Sunday, 21 February 2016

Quiz 168: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Who amongst the following is not included in the list of cricketers who completed 1000 test runs in one calendar year in 2014?
Kumar Sangakkara
Younis Khan
David Warner
MS Dhoni
National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated in India on:
13th of December
14th of December
15th of December
16th of December
Dahi Handi has been declared as an adventure sport by which state government?
Maharashtra
Kerala
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau, India?
Dineshwar Sharma
Deepak Gupta
P K Misra
Narsinga Rao
Who won the Miss Universal Peace and Humanity Award, 2014?
Smriti Irani
Anushka Sharma
Ruhi Singh
Rebecca Boggiano
"Make for India" as a slogan was coined by which amongst the following famous personalities:
Narendra Modi
Gurcharan Das
Surjit Singh Bhalla
Raghuram Rajan
"Saransh" is a new programme that was launched recently by:
Central Board of Secondary Education
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Culture
How many new drugs have been induced under National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's control recently?
50
52
54
56
Recently, phones of which company banned by Delhi High Court?
Apple
Nokia
Xiaomi
Samsung
"Wishpicker" a gift recommendation platform has been acquired by which of the following companies?
Facebook
Snapdeal
Flipkart
Amazon
Who amongst the following has/have been named as Time's Person of the Year, 2014?
Kailash Satyarthi
Malala Yousafzai
Ebola Fighters
Vladimir Putin
Swachch Bharat Mission (Rural) programme is under which ministry?
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of drinking water and sanitation
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Panchayati raj
"Sagar Mala" project is related with?
Ocean exploration
Sea route development
modernization of ports
Mangrove development
Google News decided to shut its operations for which of the following countries:
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Turkey
‘OT Southern Star 7’  was in news for:
Oil Spill in Sunderbans
Underwater Missile Launch
Submarine Surveillance in Indian Ocean
None of the above
Which of the fllowing leaders has been awarded the Confucius Peace Prize for his contributions to the cause of World Peace?
Nicolas Maduro
Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
None of the above
Which of the following area/s is/are proving to be major obstacles to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax?
Compensation
Petrol tax
Entry tax
All of the above
Which day has been declared to be "International Day of Yoga" by the United Nations?
July 21
June 21
May 21
December 21
Randhir Singh was recently appointed as the Honorary member of which of the following organizations
International Olympic Committee
Indian Oil Corporation
ONGC Videsh Ltd
Indian Olympic Association
The Union Cabinet on gave its approval for creation of five new posts of Additional Solicitors General (ASG). Which of the following is not amongst the five?
High Court of Punjab and Haryana
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
High Court of Patna
Circuit Benches at Hubli-Dharwad & Gulbarga and Gujarat
How much amount did the Union Cabinet approve to set up of Credit Guarantee Fund for factoring of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) units?
INR 500 crores
INR 1000 crores
INR 1500 crores
INR 700 crore
Nine new species of which amphibians were discovered in the Western Ghats by scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore?
Bush Frog
Salamanders
Caecilians
Golden Poison Frog
IntelCenter released the Country Threat Index (CTI) ranking countries in terms of terrorist and rebel threat to a country. Which of the following has been rated as the most dangerous country as per the Index:
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Iraq
Syria
Which of the following rockets was successfully test fired from Chandipur, Odisha on the 9th of December,2014:
Mark II Pinaka Rocket
GSLV-16
Chandrayaan
Agni IV
Ralph Henry Baer passed away recently. He is most famously known for:
Father of Video Games
Pioneer in Home Video Game Console
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
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