Tuesday, 4 August 2015

GK QUESTIONS

Q.1       Who have won the women’s and men’s single titles, respectively at Australia Open -2015?
              (1) Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray             (2) Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic
              (3) Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic        (4) Serena Williams and Andy Murray
              (5) None of these

Q.2       Which state has set up a fenced, forested elephant sancturay?
             (1) Madhya Pradesh    (2) Tamil Nadu          (3) Karnataka        (4) Kerala     (5) None of these

Q.3       Who among the following has become the youngest world number one in golf history by                                 reaching the top of the women’s ranking?
              (1) Inbee Park          (2) Lydia KO       (3) Stacy Lewis    (4)  Shashan Feng     (5) None of these

Q.4       The Hero India Open tournament is related to which sport?
              (1) Cricket    (2) Hockey       (3) Golf                   (4) Football          (5) None of these

Q.5       Which country is the venue for ICC Cricket World Cup-2019?
               (1) Bangladesh        (2) England           (3) South Africa      (4) Pakistan     (5) None of these

Q.6       Who is the head of the panel formed RBI to look into parameters for urban co-oprative banks
                                     recently?
             (1) Bimal Jalan           (2) R Gandhi   (3) Urjit Patel        (4) Y V Reddy      (5) None of these

Q.7       Which airport has become the world’s busiest airport for international traffic?
             (1) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport           (2) Dubai International Airport
             (3) London’s Heathrow Airport                  (4) Las Vegas Airport              (5) None of these

Q.8        Recently, India and United States have signed an agreement to develop three smart cities in
              India. Which is not one of that?
             (1) Allahabad               (2) Ajmer        (3) Bhopal           (4) Vishakhapatnam      (5) None of these

Q.9       Which country rank first in terms of per capita emission of carbon dioxide?
              (1)        Trinidad and Tobago        (2) Qatar       (3) China        (4) Kuwait     (5) None of these

Q.10      Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi in January 2015?
              (1) Arundathi Nag   (2) Phani Sarma      (3) Sekhar Sen     (4) Raghubir Yadav   (5) None of these

Q.11     As per the new study, which tiger reserves has highest annual flow benefits?
               (1) Periyar Tigar Reserve        (2) Ranthambore Tigar Reserve        (3) Kanha Tigar Reserve                       (4) Corbett Tigar Reserve        (5) None of these

Q.12    The union ministry of water resource has decided to celebrate the year 2015-16 as……………
             (1) Jal Samruddi Varsh  (2) Jal Kranti Varsh   (3) Jal Shuddi  (4) Jal Neeti Varsh     (5) None 

Q.13    Which are the only banks from India listed in the top 50 global banks in terms of market
             capitalization, recently?
             (1)  HDFC and SBI  2) SBI and Axis Bank   (3) Axis Bank and   (4) ICICI and SBI  (5) None  
Q.14     India based Ricky Kej has won the Grammy Award for has album………
            (1)  Morning Phase      (2) Beyonce (3) Winds of Samsar      (4) The lonely hour   (5) None of these

Q.15    The prestigious “Vays Samman award for the Year-2014” will be awaded to…………
            (1) Narendra Kohli   (2) Kamal Kishore Goyanka        (3) G S Shivarudrappa                                             (4) Nanda Chattopadyaya                 (5) None of these

Q.16    What is the slogan of the Vistara airline which commissioned its operation, recently?
             (1)        Now Everyone Can Fly    (2) Fly the New Feelings
             (3) A Great Way to Fly               (4) One World One Flight             (5) None of these

Q.17     Who has been selected for the “Social Media Person of the Year” award?
             (1) Amir Khan  (2) Sachin Tendulkar   (3) Salman Khan   (4) Amitabh Bachchan (5) None of these

Q.18    Bhakti Sharma, who is in news recently, is associated with which sport?
            (1) Swimming     (2) Tennis  (3) Badminton   (4) Volleyball           (5) None of these

Q.19  Which bank has bagged the “MSME Banking Excellence Awards-2014”?
          (1) Corporation Bank    (2) Canara Bank     (3) Syndicate       (4) Vijaya Bank    (5) None of these

Q.20   Recently, which country has commissioned the “Huanggang”, a new missile destroyer?
           (1) China      (2) Russia      (3) Pakistan        (4) Japan        (5) None of these

Q.21    Hari Shankar Brahma is the……………. Chife Election commissioner of India.
             (1) 16th   (2) 15th       (3) 19th           (4) 20th                (5) None of these

Q.22    Who is the author of the book “India Shatra: Reflections On The Nation In Our Time”?
              (1) Arvind Kejriwal   (2) Manmohan Singh   (3) Shashi Tharoor    (4) L K Advani
              (5) None of these

Q.23    Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India?
            (1)  Ajay Mishra    (2) S. Jai Shankar    (3) Ajit Doval  4) Sujata Singh            (5) None of these

Q.24    What is the name of Program launched by Uttarakhand Government to boost tourism in the state?
            (1) Parvat Darshan   (2) Van Darshan   (3) Himalaya Darshan   (4) Uttar Darshan (5) None of these

Q.25     Light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas was designed and developed by……….
             (1)     DRDO     (2) ISRO (3) Indian Navy     (4) HAL         (5) None of these

Q.26     Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade has been selected for which award?
             (1) Yash Bharti       (2) Janapith          (3) Nobel      4) Saraswati samman       (5) None of these

Q.27     LC Goyal had been appointed as the……….. by the Union Government.
            (1) Union Overseas Secretary          (2) Union Foreign Secretary        (3) Union Home Secretary                  (4) Union Finance Secretary             (5) None of these

Q.28    Which state has won the 10th National Award for outstanding work in MGNREGA?
            (1) Madhya Pradesh  2) Andhra Pradesh    (3) Gujarat  (4) West Bengal         (5) None of these

Q.29     Saloni Dalal, who became the youngest medallist at the 35th National Games in Kerala, is                              associated with which sport/events?
            1)        Cycling       (2) Swimming              (3) Archery        (4) Wresting          (5) None of these

Q.30     The first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of so called three-parent babies is………
              (1) USA            (2) Georgia        (3) Britain       (4) Sauth Africa           (5) None of these

Q.31    The headquarters of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are located at…………
            (1) Dubai     (2) Abu Dhabi   (3) Geneva          (4) Washington                        (5) None of these

Q.32    Who among the following is the chairman of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) set up by RBI             to evaluate application received for Payment banks?       
            (1)  Usha Tharot (2) R Gandhi    (3) H R Khan    (4) Nachiket Mor       (5) None of these

Q.33   Who is awarded with the Yash Bharati Samman 2105?
            (1)  Shubha Mudgal       (2) Vinod Mehta      
            (3) Nawazuddin Sidiqui (4) Rahat Ali Khan Sabri (5) All of these

Q.34   Best film in BAFTA awards 2015?      
           (1)  Boyhood     (2) Birdman        (3) The Grand Budapest Hotel   
           (4) The Iimitation Game                (5) None of these

Q.35  Who has been appointed as Canada’s new high commissioner to India?
           (1) Yashvardhan Varma   (2) Yousuf Ahmed   
           (3) Nadir Patel                (4) Hassan Iqbal           (5) None of these

Q.36  R. K. Laxman passed away recently. He was an eminent__________. 
           (1) Journalist          (2) Singer          
           (3) Cartoonist        (4) Dancer           (5) None of these

Q.37  For which book Jhumpa Lahiri won prestigious DSC Prize for Literature?         
           (1) Once in a Lifetime  (2) The Namesake        
           (3) The owland            (4) Only Goodness        (5) None of these

Q.38  Which of the following country has reduced the voting age from 20 years to 18 years?  
           (1)  India           (2) China 
           (3) Japan           (4) Sri Lanka     (5) None of these

Q.39  Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) made it to Gunness Book of World Records by
           opping…………. accounts under it in a short span of five months.                                            
           (1)  11.50 crore                  (2) 21.50 crore
           (3) 31.50 crore                   (4) 10.50 crore             (5) None of these

Q.40  Union Ministry for Communications & Information Technology released the Commemorative
           Postage stamps on the theme of……………   
           (1) Swachh Bharat Mission             (2) Jan Dhan Yojna
           (3) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao          (4) Sukanya Samriddhi yojana          (5) None of these






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