Thursday, 29 August 2013

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 39

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK QUIZ - 39

1. In India, the Chit funds are governed / Regulated by ___?
[A]RBI                                               [B]Central Government
[C]State Governments                        [D]Local Bodies

2. Which among the following panels have recently recommended the pricing of natural gas by a complex methodology of arriving at an average of international gas hub prices?
[A]B K Chaturvedi Panel                  [B]C Rangrajan Panel
[C]Raghuram Rajan                          [D]Parliamentary Panel headed by Yashwant Sinha

3. As of April 2013, which among the following carriers has the largest market share in Domestic air passenger traffic ?
[A]IndiGo                               [B]SpiceJet
[C]Air India                            [D]Jet Airways

4. Approximately, what fraction of India's total exports is contributed by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector ?
[A]20%                      [B]30%            [C]40%            [D]45%

5. Approximately, how many Foreign Institutional Investors are registered in India as of April 2013?
[A]1100                         [B]1300           [C]1700           [D]2200

6. Who among the following is heading the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Coal and Steel?
[A]Sharad Yadav                    [B]Kalyan Bannerjee
[C]Yashwant Sinha                 [D]Susheel Modi

7. Once a Budget has been presented in the Parliament, the government has to get all money bills related to the union budget passed within __?
[A]30 Days                         [B]60 Days
[C]75 Days                         [D]90 Days

8. The Chameli Devi Jain Award is given for an outstanding woman ____?
[A]Scientist                           [B]Reporter
[C]Player                              [D]Teacher

9. 100 years ago, the Hindustan Gadar Party was launched in which among the following cities in United States?
[A]Chicago                            [B]San Francisco
[C]Oregon City                      [D]New York

10. With reference to China, BeiDou is a ___?
[A]Search Engine                      [B]Navigation System
[C]Space Station                      [D]Ballistic Missile System

11. Which among the following companies is the first company to get listed in the newly launched MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX)?
[A]Pennar Industries Ltd                     [B]DPSC Ltd
[C]Dabur India Ltd                             [D]Apollo Tyres Ltd.

12. In which year Pakistan was granted Most Favoured Nation (MFB) status by India?
[A]1996           [B]1998           [C]1999           [D]2000

13. Recently, which among the following country joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as its dialogue partner by signing an MoU?
[A]Turkey                            [B]Sri Lanka
[C]Singapore                        [D]Mauritius

14. Who among the following has been recently awarded "ISRO Young Scientist Award-2013"? 
[A]Jenita Mery Nongkynrih                [B]Sunitha Jain
[C]Sathish Kulkarni                            [D]Sudarshan Chandra

15. Which of the following IT company has made the World's smallest Film "A Boy and His Atom"? [A]Infosys                                   [B]Intel
[C]IBM                                      [D]HP

16. "World Press Freedom Day" is observed on___? 
[A]May 2nd                               [B]May 3rd
[C]May 4th                               [D]May 5th

17. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is the first woman speaker of_____ ?
[A]Pakistan                              [B]Sri Lanka
[C]Myanmar                            [D]Bangladesh

18. The movie "Kai Po Che" is based on which novel of Chetan Bhagat?
[A]Three Mistakes of My Life                          [B]Two States
[C]Revolution 20-20                                        [D]A Night at the call centre

19. Which of the following become the first southern US states to abolish death penalty?
[A]Virginia                              [B]Maryland
[C]Florida                               [D]Delaware

20. What is the name of world’s smallest flying robot developed by US Scientist?
[A]Robotic Fly                        [B]Robo Fly
[C]Small Fly                            [D]Robo kite

                              ANSWER

1
C
6
B
11
C
16
B
2
B
7
C
12
A
17
D
3
A
8
B
13
A
18
A
4
C
9
B
14
A
19
B
5
C
10
B
15
C
20
B

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