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Wednesday, 8 April 2015
GK Quiz for 8th April 2015
Greetings to all members of GEA family,
Daily GK Quiz for 8th April, 2015 (Part-II)
has been uploaded for practice.
Enjoy.
Instruction:
Total questions :
20
.
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. With which Asian Nation, Sri Lanka recently signed cooperation agreement ?
A.
India
B.
Bhutan
C.
China
D.
Pakistan
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option D
Explanation:
Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements to advance cooperation between the two nations.
2. CII has signed an MoU with EBRD to deepen partnership, What is the full form of EBRD ?
A.
European Board for Research and development
B.
European Bank for Rural and development
C.
European Bank for Reconstruction and development
D.
European Board for Rural Development
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option C
Explanation
1. Full form of EBRD is European Bank for Reconstruction and development and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
2. Mou was signed between CII director Chandrajit Banerjee and EBRD vice-president Phil Bennett.
3. EBRD was established in 1991 with it’s headquarter in London and President of EBRD is Sir Suma Chakrabarti.
3. Which bank has signed a MoU with Life Corporation of India to provide insurance cover to all savings account holders whose accounts are lined with Aadhaar Card ?
A.
Dena Bank
B.
Axis Bank
C.
ICICI Bank
D.
HDFC Bank
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
This is applicable to account holders who are aged 18 to 50 years.
4. Which Cricket team has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on 7th April, 2015 ?
A.
Andhra cricket team
B.
Baroda cricket team
C.
Gujarat cricket team
D.
Saurashtra cricket team
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
Baroda Cricket team (Gujarat) has won this year's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trohy.
2. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket domestic championship in India, organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India, among the teams from Ranji Trophy.
5. Pratap Singh, An Indian origin UK School Boy has been awarded the Institute of Physics(IOP) Prize at ________ ?
A.
National Science Fair
B.
National Physics Fair
C.
Gold Coast Science & Tech Fair
D.
Big Bang Fair
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option D
Explanation:
He was presented the award at the Bing Bang Fair held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham. For carrying out a verifying experiment on the effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
6. Who has been elected as the new president of CII, for the year 2015-16 ?
A.
Ashok Kumar
B.
Deep Singh
C.
Ajay Shriram
D.
Sumit Mazumdar
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option D
Explanation:
Sumit Mazumdar has been elected as the president of CII for the year 2015-16, he succeeds Mr. Ajay Shriram.
7. Recently Snapdeal has acquired which mobile transaction platform ?
A.
Paytm
B.
Freecharge
C.
rechargeitnow
D.
easyrecharge
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
Snapdeal acquires freecharge.
8. ________ is appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) of Bengaluru ?
A.
Dr SK Shivakumar
B.
Shailesh Nayak
C.
M Annadurai
D.
AS Kiran Kumar
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option C
Explanation:
Mayilsamy Annadurai is appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bengaluru.
9. Government raises stake in state-owned IFCI to ________ percent ?
A.
51%
B.
40%
C.
20%
D.
35%
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
IFCI Ltd has now turn into a state- owned agency with the authorities expanding its stake within the infrastructure financing agency to 51.04% from 47.93% .
10. Which actor was awarded recently with Padma Vibhushan, India's Second highest Civilian Award ?
A.
Amitabh Bachchan
B.
Rishi Kumar
C.
Rajesh Khanna
D.
Shashi Kapoor
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachan and Dilip Kumar are awarded with Padma Vibhushan award.
2. He was honored by the President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
11. Areva, the world's largest nuclear company, will set up nuclear power plants in Jaitapur in ________ ?
A.
Madhya Pradesh
B.
Maharashtra
C.
Jharkhand
D.
Odisha
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
Areva is a French firm and will set up Nuclear Power Plant in Maharashtra
12. Which of the following banks is all set to become the first in the country to deploy voice-recognition technology for biometric authentication ?
A.
ICICI Bank
B.
Axis Bank
C.
HDFC Bank
D.
Yes Bank
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
ICICI Bank is all set to become first to deploy voice-recognition tech for biometric authentication.
13. The RBI signed a USD ________ currency swap agreement with the central bank of Sri Lanka ?
A.
300 Million
B.
250 Million
C.
400 Million
D.
350 Million
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option C
Explanation:
USD 400 Million currency swap agreement with the central bank of Sri lanka.
14. The OFS is a mechanism which enables promoters to dilute their holdings in listed companies in a transparent manner. The term OFS stands for ________ ?
A.
Offer for Sale
B.
Open for Sale
C.
Open for Subscription
D.
Offer for Subscription
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
Offer for Sale
15. Traditionally, the US nominates the World Bank chief and ___________ nominates the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief. ?
A.
Japan
B.
Russia
C.
South Korea
D.
The European Union
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option D
Explanation:
the European Union nominates the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief
16. Misao Okawa (117yrs), recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person died recently. She belonged to ________ ?
A.
Norway
B.
Japan
C.
Denmark
D.
Sweden
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
Misao Okawa (117yrs) is of Japan.
17. Gertrude Weaver 116yrs old world’s oldest person after the death of 117yrs old Misao Okawa(Japan) died five days after claiming her title is of which country ?
A.
US
B.
UK
C.
France
D.
Russia
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
She is of United States of America.
18. Google has entered into a strategic partnership with consulting firm _________ to get Digital India projects as well as large enterprise deals ?
A.
YouWeCare
B.
HR co-operatives
C.
McKinsey
D.
Bain India
E.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Answer
Answer:
Option E
Explanation:
Google aims to be involved in e-governance projects
19. On World Health Day, India today began Mission ___________, a massive immunisation campaign to cover by 2020 all children who are either un-vaccinated or only partially vaccinated against seven preventable diseases ?
A.
Pahal
B.
Young India
C.
Indradhanush
D.
Khushal Bharat
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option C
Explanation:
Mission ‘Indradhanush’ started with a “catch-up” campaign from April to July which will cover all children up to two years and pregnant women.
20. Chinese Mobile maker ________ to partner with Snapdeal and Amazon, no more exclusive to Flipkart?
A.
Xiaomi
B.
Gionee
C.
Lenovo
D.
Haier
E.
None of these
Answer
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
Xiaomi
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