March - 2015 GK - 4

March 2015 GK Week - 4

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

World Health Organisation (WHO) was founded in

  1. 1946
  2. 1948
  3. 1950
  4. 1953
  5. 1955
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Australia won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for the fifth time. In which year did Australia win the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time?

  1. 1983
  2. 1987
  3. 1975
  4. 1979
  5. 1992
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the women’s singles title of the India Open Super Series badminton tournament 2015?

  1. Ratchanok Intanon
  2. Saina Nehwal
  3. Wang Shixian
  4. Li Xuerui
  5. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 title?

  1. Aditi Arya
  2. Koyal Rana
  3. Aafreen Rachel Vaz
  4. Vartika Singh
  5. Pranati Prakash
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the ____ Prime Minister to receive the Bharat Ratna.

  1. third
  2. fourth
  3. fifth
  4. seventh
  5. eighth
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize 2014?

  1. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
  2. Desmond Tutu
  3. ISRO
  4. John Hume
  5. Ramakrishna Mission
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following High Courts became the first court in India to set up dedicated commercial courts within it to ensure speedy disposal of cases?

  1. Calcutta High Court
  2. Gujarat High Court
  3. Madras High Court
  4. Delhi High Court
  5. Kerala High Court
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In March 2015, which of the following banks was awarded the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Award as the ‘Outstanding Performer in Retail Banking’?

  1. SBI
  2. PNB
  3. Bank of Baroda
  4. Canara Bank
  5. Andhra Bank
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In March 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform. ‘PRAGATI’ is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform that aims at addressing the grievances of

  1. common man
  2. women
  3. students
  4. widows
  5. girl students
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

With which of the following banks did RBI sign a US $400 million currency swap agreement in March 2015?

  1. South African Reserve Bank
  2. Central Bank of Sri Lanka
  3. Bank of Japan
  4. Bank of England
  5. Reserve Bank of Australia
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was awarded the best actress award at the 62nd National Film Awards?

  1. Vidya Balan
  2. Priyanka Chopra
  3. Rani Mukherji
  4. Kangana Ranaut
  5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Folio Prize is associated with

  1. sports
  2. medicine
  3. literature
  4. science
  5. theatre
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In March 2015, Indian Railways launched RuPay pre-paid debit card service for the railway passengers in collaboration with

  1. Union Bank of India and National Payment Corporation of India
  2. State Bank of India and National Payment Corporation of India
  3. Punjab National Bank and National Payment Corporation of India
  4. Bank of Baroda and National Payment Corporation of India
  5. Canara Bank and National Payment Corporation of India
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In March 2015, who among the following was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Honda Cars India Ltd?

  1. Katsushi Inoue
  2. Hironori Kanayama
  3. Hiroyuki Shimizu
  4. Hideyoshi Takarada
  5. Takashi Nagai
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in March 2015?

  1. Abdul Rahim
  2. K. M. Mani
  3. Jayant Sinha
  4. Saurabh Patel
  5. Amit Mitra
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Indian contemporary artists was awarded with France’s highest cultural award, Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters?

  1. Maya Burman
  2. Neeraj Goswami
  3. Aditya Pande
  4. Balan Nambiar
  5. Bharti Kher
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri
  2. Anita Desai
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Amitav Ghosh
  5. Salman Rushdie
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the Presidential election in Nigeria in March 2015?

  1. Ernest Shonekan
  2. Olusegun Obasanjo
  3. Muhammadu Buhari
  4. Abdulsalami Abubakar
  5. Goodluck Jonathan
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country topped the Open Government Index 2015 list in terms of openness in the government, released by World Justice Project?

  1. New Zealand
  2. Sweden
  3. Norway
  4. Canada
  5. Australia
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries topped the Country Threat Index (CTI) as the most dangerous country in the world released by IntelCenter in March 2015?

  1. Somalia
  2. Syria
  3. Iraq
  4. Pakistan
  5. Afghanistan
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually to

  1. politicians
  2. mathematicians
  3. scientists
  4. doctors
  5. painters
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following topped the list of 2015 roster of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders released by Fortune Magazine in March 2015?

  1. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi
  2. Chinese President Xi Jingping
  3. Apple CEO Tim Cook
  4. Pope Francis
  5. General Motors CEO Mary Barra
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

World Meteorological Day is observed annually on

  1. 1st March
  2. 6th March
  3. 17th March
  4. 23rd March
  5. 27th March
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of 'The Fountainhead'?

  1. Ayn Rand
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Dominique Lapierre
  4. Margaret Mitchell
  5. Alice Walker
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Michael Clarke retired from One Day Internationals after the final match of 2015 Cricket World Cup. Against which team did he make his ODI debut?

  1. India
  2. Pakistan
  3. England
  4. New Zealand
  5. South Africa