Daily GK Quiz 12th February 2015

Q. : 1 The Union Cabinet has given its nod to PSBs to bring down govt’s holding in a phased manner to what per cent so that they can raise up to Rs 1,60,825 cr from the market?

1) 52 per cent 

2) 55 per cent

3) 60 per cent 

4) 74 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Who among the following Finance Ministers of India had also served as RBI governor?

1) Morarji Desai 

2) Manmohan Singh

3) Arun Jaitley 

4) Yashwant Sinha

5) Pranab Mukherjee 

Q. : 3 The Union Cabinet has approved the official amendments to the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008, after the Select Committee on the Bill submitted its report. The Select Committee was headed by

1) Chandan Mitra 

2) Kapil Sibal

3) Salman Khurshid 

4) Subramanian Swamy

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 What is the minimum paid-up capital requirement for floating a health insurance company in India as per the current norms?

1) Rs 50 cr 

2) Rs 75 cr

3) Rs 100 cr 

4) Rs 250 cr

5) Rs 300 cr 

Q. : 5 The govt offloaded its 5 per cent stake in SAIL through OFS route recently. What is expanded form of OFS?

1) Offer-For-Sale 

2) Offer-For-Subscription

3) Offer-For-Shares 

4) Offer-For-Stocks

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The Delhi High Court has directed which of the following Chinese mobile handset makers to stop import, sale of phones over patent case by Ericsson?

1) Oppo 

2) Lenovo

3) Huawei 

4) Xiaomi

5) Gionee 

Q. : 7 Which of the following banks has launched first homegrown economic indicator called Composite Index?

1) PNB 

2) SBI

3) BOB 

4) IOB

5) UKO Bank 

Q. : 8 KM Mani, who has been booked in a bar bribe scam, is the present Finance Minister of which of the following states?

1) Karnataka 

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Kerala 

4) Odisha

5) West Bengal 

Q. : 9 The United Nations has declared Jun 21 as

1) International Day for abolition of Ebola 

2) International Day of Yoga

3) International Day against Child Labour 

4) World Tuberculosis Day

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 After the first bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two countries signed a deal to set up at least____nuclear reactor in India.

1) 12 

2) 14

3) 15 

4) 20

5) 24 

Answer :-

1. (1) 52 per cent
2. (2) Manmohan Singh
3. (1) Chandan Mitra
4. (3) Rs 100 cr
5. (1) Offer-For-Sale
6. (4) Xiaomi
7. (2) SBI
8. (3) Kerala
9. (2) International Day of Yoga
10. (1) 12