Saturday, 11 July 2015

Current Affairs Quiz

Q. How many Kms of roads would get the status of National Highway (NH) as announced by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari?
1,100 km
3,000 km
2,000 km ✔
1,900 km

Q. Recently, which of the following indigenously developed surface-to-air Missiles got inducted in Indian Air Force at Maharajpur Airbase in Gwalior?
Akash ✔
Agni V
Astra
Prithvi II

Q. Which of the following ministries has signed MoUs with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to address the Industry’s need of Skilled Manpower?
Ministry of Human Resource Department(MHRD)
Ministry of Communications & Information Tech. (MCIT)
Ministry of Science and Technology(MST)
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) ✔

Q. Who among the following has set a Guinness World Record for spending the longest time in space with a total of 804 days as on July 2015?
Alexander Nevsky
Yuri Baturin
Gennady Padalka ✔
Anatoly Berezovoy

Q. Which of the following firms has acquired Genii, a technology services start-up focused on product design and development?
HLL Lifecare
Snapdeal
Sun Pharma
Practo ✔

Q. Which of the following states became the first Indian state to install a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings?
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand ✔
Assam
Arunachal Pradesh

Q. Recently, where did Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) commission a second 500 MW unit of Thermal Power plant?
Tuticorin , Tamil Nadu ✔
Guwahati , Assam
Muzaffarpur , Bihar
Bhopal ,MP

Q. Which of the following two countries signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to promote transparency on tax matters?
China & Russia
India & US ✔
India & China
Bangladesh & Switzerland

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL)?
S. N. Sahai
Dharam Pal
Roshan Jacob
Satish Pillai ✔

Q. Recently, how many sites were added to the list of ‘World Heritage Sites’ by the UNESCO?
34
17
24 ✔
11

Q. Who among the following has become the first British Asian to be appointed as Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)?
Lord Kamlesh Patel ✔
Richard Verma
Nassir Hussain
Montey Singh

Q. Which of the following ministries has launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) to make learning of Science and Mathematics a joyful and meaningful activity for school children?
Ministry of Science & Technology
Ministry of Human Resource Department ✔
Ministry of Women & Child development
Ministry of Communications & Information Tech.

Q. Where city hosted the BRICS summit to kick start the much-anticipated BRICS development bank?
New Delhi , India
Shaanxi , China
Durban , South Africa
Ufa , Russia ✔

Q. Sriballav Panigrahi passed away recently. She was
An Artist
A writer
An MP ✔
A Nobel Laureate

Q. Which of the following institutions has recently launched the facility of online payment of application fees through Credit/Debit cards and electronic fund transfer from 53 Banks?
Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)
NABARD
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) ✔

Q. Recently, which of the following entire state has been declared as a ‘disturbed area’ by the central Government for one year period?
Manipur
Nagaland ✔
Tripura
J & K

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Home Secretary of Delhi?
S N Sahai ✔
Dharam Pal
Rajendra Kumar
Rita A.Teaotia

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Housing Bank (NHB)?
Mahesh Sharma
Manoj Kohli
Kamlesh Patel
Sriram Kalyanaraman ✔

Q. Which of the following leading certifying firms in the country for digital signatures launched first of its kind ‘eSign’ services in the country as part of the Digital India Vision?
VeriSign
Thwate
eMudhra ✔
DSS

Q. According to the government, how many states in India still need more time to roll out National Food Security Act?
7
8
9
5 ✔

Q. As per the latest UN report, what percentage of poverty in India has been eliminated till 2011-12?
70%
30%
50% ✔
65%

Q. Who among the following was not the part of the SC’s 3 member bench that issued notice to the Union Government, Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring all political parties under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005?
Justice Mudit Mudgal ✔
CJI H L Dattu
Justice Amitava Roy
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra

Q. Recently, Ratan Tata made an undisclosed investment in which of the following companies?
Bharti Airtel

Taxi For Sure
Ampere ✔
Foxconn

Q. Recently,Bharti Enterprises appointed Rahul Bhatnagar as its new Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Who will he replace at Bharti Enterprises?
Sunil Bharti Mittal
T M Bhasin
Hemalatha Annamalai
Manoj Kohli ✔

Q. Recently, Pune’s prestigious Fergusson College, has been accorded the special heritage status by the University Grants Commission (UGC) .When was it established?
1985
1883
1885 ✔
1897

Q. India and Kazakhstan launched the first exploratory drilling at Satpayev oil block .Which of the following Indian company is involved in drilling at Satpayev oil block?
Reliance Petroleum
ONGC Videsh Limited ✔
Indian Oil
Bharat Petroleum

Q. As per the World Bank Group’s report titled ‘The State of Social Safety Nets 2015‘ , which of the following schemes has been declared as the world’s largest public works programme?
MNREGA ✔
PMJDY
Smart Cities Mission
PMJJBY

Q. Who among the following recently resigned from the post of CEO and CFO of Leading rose exporter Karuturi Global Group?
Chitranjan das
Arvind Adiga
Shireesh Jain ✔
Manoj kohli

Q. Who among the following did Roger Federer defeat in Wimbledon Cup Quarterfinals?
Andy Murray
Roberto Bautista Agut ✔
Leander Peas
Kevin Anderson

Q. Who among the following batsmen beat the record for the 4th innings centuries in Test Cricket against Sri Lanka?
Shane Watson
Chris Gayle
A B de Villiers
Younis Khan ✔

Q. Which of the following Banks has signed an agreement with Mudra Bank for refinancing of loans given to small enterprises?
SIDBI
ICICI
IDBI ✔
NABARD

Q. Former Finance Minister Jin Liqun has been formally nominated by China as its preferred candidate to head the $100 billion AIIB. Currently, he is serving as
The secretary-general, AIIB ✔
A Chinese Governor
A Foreign Minister
Chief secretary, NDB

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