Daily GK Quiz 28th March 2015

Q. : 1 So far, 76 projects have been sanctioned under the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) programme in five Ganga river basin states. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

1) Uttarakhand 

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Bihar 

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) West Bengal 

Q. : 2 The Insurance Australia Group has announced to raise its stake from 26 per cent to 49 per cent in the general insurance joint venture with

1) HDFC 

2) ICICI

3) Punjab National Bank 

4) State Bank of India

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was forced to flee as Houthi rebels advance towards the city recently in which of the following countries?

1) Syria 

2) Yemen

3) Libya 

4) Iraq

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Who among the following is all set to be the next foreign ministry spokesperson?

1) Ajit Doval 

2) Ranjan Mathai

3) Vikas Swarup 

4) Nirupama Rao

5) Sujatha Singh 

Q. : 5 The 2015 roster of 'World's Greatest Leaders' by Fortune magazine, which includes the 50 greatest leaders in the world including PM Narendra Modi, is topped by

1) Narendra Modi 

2) Kailash Satyarthi

3) Tim Cook 

4) Barack Obama

5) Shinzo Abe 

Q. : 6 The US President Barack Obama has nominated the Indian-American Atul Keshap as the next US ambassador to

1) China 

2) Sri Lanka and Maldives

3) Nepal and Bhutan 

4) India

5) Indonesia 

Q. : 7 India is the partner country for Hannover Messe, 2015, one of the biggest industrial fairs in the world, to be inaugurated on Apr 13 in

1) France 

2) Germany

3) Japan 

4) Spain

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 What does letter ‘S’ denote in the term IFSC, used for online banking transactions?

1) Security 

2) Settlement

3) System 

4) Submission

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 __________emerged as the highest bidder in the spectrum auction, which concluded on 25 Mar.

1) Idea Cellular 

2) Vodafone

3) Bharti Airtel 

4) Reliance Communication

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Every bank branch is given a unique MICR code and this helps the RBI to identify the bank branch and speed up the clearing process. The MICR code has ______digits in it.

1) three 

2) four

3) five 

4) seven

5) nine 

Answer:-

1. (4) Madhya Pradesh
2. (4) State Bank of India
3. (2) Yemen
4. (3) Vikas Swarup
5. (3) Tim Cook
6. (2) Sri Lanka and Maldives
7. (2) Germany
8. (3) System
9. (1) Idea Cellular
10. (5) nine