Daily GK Quiz 7th March 2015

Q. : 1 The movie ‘The Interview’ was at the centre of a controversy recently. The movie is associated with

1) disappearance of Malaysian jets 

2) China’s aggression in the South China Sea

3) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un 

4) Unification of North and South Korea

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 In a bid to encourage investment in domestic manufacturing, the govt has allowed _____ FDI under automatic route in the medical devices sector.

1) 26 per cent 

2) 49 per cent

3) 51 per cent 

4) 74 per cent

5) 100 per cent 

Q. : 3 The Mission Indradhanush has been launched by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry to vaccinate children against seven diseases. Which of the following is NOT among them?

1) Diphtheria 

2) Whooping Cough

3) Tetanus 

4) Polio

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Who among the following has been appointed new temporary chairman of ISRO?

1) Shailesh Nayak 

2) Subbiah Arunan

3) G Madhavan Nair 

4) K Radhakrishnan

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Who among the following is the present chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

1) Elizabeth Kolbert 

2) RK Pachauri

3) James Lovelock 

4) Bill McKibben

5) Al Gore 

Q. : 6 Name the winner of seventh edition of India’s national spell bee, the Classmate Spell Bee competition 2014.

1) Mukund Choudhary 

2) Vaswati Das

3) Malvika Deepak 

4) Esther David

5) Saumya Malhotra 

Q. : 7 Who among the following is the present Chairman of the industry body FICCI?

1) Mallika Srinivasan 

2) Chitra Ramkrishna

3) Naina Lal Kidwai 

4) Jyotsna Suri

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Chinese economy has overtaken that of US in PPP terms. What does PPP mean in this regard?

1) Public Private Partnership 

2) Private Purchasing Power

3) Public Purchasing Power 

4) Purchasing Power Parity

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 The govt on 31 Dec appointed who among the following as the next chairman of the Railways Board?

1) Shailesh Nayak 

2) Arunendra Kumar

3) AK Mittal 

4) VK Gupta

5) Pradeep Kumar 

Q. : 10 Who among the following has emerged as the 'business person of the year' for 2014 according to Fortune magazine?

1) Larry Page 

2) Mark Zuckerberg

3) Vishal Sikka 

4) Jack Ma

5) Tim Cook 

Answer :-

1. (3) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
2. (5) 100 per cent
3. (5) None of these
4. (1) Shailesh Nayak
5. (2) RK Pachauri
6. (3) Malvika Deepak
7. (4) Jyotsna Suri
8. (4) Purchasing Power Parity
9. (3) AK Mittal
10. (1) Larry Page