General Knowledge 25 September 2015 Set 2

Q1.  The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards to Indian citizens, has been shifted to the administrative control of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology from ______?

a)    Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

b)    Niti Aayog

c)    Ministry of Finance

d)    Ministry of Home Affairs

e)    Ministry of Urban Development

Q2. E. Sreesharan has accepted an offer from the UN to serve on ________.

a)    Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

b)    High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

c)    Advisory Board on Population

d)    Governance and public administration

e)    Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

Q3.        Standard Chartered has revised its Current Account Deficit (CAD) forecast for financial year 2015-16 to?

a)  1.1%

b)  1.3%

c)  1.4%

d)  1.5%

e)  2%

Q4. Who among the following is the new Director General of ‘The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)’?

a)    K Radhakrishnan 

b)    A Sivathanu Pillai

c)    Avinash Chander 

d)    Rajendra Pachauri

e)    Ajay Mathur

Q.5. Government has launched Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme for which of the following?

a) Senior citizens

b) People living Below Poverty Line

c) People with Disabilities

d) Poor Children

e) Widow women

Q.6. How many gold medals were won by Indian Wushu team at the Fifth International Pars Wushu Cup?

a) 2

b) 1

c) 3

d) 4

e) 5

Q7. The central govt has given an in-principle nod for locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time considerably. Talgo is based in

1) Spain

2) Italy

3) Germany

4) France

5) Japan

Q8. The National Broadcasting Day is observed across the country on

a) 18 Jul

b) 23 Jul

c) 28 Jul

d) 29 Jul

e) 30 Jul

Q9. The relief amount being paid to families of farmers who committed suicide due to farm distress has been enhanced to ?

a)            Rs. 1.5 Lakh

b)            Rs. 3.75 Lakh

c)            Rs.3 Lakh

d)            Rs. 6 lakh

e)            Rs. 4 lakh

Q10. The SEBI has suggested the newly introduced platform ITP be used by the central govt for its disinvestment programme in unlisted PSUs. The term ITP stands for

a)    1) Initial Trading Platform 

b)    2) Institutional Trading Platform

c)    3) International Trading Platform 

d)    4) Integrated Trading Platform

e)    5) None of these

Answers

Q1 – b)    Niti Aayog

Q2 – b)    High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

Q3 – d)  1.5%

Q4 – e)    Ajay Mathur

Q5 – c) People with Disabilities

Q6 – b) 1

Q7 – a) Spain

Q8 – b) 23 Jul

Q9 – d) Rs. 6 lakh

Q10. b) Institutional Trading Platform