General Awareness: Quiz on persons resigned (Set-4)

1.Union Rail Minister Dinesh Trivedi, tendered his resignation on______________to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

a) 20 January 2013
b) 01 September 2012
c) 16 May 2012
d) 18 March 2012

The correct answer is d) 18 March 2012

2. ____________ resigned as media advisor to Prime Minister ManmohanSingh after Pankaj Pachauri was appointed as Communication Advisor in
the PMO.

a) Nitin Gadkari
b) BS Yeddyyurappa
c) Arjun Munda
d) Harish Khare

The correct answer is d) Harish Khare

3.Italy's Silvio Berlusconi resigned as ___________ after losingparliamentary majority due to his unsuccessful handling of the
financial crisis.

a) Prime Minister
b) Chief Minister
c) Home Minister
d) Finance Minister

The correct answer is a) Prime Minister

4.Calcutta judge Soumitra Sen on ________________resigned ahead of the
impeachment process in Lok Sabha scheduled to be held on 5 & 6
September.

a) 1 September 2011
b) 20 January 2013
c) 01 September 2012
d) 16 May 2012

The correct answer is a)1September 2011

5. BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister on______________thereby ending his 38 months stint in office.

a) 20 January 2013
b) 01 September 2012
c) 16 May 2012
d) 31 July 2011

The correct answer is d) 31 July 2011