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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

GK Quiz-1 Based on IBPS PO Booster

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GK BOOSTER TEST-1 (PAGE 1 -10)


1. Who was the Femina Miss India 2015 :
a. Veenita Mehra                         b. Aditi Arya
c. Ankita Singh                             d. Geeta Mehta
2. Who was elected as the New President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII):
a. Sumit Mazumdar                     b. Alka Mehra
c.  Jatin Kumar                             d. Sobhana Mehta
3. Who is recently appointed as General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist):
a. Bikram Singh                           b. Mohit Ram
c. Sumit Mohan                            d. Sitaram Yachury
4. Name of the first woman bus driver at Delhi transport Corporation (DTC) is:
a. Kanta vashist                           b. mamta Singh
c. Vankadarath Saritha               d. Sumitra Bai
5. New President of Sudan is:
a. Omar Hassan Al-Bashar         b. Hussain al –Bashar
c. Bashar al-Khan                                    d. Khan Amkarni
6. New Director General (DG) of Central Paramilitary Force Central Industrial Security Force (CISF):
a. Pawan Mujal                            b. Surender Singh
c. Rajiv Mehta                              d. Krishan Kant
7. Who became the first Asian woman to be elected as Mayor in the United Kingdon (UK):
a. Draupadi Murmu                    b. Sheela Pudur
c.    Harbhajan Kaur Dheer        d. Krishana Kumari
8. Author of the Book ‘The lives of others’:
a.       Geeta Sharma                                    b. Neel Mukharjee
c.   Sumitra Singh                         d. Govinda Parmar
9. Who is the first Transgender principal of Krishnagar women’s College in Nadia District, West Bengal:
a. Manabi Bandopadhyaymanbi
b. Kirpalani Mahapatra
c. Sarojini Jaipardhani
d. Bimala Shinha
10. Who is the present of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA):
a. Dick Coctolo                             b. Gurib Fakim
c. Mogens Lykketoft                    d. Deutsche Nane
11. Who was recently conferred with the Columbia’s highest Civilian Award ‘Orden de la’:
a. Sunil Madan                             b. Amitabh Bachchan
c. Anupam Kher                           d. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
12. New  President of Nigeria :
a. Muhammadu Buhari               b. Hussain Al-Bashar
c. Bashar Al Khan                                    d. Omar Hassan
13. Who has recently created an World Record for spending most number of days in the space (804 days) :
a.       Sayed Haider Raza                b. Sebastian coe
c.   Roman Talati                          d. Gennady Padalka
14. Who was honored as Champions of Change by the White House of United States (US):
a. Sunita Vishwanath                  b. Govinda Mehta
c. Jatin Kumar                              d.  Sumit Mazumdar
15. On which Bollywood Actor Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) in August 2015 has lifted the 5 year ban:
a. Sunil Sethi                                b. Salman Khan
c. Shah Rukh Khan                      d. Aamir Khan
16. Maharashtra has recently appointed _______ as the ‘Tiger Ambassador’ of the state:
a. Salman Khan                            b. Aamir Khan
c. Amitabh Bachchan                  d. Abishekh Bachchan
17. New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka:
a. Ranil Wickremesinghe
b. J.R.Jayawardhene
c. D.S.Senanayeke
d. Junious Wickremesinghe
18. Who was elected as the President of the International Association of athletics Federations (IAAF):
a.       Draupadi Murmu                  b. Sebastian Coe
c.   John Williams                         b. Lengard Soe
19. New  Prime Minister of Greece :
a. Muhammadu Buhari               b. Hussain Al-Bashar
c. Bashar Al Khan                                    d. Alixis Tsipras
20. New  Prime Minister of Australia :
a. Malcolm Turnbull                    b. Hussain Al-Bashar
c. Basharal John                          d. Alixis Tsipras
21. Which Bollywood Actor recently established an organization named as ‘Naam Foundation’:
a. Sunil Sethi                                b. Akshay Kumar
c. Nana Patekar                           d. Aamir Khan
22. Who was honored as Guest of Texas Award :
a. Sunita Vishwanath                  b. Govinda Mehta
c. Anupam Kher                           d.  Sumit Mazumdar
23. Who was recently appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
a. Roger Federer                         b. Novak Djokovic
c. P  V Sindhu                               d. Saina Mirza
24. New Director General (DG) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
a. Pawan Mujal                            b. Surender Singh
c. Girish Sahni                              d. Krishan Kant
25. Who is named as Australian of the day by Commonwealth Bank of Australia for Feeding the Homeless:
a. Tejinder Pal Singh                   b. Vishal Sengupta
c. Maninder Pal Singh                 d. Kulwant Rana
26. Who is recently appointed as the Union Finance Secretary:
a. Ratan P. Watal                         b. Sumit Wadwa
c. Vinod Dasgupta                       d. Krishan Gogia
27. Who was became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom:
a. King Williams                           b. Sir John Legard
c. Queen Elizabeth II                   d. Sir Kent Sophan
28. New Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India:
a. Navin Jindal                              b. Su Kumar Sen
c. Anand Kumar                           d. Nasim Zaidi
29. Who is recently appointed as the Chairman of the Children’s Film Society of India:
a.   Sunita Vishwanath                b. Mukesh Khana
c.    Anupam Kher                                    d.  Sumit Mazumdar
30. Who is appointed as the first President of the New Development Bank(NDB) of BRICS nations:
a. K V Kamath                              b. Alixis Tsipras
c. Alex Hasper                              d. Malcolm Turnbull
31. New President of International Cricket Council (ICC):
a. Amir Sohail                              b. Anil Kumble
c. S. Srinivasan                             d. Zaheer Abbas
32. Who is appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC):
a. Vijay Sharma                            b. Sumit Mazumdar
c. K V Chowdary                          d. R C Tayal
33. New Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
a. Pawan Mujal                            b. Surender Singh
c. K Sivan                                      d. Krishan Kant
34. Who is recently appointed as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, Bihar:
a. George Yeo                              b. K V chowdary
c. R C Tayal                                  d. Vijay Sharma
35. Who is recently appointed as the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
a. George Yeo                              b. K V chowdary
c. Ram Sevak Sharma                  d. Vijay Sharma
36. Who is recently appointed as the new Coach of men’s National hockey team:
a. George Yeo                              b. Roelant oltmans
c. R C Tayal                                  d. Vijay Sharma
37. Who is recently appointed as the New Governor of Himachal Pradesh:
a. Sobhana Devi                           b. Sumitra Mahajan
c. Acharya Dev Vrat                    d. Lala Krishan
38. New President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)
a. Sourav Ganguly                       b. Anil Kumble
c. S. Srinivasan                             d. VVS Laksman
39. Who is recently appointed as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)
a. George Yeo                              b. K V chowdary
c. Ram Sevak Sharma                  d. Hormusji N. Cama
40. Who is recently appointed as the Union Home Secretary:
a. Ratan P. Watal                         b. Sumit Wadwa
c. Rajiv Mahrishi                          d. Krishan Gogia





ANSWERS: GK BOOSTER TEST 1


1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. C
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. A
27. C
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. D
32. C
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. B
37. C
38. A
39. D

40. C
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Daily Free Current Affairs 20 Oct 2015 ( Daily News India )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 OCT 2015
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1. ‘VK MALHOTRA’ APPOINTED AS HEAD OF THE ALL INDIA COUNCIL OF SPORTS
i. Veteran sports administrator Vijay Kumar Malhotra is appointed as the President of the All India Council of Sports.
ii. Malhotra is the acting President of the Indian Olympic Association after the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi in connection with the alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
iii. All India Council of Sports is constituted as an advisory body for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
UNION SPORTS MINISTER: Sarbananda Sonowal

2. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED IMPORT DUTY ON WHEAT TO 25%
i. Union Government  has  raised the  customs duty on wheat to 25 percent from 10 percent.
ii. The duty has been raised due to the fall in international prices of wheat and the anticipated adverse impact of increased imports during the first half of financial year 2015-16.
iii. The increase in custom duty will help to protect Indian farmers against cheaper imports.
UNION AGRICULTURE MINISTER: Shri Radha Mohan Singh

3.’ JUSTIN TRUDEAU’ ELECTED AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
i. Canada's Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau was elected as the Prime Minister of Canada.
ii. Justin Trudeau at 43 years of age became the second youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history.
iii. Earlier youngest prime minister was Joe Clark,at the age of 40.

4. ‘URVASHI RAUTELA’ CROWNED MISS DIVA 2015
i. Urvashi Rautela was crowned as Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015 in Mumbai.
ii. She became India’s representative for the Miss Universe pageant.
iii. Natasha Assadi was crowned 1st runner-up.
iv. Miss Diva competition chooses India's representatives for Miss Universe.

5. ‘APSEZ INKED MOU WITH IPGA’ TO HANDLE PULSES ACROSS ITS PORTS IN COUNTRY
i. Gujarat-based Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and India Pulses and Grains Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding to handle pulses across its ports to ensure smooth and cost efficient availability of the commodity across the nation.

ii. The aim is to develop a dedicated and efficient supply chain for pulses, using Adani Ports’ facilities to all key consumption centers in the country. This will help ensure smooth and cost efficient availability of pulses.
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Daily Free Current Affairs 19 Oct 2015 ( Daily News India)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 OCT 2015
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1. NATO STARTED MILITARY EXERCISE ‘TRIDENT JUNCTURE’
i.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization and  its Partner nations started Trident Juncture military exercise in Italy.
ii. The exercise will involve 36000 troops from more than 30 nations.
iii. The Trident juncture is the largest NATO exercise from last 10 years.
iv. It will increase readiness and ability to work together. It will also demonstrate that NATO is capable of responding to threats from any direction.
President of NATO: Jens Stoltenberg

2. 1ST TIME INDIA’S ‘FISCAL BALANCE TURNED SURPLUS’ IN AUGUST 2015
i. The Controller General of Accounts announced that India’s fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years.
ii. In August 2015, the Total expenditure was only 131214 crore rupees against the total revenue of 147022 crore rupees.
iii. Fiscal deficit is the difference between revenue and expenditure excluding borrowings.

3. ‘VIRENDER SEHWAG ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT’ FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
i. Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket.
ii. Virender Sehwag in his remarkable career had scored 17,253 international runs across all formats and in ODI Career he had played 251 ODI matches and scored 8273 runs with batting average of 35.05.
iii. He also owns the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket reached 300 off only 278 balls against South Africa.

4. ‘VIVO TO SPONSER THE TITLE OF INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE’
i.  Board for Cricket Control in India assigned title sponsorship of Indian Premier League to Brazilian mobile company Vivo.
ii. Vivo was assigned the sponsorship after PepsiCo broke the deal of sponsoring the title because of the spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013.
Chairman of Bcci: Shashank Manohar

5. ‘RBI AND UAE CENTRAL BANK’ SIGNED MOU FOR SUPERVISORY INFORMATION EXCHANGE
i. The Reserve Bank of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information at Abu Dhabi.
ii. It was signed by Assistant Governor of Central Bank of UAE and Meena Hemchandra, Executive Director of RBI.
iii. The aim of the MOU is to promote greater co-operation and share supervisory information among the authorities.


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Daily Free Current Affairs 18 Oct 2015 ( Daily News India )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 OCT 2015
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1. ‘TYPHOON KOPPU’ HITS NORTHERN PHILIPPINES
i. Typhoon Koppu  hitted the Northern Philippines effecting the coast with powerful winds.
ii. It has struck the remote northern coastal town of Casiguran.
Currency of Philippines: Philippine peso
Capital of phililppines: Manila

2. ‘SAKETH MYNENI’ GRABBED 2015 VIETNAM OPEN TENNIS TROPHY
i. India's tennis player Saketh Myneni grabbed the Vietnam Open tennis trophy in the men’s singles category.
ii. Saketh myneni defeated Australia's Jordan Thompson.
iii. It is his first singles ATP Challenger title of the season 2015.

3. INDIAN SHORT FILM ‘AN OLD DOG’S DIARY’ WON AWARD AT 2015 LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
i. Indian short film, An Old Dog’s Diary has won Best Short Film Award at London Film Festival.
ii. The movie was Directed by Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel.
iii. The film reveals the cultural conditions of Indian avant-garde painter Francis Newton Souza’s work and its institutionalisation by assembling the puzzle-piece evocations of his portrait.

4.  ‘XUERUI LI' GRABBED 2015 DENMARK OPEN TITLE OF BADMINTON
i. China’s Xuerui Li has grabbed Denmark Open Badminton Title in the women’s single category at Denmark.
ii. She has defeated P V Sindhu of India in the finals.

iii. In men’s single category it the Title was won by China’s Chen Long. 
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