General Awareness Quiz - 27 August

General awareness quiz for today :-

Questions

1. Name the states affected by Cyclone Phailin

2. Name the fastest batsman in the world, who scored 11000 runs in test matches
3. Total taxable services in 2012 were 119, whereas in 1994 were only

4. Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) insurance scheme – BMB Sakhee is for rural and unorganised women with insurance cover

5. Current account deficit which is the gap between forex gained and forex spent in 2011-12 was

6. What is the length of natural gas pipeline from Dabhol to Bangalore

7. Who is the President of UNHRC?

8. SAARC literature award 2013 was given to

9. The oil companies Conoco Phillips, total and ENI are related to

10. With Agni V launch India has entered the club of 5, name the other 4 nations having inter continental ballistic missile technology

11. Name the world’s leading sprinters found positive in doping test

12. Cultural revolution 1966-76 in China was started by

13. Name the first woman in the world who climbed the 14

14. Bombay Stock Exchange and Standard and Poor’s Dow Jones Indices have launched an Islamic equity index which is known as

15. Which law was passed against the rape and sexual assault in the parliament?

Answers:

1. Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
2. Kumar Sangakkara
3. 3
4. Rs.50000
5. 4.2% of GDP
6. 1000 km
7. Baudelaire Ndong Ella
8. Mr.Abhay Kumar Singh
9. Kazakhstan, France and Italy respectively
10. USA, Russia, China and France
11. Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell
12. Mao Zedong
13. Oh Eun Sun (South Korea)
14. S & P BSE 500 Shariah Index
15. Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013