Daily GK Quiz 5th March 2015

Q. : 1   The Odisha govt started the process for constitution of a State Legislative Council recently. Which of the following states has/have State Legislative Council as of now?

1) Bihar

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Maharashtra

5) All the above

Q. : 2   The Arkavathi land denotification scam, which was in news recently, is associated with which of the following states?

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Karnataka

3) Maharashtra

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Kerala

Q. : 3   Which of the following countries adopted Europe’s single currency Euro on 1 Jan 2015? It is the 19th member of the eurozone.

1) Ukraine

2) Estonia

3) Lithuania

4) Belarus

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Who among the following has been appointed the Vice Chairman of the recently set up NITI Aayog which has replaced the Planning Commission?

1) Arvind Subramanian

2) Arvind Panagariya

3) TN Srinivasan

4) Pravin Krishna

5) Jagdish Bhagwati

Q. : 5   Who among the following has won the ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi?

1) Stanislas Wawarinka

2) Rafael Nadal

3) Novak Djokovic

4) Andy Murray

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Omar Karami, who died recently, was the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Indonesia

2) Thailand

3) Malaysia

4) Cambodia

5) Lebanon

Q. : 7   Veteran Indian-origin JY Pillay was reappointed as the top advisor to President of which of the following countries recently? He will exercise the functions of the President’s office in the absence of President.

1) Fiji

2) Trinidad and Tobago

3) Singapore

4) Suriname

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The French economist Thomas Piketty turned down country’s top award, the Legion D’Honneur recently. He is the other of which of the following best-selling books?

1) Capital in the 21st Century

2) The Big Switch - Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

3) When Corporations Rule the World

4) The History of the World

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The UN will hold no meeting in its headquarters on Diwali and GurPurab. The UN headquarters is situated in

1) New York

2) Washington DC

3) Prague

4) Hague

5) Geneva

Q. : 10   The Padmashree awardee Vasant Gowarikar passed away recently. He was a renowned

1) author

2) scientist

3) politician

4) actor

5) dancer

1. (5) All the above
2. (2) Karnataka
3. (3) Lithuania
4. (2) Arvind Panagariya
5. (4) Andy Murray
6. (5) Lebanon
7. (3) Singapore
8. (1) Capital in the 21st Century
9. (1) New York
10. (2) scientist