Quiz 46 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

 Newly formed country South Sudan became

the ............... member of the United

Nations.
190th
188th
193rd
202nd
 Who is the director of Harry Potter and

the Deathly Hallows- Part II?
David Heymen
David Yates
John Williams
Bel Hibon
Roald Amundsen’s feat was recently in

news for completion of its 100 years. He was

the
First person to reach the North Pole
First person to reach both North and South Pole
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Which of the following is not a media

partner of the whistle-blower website

Wikileaks?
The Guardian
The New York Times
El Pais
The Associated Press
‘Aarakshan’ movie is produced by ?
Saif Ali Khan
Sachin Krishn
Amitabh Bachchan
Prakash Jha
Palestine recently became a full member

of
United Nations
UNESCO
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Syria
Libya
Yemen
Palestine
‘Slutwalk’, recently in news especially in

Delhi and Bhopal, was started from ?
Canada
Morocco
Australia
New Zealand
The US recently upgraded India to

............... countries on its Human

Trafficking List.
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
Name the temple in Pakistan whose gates

were recently re-opened after 60 years

following a High Court order.
Badami Cave Temple
Kailash Temple
Mukteshwara Temple
Goraknath Temple
Who is the Director of the Lollywood film

‘Bol’?
Shoiab Mansoor
Atif Aslam
Iman Ali
Sajjad Ali
The website launched by J.K. Rowling for

legal access to Harry Potter books is
Pottermore
Harrypottermore
Hogwartsinn
RowlingJK
Name the only Indian company to figure in

the recently released Aon Hewitt’s ‘Top

Companies for Leaders’ global list.
Infosys
Wipro
Tata Steel
Reliance Power
Which former Indian tennis player has been

selected for the IOC Women and Sport Awards

World Trophy by the International Olympic

Committee for promoting
women in sports?
Tara Iyer
Manisha Malhotra
Sanaa Bhambri
Ankita Bhambri
Who amongst the following was re-elected

as the Chairperson of ‘Partners in Population

Development’, an inter-governmental alliance

of twenty-four developing nations?
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Shameem Dev Azad
S. Gandhiselvan
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Amartya Sen was recently honoured

with …………… by the United States of America.
National Medal of Arts
National Medal of Humanities
National Medal of Economics
None of the above
Which tennis player recently became the

first Indian to complete career Grand Slam

after winning the Australian Open?
Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupati
Rohan Bopanna
Somdev Dev Varman
Who recently became the first Indian to

win the ‘Special Book Award’, the highest

literary award of China?
Arundhati Roy
Chetan Bhagat
Prof. B.R. Deepak
Prof. K.P. Sudheer
Which Indian-American has recently been

appointed as the Senior Advisor to the U.S.

State Department?
Mitul Desai
Naveen Junaid
Nikki Haley
Kamala Harris
Which Indian movie found a place in the

list of the ‘All Time 25-Best Sports Movies’,

compiled by Time Magazine?
Chak de India
Lagaan
Iqbal
42 Kms
Who amongst the following do not figure in

the list of the 50 most influential people

released by New Statesman?
Ratan Tata
Anil Ambani
Sonia Gandhi
Tim Cook
Rajat Kumar Gupta was recently arrested by
Bain and Company
The Boston Consulting Group
McKinsey & Company
All of the above
Name the newly appointed British Deputy

High Commissioner representing United Kingdom

in Karnataka.
Richard Hyde
Ross Reid
Ian Felton
None of the above
 Name the President of the Centre for

American Progress, a public policy research

and advocacy organization of the United States

of America.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Satish K. Tripathi
C.M. Naim
Neera Tandon
Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Corporate President

of Sun International, has recently been

selected as the President of ?
FICCI
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ILO
None of the above
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