Sunday, 21 February 2016

Quiz 171: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Famous personality Joseph Sargent died recently. He was associated with which amongst the following fields:
Cinema
Music
Painting
Medicine
24 December was celebrated across the country as:
1st National Good Governance Day
29th National Consumer's Day
Sadbhavana Diwas
None of the above
Who would be heading the committee set up by the Union Government to inquire into the constitution of SIT in 1984 riots?
Justice Nanavati
Justice G P Mathur
Leila Seth
Mukul Mudgal
Who has recently been appointed CMD of Coal India Ltd?
S Mukherji
S Bhattacharya
Shanmugan Vardarajan
Deepak Misra
Which nation has signed an agreement with China to expand the use of their currencies for border trade?
Bhutan
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Who amongst the following is not included in the list of people to be conferred the Bharat Ratna?
KR Narayanan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Madan Mohan Malviya
None of the above
When is the Arms Trade Treaty coming into force?
December, 2014
January, 2015
February, 2015
None of the above
Which section of the Indian Penal Code pertains to "Attempt to Suicide"?
Section 66A
Section 309
Section 311
Section 420
Beji Caid Essebsi has been elected the President of which of the following countries:
Yemen
Tunisia
Libya
Jordan
RBI has issued guidelines to exchange currency notes dated before which year:
2002
2003
2004
2005
Which of the following Indian e-retail firms launched an online agri store?
Flipkart
Jabong
Snapdeal
Amazon.in
Which political party got the highest number of seats in jammu kashmir election 2014?
National conference
BJP
Congress
PDP
Which e-commerce company started first "Online Agri store" in India?
flipkart
snapdeal
amazon
ebay
Recently RBI have asked to replace all old notes from which year?
2000
2010
1990
2005
Who is the author of the book - "Vande Bharatam"?
Bipin Chandra
Suresh Soni
Pt. Prabodh Kumar Mishra
Narendra Modi
Which political alliance got majority in Jharkhand 2014 election for the first time in history?
Congress +
UPA
BJP +
Janta Parivar
Which of the following cities is not included in the list of 12 cities where HRIDAY scheme would be launched?
Varanasi
Katra
Mathura
Amritsar
The 2013 data for the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) pegs India to reach replacement levels of fertility by:


2016
2018
2020
2022
Haruko Obokata recently resigned over his involvement in Stem Cell Scandal. He belongs to which of the following countries?


North Korea
South Korea
China
Japan
Which of the following has been named "Breakthrough of the year 2014" by Science Journal?


Chips that mimic the brain
Rosetta
ISRO Mars Mission
The Birth of Birds
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted Indian Banks’ Association committee on Member Private Sector Banks for 2014-15?


Shyam Srinivasan
A. Shanmugan
Ahir Pareek
None of the above
Which of the following statements is correct with respect to Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO)?
It is a 0.50 caliber round bullet that can change direction mid-air to reach its target
It is a Supersonic Cruise Missile
It is a Submarine Missile launcher
None of the above
Actress Billie Whitelaw was died recently. She belonged to which of the following nations:
Russia
United Kingdom
Belgium
Sweden
National Mathematics Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of which of the following Indian Mathematicians?
Aryabhatta
S. Ramanujam
Manjula Devi
Komaravolu Chandrasekharan
Which nation was allegedly involved in the infamous "Sony Hack" saga?
South Korea
Israel
North Korea
China
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.
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