[QandA] Questions and Answers - Part 13

Date: Jan 01, 2015

(01) Which of the following merger(s) took place in 2014?

1. Benaras State Bank with Bank of Baroda

2. Bank of Madura with ICICI

3. ING Vysya with Kolkata - Mahindra

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 2 only

[D] 3 only

Ans: [D]

(02)_______ bank introduced Samurai bonds in Japanese market

[A] Axis Bank

[B] State Bank of India

[C] SIDBI

[D] Exim Bank

Ans: [D]

(03)_____ is world Book Capital 2015

[A] Incheon

[B] Port Harcourt

[C] Bangkok

[D] Montreal

Ans: [A]

(04) State Government of Madhya Pradesh appointed _____ as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign 'Mamta Abhiyan'?

[A] Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

[B] Priyanka Chopra

[C] Kareena Kapoor

[D] Madhuri Dixit

Ans: [D]

(05) Which of the following is/are correct in regard with Ms. Sumitra Mahajan?

1. She is from Madhya Pradesh

2. She is the eldest and senior-most among women MPs in the 16th Lok Sabha

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: [C]

(06) ______ parliament became the first EU country to vote in favour of recognising a Palestinian State

[A] Swedish

[B] British

[C] German

[D] French

Ans: [A]

(07) UAV Panchi is a wheeled version of _______

[A] Nishant

[B] Nethra

[C] Lakshya

[D] Nirbhay

Ans: [A]

(08) China celebrates 2015 as Year of __

[A] Pig

[B] Goat

[C] Ox

[D] Dragon

Ans: [B]

(09) A Formula-1 race will be held in _____ in 2015 after a gap of 23 years

[A] Mexico

[B] Canada

[C] Switzerland

[D] Czechoslovakia

Ans: [A]

(10) Which of the following is/are associated with 'Sunni Muslims'?

1. Hezbollah 2. ISIS 3. Muslim Brotherhood

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 2 only

[D] 1 and 3 only

Ans: [B]

(11) In regard with the Interim Government, 1946 which of the foll is wrongly matched?

[A] C. Rajagopalachari - Edu & Arts

[B] Sardar Vallabhai Patel - Information & Broadcasting

[C] Liaqat Ali Khan - Defence

[D] Jagjivan Ram – Labour

Ans: [C]

Exp: LiaquatAli  Khan -  Finance; Sardar Baldevv Singh – Defence

(12) Repetti discontinuity separates

[A] Core and Mantle

[B] Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle

[C] Lower Crust and Upper Mantle

[D] Upper Crust and Lower Crust

Ans: [B]

(13) World Anti Doping Agency is located at

[A] Montreal

[B] Vienna

[C] Tokyo

[D] Paris

Ans: [A]

(14) 2-4-D is a

[A] insecticide

[B] fertilizer

[C] fungicide

[D] weedicide

Ans: [D]

(15) Who of the foll is associated with Squash?

[A] Aparajitha Balamurukan

[B] Varsha Varman

[C] Bala Manju

[D] Prarthana Thombre

Ans: [A]

Exp: Varsha Varman – Shooting; Bala Manju – Athletics and Prarthana Thombare – Tennis

(16) The Indian Coast Guard Ship which tracked the 3.73 tonne module of GSLV-Mach III through advance telementary system from ISRO is

Samudra Paheredar

(17) Who became the first Indian industrialist to be granted with the honorary citizen of Busan (South Korea)?

Mr. Venus Srinivasan

(18) Author of the book "e-rupee to reinvent India" is

Abraham Mulamoottil

(19) What is "Exacto", that was in news recently?

It is the name of a bullet launched b US that can change direction in midair

(20) Mt. Vinson Massif is the highest peak of

Antarctica

(21) IOA - Indian Olympic Association decided to host 2018 National Games in the state of

Uttarakhand

(22) Commander Dilip Donde, becomes the first Gmdgdm to circumnavigate the world in am Indian-built boat, the Indian Navy's iconic yacht ______ 

INSV Mhadei

(23) Author of the book "2014 the election that changed India" is

Mr. Rajdeep Saardesai

(24) The first Indian State police to create a unnamed aerial vehicles wing for security

Tamil Nadu

(25) Government aims to roll out the GST from

April 01, 2016

(26) Recently, ICC announced that two cities have been accredited as 'testing centres' for suspected illegal bowling actions. Mention those two cities

Brisbane and Chennai (Already Cardiff is there)

(27) 102nd Indian Science Congress will be held in the city of _____ from Jan 03-07, 2015?

Mumbai

(28) Union Govt constituted a committee under _____ to look into the grievances related to 1984 riot victims 

Justice G. P. Mathur

(29) The prestigious 'Nature' journal has chosen ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan as one of the top 10 scientists of 2014. He ranked at eighth position. The first position is

Mr. Andrea Accomazzo (Italy)

(30) Which PM said the slogan "Jai Jawan. Jai Kisan"?

Lal Bahadur Shastri

(31) Recently (in Dec 2014) which two cities are added to the Union Government's "heritage cities" project (at first seven Cities)

Warangal & Amaravati

(32) 'Nanoplug' was in news recently. What is it?

World’s smallest hearing aid in London (7.1 mm)

(33) Indian shuttler K. Srikanth became the ____ Indian male player to break into the top-five in the latest BWF ranking

Third (the other two being are: Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand)

(34) Name the tennis player and countrymen of Roger Federer with whom Federer is believed to have had a major argument (Nov 2014)?

Stanislas Wawrinka

(35) The first Indian State to have real estate regulator is

Maharashtra

(36) Bharat Bill Payment System - BBPS is designed on the recommendation of ____ committee

Umesh Bellur

(37) Recently, BJP and RSS seek ban on Tamil novel _____ 

Madharubhagan

(38) Elements beyond atomic number ____ are referred to as "super-heavy elements"

104

(39) What is Mission Indradhanush?

Aims to cover b 2020 all those children whoa re either not vaccinated, against diseases such as Polio, TB, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, and Diphtheria

(40) For the first time, two cities are to stage the opening ceremony for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Mention those cities

Melbourne & Christchurch

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