Saturday, 25 March 2017

24th March 2017 GA MCQ

           





           





The govt-owned Hudco has received SEBI’s approval to float initial public offer to offload 10 per cent stake through an OFS route. Here, the term OFS stands for

1) Offer For Stock
2) Offer For Subscription
3) Offer For Sale
4) Offer For Subsidy
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Offer For Sale





The ace badminton player PV Sindhu has been roped in as brand ambassador by which company for its sports drink Gatorade?

1) Coca Cola
2) PepsiCo
3) Parle
4) Nestle
5) GlaxoSmithKline
Answer:- 2) PepsiCo





The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently appointed who among the following to the post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?

1) Diana Edulji
2) Vikram Limaye
3) Ramachandra Guha
4) Ankur Khanna
5) David Richardson
Answer:- 4) Ankur Khanna





The RBI recently proposed to fix the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments at _______ in view of growing usage of PPIs for purchase of goods and services.

1) Rs 20,000 lakh
2) Rs 25,000 lakh
3) Rs 50,000 lakh
4) Rs 75,000 lakh
5) Rs 1 lakh
Answer:- 5) Rs 1 lakh





5 The Govt has made amendments to the Finance Bill 2017 proposing to make which of the following mandatory while filing the income tax returns?

1) Aadhaar card
2) Passport
3) Driving Licence
4) Voter ID card
5) All the above
Answer:- 1) Aadhaar card





Which of the following cities has been ranked as the cheapest city to live globally as per a report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

1) Kiev
2) Algiers
3) Almaty
4) Karachi
5) Lagos
Answer:- 3) Almaty





The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Govt of India recently signed a $350-mn loan for improving about 1,500 km of major district roads in

1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 1) Madhya Pradesh





The World Meteorological Day is observed globally on

1) 20 Mar
2) 21 Mar
3) 23 Mar
4) 24 Mar
5) 25 Mar
Answer:- 3) 23 Mar





9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation “Chenani-Nashri tunnel,” the country’s longest road tunnel (9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel), on 2 Apr in the state of

1) Maharashtra
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer:- 3) Jammu & Kashmir





10 What is India’s ranking among 188 countries in the UN Development Programme (UNDP)’s 2016 ‘Human Development for Everyone’ report released recently?

1) 122nd
2) 128th
3) 89th
4) 91st
5) 131st
Answer:- 5) 131st




Who has been bestowed with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 6th National Photography Awards?

[A] Raghu Rai
[B] K K Mustafah
[C] Atul Choubey
[D] Dipayan Bhar
Answer: A [Raghu Rai]




Who has been honoured with the first-ever Kuldip Nayar journalism award 2017?
[A] Rizvan Kausar
[B] Ravish Kumar
[C] Ikshula Arora
[D] Anupam Mishra
Answer: B [Ravish Kumar]




What is the India’s rank in the global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017?
[A] 55th
[B] 65th
[C] 87th
[D] 93rd
Answer: C [87th]




Which union minister has launched an integrated grievances redressal platform “MoPNG e Seva” for Petroleum and Gas related queries?
[A] Faggan Singh Kulaste
[B] Ajay Tamta
[C] Arjun Ram Meghwal
[D] Dharmendra Pradhan
Answer: D [Dharmendra Pradhan]





The Kane Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in which state of India?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Assam
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Manipur
Answer: A [Arunachal Pradesh]




The World Bank (WB) has signed how much amount of credit agreement with Uttarakhand to improve quality of health care services?
[A] $100 million
[B] $200 million
[C] $300 million
[D] $250 million
Answer: A [$100 million]




What is the theme of 2017 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?
[A] Understanding cloud
[B] Meteorology and tourism
[C] World Weather Watch
[D] Weather, oceans and human activity
Answer: A [Understanding cloud]




Which high-level committee has been formed to examine working of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)?
[A] Narendra Modi committee
[B] Shashi Tharoor committee
[C] Madhukar Gupta committee
[D] Arvind Panagariya committee
Answer: D [Arvind Panagariya committee ]





Which state government has launched a program to provide free wifi facilities in educational institutions?
[A] Haryana
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Bihar
[D] Rajasthan
Answer: C [Bihar ]




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