27 FEBRUARY 2016 quiz

Ques. : 1 Vijay Mallya has been replaced by who among the following as the new chairman of the Diageo-controlled United Spirits (USL) recently?
1) MK Sharma
2) Dinesh K Sarraf
3) B Ashok
4) Gurdeep Singh
5) Ramesh Nair
Answer:- 1) MK Sharma

Ques. : 2 Lalita Babar has been named Sportsperson of the Year in India Sports Awards 2015. She is a
1) boxer
2) wrestler
3) archer
4) long-distance runner
5) triple jumper
Answer:- 4) long-distance runner



Ques. : 3 The public sector bank IDBI Bank has got Sebi’s nod to raise Rs 3,771 cr via QIP. The term QIP stands for
1) Qualified International Placement
2) Qualified Institutional Placement
3) Qualified Internal Placement
4) Qualified Introductory Placement
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Qualified Institutional Placement

Ques. : 4 The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu, has announced in the Railway Budget 2016-17 plans to set up an innovation committee headed by Ratan Tata which will be named
1) SUTRA
2) UDAY
3) Tejas
4) Vikalp
5) SMART
Answer:- 1) SUTRA

Ques. : 5 Ashwini Nangia has been appointed as the Director of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory which is situated at
1) Patna
2) Pune
3) Nasik
4) Bhopal
5) Chennai
Answer:- 2) Pune

Ques. : 6 Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been sworn-in as the new chief justice of the
1) Allahabad High Court
2) Karnataka High Court
3) Meghalaya High Court
4) Madras High Court
5) Patna High Court
Answer:- 3) Meghalaya High Court

Ques. : 7 The Govt has given its nod to $150-mn credit to which of the following countries for Chabahar Port?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) Iraq
4) Maldives
5) Iran
Answer:- 5) Iran

Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been named by the Nissan as its brand ambassador?
1) Virat Kohli
2) MS Dhoni
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Shikhar Dhawan
5) Ravindra Jadeja Answer:- 3) Rohit Sharma

Ques. : 9 The economic survey for 2015-16, prepared by the finance ministry's chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian, proposes widening tax net from 5.5% of earning individuals to more than
1) 08%
2) 10%
3) 12%
4) 15%
5) 20%
Answer:- 5) 20%

Ques. : 10 The Rail Minister, in the budget for 2016-17, has proposed a fully air-conditioned third AC service with an optional service for meals named
1) Yatri Express
2) Tejas
3) UDAY
4) Antyodaya Express
5) Humsafar
Answer:- 5) Humsafar

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