Daily GK Quiz - 15th January 2015

Q. : 1 Boko Haram militants killed over 2 thousand civilians and burned down homes in the Baga town of which of the following countries recently?

1) Cameroon 

2) Central African Republic

3) Nigeria 

4) Ghana

5) Burkina Faso 

Q. : 2 Who among the following is the first Indian cricketer ever to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain?

1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 

2) Virat Kohli

3) Sourav Ganguly 

4) Rahul Dravid

5) Virender Sehwag 

Q. : 3 Which of the following is the first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years? It has been hailed as a ‘paradigm shift’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs.

1) Dalbavancin 

2) Tedizolid

3) Bedaquiline 

4) Teixobactin

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Who among the following has won the men’s singles title of the Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha recently?

1) Rafael Nadal 

2) Novak Djokovic

3) Ivo Karlovic 

4) Tomas Berdych

5) David Ferrer 

Q. : 5 What is the name of the mascot for the 35th National Games to be hosted by Kerala in Feb 2015?

1) Ammu 

2) Karak

3) Shera 

4) Appu

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 According to the latest survey report by Labour Bureau, the unemployment rate in India has been what per cent in 2013-14?

1) 4.1 per cent 

2) 4.7 per cent

3) 4.9 per cent 

4) 5.5 per cent

5) 5.7 per cent 

Q. : 7 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging which of the following countries to grant citizenship to its Rohingya Muslim minority and grant them equal access to services recently?

1) Sri Lanka 

2) Myanmar

3) Thailand 

4) Philippines

5) Singapore 

Q. : 8 India has announced to provide USD 60 mn Line of Credit-LoC to which of the following countries for its road infrastructure projects?

1) Suriname 

2) Venezuela

3) Nicaragua 

4) Guyana

5) Ecuador 

Q. : 9 Modibo Keita is the new Prime Minister of which of the following African countries?

1) Mali 

2) Mauritania

3) Ghana 

4) Algeria

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 The national optical fibre network (NOFN) project aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats across the nation by

1) Dec 2015 

2) Dec 2016

3) Jan 2017 

4) Jan 2018

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (3) Nigeria
2. (2) Virat Kohli
3. (4) Teixobactin
4. (5) David Ferrer
5. (1) Ammu
6. (3) 4.9 per cent
7. (2) Myanmar
8. (4) Guyana
9. (1) Mali
10. (2) Dec 2016