General Awareness Questions 24/12/2015

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Ques. : 1 The United Nations (UN) annually observes the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Dec
3) 3 Dec
4) 4 Dec
5) 5 Dec 

Answer:- 5) 5 Dec

Ques. : 2 The 44th Navy Day was observed recently on which day? It commemorates the start of Operation Trident during the India-Pakistan War of 1971.
1) 2 Dec
2) 4 Dec
3) 5 Dec
4) 6 Dec
5) 7 Dec
Answer:- 2) 4 Dec

Ques. : 3 The committee on the goods and services tax (GST) has recommended a revenue neutral rate range of 17-18 per cent for the proposed GST. The committee was headed by Chief Economic Advisor
1) Arvind Subramanian
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Arvind Subramanian

Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the current Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change?
1) Venkaiah Naidu
2) Nirmala Sitharaman
3) Ravi Shankar Prasad
4) Piyush Goyal
5) Prakash Javadekar
Answer:- 5) Prakash Javadekar

Ques. : 5 The RBI revised priority sector lending (PSL) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) recently. Now, what per cent of RRBs’ outstanding advances should be for PSL?
1) 25 per cent
2) 40 per cent
3) 50 per cent
4) 70 per cent
5) 75 per cent
Answer:- 5) 75 per cent

Ques. : 6 Which of the following is NOT an associated bank of the State Bank of India (SBI) at present?
1) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 7 Ashwani Kumar is the present CMD of which of the following public sector banks? The bank is likely to issue 65 cr shares to bring down govt’s stake to 52 per cent.
1) Canara Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Dena Bank
Answer:- 5) Dena Bank

Ques. : 8 Chinese President Xi Jinping announced what amount of assistance and loans for Africa at a summit in Johannesburg recently?
1) $20-bn
2) $40-bn
3) $50-bn
4) $60-bn
5) $80-bn
Answer:- 4) $60-bn

Ques. : 9 A general decline in prices, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit is termed as
1) inflation
2) deflation
3) recession
4) stagflation
5) retardation
Answer:- 2) deflation

Ques. : 10 In a landmark change, the central govt is set to begin direct transfer of cash into farmers’ accounts, instead of physical procurement of ________ from wholesale markets.
1) pulse
2) wheat
3) cotton
4) maize
5) paddy
Answer:- 3) cotton

Ques. : 1 The RBI revised rules regarding priority sector lending for RRBs recently. As of Mar 2015, there are ______ RRBs operating in the country.
1) 51
2) 52
3) 56
4) 62
5) 81
Answer:- 3) 56

Ques. : 2 The manned electric aircraft RX1E was given a licence for production in which of the following countries recently? The aircraft can operate for around 45-60 minutes on one full charge.
1) Switzerland
2) Sweden
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) China
Answer:- 5) China

Ques. : 3 The name of Kidambi Srikanth is associated with which of the following games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Table tennis
5) Snooker
Answer:- 2) Badminton

Ques. : 4 Which of the following teams won the title of Hockey World League Final at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium, Raipur recently?
1) Netherlands
2) India
3) Belgium
4) Australia
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 4) Australia

Ques. : 5 The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led Indian delegation for ‘Heart of Asia’ 5th Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan held on Dec 9 in
1) Kabul
2) Tehran
3) Shanghai
4) Tokyo
5) Islamabad
Answer:- 5) Islamabad

Ques. : 6 ___________ has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment into India during the first half of the current fiscal. India got FDI of $6.69-bn from Singapore during Apr to Sep.
1) US
2) Netherlands
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) China
Answer:- 3) Singapore

Ques. : 7 A high-intensity earthquake (7.2 magnitude) hit which of the following Central Asian countries on 6 Dec?
1) Tajikistan
2) Kazakhstan
3) Turkmenistan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Turkmenistan
Answer:- 1) Tajikistan

Ques. : 8 Storm Desmond hit which of the following countries recently bringing heavy rain and strong wind?
1) US
2) UK
3) Mexico
4) Japan
5) Philippines
Answer:- 2) UK

Ques. : 9 The Armed forces Flag Day is celebrated every year on
1) 1 Dec
2) 3 Dec
3) 5 Dec
4) 7 Dec
5) 9 Dec
Answer:- 4) 7 Dec

Ques. : 10 Name the 14 day long joint Army exercise between India and Russia which concluded in Rajasthan recently.
1) Yudh Abhyas
2) Surya Kiran
3) Nomadic Elephant
4) Indra
5) Mithra Shakti
Answer:- 4) Indra8

Ques. : 1 _________ became the first state of India to join the Union Govt’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) recently.
1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka 
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Bihar
Answer:- 1) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. : 2 Alexis Tsipras is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? The country approved the 2016 budget amid economic recession recently.
1) Greece
2) Portugal
3) Egypt
4) Denmark
5) Spain
Answer:- 1) Greece

Ques. : 3 ________ sent the first uranium consignment of 250 tonnes to India for its nuclear power reactors recently. A civil nuclear deal is signed between the two countries.
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) Japan
4) UK
5) Australia
Answer:- 2) Canada

Ques. : 4 The AIA Group Ltd (AIA) announced to increase its shareholding in life insurance joint venture with which of the following companies from the current level of 26 per cent to 49 per cent?
1) Reliance Group
2) Bharti Insurance
3) Tata Group
4) Birla Group
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Tata Group

Ques. : 5 One of the sections of a financial market where securities and financial instruments with short-term maturities are traded is called the
1) super market
2) closed market
3) open market
4) capital market
5) money market
Answer:- 5) money market

Ques. : 6 The newly launched IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major to use its BaNCS system for bank’s core banking solutions?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) HCL
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) Tata Consultancy Services

Ques. : 7 Who won 2015 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently?
1) Tommy Sugiarto
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Chen Long
4) Simon Santoso
5) Tontowi Ahmad
Answer:- 1) Tommy Sugiarto

Ques. : 8 The govt introduced a bill in Lok Sabha recently that seeks to enhance pay eligibility limit of an employee for bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to _________ per month.
1) Rs 12,000
2) Rs 15,000
3) Rs 18,000
4) Rs 21,000
5) Rs 25,000
Answer:- 4) Rs 21,000

Ques. : 9 The legislature of which state became the first in the country to launch an online mechanism for its members to send questions and move different motions in the House recently?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 5) Maharashtra

Ques. : 10 India currently has 21 power reactors in operation and its nuclear generating capacity, currently, is
1) 5,800 MWe
2) 6,400 MWe
3) 7,850 MWe
4) 21,5000 MWe
5) 27,500 MWe
Answer:- 1) 5,800 MWe

Ques. : 1 India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) promise to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by _______, from the 2005 level.
1) 2020
2) 2025
3) 2030
4) 2035
5) 2040
Answer:- 3) 2030

Ques. : 2 Which of the following private banks of India has announced to mobilize $5 bn towards climate finance by 2020 to help India meet its target of INDCs?
1) Federal Bank
2) IDFC Bank
3) Yes Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) ICICI Bank
Answer:- 3) Yes Bank

Ques. : 3 Who among the following represented India at the ‘Heart of Asia’ Summit on Afghanistan held recently in Islamabad?
1) Shushma Swaraj
2) VK Singh
3) Arun Jaitley
4) Rajnath Singh
5) Vainkaiya Naidu
Answer:- 1) Shushma Swaraj

Ques. : 4 Which two new teams have joined the IPL bandwagon for its ninth session scheduled from Apr 9 to May 29 in 2016?
1) Pune and Patna
2) Ranchi and Rajkot
3) Pune and Rajkot
4) Patna and Ranchi
5) Lucknow and Jaipur
Answer:- 3) Pune and Rajkot

Ques. : 5 New Zealand formally became a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) recently. The capital city of New Zealand is
1) Canberra
2) Vienna
3) Munich
4) Geneva
5) Wellington
Answer:- 5) Wellington

Ques. : 6 Name the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who is conferred with Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award to recognise his achievements in a foreign country.
1) Sonu Panda
2) Ajay Vikas Goyal
3) Anurag Jain
4) Frank Islam
5) Sonny Ganguly
Answer:- 4) Frank Islam

Ques. : 7 The airport developer Changi has been nominated for taking up the operations and management of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports. Changi is an airport developer of
1) South Korea
2) France
3) Japan
4) China
5) Singapore
Answer:- 5) Singapore

Ques. : 8 Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male Player of the Year Award recently?
1) Zheng Si Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Zhang Nan
4) Lee Chong Wei
5) Lin Dan
Answer:- 2) Chen Long

Ques. : 9 Who among the following bagged 2015 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Player of the Year Award recently?
1) Carolina Marin
2) Bao Yixin
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Zhao Yunlei
5) PV Sindhu
Answer:- 1) Carolina Marin

Ques. : 10 A mechanism known as ‘SETU’ has been set up by the govt to support all aspects of
1) bridge making
2) Internet Service Providers
3) Small and medium-sized enterprises
4) start-up businesses
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) start-up businesses

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