general Awareness Quiz 22/12/2015

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Ques. : 1 Mana Patel and Virdhawal Khade won best players’ award in 69th senior National Championships of which of the following sports recently?
1) Swimming
2) Boxing
3) Archery
4) Weightlifting
5) Wrestling 

Answer:- 1) Swimming

Ques. : 2 The DIPP announced that the eight core industries of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 3.2 per cent in Sep 2015. These eight core industries do not include
1) electricity
2) cement
3) fertilisers
4) refinery products
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 5) Other than those given as options

Ques. : 3 Which state govt approved a revised scheme to provide nutrition to pregnant and lactating women in the tribal areas recently? The scheme is named APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna.
1) Haryana
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 5) Maharashtra

Ques. : 4 One of India’s biggest food festival, the International Terra Madre or Slow Food festival, bringing in cuisine of indigenous tribes from nearly 60 countries, was held recently in
1) Gangtok
2) Shimla
3) Shillong
4) Chennai
5) Jaipur
Answer:- 3) Shillong

Ques. : 5 The committee on Bankruptcy Law Reforms has proposed an easy exit option for low-income individuals unable to repay debts. The committee was headed by
1) TK Viswanathan
2) Anil Goswami
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Hasmukh Adhia
5) Arvind Mayaram
Answer:- 1) TK Viswanathan

Ques. : 6 A rare tropical Cyclone Chapala slammed into _______ , recently, triggering heavy flooding and causing damage in coastal region of the war racked country.
1) Yemen
2) Syria
3) Iraq
4) Libya
5) Ukraine
Answer:- 1) Yemen

Ques. : 7 Who among the following will be the next Chief Justice of India? The current CJI HL Dattu will retire on Dec 2, 2015.
1) Jasti Chelameswar
2) Dipak Misra
3) TS Thakur
4) JS Khehar
5) Anil R Dave
Answer:- 3) TS Thakur

Ques. : 8 The UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Disarmament Committee adopted a draft resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear arms recently. The resolution was submitted by
1) India
2) Japan
3) Germany
4) France
5) US
Answer:- 2) Japan

Ques. : 9 Which of the following railway stations in the country became the first blind-friendly railway station in India recently?
1) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2) New Delhi, Delhi
3) Kochi, Kerala
4) Bengaluru, Karnataka
5) Mysuru, Karnataka
Answer:- 5) Mysuru, Karnataka

Ques. : 10 Who among the following becomes the chairman of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), the apex-level body constituted by the govt of India?
1) Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance
2) Finance Secretary
3) Governor Reserve Bank of India
4) Union Finance Minister
5) Chairman, SEBI
Answer:- 4) Union Finance Minister

Ques. : 1 Which country launched the first satellite, officially named Kosmos 2510 (Tundra 11L), for its newest early warning system, named EKS recently?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) US
5) France
Answer:- 2) Russia

Ques. : 2 The 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report recently. The Commission was headed by
1) Meena Agarwal
2) Rathin Roy
3) Vivek Rae
4) AK Mathur
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 4) AK Mathur

Ques. : 3 Which Indian city is all set to host the first International Qawwali Festival to be held from Feb 12-14 next year?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Lucknow
4) Jaipur
5) Delhi
Answer:- 5) Delhi

Ques. : 4 Chip-maker Intel’s rural digitisation programme ‘Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur’ started from Nadimpalle villlage in which state recently?
1) Telangana
2) Bihar
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha
Answer:- 1) Telangana

Ques. : 5 Tianhe-2 supercomputer of which country maintained its position as the world's most powerful system for the sixth consecutive time recently?
1) China
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Sweden
5) Norway
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 6 During his visit to which of the following countries, PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian-origin people in Wembley Stadium?
1) US
2) UK
3) Turkey
4) Malaysia
5) Singapore
Answer:- 2) UK

Ques. : 7 Sankaran Nair, who died, recently, was the former chief of
1) BSF
2) CRPF
3) RAW
4) CBI
5) NIA
Answer:- 3) RAW

Ques. : 8 __________was conferred with Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Champion honour by the United Nations recently.
1) Rajnath Singh
2) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
3) Kiren Rijiju
4) Nawaz Sharif
5) Sheikh Hasina
Answer:- 3) Kiren Rijiju

Ques. : 9 The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2015 recently. What is India’s overall ranking on the index?
1) 64
2) 81
3) 84
4) 108
5) 144
Answer:- 4) 108

Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries has topped the overall rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Report 2015?
1) Denmark
2) Sweden
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) Iceland
Answer:- 5) Iceland

Ques. : 1 The National Milk Day is observed on 26 Nov every year on the birth anniversary of
1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2) Veghese Kurien
3) MS Swaminathan
4) Norman Borlaug
5) Amrita Patel
Answer:- 2) Veghese Kurien

Ques. : 2 The first Constitution Day was observed recently on
1) 20 Nov
2) 21 Nov
3) 25 Nov
4) 26 Nov
5) 27 Nov
Answer:- 4) 26 Nov

Ques. : 3 India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile recently. The missile has a strike range of
1) 150 km
2) 350 km
3) 650 km
4) 2000 km
5) 3500 km
Answer:- 2) 350 km

Ques. : 4 Who among the following was appointed as the President of The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) recently?
1) Rana Kapoor
2) Sunil Kanoria
3) Ashish Chauhan
4) Aditya Puri
5) Naina Lal Kidwai
Answer:- 2) Sunil Kanoria

Ques. : 5 Which of the following state govts recently announced ban on sale of alcohol in the state from Apr 1, 2016?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Bihar
4) Maharashtra
5) Nagaland
Answer:- 3) Bihar

Ques. : 6 The AIBA is international governing body for which of the following sports?
1) Badminton
2) Boxing
3) Archery
4) Athletics
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 2) Boxing

Ques. : 7 Khekiho Zhimomi, who passed away recently, was the sitting Rajya Sabha MP from
1) Manipur
2) Nagaland
3) Mizoram
4) Assam
5) Tripura
Answer:- 2) Nagaland

Ques. : 8 Lisbon is the capital city of which of the following European countries?
1) Greece
2) Turkey
3) Spain
4) Portugal
5) Sweden
Answer:- 4) Portugal

Ques. : 9 Lee Hsien Loong is the present Prime Minister of which of the following countries? India and the country signed 10 agreements recently.
1) Thailand
2) Philippines
3) Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Cambodia
Answer:- 4) Singapore

Ques. : 10 Who among the following is the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in the present Cabinet?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Kalraj Mishra
3) Anant Geete
4) Radha Mohan Singh
5) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Answer:- 5) Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Ques. : 1 Antonio Costa, who has his paternal roots to Goa, became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
1) Greece
2) Turkey
3) Portugal
4) Cambodia
5) Sweden
Answer:- 3) Portugal

Ques. : 2 The Indian Navy commissioned the indigenous warship Kadmatt recently which is a(n)
1) Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette
2) Guided Missile Destroyer
3) Torpedo launch and recovery vessel
4) Fast Attack Warship
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 1) Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette

Ques. : 3 Which of the following is a term deposit account that can be maintained by NRIs and PIOs in foreign currency in India?
1) NRE
2) NRO
3) FCNR
4) All the above
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 3) FCNR

Ques. : 4 Aishath Bisam was appointed as the first woman Prosecutor General in which of the following countries recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Maldives
5) Iran
Answer:- 4) Maldives

Ques. : 5 The remote sensing satellite Yaogan-29 was launched onboard a Long March-4C rocket by which of the following countries recently?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) Philippines
4) China
5) Singapore
Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 6 The first ever day-night Test was held at the Adelaide Oval in Australia recently between which of the following teams?
1) Australia and New Zealand
2) Australia and West Indies
3) Australia and South Africa
4) England and South Africa
5) England and New Zealand
Answer:- 1) Australia and New Zealand

Ques. : 7 The South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise (SAADMEx) 2015 was held recently in
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Afghanistan
5) India
Answer:- 5) India

Ques. : 8 The World Robot Olympiad, 2015 was held in Doha, Qatar recently. The 2016 session of the Olympiad will be held in
1) New Delhi
2) Beijing
3) Tokyo
4) Seoul
5) Manila
Answer:- 1) New Delhi

Ques. : 9 The Barak-8 missile was successfully test fired by which of the following countries recently? The country has jointly developed the missile with India.
1) Russia
2) France
3) Israel
4) US
5) Sweden
Answer:- 3) Israel

Ques. : 10 Which of the following foreign banks operating in India announced recently to shut its private banking business in the country?
1) Citi Bank
2) HSBC
3) ABN Amro Bank
4) Deutsche Bank
5) Calyon Bank
Answer:- 2) HSBC

Ques. : 1 As per the new criterion for the RuPay debit card to avail of the in-built insurance cover, cardholders have to use the card within ____ days prior to claim the insurance claim.
1) 100
2) 90
3) 60
4) 45
5) 30
Answer:- 2) 90

Ques. : 2 The Union govt approved Rs 3,120 cr to 102 AMRUT cities recently. In the term AMRUT, letter ‘A’ denotes
1) Atal
2) Advani
3) Aam
4) Aadhar
5) Aawas
Answer:- 1) Atal

Ques. : 3 India successfully test-fired indigenously built nuclear-capable surface-to-surface, single-stage solid propellants-powered Agni-I missile which has a range of
1) 350 km
2) 700 km
3) 1500 km
4) 2500 km
5) 3500 km
Answer:- 2) 700 km

Ques. : 4 The first day-night Test match was held between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide recently. The colour of the ball used in the match was
1) pink
2) white
3) red
4) yellow
5) green
Answer:- 1) pink

Ques. : 5 Patricia Scotland will become the Commonwealth’s first woman Secretary General on 1 Apr 2016. She will take over from India’s
1) Vikas Swarup
2) Kamalesh Sharma
3) Sushma Swaraj
4) Syed Akbaruddin
5) RK Pachauri
Answer:- 2) Kamalesh Sharma

Ques. : 6 Which country got its first fighters in the form of FA-50 aircrafts bought from South Korea recently? Its military had decommissioned its last fleet of supersonic combat aircraft in 2005.
1) Thailand
2) Singapore
3) Philippines
4) Cambodia
5) Vietnam
Answer:- 3) Philippines

Ques. : 7 Who won the women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold 2015 recently?
1) Li Xuerui
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Saina Nehwal
4) PV Sindhu
5) Minatsu Mitani
Answer:- 4) PV Sindhu

Ques. : 8 For the first time in the history of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), a special prize named the Unesco Fellini Medal was awarded at IFFI 2015 that was held in
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Goa
5) Mumbai
Answer:- 4) Goa

Ques. : 9 The RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for BBPS. The term BBPS stands for
1) Bharat Basic Payment Systems
2) Bharat Broad Payment Systems
3) Bharat Bill Payment Systems
4) Bharat Bank Payment Systems
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Bharat Bill Payment Systems

Ques. : 10 Who won 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Nico Rosberg
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Fernando Alonso
4) Kimi Raikkonen
5) Lewis Hamilton 

Answer:- 1) Nico Rosberg

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