This document contains 10 questions from a General Knowledge quiz with corresponding answers. The questions cover topics like NASA's InSight Mars lander mission, the winner of the 2014 Uber Cup badminton tournament, the new Chief Information Commissioner of India, directives for talking ATMs in India, the new Prime Minister of South Korea, India's indigenous runway visibility assessment system called Drishti, the Indian constituency with the highest voter turnout in the recent election, India's oldest living test cricketer Madhav Mantri who recently passed away, the Indian state with the highest number of TB patients according to a recent report, and the Indian state of origin of the youngest female climber to scale Mount Everest, Malavath P
This document contains 10 questions from a General Knowledge quiz with corresponding answers. The questions cover topics like NASA's InSight Mars lander mission, the winner of the 2014 Uber Cup badminton tournament, the new Chief Information Commissioner of India, directives for talking ATMs in India, the new Prime Minister of South Korea, India's indigenous runway visibility assessment system called Drishti, the Indian constituency with the highest voter turnout in the recent election, India's oldest living test cricketer Madhav Mantri who recently passed away, the Indian state with the highest number of TB patients according to a recent report, and the Indian state of origin of the youngest female climber to scale Mount Everest, Malavath P
This document contains 10 questions from a General Knowledge quiz with corresponding answers. The questions cover topics like NASA's InSight Mars lander mission, the winner of the 2014 Uber Cup badminton tournament, the new Chief Information Commissioner of India, directives for talking ATMs in India, the new Prime Minister of South Korea, India's indigenous runway visibility assessment system called Drishti, the Indian constituency with the highest voter turnout in the recent election, India's oldest living test cricketer Madhav Mantri who recently passed away, the Indian state with the highest number of TB patients according to a recent report, and the Indian state of origin of the youngest female climber to scale Mount Everest, Malavath P
2014- 05- 31 14:05:58 GKToday 1. The InSight is a NASAs unmanned lander mission designed t o probe on t he surf ace of ____? [A]Jupit er [B]Sat urn [C]Mars [D]Venus Mars InSight is an unmanned Mars lander mission planned f or launch in March 2016. The name st ands f or Int erior Explorat ion using Seismic Invest igat ions, Geodesy and Heat Transport . The mission object ive is t o place a st at ionary lander equipped wit h a seismomet er and heat f low probe on t he surf ace of Mars t o st udy it s early geological evolut ion. Show Answer 2. Which among t he f ollowing count ries has won t he 2014-Uber Cup t ournament ? [A]China [B]Pakist an [C]Japan [D]India China Chinas shut t lers hoist t he Uber cup af t er beat ing Japan 3-1 in t he f inal. This is Chinas 13t h Uber cup t it le. Show Answer 3. Who among t he f ollowing is t ook over as t he new Chief Inf ormat ion Commissioner in t he Cent ral Inf ormat ion Commissioner? [A]Rajiv Mat hur [B]Abhay Singh [C]Sat hish Chandra [D]Rakesh Sinha Rajiv Mathur Former IB chief Rajiv Mat hur t ook over as t he new Chief Inf ormat ion Commissioner in t he Cent ral Inf ormat ion Commission. Show Answer 4. Recent ly, t he RBI has direct ed all banks t o make all ATMs inst alled f rom ___ as t alking ATMs wit h Braille keypads. Fill t he blank wit h correct opt ion? [A]July 1, 2014 [B]July 1, 2015 [C]June 1, 2014 [D]June 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 Show Answer 5. Ahn Dai-Hee, has been named as new Prime Minist er of ____? [A]Nort h Korea [B]Nairobi [C]Sout h Korea [D]Egypt South Korea Sout h Korean President Park Geun-hye has named a f ormer Supreme Court judge as t he count rys new prime minist er. Ahns appoint ment comes in t he wake of f ormer premier Chung Hon-won announcing resignat ion over t he government response t o t he Sewon f erry disast er. Show Answer 6. What is t he name of Indias indigenously developed high-t ech runway visual range assessment syst em which is going t o inst all at various airport s of t he count ry? [A]Lakshya [B]Drisht i [C]Neela [D]Dragon Drishti Drisht i is t he name of Indias indigenously developed high-t ech runway visual range assessment syst em. The new syst em will be joint ly developed by CSIR- Nat ional Aerospace Laborat ories and India Met eorological Depart ment . Drisht i Transmissomet er is a visibilit y measuring syst em designed and developed t o cover lowest t o highest visibilit y levels aiding pilot s f or landing and t ake-of f . Show Answer 7. Which among t he f ollowing const it uencies has recorded highest vot er t urnout in t he recent ly concluded Lok Sabha elect ion? [A]Nagaland [B]Bishnupur [C]Dhubri [D]Kant hi Dhubri The Dhubri const it uency in Assam has recorded t he highest vot er t urnout at 88.22% f ollowed by Nagaland at 87.82. Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir regist ered t he lowest t urnout at 25.90%. Show Answer 8. Madhav Mant ri, who passed away recent ly, was Indias oldest ___? [A]Hockey Player [B]Foot ball Player [C]Cricket er [D]Tennis Player Cricketer Madhav Mant ri was Indias oldest living t est cricket er. An opening bat sman and a wicket -keeper, Mant ri played f our t est s f or India and represent ed Mumbai wit h dist inct ion. He also served as Indias chief select or in t he 1960s and was t he president of t he Mumbai Cricket Associat ion bet ween 1988 t o 1992. Show Answer 9. As per t he lat est report of t he Revised Nat ional TB Programme which st at e has highest TB pat ient s in t he count ry? [A]Ut t ar Pradesh [B]Maharasht ra [C]Ut t arakhand [D]Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Ut t arakhand has large number of people af f lict ed wit h t uberculosis, bot h in t he hills and in t he plains. A quart erly report of t he Revised Nat ional TB Programme Ut t arakhand has list ed t hat st at e has 3,389 TB pat ient s, of which over 1,300 are cases of f resh inf ect ion. Show Answer 10. Malavat h Purna who became t he youngest f emale climber t o scale t he Mount Everest belongs t o which st at e? [A]Karnat aka [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]Odisha [D]West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Malavat h Purna, a class IX st udent f rom Khammam dist rict of Andhra Pradesh became t he youngest f emale climber t o scale t he Mount Everest . Show Answer