GA Quiz

1. The Green Bonds which find its place in News Columns are issued by in which of the following organisations?
1) European Investment Bank
2) World Bank
3) Governments
4) All of these.
5) None of these.

2. Which among the following organisations issued India’s first dollar-denominated green bond?
1) ECGC
2) Exim Bank of India
3) Yes Bank
4) SBI
5) None of these.

3. Uninor a subsidiary of telecom major Telenor which has inked an agreement worth 1,200 crore rupees with Chinese firm Huawei for modernising and managing its network across six circles in the country. Telenor hails to which country?
1) Norway
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) Finland
5) None of these.

4. Om Prakash Munjal was The founder of Hero Cycle and a leading industrialist breathed his last recently. When Hero Cycle was founded?
1) 1957
2) 1958
3) 1956
4) 1955
5) None of these.

5. Union Government’s ambitious Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL) scheme has been acknowledged as the world’s largest cash transfer program (households) by the Guinness Book of World Records.When this scheme was launched?
1) 2014
2) 2011
3) 2012
4) 2013
5) None of these

6. President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred prestigious literary award Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 to Dr. Marpadi Veerappa Moily in New Delhi. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha and represents which constituency?
1) Hampankatta constituency
2) Dakshina Kannada constituency
3) Chikballapur constituency
4) Manglore Constituency
5) None of these

7. Which has announced to cut country’s greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions by 26-28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 as part of negotiations on a global climate deal.
1) India
2) Australian
3) China
4) USA
5) None of these

8. Which Bank has launched ‘Saral-Rural Housing Loan’ Scheme for weaker sections?
1) Axis
2) HDFC
3) SBI
4) ICICI
5) None of these

9. In which of the following became first Indian city to be a member of Beijing headquartered, World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council and join its league of leading tourism cities across the world?
1) Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kochi
4) Banglore
5) None of these

10. 10. Union Cabinet gave its nod to a proposal to sign an agreement with UNESCO for establishment of a Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region. Where is the Head Quarter of UNESCO?
1) Paris
2) Geneva
3) Washington
4) New York
5) None of these.

Answers :
1)4
2)2
3)1
4)3
5)1
6)3
7)2
8)4
9)3
10)1