Revision Quiz – Episode 8

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  • December 15, 2015

Dear Aspirants,

Welcome to D2G’s August Revision Quiz. Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable!!

101. Who has been invited to become the Grand Marshall and guest of honour at the prestigious New York India Day Parade 2015?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Parineeti Chopra
d) Aishwarya Rai

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Answer c) Parineeti Chopra

102. Who has been elected as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)?
a) Mahohar Kapoor
b) Sudhakar Shetty
c) Murai Reddy
d) Jayaram Naidu

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Answer b) Sudhakar Shetty

103. Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between the India and _____ for the construction of a petroleum products pipeline?
a) Bhutan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka

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Answer c) Nepal

104. Recently China has signed an agreement with ______ for its Economic Corridor?
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar

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Answer b) Pakistan

105. Which bank has recently launched multi-currency contactless card with Visa?
a) ICICI
b) HDFC
c) Axis
d) SBI

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Answer c) Axis

106. GOI has sanctioned 1,500-MW ultra mega solar power park for
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh

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Answer a) Andhra Pradesh

107. Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of L&T Infotech?
a) Sanjay Jalona
b) Manoj Chawla
c) Preethi Nandagopalan
d) Swetha Mishra

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Answer a) Sanjay Jalona

108. Indian Railways has signed 4 MoUs with
a) Ministry of Finance
b) Ministry of Food Processing
c) Ministry of Transports
d) Ministry of Power and New Renewable Energy

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Answer d) Ministry of Power and New Renewable Energy

109. Coca-cola India has signed _______ for 3-years as social ambassador.
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Sourav Ganguly
d) Virat Kohli

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Answer c) Sourav Ganguly

110. Who has been elected as Chairman of the prestigious Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing  Federation?
a) Pranav Mishra
b) Joy Mukherjee
c) Dhananjay Singh
d) Jethabhai Patel

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Answer d) Jethabhai Patel

111. World Elephant Day is observed on
a) August 12
b) August 13
c) August 14
d) August 15

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Answer a) August 12

112. Om Prakash Munjal, who passed away recently, was associated with
a) Maruti Groups
b) Hero Groups
c) Mahindra Groups
d) Ashok Leyland

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Answer b) Hero Groups

113. Which bank has recently launched Multi Currency  Contactless card with VISA?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) SBI

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Answer c) Axis Bank

114. PAHAL Scheme is associated with
a) Education
b) Medicines
c) Women Empowerment
d) LPG

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Answer d) LPG

115. Which country has devaluated it’s currency  recently?
a) Russia
b) India
c) Germany
d) China

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Answer d) China

116. Who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India recently?
a) Manoj Rastogi
b) Om Prakash Rawat
c) Akilesh Mishra
d) TN Tamilvaahanan

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Answer b) Om Prakash Rawat

117. NTPC has signed two pacts with NSDF and NSDC for skill development training projects in Eastern states and _________.
a) Rajasthan
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Madhya Pradesh

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Answer c) Bihar

118. Who is the current Chairman of IRDAI?
a) SN Gopala Krishnan
b) R Raja Manickam
c) TS Vijayan
d) L Manokaran

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Answer c) TS Vijayan

119. Which state is taking all necessary steps to become India’s first digitally literate state by 2020?
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala

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Answer d) Kerala

120. RBI has paid a dividend of ___________ Crore to GOI.
a) 55,000 Crore Rupees
b) 66,000 Crore Rupees
c) 77,000 Crore Rupees
d) 61,000 Crore Rupees

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Answer b) 66,000 Crore Rupees

121. Which district in India has highest number of e-Toilets in schools?
a) Varanasi
b) Nellore
c) Jaipur
d) Kadappa

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Answer b) Nellore

122. India and _________ have decided to join hands in combating cyber crime and bolster their cyber security partnership in various strategic spheres.
a) Japan
b) Russia
c) Sri Lanka
d) United States

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Answer d) United States

123. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)?
a) Venkata Raghavan
b) Balaraman
c) Ajith Kumar Seth
d) Ramesh Sinha

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Answer c) Ajith Kumar Seth

124. Who became the first fielder in Test history to take eight catches?
a) Suresh Raina
b) Virat Kohli
c) Steven Smith
d) Ajinkya Rahane

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Answer d) Ajinkya Rahane

124. Government of India has unveiled strategy named ____________ to shake up its struggling state run banks.
a) Kalpaka
b) Indradhanush
c) Indraprastha
d) Kubera Vastha

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Answer b) Indradhanush

125. State-run lender Union Bank of India has launched one new debit card and two credit cards in  association with
a) SEBI
b) RuPay
c) Master Card
d) Visa

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Answer d) Visa

126. __________ has teamed up with Andhra Pradesh government to help the state deliver low cost internet connectivity in rural areas through unused TV spectrum.
a) Google
b) Facebook
c) Twitter
d) Microsoft

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Answer d) Microsoft

126. __________ has become the first historical monument in the world to have a Twitter account.
a) Red Fort
b) Qutub Minar
c) Taj Mahal
d) Rashtrapathi Bhavan

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Answer c) Taj Mahal

127. The VJ Day is associated with
a) Journalism
b) Environment
c) World War II
d) Invention of Jet Planes

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Answer c) World War II

128. Amandeep Drall is associated with which of the following game?
a) Chess
b) Golf
c) Snooker
d) Archery

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Answer b) Golf

129. How many sportspersons have been selected for Arjuna Award for this year?
a) 15
b) 16
c) 17
d) 18

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Answer c) 17

130. Name India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award?
a) Prithvi Chakra
b) Surya Chakra
c) Kirti Chakra
d) Shaurya Chakra

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Answer c) Kirti Chakra

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