Sunday 21 February 2016

Quiz 159: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

National Education day is celebrated for birth anniversary of which freedom fighter?
Sardar Vallabh bhai patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
National Education day is celebrated on?
11th November
12th November
14th November
11th October
Where is India's first IT Investment Region planned?
Chennai
Noida
Bengaluru
Ahmedabad
Who is the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Issues? 
A.R. Rather
Arun Jaitley
Manohar Parriker
None of the above
The Government has frozen the LPG subsidy at what price?
Rs 20 per kg
Rs 14.2 per kg
Rs 40 per kg
None of the above
"Saksham" and "Pragati" are newly launched initiatives of the Ministry of HRD. What kind of schemes are they?
 

Scholarship Scheme
Online Portals for prospective students
Skill Assessment Matrix
None of the above
The railways Ministry identified 17 key areas in its operations where 100 percent Foreign/Private investment could be allowed. Which amongst the following are included in these 17 areas?
Standalone Passenger Lines
Passenger Terminals
Bio-Toilets
All of the above
Who is heading the committee on Railway Board Restructuring?
Bibek Debroy
Sam Pitroda
Suresh Prabhu
E. Sreedharan
Which institutes are asked to adopt modal villages under "Unnat Bharat Scheme"?
IIM
IIT
IISc
AIIMS
Who was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Flipkart ?
B. Sriram
Rajeev Rishi
Devendra Pal Singh
Sanjay Baweja
Who has been appointed as the Union Finance Services Secretary (FSS) recently ?
Hasmukh Adhia
Kanya Kelavani
B.N. Chandrappa
Abhijit Mukhejee
Which Airways Cargo has instituted a Policy against the shipment of shark fins recently in order to protect declining shark populations and to save marine ecosystem ?
Jet Airways Cargo
Indigo Airways Cargo
Go Airways Cargo
Air India Airways Cargo
Which bird is known to travel one of the longest distance ?
Siberian Cranes
Ruff
Amur Falcon
Greater Flamingo
Which of the following was not granted the new protection status by UN?
Polar bears
Cuvier’s beaked whale
African lion
Gazelle
The RBI recently increased the Capital Adequacy Ratio and Net Owned Fund limit for which type of financial institutions:
Regional Rural Banks
Cooperative Banks
Non Banking Finance Companies
None of the above
Russia and China signed the second Mega Gas deal that involves:
30 bcm of gas from Russia to China along the Power of Siberia pipeline in the west
30 bcm of gas from Russia to China along the Altay Route in the west
38 bcm of gas from Russia to China along the Power of Siberia pipeline in the East
38 bcm of gas from Russia to China along the Altay Route in the west
What proportion of the Global Greenhouse gas burden does India emit?
6%
18%
13%
1%
M.S.S. Pandian passed away recently. He was a famous:
Social Scientist
Environment Activist
Child Rights Campaigner
Mathematician
Israel is developing "Barak-8 Air and Defence Missile system" in partnership with which country?
France
USA
India
China
Recently "Lone Wolf" operation are in news. What is it related with?
Social service
Rescue Operation
Terrorism
single person protest
"Kiss of Love" protests belong to which country?
France
India
USA
China
Recently which state became India's first state to make Voting compulsory in Local body elections?
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Which organization started SPIx index to track Indian software product companies?
NASSCOM
iSPIRIT
NSE
NASDAQ
Who is chosen as new Railway Minister in November 2014?
Sadananda Goda
Ram vilas paswan
Suresh Prabhu
Manohar Parikar
Who is chosen as new Defence minister in November 2014? 
Arun Jaitely
Nitin Gadakari
Manohar Parikar
Rajanath
Score = Correct answers:
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.

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