14 May Gk Quiz

1. Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami was executed in which of the following countries recently?
1) China
2) Afghanistan
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
5) Turkey 

3) Bangladesh

2. The Supreme Court allowed the Income Tax Department recently to reopen a case against who among the following pertaining to his income for the assessment year 2001-02?
1) Shahrukh Khan
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Azim Premji
5) NR Narayana Murthy

2) Amitabh Bachchan

3. The Supreme Court recently struck down which of the following regulations imposed by the TRAI on telecom operators?
1) Penalty for call drops
2) Penalty for slow data speed
3) Free upgradation from 3G to 4G
4) Free SIM cards to BPL families
5) None of these 

1) Penalty for call drops

4. President Dilma Rousseff was recently suspended from her office to face impeachment trial in
1) Philippines
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Brazil
5) South Africa

4) Brazil

5. _________ is the sole Indian (ranked 33rd) in Forbes’ list of ‘Money Masters: The Most Powerful People In The Financial World’ topped by Stephen Schwarzman.
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Kumar Mangalam Birla
4) Dilip Shanghvi
5) Uday Kotak

5) Uday Kotak

6. The govt of which country has decided to close Dadaab refugee camp, often referred to as the world’s largest camp?
1) Kenya
2) South Africa
3) Greece
4) Turkey
5) Tunisia

1) Kenya

7. Which of the following oil exporting countries recently ended free shipping of crude oil to India and asked refiners to arrange for freight?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iran
3) Iraq

4) Kuwait
5) UAE

2) Iran

8. The central Asian state leaders recently inaugurated the Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) transmission line near Dushanbe in
1) Kyrgyz Republic
2) Afghanistan
3) Pakistan
4) Tajikistan
5) None of these

4) Tajikistan

 9. As per the recent WHO report, Delhi is no more the most polluted city in the world. The most polluted city in the world is
1) Beijing, China
2) Xintai, China
3) Allahabad, India
4) Gwalior, India
5) Zabol, Iran

5) Zabol, Iran

10. The Union Cabinet recently approved a pact between Sebi and Financial Services Regulatory Authority, its counterpart from
1) UAE
2) Singapore
3) Venezuela
4) Thailand
5) Cambodia

1) UAE