Daily GK Quiz - 6th Feb 2015

Q. : 1 The inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry was won by who among the following at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival?

1) Arundhathi Subramaniam (When God is a Traveller) 

2) Ranjit Hoskote (Central Time)

3) Sridala Swami (Escape Artist) 

4) Keki N Daruwalla (Fire Altar)

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The National Voters’ Day is observed on

1) 21 Jan 

2) 23 Jan

3) 25 Jan 

4) 31 Jan

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued draft regulations to facilitate full MNP, which is set to start from May 3. Expand the term MNP.

1) Multiple Numbers Portability 

2) Multiple Number Provisioning

3) Mobile Number Provisioning 

4) Mobile Number Portability

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Sergio Mattarella is the newly elected president of

1) Italy 

2) Spain

3) Turkey 

4) Sweden

5) Finland 

Q. : 5 Renowned literary critic, writer and translator MD Hatkananglekar died on 24 Jan. He was a ___________writer.

1) Gujarati 

2) Marathi

3) Tamil 

4) Malayalam

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The World Cancer Day is observed on

1) 1 Dec 

2) 28 Sep

3) 24 Mar 

4) 4 Feb

5) 30 Jan 

Q. : 7 During the budget session commencing on Feb 23, the govt will push for passage of bills on six ordinances promulgated recently. These six ordinances do not include ordinance on

1) FDI in insurance sector 

2) Land Acquisition

3) e-rickshaws 

4) Coal, mines and minerals

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 The Periyar Tiger Reserve has bagged the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award for encouraging local public participation in managing the reserve. It is situated in

1) Chhattisgarh 

2) Assam

3) Kerala 

4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Andhra Pradesh 

Q. : 9 Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi submitted his resignation as the President of which of the following countries recently? The country is facing insurgency from Houthis rebels.

1) Libya 

2) Yemen

3) Nigeria 

4) Tunisia

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab on 22 Jan. At present he is the governor of

1) Himachal Pradesh 

2) Rajasthan

3) Haryana 

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Uttarakhand 

Answer :-

1. (1) Arundhathi Subramaniam (When God is a Traveller)
2. (3) 25 Jan
3. (4) Mobile Number Portability
4. (1) Italy
5. (2) Marathi
6. (4) 4 Feb
7. (5) None of these
8. (3) Kerala
9. (2) Yemen
10. (3) Haryana