General Awareness Quiz for 9th April 2015

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Daily GA Quiz for 9th April, 2015   has been uploaded for practice.
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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. Name the Military operation in Yemen currently under way against Shia Houthi group ?

A.	Operation Black Hawk	B.	Operation Blue Bird
C.	Operation All Out	D.	Operation Decisive Storm
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Operation Decisive Storm is the international war against Houthi militias in Yemen, currently South Arabia is fighting against the Houthi Militants in Yemen

2. Mutual funds in India are regulated under which Organisation ?

A.	RBI	B.	Finance Ministry
C.	SEBI	D.	Board of Mutual Funds
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation SEBI formulates policies and regulates the mutual funds. It notified regulations in 1993.

3. ________ has been appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) ?

A.	K M Mani	B.	Saurabh Patel
C.	Amit Mitra	D.	Balbir Singh
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani has been appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST).

4. India Successfully test fired nuclear weapon capable Dhanush Missile. This Missile is ________ ?

A.	Air to Surface	B.	Surface to Surface
C.	Surface to Air	D.	Air to Air
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option B
Explanation: Dhanush Missile is a Surface to Surface Missile.
2. Tested from a Ship, off the Odisha coast,
3. This missile is naval variant of Prithvi missile.

5. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner ?

A.	HS Brahma (re-elected)	B.	N. Gopalaswami
C.	Navin Chawla	D.	Nasim Zaidi
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner by the president of India under Article 324 of Constitution. He will join on 19th April, 2015

6. Jayakanthan a famous personality of Tamil passed away, he's a famous ________ ?

A.	Industrialist	B.	Politician
C.	Sports Journalist	D.	Writer
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Legendary Tamil writer Jayakanthan passed away on 8 April 2015 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
2. Jayakanthan’s novels Cinemavukku Pona Chithalu, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal, Oru Nadigai Nadagam Paarkiral and Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan were adapted into films.

7. Who has been awarded Sahitya Shiromani Samman by UP Goverment on 8th April, 2015 ?

A.	Gopal Dass Niraj	B.	Both A and C
C.	Uday Pratap Singh	D.	Ramesh Chandra Shah
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option B
Explanation: Gopaldas Neeraj and Uday Pratap Singh Conferred with Sahitya Shiromani Samman and cash prize of 21 lakh Rupees on 8th April, 2015
2. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav conferred the award on Neeraj and Singh. Yadav also announced that Neeraj will be given Rashtra Ratn-Sitara-e Hind award for his lifelong service to Hindi literature.

8. EM Hanifa recently passed away, Who is he ?

A.	Industrialist	B.	Writer
C.	Singer	D.	Writer
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation: EM Hanifa is a famous Singer passed away on 9th April, 2015 in Chennai.

9. Out of the following which is not a financing stage of MUDRA Bank ?

A.	Pawan	B.	Tarun
C.	Kishore	D.	Shishu
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Pawan is not a financing Stage of MUDRA Bank
Shishu is first stage in which loan cover upto Rs 50,000 will be given to a business entity at start of business. Kishore is second stage in which loan cover ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh will be given. Tarun is the third stage in which loan cover up to Rs. 10 lakh will be given.

10. The PM MUDRA Yojna will be the main support system for the Bank and will be part of ________ ?

A.	SIDBI	B.	IDBI
C.	RBI	D.	SEBI
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: MUDRA will be a part of Small Industries Development Bank of India.

11. RBI notified hike in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) limit in Insurance Sector to ________ percent on 8th April, 2015 ?

A.	30%	B.	49%
C.	51%	D.	42%
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option B
Explanation: As per the notification, FDI up to 26 percent will be under automatic route and beyond 26 percent and up to 49 percent will be allowed with the approval of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).

12. State Environment and Forest Ministers’ Conference held in which City ?

A.	New Delhi	B.	Bangalore
C.	Agra	D.	Gujarat
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and adopted Resolution on Protecting Environment.

13. On 8th April, 2015 India signed Memorandum of Cooperation (Mou) on Transportation with which Country ?

A.	Pakistan	B.	China
C.	USA	D.	Nepal
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option C
Explanation: Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx signed a Moc in New Delhi for deepening partnership in the area of transport b/w the two countries.

14. ________ the first man from China to win an Olympic gold medal in 110m hurdles, announced his retirement due to injury ?

A.	Liu Xiang	B.	Yao Ming
C.	Lin Dan	D.	Wang Hao
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option A
Explanation: Lui Xiang announced its retirement.

15. SEBI raised the limit for currency derivatives trade to ________ Million USD ?

A.	10 Million	B.	20 Million
C.	18 Million	D.	15 Million
E.	None of these

Answer

Answer: Option D
Explanation: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 8 April 2015 raised the transaction limit in exchange traded currency derivatives to 15 million from 10 million US dollars for both foreign and domestic investors without having any underlying exposure.

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