21 MAY 2015 GENERAL AWARENESS KUNDANJI

21 MAY 2015

Ques. : 1 Who among the following is the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Lydia Davis
2) Philip Roth
3) Alice Munro
4) Laszlo Krasznahorkai
5) Ismail Kadare
Answer:- 4) Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Ques. : 2 Ajit Kumar Seth retires on Jun 13, after a four-year term, from which of the following positions?
1) Cabinet Secretary
2) Defence Secretary
3) Principal Secretary to the PM
4) Secretary General of Lok Sabha
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Cabinet Secretary

Ques. : 3 India has decided to oppose any expansion of the products list under the ITA agreement of the WTO. The term ITA stands for
1) Information Transfer Agreement
2) International Technology Agreement
3) Information Technology Agreement
4) International Taxation Agreement
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Information Technology Agreement

Ques. : 4 Name the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) corvette launched by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata on 19 May.
1) INS Kamorta
2) INS Ajay
3) INS Kiltan
4) INS Kadmatt
5) INS Kavaratti
Answer:- 5) INS Kavaratti

Ques. : 5 Which of the following automakers launched the global small car Kwid, to be priced at Rs 3-4 lakh in Chennai recently?
1) Renault
2) General Motors
3) Toyota
4) Ford
5) Nissan
Answer:- 1) Renault

Ques. : 6 Who among the following has been appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will look into the provisions of the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, 2015?
1) Ramesh Bidhuri
2) Ashwani Kumar Choubey
3) Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia
4) Bijoya Chakravaorty
5) Bishnupada Ray
Answer:- 3) Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia

Ques. : 7 Which of the following banks on 20 May signed an MoU with Amazon to develop payment and commerce solutions for customers and small businesses?
1) HDFC bank
2) ICICI bank
3) State Bank of India
4) Bank of Baroda
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) State Bank of India

Ques. : 8 Five global banks have been fined about $5.7 bn over manipulation of foreign exchange rates in US. Which of the following is/are among these banks?
1) RBS
2) Barclays
3) UBS
4) JPMorgan Chase
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 9 As announced by PM Modi, India will provide a Line of Credit to support expansion of Mongolia's economic capacity and infrastructure. The amount of the credit will be
1) USD one billion
2) USD two billion
3) USD five billion
4) USD ten billion
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) USD one billion

Ques. : 10 The govt has extended the date for states to complete digitisation of all beneficiaries under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) by one year. The new deadline for the same is
1) Dec 31, 2015
2) Jan 31, 2016
3) Mar 31, 2016
4) Apr 31, 2016
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Dec 31, 2015