gk Quiz 8

1.       With which Asian country have India’s armed forces conducted the “Nomadic Elephant” exercises recently?

Vietnam

Thailand

Mongolia

South Korea

Japan

2.       India and which neighbouring country has ratified the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty on criminal matters to curb cross border illegal activities recently?

Nepal

Bhutan

Myanmar

Bangladesh

Pakistan

3.       Which political party in power in West Bengal celebrated its 85^th foundation day recently?

CPI (M)

Forward Bloc

CPI (Communist Party of India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party

None of the above

4.       What is Jal Hans that was launched recently?

India’s first floating hospital

India’s first sea cargo service

India’s first floating bank

India’s first seaplane service

India’s first submarine service

5.       Who was appointed as the new president of News Broadcasting Association (NBA) recently?

Ashok Venkatramani

Narayan Rao

G Krishnan

Rajat Sharma

Sunil Lulla

6.       Amitabh Mattoo is known for his expertise in which of the following?

Banking and finance

Foreign policy

Nuclear physics

Aviation

Medical Education

7.       Which neighbouring country conferred the honorary title of ‘General’ on Chief of the Indian Army Staff (COAS), General V K Singh, recently?

Bhutan

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Myanmar

8.       Sudhir Chandra was appointed to which of the following positions recently?

Chairman, Securities Appellate Tribunal

Chairman, Finance Commission

Director General of Foreign Trade

Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

Chairman, SEBI

9.        What does GLONASS, the Russian equivalent of the US Global Positioning System (GPS), stand for?

Geopolitical Navigation Satellite System

Global Numerical Satellite System

Global Navigation Satellite System

Geopolitical National Satellite System

Global National Satellite System

10.   Which of the following was observed on January 15, 2011?

Army Day

Navy Day

Air Force Day

Coast Guard Day

None of the above

11.   The headquarters of Air India Express is set to be shifted from Mumbai to __________.

Gujarat

Kerala

Hyderabad

Chennai

Bangalore

12.   Which state’s Tourism department organised the annual Pinjore Heritage Festival recently?

Himachal Pradesh

Rajasthan

Madhya Pradesh

Bihar

Haryana

13.   World`s first nuclear fuel bank is opened by which country?
 Japan
 China
 USA
 Russia

14.   India and ……… signed an agreement to provide loan to REDA (Renewable Energy Development Agency) to promote sustainable energy in India
 France
China
USA
Russia

15.   Door Step Banking is a scheme launched by which bank ?
Indian Bank
PNB
Central Bank of India
UCO Bank

16.   Who is the Chairman of National Integration Council
Manmohan Singh
Sonia Gandhi
 P Chidambaram
Montek Singh Ahluwalia

17.   Who is Frakois Fillen?
PM of Trinidad
PM of France
PM of Britain
PM of Russia

18.   Name of the website started by ex employees of wikileaks?
Openleaks.org
Myleaks.org
Goleaks.org
None of the Above

19.   SEBI has banned 5 companies from trading, which of the following are those companies?
Kolar Biotech,
Motorol Enterprise
Panjwani Packaging
 All of the Above

20.   Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary is in?
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Haryana

21.   Global Crisis Recession & uneven recovery is book written by?
Vishnu Raja
 Y V Reddy
 V S Naipaul
Anita Desai

22.   Most valuable Performance award for Asian Games is given to ?
Lin Dan
 Vijender Singh
 Both a and b
 None of the Above

23.   Indo US healthcaare summit, which was held in January took place in?
Delhi
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu

24.   What is the name of the revolution started in Tunisia against the ruling party?
Tunisia Revolution
Blood Revolution
 Jasmine Revolution
 Change Revolution

25.   Ballon d’Or award is related to which of the following?
 Politics
 Sports
 Education
 None of the Above