KUNDAN SIR 9TH MAY 2015 GENERAL AWARENESS

9 MAY 2015

Ques. : 1 Name the former Gujarat Chief Secretary who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India recently.
1) Achal Kumar Jyoti
2) Sanjay K Srivastava
3) Ramesh Negi
4) Kewal K Sharma
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Achal Kumar Jyoti

Ques. : 2 The Parliament has cleared the Constitution (Amendment) Bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh. It has become the _______ Constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament.
1) 98th
2) 99th
3) 100th
4) 101st
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 100th

Ques. : 3 After the Parliament has cleared the Bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, India will get 510 acres while Bangladesh will get
1) 1,000 acres
2) 1,500 acres
3) 5,000 acres
4) 10,000 acres
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) 10,000 acres

Ques. : 4 Jean-Yves Le Drian, who visited India on May 5, is the present Defence Minister of
1) Germany
2) France
3) UK
4) Australia
5) Canada
Answer:- 2) France

Ques. : 5 Aimed at protecting customers from frauds, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to issue only EMV chip-based and PIN enabled debit and credit cards from _______this year.
1) 1 Jun
2) 1 Jul
3) 1 Sep
4) 1 Dec
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) 1 Sep

Ques. : 6 Geeta Phogat is associated with which of the following games? She won bronze in Asian championship in Doha on 6 May.
1) Weightlifting
2) Wrestling
3) Boxing
4) Discus throw
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Wrestling

Ques. : 7 The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was passed in the Lok Sabha on 6 May. Which of the following item(s) is/are excluded from the proposed GST?
1) Real estate
2) Petroleum
3) Alcohol
4) Tobacco
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 8 Who among the following is/are the winner(s) of the inaugural Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) presented on 7 May?
1) Jitu Rai (Sports Person of the Year)
2) Saina Nehwal (Youth Icon)
3) Milkha Singh (Lifetime Achievement Award)
4) Sunil Chhetri (Football)
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

Ques. : 9 The road transport ministry has set a deadline for new model cars to pass minimum frontal and side crash tests besides pedestrian protection test. The deadline is
1) Jan 2016 2) Dec 2016
3) Apr 2017 4) Oct 2017
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Oct 2017

Ques. : 10 Who among the following is all set to be sworn in as the next Prime Minister of UK after his Conservative Party won 331 out of 650 seats in the recent general elections?
1) Nick Clegg
2) Edward Miliband
3) George Osborne
4) Ed Balls
5) David Cameron
Answer:- 5) David Cameron