Quiz 52 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Red Chilly Trophy National team chess championship was concluded on 28 February 2011. Petroleum Board won the tournament by defeating¬¬___ in final.
Railway
Madhya Pradesh
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Kevin O’ Brien scored fastest world cup century on 2 March 2011against England in the Cricket world cup 2011. He belongs to which one of the following countries?
Ireland
South Africa
West Indies
Australia
The Union Cabinet of India on 19 May 2011 gave approval for conducting the BPL (Below Poverty Line) census in rural and urban areas. Consider the following statements on BPL census.
i)  The BPL census would be conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development in association with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and the Registrar General of India.
ii) The results of the BPL Census would be utilised in the 13th Five year Plan.
Choose the right option.
Both i and ii are correct.
Only i is correct.
Only ii is correct
Neither i nor ii is correct.
The Union government of India rejected the Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj’s recommendation to impose President’s rule in the state. Under which article of the Constitution of India, the President’s role is imposed upon any Indian state?
Article 356
Article 370
Article 56
Article 60
Madhya Pradesh state government on 23 May 2011 decided to form separate agriculture cabinet. Who is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Shivendra Singh Chauhan
Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Dorjee Khandu
Name the first harmonium artiste to be awarded Padma Shri in India
who died on 25 May 2011.
Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri
Girija Devi
Kishori Amonkar
Ustad Nasir Ahmad Khan
A1974 batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre was on 23 May 2011 appointed the Cabinet Secretary of India. Name the person.
K M Chandrashekhar
Ajit Kumar Seth
Sumit Bose
Debasish Prusty
Writer of the critically acclaimed film Bandit Queen, died of cancer at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Myumbai on 22 May 2011. Name the writer.
Mala Sen
Sagarika Ghose
Kamini Roy
Malathi Rao
India successfully test fired indigenously developed air-to-air interceptor missile with an 80 km range from Chandipur in Orissa first on 20 May and then again on 21 May 2011. The missile is one of the smallest missiles developed by the DRDO in terms of size and weight. Name the missile.
Astra
Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)
Advanced Air Defense Missile
Dhanush
1. Renowned film critic, historian and a pioneer of the film society   movement in India died on 22 May 2011.
2. He is credited as one of the early pioneers who carved a space for serious film criticism in India and was given the lifetime achievement award at the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival in 2004.
3.Dasgupta had also ventured into directing films and made seven films, including two feature films – Bilet Pherat and Amodini.
4.He is the father of very talented and versatile actress Aparna Sen.
Identify the person with the following clues

Hari Sadhan Dasgupta
Chidananda Dasgupta
Vinayak Chakravorty
Derek Bose
 India's advanced communication satellite was successfully launched into its geosynchronous transfer orbit by Arianespace's launch vehicle Ariane-5 from Kourou in French Guyana. Name the satellite.
GSAT-8
CARTOSAT-2B
ANUSAT
RESOURCESAT-2
UltraTech Cement recently reported a 26 per cent drop in net profit at Rs 229 crore (Rs 309 crore) in the fourth quarter ended March 31 due to lower sales realisation in the southern region where it has a major presence. Which group of companies does Ultra Tech Cement belong to?
JK Cement Ltd
Jaypee Group
Aditya Birla group
India Cements
Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd recently acquired three tea gardens in East Africa – two in Rwanda and one in Uganda. Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd belongs to which group of companies?
B K Birla Group
Tata Tea
Dunlop
Indian Tea Company
Bridgestone India recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which state government to facilitate the creation of a production facility to make passenger car radial tyres (PCR) and truck and bus radial tyres (TBR) at Chakan?
Maharashtra Government
Madhya Pradesh Government
Andhra Pradesh Government
Gujarat Government
On 22 April 2010 the Income Tax (IT) department added Red Chillies Entertainments to the list of companies under its scanner after the I-T officials’ visit to the office of Red Chillies Entertainments at Khar. Who owns the company?
Farhan Akhtar
Sharukh Khan
Subhash Ghai
Ajay Devgan
 Which private sector bank planned to launch sale of silver bars from May 16 (Akshaya Tritiya day) in 80-100 branches across 10-12 cities. This is the first time a commercial bank is retailing silver bars?
ICICI
HDFC
ABN Amro
Standard Chartard
Which two Indian drug manufacturing companies did not feature the list of top 10 generic companies in the fiercely competitive US market?
1. Lupin Ltd
2. Dr Reddy’s Ltd
3. Adani Pharmachem Pvt. Ltd.
4. Kremoint Pharma
1 and 2
1 and 3
3 and 4
2 and 4
 Which are the two Indian apparel brands that come up with 100 percent organic lines made of cotton, linen and natural dyes, in an effort to do their bit for the environment and also to spread awareness among consumers?
Van Heusen and Arrow
Pantaloon Retail (India) and Hoffmen
Allen Solly and Van Heusen
Arrow and Hoffmen
The Ace in the humble goods carrier segment that recently crossed 1 Lakh sale mark is a product of which automaker?
Tata Motors
Mahindra
General Motors
Volkswagen
 With which steel major did Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) recently sign a memorandum of understanding to enter into a joint venture for steel production using its FINEX technology in order to bring down the cost of production?
Posco (S. Korea)
Hyundai Steel (S. Korea)
ShanDong Jinan (China)
Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation (China)
 On 6 April 2010 Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) entered into an agreement to acquire the PT Megasari Makmur Group that manufactures and distributes a wide range of household products and its distribution company. PT Megasari Makmur Group belongs to which country?
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Phillipines
Which are the two companies that emerged the top bidders for two separate power distribution franchisee contracts floated by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) in late April 2010?
Spanco and GTL
Crompton and GTL
Spanco and Crompton
Torrent Power AEC Limited and Crompton
 Max New York Life Insurance entered into a 10-year bancassurance tie-up with which Indian bank?
SBI
Axis Bank
ICICI
United Bank of India
Airtel has roped in which film actor as its brand ambassador in Andhra Pradesh who would feature in the Telugu version of Airtel's national campaign and in a series of five TV commercials?
Ramcharan Teja
Ajith Kumar
Jayanth
Varun Sandesh
 Who was recently elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
Hari S Bhartia
Venu Srinivasan
R S Sharma
Sunil Kant Munjal
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