General Awareness Quiz for Competitive Exams 2015 - Set 27

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1. Name the Indian pancreatic cancer researcher who has been named as teh New South Wales (NSW) Woman of the year 2015, in Australia recently ?
1. Gautami sharma
2. Devyani Khobragade
3. Minoti Apate
4. Shikha Sharma
5. None of these 
2. Which bank has recently announced the launch of  a mobile app nam3ed "Chillr", which allows users to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phone book ?
1.  ICICI Bank
2. Axis Bank
3. State Bank of India
4. HDFC Bank
5. None of these 
3. Name the political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which scored an unexpected victory in country's parliamentary election ?
1. Knesst Party
2. Likud Party
3. Zionist Union
4. Democratic Party
5. None of these 
4. The Government is planning to provide LED bulbs at Rs 44, which is much lower than current retail price of around Rs 300, under its DELP scheme to discourage use of inefficient incandescent bulbs. Expand DELP ?
1. Digital Economy Lighting Programme
2. Data Emergency Liquidity Programme
3. Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme
4. Downtown Electricity Lighting Programme
5. None of these 
5. Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes along with his Swiss partner, recently lifted Mixed Double's trophy. Who is his Swiss partner ?
   
1. Maria Sharapova
2. Mahesh Bhupathi
3. F. Verdasco
4. Martina Hingis
5. None of these 
6. Law commission has recently recommended abolition of death penalty for all crimes other than terrorism related offenses and waging war against the state. Who is the chairman of Law Commission ?
1. Justice K Mohanthi
2. Justice Radha Krishnan
3. Justice A P Shah
4. Justice Narendra Yadav
5. None of these 
7. Gunmen wearing military uniforms have stormed which country's national museum named Barbo Museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two local citizens ?
1. Canada
2. Iraq
3. Algeria
4. Tunisia
5. None of these 
8. Which South African allroudner recently became the 9th player to claim a hat-trick in the history of the World Cup ?
1. JP Duminy
2. AB de Villiers
3. Faf du Plessis
4. Imran Tahir
5. None of these 
9. The Election Commission has announced that from ____________ onwards Electronic Voting Machines will have photographs of candidates. 
1. 1st April 2015
2. 1st January 2015
3. 1st May 2015
4. 1st July 2015
5. None of these 
10. Kavinder Gupta was unanimously elected as Speaker of the 12th Assembly of which state ?
1. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Maharashtra 
3. Bihar
4. Delhi 
5. None of these 
11. National Green Tribunal has recently announced a fine of Rs. ___________ on individual spotted littering or throwing waste on the platforms and tracks ?
1. Rs. 1000
2. Rs. 5000
3. Rs. 5000
4. Rs. 100
5. None of these 
12. Sohail Aman was recently appointed as Chief of Air Force of which country ?
1. Bangladesh
2. Nepal
3. Sri Lanka 
4. Pakistan 
5. None of these 
13. Which Union Minister was recently named Young Global Leader from India by the World Economic Forum (WEF) ?
1. Ravi Shankar Prasad
2. Smriti Irani
3. Nitin Gadkari
4. Suresh Prabhu
5. None of these 
14. Name the chief of the International Monetary Fund who was on a two day visit to India recently ?
1. Christine Lagarde 
2. Jim Yong Kim
3. Takehiko Nakao
4. Oprah Winfrey 
5. None of these 
15. Name the Sri Lankan Prime Minister who is on a recent visit to India ?
1. Mahindra Rajapakse
2. Karunakaran Gopalan
3. D M Jayaratne 
4. Ranil Wickremesinghe
5. None of these 
16. Roelant Oltmans has recently took charge as the Chief Coach of ?
1. Indian Men's Football Team
2. Indian Men's Hockey Team
3. Indian Men's Kabaddi Team
4. Indian Men's Volley Ball Team
5. None of these 
17. Which company recently appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala as group president and chief operating officer ?
1. Infosys
2. TCS
3. Google
4. Wipro
5. None of these 
18. Which state government recently passed "Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan" Bill, under which cow slaughter and the sale of beef have been banned in the state ?
1. Karnataka
2. Maharashtra 
3. Haryana
4. Gujarat
5. None of these 
19. Veteran Singer and Music composer Bomba S. Kamal who passed away recently was famous in which language ?  
1. Marathi
2. Malayalam
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
5. None of these 
20. Who recently took over as CEO of Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL) ?
1. Roopa Kudva
2. Radhika Roy
3. Jyotsna Suri
4. Ashu Suyash
5. None of these 

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Srivalli Josyula 

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