Gk QUIZ on Current Affairs

1.    The provisions relating to promissory notes have been incorporated in which among the following acts?

(1) Indian Contract Act                (2) Indian Partnership Act

(3) Negotiable Instrument Act     (4) Banking Regulation Act

(5) None of these

2.    Which of the following is one of the most successful programmes under Bharat Nirman?

(1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(2) Watershed Development Scheme

(3) Rural Telephony       

(4) Indira Awas Yojana

(5) None of these

3.    India recently set up a trade target of $3 Billion with Myanmar by 2015 during Fourth Joint trade commission meeting. Who attended the meeting from on India's part?

(1) Anand Sharma                        (2) Manmohan Singh

(3) Sonia Gandhi                           (4) S M Krishna

(5) None of these

4.    Which among the following sate launched Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojna for energy conservation?

(1) Andhra Pradesh

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) UP     

(5) None of these

5.    Who is the head of the committee set up by Planning Commission to look into the extant classification of public expenditure between plan, non-plan, revenue and capital?

(1) B N Srikrishna                         (2) C Rangarajan

(3) B K Chaturvedi                        (4) M S Swaminathan

(5) D Subbarao

6.    The Rajeev Gandhi National Drinking water Mission meant for betterment of water supply facilities throughout the country is valid till -

(1) Mar 31, 2014               (2) Mar 31, 2015

(3) Mar 31, 2016               (4) Mar 31, 2013

(5) None of these

7.    Australia Won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2013 by defeating ____?

(1) India                             (2) Pakistan    

(3) New Zealand               (4) Malaysia   

(5) South Korea

8.    Which among the following organization is awarded with 2012 Nobel Peace Prize?

(1) UNEP                  (2) European union     

(3) NATO                  (4) OECD              

(5) None of these

9.    The controversial Babli project is being built by which among the following State?

(1) Andhra Pradesh                      (2) Odisha      

(3) UP                                             (4) Maharashtra                     

(5) Karnataka

10.  In periods of depression when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) desires to encourage the banking system to create more credit, what it does?

(1) Reduces the Bank Rate

(2)  Raises the Bank Rate

(3) Permits the Bank Rate to be decided by market forces

(4) All of the above

(5) None of the above

Answers: 1. (3)   2.(1)     3.(1)     4.(2)     5.(2)    

                6.(3)     7.(4)    8.(2)    9.(4)     10.(1)