Daily GK Quiz 18th January 2015

Q. : 1 Who among the following Indian-Americans has been conferred with Martin Luther King Award in the US, recently?

1) Shantanu Narayen 

2) Frank Islam

3) Sundar Pichai 

4) Indra Nooyi

5) Nikesh Arora 

Q. : 2 The PM Narendra Modi has selected who among the following as the face and facilitator of his pet education project ‘Teach in India’?

1) Kannan Soundararajan 

2) Akshay Venkatesh

3) Subhash Khot 

4) Manjul Bhargava

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The Asian Games medalist OP Jaisha broke the 19-year-old national record in Mumbai recently. He is a

1) runner 

2) triple jumper

3) discus throw player 

4) swimmer

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Name the batsman who hit the fastest century in one-day internationals playing against the West Indies recently.

1) Hashim Amla 

2) Rohit Sharma

3) Corey Anderson 

4) AB de Villiers

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Under which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution, the President of India notifies a joint sitting of the Parliament?

1) Article 108 

2) Article 80

3) Article 81 

4) Article 395

5) Article 356 

Q. : 6 Sri Lanka’s new foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera visited which of the following countries, recently, on his first visit abroad?

1) China 

2) Pakistan

3) US 

4) India

5) Bangladesh 

Q. : 7 Which of the following dairy products giants in India is planning to invest Rs 5,000 cr in the next fiscal in order to achieve the revenue target of Rs 50,000 cr by 2020?

1) Nestle 

2) Amul

3) OMFED 

4) AAVIN

5) Mother Dairy 

Q. : 8 Name the author of the novel Madhorubhagan, who came under attack different sections of the society for the novel and now has announced to give up writing altogether.

1) Melanmai Ponnusamy 

2) Perumal Murugan

3) D Selvaraj 

4) Joe D Cruz

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 The present regime of which of the following countries has initiated the impeachment of the ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra?

1) Philippines 

2) Thailand

3) Singapore 

4) Myanmar

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 What is full form of ASBA, a term used in connection of stock market?

1) Application Supported By Base Amount 

2) Application Supported By Basket Amount

3) Application Supported By Blocked Amount 

4) Application Supported By Borrowed Amount

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (2) Frank Islam
2. (4) Manjul Bhargava
3. (1) runner
4. (4) AB de Villiers
5. (1) Article 108
6. (4) India
7. (2) Amul
8. (2) Perumal Murugan
9. (2) Thailand
10. (3) Application Supported By Blocked Amount