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GK Quiz

Ques.1 Who is going to be named as the consultant of the Australian team for the Bangladesh tour of Australia 2015 and Name the country of which he belong?
Answer.  S. Sriram, India from Chennai

Ques. 2 The first prototype of a 'hybrid vacuum toilet' has installed in a train on a trial run . The prototype, consists of a custom designed vacuum toilet adapted from a commercially available vacuum toilet that is used in aircraft. Name the train in which it is installed?
Answer.Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Train 

Ques. 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th September said that his government would ensure availability of electricity at every home in the country by which year?
Answer. 2022

Ques. 4 The NDA government is considering changes to which Act to make it easier to deal with cases of cyber crime. Also,in which year the particular act was framed?
Answer. Evidence Act. Indian Evidence Act was framed in 1872.

Ques. 5 Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2015-16?
Answer. P.V. Chandran

Ques. 6 Name the country which was in news as their PM quoted these lines: “We have hearts, but we also have heads.” Also name the Prime Minister of the above mentioned country.
Answer. Croatia and PM is Zoran Milanovi

Ques. 7 Which country  allowed its military to fight abroad for the first time since World War 2? After how many years they have allowed this?
Answer. Japan. Japanese troops fight abroad for the first time in 70 years.

Ques. 8 The Central Government hiked import duty on edible oil by how many precent?
Answer. By 5 per cent

Ques. 9   Vice-President Hamid Ansari on 18th September signed how many memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Laos, Bounyang Vorachith in the Presidential Palace Ho Kham. Also, tell the memorandums of understandings were related with?
Answer. 2 Mou's were signed.
a) Air services agreement — allowing airlines to start a direct flight between the two countries. 
b) Agreement for three ‘quick impact projects’ in the agriculture sector. 

Ques. 10 Taxi hailing platform Uber is expanding its partnership with which company to reach up to 50 cities globally, including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Noida.

Answer. SafetiPin, a map-based mobile safety app.