General awareness : .One word questions - 110

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Mustafa kamal : the only bangladeshi who touched worldcup
351)Second highest mountain in India Nanda Devi is situated in which state	- Uttarakhand
352)Headquarters of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)	- Vienna, Austria
353)Ing vysa insurance new name	Exide Life insurance.
354)Bank sale insurance -	Bancassurance.
355)Which among the following is the Partner of SBI Life Insurance -	BNP Paribas
356)Which is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market -	General Insurance Corporation of India.
357)The Accidental Insurance cover provided under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is how much	– Rs. 1 lakh.
358)UIIC's largest shareholder -	Central government.
359)Minimum capital for Health insurance -	100 crore.
360)IRDA is a -	statutary body.
361)Chairman of LIC	-SK Roy.
362)Tagline of Oriental Insurance Company Limited	Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas
363)Headoffice of Oriental Insurance Company Limited	-New Delhi.
364)How many public Sector Insurance Company	-6.
365)Tagline of SBI Life Insurance Company Limited	-With Us,you're sure.
366)Who ia an Actuary	-expertise in the field of Economics,Statistics and Mathematics.
367)Headoffice of General Insurance Company	Mumbai.
368) In an important event in Nigerian history, who became the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in country, as announced on 31 March 2015	– Muhammadu Buhari.
369) What is the name of the first direct container vessel from India to Qatar which arrived at Doha on 31 March 2015 as part of a non-stop service launched to facilitate swift trade between the two countries	– M.S. Convent.
370) What was India’s external debt stood as on 31 December 2014 according to the data released by the Finance Ministry on 31 March 2015	– $462 billion.
371) What is the name of the controversial bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly on 31 March 2015 which empowers law enforcing authorities to intercept and record phone calls as evidence and gives them other contentious powers	– Gujarat Control of Organized Crime Bill (GUJCOC).
372) Which district of Japan on 31 March 2015 became the first-ever district in the country to recognise same-sex partnerships as the equivalent of a marriage by passing a landmark vote	– Shibuya.
373) What will be the name of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as approved by the Cabinet of the state on 1 April 2015	–“Amaravathi”.
374) Which state government on 1 April 2015 launched the ambitious “Aahar” cheap meal scheme for providing subsidised food to urban poor	– Odisha.
375) Who took over as India’s first-ever Cyber Security Chief (CSC) on 1 April 2015	–Gulshan Rai.
376) The amalgamation scheme of which two private sector banks came into effect on 1 April 2015 after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave its approval for their merger	– Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank.
377) Who was the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) who resigned from the post on 1 April 2015 alleging widespread constitutional violations by the governing body	– Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh).
378) The State Bank of India (SBI) on 31 March 2015 announced plans to divest 10% stake in its life insurance arm SBI Life. Which foreign financial entity is the minority partner in SBI Life	– BNP Paribas Cardif (France).
379) What is the name of the Islamist militant group that stormed into a university campus in Kenya on 2 April 2015 and took Christian students hostage resulting in death of at least 15 persons	– Al Shabaab.
380) What was the total foreign fund inflow into India by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) during 2014-15 that was the highest annual FII investment in Indian capital markets	– Around Rs. 2.7 lakh crore.
381) Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal was officially crowned as No. 1 woman Badminton player in the world on 2 April 2015. She replaced which Chinese player from top spot	– Li Xuerui.
382) PepsiCo India on 3 April 2015 commissioned first phase of its largest beverage plant at which place	– Sri City (Andhra Pradesh)
383) In one of the biggest doping scandals in recent years in India, as many as 21 athletes were suspended on 4 April 2015 on charges on doping. These sportspersons are associated with which sporting discipline	– Weightlifting.
384) Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Peru on 2 April 2015 to replace Ana Jara, who was thrown out of office by Congress on corruption charges	– Pedro Cateriano.
385) What is the name of the Alabama (US) inmate who was set free on 3 April 2015 after serving almost 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling	– Anthony Ray Hinton.
386) Malli Mastan Babu whose death came to prominence recently, was associated with which discipline	–Mountaineering.
387) Who is poised to become the first player of Indian origin to feature in a National Basketball Association (NBA) team of US as reported during April 2015	– Sim Bhullar.
388) What is the code name given to the operation to rescue Indians stranded in Yemen being undertaken which involves Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Air India as major partners	– Operation Rahat.
389) What is the name of the ship of the Indian Navy which rescued 441 people from Yemen, including foreign nationals, to Djibouti on 5 April 2015	– INS Mumbai.
390) Super Typhoon Maysak struck which sparsely populated country in the east of the Philippines on 4 April 2015 resulting in death of 9 people	– Federated States of Micronesia.
391) Which entity becomes the first public sector undertaking (PSU) to hit the market in fiscal year 2015-16 with its disinvestment taking place on 8 April 2015	– Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).
392) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 7 April 2015 gave which far-reaching order pertaining to plying of vehicles in Delhi	– It banned all diesel vehicles over ten years old from playing on Delhi roads.
393) RBI presented its first bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review on 7 April 2015 and kept all primary rates, including the Repo Rate, unchanged. What is the estimated GDP growth rate proposed to be achieved by RBI during fiscal year 2015-16	–7.8%.
394) Union Govt. has planned which step to promote the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), which was re-launched during November 2014	– It has roped in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to sell KVP certificates.
395) Which PSU sector bank on 7 April 2015 signed an agreement with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to provide insurance cover to its savings account holders under the Prime Minister’s Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme	–Dena Bank.
396) MUDRA Bank, an ambitious initiative to provide boost to India’s micro and small business entities, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a programme held in New Delhi on 8 April 2015. What is the full expansion of the term MUDRA	–Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency.
397) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) completed how many years of its operations during April 2015	– 25 years.
398) Which leading online retail company acquired mobile transactions platform FreeCharge as announced by the company on 8 April 2015	– Snapdeal.
399) Which US state on 7 April 2015 became the first one in the country to impose a ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure	– Kansas.
400) Among other agreements signed between India and France on 10 April 2015, an important agreement was struck on both the countries proceeding forward on the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra. This nuclear project involves which Indian and French firms?	– Larsen & Toubro (India) and Areva (France).