27 MAY 2015 general awareness KUNDAN SIR

27 MAY 2015

Ques. : 1 The Lok Sabha on 13 May cleared the changes in Negotiable Instruments Act. The changes provide for filing of cases of cheque bouncing only in places where
1) cheque is presented
2) cheque is issued
3) issuing bank’s headquarters is located
4) payee bank’s headquarters is located
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) cheque is presented

Ques. : 2 Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to 19th Ceat Cricket Awards presented on 25 May?
1) International Lifetime Achievement Award – Sachin Tendulkar
2) International Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakkara
3) International Batsman of the Year – Hashim Amla
4) International Bowler of the Year – Rangana Herath
5) T20 Player of the Year – Dwayne Bravo
Answer:- 1) International Lifetime Achievement Award – Sachin Tendulkar

Ques. : 3 Who among the following has won the Ceat Indian Cricketer of the Year Award on 25 May?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Ajinkya Rahane
3) Ravindra Jadeja
4) Suresh Raina
5) Virat Kohli
Answer:- 2) Ajinkya Rahane

Ques. : 4 Footballer Cristian Gomez died after collapsing during a game for his club Atletico Parana on 24 May. He is the second footballer from which of the following countries to die on the field in May 2015 itself?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Argentina
4) Brazil
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Argentina

Ques. : 5 Name the Indian-origin entrepreneur who has been elected as the head of the Bureau of International Recycling. It facilitates free and fair trade of recyclables in a sustainable and competitive world economy.
1) Karan Bilimoria
2) Naina Lal Kidwai
3) Indra Nooyi
4) Ranjit Singh Baxi
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Ranjit Singh Baxi

Ques. : 6 G Mohan Kumar has taken over as the new ________ Secretary recently.
1) Revenue
2) Finance
3) Defence
4) Cabinet
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Defence

Ques. : 7 The govt has appointed Manoj Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director of state-run
1) IFFCO
2) National Fertilizers
3) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Fertilizer Corporation of India
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) National Fertilizers

Ques. : 8 Mandeep Kaur Sandhu won two gold medals on 23 May at the Women's World Junior Boxing Championship in Taipei. She is an Indian
1) pugilist
2) weightlifter
3) wrestler
4) shooter
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) pugilist

Ques. : 9 Who among the following is one of the Indian women included in the world’s 100 most powerful women, according to the Forbes’ 2015 list?
1) Shobhana Bhartia
2) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 10 The Forbes’ 2015 list of the world’s 100 most powerful women has been topped by
1) Angela Merkel
2) Sheryl Sandberg
3) Dilma Rousseff
4) Mary Barra
5) Janet Yellen