General Awareness Quiz 25/12/2015

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Ques. : 1 As per 2015 report by the Washington-based Global Financial Integrity (GFI), India ranks 4th in black money outflows per annum. Which country is ranked on top in the report?
1) US
2) Mexico
3) Russia
4) China
5) Japan 

Answer:- 4) China
Ques. : 2 The member nations of the BASIC grouping took a joint stand at the COP 21 meet in Paris recently. Which of the following is NOT a member of the grouping?
1) South Africa
2) Brazil
3) India
4) China
5) Australia
Answer:- 5) Australia

Ques. : 3 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit will be held in which of the following countries in 2016?
1) Nepal
2) Sri Lanka
3) Afghanistan
4) Pakistan
5) Maldives
Answer:- 4) Pakistan

Ques. : 4 ________ was declared Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2015 recently.
1) Sundar Pichai
2) Angela Merkel
3) Narendra Modi
4) Donald Trump
5) Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Answer:- 2) Angela Merkel

Ques. : 5 __________ has recorded the highest per capita income among all states in the country at Rs 2,40,849 during financial year 2014-15.
1) Maharashtra
2) Delhi
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 2) Delhi

Ques. : 6 The Heart of Asia Conference (or Istanbul Process) brings together the foreign ministers of 14 countries to discuss Afghanistan’s political, security and economic problems. It was conceived in 2011 by
1) Pakistan
2) Turkey
3) China
4) Kazakhstan
5) India
Answer:- 2) Turkey

Ques. : 7 ___________ are basically rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets which are offered and settled in US dollars and are used to raise rupees from international investors.
1) Masala bonds
2) Magic bonds
3) Spike bonds
4) Indian Depository Receipt
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Masala bonds

Ques. : 8 The govt will take a final view on the issue of net neutrality after the telecom regulator submits its recommendations on the matter. The telecom sector is regulated by
1) TERI
2) SAT
3) TRAI
4) NBSA
5) FSSAI
Answer:- 3) TRAI

Ques. : 9 The Union Cabinet recently cleared Rs 98,000-cr project to build India’s first bullet train to be run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The project is bagged by
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) France
5) Germany
Answer:- 3) Japan

Ques. : 10 As per a report by a US-based think-tank, India ranks fourth in black money outflows per annum and a whopping ________ were siphoned out of the country per annum between 2004-2013.
1) USD 51 bn
2) USD 52.8 bn
3) USD 104 bn
4) USD 139 bn
5) USD 149 bn
Answer:- 1) USD 51 bn

Ques. : 1 Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Colombia
3) Ecuador
4) Bolivia
5) Guatemala
Answer:- 1) Venezuela

Ques. : 2 The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval recently for signing of an MoU between India and __________ on cooperation in the energy sector.
1) Germany
2) UK
3) Japan
4) Sweden
5) Norway
Answer:- 2) UK

Ques. : 3 The RBI has said that the bank’s investment in govt securities (SLR) would be lowered to 20.5% by Jan 2017. As of now, banks are mandated to invest what per cent of their deposits in govt securities?
1) 22.5%
2) 22%
3) 21.5%
4) 21%
5) 20.5.5%
Answer:- 3) 21.5%

Ques. : 4 The naval exercise named Indra Navy was held recently in Bay of Bengal between the navies of India and
1) US
2) Israel
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Russia
5) France
Answer:- 4) Russia

Ques. : 5 India and which country is set to sign a landmark deal for Kamov 226 choppers during PM Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to that country?
1) France
2) Japan
3) Germany
4) Russia
5) Israel
Answer:- 4) Russia

Ques. : 6 Who is the Union Minister of State in the Department of Atomic of Energy (DAE) in the present cabinet?
1) GM Siddeshwara
2) Giriraj Singh
3) Piyush Goyal
4) Mahesh Sharma
5) Jitendra Singh
Answer:- 5) Jitendra Singh

Ques. : 7 The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 is passed in Parliament. The Bill intends to make cheque-bounce filing of cases more convenient for check payees, the person who
1) issues the cheque
2) receives the cheque
3) transports the cheque
4) endorses the cheque
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) receives the cheque

Ques. : 8 Which country carried out a new medium range ballistic missile test of Ghadr-110 missile recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Turkey
3) Iran
4) Jordan
5) Saudi Arabia
Answer:- 3) Iran

Ques. : 9 The Supreme Court on 10 Dec upheld the validity of a state law which fixes minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls. The law belongs to
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Kerala
Answer:- 1) Haryana

Ques. : 10 PK Singh took charge as the new Chairman which of the following PSUs recently?
1) GAIL
2) SAIL
3) BHEL
4) IOC
5) NTPC
Answer:- 2) SAIL

Ques. : 1 The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting was held recently in
1) Nairobi, Kenya
2) Ankara, Turkey
3) Athens, Greece
4) Lisbon, Portugal
5) Cairo, Egypt
Answer:- 1) Nairobi, Kenya

Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Skill Development?
1) Ram Kripal Yadav
2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy
5) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Answer:- 4) Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Ques. : 3 Intex Technologies has bought the IPL franchise of which of the following teams for IPL’s ninth session?
1) Rajkot
2) Pune
3) Patna
4) Lucknow
5) Chennai
Answer:- 1) Rajkot

Ques. : 4 Who among the following is the present Commerce Secretary?
1) Anil Goswami
2) Hasmukh Adhia
3) Rajiv Mehrishi
4) Rita Teaotia
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Rita Teaotia

Ques. : 5 The committee, set up to calculate a RNR for GST, submitted its report to the govt recently. Here, the term RNR stands for
1) Retrospect-Neutral Rate
2) Revenue-Neutral Rate
3) Rate-Neutral Rate
4) Reverse-Neutral Rate
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Revenue-Neutral Rate

Ques. : 6 Every year the Human Rights Day is observed on _______ across the world.
1) 4 Dec
2) 6 Dec
3) 8 Dec
4) 10 Dec
5) 12 Dec
Answer:- 4) 10 Dec

Ques. : 7 Sharad Anantrao Joshi, who passed away recently, was a renowned
1) physicist
2) biotechnologist
3) agro-economist
4) author
5) environmentalist
Answer:- 3) agro-economist

Ques. : 8 ___________was presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence recently.
1) Asha Parekh
2) Dharmendra
3) Manoj Kumar
4) Rakhee Gulzar
5) Dilip Kumar
Answer:- 5) Dilip Kumar

Ques. : 9 The Union Govt inked MoUs with different private agencies for establishing three Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) in the country. These IIITs will be set up in
1) Ranchi, Patna and Pune
2) Rajkot, Ranchi and Pune
3) Ranchi, Rajkot and Patna
4) Jaipur, Nagpur and Patiala
5) Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune
Answer:- 5) Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune

Ques. : 10 The two Indian cities have made it to the Unesco’s Creative City Network. These two cities are Jaipur and
1) Madurai
2) Hyderabad
3) Kolkata
4) Varanasi
5) Udaipur
Answer:- 4) Varanasi

Ques. : 1 The mascot of the 12th South Asian Games (OC-SAG) is Tikhor which is a
1) Bengal tiger
2) lion
3) one horned rhino
4) deer
5) snow leopard
Answer:- 3) one horned rhino

Ques. : 2 ___________ launched the country’s first Unesco Biosphere Reserve — Inle Lake in Shan state recently.
1) Thailand
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Philippines
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 5) Myanmar

Ques. : 3 Japan will provide a low-interest loan of $12 bn for India’s first high-speed rail service. It will also provide _______ for ‘Make in India’ initiative.
1) $5 bn
2) $6 bn
3) $10 bn
4) $12 bn
5) $15 bn
Answer:- 4) $12 bn

Ques. : 4 The Mumbai Police commissioner Ahmad Javed has been appointed Ambassador to which country recently?
1) Iran
2) Kuwait
3) Malaysia
4) Saudi Arabia
5) UAE
Answer:- 4) Saudi Arabia

Ques. : 5 Losar festival was celebrated at which place recently? It is a centuries-old New Year festival.
1) Shimla
2) Aizawl
3) Ladakh
4) Kohima
5) Agartala
Answer:- 3) Ladakh

Ques. : 6 The work on the $10-bn TAPI pipeline project started recently. In the term TAPI, letter ‘T’ stands for
1) Tajikistan
2) Turkmenistan
3) Tehran
4) Tanzania
5) Tashkent
Answer:- 2) Turkmenistan

Ques. : 7 _________ will head the Judicial Committee which will look into the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen.
1) Rajendra Mal Lodha
2) L Narasimha Reddy
3) KG Balakrishnan
4) Altamas Kabir
5) Markandey Katju
Answer:- 2) L Narasimha Reddy

Ques. : 8 Name the Indian-origin Tamil writer who has been declared the winner of this year’s prestigious South East Asia Write Award recently.
1) Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali
2) Nanjil Nadan
3) D Selvaraj
4) Joe D Cruz
5) Poomani
Answer:- 1) Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

Ques. : 9 Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara won Men’s singles and Women’s singles title respectively at the BWF World Super Series finals in Dubai recently. Both are the shuttlers of
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Philippines
Answer:- 1) Japan

Ques. : 10 Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Discuss Throw
5) Squash 

Answer:- 2) Shooting

Ques. : 1 Which telecom company recently announced Project Leap, a Rs 60,000-cr investment programme to improve network quality over three years?
1) Idea
2) Vodafone
3) Reliance Communication
4) Aircel
5) Bharti Airtel
Answer:- 5) Bharti Airtel

Ques. : 2 The 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Jan 2016 in
1) Davos, Switzerland
2) Paris, France
3) Athens, Greece
4) Frankfurt, Germany
5) Sydney, Australia
Answer:- 1) Davos, Switzerland

Ques. : 3 What is India’s ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI) 2015?
1) 73rd
2) 90th
3) 130th
4) 142nd
5) 147th
Answer:- 3) 130th

Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries topped the Human Development Index (HDI) 2015?
1) Denmark
2) Switzerland
3) Australia
4) Norway
5) China
Answer:- 4) Norway

Ques. : 5 The Human Development Index (HDI) is released annually by
1) IMF
2) UNDP
3) ADB
4) US
5) Unicef
Answer:- 2) UNDP

Ques. : 6 The Human Development Index (HDI) is measured on which of the following parameters?
1) Life expectancy
2) Education
3) Income
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
Answer:- 4) All the above

Ques. : 7 To obtain which of the following a bank account is NOT mandatory?
1) Debit Card
2) Credit Card
3) Loan
4) Cheque Book
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Credit Card

Ques. : 8 The Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Pravin Gordhan has been appointed finance minister in which of the following countries?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) South Africa
4) Singapore
5) Malaysia
Answer:- 3) South Africa

Ques. : 9 Who among the following is the first female athlete honoured as Sports Person of the Year in three decades by the magazine ‘Sports Illustrated’?
1) Serena Williams
2) Maria Sarapova
3) Sania Mirza
4) Li Na
5) Martina Hingis
Answer:- 1) Serena Williams

Ques. : 10 The International Mountain Day is observed on
1) 9 Dec
2) 11 Dec
3) 13 Dec
4) 15 Dec
5) 17 Dec 

Answer:- 2) 11 Dec

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