General Awareness Quiz

Q1. India’s Lopamudra Raut was the second runner-up at Miss United Continents 2016. The crown was won by Jeslyn Santos from--------?

(a) Thailand

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) Vietnam

(e) Philippines

Q2. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management has appointed __________ as the asset management company for the creation and launch of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

(a) Canara Robeco AMC

(b) ICICI Prudential AMC

(c) BOI AXA AMC

(d) BNP Paribas AMC

(e) None of the above

Q3. Name the India’s Squash player, who defeat Jordan’s Mohammad Al-Sarraj to won the U-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently? 

(a) Deepika Pallikal

(b) Mayaram Singh

(c) PV Balaji

(d) Velavan Senthilkumar

(e) Shashi Nath

Q4. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on which Insurance Company for violations of various norms?

(a) Life Insurance Corporation

(b) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(c) SBI Life Insurance Company

(d) Bharti AXA Life Insurance 

(e) None of the above

Q5. Supervisory powers of RRBs have been vested with?

(a) Competition Commission of India

(b) Small industrial Bank of India

(c) Reserve Bank of India

(d) NABARD

Q6. Pawan Chamling is the fifth and incumbent chief minister of which of the following Indian states?

(a) Assam

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Mizoram

(d) Tripura

(e) Sikkim

Q7. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam in which of the following state?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Gujarat

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q8. Which of the following scheme/programme  is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women?

(a) ABLA Scheme 

(b) SABLA scheme

(c) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

(d) Udaan programme

(e) None of the above

Q9. World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27th September Since 1980 to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value. The theme of this year (2016) is...... ............?

(a) Tourism and People - celebrated universal accessibility 

(b) Tourism for all - promoting universal accessibility 

(c) National and International Tourism

(d) People are aware for Tourism

(e) None of the above

Q10. Name the Indian leader, who address 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, USA.

(a) Sushma Swaraj

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Arun Jaitley

(d) Suresh Prabhu

(e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q11. The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the four day Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela – 2016, in which city?

(a) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Darbhanga, Bihar

(c) Nagpur, Maharashtra

(d) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

(e) Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Q12. The Reserve Bank has given approval to how much amount to cash credit limit (CCL) for purchasing paddy in poll-bound Punjab?

(a) Rs 80,000-crore 

(b) Rs 26,000-crore 

(c) Rs 50,000-crore 

(d) Rs 20,000-crore 

(e) Rs 10,000-crore 

Q13. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his _________ Union Budget 2016-2017. With an eye on supporting the small tax-payer and the small investor, the Minister announced a slew of schemes, and income tax exemptions.

(a) Fifth

(b) Tenth

(c) First

(b) Second

(e) Third

Q14. Bulgaria is a Balkan nation with diverse terrain encompassing Black Sea coastline, rivers, including the Danube, and a mountainous interior. What is the currency of Bulgaria?

(a) Euro

(b) Rev

(c) Taka

(d) Ruble

(e) None of the above

Q15. The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it, The World Day Against Child Labour is?

(a) June 21

(b) June 05

(c) June 12

(d) June 28

(e) June 04