Daily GK Quiz 27th February 2015

Q. : 1 As proposed in the Railway Budget for 2015-16, tickets can be booked ________in advance instead of 60 days to tackle tout menace.

1) 30 days 

2) 90 days

3) 120 days 

4) 150 days

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Indian priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar had been abducted in Jun 2014 and was released recently. He was abducted in

1) Afghanistan 

2) Pakistan

3) Bangladesh 

4) Sri Lanka

5) Myanmar 

Q. : 3 Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships?

1) Karolina Pliskova 

2) Simona Halep

3) Serena Williams 

4) Eugenie Bouchard

5) Maria Sharapova 

Q. : 4 The third Tortoise Festival was organised on the banks of Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of __________recently. The Lake is popularly known as the tortoise lake and is a natural habitat of the few unique tortoises.

1) Sikkim 

2) Odisha

3) Assam 

4) Jharkhand

5) Karnataka 

Q. : 5 The Railway Minister has proposed to introduce a modern train system similar to bullet trains in design, and that can run on existing tracks to save 20 per cent of journey time. These trains will be called

1) train sets 

2) track trains

3) track-run-bullet trains 

4) high speed trains

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 As per the Rail Budget for 2015-16, Indian Railways aims to improve the operating ratio, a key measure of efficiency, to ________during the next fiscal.

1) 93.6 per cent 

2) 91.8 per cent

3) 89.9 per cent 

4) 88.5 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 Who among the following is the new US Secretary of Defense?

1) Leon Panetta 

2) Chuck Hagel

3) Michele Flournoy 

4) Ashton Carter

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 In the Railway Budget for 2015-16, investment of __________ has been envisaged over the next five years.

1) Rs 2.5 lakh cr 

2) Rs 3.5 lakh cr

3) Rs 5.5 lakh cr 

4) Rs 7.5 lakh cr

5) Rs 8.5 lakh cr 

Q. : 9 The Union Cabinet on 25 Feb cleared the creation of the proposed 5-nation BRICS bank. Which country will hold the Presidency of the USD 100-bn bank based in Shanghai for the first six years?

1) China 

2) Russia

3) South Africa 

4) Brazil

5) India 

1. (3) 120 days
2. (1) Afghanistan
3. (2) Simona Halep
4. (3) Assam
5. (1) train sets
6. (4) 88.5 per cent
7. (4) Ashton Carter
8. (5) Rs 8.5 lakh cr
9. (5) India