QUIZ 9 FEBRUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 Which of the following countries commands the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves? It witnessed the lowest level of foreign reserves in more than three years recently.
1) South Korea
2) Germany
3) France
4) China
5) UK
Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 2 The International Fleet Review held in Vishakhapatnam recently was the second such review held in India. The first one was with 29 foreign countries when _________ was the president.
1) APJ Abdul Kalam
2) Shankar Dayal Sharma
3) KR Narayanan
4) Pratibha Patil
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) APJ Abdul Kalam

Ques. : 3 The telecom regulator TRAI ruled in favour of Net neutrality recently. It will levy a penalty of __________ a day for discriminatory tariffs charged by service providers.
1) Rs 10,000
2) Rs 20,000
3) Rs 25,000
4) Rs 50,000
5) Rs 1,00,000
Answer:- 4) Rs 50,000

Ques. : 4 For the first time, border troops of India and China recently held their first joint tactical exercise codenamed Sino-India Cooperation 2016 in Chushul-Moldo in
1) Assam
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Uttarakhand
Answer:- 4) Jammu & Kashmir

Ques. : 5 As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Indian economy is estimated to expand by what per cent in the fiscal year 2015-16?
1) 7.2%
2) 7.3%
3) 7.4%
4) 7.6%
5) 7.7%
Answer:- 4) 7.6%

Ques. : 6 Name the Niti Aayog member who will head SEBI’s commodity advisory committee which will advise the regulator on various issues plaguing the commodity exchanges.
1) VK Saraswat
2) Bibek Debroy
3) Ramesh Chand
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Amitabh Kant
Answer:- 3) Ramesh Chand

Ques. : 7 Nida Fazli passed away recently. He was a noted
1) novelist
2) cartoonist
3) journalist
4) Urdu poet
5) English poet
Answer:- 4) Urdu poet

Ques. : 8 Which of the following Indian IT firms has put in place a new incentive structure called iCount as part of its performance appraisal system for employees?
1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) HCL
4) Tech Mahindra
5) Infosys
Answer:- 5) Infosys

Ques. : 9 India and which of the following gulf countries is all set to sign a civil nuclear cooperation agreement?
1) Iran
2) Bahrain
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Kuwait
5) UAE
Answer:- 5) UAE

Ques. : 10 _____________ has received the Directors Guild of America award for best feature film at the 68th annual DGA Awards.
1) Ridley Scott (The Martian)
2) George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
3) Alejandro Gonzalez (The Revenant)
4) Adam McKay (The Big Short)
5) Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Answer:- 3) Alejandro Gonzalez (The Revenant)