General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams 2015 - Set 22

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1. PM Modi on 9th April 2015 began his Nine Day tour to three countries to explore the possibilities to strengthen the bilateral business relations. Which among the following country was not covered in his visit ?
1. France
2. Germany
3. Belgium
4. Canada
5. None of these
2. India recently successfully test-fired its which nuclear-capable ballistic missile with strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast ?
   
1. Dhanush
2. Agni-III
3. Prithvi
4. Tejas
5. None of these
3. Government has recently barred Greenpeace India from receiving  foreign funds with immediate effect by suspending its license for ___________ months. 
1. 10
2. 6
3. 3
4. 1
5. None of these
4. China and which country recently held joint military drill code-named "Silk Road Cooperation-2015" in Guangzhou ?
1. Nepal
2. Pakistan
3. India
4. Sri Lanka
5. None of these
5. IFCI Ltd has recently become a state-owned firm (PSU) with the government increasing stake in the infrastructure financing firm to _______ per cent. 
1. 51%
2. 75%
3. 100%
4. 65%
5. None of these
6. Which global ratings agency has recently raised India's rating outlook to "Positive" from "Stable" ?
1. S&P
2. Moody's
3. Fitch Group
4. Reliance Finance
5. None of these
7. India's direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Videocon d2h recently made its debut in NASDAQ. NASDAQ is a Stock exchange in which country ?
1. China
2. Singapore 
3. Britain 
4. USA
5. None of these
8. Who was recently appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai ?
1. Arun Kumar Jha
2. Vivek Gupta 
3. Hemant Sharma 
4. D Annadurai
5. None of these
9. Name the Satyam founder who was recently sentenced to seven years in jail, after he was found guilty of criminal cheating and conspiracy ?
1. Raju Vegesna
2. Ramalinga Raju
3. Satyam Raju
4. Prabhas Raju
5. None of these
10.  Who has been recently appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India on 8th April 2015 ?
1. S Jaishankar
2. V S Sampath
3. Nasim Zaidi
4. H S Brahma
5. None of these
11. D Jayakanthan, who passed away recently, was a famous writer in which language ?
1. Malayalam
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Tamil
5. None of these
12.  Prime minister Narendra modi recently launched MUDRA bank which will provide credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs. MUDRA stands for?
1.  Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
2. Micro Urban and Rural Development Agency
3. Medium Units Development and Refinance Agency
4. Micro Units Development and Refunding Agency
5. None of these
13. Newly formed Mudra Bank will be part of ?
1. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
2. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
3. State Bank of India (SBI)
4. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SDBI)
5. None of these
14. Which online e-commerce company recently acquired mobile recharge platform Free-charge?
1. Paytm
2. Flipkart
3. Snapdeal
4. Amazon
5. None of these
15. A newly found crab spider family was recently named after which state in India?
1. Karnataka
2. Telangana
3. Assom
4. Himachal Pradesh
5. None of these
16. Reserve Bank recently notified government's decision to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to __________ percent. 
1. 49%
2. 51%
3. 100%
4. 26%
5. None of these
17. Who was recently named as the leading Cricketer in the world in the 2015 Wisden Crickters' Almanack?
1. AB De Villers
2. Steve Smith
3. Virat Kohli
4. Kumara Sangakkara
5. None of these
18. Which state has recently launched the subsidized Aahar scheme on the occasion of the State's Foundation Day ?  
1. Odisha
2. Bihar
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Telangana
5. None of these
19. Misao Okawa, the world's oldest person was recently died. He was from which country ?
1. China
2. Indonesia
3. Bhutan
4. Japan
5. None of these
20. who recently won Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for being the New Zealand Cricketer of the year ?
1. Kane WIlliamson
2. Trent Boult
3. Brendon McCullum
4. Daniel Vettori
5. None of these

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