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Daily GK Quiz - 22nd January 2015

Q. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
1) Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin
2) Deepak Parekh
3) M Sathiyavathy
4) RK Srivastava
5) None of these

Q. : 2 Sutirtha Bhattacharya has taken over as the full-time Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following PSUs?
1) Coal India
2) Indian Oil
3) BHEL
4) ONGC
5) None of these

Q. : 3 Gurmeet Singh, who was arrested by the Thailand police, is the alleged killer involved in the assassination of
1) Indira Gandhi
2) Lalit Narayan Mishra
3) Beant Singh
4) Rajiv Gandhi
5) None of these

Q. : 4 Sergei Shoygu, who visited New Delhi on 20 Jan on a three-day visit, is the present defence minister of
1) Kyrgyzstan
2) Russia
3) Kazakhstan
4) Belarus
5) None of these

Q. : 5 South African batsman AB de Villiers hit the fastest century in one-day internationals till date recently. He scored his century in just
1) 28 balls
2) 31 balls
3) 37 balls
4) 44 balls
5) 45 balls

Q. : 6 Leander Paes with his new partner Raven Klaasen won men’s doubles title of which of the following tennis tournaments recently?
1) Apia Sydney International
2) Heineken Open
3) Chennai Open
4) Australia Open
5) None of these

Q. : 7 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 Jan asked banks to notify the base rate at least once in every three months. Base rate is also known as
1) the minimum lending rate
2) the maximum lending rate
3) the RBI lending rate
4) the teaser lending rate
5) None of these

Q. : 8 What is the currency of Egypt?
1) Euro
2) Egyptian franc
3) Egyptian dollar
4) Egyptian pound
5) None of these

Q. : 9 Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy, led by Tulsi Tanti, has agreed to sell its Senvion SE unit to Centerbridge Partners for USD 1.16 bn. This unit is based in
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) US
5) Japan

Q. : 10 The Reserve Bank of India has issued final guidelines regarding allowing banks to sell insurance products. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) Banks can act as brokers for insurers or set up their own subsidiaries. 2) Banks can act as corporate agents without seeking prior approval from the RBI.
3) Banks will have to comply with IRDA guidelines.
4) Banks are allowed to sell insurance policies of different insurance companies.
5) None of these

Answer :-

  1. (4) RK Srivastava
  2. (1) Coal India
  3. (3) Beant Singh
  4. (2) Russia
  5. (2) 31 balls
  6. (2) Heineken Open
  7. (1) the minimum lending rate
  8. (4) Egyptian pound
  9. (2) Germany
  10. (5) None of these
daily gk quiz - 22nd january 2015

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