GA Quiz

1. Which of the following has become the second lender to enter the banking sector after getting license from RBI?
1) IDBI
2) IFCI
3) ICFI
4) IDFC
5) None of these.

2. Recently which leading e- commerce player entered into strategic partnership with retailer Shoppers Stop?
1) Snapdeal
2) FlipKart
3) Paytm
4) Amazon
5) None of these

3. Which of the following countries has launched two new navigational satellites into space as part of its domestic navigation system “BeiDou”?
1) China
2) Russia
3) US
4) South Korea
5) None of these

4. Which of the following states are not among the 3 States which would work in collaboration with Union Government for Artificial Breeding Programme of the Great Indian Bustards?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Goa
5) None of these

5. Which of the following committees is not among the list of committees which has been recently constituted by IRDAI?
1) Life Insurance Committee
2) Reinsurance Committee
3) General Insurance Committee
4) Health Insurance Committee
5) None of these

6. Which of the following state governments has approved Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas Scheme for development of villages around tiger reserves?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) None of these

7. Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?
1) R.K. Pachauri
2) Ajay Mathur
3) George Baker
4) Alok Ranjan
5) None of these

8. What is the name given to the Earth-like planet discovered recently by NASA’s Kepler telescope?
1) Kepler 451b
2) Kepler 450b
3) Kepler-452b
4) Kepler 453c
5) None of these

9. Who amongst the following has been appointed as the chairman of the expert committee constituted by NITI Aayog to address issues related to job creation?
1) Rao Inderjit Rao
2) Tarun Khanna
3) Ajay Jayaram
4) Richard Hay
5) None of these

10. How many solar cities are planned to be developed in north eastern States under Solar Cities Programme?
1) 12
2) 9
3) 6
4) 11
5) None of these

11. Who amongst the following was named the first most marketable sportsperson in the world?
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) David Beckham
3) Andy Murray
4) Roger Federer
5) None of these

12. Which of the following Indian companies has signed a pact with Singapore-based Augur Overseas Operation to manufacture aerostats and airships in India?
1) HAL
2) Mahindra Aerospace
3) Reliance unmanned systems
4) Indian Rotorcraft
5) None of these

13. In which of the following Indian states were uranium reserves discovered recently in significant quantity?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) None of these

14. Who among the following was not the part of the IPL working group recently constituted by BCCI?
1) Sourav Ganguly
2) Anurag Thakur
3) Rajiv Shukla
4) Rahul Dravid
5) None of these

15. Which of the following countries has begun building the world’s largest amphibious aircraft?
1) US
2) Russia
3) China
4) Germany
5) None of these

Answers..

1. 4
2. 1
3. 1
4. 4
5. 4
6. 4
7. 2
8. 3
9. 2
10. 3
11. 4
12. 3
13. 1
14. 4
15. 3