General Awareness Quiz 23/12/2015

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Ques. : 1 As per the statistics on climate change released by the govt recently, India emits 1,146 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually which is __________ of global emissions.

1) 0.96 per cent
2) 1.96 per cent
3) 2.96 per cent
4) 3.96 per cent
5) 4.96 per cent
Answer:- 4) 3.96 per cent

Ques. : 2 India has announced to provide what amount for the vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
1) $1.5 mn
2) $2 mn
3) $2.5 mn
4) $3 mn
5) $3.5 mn
Answer:- 3) $2.5 mn

Ques. : 3 Which of the following teams won the first ever day-night Test match played in Adelaide recently?
1) England
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
5) West Indies
Answer:- 2) Australia

Ques. : 4 Which of the following teams won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis tournament recently?
1) Belgium
2) Great Britain
3) Australia
4) Argentina
5) Japan
Answer:- 2) Great Britain

Ques. : 5 The govt has advanced the roll out year for BS stage V and VI emission norms for four-wheelers. The new rollout year for BS stage V and VI respectively are
1) 2017 and 2019
2) 2018 and 2020
3) 2019 and 2021
4) 2020 and 2022
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 3) 2019 and 2021

Ques. : 6 Russia imposed economic sanctions against which of the following countries, the country which had downed a Russian Sukhoi 24 warplane on the Syrian border recently?
1) Libya
2) Israel
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Turkey
5) Jordan
Answer:- 4) Turkey

Ques. : 7 The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended the off-spinner Sunil Narine from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect recently. He plays for
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand
Answer:- 3) West Indies

Ques. : 8 A three-day cultural extravaganza, Mayyazhi Mahotsavam, was held at Mahe in ________ recently.
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Goa
3) Puducherry
4) Karnataka
5) Andaman and Nicobar
Answer:- 3) Puducherry

Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries for the first time allowed women to vote and contest in municipal elections recently?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iraq
3) Iran
4) UAE
5) Syria
Answer:- 1) Saudi Arabia

Ques. : 10 Rafael Grossi, who visited India recently, is the present chairman of the following international organisations?
1) IAEA
2) Nuclear Supplier’s Group
3) UNCTAD
4) International Civil Aviation Organization
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Nuclear Supplier’s Group

2 DECEMBER 2015

Ques. : 1 The World Aids Day is observed on
1) 30 Nov
2) 1 Dec
3) 2 Dec
4) 31 Dec
5) 31 Jan
Answer:- 2) 1 Dec

Ques. : 2 Which of the following paramilitary forces celebrated its golden jubilee of establishment on 1 Dec 2015?
1) CISF
2) CRPF
3) BSF
4) ITBP
5) Assam Rifles
Answer:- 3) BSF

Ques. : 3 The RBI released its fifth Monetary Policy Statement of the current fiscal on 1 Dec. Which of the following rates/ratios is NOT correct in light of the latest policy statement?
1) Repo rate – 6.75 per cent
2) CRR – 4 per cent
3) SLR – 21.5 per cent
4) Bank rate – 7.75 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 4 The RBI kept the growth projection for 2015-16 unchanged in its fifth monetary policy statement at
1) 6.5 per cent
2) 6.9 per cent
3) 7.1 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
Answer:- 4) 7.4 per cent

Ques. : 5 The Executive Board of the IMF decided to include renminbi (yuan) into its basket of currencies that make up the IMF’s SDR recently. The term SDR stands for
1) Specific Drawing Right
2) Special Drawing Right
3) Structured Drawing Right
4) Systematic Drawing Right
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Special Drawing Right

Ques. : 6 Eldar Ryazanov, who died recently, was one of the most popular film directors of
1) Russia
2) Italy
3) Spain
4) Brazil
5) Turkey
Answer:- 1) Russia

Ques. : 7 What is India’s ranking out of 167 nations on 2015 ICT Development Index (IDI) that measures the level of information and communication technology access?
1) 30
2) 62
3) 74
4) 102
5) 131
Answer:- 5) 131

Ques. : 8 India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the Conference of Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris with which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Germany
3) US
4) China
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) France

Ques. : 9 President Pranab Mukharjee presented APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE awards 2015 to students recently. These awards were given away to
1) poor students
2) teachers in rural schools
3) young scientists of DRDO and ISRO
4) students for grass root innovations
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) students for grass root innovations

Ques. : 10 Name the striker of Bayern Munich who was awarded recently with an incredible four Guinness World Records for his stunning five-goal haul in just nine minutes against Wolfsburg.
1) Thomas Muller
2) Marco Reus
3) Robert Lewandowski
4) Julian Draxler
5) Mario Gotze
Answer:- 3) Robert Lewandowski

3 Dec

Ques. : 1 The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually held on
1) 30 Nov
2) 1 Dec
3) 2 Dec
4) 3 Dec
5) 31 Dec
Answer:- 4) 3 Dec

Ques. : 2 The Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan passed away recently. He was a maestro of
1) Sarangi
2) Violin
3) Guitar
4) Tabla
5) Flute
Answer:- 1) Sarangi

Ques. : 3 India launched the GIAN scheme to boost the quality of the country's higher education through international collaboration. What is the full form of the term GIAN?
1) Grass root Initiative of Academic Networks
2) General Initiative of Academic Networks
3) Greater Initiative of Academic Networks
4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Global Initiative of Academic Networks

Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries hosted the first media summit of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping recently?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) Russia
4) China
5) India
Answer:- 4) China

Ques. : 5 Roch Marc Christian Kabore was elected as the new president of which of the following countries recently?
1) Burkina Faso
2) Cameroon
3) Barbados
4) Angola
5) Algeria
Answer:- 1) Burkina Faso

Ques. : 6 Name the bodybuilder who earned the title of “Mr World” by winning a gold medal in a world bodybuilding meet in Bangkok, Thailand recently.
1) Varinder Singh Ghuman
2) Ankur Sharma
3) Thakur Anoop Singh
4) Neeraj Kumar
5) Ashish Sakharkar
Answer:- 3) Thakur Anoop Singh

Ques. : 7 ___________ on 1 Dec 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London and will serve for up to five years.
1) Elizabeth Blackburn
2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
3) Harry F Noller
4) Thomas A Steitz
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Ques. : 8 The four European countries — Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland — have announced a ________ initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
1) $250-mn
2) $400-mn
3) $500-mn
4) $750-mn
5) $900-mn
Answer:- 3) $500-mn

Ques. : 9 Name the Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee acclaimed violinist who was honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2015 recently.
1) Kala Ramnath
2) Johar Ali Khan
3) P Sunder Rajan
4) Balabhaskar
5) L Subramaniam
Answer:- 5) L Subramaniam

Ques. : 10 The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed globally on
1) 1 Dec
2) 2 Dec
3) 3 Dec
4) 4 Dec
5) 5 Dec
Answer:- 2) 2 Dec

4 DECEMBER 2015

Ques. : 1 The Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984 complets 31 years in Dec 2015. The leakage of which of the following lethal gases killed an estimated 25000 people there?
1) Chlorine pentafluoride
2) Phosphorus pentafluoride
3) Carbon monoxide
4) Methyl isocyanate
5) Boron tribromide
Answer:- 4) Methyl isocyanate

Ques. : 2 The Tata Sons and ICBC of which of the following countries have formed a long-term partnership under which ICBC will become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) Indonesia
4) Singapore
5) South Korea
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 3 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for operationalisation of six new IITs recently. Which state will not get one of these six IITs?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Goa
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. : 4 As per the latest report by credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings, which state is the biggest economy within India at Rs 16.87 lakh cr in terms of gross state domestic product?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) UP
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 3) Maharashtra

Ques. : 5 The RBI announced to infuse _________ on 7 Dec by buying govt securities to ease a liquidity crunch in the money markets.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 15,000 cr
4) Rs 20,000 cr
5) Rs 25,000 cr
Answer:- 2) Rs 10,000 cr

Ques. : 6 The senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on 3 Dec sworn in as Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He is _____ CJI.
1) 40th
2) 41st
3) 42nd
4) 43rd
5) 44th
Answer:- 4) 43rd

Ques. : 7 In addition to Rs 940 cr package announced by the centre earlier, PM Narendra Modi announced an immediate relief of what amount for flood-hit Tamil Nadu recently?
1) Rs 500 cr
2) Rs 700 cr
3) Rs 1,000 cr
4) Rs 1,100 cr
5) Rs 1,500 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 1,000 cr

Ques. : 8 Which bank launched the country’s first ‘display variant’ debit card recently which is capable of generating the OTP on the card itself?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) SBI
Answer:- 4) Axis Bank

Ques. : 9 Who has authored the book titled “This Unquiet Land: Stories from India’s Fault Lines”?
1) Prannoy Roy
2) Sagarika Ghose
3) Arnab Goswami
4) Rajdeep Sardesai
5) Barkha Dutt
Answer:- 5) Barkha Dutt

Ques. : 10 As per economists, Brazil is in danger of suffering its worst recession since the 1930s. What is the currency of Brazil?
1) Dong
2) Real
3) Ringgit
4) Shekel
5) Kuna
Answer:- 2) Real

5 DECEMBER 2015

Ques. : 1 MAM Ramaswamy, who died recently, was a former parliamentarian and a veteran
1) actor
2) novelist
3) industrialist
4) musician
5) communist
Answer:- 3) industrialist

Ques. : 2 The Transparency International (TI), which is a global coalition against corruption, is headquartered at
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) Berlin, Germany
3) Paris, France
4) Rome, Italy
5) Madrid, Spain
Answer:- 2) Berlin, Germany

Ques. : 3 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction of a Bill recently for establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in
1) Noida
2) Hyderabad
3) Gurgaon
4) Ghaziabad
5) Faridabad
Answer:- 5) Faridabad

Ques. : 4 The Union Cabinet on 2 Dec 2015 approved signing of MoU between India and which country on visa facilitation for diplomatic, official/service and ordinary passport holders?
1) Spain
2) Iran
3) Sweden
4) Afghanistan
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 2) Iran

Ques. : 5 The Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for signing of a MoU between India and which country in the field of water resources management and development cooperation?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Japan
4) US
5) Israel
Answer:- 5) Israel

Ques. : 6 The govt on 2 Dec approved a post facto agreement with which country to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of solar energy?
1) China
2) Switzerland
3) Germany
4) France
5) Singapore
Answer:- 3) Germany

Ques. : 7 The indigenously developed torpedo defence system was recently inducted into the Indian Navy. The system has been named
1) Jatayu
2) Bhima
3) Maareech
4) Bharat
5) Tarkash
Answer:- 3) Maareech

Ques. : 8 With about 45,000 soldiers in action, the Indian Army conducted a major war exercise ‘Drad Sankalp’ in _________ recently.
1) Gujarat
2) Punjab
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 5) Rajasthan

Ques. : 9 The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was held recently at
1) IIT-Bombay
2) IIT-Kanpur
3) IIT-Madras
4) IIT-Delhi
5) IIT-Kharagpur
Answer:- 4) IIT-Delhi

Ques. : 10 ___________ on 3 Dec 2015 became the first state of India to launch Rotavirus vaccination project which will help in controlling the child mortality rate due to diarrhoea.
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) Gujarat 

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