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General Awareness - 112

  1. Who has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission's youth-based "Swachh Saathi" (student internship) program?
    1) Kareena Kapoor
    2) Priyanka Chopra
    3) Katrina Kaif
    4) Dia Mirza
    5) Parineeti Chopra
  2. Who is the World's Most Powerful Woman in 2016? (Forbes released World's 100 Most Powerful Women List in June 2016)
    1) Angela Merkel
    2) Hillary Clinton
    3) Janet Yellen
    4) Melinda Gates
    5) Mary Barra
  3. The Reserve Bank of India left the repo rate unchanged on 7th June 2016. What is the present repo rate?
    1) 6.75 per cent
    2) 6.25 per cent
    3) 6.5 per cent
    4) 6 per cent
    5) None of these
  4. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was honored with which of the following in 2015?
    1) Sakharov Prize
    2) Mother Teresa Award
    3) Pushkin Medal
    4) Liberty Medal
    5) Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
  5. Who is the author of the book "To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story"?
    1) P.V. Narsimha Rao
    2) Manmohan Singh
    3) P. Chidambaram
    4) Pranab Mukherjee
    5) Jairam Ramesh
  6. "Six Machine: I Don't Like Cricket I Love It" is the title of the autobiography of which of the following cricketers?
    1) Virendra Sehwag
    2) A.B. de Villiers
    3) Chris Gayle
    4) Brendon McCullum
    5) David Warner
  7. Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) is related to?
    1) Commodity market
    2) Capital market
    3) Insurance sector
    4) Export-Import
    5) None of these
  8. Which State has started India's first olive oil refinery?
    1) Uttarakhand
    2) Uttar Pradesh
    3) Rajasthan
    4) Madhya Pradesh
    5) Gujarat
  9. May 1st is celebrated as the formation day of which of the following States?
    1) Gujarat
    2) Karnataka
    3) Madhya Pradesh
    4) Both 1 and 2
    5) None of these
  10. India's first Metrino Project, a public transport system, will be launched in?
    1) Bangalore
    2) Hyderabad
    3) New Delhi
    4) Chennai
    5) Mumbai
  11. Which of the following statements is not correct?
    1) Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar
    2) Dhyan Chand's birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day
    3) The full form of CAR is Capital Adequacy Ratio
    4) Insurance service provided by banks is called micro insurance
    5) Rajasthan is the largest State in India
  12. Patricia Scotland is the first woman Secretary General of which of the following Organizations?
    1) SAARC
    2) APEC
    3) ASEAN
    4) Interpol
    5) Commonwealth
  13. Mauricio Macri is the present President of which of the following South American countries?
    1) Brazil
    2) Chile
    3) Argentina
    4) Paraguay
    5) Peru
  14. Antonio Costa is the Prime Minister of which of the following European countries?
    1) Poland
    2) Bulgaria
    3) Belgium
    4) Portugal
    5) Netherlands
  15. Michael Keating is the Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). He belongs to?
    1) Australia
    2) New Zealand
    3) USA
    4) Canada
    5) UK
  16. Harshavardhan Neotia is the President of which of the following industrial bodies?
    1) CII
    2) FICCI
    3) NASSCOM
    4) ASSOCHAM
    5) None of these
  17. The second World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) was held in November 2015 in?
    1) Hyderabad
    2) Chennai
    3) Kolkata
    4) Ahmadabad
    5) Visakhapatnam
  18. Abraham Keita was awarded the 2015 International Children's Peace Prize. He belongs to?
    1) Nigeria
    2) Kenya
    3) Liberia
    4) Somalia
    5) Zambia
  19. Zaina Erhaim won the prestigious 2015 Reporters Without Borders Prize. She is a journalist from?
    1) Afghanistan
    2) Pakistan
    3) Iran
    4) Syria
    5) Libya
  20. Which country won the 2015 FIFA Under 17 World Cup football tournament held in Chile?
    1) Nigeria
    2) Mali
    3) Chile
    4) Argentina
    5) Ethiopia
  21. Which country will host the biennial FIFA U-17 World Cup football tournament in 2017?
    1) Canada
    2) South Korea
    3) New Zealand
    4) Australia
    5) India
  22. Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis. Which country won the Fed Cup in November 2015?
    1) Russia
    2) Czech Republic
    3) USA
    4) Belgium
    5) Spain
  23. Sam Pitroda is the author of which of the following books?
    1) Chronicles of Time and Chance
    2) The Republic of Imagination
    3) Dreaming Big
    4) Europe in Emerging Asia
    5) None of these
  24. The 10th East Asia Summit(EAS) was held in November 2015 in?
    1) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    2) Seoul, South Korea
    3) Manila, Philippines
    4) Tokyo, Japan
    5) Jakarta, Indonesia
  25. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan on 3rd December 2015 for?
    1) Girls below 10 years
    2) Adolescent girls
    3) Tribal youth
    4) Unskilled youth
    5) Differently abled
  26. The 10th G20 Summit in November 2015 was chaired by which of the following world leaders?
    1) Barack Obama
    2) Francois Hollande
    3) Malcolm Turnbull
    4) Justin Trudeau
    5) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  27. India and which of the following countries have launched an International Solar Alliance to boost solar energy in the developing countries?
    1) France
    2) Saudi Arabia
    3) Indonesia
    4) USA
    5) Germany
  28. The International Monetary Fund approved which of the following currencies as one of the world's elite currencies on 30th November 2015?
    1) Korean Won
    2) Chinese Yuan
    3) Turkish Lira
    4) Indian Rupee
    5) Russian Ruble
  29. Which country shot down a Russian warplane on 24th November 2015, saying the jet had violated its airspace?
    1) Syria
    2) USA
    3) Turkey
    4) Ukraine
    5) Iraq
  30. Which country will build a nuclear power plant in Egypt? (It will be Egypt's first and is expected to be completed by 2022)
    1) USA
    2) China
    3) India
    4) Russia
    5) France
  31. The theme of which of the following Summits held in 2015 was "Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World"?
    1) G20
    2) G7
    3) ASEAN
    4) APEC
    5) ASEAN-India
  32. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit will be held in November 2016 in which of the following countries?
    1) Thailand
    2) Peru
    3) Philippines
    4) Malaysia
    5) New Zealand
  33. Which of the following groups declared the establishment of a European Union (EU) style regional economic bloc?
    1) SAARC
    2) APEC
    3) ASEAN
    4) BRICS
    5) IBSA
  34. Rajat Chauhan excelled in which of the following sports?
    1) Badminton
    2) Marathon
    3) Cycling
    4) Archery
    5) Golf
  35. Which country won the 8th Men's Junior Asia Hockey Cup in November 2015?
    1) Pakistan
    2) South Korea
    3) Malaysia
    4) Iran
    5) India
  36. The Governing Council of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is chaired by the?
    1) Finance Secretary
    2) Financial Services Secretary
    3) Finance Minister
    4) Economic Affairs Secretary
    5) None of these
  37. Which Indian American is the United States Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
    1) Renu Khator
    2) Rajiv Shah
    3) Indra Nooyi
    4) Swati Dandekar
    5) Padmasree Warrior
  38. Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as India's Ambassador to?
    1) USA
    2) Mexico
    3) Russia
    4) France
    5) China
  39. Saeed Jaffrey passed away recently. He was a renowned?
    1) Historian
    2) Author
    3) Actor
    4) Businessman
    5) Dancer
  40. K. Sankaran Nair passed away recently. He was the former Chief of?
    1) CBI
    2) BSF
    3) IB
    4) RAW
    5) None of these


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32) 2

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Published date : 10 Jun 2016 11:56AM

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