Daily GA Quiz 18th April 2015

Q. : 1   Who among the following Indian cricketers was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy in Shanghai recently?

1) Rahul Dravid

2) MS Dhoni

3) Kapil Dev

4) Sachin Tendulkar

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The state-owned power equipment maker BHEL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in

1) Kazakhstan

2) Kyrgyzstan

3) Tajikistan

4) Uzbekistan

5) None of these

Q. : 3   Who among the following has been appointed as new Indian Ambassador to France?

1) Arun Kumar

2) Vijay Gokhale

3) Ashok K Kantha

4) Mohan Kumar

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Stanislav Gross, who died recently, was the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Slovenia

2) Croatia

3) Czech Republic

4) Venezuela

5) None of these

Q. : 5   Name the Indian scientist and co-creator of element 117 who was awarded Hevesy Medal Award 2015 on 12 Apr.

1) SS Katiyar

2) Susanta Lahiri

3) Lakshmi Kantam

4) VN Krishnamurthy

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Surya Bahadur Thapa died on 16 Apr. He was the former _____________of Nepal.

1) Prime Minister

2) President

3) Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal

4) Founder of the Communist Party of Nepal

5) None of these

Q. : 7   Seeking to overcome the hurdles in interlinking of rivers, the Centre has constituted a 'Task Force' which will be chaired by

1) BN Navalawala

2) Rajendra Singh

3) Murli Manohar Joshi

4) Uma Bharti

5) None of these

Q. : 8   D Jayakanthan, who died recently, was a Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi Awards winner and a renowned writer of

1) Kannada

2) Tamil

3) Hindi

4) Assamese

5) Malayalam

Q. : 9   As revealed by the telecom regulator TRAI recently, India ranks below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in broadband penetration. What is India’s ranking in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) access, its use and its skills in the world presently?

1) 166th

2) 129th

3) 92nd

4) 78th

5) 67th

Q. : 10   India has officially reversed its long-standing position regarding Montreal Protocol. This protocol is associated with

1) Phasing out of nuclear arms

2) Destruction of chemical weapons

3) Convention on Diplomatic Relations

4) Protection of the Ozone Layer

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (4) Sachin Tendulkar
2. (1) Kazakhstan
3. (4) Mohan Kumar
4. (3) Czech Republic
5. (2) Susanta Lahiri
6. (1) Prime Minister
7. (1) BN Navalawala
8. (2) Tamil
9. (2) 129th
10. (4) Protection of the Ozone Layer