Daily GK Quiz - 5th Feb 2015

Q. : 1 The US has agreed to partner with India in developing three smart cities. Which of the following are these three cities where these smart cities will come up?

1) Allahabad, Ajmer, and Visakhapatnam 

2) Allahabad, Varanasi, and Visakhapatnam

3) Varanasi, Lucknow, and Bhopal 

4) Bhopal, Delhi, and Chennai

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Edgar Lungu has been sworn in as the new President of

1) Malawi 

2) Zambia

3) Mozambique 

4) Zimbabwe

5) Namibia 

Q. : 3 What is the currency of Greece?

1) Greek franc 

2) Euro

3) Greek dollar 

4) Greek lev

5) Greek lungu 

Q. : 4 On the eve of the Republic Day, Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously awarded with the highest peacetime gallantry award. Name the award.

1) Yudh Seva Medal 

2) Sena Medal

3) Shaurya Chakra 

4) Ashok Chakra

5) Kirti Chakra 

Q. : 5 Who among the following has been appointed as the new Home Secretary?

1) Ajit Seth 

2) RK Singh

3) LC Goyal 

4) Anil Goswami

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) is a specialised unit of the CRPF created to counter the

1) Naxalite problem 

2) insurgency in North-Eastern states

3) militancy in Jammu & Kashmir 

4) militant attack

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The winner of the men’s singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton 2015 is

1) K Srikanth 

2) Parupalli Kashyap

3) Hendra Setiawan 

4) Lin Dan

5) Lee Chong Wei 

Q. : 8 Who among the following is now the world’s oldest monarch?

1) Willem-Alexander 

2) Emperor Akihito

3) Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 

4) King Carl XVI Gustaf

5) Queen Elizabeth II 

Q. : 9 The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest public sector bank, has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro (about Rs 700 cr) with which of the following banks to support SMEs in India?

1) Bank of Japan (BoJ) 

2) European Investment Bank (EIB)

3) Softbank 

4) Deutsche Bank

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Name the Indian academician who is among seven experts nominated by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to be members of the Advisory Group to review peace building architecture.

1) Anis Bajwa 

2) Asoke Kumar Mukerji

3) Hardeep Singh Puri 

4) Saraswathi Menon

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (1) Allahabad, Ajmer, and Visakhapatnam
2. (2) Zambia
3. (2) Euro
4. (4) Ashok Chakra
5. (3) LC Goyal
6. (1) Naxalite problem
7. (2) Parupalli Kashyap
8. (5) Queen Elizabeth II
9. (2) European Investment Bank (EIB)
10. (4) Saraswathi Menon