General Awareness - 104 | Sakshi Education

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The 27th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was held in November 2015 in which of the following cities?
1) Bali
2) Beijing
3) Singapore
4) Manila
5) Hanoi
Who won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton women’s singles title in November 2015?
1) Minatsu Mitani
2) P.V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Carolina Marin
5) Li Xuerui
The Reserve Bank of India in its bi-monthly review of monetary policy on December 1, 2015 kept the repo rate unchanged at?
1) 5.75%
2) 6.25%
3) 6.75%
4) 6.5%
5) None of these
Which country won the Davis Cup tennis tournament in November 2015?
1) Serbia
2) Switzerland
3) Spain
4) Great Britain
5) USA
Maurice Obstfeld has been appointed the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund. He belongs to?
1) U.K.
2) Argentina
3) Philippines
4) Spain
5) U.S.A.
The United Nations declared which of the following days as International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict?
1) June 19
2) July 18
3) August 9
4) September 18
5) October 19
What is India’s rank among 145 countries in the 2014 Global Well-Being Index?
1) 15
2) 70
3) 47
4) 109
5) 127
IDFC has appointed Vinod Rai as an independent director. Vinod Rai is former?
1) Solicitor General
2) Attorney General
3) Comptroller and Auditor General
4) Cabinet Secretary
5) Chief Economic Advisor
Alcides Ghiggia died on July 16, 2015. He scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1950 World Cup Football for which of the following countries?
1) Brazil
2) Uruguay
3) Argentina
4) Italy
5) France
Sumit Nagal is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Kabaddi
2) Archery
3) Golf
4) Tennis
5) Shooting
Which of the following is the currency of Liechtenstein?
1) Swiss Franc
2) Euro
3) Lira
4) Pound Sterling
5) Dollar
Nifty is the benchmark stock market index of?
1) NASDAQ
2) Bombay Stock Exchange
3) National Stock Exchange
4) Singapore Stock Exchange
5) Shanghai Stock Exchange
Which bank launched an initiative called ‘Project Tatkal’ to provide doorstep services and expedite home loan application process?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) State Bank of India
Kagiso Rabada became only the second bowler in the history of One Day International cricket to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut in July 2015. He plays for?
1) Zimbabwe
2) Kenya
3) West Indies
4) South Africa
5) England
India’s eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao was conferred which of the following awards in 2015?
1) Colombia’s Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar Award
2) Norway’s Freedom of Expression Prize
3) Norway’s Abel Prize
4) Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Award
5) None of these
NASA’s New Horizon probe has confirmed that there is frozen methane on the surface of?
1) Jupiter
2) Mars
3) Venus
4) Pluto
5) Mercury

Identify the mismatched pair?

COUNTRY	CAPITAL
1) Belgium	Brussels
2) Italy	Rome
3) Austria	Vienna
4) Germany	Berlin
5) Poland	Lisbon

Ashok Kumar Lahiri, former Chief Economic Advisor, has been appointed the Chairman of?
1) IDFC Bank
2) Bandhan Bank
3) National Housing Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) Punjab National Bank
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Kruti Tiwari as brand ambassador of?
1) Swatch Bharat
2) Jan Dhan Yojana
3) Digital India
4) Make in India
5) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Which of the following became the first bank in India to launch Watch Banking for Apple Watch in July 2015?
1) Axis Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) IDBI Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) SBI
In which of the following Indian states is Kaiga Atomic Power Station located?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Rajasthan
4) Kerala
5) Karnataka
Who has been elected as the President of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)?
1) R. Baskar Babu
2) Manoj Nambiar
3) Ratna Vishwanathan
4) Alok Prasad
5) None of these
Who was awarded the 2015 Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize?
1) Paul Nurse
2) Stephan Hawking
3) Peter Higgs
4) Robert May
5) David Cox
The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) is situated in?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bangalore
3) Mumbai
4) Pune
5) Kolkata
Who was selected for the 2014 G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research?
1) D.D. Sarma
2) A.K. Sood
3) Ashoke Sen
4) Tapas Kumar Kundu
5) Sanjeev Gelande
Bibek Debroy Report is related to reform and restructuring of the?
1) Public sector banks
2) Insurance sector
3) Railways
4) Legal system
5) None of these
The first ever United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize was awarded to?
1) Helena Nduma
2) Jorge Fernando Branco Sampaio
3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
Who among the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders has written a book “Beech Samar Mein”?
1) Sushil Kumar Modi
2) Amit Shah
3) Radha Mohan Singh
4) Anant Kumar
5) Manoharlal Khattar
‘Talisman Saber’ is a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and?
1) China
2) Canada
3) Mexico
4) Australia
5) UK
The next Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit will be held in September 2016 in?
1) Yekaterinburg
2) Astana
3) New Delhi
4) Hangzhou
5) Tashkent
The headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is located in?
1) Beijing
2) Shanghai
3) Moscow
4) Hong Kong
5) Ufa
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development was held in July 2015 in?
1) Nairobi
2) Addis Ababa
3) Cape Town
4) Johannesburg
5) Cairo
Which city has been named the World Book Capital for 2017?
1) Madrid
2) Alexandria
3) Conakry
4) Beirut
5) Yerevan
The 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) was held in June 2015 in?
1) Bahamas
2) Jamaica
3) Uganda
4) Canada
5) South Africa
Which country topped the 2014 Gallup-Health ways Global Well-Being Index that was released in June 2015?
1) Panama
2) Costa Rica
3) Puerto Rico
4) Switzerland
5) Belize
The 16th World Sanskrit Conference was organized from June 28 to July 2, 2015 in?
1) Singapore
2) New Delhi
3) Bangkok
4) Colombo
5) Kathmandu
What is India’s contribution to the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement?
1) $25 billion
2) $20 billion
3) $22 billion
4) $18 billion
5) $15 billion
Two-time Grand Slam winner Amelie Mauresmo was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She belongs to?
1) Czech Republic
2) France
3) Switzerland
4) Slovakia
5) Bulgaria
Who became the first physically handicapped woman to top the civil services examination in July 2015?
1) Renu Raj
2) Nidhi Gupta
3) Vandana Rao
4) Ira Singhal
5) None of these
The United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize is an honorary award presented once every?
1) Year
2) Two years
3) Five years
4) Three years
5) None of these

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