Daily GK Update - 10th January 2015

Q. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed the CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog?

1) Arvind Panagariya 

2) Sindhushree Khullar

3) VK Saraswat 

4) Bibek Debroy

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The govt of India initiative ‘Prakash Path’ is associated with which of the following?

1) Setting up light houses in the Arabian Sea 

2) Setting up solar lights across the national highways

3) LED bulb distribution 

4) CFL bulb distribution

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 Which of the following states is all set to be the first state to be fully covered by broadband connectivity under the national optical fibre network (NOFN) project?

1) Kerala 

2) Karnataka

3) Tamil Nadu 

4) Goa

5) Gujarat 

Q. : 4 Who among the following has been sworn-in as the new President of Sri Lanka?

1) Ranil Wickremasinghe 

2) Chandrika Kumaratunga

3) Mahinda Rajapaksa 

4) Maithripala Sirisena

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Two suspected militants slaughtered 12 people at the office of which of the follwong French magazines on 7 Jan?

1) Le Nain Jaune 

2) Hara-Kiri

3) Le Charivari 

4) Charlie Hebdo

5) Le Rire

Q. : 6 As much as 15 NRIs were awarded with the ‘Pravasi Bhartiya Samman’ on the concluding day of the 13th PBD in Gandhinagar. Who among the following was NOT one among them?

1) Rajaram Sanjaya 

2) Mala Mehta

3) Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar 

4) Satyanarayan Nadella

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The govt is looking to start a fresh process of inviting bids for UMPPs in the country. The term UMPP stands for

1) Ultra Mini Power Project 

2) Ultra Mega Power Project

3) Ultra Modern Power Project 

4) Ultra Modified Power Project

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 India’s newest airline Vistara started its flight on 9 Jan. Which of the following leading business houses of India has launched the airline with the Singapore Airlines?

1) Reliance 

2) Tata

3) Aditya Birla Group 

4) Essar

5) Essel 

Q. : 9 Which of following teams has retained the iconic Reliance ICC Test Championship mace recently?

1) Pakistan 

2) England

3) South Africa 

4) Sri Lanka

5) New Zealand 

Q. : 10 Which of the following is imposed in the state of Jammu & Kashmir when constitutional machinery fails there?

1) Caretaking govt 

2) Governor’s rule

3) President’s Rule 

4) Executive Rule

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (2) Sindhushree Khullar
2. (3) LED bulb distribution
3. (1) Kerala
4. (4) Maithripala Sirisena
5. (4) Charlie Hebdo
6. (5) None of these
7. (2) Ultra Mega Power Project
8. (2) Tata
9. (3) South Africa
10. (2) Governor’s rule