GA QUIZ

1. The “Salar Jung Museum”, which has turned 125 years of foundation recently, is in ____?
[A]Mumbai
[B]Pune
[C]Hyderabad
[D]Kolkata
Ans - C

2. Who among the following has won the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize-2014?
[A]Salman Rushdie
[B]Ronald Clipp
[C]Arundathi Roy
[D]J K Rowling
Ans - A

3. According SEBI new slew of reforms all listed companies including PSU’s must have public shareholding of ___ per cent. Fill the blank with correct option?
[A]Ten
[B]Fifteen
[C]Twenty
[D]Twenty Five
Ans - D

4. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) or Indian Nino is an irregular oscillation of sea-surface temperature which tends to cause droughts in adjacent land areas of ____?
[A]India and Sri Lanka
[B]Australia and Indonesia
[C]India and Bangladesh
[D]Sri Lank and Australia
Ans - B

5. The construction of irrigation dam across the Palar river has caused dispute among which two states?
[A]Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
[B]Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
[C]Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
[D]Karnataka and Kerala
Ans - A

6. Which among the following has developing “Project Loon” project for providing Internet access to rural and remote areas?
[A]Facebook
[B]Microsoft
[C]Google
[D]Yahoo
Ans - C

7. Recently, the Union ministry of culture has launched a project to rekindle long-lost ties across nations of the Indian Ocean world and forge new avenues of cooperation and exchange. The name of the project is ___ ?
[A]Project Mausam
[B]Project Maritime
[C]Project Wavelink
[D]Project Ocean
Ans - A

8. Who among the following has won the Austrian F1 Grand Prix title for 2014?
[A]Lewis Hamilton
[B]Valteri Bottas
[C]Nico Rosberg
[D]Sergio Perez
Ans - C

9. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who was awarded with the first Tang Prize in sustainable development, is a former Prime Minister of ___?
[A]Brazil
[B]Chile
[C]Norway
[D]Netherland
Ans - C

10. The Mandi Gobindgarh place in Punjab is popular as India’s largest ___?
[A]Fruit market
[B]Steel market
[C]Hosiery market
[D]Leather market
Ans - B