General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams 2015 - Set 12

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1. Which of the following Indian writers was chosen for Japan's Fukuoka Prize 2015 in the Academic category ?
1. Ramachandra Guha
2. Chetan Bhagat
3. Subhash Chandra
4. Preety Shinoy
5. None of these 
2. How many countries officially participated in the 1st International Day of Yoga ?
1. 194
2. 177
3. 192
4. 197
5. None of these 
3. Who has been appointed as the President of Soft Bank ?
1. Vineet K. Nayar
2. M. K. Sharma 
3. K. V. Kamath 
4. Nikesh Arora 
5. None of these 
4. Who defeated Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand in Norway Chess tournament at Stavanger ?
1.  Magnus Carlesn
2. Fabiano Caruana
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
4. Hilaru Nakamura
5. None of these 
5. Who won the French Open Men's singles title 2015 ?
1.  Novak Djokovic
2. Andy Murray
3. Stan Wawrinka
4. Rafael Nadal
5. None of these 
6. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner ?
1. Vijai Sharma
2. Sudhir Bhargava
3. Basanth Seth 
4. K V Chowdary
5. None of these 
7. BCCI has recently appointed which former Indian player to coach the India Under-19 and A teams ? 
1. VVS Laxman
2. Rahul Dravid
3. Ravi Shastri
4. Sachin Tendulkar 
5. None of these 
8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bangladesh counterpart Sheik Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee on 6th June 2015 flagged off the Kolkata - Dhaka - Agartala and which other bus service ?
1. Dhaka - Shillong - Kolkata 
2. Dhaka - Kolkata 
3. Dhaka - Dispur - Kolkata 
4. Dhaka - Shillong - Guwahati
5. None of these 
9. Which company on 4th June 2015 withdrawn its popular instant food Maggi from Indian markets, following ban in serveral states due to reports of harmful contents in its samples ?
1. Indian Tobacco Company (ITC)
2. Glaxo Smith Kline
3. Nestle
4. Hindustan Unilever  
5. None of these 

10. Who recently won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 ?
1. Anne Tyler
2. Ali Smith 
3. Rachel Cusk
4. Hilary Mantel
5. None of these 
11. Which Bank has recently decided to discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert customer through SMS ?
1.  HDFC
2. ICICI
3. Federal Bank
4. Axis Bank
5. None of these 
12. World Milk Day was recently observed on ?
1. 31st May
2. 1st June
3. 31st June 
4. 12th August 
5. None of these 
13. Effective from 1st June 2015, service tax was increased from 12.36 per cent to __________ per cent. 
1. 14.36%
2. 15%
3. 14%
4. 13%
5. None of these 
14. Who has resigned as FIFA President on 2nd June 2015 ?
1. Loretta E. Lynch
2. Jerome Valcke
3. Gregory Paul
4. Sepp blatter 
5. None of these 
15. Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on 2nd June 2015 cut the Key Interest Rate (Repo Rate) by _________ per cent 
1. 1%%
2. 0.25%
3. 0.5%
4. 2.5%
5. Not changed
16. What is the current Repo Rate ?
1. 8.25%
2. 7.25%
3. 4.00%
4. 6.25%
5. None of these 
17. Name the country's youngest state which celebrated it;s formation day on 2nd June 2015 ?
1. Andhra Pradesh 
2. Jharkhand 
3. Bodoland
4. Telangana
5. None of these 
18. Pawan Munjal was recently named as the new chairman of ?
1. Hero Moto Corp Ltd
2. Mahindra & Mahindra
3. Infosys
4. TVS
5. None of these 
19.  Former information technology secretary Ram Sewak Sharma on 11th August took charge as the Chairman of ___________________
1. TRAI
2. IRDA
3. BSNL
4. RBI
5. LIC
20. Name the new web portal launched by Union Government on 2nd June 2015 to track missing children ?
1. Indra Dhanush
2. Lapata Vapasi
3. Khoya-Paya 
4. Vapas Laute
5. Bhaijan Mere Jaan

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Srivalli Josyula 

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