15 JUNE 2015 general awareness
15 JUNE 2015
Ques. : 1 According to a recent PwC report, India’s top dry-fuel miner Coal India (CIL) has become the ________largest mining company among top 40 global mining firms in terms of market capital.
1) third
2) fourth
3) fifth
4) sixth
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) sixth
Ques. : 1 According to a recent PwC report, India’s top dry-fuel miner Coal India (CIL) has become the ________largest mining company among top 40 global mining firms in terms of market capital.
1) third
2) fourth
3) fifth
4) sixth
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) sixth
Ques. : 2 The General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) and 11
other non-life insurers have formed the India Nuclear Insurance Pool. It
will have a capacity of
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,500 cr
3) Rs 2,000 cr
4) Rs 2,500 cr
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Rs 1,500 cr
Ques. : 3 In which country, facing an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the president cancelled a visit to the US and the governor of the central bank cut interest rates to a record low citing the spread of MERS as a threat to growth recently?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) Cuba
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) South Korea
Ques. : 4 The book ‘Scion of Ikshvaku’ has been authored by
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Preeti Shenoy
3) Ravinder Singh
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) Ashwin Sanghi
Answer:- 1) Amish Tripathi
Ques. : 5 Chiril Gaburuci, who announced his resignation after he was questioned by state prosecutors, recently, was the Prime Minister of
1) Slovakia
2) Romania
3) Moldova
4) Hungary
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Moldova
Ques. : 6 Which country has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6? It earns around $5 bn per year from existing Suez Canal and the new one is supposed to increase the revenues to $15 bn by 2023.
1) Iraq
2) Israel
3) Jordan
4) Egypt
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Egypt
Ques. : 7 Hannover Re has decided to offer reinsurance cover for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). This world’s third-largest reinsurer is based in
1) France
2) Spain
3) Sweden
4) Germany
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Germany
Ques. : 8 Which of the following pairs is the winner of the 2015 French Open?
1) Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
3) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
4) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
Ques. : 9 Sir Wesley Winfield Hall became 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 12 Jun. He is the 18th cricketer to be inducted from
1) Australia
2) West Indies
3) England
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) West Indies
Ques. : 10 Dick Costolo resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following Internet firms?
1) Yahoo
2) Rediffmail
3) Twitter
4) LinkedIn
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Twitter
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,500 cr
3) Rs 2,000 cr
4) Rs 2,500 cr
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Rs 1,500 cr
Ques. : 3 In which country, facing an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the president cancelled a visit to the US and the governor of the central bank cut interest rates to a record low citing the spread of MERS as a threat to growth recently?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) Cuba
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) South Korea
Ques. : 4 The book ‘Scion of Ikshvaku’ has been authored by
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Preeti Shenoy
3) Ravinder Singh
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) Ashwin Sanghi
Answer:- 1) Amish Tripathi
Ques. : 5 Chiril Gaburuci, who announced his resignation after he was questioned by state prosecutors, recently, was the Prime Minister of
1) Slovakia
2) Romania
3) Moldova
4) Hungary
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Moldova
Ques. : 6 Which country has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6? It earns around $5 bn per year from existing Suez Canal and the new one is supposed to increase the revenues to $15 bn by 2023.
1) Iraq
2) Israel
3) Jordan
4) Egypt
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Egypt
Ques. : 7 Hannover Re has decided to offer reinsurance cover for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). This world’s third-largest reinsurer is based in
1) France
2) Spain
3) Sweden
4) Germany
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Germany
Ques. : 8 Which of the following pairs is the winner of the 2015 French Open?
1) Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski
2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
3) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes
4) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
Ques. : 9 Sir Wesley Winfield Hall became 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 12 Jun. He is the 18th cricketer to be inducted from
1) Australia
2) West Indies
3) England
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) West Indies
Ques. : 10 Dick Costolo resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following Internet firms?
1) Yahoo
2) Rediffmail
3) Twitter
4) LinkedIn
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Twitter
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