QUIZ 13 FEBRUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 Which of the following Indian IT firms is all set to buy the US-based HealthPlan Services for $460 mn?
1) Wipro
2) Infosys
3) TCS
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 1) Wipro

Ques. : 2 A temporary account held by a third part which operates until the completion of a transaction process between two parties is called
1) virtual account
2) current account
3) buffer account
4) escrow account
5) nostro account
Answer:- 4) escrow account

Ques. : 3 Which of the following countries topped the US Chamber of Commerce-International Intellectual Property Index 2016?
1) Singapore
2) Norway
3) UK
4) US
5) Japan
Answer:- 4) US

Ques. : 4 Which state signed a joint venture pact for infrastructure development with the Indian Railway recently? It is the fifth state to sign such pact.
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) West Bengal
4) Assam
5) Chhattisgarh
Answer:- 5) Chhattisgarh

Ques. : 5 India signed nine pacts, including on cyber security and infrastructure investment, with which gulf country recently? It is the third largest trading partner of India after the US and China.
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iran
3) UAE
4) Bahrain
5) Kuwait
Answer:- 3) UAE

Ques. : 6 Anirban Lahiri is associated with which of the following games?
1) Shooting
2) Golf
3) Snooker
4) Squash
5) Chess
Answer:- 2) Golf

Ques. : 7 As per a study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), hit with 19 disasters in 2015, India stands at _____ position among disaster affected countries.
1) third
2) fourth
3) fifth
4) seventh
5) ninth
Answer:- 1) third

Ques. : 8 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced to bid final good bye to the Philae lander recently. Philae landed on _______ for the first time.
1) Pluto
2) Mercury
3) Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
4) Titan
5) Jupiter
Answer:- 3) Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Ques. : 9 The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), which contributed to the landmark Gravitational waves discovery, is located in
1) Hyderabad
2) Mumbai
3) Bengaluru
4) Pune
5) Chennai
Answer:- 4) Pune

Ques. : 10 The tainted umpire Asad Rauf was recently banned for five years by the BCCI. He belongs to
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Sri Lanka
5) Zimbabwe
Answer:- 2) Pakistan