Quiz 177: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which of the following Indian banks featured among the 50 World's Most Valuable Banks?
ICICI
Axis Bank
HDFC
State Bank of India
Who has been appointed the new chief of Central Board of Film Certification of India?
Leela Samson
Sharmila Tagore
Pahlaj Nihalani
None of the above
18th of January 2015 was observed in India as:
National Immunization Day
National Youth Day
National Science Day
None of the above
Who created a national record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms under the 56 kilograms category at 10th Youth National Weightlifting Championship 2015?
MC Bhaskar
Vicky Batta
Jimjang Deru
None of the above
Who amongst the following has been selected for the lifetime achievement award to be presented at the Jaipur Film Festival 2015?
Steven Spielberg
Majid Majidi
Reza Naji
Bahman Ghobadi
An ordinance is promulgated in consultation with the President on the advice of the Union Cabinet under which article of the Indian Constitution?
Article 111
Article 368
Article 123
Article 132
Which batsman has the world record for the fastest One Day International century against his name?
AB De Villiers
Corey Anderson
Shahid Afridi
None of the above
Where is India's first "Tribal food festival 2015" being organized?
Mumbai
New delhi
Jaipur
Varanashi
Bhakti Sharma recently made world record in which field?
Climbing Mount everest
Swimming
Table tennis
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Recently, Who made the fastest ODI century in 31 balls?
Shahid Afridi
Corey Anderson
Rohit Sharma
AB de villiers
Who won women’s single title of Sydney International Tennis tournament 2015?
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams
Petra Kvitova
Karolina Pliskova
Who bagged the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 in women category?
Christie Rampone
Kristine Lilly
Abby Wambach
Nadine Kessler

Idukki became the first district in the country to have high speed rural broadband network. Idduki is located in which of the following states?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Odisha
Telangana

Which among the following banks has bagged the “MSME Banking Excellence Awards-2014”? 

Corporation Bank
Canara Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Andhra Bank
Who has been appointed as Nepal's ambassador to India?
Rukma Shukshere Rana
Deep Kumar Upadhyay
GP Koirala
None of the above
Which amongst the following countries was ranked the no. 1 destination for future investments by Japan Bank for International Cooperation in January 2015?  
China
Singapore
India
Indonesia
Which of the following has/have not been matched correctly in terms of film certification as is done by the Central Board of Film Certification in India?

1. U: Unrestricted Public Exhibition - but with a word of caution that Parental discretion required for children below 12 years

2. UA: Unrestricted Public Exhibition    

3. A: Restricted to adults        

4. S: Restricted to any special class of persons 
Only 1
Only 1 & 2
Only 1 & 4
1, 2, 3 & 4
Who amongst the following famous Indian RTI activits was conferred with the Giraffe Hero award 2015?
Shehla Masood
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Dr Gaurang Vora
None of the above
Ghelubhai Naik passed away on 16 January 2015. He was a famous:
Freedom Fighter
Journalist
Cinematographer
Gujarati Author
National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in Citizen-Centric Service Delivery through ICT was presented to which State?
Jharkhand
Jammu & Kashmir
Uttarakhand
Rajasthan
Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 16 January 2015 launched two schemes to support the Scheduled Castes (SC). Which amongst the following are these?
Venture Capital Fund for SC's & Green Business Scheme
Green Business Scheme & National Overseas Scholarship for SC
Venture Capital Fund for SC's & National Overseas Scholarship for SC
None of the above
Recently who resigned as chairperson of censor board of india?
Sharmila tagore
V S Sampath
Leela Samson
Vijay Anand
Recently, higher side boundation on which currency was removed against EURO?
dollar
ruble
swiss franc
pound
Recently, RBI reduced repo rate from 8% to ?
7%
6.5%
7.5%
7.75%
Who became the first Asian and the youngest girl to swim 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in the Antarctic Ocean at a temperature of one degree Celsius?
Lynne Cox
Bhakti Sharma
Lewis Pugh
None of the above
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