Quiz 34 on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

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
Bal Lilah Nankana Sahib
Patti Sahib
Mall Ji Sahib
The World Bank in June 2013 slashed

its growth forecast for China's economy

for 2013 to _________percent from 8.4

percent. In its report, the World Bank

stated that the main risk related to China

remains the possibility that high

investment rates prove unsustainable,

provoking a disorderly unwinding and sharp

economic slowdown.
7.7 percent
7.2 percent
8.1 percent
6.5 percent
On which day, the World Refugee Day is

observed across the world?
21 June
20 June
17 June
23 June
World Music Day for the first time was

celebrated in the year and in which city?
2001, Paris
1990, Scotland
1982, Paris
1876, New York
 What is the meaning of the word, Fête

de la Musique?
Music is everywhere
World Music Day
Music is life
Life without Music
World Music Day is celebrated every

year on?
21 June, the day of Summer Solstice
21 December, day of winter Solstice
20 December, day of winter Solstice
22 June, the day of summer solstice
 World observed the World Refugee

Day for the first time in the year?
2001
1991
1998
2003
Nuclear Reactors of Areva, the French

company will start the production first in

China before supplying the production to

_____________ in Maharashtra. The French

Ambassador to India Francois Richier

announced that Areva will facilitate two

reactors to China. These reactors are

under construction.
Nagpur
Pune
Aurangabad
Jaitapur
Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary General

has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC)

to enhance the strength of ___________

from 900 to its authorized strength of

1250 to maintain the peace along Syria-

Israel borders in the Golan Heights.
United Nation Disengagement Forces
United Nation rapid-reaction Forces
United Nations World Protection Forces
United Nation Protection Forces
The Lower House of the Parliament of

Russia on 11 June 2013 approved a bill

that stigmatized gay people and banned

providing children any information about

homosexuality in the country. What is the

name of the Lower House of Parliament in

Russia?
State’s Secretariat
National Duma
National Secretariat
State Duma
The cash strapped new Government of  Pakistan on 12 June 2013 announced hike of ___________ percent in its defence budget to 627 billion rupees for the fiscal 2013 -14?
10
15
20
25
India in June 2013 offered _______million Dollars credit to Myanmar for establishing a Special Economic Zone at Sittwe in Myanmar's Buyer's Credit Scheme under National Export Insurance Account?
160
175
150
130
 Which new feature was introduced by

Facebook Inc. on 12 June 2013 for

identification of topics for discussions?
 Which new feature was introduced by

Facebook Inc. on 12 June 2013 for

identification of topics for discussions?

This feature is already being used by

Instagram and Twitter.
@ sign (at the rate tags)
* sign (asterisk tags)
# sign (Hash tags)
! sign (exclamation tags)
Name the 24 hours news channel which

was launched by Media firm TV18 Broadcast

on 13 June 2013 in UK?
CNBC Awaaz
CNBC TV18
CNN-IBN
News18 India
Who was appointed as the new Chairman

of Life Insurance Corporation of India

(LIC) by the Government of India?
Thomas Mathew T
SK Roy
S B Mainak
Usha Sangwan
Which company on 14 June 2013 unveiled

the World’s Largest Container ship?
Hong Kong Ferry Company
Century Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.
Maersk Line
IAI Ramta
Which Hollywood actor became the new

face of the men’s perfume, Dior Homme on

12 June 2013?
Henry Cavill
Robert Pattinson
Paul Walker
Will Smith
 Union Government of India on 16 May

2013 revised the criteria for creamy layer

of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 4.5

lakh rupees to ________ lakh rupees to

avail benefits of reservations in

government jobs and admissions to central

educational institutions.
6.5 lakh
5.7 lakh
12 lakh
6 lakh
 The government on 13 May 2013 approved

new guidelines for the Indira Awas Yojna

Scheme for rural poor. Which of the

following statements about the newly

issued guidelines are true?
I. Building Toilets has been made

compulsory under the Indira Awas Yojna.
II. Manual scavengers freed bonded

labourers and tribal groups will be given

preference in allotments.
III. The allocation for each dwelling unit

was increased from 45000 rupees to75000

rupees.
IV. In Maoist-affected and hilly regions,

the allocation would now be 75000 rupees

from the existing 48500 rupees. Landless

labourers which were given 10000 rupees

for buying land would now be given 20000

rupees.
All the statements are true
Only statement I is true
Only statement II are true
Only statements II and III true
The Union Government on 15 May 2013

had set up an expert Committee under the

supervision_____________ to evolve a

composite index to measure backwardness of

states.
Bharat Ramaswami
Raghuram G Rajan
Nirija G Jayal
Najeeb Jung
Name the first Indigenous developed

Rotavirus Vaccine of India.
Rotacid
Rotavac
Rotovac
Rotomid
35000 rupees
25000 rupees
15000 rupees
30000 rupees
 Where did Tata Coffee, the largest

plantation company of Asia on 19 June 2013

inaugurate the premium extraction plant?
Kerala
Assam
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
Which bank announced on 19 June 2013

that it received a license for opening the

representative office in Yangon, Myanmar?
The Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India
The Export Import (EXIM) Bank of India
The State Bank of India
National Institute of Securities

Markets (NISM) signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) for the purpose of

joint promotion of corporate as well as

securities market governance with which

institute?
Institute for Banking
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
None of These
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