Quiz 171: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Famous personality Joseph Sargent died recently. He was associated with which amongst the following fields:
Cinema
Music
Painting
Medicine
24 December was celebrated across the country as:
1st National Good Governance Day
29th National Consumer's Day
Sadbhavana Diwas
None of the above
Who would be heading the committee set up by the Union Government to inquire into the constitution of SIT in 1984 riots?
Justice Nanavati
Justice G P Mathur
Leila Seth
Mukul Mudgal

Who has recently been appointed CMD of Coal India Ltd?
S Mukherji
S Bhattacharya
Shanmugan Vardarajan
Deepak Misra
Which nation has signed an agreement with China to expand the use of their currencies for border trade?
Bhutan
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Who amongst the following is not included in the list of people to be conferred the Bharat Ratna?
KR Narayanan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Madan Mohan Malviya
None of the above

When is the Arms Trade Treaty coming into force?
December, 2014
January, 2015
February, 2015
None of the above
Which section of the Indian Penal Code pertains to "Attempt to Suicide"?
Section 66A
Section 309
Section 311
Section 420
Beji Caid Essebsi has been elected the President of which of the following countries:
Yemen
Tunisia
Libya
Jordan
RBI has issued guidelines to exchange currency notes dated before which year:
2002
2003
2004
2005
Which of the following Indian e-retail firms launched an online agri store?
Flipkart
Jabong
Snapdeal
Amazon.in
Which political party got the highest number of seats in jammu kashmir election 2014?
National conference
BJP
Congress
PDP
Which e-commerce company started first "Online Agri store" in India?
flipkart
snapdeal
amazon
ebay
Recently RBI have asked to replace all old notes from which year?
2000
2010
1990
2005
Who is the author of the book - "Vande Bharatam"?
Bipin Chandra
Suresh Soni
Pt. Prabodh Kumar Mishra
Narendra Modi
Which political alliance got majority in Jharkhand 2014 election for the first time in history?
Congress +
UPA
BJP +
Janta Parivar