General Knowledge Quiz 25 Set1 September 2015

Q1. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards to Indian citizens, has been shifted to the administrative control of?

a)    Ministry of Home Affairs

b)    Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

c)    Niti Aayog

d)    Ministry of Finance

e)    Ministry of urban development

Q2. Standard Chartered has revised its balance of payments (BoP) forecast for financial year 2015-16 to?

a)    $64 Billion

b)    $31.7 Billion

c)    $48.5 Billion

d)    $74 Billion

e)    $25 Billion

Q3. According to recruitment platform MyHiringClub.com’s Worldwide IT Salary 2015 survey, India was ranked 7th on the list of lowest paymasters for information technology (IT) managers.  Which country has topped the list?

a)    Thailand

b)    Vietnam

c)    Bulgaria

d)    Denmark

e)    Switzerland

Q4. Cow was declared the national animal of which country?

a)    India

b)    Bhutan

c)    Nepal

d)    Sri Lanka

e)    Malaysia

 Q5.     International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested how much amoount in six of the 10 companies that have been granted small finance bank licences?

a)    $250 million

b)    $145 million

c)    $125 milion

d)    $100 million

e)    $135 million

Q6. Name the media firm which has announced to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson in a $1.3-billion deal?

a)   Time Warner 

b)   The Korea Times

c)   Nikkei 

d)   Bennett Coleman

e)   HT Media

Q7. Name the Nobel prize winner who has won the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal recently. 

a)   Robert Brout 

b)   Francois Englert

c)   Peter Higgs 

d)   Fabiola Gianotti

e)   Tom Kibble

Q8. Name the legendary sports person of India who will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the British Parliament on Jul 25.

a)   Sachin Tendulkar 

b)   Dhyan Chand

c)   Viswanathan Anand 

d)   Prakash Padukone

e)   None of these

Q9. Who has been conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014?

a)   Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka

b)   Dr. T.V. Raman

c)   Bharat Sinha

d)   Suhail Siddiqui

e)   Dr. Kishori Nath Tripathi

Q10. Belgium created history by entering the finals of the prestigious Davis Cup for the first time in last _____________.

a)   89 years

b)   111 years

c)   100 years

d)   150 years

e)   133 years


Answer

Q1 – b

Q2 – b

Q3 - c

Q4 – c

Q5 – b

Q6 - c

Q7 - c

Q8 - b

Q9 – a

Q10 - b