Quiz 98: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Who is the Indian Badminton player who has won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Title 2014?
P.V. Sindhu
Jwala Gutta
Saina Nehwal
Suman Deodhar
Who was the head of the RBI's Committee on strengthening monetary policy framework?
Urjit Patel
Anand Sinha
K.C. Chakrabarty
H.R. Khan
Who is the new Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) ?
T. Nand Kumar
Amrita Patel
S. Parthasarthy
Rajni Sekhri Sibal
Which Bank came to highlight recently for declaring an interim dividend of 9000%, which is said to be the highest in India's banking industry?
SBI
Axis bank
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
HDFC Bank
Which Country is associated with the 'Euromaidan'?
Ukraine
Europe
Iran
USA
Name the Indian - American Professor who was recently appointed as the Dean of Harvad College in the US ?
Prof. Rakesh Khurana
Prof. D. Smith
Prof. Nitin Nohria
Prof. Raj Chetthy
Name the 1st Centre of Salt and Soda Ash Production of Tata Chemicals.
Mithapur (Gujarat)
Haldia (West Bengal)
Babrala (UP)
Nanded (Maharashtra)
Name the Two recipients of Padma Vibhushan for year 2014 ?
B.K.S. Iyengar and R.A. Mashelkar
Nand lal Bose & Zohra Sehgal
Zakir Hussain & Y. Venugopal Reddy
A.S. Ganguly & Yash Pal
How many Padma Shri were announced by the Union Government on the Republic Day, 2014?
100
110
101
115
How many Padma Bhushans were announced by the Union Government on the Republic Day, 2014?
20
25
30
35
How many Padma Vibhushans were announced by the Union Government on the Republic Day, 2014?
2
3
4
5
Who was the Chief Guest at the Republi Day, 2014?
Shinzo Abe, PM of Japan
Lee Myung Bak, President of Republic of Korea
Susilo Bambang Yudoyono, President of Indonesia
Yingluck Shinawatra, PM of Thailand
Recently RBI has announced to withdraw all old bank notes from circulation. Notes issued before which year will be withdrawn by RBI?
2000
2005
2006
2007
Who retired as Deputy Governor of the RBI recently?
H.R. Khan
Anand Sinha
K.C. Chakrabarty
Urjit Patel
Who is appointed as the New Director of  National Police Academy (NPA), Hyderabad?
Aruna Bahuguna
Anita Punj
Neeva Jain
Vani Palakurthi
The Mayaram Panel has proposed new foriegn investment norms to increaase the foriegn inflow in the country. which category/categories is / are being considered to split overseas inflow?
Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Both of the above
None of the above
Air India has recently invited to join hands with which famous Global network of Airlines by mid of this year?
Sky Team
Star Alliance
Qantas
Airline Alliance
Who is the Chairman of the Expert Committee formed by RBI recently to review the governance of Bank Boards in India?
P J Nayak
S Raman
Shubhalaksmi Panse
Joydeep Sengupta
Who won the Australian Open 2014 (Women)?
Serena Williams
Ana Ivanovic
Li Na
Maria Sharapova
Which is the Venue of the 3rd Lusofonia Games, started on 18 January 2014?
Bengaluru
Hyderabad
Goa
Chennai
Who won the Hero Hockey World League 2014?
Netherlands
India
New Zealand
England
Name the Stock Exchange which is recognized as the World's Largest Bourse in terms of equity trades for 2nd consecutive year in 2013?
New York Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India
Shanghai Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Which districts are recently added in NCR ?
Jind and Rohtak
Karnal and Mathura
Karnal and faridabad
Jind and Karnal
The European Parliament recently signed a Treaty which focuses to slash carbon - di - oxide emissions across the European Union by 28% till year 2020. On which segment of transport is being focussed in this treaty?
Commercial Vans
SUVs
Buses
Trains
Who was Namdeo Dhasal who passed away recently?
Marathi Poet
The Writer
Founder of Dalit Panthers
All of the above
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