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Quiz 55: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams




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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ



Which drug firm on 25 June 2013 announced that it was given World Health Organisation (WHO) pre- qualification for the anti-malarial tablets which will be launched immediately?


Aurobindo Pharma

Wyeth Pharma

Strides Arcolab Pharma

Bristol Mayer Pharma

The European Commission (EC) on 26 June 2013 approved Inter Continental Exchange’s (ICE) proposed 8.2 billion dollars takeover of __________. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.

NYSE-Euronext

ICE-Next

Nasdaq

BSE- Euronext

Name the Walmart India Head who resigned from the US retail giant on 26 June 2013.

Ramnik Narsey

Raj Jain

Rob Walton

Mike Duke

 Which Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) got in-principal approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for establishing as well as operating White Label ATMs (WLAs) in the last week of June 2013?

USB Financial Corporation Ltd.

Mahindra& Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

Escorts Finance Ltd.

Muthoot Finance

 Rajasthan Royals was penalized with a fine amount of around 100 crore Rupees for violating the Forex laws in February 2013. Name the body that slapped the fine on the IPL team?

BCCI

Competition Commission of India

Enforcement Directorate

None of the above

Match the following PSUs with the status granted to them?
i. Coal India Limited                     a. Navratna
ii. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited    b. Miniratna Category I
iii. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited   c. Miniratna Category I
iv. RITES Limited                         d. Maharatana


i&d, ii&a, iii&b and iv&c

i&c, ii&a, iii&b and iv&d

i&d, ii&b, iii&a and iv&c

i&a, ii&d, iii&c and iv&c

Name the two PSUs, which were granted the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India in February 2013?

ONGC and Gail

NTPC and BHEL

BHEL and GAIL

ONGC and NTPC

Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore Rupees by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds of excise duty evasion?

Cadbury India Ltd

Wrigley India

Lotte India

Perk India Ltd

Cebu Pacific

AirAsia

JetStar

Tiger Airways

The World Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months?


Punj Lloyd Group

Larsen & Toubro

Lanco Infratech Limited

IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd

Which compost plant became first in India to receive carbon credits worth 25 lakh rupees from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

Okhla Compost Plant

ROTOPALA Composting Plant

Mumbai Compost Plant

Kanpur Composting Plant

According to the study conducted by University of Minnesota in the first week of March 2013, which species of Africa would decline to almost extinction over the period of coming 20-40 years if conservation
measures were not undertaken?


Wild Cat

Wild Lizard

Elephants

Wild Lion

 Which research centre announced that it was developing the largest magnet of the world? This largest magnet would weigh 50000 tons.

CERN, Geneva

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India

NASA, US

Neutrino Observatory, India

Which country ranked first on list of countries which distribute spam all over the world, according to new report of SophosLabs?

China

India

US

Spain

Researchers working on the accurate calculation of the distance of Milky Way to the nearest galaxy found the exact distance to our nearest galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). What is the exact distance?

163000 light years

175000 light years

183000 light years

150000 light years

Chief Ministers of all the states are  ex-officio members of the

Finance Commission

National Development Council

Inter State Council

Planning Commission

When can a President use his discretion in appointing the Prime
Minister ?


In no circumstances

Only when the Lok Sabha has been dissolved

When no political oarty enjoys a clear majority in the Lok Sabha

In all circumstances

One feature distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the Vidhan Parishad is

Indirect election

Power of impeachment

Nomination of members

Tenure of membership

Who among the following enjoys the rank of a Cabinet Minister of the Indian Union?

Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha

Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

Secretary to the Government of India

None of the above

If in a country there happens to be the office of monarchy as well as a Parliamentary form of government this monarch will be called
If in a country there happens to be the office of monarchy as well as a Parliamentary form of government this monarch will be called


Head of the State

Head of the Cabinet

Head of the government

Both Head of the government and State

A person who is not a member of Parliament can be appointed as a Minister by the President for a maximum period of ?

9 months

3 months

12 months

6 months

Who administers the oath of office to the President of India before he enters upon the office ?

Chief Justice

Speaker

Vice President

Prime Minister

The Union Council of Ministers consists  of

Prime Minister

Cabinet Ministers and Chief Ministers of the States

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers, Minister of State and Deputy Ministers

In case a President dies while in office, the vice President can act as President for a maximum period of

6 months

3 months

2 years

1 years

Who was the first Prime Minister of India ?

Mrs. Indira Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Mahatma Gandhi




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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.

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