General Awareness Quiz for 12th April 2015

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Daily GA Quiz for 12th April, 2015   has been uploaded for practice.
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Instruction:

Total questions : 15. Time alloted : 5 minutes. 1 mark for every correct answer. Negative marking of , 0.25 mark for every wrong question. Click on Start button below to start your quiz. Test will be submitted automatically if the time expired. Click on Get Result button at the last of the quiz to submit your answers.

1. India was elected to four important United Nations (UN) agencies on 8 April 2015, Which of the following is not the correct one ?

A.	UNICEF	B.	WFP
C.	CCPCJ	D.	UN-HABITAT
E.	All are Correct

Answer

Answer: Option E
Explanation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
World Food Program (WFP)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

2. Social Progress Index (SPI) 2015 was released by the US-based non-profit organisation _________ on 8th April, 2015?

A.	Social Communication Union	B.	Social Networks Limited
C.	Social Welfare Department	D.	Social Progress Imperative
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation Social Progress Imperative

3. The book Suleiman Charitra was in news because it is translated from Sanskrit to English, it is written by _________ ?

A.	Kalyana Malla	B.	Ravi Shankar Desai
C.	Manohar Sharma	D.	Charitra Yadav
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Translated versioin of Sueiman Charitra of Kalyan Malla was released.

4. on 11th April, Songs and Dances of Northeast event inaugurated by President of India in _________ ?

A.	Gujarat	B.	Chandigarh
C.	Uttar Pardesh	D.	New Delhi
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: New Delhi, purpose was to showcase the various facets of Northeast to people living outside Northeast.

5. The Supreme Court (SC) of India on 10 April 2015 directed all the private hospitals in the country to provide for full and free medical treatment to _________ victims ?

A.	Rape	B.	Domestic Violence
C.	Acid attack	D.	Terrorism
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation: Acid Attack Victim

6. The Union Government on 9 April 2015 rejected the Odisha Government proposal to grant mining license to steel major Posco. Posco is _________ company ?

A.	Japanese	B.	South Korean
C.	US	D.	UK
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option B
Explanation: South Korean company Posco needed mining license for its proposed 12 billion US dollar mega steel plant at Paradip in Odisha.

7. The state legislature of Oklahoma on 9 April 2015 passed a bill that allows use of _________ gas as a method of execution ?

A.	Nitrogen	B.	Cyanide
C.	Hydrogen	D.	Sarin
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Nitrogen will be used for execution. Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central United States.

8. India has decided to fast-track purchase of _________ jets from France to meet IAF’s critical operational necessity ?

A.	Mig-25	B.	Mirage 25
C.	Mirage-V	D.	Rafale
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Rafale aircraft.

9. Now India will purchase a total of Number of 144 aircraft's from France, the original proposal was of _________

A.	108	B.	116
C.	132	D.	136
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Original Proposal was of 126 aircraft's, Now 144 will be purchased out of which 36 in flyaway condition and 108 will be assembled in india by HAL in Bangaluru.

10. The present President of France is _________ ?

A.	Nicolas Sarkozy	B.	Tim Abott
C.	Francois Hollande	D.	Jason Lawrence
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation: Francois Hollande

11. How many agreement were signed between India and France during PM Narendra Modi's first visit to the country on 10th April ?

A.	13	B.	15
C.	17	D.	19
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation: 17 Agreements were signed and 3 announcements were made.

12. CNES is the space organisation of which country ?

A.	Germany	B.	France
C.	Australia	D.	Canada
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option B
Explanation: France's space organisation is CNES. it is in news because of lauching of Megha-Tropiques (Satellite) mission to study water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change.

13. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on _________ ?

A.	10th April	B.	7th April
C.	16th April	D.	12th April
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: 12th April

14. The Housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has launched a scheme called DAY to impart skills to rural and urban poor. The term DAY stands for _________ ?

A.	Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana	B.	Deendayal Aahar Yojana
C.	Deendayal Aawas Yojana	D.	Deendayal Anna Yojana
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana

15. To help PSBs raise capital from the equity market the govt plans to reduce its stakes in state-owned banks to 52 per cent by _________ ?

A.	2016	B.	2017
C.	2018	D.	2019
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: 2019.

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