Quiz 41 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

In which country was the Commonwealth

Heads of Government meeting recently held?
India
Sri Lanka
Australia
England
The limit of overseas investment in

government bonds/ securities has been raised

from $ 15 Billon to ___________________ ?
$25 billion
$20 Billion
$30 Billion
$35 billion
Where was the 14th Yearly Meet of the

Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering held?
Thiruvananthapuram
Kochi
Pune
Mumbai
Where was the Fifth Conference of the

Association of SAARC Speakers and

Parliamentarians held?
Bangkok
New Delhi
Chennai
Mumbai
China
Australia
United States of America
Japan
 Which city recently hosted the first

ever India-China strategic economic

dialogue?
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Beijing
Guangzhou
Which country tops the list of the ‘Most

Failed States’ recently released by Foreign

Policy magazine?
Pakistan
Nepal
Somalia
Sudan
According to the Forbes List of The

World’s Billionaires, who is the richest

person in the world?
Lakshmi Mittal
Bill Gates
Warren Buffet
Carlos Slim Helu
The construction of the Berlin Wall,

which recently completed 50 years, was

started on ..............., 1961?
August 13th
September 12th
September 2nd
September 9th
When is “World Peace Day”?
January 1
February 22
September 2
December 31
 When is ‘Quit India day’ celebrated?
September 8th
August 19th
August 9th
None of the above
‘International Literacy Day’, celebrated

on September 8th, was proclaimed by

............... in 1965.
WHO
Virginia Literacy Foundation
UNESCO
Feed The Minds
When is ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebrated?
October 12th
October 19th
September 14th
September 7th
Researchers from University of Maryland

in third week of June 2013 developed an

eco-friendly battery using wood, tin and

_________. Fill in the blank with an

appropriate option.

Sodium
Hilium
Nitrogen
None of the above
The Government of Pakistan in June 2013

decided to declare a Sikh shrine ________ as

a holy city. The government will initiate

steps for sorting out the issues related to

the welfare of the Sikhs, who live at the

pilgrimage site.

Panja Sahib
Patti Sahib
Bal Lilah Nankana Sahib
None of the above
World observed the World Refugee Day for

the first time in the year?
2003
2001
2013
1998
Ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food &

Public Distribution introduced amendments in

the National Food Security Bill in the Lok

Sabha on 9 May 2013 and placed the amended

Bill for consideration and passing by the

House. Which of the following statements

related to the Bill are true?
I. The Government decided to move certain

amendments to the Bill Based on the

recommendations of the Standing Committee on

Food, Consumer Affairs and Public

Distribution
II. These amendments seek to make the

framework of the proposed legislation

simpler, provide more flexibility to

States/UTs in its implementation and to

address some of the concerns raised by them.
III. Protection of entitlements under

Targeted Public Distribution System:The

entitlement of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)

households, which constitute poorest of the

poor will, however, be protected at 35 kg

per household per month.
IV. Statement I and II are only true
Statement IV is true
Statement I, II and III are true
Only statement I is true
Statement I and II are only true
The Minister for Women & Child Development, Krishna Tirath on 9 May 2013
launched the World Bank assisted___________. The aim of the programme is improvement of child development and nutritional outcomes for children in selected districts having  higher proportional of child under nutrition.
ICDS Systems Nutrition Improvement Project
ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project
ICDS Systems Strengthening for the Nutrition Improvement Project
ICDS Nutrition Improvement Project
The Union Government of India on 8 May

2013 approved _____________ policy with an

aim to create a secured Computing

environment across the country?
National Cyber Policy
Computing Policy of India
National Policy of Computing
National Cyber Security Policy
The Union Cabinet of India on 1May 2013

approved major changes to the National Rural

Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) with the

objective of removing poverty in rural areas

by empowering women. Approximately, 25 lakh

Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) will be given

bank loans at an interest rate of _______

percent?
7 percent
7.2 percent
6.8 percent
6 percent
The Union Cabinet on 6 May 2013 had

cleared important changes to the National

Rural Livelihoods Mission _________ in a

major boost to the roll out of the women’s

self help group model across the country?
Khadyaan
Sukhoslam
Jeevan Suraksha
Aajeevika
Actor and Satirist who died in a road accident on 25 October 2012 near Punjab's Nakodar town 40 km from Jalandhar ?
Sunil Bhatti
Surendra Bhatti
Jaspal Bhatti
None of the above
Veteran Indian actress who on 25 October 2012 was Awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema by the Edinburgh Napier University?
Sharmila Tagore
Sunita Tagore
Gunjan Tagore
Devani Tagore
India's leading strategic thinker and analyst, who on 25 October 2012 won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book" Water: Asia's New Battleground" ?
Satpath Brahmana
Brahma Chellaney
Anand Bhargav
None of the above
Lyricist and well known poet who  awarded with Indira Gandhi National Integration Award by congress President Sonia Gandhi
Gulzar
Nirsan
Virsam
Fostern
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