Daily GK Quiz 20 - December - 2014

Q. : 1 Name the Indian-American who has been confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in the District of Columbia, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to occupy this important position.

1) Amit Priyavadan Mehta 

2) Vince Girdhari Chhabria

3) Indira Talwani 

4) Manish S Shah

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Name the person who has been awarded Swedish rights prize, Olof Palme human rights prize.

1) Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar 

2) Xu Youyu, China

3) Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General 

4) Cui Weiping, China

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The Supreme Court of which of the following countries has launched E-judiciary services aiming to provide better court services and to ensure easy access to justice?

1) Maldives 

2) Bangladesh

3) Sri Lanka 

4) Nepal

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 What is India’s position on the 2014 Annual Global Update released by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) regarding black money?

1) First 

2) Second

3) Third 

4) Fourth

5) Fifth 

Q. : 5 The US Senate has confirmed who among the following as Surgeon General of the US? The thirty seven-year-old Indian-American physician is youngest person and first person of Indian-origin to hold the post.

1) Aftab Chaudri 

2) Debo Adegbile

3) Regina Benjamin 

4) Vivek Murthy

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The books 'An Odyssey in War & Peace' and 'Surrender at Dacca' have been authored by

1) Dalbir Singh Suhag 

2) Ved Prakash Malik

3) JFR Jacob 

4) Bikram Singh

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 Which of the following is the first Tamil newspaper launched in UAE on 9 Dec? 

1) Thinath Thanthi 

2) Daily Thanthi

3) Dinakaran 

4) Dinamani

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Vijay Diwas (Victory Day), which commemorates India’s military victory over Pakistan in 1971, is observed on

1) 12 Dec 

2) 16 Dec

3) 18 Dec 

4) 20 Dec

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 __________is the process of appointing a person to take care of your assets in the event of your death.

1) Elimination 

2) Deputation

3) Consultation 

4) Nomination

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Which of the following pairs of banks and their CMDs is NOT matched correctly?

1) ICICI – Chanda Kochhar 

2) Bank of India – Vijayalakshmi R Iyer

3) Axis Bank – Shikha Sharma 

4) Allahabad Bank – Shubhalakshmi Panse

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (1) Amit Priyavadan Mehta
2. (2) Xu Youyu, China
3. (4) Nepal
4. (3) Third
5. (4) Vivek Murthy
6. (3) JFR Jacob
7. (2) Daily Thanthi
8. (2) 16 Dec
9. (4) Nomination
10. (5) None of these