Daily GK Quiz 27th February 2015

Q. : 1 As proposed in the Railway Budget for 2015-16, tickets can be booked ________in advance instead of 60 days to tackle tout menace.

1) 30 days 

2) 90 days

3) 120 days 

4) 150 days

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Indian priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar had been abducted in Jun 2014 and was released recently. He was abducted in

1) Afghanistan 

2) Pakistan

3) Bangladesh 

4) Sri Lanka

5) Myanmar 

Q. : 3 Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships?

1) Karolina Pliskova 

2) Simona Halep

3) Serena Williams 

4) Eugenie Bouchard

5) Maria Sharapova 

Q. : 4 The third Tortoise Festival was organised on the banks of Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of __________recently. The Lake is popularly known as the tortoise lake and is a natural habitat of the few unique tortoises.

1) Sikkim 

2) Odisha

3) Assam 

4) Jharkhand

5) Karnataka 

Q. : 5 The Railway Minister has proposed to introduce a modern train system similar to bullet trains in design, and that can run on existing tracks to save 20 per cent of journey time. These trains will be called

1) train sets 

2) track trains

3) track-run-bullet trains 

4) high speed trains

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 As per the Rail Budget for 2015-16, Indian Railways aims to improve the operating ratio, a key measure of efficiency, to ________during the next fiscal.

1) 93.6 per cent 

2) 91.8 per cent

3) 89.9 per cent 

4) 88.5 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 Who among the following is the new US Secretary of Defense?

1) Leon Panetta 

2) Chuck Hagel

3) Michele Flournoy 

4) Ashton Carter

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 In the Railway Budget for 2015-16, investment of __________ has been envisaged over the next five years.

1) Rs 2.5 lakh cr 

2) Rs 3.5 lakh cr

3) Rs 5.5 lakh cr 

4) Rs 7.5 lakh cr

5) Rs 8.5 lakh cr 

Q. : 9 The Union Cabinet on 25 Feb cleared the creation of the proposed 5-nation BRICS bank. Which country will hold the Presidency of the USD 100-bn bank based in Shanghai for the first six years?

1) China 

2) Russia

3) South Africa 

4) Brazil

5) India 

1. (3) 120 days
2. (1) Afghanistan
3. (2) Simona Halep
4. (3) Assam
5. (1) train sets
6. (4) 88.5 per cent
7. (4) Ashton Carter
8. (5) Rs 8.5 lakh cr
9. (5) India

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Daily GK Quiz 25th and 26th February 2015

Q. : 1 Which of the following states is all set to become the country's first state to present a 'paperless' budget on Mar 11?

1) Himachal Pradesh 

2) Haryana

3) Andhra Pradesh 

4) Telangana

5) Delhi 

Q. : 2 Who among the following has won the best actor Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) 

2) Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)

3) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) 

4) Michael Keaton (Birdman)

5) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) 

Q. : 3 Who among the following has won the best actress Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) Reese Witherspoon (Wild) 

2) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

3) Julianne Moore (Still Alice) 

4) Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

5) Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) 

Q. : 4 Which of the following telecom service providers and UNICEF has joined hands to provide education and health related information to its customers in some 17 African countries?

1) Bharti Airtel 

2) Vodafone

3) Orascom Telecom 

4) Telkom

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Name the batsman who hit the first ever double century in the ICC Cricket World Cup playing against Zimbabwe on 24 Feb. It is the fastest double century till date.

1) AB de Villiers 

2) Chris Gayle

3) Virat Kohli 

4) Dwayne Bravo

5) Kieron Pollard 

Q. : 6 Who among the following has NOT hit a double century so far in ODIs?

1) Virendra Sehwag 

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Rohit Sharma 

4) AB de Villiers

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 As per the 14th Finance Commission recommendations, the central govt has agreed to transfer ___________ share to states from the divisible pool of centre’s net taxes.

1) 22 per cent 

2) 32 per cent

3) 42 per cent 

4) 52 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Who among the following headed the 14th Finance Commission?

1) Vijay Kelkar 

2) C Rangarajan

3) Duvvuri Subbarao 

4) Bimal Jalan

5) Y Venugopal Reddy 

Q. : 9 India successfully test-fired N-capable Prithvi-II missile recently. It is a

1) air-to-air missile 

2) air-to-surface missile

3) submarine-launched missile 

4) surface-to-surface missile

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Ram Naresh Yadav stepped down as the governor of which of the following states recently after he was named in a multi-crore scam in the state?
1) Rajasthan 
2) Odisha
3) Uttar Pradesh 
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Maharashtra 

Q. : 11 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has been sworn in as the first woman president of which of the following countries?
1) Serbia 
2) Slovakia
3) Montenegro 
4) Hungary
5) Croatia 

Q. : 12 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a Permanent Judicial Museum at which of the following high courts, set up as part of its Sesquicentennial Celebrations recently?
1) Bombay High Court 
2) Delhi High Court
3) Guwahati High Court 
4) Allahabad High Court
5) Punjab and Haryana High Court 

Q. : 13 The TRAI amended the mobile number portability regulations on 25 Feb. Now subscribers will be able to retain same number while relocating to anywhere in India starting
1) 31 Mar 
2) 1 Apr
3) 1 May 
4) 3 May
5) 3 Jun 

Q. : 14 The prestigious Dr Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 will be conferred on Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan. While Geeta Varadan is associated with ISRO, Tessy Thomas is associated with
1) HAL 
2) DRDO
3) OFB 
4) BARC
5) None of these 

Q. : 15 Film ‘Dhanak’ has been honoured with The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature-length film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. It is a film by
1) Neeraj Pandey 
2) Vishal Bhardwaj
3) Madhur Bhandarkar 
4) Nagesh Kukunoor
5) None of these 

Q. : 16 A special court on 25 Feb sentenced gangster Abu Salem in the two-decade old murder of Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain case. Salem has been sentenced
1) to life 
2) capital punishment
3) to 10 years in prison 
4) to 5 years in prison
5) None of these 

Q. : 17 Actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died. He was a ________actor.
1) US 
2) Canadian
3) French 
4) Spanish
5) Italian 

Q. : 18 Faisal Siddiqui has been named by which of the following mobile phone makers as its new South Asia chief? He was head of its Indian operations.
1) Samsung 
2) HTC
3) Acer 
4) Asus
5) Xiaomi 

Q. : 19 The Cabinet Minister of Railways ____________presented his maiden budget on 26 Feb.
1) Ramvilas Paswan 
2) DV Sadananda Gowda
3) Suresh Prabhu 
4) Manohar Parrikar
5) Nitin Gadkari 

Answer :-

1. (1) Himachal Pradesh
2. (5) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
3. (3) Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
4. (1) Bharti Airtel
5. (2) Chris Gayle
6. (4) AB de Villiers
7. (3) 42 per cent
8. (5) Y Venugopal Reddy
9. (4) surface-to-surface missile
10. (4) Madhya Pradesh
11. (5) Croatia
12. (1) Bombay High Court
13. (4) 3 May
14. (2) DRDO
15. (4) Nagesh Kukunoor
16. (1) to life
17. (3) French
18. (2) HTC
19. (3) Suresh Prabhu

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Daily GK Quiz 23rd and 24th February 2015

Q. : 1 India’s Shiv Kapur is associated with which of the following games?

1) Golf 

2) Badminton

3) Tennis 

4) Billiards

5) Shooting 

Q. : 2 The govt is considering merging OCI and PIO schemes on the eve of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), to be held in Gujarat from Jan 7 to 9. So far, NRIs holding OCI cards are entitled to get lifelong visas while PIOs get visas for

1) 5 years 

2) 10 years

3) 15 years 

4) 20 years

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The govt has scrapped the idea to sell Specified Undertaking of UTI's (Suuti's) stake in private-sector companies through the ETF route. The term ETF stands for

1) Externally-Traded Fund 

2) Estimate-Traded Fund

3) Exchange-Traded Fund 

4) Eco-Traded Fund

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Which of the following Indian films has been named best first feature film by Toronto Film Critics?

1) Yellow 

2) City Lights

3) Liar’s Dice 

4) The Lunchbox

5) Fandry 

Q. : 5 Which of the following countries has won the fifth men's Kabaddi World Cup title?

1) Pakistan 

2) India

3) Iran 

4) New Zealand

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Who among the following has been named ambassador for 2015 ICC World Cup?

1) Sourav Ganguly 

2) Virender Sehwag

3) Rahul Dravid 

4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

5) Sachin Tendulkar 

Q. : 7 What is the theme of the new Govt of India calendar 2015?

1) Clean India, Green India 

2) Make in India

3) Incredible India 

4) Good governance

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 What is the new deadline set by the RBI to exchange pre-2005 currency notes? The earlier deadline was to end on 1 Jan.

1) Jan 31 

2) Mar 1

3) Mar 31

4) Apr 1

5) Jun 30 

Q. : 9 Which of the following three countries have inaugurated a 925km long new railway route that will improve resource-rich Central Asia's access to markets in the Middle East and South Asia?

1) Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran 

2) Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran

3) Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Iran 

4) Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Inmates of Delhi's Tihar jail will soon get life and accidental insurance cover as their accounts are being opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna. Under the PMJDY scheme, what are the accidental and life insurance covers respectively?

1) Rs 50,000, Rs 20,000 

2) Rs 75,000, Rs 30,000

3) Rs 1 lakh, Rs 30,000 

4) Rs 1.5 lakh, Rs 50,000

5) None of these 

Q. : 11 The 11th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup will take place in Australia and New Zealand from 14th Feb to 29th Mar. Apart from the 10 Full Members, four qualifiers will take part in the tournament. Which of the following is NOT among the qualifiers?

1) United Arab Emirates 

2) Scotland

3) Ireland 

4) Afghanistan

5) Iran 

Q. : 12 Which of the following countries has won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2014 title?

1) Pakistan 

2) India

3) Iran 

4) New Zealand

5) None of these 

Q. : 13 Who among the following has been named the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2013-14?

1) Romesh Sobti 

2) Chanda Kochhar

3) Aditya Puri 

4) Abraham Koshy

5) Uday Kotak 

Q. : 14 Which of the following political parties has become the first in 14 years to form single-party govt in Jharkhand?

1) INC 

2) BJP

3) JMM 

4) Janata Dal (U)

5) RJD 

Q. : 15 The Winter session of Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on 23 Dec after passing a 'record' number of _____ legislations in 22 sittings.

1) 13 

2) 16

3) 18 

4) 21

5) 23 

Q. : 16 Beji Caid Essebsi has won the first free presidential election in which of the following countries recently?

1) Tunisia 

2) Yemen

3) Libya 

4) Nigeria

5) None of these 

Q. : 17 Which of the following state govts has fixed minimum educational qualifications for contesting polls for panchayat samiti and district council elections recently?

1) West Bengal 

2) Bihar

3) Uttar Pradesh 

4) Rajasthan

5) Madhya Pradesh 

Q. : 18 Which of the following states has started ‘Prati Inta e-Sakshatha’ programme under National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) to e-literate 30,000 persons in the state?

1) Andhra Pradesh 

2) Kerala

3) Karnataka 

4) Telangana

5) Tamil Nadu 

Q. :19 The govt has ordered a cut of nearly 20 per cent in its 2014-15 healthcare budget due to fiscal strains. India spends about what per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on public health?

1) 1 per cent 

2) 3 per cent

3) 5.3 per cent 

4) 8.3 per cent

5) None of these 

Q. : 20 Who among the following has won the inaugural $500,000 Dubai Open golf tournament?

1) Jyoti Randhawa 

2) Gaganjeet Bhullar

3) Shiv Kapur 

4) Wang Jeung-hun

5) Arjun Atwal 

1. (1) Golf
2. (3) 15 years
3. (3) Exchange-Traded Fund
4. (4) The Lunchbox
5. (2) India
6. (5) Sachin Tendulkar
7. (1) Clean India, Green India
8. (5) Jun 30
9. (1) Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran
10. (3) Rs 1 lakh, Rs 30,000
11. (5) Iran
12. (2) India
13. (1) Romesh Sobti
14. (2) BJP
15. (3) 18
16. (1) Tunisia
17. (4) Rajasthan
18. (4) Telangana
19. (1) 1 per cent
20. (5) Arjun Atwal

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Daily GK Quiz 20th February 2015

Q. : 1 Amitabh Kant holds which of the following positions at present?

1) Secretary, DIPP 

2) Secretary, FIPB

3) Chairman, ISRO 

4) Chairman, HAL

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The new govt at the centre on 13 Feb officially told the Supreme Court that it would go ahead with the UIDAI project, Aadhaar. Who is the present DG of UIDAI?

1) Vijay S Madan 

2) Shailesh Nayak

3) K Radhakrishnan 

4) T Suvarna Raju

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 Who will head the External Advisory Committees (EACs) which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of payment banks?

1) Usha Thorat 

2) Nachiket Mor

3) Shikha Sharma 

4) Urjit Patel

5) Bimal Jalan 

Q. : 4 Name the Indian origin musician who won the best new age album award at the 57th Grammy Awards recently.

1) Devan Ekambaram 

2) MD Pallavi Arun

3) Ricky Kej 

4) Neecia Majolly

5) Chaitra HG 

Q. : 5 The 19th National Arogya Mela was organised in which of the following cities starting 6 Feb?

1) Raipur 

2) Chandigarh

3) Patna 

4) Bhopal

5) Jaipur 

Q. : 6 Which of the following is correct about Daggubati Ramanaidu, who died recently?

1) He entered the record books for producing maximum number of films in the world. 

2) He was the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award for life time achievement in 2009.

3) He was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2012 in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. 

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3) 

Q. : 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 Feb launched 'Soil Health Card' scheme from Sriganganagar district of

1) Rajasthan 

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat 

4) Haryana

5) Himachal Pradesh 

Q. : 8 Which of the following players emerged as the costliest cricketer in the IPL 8 players' auction, bought for a record Rs 16 cr by Delhi Daredevils in Bangalore?

1) Hashim Amla 

2) Mahela Jayawardene

3) Kevin Pietersen 

4) Dinesh Karthik

5) Yuvraj Singh 

Q. : 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 19th convocation of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) on 18 Feb. The NIMHANS is located in

1) Ranchi 

2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad 

4) Bengaluru

5) Shimla 

Q. : 10 Moshe Ya'alon is the first Defence Minister of which of the following countries to visit India recently since the two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1992?

1) Belarus 

2) Norway

3) Israel 

4) Sweden

5) Vietnam 

Answer :-

1. (1) Secretary, DIPP
2. (1) Vijay S Madan
3. (2) Nachiket Mor
4. (3) Ricky Kej
5. (1) Raipur
6. (4) All the above
7. (1) Rajasthan
8. (5) Yuvraj Singh
9. (4) Bengaluru
10. (3) Israel

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Daily GK Quiz 19th February 2015

Q. : 1 Which of the following days has been declared as the National Deworming Day by the Union Health Ministry?

1) 1 Feb 

2) 8 Feb

3) 10 Feb 

4) 16 Feb

5) 21 Feb 

Q. : 2 Who among the following has taken over as the new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd?

1) M Ravindran 

2) Sudhir Vasudeva

3) Dinesh K Sarraf 

4) B Ashok

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The Central Govt has warned states to complete SECC before Mar 15. The term SECC stands for

1) Socio Economic and Cultural Census 

2) Socio Economic and Cadre Census

3) Socio Economic and Category Census 

4) Socio Economic and Caste Census

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 The US space agency NASA is planning to send a nuclear-powered submarine to explore one of the methane seas located on Titan. Titan is a moon of

1) Saturn 

2) Jupiter

3) Mars 

4) Venus

5) Mercury 

Q. : 5 The World Wetlands Day is observed on

1) 2 Feb 

2) 6 Feb

3) 13 Feb 

4) 8 Mar

5) 20 Mar 

Q. : 6 Who among the following was adjudged the Man of Sports at the 35th National Games?

1) Chain Singh Manhas 

2) Sajan Prakash

3) Gurpreet Singh 

4) Vijay Kumar

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 Who among the following was declared the best female athlete at the 35th National Games?

1) Dhumatkar Aditi 

2) Richa Mishra

3) Dipa Karmakar 

4) Akanksha Vora

5) Rajina Kiro 

Q. : 8 The mascot of the 35th National Games was ‘Ammu’, the Great Indian Hornbill. It is the state bird of

1) Kerala 

2) Karnataka

3) Goa 

4) Delhi

5) Maharashtra 

Q. : 9 The National Games in 2016 will be held in

1) Delhi 

2) Goa

3) West Bengal 

4) Manipur

5) Uttar Pradesh 

Q. : 10 Which of the following countries has topped the World Press Freedom Index 2015?

1) Finland 

2) Norway

3) Denmark 

4) US

5) Spain 

Answer :-

1. (3) 10 Feb
2. (1) M Ravindran
3. (4) Socio Economic and Caste Census
4. (1) Saturn
5. (1) 2 Feb
6. (2) Sajan Prakash
7. (4) Akanksha Vora
8. (1) Kerala
9. (2) Goa
10. (1) Finland

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Daily GK Quiz 18th February 2015

Q. : 1 Maharashtra’s former deputy CM and home minister RR Patil, popularly known as Aaba, died on 17 Feb. He was associated with which of the following parties?

1) NCP 

2) INC

3) BJP 

4) Shiv Sena

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The Indian Railways is today the largest rail network in Asia. What is its position in the world as a network operated under a single management?

1) First 

2) Second

3) Third 

4) Fourth

5) Fifth 

Q. : 3 The People's Bank of China is the central bank of China. Who among the following is the present Governor of the bank?

1) Xiao Gang 

2) Zhou Xiaochuan

3) Guo Shuqing 

4) Shang Fulin

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Rajinder Puri passed away recently. He was a fierce critic of emergency and an a veteran

1) cartoonist 

2) classical singer

3) poet 

4) environmentalist

5) bureaucrat 

Q. : 5 The Centre has asked all the schools and higher educational institutions to celebrate ‘Matrubhasha Divas’ on

1) 21 Jun 

2) 21 Mar

3) 21 Sep 

4) 21 Apr

5) 21 Feb 

Q. : 6 Who among the following was conferred Uttar Pradesh's highest civilian award Yash Bharti by the state govt recently?

1) Rajdeep Sardesai 

2) Barkha Dutt

3) Arnab Goswami 

4) Vinod Mehta

5) Shekhar Gupta 

Q. : 7 Anirban Lahiri secured his breakthrough European Tour title winning the Malaysian Open on 15 Feb. He is an ace

1) cyclist 

2) golfer

3) tennis player 

4) badminton player

5) cueist 

Q. : 8 Which of the following has become the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion recently?

1) Exxon Mobil 

2) Microsoft

3) Oracle 

4) Alibaba

5) Apple 

Q. : 9 Facebook is going to offer free Internet access to subscribers through the new Internet.org app. Which of the following will become the first country in Asia to get the new app?

1) China 

2) Indonesia

3) Nepal 

4) India

5) Singapore 

Q. : 10 The central govt approved doubling the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC)’s authorised capital recently. What is its new authorised capital?

1) Rs 750 cr 

2) Rs 1,500 cr

3) Rs 3,000 cr 

4) Rs 6,000 cr

5) Rs 9,000 cr 

Answer :-

1. (1) NCP
2. (2) Second
3. (2) Zhou Xiaochuan
4. (1) cartoonist
5. (5) 21 Feb
6. (4) Vinod Mehta
7. (1) cyclist
8. (5) Apple
9. (4) India
10. (3) Rs 3,000 cr

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Daily GK Quiz 17th February 2015

Q. : 1 India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with which of the following countries on 16 Feb?

1) Bangladesh 

2) Myanmar

3) Vietnam 

4) Sri Lanka

5) Singapore 

Q. : 2 What is the theme of the 23rd New Delhi World Book Fair which started on 14 Feb?

1) Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Andaman and Nicobar 

2) Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Northeast India

3) Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from SAARC Region 

4) Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Afro-Asian Region

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 India formally handed over the historic ‘Dakota’ aircraft to which of the following countries recently?

1) Sri Lanka 

2) Bangladesh

3) Fiji 

4) Mauritius

5) Seychelles 

Q. : 4 Kesava Reddy died on 13 Feb. He was a well-known

1) novelist 

2) film director

3) flutist 

4) classical singer

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 The govt has set up a three-member SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. The SIT will be headed by

1) Kumar Gyanesh 

2) Rakesh Kapoor

3) Pramod Asthana 

4) Anil Goswami

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Which of the following Indian drugmakers has been awarded Rs 1170-cr contract by Global Fund to supply HIV drugs?

1) Paras Pharmaceuticals 

2) Ranbaxy Laboratories

3) Dr Reddy's Laboratories 

4) Cipla

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The winner of the prestigious Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015 is

1) IFFCO 

2) Mahyco Monsanto Biotech

3) The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) 

4) Allahabad Agricultural Institute

5) Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) 

Q. : 8 Who among the following has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)?

1) Chitra Ramkrishna 

2) Natarajan Chandrasekaran

3) V Balasubramaniam 

4) S Ramadorai

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 Indian Navy on 9 Feb conducted a mega drill named Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) to test its readiness for handling tsunamis. The venue of the drill was

1) Odisha 

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Lakshadweep 

4) Andaman and Nicobar

5) Goa 

Q. : 10 The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project was launched in which of the following states recently?

1) Uttarakhand 

2) Punjab

3) Haryana 

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Maharashtra 

Answer :-

1. (4) Sri Lanka
2. (2) Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Northeast India
3. (2) Bangladesh
4. (1) novelist
5. (3) Pramod Asthana
6. (4) Cipla
7. (5) Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU)
8. (3) V Balasubramaniam
9. (3) Lakshadweep
10. (4) Himachal Pradesh

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Daily GK Quiz 16th February 2015

Q. : 1 India defeated Pakistan by 76 runs in its first match in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup at Adelaide Oval. Name the Indian batsman who scored 107 runs and was declared the man of the match.

1) Suresh Raina 

2) Shikhar Dhawan

3) MS Dhoni 

4) Virat Kohli

5) R Ashwin 

Q. : 2 Who among the following has been felicitated with the prestigious Pt Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award-2014?

1) Prabha Atre 

2) Pandit Jasraj

3) Malini Rajurkar 

4) Ashwini Bhide Deshpande

5) Kishori Amonkar 

Q. : 3 Lee Hsien Loong is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? He was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently.

1) Thailand 

2) Singapore

3) Taiwan 

4) Vietnam

5) Philippines 

Q. : 4 China’s ‘largest overseas embassy’ was inaugurated on 13 Feb in which of the following countries?

1) US 

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan 

4) Nepal

5) Myanmar 

Q. : 5 Stanislas Wawrinka beat defending champion Tomas Berdych to win the World Tennis Tournament on 15 Feb. Wawrinka belongs to

1) US 

2) Switzerland

3) Sweden 

4) South Korea

5) Spain 

Q. : 6 The Union minister of state for agriculture Mohan Kundariya has said that the govt will announce MSP for Kharif crops in May. The term MSP stands for

1) Minimum Selling Price 

2) Minimum Support Price

3) Maximum Selling Price 

4) Maximum Supplementary Price

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The 23rd New Delhi World Book Fair started on 14 Feb. Which of the following is the guest of honour country at the fair this year?

1) Singapore 

2) South Korea

3) China 

4) Sri Lanka

5) Malaysia 

Q. : 8 What is India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index 2015? The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

1) 136 

2) 140

3) 152 

4) 173

5) 176 

Q. : 9 India’s largest solar park of 10,000 MW is set to be built by Adani Group in which of the following states?

1) Gujarat 

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh 

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Maharashtra 

Q. : 10 As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), India's monthly per capita income is likely to be at ________ this financial year.

1) Rs 7,378 

2) Rs 6,699

3) Rs 5,829 

4) Rs 6,182

5) None of these 

Answer :-

1. (4) Virat Kohli
2. (1) Prabha Atre
3. (2) Singapore
4. (2) Pakistan
5. (2) Switzerland
6. (2) Minimum Support Price
7. (1) Singapore
8. (1) 136
9. (2) Rajasthan
10. (1) Rs 7,378

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