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Quiz 79: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams









GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ


Scientists of …………… have recently produced the World’s first magnetic soap which will greatly help in oilspill clean-ups and revolutionize industry cleaning products.


MIT

Kellogg University

Bristol University

None of the above

Asia’s longest solar power plant, recently inaugurated in Gujarat, is built by

Moser Baer

Tata-BP Solar

Astonfield

None of the above

 Who recently became the first bowler to take three oneday international hat-tricks?

Harbhajan Singh

Angelo Mathews

Lasith Malinga

Graeme Swann

The world’s longest periscope was recently built for Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at

Chennai

Kalpakkam

Sivakasi

Hyderabad

 Which country recently became the first Asian country to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup, after winning its sixth edition in 2011?

India

China

Bangladesh

Japan

Who recently became the first bowler in the history of the game to take two hat-tricks in a single World Cup (Cricket)?

Lasith Malinga

Chaminda Vaas

Ajantha Mendis

None of the above

 Nitish Kumar of ……………, at 16 years and 283 days, became the youngest player to make a debut in World Cup cricket in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Canada

Pakistan

India

Bangladesh

Patrick Makau from ............... recently set a new marathon world record (2:03:38) at the Berlin Marathon.

Kenya

Somalia

Tanzania

Jamaica

 Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt recently broke the world record for which race at the 13th IAAS World Athletics  Championship?

4 x 100m relay

4 x 400m relay

4 x 1000m relay

None of the above

 According to the TOP500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, where is the world’s most powerful supercomputer installed?

National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, China

National Supercomputing Centre in Tianjin, China

RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Japan

None of the above

 Who recently became the first cricketer to play in 100 test wins?

M.S. Dhoni

Kumar Sangakkara

Ricky Ponting

Michael Clarke

 A new Guinness World Record, for the longest hockeygame
of all time, was set recently by 40 women in


New York

Colorado

Connecticut

Burnaby

The consortium of which of the following companies recently won the patent auction, hailed as the biggest in history, for the patent portfolio of Nortel Networks Corp., a bankrupt telecom major?

Apple, Microsoft and RIM (and others)

Google, RIM and Apple (and others)

Google, RIM and Microsoft (and others)

Sony, Apple, Microsoft and Google (and others)

..............., aged 44 years, recently became the second oldest winner ever in the history of the British Open.

Dustin Johnson

Phil Mickelson

Darren Clarke

None of the above

Pratibha Patil recently honoured SPR Shanti Tigga at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Shanti Tigga is the

First female jawan of the Indian Army

Second female IAS officer of India

Both of the above

None of the above

On winning the 2011 French Open, who became the first player from an Asian country to win a Grand Slam in singles category?

Saina Nehwal

Sania Mirza

Li Na

None of the above

 Which batsman recently surpassed Amol Mazumdar to become the highest run getter ever in the Ranji Trophy?

Amarjeet Kaypee

Pankaj Dharmani

Akash Chopra

Wasim Jaffer

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, who recently became the first woman to climb K2 without supplementary oxygen, is the resident of

New Zealand

England

Austria

Australia

 Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21.5 inches (54.6 cm) has recently been declared as the World’s Shortest Living Man by the Guinness World Records. He is a/an ……………resident. 

Indian

Nepalese

Pakistani

British

 Baluarte Bridge, the highest cable stayed bridge in the world, was recently unveiled in

India

Sri Lanka

USA

Mexico

Which country test launched the first 3-D television broadcast in the world on January 1, 2012?

Japan

Taiwan

China

Malaysia

Jyoti Amge has been named as the world’s shortest woman by the Guinness Book of World Records. She suffers from a condition named …………… which makes it almost impossible for her to grow further.

Achondroplasia

Polio

Hypochondroplasia

None of the above

Which Indian singer recently entered the Guinness Book of World Records for most Single Studio Recordings?

Lata Mangeshkar

Asha Bhosle

Jagjit Singh

Banumathi

 Who recently became the first woman to command warship in the United Kingdom naval history?

Lieutenant Commander Eileen Kripps

Lieutenant Commander Riya S. Crimson

Lieutenant Commander Sarah West

None of the above

 Which technology giant recently dethroned Exxon to become the most valuable public company in the world?

Apple

Google

Amazon

Groupon




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