General Awareness Test (May - 15) - Set 5

ANSWER: United States

Explanation:
Barack Obama debuted on Social Media Platform Twitter with @POTUS account. He beat the previous record, which was set in April 2014 by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., after the actor reached a million followers in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

ANSWER: Astra

Explanation:
Astra is India’s first beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) that is capable of engaging its target at ranges of 37 km or beyond. It has operational range of 60km. The all-weather missile has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

ANSWER: Assam

Explanation:
In the proposed Joint Venture, a PSU of Department of Fertilizers namely Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Government of Assam and Oil India Limited (another PSU) shall have 11%, 11% and 26% equity holding respectively and balance 52% by private/public sector entity(ies) which would be inducted through a competitive bidding process.

ANSWER: Australia

Explanation:
The three-month show features 101 paintings done between the 17th and 19th centuries, and is the first major initiative under a recently-inked pact on culture between India and Australia.

ANSWER: O. Paneerselvam

Explanation:
Mr. Paneerselvam tendered his resignation as Chief Minister. After that, the Governor invited Ms. Jayalalitha to form the new government. Later in the day, Ms. Jayalalithaa met the Governor and handed over the list of ministers with portfolios.

ANSWER: 57

Explanation:
The 57-member bank announced that it would be operational by the end of this year. The announcement came after the conclusion of '5th Chief Negotiators' Meeting on Establishing the AIIB', in Singapore. China, with a share of 100 billion dollar is likely take a 25-30 percent stake in the AIIB while India, with a likely share between 10 to 15 percent could be the second-largest shareholder. In all, Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the assets of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.

ANSWER: Kerala High Court

Explanation:
The court's judgement came on 22nd May’15 in a case relating to the arrest of a man by Kerala Police's special squad suspecting him of being a Maoist. The court said, though the political ideology of Maoists would not synchronise with our constitutional polity, being a Maoist is no crime.

ANSWER: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Explanation:
The golden jubilee celebration of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s two works – “Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaye” and “Parshuram ki Pratiksha” were inaugurated by Narendra Modi at a function held at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on 22nd May 2015.

ANSWER: CSIR-IIP

Explanation:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) using an environmentally benign green process with economic efficiency, has developed a nano catalyst which directly converts benzene to phenol in presence of air in a continuous process with very high selectivity.

ANSWER: Benjamin Netanyahu

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Lithuania

Explanation:
Lithuania topped the list and it is followed by Latvia, Russia, US, South Africa, UK, Hungary, Bulgaria, Panama and Colombia. India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries.

ANSWER: Tata Power

Explanation:
Private sector electricity producer Tata Power will move out of the stock market benchmark index Sensex and will be replaced by drugmaker Lupin.

ANSWER: Mumbai Indians

Explanation:
Mumbai Indians won the final match of IPL 8 and clinched the title.

ANSWER: A Beautiful Mind

Explanation:
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. His theories were used in economics, evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence, accounting, politics and military theory.

ANSWER: Snapdeal

Explanation:
The strategy to tie-up with e-commerce sites also highlights the bank’s new strategy to keep in check the non-performing assets (NPA) in the SME sector by giving loans to sellers with good market access.

ANSWER: Gujarat

Explanation:
ZTEsoft is a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, the largest public telecom equipment manufacturer in China. ZTEsoft and the Gujarat Government will work jointly to find the target city/area to be converted into a smart city.

ANSWER: Pawan Goenka

Explanation:
He is Honorary Ambassador for Korea and will promote economic ties between India and Korea and advise corporate India on potential investment opportunities in South Korea.

ANSWER: Masaan

Explanation:
Massan directed by Neeraj Ghaywan.

ANSWER: Dheepan

Explanation:
Dheepan movie was directed by Jacques Audiard.

ANSWER: Twentieth

Explanation:
The report reviewed the current laws dealing with custody and guardianship and came up with draft legislative amendments in the form of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Guardians and Wards (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 and the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 respectively.

ANSWER: Uttar Pradesh

Explanation:
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated the UP Film Bandhus’s Website and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a film city.

ANSWER: Indian Woman Cricket Team

Explanation:
A Contract system for international Women cricketers was proposed. It was also proposed to have more international fixtures for the Indian women’s cricket team.

ANSWER: Three

Explanation:
Savita (50kg), Mandeep Sandhu (52kg) and Sakshi (54kg) struck gold for the country, while Soniya (48kg) and Niharika Gonella (70kg) settled for silver medals.

ANSWER: Ranjit Singh Baxi

Explanation:
Ranjit Singh Baxi is a Founder Chairman of J&H Sales (International) Ltd, a major European exporter of recovered fibre to the Far East. He succeeds Bjorn Grufman. Earlier he was appointed as the Treasurer.

ANSWER: DD Kisan

Explanation:
The 24-hour channel will air information on farmer-related issues. The government has made it a must carry channel making it mandatory for cable and Direct to Home, DTH operators to provide it to their subscribers.

ANSWER: Saal Ek Shuruat Anek

Explanation:
Such events will be organised in all the 30 capitals and sixty cities during the next one month. He said, 345 mobile vans will be deployed for the campaign.

ANSWER: West Bengal

Explanation:
Ms. Mamata Banerjee will present Nazrul awards to eminent personalities of different fields. The day is also being observed at Churulia in Burdwan District, the birth place of the poet.

ANSWER: 3.9%

Explanation:
The government has exuded confidence that it will contain the modest target of fiscal deficit at 3.9 percent.

ANSWER: Ashok Kumar Gupta

Explanation:
Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta, 1981batch-Tamilnadu Cadre was special secretary in the Department of Defence Production. He took over as the new Secretary, (Defence Production), succeeding Shri G Mohan Kumar.

ANSWER: G Mohan Kumar

Explanation:
Shri G Mohan Kumar took over as the new Defence Secretary, succeeding Shri RK Mathur, who laid down office on 24th May 15.

ANSWER: South Korea

Explanation:
The significance of the WEF 2015 is in that it seeks to focus the efforts of the nations on access, equity and inclusion, quality and learning outcomes within a lifelong learning approach, which recognizes education as key to achieve development and poverty reduction.

ANSWER: 98.5%

Explanation:
The banks, in this small mountainous state with a meagre population of little over six lakhs, have been successful not only in opening new accounts but also in mobilizing handsome balance in the accounts so opened.

ANSWER: Bangladesh

Explanation:
It has been announced by the Home Minister Rajnath Singh that India and Bangladesh will soon sign an agreement on Teesta water sharing issue.

ANSWER: Lt. Gen Nirbhay Sharma

Explanation:
Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt.Gen Nirbhay Sharma was sworn in as the new Governor of Mizoram. Guwahati High Court Judge Justice T Vaiphei administered him the oath of office at a solemn ceremony in Raj Bhawan Dubar Hall attended by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and his cabinet colleagues.

ANSWER: Kumar Sangakkara

Explanation:
He is the former Sri Lankan captain.

ANSWER: Kapil Dev

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Ajinkya Rahane

Explanation:
The CEAT awards honour the best of the cricketers based on their performances in international cricketing in all formats - Test, ODI and T20 - as rated by the CEAT Cricket ratings (CCR) for the year 2014 – 2015.

ANSWER: Delhi

Explanation:
The decision was taken keeping in view the security and safety of commuters, especially women. The GPS devices will be available from Driving Licence Appointment and Payment System (DIMTS).

ANSWER: Manoj Mishra

Explanation:
He is currently serving as the Director (Finance) at State Trading Corporation (STC).

ANSWER: 15%

Explanation:
The latest wage revision is effective from November 1, 2012. The Reserve Bank of India has given an in-principle approval to banks for allowing holidays on every second and fourth Saturdays of a month.