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Current Affair Quiz - 14th May 2015

Q. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as president of Japan's SoftBank Corp?
1) Nikesh Arora
2) Krishna Bharat
3) Sundar Pichai
4) Salar Kamangar
5) Amit Singhal


Q. : 2 The global automatic information exchange system, which is aimed at curbing the menace of black money globally, will come into effect in
1) 2016
2) 2017
3) 2018
4) 2019
5) None of these

Q. : 3 The Cabinet approved the changes in child labour law on 13 May. Which of the following statements is NOT correct about the new child labour law?
1) It allows children below 14 years of age to work only in family enterprises/entertainment industry.
2) The children between 14 and 18 years will not be allowed to work in hazardous industries.
3) In case of parents, the repeat offenders may be penalised with a monetary fine up to Rs 10,000.
4) In case of first offence, the penalty for employers will be up to Rs 50,000.
5) None of these

Q. : 4 What is India’s position globally as the largest emitter of CO2, the chief greenhouse gas?
1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Fifth
5) None of these

Q. : 5 Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC)?
1) Venu Srinivasan
2) Satish Reddy
3) Srini Koppolu
4) GV Prasad
5) None of these

Q. : 6 DBS Bank has applied to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to convert its branches into a wholly-owned subsidiary (WOS). The bank is based in
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) UK
4) Sweden
5) Germany

Q. : 7 The Supreme Court on 13 May restrained the Centre and state govts from publishing pictures of ministers, CMs and presidents of ruling parties in govt advertisements. Only pictures of the ________ would be published in govt advertisements.
1) Chief Justice of India
2) PM
3) President
4) All the above
5) Only 2) and 3)

Q. : 8 PM Narendra Modi began his three-day China sojourn from which of the following Chinese cities on 14 May?
1) Nanjing
2) Xining
3) Xian
4) Taiyuan
5) Jinan

Q. : 9 The govt on 12 May named new governors for six states. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) JP Rajkhowa: Arunachal Pradesh
2) Lt Gen (retd) Nirbhay Sharma: Mizoram
3) Syed Ahmed: Manipur
4) V Shanmuganathan: Meghalaya
5) None of these

Q. : 10 The cabinet on 13 May cleared a proposal for 10 per cent and 5 per cent disinvestment in _________ and _______ respectively.
1) Indian Oil Corp, NTPC
2) ONGC, NTPC
3) SAIL, Indian Oil Corp
4) SAIL, NTPC
5) None of these

Answer:-

  1. (1) Nikesh Arora
  2. (2) 2017
  3. (5) None of these
  4. (2) Third
  5. (2) Satish Reddy
  6. (2) Singapore
  7. (4) All the above
  8. (3) Xian
  9. (5) None of these
  10. (1) Indian Oil Corp, NTPC

5 comments:

  1. Sir plz solve it.. I am bit confuse how can V come in btwn ..Thnx 1. P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V, W are sitting in a circle facing the center.
    2. P sits second to the right of w who is 3rd to the left of T.

    3. Only 3 persons sit between R and V

    4. S and T are immediate neighbors of R and v.

    5. V sits between R and S.

    6. V is not an immediate neighbors to T.....

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  2. Kaha se liya ye question...koi line nai bnti...ya toh book glt hai ya aapne sara glt type kiya hua hai...

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  3. Its from online ST dat i gave yesterday. .. Yes, dear i do feel its wrong coz V cnt be in btwn R n S and thn the case where 3ppl are sitting btwn V and R .. thnx a lot for giving tym to my doubt..

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  4. Please update mam

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