The Guardian
The New York Times
News of the World
The Sunday Times
 Pawan Goenka has recently been appointed as the Chairman of
Hindustan Motors
Ssangyong Motor
Tata Motors
General Motors
Name the co-founder of Twitter who quit recently to work for his other company, The Obvious Corporation.
Biz Stone
Evan Williams
Jason Goldman
Jack Dorsey
Who was the editor of the tabloid News of the World, which closed its operations in July, 2011?
Colin Myler
Bob Bird
Dan Wootton
Victoria Newton
Which company recently toppled Reliance Industries to become India’s most valuable company?
Reliance Power
Coal India
ICICI Bank
BPCL
The Book Depository, the UK based online bookseller was recently taken over by:
Flipkart
Amazon
EBay
Facebook
 The Book Depository, the UK based online bookseller was recently taken over by ?
Flipkart
Amazon
EBay
EBay
Arthur Levinson has recently been named as Apple Inc’s new:
Director
Regional Director
Senior Manager
Non-executive Chairman
Which city has recently bagged the Conde Nast Traveller (CNT) award for the best leisure destination in India?
Bhopal
Udaipur
Jaipur
Gwalior
Which Indian film has won the award in the Generation KPlus category at the 62nd Berlin Film Festival?
Udaan
Gattu
Peepli Live
None of the above
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