Daily General Awareness Quiz - 2nd June 2015

Q. : 1   The Shangri La dialogue, where defense ministers and military chiefs met for an annual summit, was held in which of the following countries recently?

1) Singapore

2) Malaysia

3) South Korea

4) Vietnam

5) None of these

Q. : 2   Which of the following private sector lenders has decided to discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSes? The bank will roll out the service across its network of over 11,700 ATMs by the end of Jun.

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 3   Which of the following films has become the first film of 2015 to cross Rs100 cr mark worldwide?

1) Baby

2) Piku

3) Bombay Velvet

4) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Who among the following has been selected to be the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?

1) JM Garg

2) Pradeep Kumar

3) Vijai Sharma

4) KV Chowdary

5) None of these

Q. : 5   Name the person selected to be the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).

1) Vijai Sharma

2) KV Chowdary

3) Basant Seth

4) Rajiv Mathur

5) Yashovardhan Azad

Q. : 6   In order to provide medicines at rates that are 60-70 per cent lower than market prices, the govt will soon open ________ more Jan Aushadi stores across the country. Around 100 stores are operating under the scheme started in 2008.

1) 300

2) 500

3) 800

4) 1,000

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped the remuneration on non-executive director of private banks to _________ per annum.

1) Rs 6 lakh

2) Rs 7.2 lakh

3) Rs 8.5 lakh

4) Rs 10 lakh

5) None of these

Q. : 8   India’s overall exports of textiles and clothing stood at about ___________ in 2014-15, according to the Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil).

1) $41 billion

2) $39 billion

3) $43 billion

4) $45 billion

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Who among the following has been appointed as the next chancellor of the Nalanda University?

1) Amartya Sen

2) George Yeo

3) Ratan Tata

4) Low Thia Khiang

5) None of these

Q. : 10   MS Raghavan is the present chairman and managing director of which of the following public sector banks? The bank has eased the restrictions on corporate lending after improving performance on PSL in 2014-15.

1) Bank of India

2) Indian Bank

3) IDBI Bank

4) Andhra Bank

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (1) Singapore
2. (2) HDFC Bank
3. (4) Tanu Weds Manu Returns
   
4. (4) KV Chowdary
5. (1) Vijai Sharma
6. (4) 1,000
7. (4) Rs 10 lakh
8. (1) $41 billion
9. (2) George Yeo
10. (3) IDBI Bank