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Quiz 66: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams









GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ


The Indian Army observed 2011 as the year of


Soldiers

Disabled Soldiers

Dead civilians

None of the above

National Sports Day, in tribute to the legendary hockey
player Major Dhyan Chand, is celebrated every year on
…………… in India.


August 29th

August 16th

August 12th

August 20th

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 ‘Common Service Centre Divas’ observed?

July 14th

July 16th

July 29th

August 4th

What was the theme of World Food Day, 2011 observed
on October 16th?


Food Prices- From Crisis To Stability

Food for All, Hunger for None

Food Comes First

United Against Hunger

‘World Disability Day’ is observed annually on

December 10th

December 3rd

November 29th

December 15th

‘World Arthritis Day’ is observed every year on

June 12th

October 29th

December 19th

October 12th

‘World Forestry Day’ is celebrated on

February 21st

January 12th

March 21st

April 19th

In the context of global environment, February 2nd is
observed as


World Birds Day

World Wetland Day

World Animal Day

None of these

‘National Consumer Rights Day’ is observed on

December 7th

December 4th

December 24th

December 10th

‘World Food Day’ is celebrated on

Oct 15th

Oct 19th

Oct 12th

Oct 16th

The Andhra Pradesh state government celebrated ............... from September 15th, 2011

Farmers Week

Children’s week

Farmer and Women Week

Human Rights Week

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

When is the ‘World Population Day’ observed?

July 8th

July 10th

July 11th

July 19th

‘Freedom’s Mother’ is the first book of Anisul Hoque,
a prominent …………… author, to be launched in India.


Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Kenyan

Udisi

Name the author(s) of the book ‘Target 3 Billion’.

Srijan Pal Singh and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Nandan Nilekani

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Arundhati Roy

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Vikram Seth

‘Fierce Focus’ is the recently released autobiography
of which former Indian Cricket coach?


Kapil Dev

John Wright

Greg Chappell

None of the above

Name the author of ‘The Rivered Earth’

Vikram Seth

Chetan Bhagat

Jhumpa Lahiri

Arundhati Roy

‘Time Guerrilla’ is the recently released autobiographical memoir of

Fidel Castro

Hugo Chavez

George Bush

John Adams

Vinod Mehta’s autobiography, ‘Lucknow Boy’ was
recently released. He is the editor-in-chief of


Frontline

Outlook India

India Today

The Indian Express

The debut novel of Q.R. Markham was pulled off the
stands on charges of plagiarism. Name the novel.


Pulse

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Assassin of Secrets

None of the above

 ‘A Shot At History’ is the recently released
autobiography of which Indian sportsperson?


Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Vishwanathan Anand

Abhinav Bindra

Who is the author of the book ‘Whatever the Odds’?

Mukesh Ambani

Anand Mahindra

K.P. Singh

Tulsi Tanti




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

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