Quiz 8: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which country will host 2014 women’s Football Aisan Cup

India
japan
China
Vietnam

India has adopted ______________ as its economic system to bring about a socialistic pattern of society.

Socialism
Political economy
Capitalism
Mixed economy
National Income is
Net Domestic Product + Products
Net National Product – Indirect Taxes + Subsidies
Gross National Product – Direct Taxes
Gross Domestic Product – Imports
which company acquired tumbler recently?
microsoft
google
facebook
yahoo
Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant is being established in
Kerala
Tamilnadu
Karnataka
Andra Pradesh
Which of the following has the highest share in power generation in India
Thermal power
Hydro power
Nuclear power
All the above have equal share
The Teesta treaty has becomes a bone of contention between India and ...
China
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nepal
A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was dedicated to the person of which one of the following places
Ahamdabaad Gujrat
Jaipur Rajasthan
Jodhpur Rajasthan
Patan Gujrat
Government has fixed the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of tur (Arhar) for 2012-13 at
Rs 3840 per quintal
Rs 2840 per quintal
Rs 1840 per quintal
Rs 4840 per quintal
During April 2011-February-2012, which of the following state stood first in creating largest employment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
West Bangal
Hriyana
A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of
Y.B. Reddy
N. Rangachary
Annu kapoor
Rashmi Uppadhaya
Which one of the following will be the longest tunnel of India being constructed in J&K
Rohtang tunnel
Banihal tunnel
Chennai-Nashri tunnel
None of them
Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the country
China
India
Japan
Thailand
Francois Hollande has been elected at the President of which of the following nation
Poland
Portugal
France
Greece
Which of the following bank has been awarded Finance Asia Award 2012
AXIS Bank
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
Kotak Bank
Muktinath Temple, a pilgrimage destination for Hindus is situated at which of the following nation
Nepal
India
Trinidad & Tobago
Malaysia
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has joined hands with Japan’s largest oil and gas company for development of its Krishna Godavari basin deep-sea block. Which is the Japanese firm that acquired 26 per cent stake in ONGC’s Krishna Godavari basin deep-sea block
Kyushu Corporation
Inpex Corporation
Nippon Corporation
Daichi Corporation
Who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Kotta Harnarayanan
Madhu Kannan
Chitra Ramakrishnan
Ashish kumar Chauhan
Who is Malala Yousufzai
First Muslim woman Booker prize winner
Pakistani teenage rights activist shot by militants
Norway's first Islamic cabinet minister
First Muslim woman to scale Mt. Everest
What is India’s rank in the Global Competitiveness Index 2012-2013 compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
39
59
89
119
Who was awarded the 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
Priya Dutt
Gulzar
Sharmila Tagore
Sanjay Dutt
Titan, the world's fastest supercomputer, was built by which company
Cray Inc.
IBM
Fujitsu
Intel
What is India's rank in the financial development index 2012 compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
26
32
40
56

Who was chosen as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 2012

a. Xi Jinping

Mo Yan
Hu Jintao
Xu Qiliang
Hu Jintao
Name the new compression format that could drastically reduce the internet bandwidth currently used by video files 
H.265 codec
C.265 codec
H.235 codec
C.235 codec
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Quiz 7: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which among the following countries has sent a money to space recently 
North Korea
Iraq
Iran
South Africa
ccording to India's first aquifer atlas, which state has the best ground water level as the water exploited is quickly replenished
Kerala
Himachal Pradesh
Tamilnadu
Goa
According to Kelker committee, Government should remove the diesel subsidy by 
2012-13
2013-14
2015
2020
 An ancient statue known as Iron Man, that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite named 
Willamette Meteorite
Marília Meteorite
Chinga meteorite
Campo del Cielo
The eBiz portal for India’s Government-to-Business (G2B) is developed by 
HCL
TCS
Satyam
Infosys
The 2013 Women Cricket world cup will be hosted by which country
India
Pakistan
Sri lanka
Bangladesh
Who Became the First Woman Team Principal in Formula-1
Nikki Haley
Monisha Kaltenborn
Nainalal Kidwai
Monisha Koirala
Who Is the New Prime Minister of Libiya
Ali Ahmed
Tony Tan
Ali Ziden
hoshni Mubarak
Name the car which the India’s leading car maker Maruti Suzuki launched recently
Maruti 800
Maruti SX4
Maruti Alto 800
Maruti Wagonar
Name the IPS officer who has recently awarded with the Singham Bravery award posthumously
Narendra Kumar
Jaykant
Deepak Kapur
Prem Prakash
Mali's Presidential election will be held on
28 July 2013
20 July 2013
15 July 2013
1 June 2013
Recently Which Country President Visited India Fom 20-22 May 2013
Pakistan
Russia
Sri Lanka
Afganistan
Economy Growth Rate of "China" Is
7.25 %
7.50%
7.75%
8.0%
What is 'Novozymes Avantec'
an enzyme discovered to produce more ethanol from corn
a new drug found to combat HIV
a vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis
a disease that distroyed apple crop of Himachal Pradesh
Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was set up at 
Channai
Banglore
Kochi
Hydrabad
 As per 'The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012', a child is defined as
a girl under the age of 14 years
a boy under the age of 14 years
a person under the age of 18 years
a person under the age of 20 years
Who is the current director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
C.K Raman
Ranjit Sinha
Abhi Arora
Shankar Bhatiya
India’s single-window body to clear foreign investment proposals, FIPB, cleared IKEA’s Rs 10,500-crore project, the largest FDI in single-brand retail so far. Which of the following statements about IKEA is correct
IKEA is a Japanese Insurance company
IKEA is a South African jewellery company
IKEA is a South Korean Car company
IKEA is a Swedish furniture company
What is the name of world’s ultra-light substance created by Zhejiang University in China
Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon Aerogel
Lead
Granite
Name the first Indigenous developed Rotavirus Vaccine of India
Rotacid
Rotovac
Rotomid
Rotodic
Scientists of which country created the smallest droplets of the world
Switzerland
Poland
England
US
The European Union made decision in May 2013 to impose a continent-wide ban on the Pesticides namely neonicotinoids to help which species of insects
Honey Bees
Ants
Bettle
Lady Birds
The Vice-President of India recently paid a four day state-visit to a country from 14 to 17 April 2013. Name of the country of his visit
Burgundy
Nepal
Tajikistan
Maldives
Name the writer who was recently selected for Jnanpith Award 2012 by the Jnanpith Award Committee
Amar Kant
Ravuri Bharadhwaja
Pratibha Ray
Sri Lal Sukla
Who was the one and only women, to serve as the Chief Election Commissioner of India
Mahasweta Devi
Pratibha Ray
V.S. Ramadevi
Qurratulain Hyder
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Quiz 6: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

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In Which Stadium Pepsi IPL 2013 Final Helds
Edan Garden Kolkata
Firoz Shah Kotla Delhi
Wankhede Mumbai
M Chinnaswami Channai
In Which Country The ICC Champion Trophy 2013 helds
India
South Africa
Australia
England
Which Player Holds thr Purple Cap in Pepsi IPL 2013
James Faulkner
Mohit sharma
Dwayne Bravo
Mitchel Jhonson
Which Player Holds thr Orange Cap in Pepsi IPL 2013
Michel Hussey
Chris Gayle
Rohit Sharma
Shane Watson
Which Team won IPL 2013 
Chennai super kings
Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan royals
Sunrise Hydrabad
Name the member of NRAI who was re-elected as the President of National Rifle Association of India
Jaswant Singh
T.S Dhillon
Sunny Thomas
Raninder Singh
Name the Indian shooting champion who clinched the first gold for India in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Korea on 5 April 2013
Jai Bhagwan
Rahi Sarnobat
S.K Uthappa
Manoj Kumar
Which American Golfer won the Houston Open 2013 on 1 April 2013
Karl Zollar
Mike Brannan
Darren Andrew Points
Mike Austin
 Who among the following Indian is a member of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), which is recently formed to restore health and productivity to the ocean
Rajendra Pachauri
Navi pillay
Vandana Shiva
Ratan Tata
Who among the following is the head of the panel appointed by the Union Enviorment ministry to examine the Western Ghats ecology expert panel report “in a holistic and multidisciplinary fashion
Nikil Dey
Arun Maria
K Kasturirangan
Sunita Narain
The Kishenganga river on which India is constructing a power project is a tributary of the
Ganga river
Jhelum river
Yamuna rivar
Chenab rivar
Parliament of which country recently drafted the own Constitution
Libya
Nepal
Saudi Arab
Egypt
What is the name of the party of Arvind Kejriwal 
Aam Aadmi Party
KJP
Aam Janta Party
Aam Janta Union
Who has been sworn-in as Brazil's Supreme Court's first non-White President
Lula da Silva
Joaquim Barbosa
Maria Stella
Sirleaf Johnson
Who has appointed as director general of the BBC
Tony Hall
Asikano Amano
John Robert
Allen Ray
Which High court of India started E- Court fee system in its premises
Kolkata High Court
Jabalpur High Court
Bombay High Court
Delhi High Court
Who won the 100th Davis cup by defeating Spain
Italy
Germany
Brazil
Czech Republic
Who is the author of the Man booker Prize winning book ‘Life of Pi’
Julian Barnes
Yann Martai
J M Coetzen
V S Naipaul
Recently U.S President lifted ban on import from which country
Pakistan
Mayanmar
India
Nepal
Who has became the third Indo-American to win US Congressional election after Jindal and Nikki Haley
Ami Bera
Ritu Beri
Bobby Jindal
Ravi Rusia
Which International golf player won the Augusta Masters Golf championship on 14 April 2013
Vijay Singh
Tiger Woods
Robert Allen
Adam Scott
Which famous South African sports personality on 7 April 2013was named as the chief coach of the junior men’s national team
Gregg Clark
Greg Chappell
Michael Nobbs
Peter Fernandes
In the 27th edition of North-East Games played at Imphal, which Indian state claimed the title of overall team champion
Arunachal Pradesh
Maghalaya
Sikkim
Manipur
Name the top seeded female Tennis player who won the Fsmily Circle cup 2013

Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova
Anna Kournikova
World Hunger Day ia Observed on
21 may 2013
24 may 2013
28 may 2013
30 may 2013
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Recently, which among the following has announced its plans to launch the world’s largest solar sail in 2014
ISRO
NASA
Japanese Space Agency
European Space Agency
Which among the following panel is looking into ways to improve the country’s overall business climate
Arup Roy Choudhury panel
Damodaran panel
B.P. Rao panel
Deveshwar panel
Recently, the enviorment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The committee is headed by
Ajay desai
Vinod rishi
J D sharma
Sanjay upadhayaya
able tennis legend Zhuang Zedong, who played a major role in ping pong diplomacy passed away recently. He hails from
Thailand
China
South korea
Japan
Name the person who has been appointed as the head of the Congress Coordination Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha poll
Pranb mukherjee
Rahul ghandi
Sonia ghandi
Man mohan singh
Name the person who has awarded Education Nobel prize Award 2012
Madhav Chavan
Shanti Bhusan
Madhavan Menon
Ashok Chauhan
Which country is elected as the board member of the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Brazil
Which among the following panel is looking into ways to improve the country’s overall business climate
Arup Roy Choudhury panel
B.P. Rao panel
Deveshwar panel
Damodaran panel
Which among the films has won the award in the best film category at the BAFTA award 2013
Life of Pie
Les Miserables
Argo
Lincoln
Recently, in which among of the following states, land acquisition for the Posco steel plant is re started
Bihar
West bangal
Odisha
Jharkhand
Samsung launched model
Samsung GRAND
Samsung GALAXY Mega
Samsung GALAXY S
Samsung S 4
Which State Election Commission announced 50 per cent reservation of seats in the panchayat election for women
Andhra Pradesh
Manipur
Assam
Nagaland
Name the person who has appointed as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation
Ranjit Sinha
R. V Reddy
V. Dinesh Reddy
Subhas Joshi
Who is the present chief executive officer of the All India Tennis Association
Hironmoy Chatterjee
Subhas Joshi
Vishwas Narang
Asikano Amano
Name the Asian elephant who can produce human speech
Daya
Koshik
Dolly
Garima
The telephone Connections in India till january 2013
893.14 million
870.13 million
715.76 million
900.12 million
The largest Telephone network in the world is
India
China
USA
UK
“Water Conservation Day” observed on
20th November
19th November
24th November
30th November
Antyodaya scheme is meant to help the
Harijans
Muslims
Poorest of the poor section of the society
Minorities
Andheri's newly constructed headquarters of anti-terror force was inaugurated by N. Kumar Reddy on August 13, 2012 in Hyderabad. What is the name of this counter-terrorist commando force
Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS)
Organization to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus)
Anti Terrorism Agency (ATA)
Anti Terrorism Operations (ATO)
Which two countries signed Agreement for the Modernisation of Indian Railways
India and Belgium
USA and India
Indian and China
Russia and India
The upcoming Ultra Mega Power Projects(UMPPs) at Cheyyur and Sarguja are located respectively in
Kerala and Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh
Kerala and Odisha
Tamil Nadu and Odisha
National Education Day observed on
11th November
14th November
5th November
21th November
As per the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13, brought out by World Economic Forum, a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva, India ranks is
59th
58th
57th
56th
Who is the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India
Justice M. Kartzu
Justice Balakrishnan
Justice J. S. Verma
Justice D. K. Jain
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Quiz 4: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

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Who is the chairman of Fourteenth Finance Commission
Ms. Sushma Nath
Prof Abhijit Sen
Dr. M.Govinda Rao
Dr. Y.V.Reddy
Which among the following states is not awarded Krishi Karman Awards for 2011-12
Madhya Pradesh
Manipur
Maharastra
Nagaland
Which Indian Company signed a pact with French Energy company GDF Suez to import LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)
Indian Oil Corporation(IOC)
GAIL
ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)
Reliance Petroleum Limited
Which core sector industry has the highest weight in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
Electricity
Coal
Petroleum refinery Products
Crude Oil
According to the FDI data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 10, 2012, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in India declined to what amount in the April-June quarter of fiscal 2012-13
5.4 billion dollar
6.4 billion dollar
7 billion dollar
5 billion dollar
SEBI, on August 16, 2012 has made it mandatory that all listed companies must have minimum ________ public shareholdings by June 2013
10%
20%
25%
30%
Which of the following has a 51:49 joint venture with Japanese automobile company Nissan for manufacturing light commercial vehicles in India
Tata Motors
Ashok Leyland
Mahindra and Mahindra
Bajaj Auto
What was the theme of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting organized in Davos, Switzerland
Shaping the Post-Crisis World
Shared Norms for a New Reality
The power of collaborative innovation
Improve the state of the world: rethink, redesign, rebuild
Isle of Wight rock yielded three fossil footprints of Dinosaurs. In which one of the following countries Isle of Wight located
Germany
UK
USA
Afrika
Name the Indian telecom service company which had acquired US firm WPCS Internationa
Shyam Telecom
Tata Teleservices
MTNL
Kavvery Telecom
Government had constituted a panel for suggesting de-control of sugar industry. This panel submitted its report in October 2012 under the Chairmanship of
Anand Sinha
M. Rafeeq Ahmed
C. Rangarajan
Deepak Parekh
The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the the deserted Union Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union Carbide plant located
Indore
BHopal
Raipur
jabbalpur
World Trade Organization (WTO) has ranked India as the _____ largest player in the global service trade.
4
5
6
7
China recently objected to the participation of an Indian Company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. Which one among the following is that country
Taiwan
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
A committee had been constituted to review taxation in IT sector under the Chairmanship of 
Anita Kapur
N. Rangacharya
C. Rangarajan
Y. B. Reddy
Name the astronaut of Indian American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on September 2012
Rakesh Sharma
Tessy Thomas
Kalpana Chawla
Sunita Williams
Kumbum is a monastery found in which of the following countries
Japan
China
Thailand
India
Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer claimed that a new missile was tested which can permanently blackout the electronics of the country without causing any harm to people. What is the name of this missile
Mathago
CHAMP
ERYX
Ikara
According to the 12th Five-Year Plan, India should bring Infant Mortality Rate by the end of the Plan down to
25
26
27
28
The projected average level of the domestic savings rate for the 12th Plan is
35.2 %
35. %
34.2 %
34.6 %
Which film has bagged the National Film Award for best feature film
Anumati
Dhag
Spirit
Pan Singh Tomar
Who has won the National Film Award as best actor
Irrfan Khan & Vikram Gokhale
Kamal Hasan
Shivaji Lotan
Ranbir Kapoor
According to the Census 2011, the percentage of Urban Indians connected to a piped sewer system is
32.7 %
34.6 %
46.4 %
50.3 %
By the end of the Plan, the 12th Five-Year Plan aims to train under the Skill Development Mission
40 million individuals
35 million individuals
45 million individuals
50 million individuals
The Railway Budget 2013-14 has proposed to introduce a new hyper luxury class to be called
Udaan
Anubhuti
Anand
Apoorva
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Quiz 3: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

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Agriculture and allied activities, according to the Economic Survey 2012-13, accounted for Gross Domestic Products
14.1 %
13 %
14 %
14.2 %
In the Budget 2013-14, how much money has been allocated to the Ministry of Science and Technology
Rs.5,275 crore
Rs.6,275 crore
Rs.7,275 crore
Rs.8,275 crore
Which among the following countries has given a grant of US $ 1 billion for the reconstruction of the Nalanda University
Japan
UK
China
USA
The Thar Express goes to
Bangladesh
pakistan
Afganistan
Myanmar
National Social Assistance Programme is aimed at providing
financial support to Scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes
old age pension to very poor
insurance for the poor
insurance for the poor
Who amongst the following is the author of the book Unaccustomed Earth
Salman Rushdie
Jhumpa Lahiri
Dalai Lama
Meera Nair
As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have Uranium reserve of
1 lakh tonnes
1.5 lakh tonnes
2 lakh tonnes
2.5 lakh tonnes
Census data related on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Which one of the following countries had recently joined World Trade Organisation
Russia
Myanmar
Taiwan
Austria
Which one among the following is the fastest Indian Super-computer recently developed by ISRO
Tianhe-1A
Jaguar-Cray
Saga-220
Aakash-A1
Which leading Indian business house sold its group company Centum Learning to Everonn Education
Toyota
LIC
Reliance
Bharti Group
Mata Jijabai Award for 2012 was given to
Smt. Omana T.K
Ms. Sonika Agarwal
Smt. Guramma H. Sankina
Smt. Olga D’mello
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on December 7, 2012 asked Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with how many TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery water during December 2012 
12 TMC feet
10 TMC feet
8 TMC feet
6 TMC feet
Scientists in northern Mexico discovered a new dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived about 73 million years ago. what is the name of this new dinosaur
Raptorex
Latirhinus Uitstlani
Gigantoraptor
Khaan
Software engineers as well as neuroscientists at University of Waterloo, Canada claimed that they have developed a closest model of the functioning human brain. What is this artificial human brain called
AbioCor
Bioartifical
Spaun
i-Limb
Who was the first top ranking Indian official to visit China after changes in Communist Party of China
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna
Shiv Shankar Menon
Ajit Singh
Anand Sharma
Where did the American Depositary Shares (ADS) of Infosys, India's second-largest IT services provider start trading on 12 December, 2012
Bombay Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Singapore Stock Exchange
Union Government of India on 5 December, 2012 cleared the decks for transferring the prime 12.5 acre United Mill land in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government for building a state-of-the-art memorial for an Indian revolutionary and political leader. Name the political leader 
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B. R. Ambedkar
Ramabai Ambedkar
Balasaheb Thackrey
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar award, 2012 confer to
Smt. Guramma H. Sankina
Smt. Pranita Talukdar
Smt. Omana T.K
Smt. Olga D’mello
The first indigenously developed weaponised helicopter was handed over to Indian Army on 8th February 2013 is
Rudra
Indra
Varun
Chetak
Who has been awarded the world Food Prize 2012
Kofi Annan
Daniel Hillel
Ban Ki-Moon
None of the above
'NGRBA' which was recently in news stands for
National Gangotri River Basin Authority
National Ganga River Basin Authority
National Godavari River Basin Authority
None of the above
Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the lines : An Auto-biography'
Khushwant Singh
Sharad Pawar
Kuldip Nayar
General J.J. Singh
An African country, Sudan has been broken into two recently with formation of a new country named South Sudan. Economy of South Sudan will depend on its
minerals
fishery product
agricultural product
forest product
Which is not a feature of the American Constitution
Written Constitution
Republic
Federation
Cabinet System
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China recently objected the participation of an Indian company in its joint venture with another country for offshore oil exploration. which one among the following is that country
Myanmar
Taiwan
South Korea
Vietnam
Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1,2012
Arun Mishra
Jawahar Thakur
Neeraj Kumar
A.K. Aggarwal
Who has been appointed the new German ambassador to India
Ross Csatary
Marissa Mayer
Michael Steiner
None of the above
Who is the author of the book \'Turning Point - A Journey Through Challenges\'
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Jaswant Singh
Hamid Ansari
None of them
P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12,2012 in New Delhi. He was a great
Poet
Economist
Scientist
Musician
The 24th Arab League Summit got underway in which of the following city
Khartun
Dubai
Doha
Cairo
Which of the following states has bagged the National Tourism Award
Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
India has signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on March 28, 2013 at Bern, Switzerland with which of the following country
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Mauritius
Finland
The Government of India and the RBI to introduce one billion pieces of Rs. 10 notes in polymer/plastic on a field trial basis. The field trial will be conducted in five cities. Which of the following is not among them
Shimla
Bhubaneswar
Jaipur
Nagpur
On February 14th 2013 India has conclude $6 billion Missile deal with which country
France
Russia
USA
England
On 12th March 2013 the President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee attending the celebration of 45th Anniversary of Independence of which country
Maldive
Sri Lanka
Mauritius
Vietnaam
Asia's largest Solar Power Project set at which of the following cities
Jaipur
Nagpur
Jodhpur
Bikaner
Who is the head of the panel on Energy Security constituted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
C. Ranjarajan
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Vijay Kelkar
Kaushik Basu
Who has bagged the National Film Award as best actress
Priyanka Chopra
Usha Jadhav
Ananya Chatterjee
Arundhuti Nag
Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1,2012
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
Kaziranga National Park
Konkan Railway
Who is China's first woman astronaut
Li Xei
Liu Yang
Yang Xei
None of them
ISRO recently gave clearance for using which frequency band from satellite for internet on trains
3G Spectrum
S Band
C Band
KU Band
Which of the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme
Kareena Kapoor
Vidya Balan
Hema Malini
Aishwarya Rai
A centre dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore is being proposed to be established at
Washington
Edinburgh
London
Tokyo
Veteran actor of Bengali Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee was honoured with one of the following award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Ratna Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sahitya Academy Award
Who is the author of the book 'A Soldier's General'
General V.K. Singh
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma
General J.J. Singh
None of them
India's first Mega Food Park became functional on July 9, 2012 in
Pune
Jaipur
Kanpur
Chittoor
Who has been appointed the Prime Minister of Egypt on July 24, 2012
Hesham Qandil
Mohammed Morsi
Kamal Ganzouri
None of them
To encourage farmers to switch to alternative crops from rice and wheat, the Budget 2013-14 has pledged
Rs.700 crore
Rs.600 crore
Rs.500 crore
Rs.400 crore
Who is the winner of prestigious Jnanpith award for the 2012
Amar Kant (Hindi)
Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja (Telgu)
Pratibha Ray (Odia)
Shrilal Shukla (Hindi)
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.

Quiz 1: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Name the two PSUs, which were granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013
ONGC and NTPC
BHEL and GAIL
ONGC and GAIL
Coal India and SAIL
Which compost plant become the first in India to receive carbon credit worth Rs.25 lakh from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Mumbai Compost Plant
Kanpur Composting PLant
Rotopala Composting Plant
Okhla Compost PLant
Which Malaysian budget carrier to launch the new airline along with Tata Group and Telestra Tradeplace
Jet Star
Tiger Airways
Air Asia
Cebu Pacific
Who has won the entrepreneur of the Decade" award conferred by All India Management Association in New Delhi
Mr. Ratan Tata
Mr. Narayan Murti
Mr. Mukesh Ambani
Mr. Sunil Mittal
The proposed allocation for the newly launched "National Livestock Mission" in the Union Budget 2013-14 is
Rs.304 crore
Rs.300 crore
Rs.314 crore
Rs.307 crore
The Budget 2013-14 has proposed to allocate for urban transportation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) a sum of
Rs.14,873 crore
Rs.13,873 crore
Rs.12,873 crore
Rs.10,873 crore
Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world 
NASA, USA
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
CERN, Geneva
ISRO, India

China recently became ________ arms exporter
The world's second largest
The world's third largest
The world's fourth largest
The world's fifth largest
Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi founded
Atmavidhya Sangham
Ananda Maha Sabha
Yogakshema Sabha
Adwaithasramam
Which of the following Cyber attacks is related to India?
Stuxnet
Flame
Titan Rain
GhostNet
china does not have border dispute with which country?
India
Japan
Vietnam
Malaysia
Kasturirangan panel recently gave its report. It was related to ?

tiger conservation
ghariyal conservation in chambal river
biodiversity in western ghats
illegal mining report
what is major concern with India-EU FTA negotiation?
It will increase price of cars
it will decrease price of gold
it will increase price of medicines
there is no concern
what is new income limit set in 2013 for creamy layer in OBC category ?
4.6 lakh
5 lakh
3 lakh
6 lakh
In which state, goverment has prevented state election commission to conduct panchayat elections in three phases?
rajasthan
gujarat
karnataka
west bengal
Posco which is building steel plant in Orisha, belongs to which country?
south korea
japan
china
singapore
which port is managed by china in pakistan?
Karachi port
Korangi
Gwadar
Pasni
what is one of the reason of rising current account deficit of India?
IPL
tourism industry
software services
investment in gold
which statements are incorrect:
i. India\'s first green revolution was based on use of fertilizers.
ii. SRI technology can be used to increase yield of rice.
i
ii
i & ii
none
which country is aiding India in its DMIC project?
USA
Japan
Russia
France
Which controversial section of IT Act was in news recently?
61-B
66-C
66-A
61-D
Recently, Shahbag Protests happened in which country?
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Syria

Name of India\'s first mission to Mars is?
mangalkhoj-1
mangaldoot-1
mangalyaan-1
mangal-1