Daily Gk Quiz 16 - Dec - 2014

Q. : 1 Who among the following has been crowned Miss World 2014 at the 64th annual competition held in London on 14 Dec?

1) Elizabeth Safrit 

2) Edina Kulcsar

3) Rolene Strauss 

4) Megan Young

5) Koyal Rana 

Q. : 2 The 14th Finance Commission on 15 Dec submitted its report to the President’s office. It was headed by

1) Vijay Kelkar 

2) C Rangarajan

3) YV Reddy 

4) Duvvuri Subbarao

5) Bimal Jalan

Q. : 3 The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation fell to ______in Nov, the lowest inflation figure in over five years.

1) 2 per cent 

2) 1.7 per cent

3) 1.2 per cent 

4) 1 per cent

5) zero per cent 

Q. : 4 As a step to ease the pressure on stressed assets, the RBI has allowed lenders to restructure existing loans to infrastructure and core industries’ projects above

1) Rs 100 cr 

2) Rs 200 cr

3) Rs 400 cr 

4) Rs 500 cr

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 The Olympic and world champion figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain. He belongs to

1) Japan 

2) South Korea

3) North Korea 

4) Malaysia

5) Philippines 

Q. : 6 Ruble is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Romania 

2) Russia

3) Iran 

4) Egypt

5) Spain 

Q. : 7 Which of the following countries created the world record for longest graffiti wall recently?

1) Norway 

2) Sweden

3) Egypt 

4) United Arab Emirates

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Vinod Zutshi is the current

1) Deputy Governor, RBI 

2) Deputy Director, CBI

3) Deputy Election Commissioner 

4) Vigilance Commissioner

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 The capital which is frequently transferred between financial institutions in an attempt to maximize interest or capital gain is known as

1) Hot money 

2) Paper gold

3) Narrow money 

4) Broad money

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 At present, Indian banks are required to achieve priority sector lending target of 40 per cent of aggregate advances, with ________sub-limit for the farm sector.

1) 8 per cent 

2) 10 per cent

3) 15 per cent 

4) 18 per cent

5) 20 per cent 

Answer :-

1. (3) Rolene Strauss
2. (3) YV Reddy
3. (5) zero per cent
4. (4) Rs 500 cr
5. (1) Japan
6. (2) Russia
7. (4) United Arab Emirates
8. (3) Deputy Election Commissioner
9. (1) Hot money
10. (4) 18 per cent