Daily GK Quiz 14th March 2015

Q. : 1 Ajay Jayaram is associated with which of the following games?

1) Tennis 

2) Badminton

3) Squash 

4) Shooting

5) Boxing 

Q. : 2 Which of the following teams is the winner of the 2015 Ranji Trophy?

1) Tamil Nadu 

2) Karnataka

3) Assam 

4) Maharashtra

5) Rajasthan 

Q. : 3 The govt has appointed nine Executive Directors in Public Sector Banks. Which of the following pairs of new EDs and PSBs is NOT matched correctly?

1) K Venkata Rama Moorthy – Bank of Baroda 

2) RP Marathe – Bank of India

3) Harideesh Kumar B – Canara Bank 

4) NK Sahoo – Allahabad Bank

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 The central govt decides to infuse capital in the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) time-to-time. The govt had infused what capital in 2013-14 in 14 PSBs?

1) Rs 11,999 cr 

2) Rs 12,000 cr

3) Rs 13,999 cr 

4) Rs 14,000 cr

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its annual assessment report on India on 12 Mar, projected GDP growth of ________ in 2015-16 for the country.

1) 5.6 per cent 

2) 6.4 per cent

3) 7.5 per cent 

4) 8.5 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The US president Barack Obama has extended sanctions against Iran for another year. The sanctions or state of emergency has been in place since _______ when Tehran and Washington severed diplomatic ties.

1) 1969 

2) 1979

3) 1982 

4) 1997

5) 1999 

Q. : 7 The plan outlay proposed in the Railway Budget for the FY16 is

1) Rs 1,00,011 cr 

2) Rs 1,11,000 cr

3) Rs 1,31,011 cr 

4) Rs 1,50,000 cr

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 PM Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka on 13-14 Mar. India offered which of the following supports to the island nation?

1) A line of credit of up to $318 million for the railway sector. 

2) A currency swap agreement of $1.5 billion by RBI to stablise the local currency.

3) Help in establishing a regional petroleum hub. 

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3) 

Q. : 9 The Finance Ministry has allowed seven public sector banks (PSBs) to tap markets for raising capital. Earlier, the govt had decided to reduce the shareholding in PSBs to

1) 74 per cent 

2) 51 per cent

3) 52 per cent 

4) 49 per cent

5) 26 per cent 

Q. : 10 The govt targets to infuse what amount in nine PSBs in 2014-15?

1) Rs 5,990 cr 

2) Rs 6,990 cr

3) Rs 7,990 cr 

4) Rs 8,990 cr

5) Rs 9,990 cr 

Answer:-

1. (2) Badminton
2. (2) Karnataka
3. (5) None of these
4. (4) Rs 14,000 cr
5. (3) 7.5 per cent
6. (2) 1979
7. (1) Rs 1,00,011 cr
8. (4) All the above
9. (3) 52 per cent
10. (2) Rs 6,990 cr