Daily gk Doze : 6th May

1. The 63rd National Film Awards were presented by the president Pranab Mukherjee recently. Who was conferred the Best Director award this year?

a) Anand L Rai (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

b) Shoojit Sircar (Piku)

c) SS Rajamouli (Baahubali: The Beginning)

d) Kabir Khan (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)

e) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)...........E

2. India will organise a cultural festival in which of the following countries to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore?

a) France

b) Papua New Guinea

c) Egypt

d) Mauritius

e) Suriname...................C

3. The govt has made it mandatory for mobile manufacturers to add in-built global positioning system (GPS) in all phones from

a) Dec 2016

b) Jan 2017

c) Apr 2017

d) Dec 2017

e) Jan 2018...............E

4. The Railway Ministry has decided to create a _________ fund named Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh to strengthen safety measures.

a) Rs 10,000-cr

b) Rs 25,000-cr

c) Rs 50,000-cr

d) Rs 90,000-cr

e) Rs 1 lakh-cr...............E

5. The govt on 25 Apr banned the import of some electronic items, specific mobile phones, milk and milk products and some steel products from

a) China

b) Taiwan

c) Nepal

d) South Korea

e) Thailand.................A

6. Which state government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on the lines of Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan in July-August 2016?

a) Madhya Pradesh Government

b) Haryana Government

c) Punjab Government

d) Bihar Government..................A

7. Name the Indian State that in May 2016 won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.

a) Haryana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Punjab.................B

8. Name the e-enabled application that was launched by Indian railways for proper monitoring of all the Railway projects throughout the country.

a) Project Management & Information System

b) Project Monitoring System

c) Project Maintenance System

d) None of These................A

9. Union Minister of State Piyush Goyal on 4 May 2016 launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’ portal for which public sector undertaking?

a) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

b) Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)

c) Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI)

d) Coal India Limited (CIL).................D

10. Name the country that on 4 May 2016 gave its in-principle approval to Reliance Power for its first phase of 750-MW gas-based power project.

a) Nepal

b) Israel

c) Bangladesh

d) Nigeria....................C