Quiz 161: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Gold was in news recently. What is chemical name of Gold?
Hb
Au
Ag
Na
Who became the first player to score above 250 in one day cricket match?
Virat Kohli
Glenn Maxwell
Chris Gayle
Rohit Sharma
Akash Missile recently test fired by IAF is a :
Surface to Air Missile
Surface to Surface Missile
Air to Surface Missile
None of the above
“Qaumi Ekta Week” will be observed all over the country from: 
14th - 21st November,2014
19th - 25th November, 2014
18th - 24th November,2014
None of the above
Avia-Indra is a bilateral Military exercise between India and which of the following nations:
Russia
Germany
UK
Belgium
Who has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for the year 2014?
Malala Yousafzai
Jacob Annan
Neha Gupta
Cindy Parker
The first zero gravity 3D printer has been installed by:
NASA
European Space Agency
ISRO
None of the above
Who is chariman of SIT on Black Money?
Justice H.L. Dattu
Justice M. B. Shah
Ram Jethmalani
Arun Jaitly
IAS training period was recently cut from 103 weeks to?
80 weeks
100 weeks
75 weeks
50 weeks
Whose statue was installed in Australia during G20 visit of PM Modi?
Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
Which of the following statement/s is/are true about Kisan Vikas Patra to be relaunched by the Indian Government ?
It woul have an initial lock in period of 3 years
Initially it is to be sold only through post offices and then certain designated branches of nationalised banks
Only 2
Both 1 & 2
Which state developed first Aadhar based "E-Locker" to save crucial documents?
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Which country top the "Global Slavery Index" released by Walk Free Foundation?
Pakistan
China
India
Bangladesh
What is the deadline set by the government to merge the PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) & OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) categories?
January 7, 2015
January 28, 2015
January 14, 2015
January 1, 2015
"Hand in Hand" is a joint military excercise between which two nations:
India-China
India-Japan
India-Vietnam
India-US
According to the latest World Population report by UNFPA, India has the world largest number of youths (10-24 yrs) followed by which nation:
China
United States
Nigeria
Russia
Where in India has a nesting site of the extremely rare white-bellied heron been discovered :
Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
Pakhul Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam
Palamau Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand
Absence of a Leader of Opposition would influence selection to which post:
Chief of Central Bureau of Investigation
Central Vigilance Commissioner
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
Transfer Pricing is a commonly used term for :
Securities Transaction Tax
Base Erosion and Profit Sharing
Both A & B
None of the above

Who won the China Open Super Series Premier Badminton tournament?
K. Srikanth & Saina Nehwal
Aparna Popat & K. Srikanth
K. Srikanth & Jwala Gutta
None of the above
Which natural site in India was declared as "Destination Flyway" by UN-WTO (Tourist organization)?
Mount Abu
Kedarnath Temple
Chilka Lake
Prayag
"Champions Tennis League" is about to open in which country?
USA
Spain
India
China
Which player recently won the China Open super series Men\'s Single title? 
Aditya Joshi
Chetan Anand
Kidambi Srikanth
Parupalli Kashyap
What is CORRECT about RBI rules on NBFCs?

(i). NBFC need to declare NPA just like banks.
(ii). NBFC would need certificate to run their business.   
(i)
(ii)
(i) and (ii)
none
Recently, India and US agreed on WTO food security issue. Who is current Director General of WTO?
Ban Ki Moon
Christne Lagarde
Roberto Azevedo
Kaushik Basu
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