General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams 2015 - Set 26

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1. International Literacy Day was observed on 8th September 2015. What was the theme for this year ?
1. Literacy and Empowerment
2. Literacy and Peace
3. Literacies for the 21st Century 
4. Literacy and Sustainable Development
5. Literacy and Sustainable Societies
2. Renowned poet Yusufali Kechery was recently passed away. He is from which language ?
1. Marathi
2. Telugu
3. Tamil
4. Malayalam
5. None of these
3. Which country recently rolled out the World's First hydrogen-powered Tramcar ?
1. Japan
2. Taiwan
3. South Korea
4. China
5. None of these
4. The 6.000-MW Mithivirdi Nuclear Power Plant in Bhavnagar district of which state recently got Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) nod from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change ?
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Bihar
4. Jammu & Kashmir 
5. None of these
5. Which tennis player recently won the BNP Paribas Indian Wells final ?
1. Roger Federer 
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Novak Djokovic
4. Andy Murray
5. None of these
6. How many Indians have won titles in US Open 2015 ?
   
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. None of these
7. Which team won the Irani Trophy 2015 by defeating Rest of India by 246 runs ?
1. Goa
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Maharashtra 
4. Karnataka
5. None of these
8. Which country will host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Under - 20 Women's tournament in 2018 ?  
1. France
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. India
5. None of these
9. Justice Uma Nath Singh was recently sworn in as Chief Justice of which high court ?
1. Delhi
2. Kerala 
3. Meghalaya
4. Karnataka 
5. None of these
10. Union Cabinet has recently approved __________ percent reservation for women in Police Forces of all union territories.
1. 49%
2. 7%
3. 33%
4. 50%
5. None of these
11. Which singer recently won the "Ladli Voice of the Country" award in Mumbai ?
1. Shreya Ghoshal
2. Lata Mangeshkar
3. Asha Bhosle
4. K S Chitra
5. None of these
12. Amitabh Bachhan was recently roped in by Union Government as the Brand Ambassador of Campaign against which disease ?
1. Polio
2. Diarrhea
3. Autism
4. Hepatitis B
5. None of these
13. Which country has won the FIFA Women’s World Cup-2015 ? 
1. USA 
2. Japan
3. Brazil 
4. Russia
5. None of these
14. Which country will host the Seventh Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in 2016 as announced recently ?
1. China
2. India
3. Bhutan
4. Japan
5. None of these
15. Who was recently appointed as the head of an innovation council of Indian Railways called "Kayakalp" ?
1. Azim Premji
2. E. Sreedharan
3. Ratan Tata
4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
5. None of these
16. Name the Information and Technology Minister who launched Bharatniti.in, a policy portal that attempts to put into perspective policy matters using an "ancient yet contemporary" approach ?
1.  Ravi Shankar Prasad
2. Ram Vilas Paswan
3. Smriti Irani
4. Suresh Prabhu
5. None of these
17. Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has recently became the first Indian captain to register 100 One Day International wins. Which cricketer is leading the list of most victories as a captain in ODI ?
1. Hansie Crone
2. Rickey Ponting
3. Allan Border 
4. Viv Richards 
5. None of these
18. Book entitled "Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy - Speaker's Perspective" which was released recently was authored by which former speaker of Lok Sabha ?
1. Somnath Chatterjee
2. Manohar Joshi 
3. P. A. Sangma 
4. Meira Kumar
5. None of these
19. International Conference on Counter Terrorism was recently held in which city of India ?
1. Jaiur
2. Kochi
3. Pune
4. Vishakhapatnam
5. None of these
20. Name India's Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile which was successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft ?
1.  Astra
2. K-100
3. Mitra
4. Tejas
5. None of these

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