General Awareness - 92
Sakshi Education
- Who bagged the men's title at the 63rd National Senior Squash championship on July 12, 2015?
1) Saurav Ghosal
2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu
3) Saurabh Nayar
4) Sanjay Rajpal
5) None of the above - Sriram Kalyanaraman has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of?
1) IDBI Bank
2) NHB
3) SIDBI
4) IFCI
5) Corporation Bank - Who won the 2015 Wimbledon Men's singles tennis championship on July 12, 2015?
1) Roger Federer
2) Richard Gasquet
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Andy Murray
5) Marin Cilic - The seventh BRICS Summit was held in July 2015 in?
1) Durban
2) Fortaleza
3) Sanya
4) Ufa
5) Yekaterinburg - The headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme is in?
1) Washington
2) Geneva
3) Zurich
4) Nairobi
5) None of the above - Who won the Best Director award at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, 2015?
1) Bennett Miller
2) Wes Anderson
3) Morten Tyldum
4) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
5) Richard Linklater - The first National Tribal Festival "VANAJ" was held in February 2015 in?
1) Shillong
2) New Delhi
3) Agartala
4) Kohima
5) Raipur - The Union Government has constituted a High Level panel to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities undertaken by companies under the Companies Act, 2013. The panel is headed by?
1) Anil Baijal
2) Deepak Nayyar
3) Onkar S. Kanwar
4) Kiran Karnik
5) None of the above - The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo (RE-Invest 201
5) was held in February 2015 in?
1) Mumbai
2) Srinagar
3) Kolkata
4) New Delhi
5) Gandhinagar - Which was the partner country for RE-Invest 2015?
1) France
2) USA
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) UK - Dhanak, a Hindi film, was honored with The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature length film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015. Dhanak was directed by?
1) Priyadarshan
2) Shekhar Kammula
3) Nagesh Kukunoor
4) Prakash Jha
5) Madhur Bhandarkar - Who was awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015?
1) Paul Krugman
2) Amartya Sen
3) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
4) Jean Dreze
5) None of these - A ceasefire deal was reached between Russia and Ukraine on February 12, 2015 in?
1) Minsk
2) Paris
3) Kiev
4) Berlin
5) Moscow - A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted on February 12, 2015 to reinvestigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. The SIT is headed by?
1) Rakesh Kapoor
2) Pramod Asthana
3) Kumar Gyanesh
4) Alok Joshi
5) None of the above - The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme on February 19, 2015 in Suratgarh in?
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh - The Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for the year 2014 was given to?
1) Tessy Thomas
2) Geeta Varadan
3) A. Sivathanu Pillai
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 - Which of the following teams topped the medals tally with 91 gold medals at the 35th National Games in Kerala?
1) Services
2) Kerala
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) Punjab - Who won the Indian Open golf title in February 2015?
1) S.S.P. Chowrasia
2) Siddikur Rahman
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Jyothi Randhawa
5) None of the above - Yash Bharti Samman is given for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports. It is the highest civilian award of?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan - Who has been conferred the Yash Bharti Samman?
1) Shekar Gupta
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Vinod Mehta
4) Susheel Kumar
5) Arunima Sinha - The first World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) was held in February 2015 in?
1) Kochi
2) Panaji
3) Kolkata
4) Kandla
5) Tuticorin - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established in 1974. It is located in?
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Guwahati
5) Chennai - The Economic Survey 2014-15 was prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Kaushik Basu
5) None of the above - The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare has declared which of the following days as the National Deworming Day?
1) February 8
2) February 10
3) February 9
4) February 7
5) February 6 - Ruthvika Shivani is the women's national champion in?
1) Chess
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Table Tennis
5) Archery - Sajan Prakash was the Best Performer in the men's section at the 35th National Games. He won 6 golds and 2 silver in?
1) Athletics
2) Swimming
3) Gymnastics
4) Shooting
5) Boxing - Which team won the 3rd edition of the Hockey India League in February 2015?
1) Ranchi Rays
2) Jaypee Punjab Warriors
3) Delhi Waveriders
4) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
5) None of the above - Identify the mismatched pair?
Tennis Player Country
1) Rafael Nadal Spain
2) Roger Federer Switzerland
3) Novak Djokovic Serbia
4) Stanislas Wawrinka Russia
5) Andy Murray Great Britain - Who won the ATP Challenger Delhi Open tennis title in New Delhi in February 2015?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Leander Paes
4) Rohan Bopanna
5) None of the above - The 36th National Games will be played in 2016 in?
1) Manipur
2) Karnataka
3) Goa
4) Telangana
5) Haryana - The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) was organized in February 2015 by?
1) IISER
2) CCMB
3) IICT
4) TISS
5) TERI - India's first fenced elephant sanctuary will come up in?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra - The 14th Finance Commission recommended what percent devolution of divisible funds to States?
1) 32%
2) 35%
3) 40%
4) 42%
5) 37% - Facebook has tied up with which company in India to provide basic internet services on mobile for free?
1) Idea
2) Airtel
3) Reliance Communications
4) Vodafone
5) None of these - Lydia Ko is a professional golfer from?
1) Singapore
2) Australia
3) China
4) Japan
5) New Zealand - "Ammu", the mascot of the 35th National Games is?
1) Lion
2) Elephant
3) Peacock
4) The Great Hornbill
5) Rabbit - King Faisal International Prize is given by which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) UAE
4) Indonesia
5) Saudi Arabia - Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation of?
1) State Bank of India
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Central Bank of India
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Indian Bank - Kampala is the capital of which of the following African countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Kenya
3) Lesotho
4) Ethiopia
5) Uganda - Who won the Best Actor Oscar award in February 2015?
1) Steve Carell
2) Michael Keaton
3) Bradley Cooper
4) Eddie Redmayne
5) None of the above
Answers:
1) 1 | 2) 2 | 3) 3 | 4) 4 | 5) 4 | 6) 4 | 7) 2 | 8) 1 | 9) 4 | 10) 3 |
11) 3 | 12) 2 | 13) 1 | 14) 2 | 15) 3 | 16) 4 | 17) 1 | 18) 3 | 19) 2 | 20) 3 |
21) 1 | 22) 2 | 23) 3 | 24) 2 | 25) 3 | 26) 2 | 27) 1 | 28) 4 | 29) 2 | 30) 3 |
31) 5 | 32) 2 | 33) 4 | 34) 3 | 35) 5 | 36) 4 | 37) 5 | 38) 4 | 39) 5 | 40) 4 |
Published date : 09 Dec 2015 12:06PM