General Awareness Quiz –2/27/15

1. Soil Health Card Scheme is launched in which state?
Ans- Rajasthan
2. ___ & ___ join hands to provide specialised health and personal accident insurance
Ans- Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) & Apollo Munich Health Insurance
3. Recently appointed US Special Envoy for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications
Ans- Rashad Hussain
4. Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz who died recently was a
Ans- Urdu Poet
5. Manorama Dobriyal Sharma Rajya Sabha MP who died recently belongs to which state?
Ans- Uttarakhand
6. Newly Appointed independent director on the board of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
Ans- ex-IAS officer Maheshwar Sahu
7. Who was Recently appointed as Sri Lanka’s Army chief?
Ans- Chrishantha de Silva
8. India signs 50 Million dollars loan agreement with ADB to boost power generation capacity in which state
Ans- Assam
9. Eminent Odia filmmaker who passed away recently?
Ans- Nirad Mahapatra
10. India and _______ held first-ever bilateral dialogue on United Nations?
Ans United States
11. Which Country passed law to ban commercial surrogacy for foreigners
Ans- Thailand
12. Tropical cyclones Marcia and Lam recently hit which country?
Ans- Australia
13.______ has recently acquired the US-based mobile wallet startup LoopPay
Ans- Samsung Electronics Co
14. Krishi Karman Award are given in which field?
Ans- foodgrains production.
15. Recently appointed director of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre
Ans- Tapan Misra