CURRENT GENERAL AWARENESS:- contd... Ques. : 81 National Sports Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of hockey legend Dhyan Chand which falls on 1) 22 Aug 2) 25 Aug 3) 27 Aug 4) 29 Aug 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 82 The Committee set up by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe against ICC President N Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal filed its report recently. The committee was named 1) Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee 2) Justice RM Lodha Committee 3) Justice P Sathasivam Committee 4) Justice Altamas Kabir Committee 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 83 The Defence Ministry scrapped Rs 6000-cr scam-tainted tender for purchase of light utility helicopters from which of the following firms recently? 1) Saab 2) Agusta Westland 3) BAE Systems 4) Dassault Aviation 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 84 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the launch its $7-bn Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift, exploration class rocket under development, by Nov 2018 to 1) Moon 2) Venus 3) Jupiter 4) Mars 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 85 Murali Karthikeyan was in news for his performance in which of the following sports recently? 1) Squash 2) Badminton 3) Chess 4) Table tennis 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 86 Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as the president of which of the following countries recently? 1) Spain 2) Georgia 3) Cambodia 4) Turkey 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 87 Who among the following has been appointed the ambassador of Interpol’s ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign recently? He has become the first Indian actor to be roped in by the Interpol. 1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Shah Rukh Khan 3) Salman Khan 4) Hrithik Roshan 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 88 Tavurvur, an active volcano which erupted recently, is located in which of the following countries? 1) Indonesia 2) Italy 3) Japan 4) Papua New Guinea 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 89 A Delhi court has fixed Dec 9 for hearing the complaint case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others. The issue is related to which of the following dailies published by Associated Journals Limited? 1) Delhi Herald 2) National Herald 3) The Statesman 4) Deccan Herald 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 90 A three-member Committee has been set up by the govt to look into the functioning of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from 2006. Who among the following is the current Vice Chancellor of IGNOU? 1) VN Rajasekharan Pillai 2) M Aslam 3) Goverdhan Mehta 4) Dinesh Singh 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 91 Who among the following has taken over as the new chairman of Parliaments public accounts committee (PAC)? 1) KV Thomas 2) Murli Manohar Joshi 3) Anita Pratap 4) PC Chacko 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 92 In a step towards conservation of natural heritage sites in Asia and the Pacific region, the foundation stone of the world’s first Natural World Heritage Centre was laid at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), in _______ recently. 1) Dehradun 2) Nainital 3) Shimla 4) Darjeeling 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 93 To make new exploration and production activities viable, a committee has recommended market-linked pricing for domestic natural gas. Name the committee. 1) Kapila Vatsyayan 2) Vijay Kelkar 3) Y Venugopal Reddy 4) C Rangarajan 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 94 Name the Indian shuttler who has won a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship recently? She has become the first badminton player to win two bronze medals at the World Championship. 1) Saina Nehwal 2) Ashwini Ponnappa 3) Jwala Gutta 4) PV Sindhu 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 95 Email turned 32 on 30 Aug 2014. Name the Indian American who invented this quick method of message transfer when he was just 14? 1) Fran Drescher 2) VA Shiva Ayyadurai 3) Samir K Brahmachari 4) Sabeer Bhatia 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 96 Who among the following has been appointed as new governor of Goa recently? 1) Mridula Sinha 2) Sudha Yadav 3) Satyanarayan Jatiya 4) MJ Akbar 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 97 Bipin Chandra, who passed away, recently, was a noted 1) novelist 2) constitutionalist 3) social worker 4) historian 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 98 During the recent Japan visit of PM Narendra Modi, India has signed a MoU to develop Varanasi on the model of which of the following Japanese cities? 1) Tokyo 2) Nagoya 3) Kyoto 4) Yokohama 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 99 India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at what per cent during Apr-Jun quarter, the highest in the last 10 quarters? 1) 5.3 per cent 2) 5.7 per cent 3) 6.1 per cent 4) 6.5 per cent 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 100 Which of the following countries has agreed to work with India in developing a treatment for the Sickle Cell Anaemia recently? The deadly disease is common among tribals in India. 1) US 2) Singapore 3) Japan 4) Germany 5) None of these Ans.) 3
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