G.K Pointers For AAO And SIDBI

G.K Pointers For AAO And SIDBI

1.Professional networking platform LinkedIn appointed whom  as Country Manager for India, with immediate effect. India has one of the largest userbase for LinkedIn, which has more than 400 million members globally?

Answers:Akshay Kothari

2.Nokia Corporation on 5 January 2015 announced that it completed the regulatory formalities for acquiring the French telecom equipment company Alca-Lucent,The deal, worth ?

Answers:15.6 billion euro

3.Who was elected as Chairman of General Motors (GM) Board of Directors with immediate effect?

Answers:Mary Barra

4.British writer who won on 4 January 2016 won the novel-of-the-year prize at Britain's Costa Book Awards 2015?

Answers: Kate Atkinson

5.State election commissioner (SEC) Ashok Kumar Chauhan on 4 January 2016 announced that toilets will be mandatory requirement for eligibility to contest panchayat elections in which state?

Answers: Bihar

6.India-Nepal Bus Service on 4 January 2016 resumed after a gap of how many years ?

Answers: 27 years

7.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the annual Indian Science Congress (ISC) at University of Mysore campus in Karnataka on Sunday. Theme of this edition (103rd) of the ISC is?

Answers: "Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India"

8.UN official who has worked in refugee and political affairs in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began his five-year term as UN High Commissioner for Refugees,who is he?

Answer: Filippo Grandi

9.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on 3 January 2015 won the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament,ONGC defeated ?

Answer: Indian Railways

10.Indian cricket star as brand ambassador for the disease awareness campaign 'Changing Diabetes' initiated by it in India,who is he?

Answer:Sachin Tendulkar