General Awareness Quiz 26/12//2015

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Ques. : 1 India celebrates ‘Vijay Diwas’ to commemorate its victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan on
1) 11 Dec
2) 12 Dec
3) 14 Dec
4) 15 Dec
5) 16 Dec 

Answer:- 5) 16 Dec
Ques. : 2 The Supreme Court appointed the Lokayukta of which of the following states recently exercising Article 142 of the Indian Constitution recently?
1) Delhi
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 2) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 3 Who among the following is the present Director-General of the WTO?
1) Uhuru Kenyatta
2) Roberto Azevedo
3) Takehiko Nakao
4) Guy Ryder
5) Christine Lagarde
Answer:- 2) Roberto Azevedo
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries announced the formation of an Islamic military alliance comprising 34 countries to fight against terrorism recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Bahrain
3) Pakistan
4) Jordan
5) Saudi Arabia
Answer:- 5) Saudi Arabia
Ques. : 5 _______ bagged the 2015 European Tour Golfer of the Year award for third time recently.
1) Danny Willett
2) Dustin Johnson
3) Rory McIlroy
4) Jordan Spieth
5) Jason Day
Answer:- 3) Rory McIlroy
Ques. : 6 PM Narendra Modi chaired the annual Combined Commanders Conference for the first time outside New Delhi
1) in Mumbai
2) in Vishakhapatnam
3) in Itanagar
4) on board INS Vikramaditya
5) on board INS Arihant
Answer:- 4) on board INS Vikramaditya
Ques. : 7 The nuclear-capable Shaheen-1A missile was test-fired by which of the following countries recently?
1) Iran
2) Jordan
3) Pakistan
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Turkey
Answer:- 3) Pakistan
Ques. : 8 The govt has made it mandatory (effective from Jan 1) to quote PAN for all transactions in excess of Rs 2 lakh, regardless of the mode of payment. The term PAN stands for
1) Premium Account Number
2) Particular Account Number
3) Permanent Account Number
4) Provisional Account Number
5) Other than those given as options
Answer:- 3) Permanent Account Number
Ques. : 9 The World Bank has approved a _______loan for the ambitious clean India campaign to support the govt in its efforts.
1) $1-bn
2) $1.5-bn
3) $2-bn
4) $2.5-bn
5) $3-bn
Answer:- 2) $1.5-bn
Ques. : 10 The Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched Jeevan Akshay IV plan which is meant for
1) post-retirement planning
2) educational planning
3) health planning
4) girl’s marriage planning
5) Other than the given options
Answer:- 1) post-retirement planning

Ques. : 1 Who among the following was appointed the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh by the Supreme Court recently?
1) Virendra Singh
2) NK Mehrotra
3) Pradeep Nandrajog
4) Badar Durrez Ahmed
5) G Rohini
Answer:- 1) Virendra Singh
Ques. : 2 The Supreme Court banned the registration of all diesel cars with engine capacity of _________ or more in the entire National Capital Region till Mar 31, 2016.
1) 1000 cc
2) 1200 cc
3) 1400 cc
4) 1800 cc
5) 2000 cc
Answer:- 5) 2000 cc
Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been appointed the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy-making body of the income tax department?
1) Anita Kapur
2) Raghav Chandra
3) Shaktikanta Das
4) AK Jain
5) Rajiv Takru
Answer:- 4) AK Jain
Ques. : 4 Which state leads in tobacco consumption in the country with 67.2 % of its population consuming/smoking various tobacco products as per its Tobacco Control Society?
1) Nagaland
2) Assam
3) Mizoram
4) Delhi
5) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer:- 3) Mizoram
Ques. : 5 Apurvi Chandela is associated with which of the following games? She striked gold in National Shooting Championship recently.
1) Archery
2) Squash
3) Badminton
4) Shooting
5) Weightlifting
Answer:- 4) Shooting
Ques. : 6 India has been ranked a low 97th, on Forbes' annual list of the best countries for doing business in 2015. Which country topped the list?
1) US
2) Denmark
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Singapore
Answer:- 2) Denmark
Ques. : 7 __________ has become the title-sponsor for the next three editions of the Hockey India League beginning 2016.
1) Reliance Jio
2) Xiaomi Technology
3) Micromax Informatics
4) Coal India
5) Indian Oil
Answer:- 4) Coal India
Ques. : 8 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 16 Dec successfully put six satellites into the orbit which belonged to
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Mauritius
4) US
5) Singapore
Answer:- 5) Singapore
Ques. : 9 The US Federal Reserve on 16 Dec raised interest rates by ______ percentage points - its first increase since 2006.
1) 0.15
2) 0.25
3) 0.50
4) 0.75
5) 1.25
Answer:- 2) 0.25
Ques. : 10 The SIDBI was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of
1) SBI
2) IDFC
3) IDBI
4) Syndicate Bank
5) NABARD
Answer:- 3) IDBI
Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Information Commissioner of India?
1) RK Mathur
2) VK Singh
3) RK Singh
4) Subramanian Swamy
5) Arvind Mayaram
Answer:- 1) RK Mathur
Ques. : 2 Name the World Bank official selected by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) recently to lead the organization. He will assume the new charge by mid-2016.
1) Parag Pathak
2) Gita Gopinath
3) Sanjay Pradhan
4) Raj Chetty
5) Ayanda Dlodlo
Answer:- 3) Sanjay Pradhan
Ques. : 3 The RBI recently released the final guidelines for banks to calculate their lending rates based on the marginal cost of fund methodology which will come into effect from
1) 1 Jan 2016
2) 31 Mar 2016
3) 1 Apr 2016
4) 1 Jun 2016
5) 1 Sep 2016
Answer:- 3) 1 Apr 2016
Ques. : 4 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) unanimously approved the membership of which country at its Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) in Nairobi recently?
1) Nigeria
2) Maldives
3) South Sudan
4) Seychelles
5) Afghanistan
Answer:- 5) Afghanistan
Ques. : 5 Fixed deposits are which type of liability to a bank?
1) Time liability
2) Demand liability
3) Net liability
4) All the above
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Time liability
Ques. : 6 The MLAs of which of the following state assemblies passed a resolution to remove Speaker Nabam Rebia recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Sikkim
4) Manipur
5) Tripura
Answer:- 2) Arunachal Pradesh
Ques. : 7 ________ Committee has been appointed to look into ONGC, RIL dispute on KG gas fields.
1) Mukul Mudgal
2) RS Lodha
3) HL Dattu
4) AP Shah
5) P Sathasivam
Answer:- 4) AP Shah
Ques. : 8 In a first of its kind in India, the NSE launched separate indices on three corporate houses of India recently. These three houses are
1) Tata, Adani and Reliance
2) Tata, Reliance and Aditya Birla
3) Tata, Aditya Birla and Mahindra
4) Adani, Reliance and Mahindra
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Tata, Aditya Birla and Mahindra
Ques. : 9 Who among the following received Garwood Award for ‘Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation’ from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business recently?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Narendra Modi
3) Xi Jinping
4) Barack Obama
5) Vladimir Putin
Answer:- 1) Pranab Mukherjee
Ques. : 10 The International Migrants Day is observed on
1) 12 Dec
2) 14 Dec
3) 16 Dec
4) 18 Dec
5) 20 Dec
Answer:- 4) 18 Dec


Ques. : 1 The book “Convenient Action: Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate Change” is written by
1) Saurabh Patel
2) Narendra Modi
3) Mohan Bhagwat
4) Anandiben Patel
5) Amit Shah
Answer:- 2) Narendra Modi
Ques. : 2 The country’s biggest wildlife rescue centre, which will house sick, injured and rescued animals, was inaugurated recently in
1) Gujarat
2) West Bengal
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Tamil Nadu
Answer:- 3) Maharashtra
Ques. : 3 __________ state govt recently announced a complete ban on the manufacture, sale, purchase, storage, and use of polythene carry bags across the state.
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) Telangana
5) Karnataka
Answer:- 1) Uttar Pradesh
Ques. : 4 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved an umbrella scheme for integrated development and management of fisheries worth
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 2,000 cr
3) Rs 3,000 cr
4) Rs 3,500 cr
5) Rs 5,000 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 3,000 cr
Ques. : 5 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), once again, extended the date for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes with new ones to
1) 31 Mar 2016
2) 1 Apr 2016
3) 30 Jun 2016
4) 30 Sep 2016
5) 31 Dec 2016
Answer:- 3) 30 Jun 2016
Ques. : 6 Surprisingly, which of the following countries became the 4th largest source of remittances to India in 2015?
1) China
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Pakistan
5) Nepal
Answer:- 4) Pakistan
Ques. : 7 Gautam H Bambawale was on 23 Dec appointed as the High Commissioner of India to which of the following countries?
1) Afghanistan
2) Maldives
3) Bhutan
4) Myanmar
5) Pakistan
Answer:- 5) Pakistan
Ques. : 8 The 30th National Consumers Right Day was observed across India on
1) 16 Dec
2) 18 Dec
3) 20 Dec
4) 22 Dec
5) 24 Dec
Answer:- 5) 24 Dec
Ques. : 9 Name India’s first indigenously designed and built warship which was on 23 Dec decommissioned in Naval Dockyard Mumbai.
1) INS Mysore
2) INS Vagsheer
3) INS Godavari
4) INS Kalvari
5) INS Khanderi
Answer:- 3) INS Godavari
Ques. : 10 The SAARC Day is observed every year on
1) 8 Dec
2) 16 Dec
3) 20 Dec
4) 24 Dec
5) 24 Dec
Answer:- 1) 8 Dec

1). Short-term assets, representing amounts due to a vendor or suppliers of goods or services that were sold on credit terms is known as _______.
a)    Account Receivable
b)    Fixed Asset
c)    Deposit Asset
d)    Current Liabilities
e)    None of these
Answer: a)

2). What is the rate at which commercial banks charge on their surplus funds with RBI?
a)    SLR
b)    Reverse Repo Rate
c)    Repo Rate
d)    Cash Reverse Ratio
e)    Bank Rate
Answer: b)

3). _________ is the rate at which commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, or gold or government approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers.
a)    Reverse Repo Rate
b)    Repo Rate
c)    CRR Rate
d)    SLR Rate
e)    None of these
Answer: d)

4). Who appoints the governor of Reserve Bank of India?
a)    Financial Secretary
b)    Financial Ministry
c)    Central Government
d)    President of India
e)    None of these
Answer: c)

5). FII Stands for _______.
a)    Foreign Institutional Investor
b)    Foreign International Investor
c)    Forward Institutional Investor
d)    Formal Institutional Investor
e)    Formal International Investor
Answer: a)

6). Which among the following is a qualitative tool of monetary policy?
a)    Credit Ceiling
b)    Credit Rationing
c)    Cash Reserve Ratio
d)    Bank Rate
e)    None of these
Answer: b)

7). In India, the Chit funds are governed / regulated by ________.
a)    Local Bodies
b)    RBI
c)    Central Government
d)    State Government
e)    None of these
Answer: d)

8).CAG Stands for _______.
a)    Controller and Auditor General of India
b)    Constant and Author General of India
c)    Constant Auditor General of India
d)    Central Auditor General of India
e)    None of these
Answer: a)

9). CPI stands for ______.
a)    Cost Price Index
b)    Current Price Index
c)    Consumer Price Index
d)    Cash Price Index
e)    None of these


Answer: c)

10). SEBI is a _______.
a)    Non-Advisory body
b)    Statutory body
c)    Advisory body
d)    Constitutional body
e)    Non-Advisory body
Answer: b)

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