Daily General Knowledge Quiz with Answers: 17 Feb 2013

1. Who is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests?
[Category: Cricket GK]
[A] Ravi Shastri
[B] Alan Border
[C] Kapil Dev
[D] Gary Sobers


2. BEE is an agency of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the nation's 2001 Energy Conservation Act. What does BEE stands for?
[Category: UPSC GK]
[A] Bureau of Energy Enablement
[B] Bureau of Energy Efficiency
[C] Bureau of Environmental Energy
[D] Bureau of Enhanced Energy


3. Indian Ministry of Finance launched which scheme on February 15, 2011 to make banking facility available to all citizens and to get 5 crore accounts opened by Mar 2012?
[Category: Banking GK]
[A] Swabhiman
[B] Udisha
[C] Pooled Finance Development Fund Scheme
[D] National Social Assistance Scheme


4. Which Government agency/institution has the motto "Industry, Impartiality, Integrity"?
[Category: India GK]
[A] Research and Analysis Wing
[B] Delhi Police
[C] Central Bureau of Investigation
[D] Indian Army


5. How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh?
[Category: States GK]
[A] 63
[B] 75
[C] 79
[D] 82