General Awareness Test (June - 15) - Set 5

1)   Who is the author of the book “Bikhare Khyalat” released by the Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari on 18th June’15?

a. Prof. Abdul Haq
b. Iqbal Khan
c. Irfan Qadir
d. Jhumpa Lahiri
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ANSWER: Prof. Abdul Haq

Explanation:
The book is the Urdu Translation of Mohammed Iqbal’s writing in English tilted ‘Stray Reflections’.


2)   Name the Insurance Portal and Weather alert service launched for farmers on 19th June’15?

a. AGROFARM
b. FARMCAST
c. INSUFARM
d. NOWCAST
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ANSWER: NOWCAST

Explanation:
The Mission Mode Project in Agriculture under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A) aims to achieve rapid development of agriculture in India through the use of ICT by ensuring timely access to agriculture related information for the farmers of the country.


3)   On 17th June’15 which state government directed to make wearing of helmets for two-wheelers compulsory from 1st July’15 onwards?

a. Delhi
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. Maharashtra
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ANSWER: Tamil Nadu

Explanation:
The order was passed by Justice N Kirubakaran who directed the State Home Secretary to make the public aware of the happening through media under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.


4)   Which country’s parliament on 17th June’15 passed a bill to lower the voting age from 20 to 18?

a. China
b. United Kingdom
c. United States of America
d. Japan
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ANSWER: Japan

Explanation:
The bill that seeks revision of the public office election law was passed by the House of Councilors (upper house) after being approved in the House of Representatives (lower house).


5)   Who has been re-elected as the President of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on 17th June’15?

a. Dilip Vengasarkar
b. Anurag Thakur
c. Sharad Pawar
d. Pratap Sarnaik
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ANSWER: Sharad Pawar

Explanation:
Veteran leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar was on 17 June 2015 re-elected as the President of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).


6)   How many states have been included in the National Dairy Plan-I by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 17th June’15?

a. Three
b. Two
c. Five
d. One
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ANSWER: Three

Explanation:
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 17 June 2015 approved inclusion of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in the list of States to be covered under the National Dairy Plan- I (NDP-I).


7)   With which country India made the agreement on abolishing visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic passports on 17th June’15?

a. France
b. Switzerland
c. Norway
d. Spain
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ANSWER: Spain

Explanation:
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17th June’15 approved the agreement between India and Spain on abolishing visa requirements for the holders of diplomatic passports.


8)   What is the rank achieved by India out of 162 countries in the latest annual ranking of Global Peace Index 2015 published on 18th June’15?

a. 55
b. 143
c. 78
d. 124
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ANSWER: 143

Explanation:
India slipped by two positions this year. In South Asia Bhutan has been ranked as the most peaceful country.


9)   India offered its expertise in development of potentially rich natural gas sector on 19th June’15 to a country. Which country is this?

a. Tanzania
b. Muscat
c. Oman
d. Bangladesh
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ANSWER: Tanzania

Explanation:
The MoUs signed included a loan agreement between Exim Bank and Tanzanian government on a line of credit for 268.35 million dollars for extension of Lake Victoria pipeline project. The two countries inked eight MoUs in various fields including Agriculture, Tourism and Hydrography to expand engagement in different sectors. The agreements were signed after delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in New Delhi.


10)   Which state imposed a ban on the sale of thermocol plates in the entire state to promote leaf plates?

a. Bihar
b. Uttarakhand
c. Jharkhand
d. Kerala
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ANSWER: Jharkhand

Explanation:
It would help generate employment for the poor and tribal, who are engaged in making leaf plates.


11)   Name the Indian - Americans appointed to the board of the 2015 - 2016 Future Majority Project of the United States (US) Republican Party on 18th June’15?

a. Niraj Antani & Janak Joshi
b. Gyan Joshi
c. Aviral Antani

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ANSWER: Niraj Antani & Janak Joshi

Explanation:
Niraj Antani, an Ohio State legislature and Janak Joshi, a Colorado State legislature, were on 18 June 2015 appointed to the board of the 2015-2016 Future Majority Project. The Board of FMP is chaired by T W Shannon, Chairman and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.


12)   In which country’s language a version of Bhagavad Gita was launched on 17 June 2015 during an international yoga conference?

a. Russian
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Chinese
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ANSWER: Chinese

Explanation:
The book was released by Indian Ambassador to China Ashok K. Kantha. The book was translated by Chinese Professor Wang Zhu Cheng and Ling Hai of the Zhejiang University in Shanghai and was published by the Sichuan People’s Publications.


13)   As per the list released by Wealth X Group of the world’s 25th Wealthiest Self –Made Billionaries, name the person who stands at top?

a. Warren Buffet
b. Wang Jianlin
c. Lawrence Ellison
d. Bill Gates
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ANSWER: Bill Gates

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Name the historic town of Punjab that completed 350 years of its establishment on 19th June’15?

a. Jalandhar
b. Anandpur Sahib
c. Patiala
d. Jalianwala Bagh
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ANSWER: Anandpur Sahib

Explanation:
Anandpur Sahib (Ropar district, Punjab) is a town deeply revered by Sikhs all over the world. It was founded on this day in 1665 by ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur.
The city is known as “the holy City of Bliss” and is one of the Sikh’s most important sacred places.


15)   Name the team that won the National Basketball Association (NBA) title 2015?

a. Cleveland Cavaliers
b. L. A. Clippers
c. L. A. Lakers
d. Golden State Warriors
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ANSWER: Golden State Warriors

Explanation:
Golden State Warriors celebrated its first N.B.A. championship in 40 years. This was fourth overall NBA title for Golden State Warriors and the first title since 1975. The team is based on Oakland, California and has now won NBA titles in 1947, 1948, 1975 and 2015.


16)   Name the mission set out by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 17 June 2015 for an ambitious target to provide nearly 20 million houses over seven years?

a. Home for All
b. Housing for All by 2022
c. House for All by 2020
d. DreamHome 2020
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ANSWER: Housing for All by 2022

Explanation:
The mission comes out from a key promise in BJP’s manifesto for 2014 Lok Sabha elections to provide a “pucca” house for every family by the 75th year of Independence, i.e. by year 2022.


17)   Which bank has launched an online forex platform on 19th June’15 that enables customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online?

a. ICICI Bank
b. HDFC Bank
c. State Bank of India
d. Bank of Baroda
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ANSWER: State Bank of India

Explanation:
The name of the service is SBI eforex . It is the Internet-based forex (foreign exchange) platform launched by the SBI that facilitates the customers of the bank to obtain forex rates without having to physically visit the branch and enable customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online.


18)   Who is the brand ambassador of the new edition of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ TV Commercials launched by Government of India?

a. Aamir Khan
b. Salman Khan
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Priyanka Chopra
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ANSWER: Aamir Khan

Explanation:
The Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma launched the new edition of “Atithi Devo Bhava” television commercials.


19)   Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Amnesty International India?

a. Aakar Patel
b. Lalit Bhanot
c. Sudrashan Tyagi
d. R S Powar
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ANSWER: Aakar Patel

Explanation:
Journalist and writer Aakar Patel was appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty International (AI) India 18 June 2015. He will head AI India’s operations and its efforts to end human rights abuses in India and worldwide.


20)   The maiden International Day of Yoga was celebrated on ______.

a. 21st June’15
b. 20th June’15
c. 22nd June’15
d. 23rd June’15
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ANSWER: 21st June’15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   How many records have been set by International Yoga day celebrations at Rajpath in New Delhi?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
International Yoga day celebrations at Rajpath in New Delhi have set two Guinness World Records. Firstly the participants were largest in numbers with 35,985 and secondly 84 nationalities attended the mega event.


22)   How many UN member countries celebrated the International Day of Yoga?

a. 183
b. 124
c. 144
d. 192
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ANSWER: 192

Explanation:
Out of the 193 UN member countries, celebrations were held in 192 countries - the exception is Yemen, because of the conflict there.


23)   When did the UN General Assembly announce 21st June as the International Yoga Day?

a. 21st June 2014
b. 11th Dec 2014
c. 12th Dec 2014
d. 11th June 2014
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ANSWER: 11th Dec 2014

Explanation:
International Yoga Day, June 21, was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. The declaration of this day came after the call for the adoption of 21 June as International Day of Yoga by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014.


24)   At the request of which country one of Al-Jazeera senior journalists has been arrested in Germany during June 2015?

a. USA
b. India
c. Iran
d. Egypt
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ANSWER: Egypt

Explanation:
Ahmed Mansour, who works for the channel's Arabic-language service, was detained as he tried to board a flight from Berlin to Qatar. A court in Egypt's capital Cairo sentenced him to 15 years in prison in absentia last year on torture charges. The news channel claims that charges made against Mr Mansour, who has dual British and Egyptian citizenship, are absurd and false.


25)   Name the judge who resigned on 19 June 2015 from the Office of the Judge of Delhi High Court with effect from the afternoon of 8 July 2015?

a. Justice J K Khattri
b. Justice Markandey Katju
c. Justice Gian Prakash Mittal
d. Justice G K Vaish
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ANSWER: Justice Gian Prakash Mittal

Explanation:
He tendered his resignation from the office of the Judge of Delhi High Court, in pursuance of provision (a) to clause (1) of article 217 of the Indian Constitution.


26)   Name the country that announced a ban on wearing earphones while driving a vehicle and riding a cycle with effect from 1st July’15?

a. India
b. France
c. China
d. Bangladesh
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: France

Explanation:
People using earphones while driving a vehicle or riding a cycle will be fined 135 Euro (214 US dollar) and lose three license points. However, use of phone while having the caller on loud speaker will be allowed.


27)   Name the country that on 19th June’15 launched the world’s first electric passenger aircraft?

a. USA
b. Japan
c. Germany
d. China
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ANSWER: China

Explanation:
BX1E electric passenger aircraft was designed together by Shenyang Aerospace University and Liaoning General Aviation Academy located in the northeastern Liaoning Province of China.


28)   After which football player did the scientists name a newly discovered galaxy in the third week of June 2015?

a. Lionel Messi
b. Christiano Ronaldo
c. Arjen Robben
d. David Beckham
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ANSWER: Christiano Ronaldo

Explanation:
Cristiano Ronaldo is also known as CR7 after his initials and jersey number. CR7 is three times brighter than the brightest distant galaxy known till now, called Himiko. This brightest galaxy was discovered in the early universe that contains the first generation of stars.


29)   Which country’s President Suleyman Demirel died on 17th June 2015 following a heart failure and a respiratory tract infection?

a. Kenya
b. Nigeria
c. Oman
d. Turkey
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Turkey

Explanation:
He served as the President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000, but before that he also held the post of Prime Minister of the country several times in the 1960s and 1970s.


30)   Who won the Austrian F1 Grand Prix on 21 June 2015?

a. Nico Rosberg
b. Lewis Hamilton
c. Daniel Vettel
d. Sebastian Vettel
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ANSWER: Nico Rosberg

Explanation:
He defeated his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton (Britain) and is now just 10 points behind him in this year’s F1 season.


31)   Name the Indian American scientist who was awarded Russia’s top technology award during June 2015 in honour of his work in the area of energy efficiency?

a. Dr. Amitabha Ghosh
b. Krishan Sabnani
c. Narinder Singh Kapany
d. B Jayant Baliga
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ANSWER: B Jayant Baliga

Explanation:
He was recognized as the inventor of the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), which he developed while working at the General Electrical research & development center in New York in 1983.


32)   Name the world’s largest cruise ship that made its maiden entry into water in France on 19th June’15 and is expected to take its maiden voyage in 2016?

a. Harmony of the Seas
b. Voyage 2016
c. Ships of Seas 2016
d. Harmony 2016
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ANSWER: Harmony of the Seas

Explanation:
It is the name of the mammoth cruise liner of Royal Caribbean that is being constructed since 2013. The ship will carry 6,360 passengers along with 2,100 staff.


33)   How many states have been asked by the centre to expeditiously implement the Forest Rights Act which recognizes the rights of scheduled tribes living in the forests for generations?

a. Nine
b. Fifteen
c. Five
d. Twenty
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ANSWER: Nine

Explanation:
Tribal affairs secretary Arun Jha has written to the chief secretaries of Bihar, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand to implement the act immediately. The move comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi directing the Ministry to implement the Act in a campaign mode and give land rights to tribals over the next two months. The Act is aimed at ensuring that forest-dwellers, including Scheduled Tribes, get their rights over forest land and non-timber forest produce.


34)   On which day a new chapter of Indo-China Friendship began as the first batch of 46 pilgrims of the First Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra via Nathula crossed over to China at the Nathula border post in Sikkim?

a. 19th June’15
b. 20th June’15
c. 21st June’15
d. 22nd June’15
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ANSWER: 22nd June’15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Which Public Sector Unit has delivered 'Orbiter Craft Module Structure'of Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar exploration mission, to ISRO Satellite Centre in Bengaluru?

a. BHEL
b. BEL
c. HAL
d. DRDO
Answer  Explanation  Related Ques

ANSWER: HAL

Explanation:
The Orbiter Craft Module is a three-tonne category bus structure made out of a central composite cylinder, shear webs and deck panels. The Orbiter with scientific payloads will orbit around the moon and the Lander will soft land on the planet at a specified site and deploy the Rover. According to Indian Space Research organisation's plans, Chandrayaan-2 will be launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII) during the next two to three years.


36)   With which country India has amended a bilateral treaty of transit through four border points?

a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka
c. China
d. Nepal
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ANSWER: Nepal

Explanation:
India has agreed to Nepal's request for allowing the movement of vehicles imported from a third country into Nepal through four border points by amending the bilateral Treaty of Transit. According to the press release, the movement of vehicles on their own power to Nepal has been allowed through Raxaul-Birgunj, Jogbani-Biratnagar, Sunauli-Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj Road-Nepalgunj border points.


37)   Which continent has decided to form a police team to block social media accounts of Islamic State?

a. Europe
b. Asia
c. North America
d. Africa
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ANSWER: Europe

Explanation:
A recent US study found there were at least 46,000 accounts on Twitter linked to the militant group, many of which help to recruit new IS members. The European police agency “Europol” will now work with unnamed social media companies to track the accounts. They aim to get new accounts closed down within two hours of them being set up.


38)   In which city will European Union hold an emergency summit over Greek debt crisis on 22nd June’15?

a. London
b. Paris
c. Brussels
d. Geneva
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ANSWER: Brussels

Explanation:
An emergency summit on the Greek debt crisis in Brussels on 22nd June’15 is to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt with a June 30 payment deadline fast approaching. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 21st June’15 presented new proposals to European leaders aimed at ending his country's debt crisis, on the eve of a summit that could determine whether Greece crashes out of the euro zone.


39)   In which state the famous Ambubachi Mahotsava of Kamakhaya temple began on 22nd June’15?

a. Goa
b. Maharashtra
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Assam
Answer  Explanation  Related Ques

ANSWER: Assam

Explanation:
Approx. 8 to 10 lakh devotees from various states are expected to arrive in Guwahati during Ambubachi.


40)   Which stock exchange will introduce an overnight liquid transaction facility on its web-based Mutual Fund platform from 22nd June’15?

a. National Stock Exchange
b. Bombay Stock Exchange
c. MCX-DX
d. Delhi Stock Exchange
Answer  Explanation  Related Ques

ANSWER: National Stock Exchange

Explanation:
The facility will enable traders, especially small investors, to invest even for a single night in liquid funds. A similar product was introduced last month by Bombay Stock Exchange, BSE. The exchange has seen daily transactions worth 400-500 crore rupees in the product so far.