Quiz 2 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country
Myanmar
Taiwan
South Korea
Vietnam
Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012
Arun Mishra
Jawahar Thakur
Neeraj Kumar
A.K. Aggarwal
Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India
Ross Csatary
Marissa Mayer
Michael Steiner
None of the above
Who is the author of the book \'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges\'
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Jaswant Singh
Hamid Ansari
None of them
P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great
Poet
Economist
Scientist
Musician
The 24th Arab League Summit got underway in which of the following city
Khartun
Dubai
Doha
Cairo
Which of the following states has bagged the National Tourism Award
Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
India has signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on March 28, 2013 at Bern, Switzerland with which of the following country
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Mauritius
Finland
The Government of India and the RBI to introduce one billion pieces of Rs. 10 notes in polymer/plastic on a field trial basis. The field trial will be conducted in five cities. Which of the following is not among them
Shimla
Bhubaneswar
Jaipur
Nagpur
On February 14th 2013 India has conclude $6 billion Missile deal with which country
France
Russia
USA
England
On 12th March 2013 the President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee attending the celebration of 45th Anniversary of Independence of which country
Maldive
Sri Lanka
Mauritius
Vietnaam
Asia's largest Solar Power Project set at which of the following cities
Jaipur
Nagpur
Jodhpur
Bikaner
Who is the head of the panel on Energy Security constituted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
C. Ranjarajan
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Vijay Kelkar
Kaushik Basu
Who has bagged the National Film Award as best actress
Priyanka Chopra
Usha Jadhav
Ananya Chatterjee
Arundhuti Nag
Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
Kaziranga National Park
Konkan Railway
Who is China's first woman astronaut
Li Xei
Liu Yang
Yang Xei
None of them
ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains
3G Spectrum
S Band
C Band
KU Band
Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme
Kareena Kapoor
Vidya Balan
Hema Malini
Aishwarya Rai
A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at
Washington
Edinburgh
London
Tokyo
Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the following award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sahitya Academy Award
Who is the author of the book 'A Soldier's General'
General V.K. Singh
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma
General J.J. Singh
None of them
India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in
Pune
Jaipur
Kanpur
Chittoor
Who has been appointed the Prime Minister of Egypt on July 24, 2012
Hesham Qandil
Mohammed Morsi
Kamal Ganzouri
None of them
To encourage farmers to switch to alternative crops from rice and wheat, the Budget 2013-14 has pledged
Rs.700 crore
Rs.600 crore
Rs.500 crore
Rs.400 crore
Who is the winner of prestigious Jnanpith award for the 2012
Amar Kant (Hindi)
Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja (Telgu)
Pratibha Ray (Odia)
Shrilal Shukla (Hindi)
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Quiz 1 on Current Affairs for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Name the two PSUs, which were granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013
ONGC and NTPC
BHEL and GAIL
ONGC and GAIL
Coal India and SAIL
Which compost plant become the first in India to receive carbon credit worth Rs.25 lakh from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Mumbai Compost Plant
Kanpur Composting PLant
Rotopala Composting Plant
Okhla Compost PLant
Which Malaysian budget carrier to launch the new airline along with Tata Group and Telestra Tradeplace
Jet Star
Tiger Airways
Air Asia
Cebu Pacific
Who has won the entrepreneur of the Decade" award conferred by All India Management Association in New Delhi
Mr. Ratan Tata
Mr. Narayan Murti
Mr. Mukesh Ambani
Mr. Sunil Mittal
The proposed allocation for the newly launched "National Livestock Mission" in the Union Budget 2013-14 is
Rs.304 crore
Rs.300 crore
Rs.314 crore
Rs.307 crore
The Budget 2013-14 has proposed to allocate for urban transportation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) a sum of
Rs.14,873 crore
Rs.13,873 crore
Rs.12,873 crore
Rs.10,873 crore
Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world 
NASA, USA
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
CERN, Geneva
ISRO, India

China recently became ________ arms exporter
The world's second largest
The world's third largest
The world's fourth largest
The world's fifth largest
Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi founded
Atmavidhya Sangham
Ananda Maha Sabha
Yogakshema Sabha
Adwaithasramam
Which of the following Cyber attacks is related to India?
Stuxnet
Flame
Titan Rain
GhostNet
china does not have border dispute with which country?
India
Japan
Vietnam
Malaysia
Kasturirangan panel recently gave its report. It was related to ?

tiger conservation
ghariyal conservation in chambal river
biodiversity in western ghats
illegal mining report
what is major concern with India-EU FTA negotiation?
It will increase price of cars
it will decrease price of gold
it will increase price of medicines
there is no concern
what is new income limit set in 2013 for creamy layer in OBC category ?
4.6 lakh
5 lakh
3 lakh
6 lakh
In which state, goverment has prevented state election commission to conduct panchayat elections in three phases?
rajasthan
gujarat
karnataka
west bengal
Posco which is building steel plant in Orisha, belongs to which country?
south korea
japan
china
singapore
which port is managed by china in pakistan?
Karachi port
Korangi
Gwadar
Pasni
what is one of the reason of rising current account deficit of India?
IPL
tourism industry
software services
investment in gold
which statements are incorrect:
i. India\'s first green revolution was based on use of fertilizers.
ii. SRI technology can be used to increase yield of rice.
i
ii
i & ii
none
which country is aiding India in its DMIC project?
USA
Japan
Russia
France
Which controversial section of IT Act was in news recently?
61-B
66-C
66-A
61-D
Recently, Shahbag Protests happened in which country?
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Syria

Name of India\'s first mission to Mars is?
mangalkhoj-1
mangaldoot-1
mangalyaan-1
mangal-1