General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams 2015 - Set 14

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1. Who was recently appointed as the next Cabinet secretary of the Union Government ?
1. Ajit Seth 
2. Pradeep Kumar Sinha 
3. Arun Kumar Singh 
4. Ajit Doval 
5. None of these 
2. United States (US) in as landmark decision has recently removed which country from the list of State Sponsor of Terrorism ?
1. Syria
2. Uruguay 
3. Cuba
4. Iraq
5. None of these 
3. Name the documentary based on music maestro A R Rahman's life which was screened at the White House recently ?
1. Music with Life 
   
2. Jai Ho
3. Salam Rahman 
4. With music 24X7
5. None of these 
4. Who was the chairman of the Panel on Net Security that submitted its report recently ?
1.  P D T Achary
2. Syed Ibrahim 
3. T S R Suramanian
4. A K Bhargava 
5. None of these 
5. Who was on 29th May 2015 appointed as the Director General (news) in Doordarshan ?
1. Akshay Rout
2. Geeta Anandlakshmi 
3. Veena Jain
4. Manjul Bhargava 
5. None of these 
6. Alastair Cook has recently surpassed whose record to become England's leading Test run scorer ?
1. Graham Gooch
2. Nasser Hussain
3. Chris Lewis
4. Andrew Strauss
5. None of these 
7. Which state government on 27th May 2015 lifeted the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA) from the state after 18 years ?
1. Manipur
2. Tripura
3. Jammu and Kashmir 
4. Arunachal Pradesh
5. None of these 
8.  Trevor Bayliss was recently appointed as the new head coach of which country's cricket team ?
1. Australia 
2. Sri Lanka 
3. England 
4. South Africa 
5. None of these 
9. Nation on 27th May 2015 remembered Jawaharlal Nehru on his __________ death anniversary.
1.  61st
2. 65th
3. 51st
4. 105th
5. None of these 
10. Who among the following is all set to become India's first transgender college principal ?
1. Manabi Bandhopadhyay
2. Shekhar Suri
3. Gayathri Chaudhary
4. Akshay Rout 
5. None of these 
11. World Health Organization (WHO) on 27th May 2015 announced it was honouring which Indian state for its exemplary campaign against Tobacco ?
1. West Bengal 
2. Kerala
3. Odisha 
4. Punjab
5. None of these 
12. S Christopher was on 28th May 2015 appointed as Director General of ?
1. Agni V
2. ISRO
3. DRDO
4. NASA
5. None of these 
13. Who was recently apointed as the new directror of the Vikaram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thumba ?
1. B Annadurai
2. S Ramakrishna Rao
3. K Sivan
4. M Ayagppan
5. None of these 
14.  Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar was recently crowned as the new Maharaja of ?
1. Travancore
2. Tanjavur
3. Mysuru
4. Ujjain
5. None of these 
15.  Who has recently become the fourth Indian shooter to win a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics ?
1. Jithu Rai
2. Gagan Narang
3. Ronjan Sodhi 
4. Abhinav Bindra
5. None of these 
16. Which club recently won record 4th Europa leagueTrophy ?
1. Sevilia
2. Chelsea
3. Tottanham
4. Liverpool
5. None of these 
17. Which bank  has recently launched a voice password facility for user, through which customers can make transactions using just their voice, without using other means of authentication like a password ?
1. SBI
2. HDFC
3. Axis Bank
4. ICICI Bank
5. None of these 
18. Who won the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year award recently ?
1. Kumar Sangakkara 
2. A B De Villers
3. Ajinkya Rahane
4. Steve Smith
5. None of these
19. Which among the following body recently launched a cyber-security task force ?
1. SEBI
2. NASSCOM
3. ASSOCHAM
4. RBI
5. None of these
20. Which E-commerce major has recently acquired Hyderabad based mobile technology startup named MartMobi ?
1. Paytm
2. Myntra
3. Flipkart
4. Snapdeal
5. None of these

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