Daily GK Quiz 25th and 26th February 2015

Q. : 1 Which of the following states is all set to become the country's first state to present a 'paperless' budget on Mar 11?

1) Himachal Pradesh 

2) Haryana

3) Andhra Pradesh 

4) Telangana

5) Delhi 

Q. : 2 Who among the following has won the best actor Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) 

2) Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)

3) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) 

4) Michael Keaton (Birdman)

5) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) 

Q. : 3 Who among the following has won the best actress Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) Reese Witherspoon (Wild) 

2) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

3) Julianne Moore (Still Alice) 

4) Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

5) Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) 

Q. : 4 Which of the following telecom service providers and UNICEF has joined hands to provide education and health related information to its customers in some 17 African countries?

1) Bharti Airtel 

2) Vodafone

3) Orascom Telecom 

4) Telkom

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Name the batsman who hit the first ever double century in the ICC Cricket World Cup playing against Zimbabwe on 24 Feb. It is the fastest double century till date.

1) AB de Villiers 

2) Chris Gayle

3) Virat Kohli 

4) Dwayne Bravo

5) Kieron Pollard 

Q. : 6 Who among the following has NOT hit a double century so far in ODIs?

1) Virendra Sehwag 

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Rohit Sharma 

4) AB de Villiers

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 As per the 14th Finance Commission recommendations, the central govt has agreed to transfer ___________ share to states from the divisible pool of centre’s net taxes.

1) 22 per cent 

2) 32 per cent

3) 42 per cent 

4) 52 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Who among the following headed the 14th Finance Commission?

1) Vijay Kelkar 

2) C Rangarajan

3) Duvvuri Subbarao 

4) Bimal Jalan

5) Y Venugopal Reddy 

Q. : 9 India successfully test-fired N-capable Prithvi-II missile recently. It is a

1) air-to-air missile 

2) air-to-surface missile

3) submarine-launched missile 

4) surface-to-surface missile

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Ram Naresh Yadav stepped down as the governor of which of the following states recently after he was named in a multi-crore scam in the state?
1) Rajasthan 
2) Odisha
3) Uttar Pradesh 
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Maharashtra 

Q. : 11 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has been sworn in as the first woman president of which of the following countries?
1) Serbia 
2) Slovakia
3) Montenegro 
4) Hungary
5) Croatia 

Q. : 12 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a Permanent Judicial Museum at which of the following high courts, set up as part of its Sesquicentennial Celebrations recently?
1) Bombay High Court 
2) Delhi High Court
3) Guwahati High Court 
4) Allahabad High Court
5) Punjab and Haryana High Court 

Q. : 13 The TRAI amended the mobile number portability regulations on 25 Feb. Now subscribers will be able to retain same number while relocating to anywhere in India starting
1) 31 Mar 
2) 1 Apr
3) 1 May 
4) 3 May
5) 3 Jun 

Q. : 14 The prestigious Dr Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 will be conferred on Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan. While Geeta Varadan is associated with ISRO, Tessy Thomas is associated with
1) HAL 
2) DRDO
3) OFB 
4) BARC
5) None of these 

Q. : 15 Film ‘Dhanak’ has been honoured with The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature-length film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. It is a film by
1) Neeraj Pandey 
2) Vishal Bhardwaj
3) Madhur Bhandarkar 
4) Nagesh Kukunoor
5) None of these 

Q. : 16 A special court on 25 Feb sentenced gangster Abu Salem in the two-decade old murder of Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain case. Salem has been sentenced
1) to life 
2) capital punishment
3) to 10 years in prison 
4) to 5 years in prison
5) None of these 

Q. : 17 Actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died. He was a ________actor.
1) US 
2) Canadian
3) French 
4) Spanish
5) Italian 

Q. : 18 Faisal Siddiqui has been named by which of the following mobile phone makers as its new South Asia chief? He was head of its Indian operations.
1) Samsung 
2) HTC
3) Acer 
4) Asus
5) Xiaomi 

Q. : 19 The Cabinet Minister of Railways ____________presented his maiden budget on 26 Feb.
1) Ramvilas Paswan 
2) DV Sadananda Gowda
3) Suresh Prabhu 
4) Manohar Parrikar
5) Nitin Gadkari 

Answer :-

1. (1) Himachal Pradesh
2. (5) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
3. (3) Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
4. (1) Bharti Airtel
5. (2) Chris Gayle
6. (4) AB de Villiers
7. (3) 42 per cent
8. (5) Y Venugopal Reddy
9. (4) surface-to-surface missile
10. (4) Madhya Pradesh
11. (5) Croatia
12. (1) Bombay High Court
13. (4) 3 May
14. (2) DRDO
15. (4) Nagesh Kukunoor
16. (1) to life
17. (3) French
18. (2) HTC
19. (3) Suresh Prabhu