Sunday 21 February 2016

Quiz 169: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Softbank was involved in a recent bout of funding of Rs 570 crore for which of the following Indian companies most recently?
Snapdeal
Housing.com
Commonfloor.com
Flipkart
Ukraine Freedom Support Bill was passed by the congress of which country recently?
United States
UK
Russia
None of the Above
Oil companies of which countries were imposed sanctions upon by the US for dealing with Syria?
Sweden and Switzerland
Switzerland and Netherlands
Portugal and Spain
Iran and Russia
Who became world’s 1st twins to climb the highest peaks on seven continents?
Yin and Chang
Tashi and Nungshi
Hillary and Edwina
Vinicus and Tom
Which of the following satellites was launched by ISRO recently?
GSLV Mark III
GSLV Mark II
PSLV C 20
None of the above
Draft National Offset Policy (NOP) has been prepared by which ministry?
Ministry of Commerce
Defence Ministry
Ministry of Human Resources Development
Ministry of Culture
The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill has been passed by which of the following?
Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
What are the name of mascots of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games?
Paul and Simon
Vinicius and Tom
Vinicus and Paul
Tom and Paul
Indian-origin Shriti Vadera was on 12 December 2014 appointed as the Chairman of which major Bank?
Santander UK
HSBC
HDFC
Standard Chartered
AR Rahman has been nominated for Oscar Awards for the year 2015 in the Music Original Score Category for which of these film/s?

Kochadaiiyaan
Million Dollar Arm
The Hundred Foot Journey
All the above
Global Status report on Violence Prevenetion 2014 has been published by?
Amnesty International
World Health Organization
World Economic Forum
UNESCO
Pawan Chamling of which state has become the longest serving Chief Minister of any state in India?
Tripura
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
For which of the following category/ies has the Indian film "Jal" been nominated at the Oscars 2014?
Best Picture
Best Original Score
Both 1 & 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Where was the World Diamond Conference 2014 held?
Cape Town
New Delhi
Surat
Nairobi
Who has been appointed as Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations?
Maryam Nawaz
Maleeha Lodhi
Hina Rabbani Khar
Kashmala Tariq
Who has been elected Prime Minister of Japan from the recently called snap elections?
Shinzo Abe
Tarō Asō
Shigeru Ishiba
Yūko Obuchi
Which group acquired the iconic Old War Office Building of Winston Churchill in the United Kingdom?
Tata Group
Sahara Parivar
Mahindra and Mahindra
Hinduja Group
The Union Government most recently imposed a ban on which terrorist group?
ISIS
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
Jaish-e-Mohammad
Al Qaeda
Which bank recently launched its service named "Bank aapki Mutthi mein"?
HSBC
SBI
ICICI
HDFC
"INDC"- a term being frequently used at Climate Change Negotiations at Lima stands for:
International Notionally Determined Contributions
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
International Nuclear Disaster Consortium
None of the above
Which national team won Champions Trophy of Hockey for the year 2014?
Pakistan
Australia
Netherlands
Germany
Who amongst the following has been appointed the Prime Minister of Mauritius?
Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Paul Bérenger
Rama Sithanen
Anerood Jugnauth
Japanese teens Mima Ito and Miu Hirano were in news recently for:
Becoming the youngest table tennis champions in table tennis World Grand Finals
Winning the IPTL, 2014
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
Who has been crowned as Miss World 2014? 
Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss
Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar
Miss India, Koyal Rana
Miss Philippines, Megan Young
Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about PM Jan Dhan Yojana and the proposed Life Insurance covere to be provided with it?
Insurance will be available to only those who opened their accounts in between August 15, 2014 to 26 January,2015
Initially it would be limited only to one accountholder per family
The person must have a valid RuPay card and biometric card linked to or in process of being linked to his bank account
All of the above
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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