General Awareness – 116 | Sakshi Education

Sakshi Education

Who is the first woman Chief Justice of Nepal?
1) Bimala Nepali
2) Sushila Karki
3) Gayatri Saha
4) Basanti Jha
5) Indramati Yadav
Which country won the Euro football tournament on July 10, 2016?
1) France
2) Portugal
3) Germany
4) Wales
5) Belgium
The 2020 Euro football tournament will be held in thirteen different European countries. The final will be played in?
1) Munich
2) Rome
3) London
4) Amsterdam
5) Budapest
Who is the first President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
1) Takahiko Nakao
2) Lou Jiwei
3) Xi Jinping
4) Jin Liqun
5) Li Keqiang
Who was elected as the Chair of the Economic Community of West African States in June 2016?
1) Goodluck Jonathan
2) John Mahama
3) Macky Sall
4) Robert Mugabe
5) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Paul Kaba Thieba assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries on January 13, 2016?
1) Guinea
2) Ivory Coast
3) Liberia
4) Burkina Faso
5) Senegal
Which of the following cities is the headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
1) Banjul
2) Monrovia
3) Abuja
4) Dakar
5) Accra
Who is the author of the book "On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power"?
1) P. Chidambaram
2) Sharad Pawar
3) Jairam Ramesh
4) Sushilkumar Shinde
5) Ghulam Nabi Azad
Robert Glasser is the head of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). He belongs to?
1) Australia
2) Switzerland
3) Sweden
4) Germany
5) USA
Abid Ali Neemuchwala is the present Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) Wipro
4) Cognizant
5) None of these
Which film won the highest number of Filmfare awards (9) in January 2016?
1) Masaan
2) Piku
3) Bhajrangi Bhaijaan
4) Bajirao Mastani
5) None of these
Who won the 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival in January 2016?
1) Ivan Popov
2) Valeriy Neverov
3) Attila Czebe
4) Sayantan Das
5) Abhijeet Gupta
Who won the Chennai Open tennis title in January 2016?
1) Borna Coric
2) Fabrice Martin
3) Stanislas Wawrinka
4) Austin Krajicik
5) None of these
Which country won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup in January 2016?
1) Afghanistan
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) India
5) Pakistan
Which Indian shooter won a Gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix in January 2016?
1) Heena Sidhu
2) Ayonika Paul
3) Apurvi Chandela
4) Anjali Bhagwat
5) None of these
Miguel Tabuena is a professional golfer from?
1) USA
2) Philippines
3) Japan
4) Spain
5) Mexico
Who was honored with the third Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai in January 2016?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Lata Mangeshkar
3) Rekha
4) Waheeda Rehman
5) Shah Rukh Khan
Who was presented with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award in January 2016?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Lionel Messi
3) Wayne Rooney
4) David Beckham
5) Serena Williams
Where is the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) located?
1) Karnal
2) Ranchi
3) Jaipur
4) New Delhi
5) Hisar
World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on which of the following days?
1) January 10
2) January 12
3) January 24
4) January 25
5) January 30
Punjab means land of five rivers. Which of the following is not one of those five rivers?
1) Sutlej
2) Beas
3) Ravi
4) Chenab
5) Yamuna
Who is the author of the book "The Heart of India"?
1) George Orwell
2) Mark Tully
3) Ruskin bond
4) Salman Rushdie
5) None of these
What is the full form of ECS?
1) Electronic Cash Service
2) Electronic Cash System
3) Electronic Clearing Service
4) Electronic Charging System
5) None of these
Which of the following services is not provided by the post offices?
1) Savings
2) Sale of stamps
3) Life insurance cover
4) Issuance of demand drafts
5) None of these
With which of the following is Fiscal Policy concerned?
1) Issue of currency
2) Education
3) Population control
4) Export and import
5) Revenue and expenditure
Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Renminbi is the currency of China
2) Dronacharya award is given for excellence in sports coaching
3) NRI Day is observed on January 9
4) Lionel Messi plays football for Argentina
5) Dr C. Rangarajan is one of the pioneers of Green Revolution
A demand draft issued by a bank is valid for a period of?
1) 3 Months
2) 6 Months
3) 9 Months
4) 12 Months
5) None of these
What is the maximum amount in Loan Against Shares?
1) Rs. 5 lakh
2) Rs. 10 lakh
3) Rs. 20 lakh
4) Rs. 25 lakh
5) None of these
In which of the following the focus is on the individual consumer?
1) Wholesale banking
2) Retail banking
3) Investment banking
4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these
What is the maximum amount that can be insured by DICGC?
1) Rs. 50,000
2) Rs. 1,00,000
3) Rs. 2,00,000
4) Rs. 5,00,000
5) No limit
Which of the following regulates Regional Rural Banks?
1) RBI
2) SIDBI
3) Concerned State government
4) NABARD
5) None of these
Which of the following is the scheme for leadership development of minority women?
1) Nai Subah
2) Nai Roshni
3) Nai Rahen
4) Naya Savera
5) None of these
Which of the following is called a Demat Account?
1) Zero balance account
2) Basic savings account
3) Account operated by guardian of minor
4) Account operated by business correspondent
5) Account in which shares are held in electronic form
The foreign exchange reserves are kept with?
1) ECGC
2) SBI
3) NABARD
4) RBI
5) EXIM Bank
Banks borrow money from Reserve Bank of India at which of the following rates?
1) CRR
2) SLR
3) Repo rate
4) Reverse repo rate
5) Exchange rate
What is the full form of EPOS?
1) Electronic Price of Sale
2) Electronic Payment of Sale
3) Electronic Point of Sale
4) Electronic Purchase of Sale
5) None of these
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a joint project of USA and?
1) Germany
2) France
3) China
4) India
5) Japan
What is the maximum amount that can be remitted through RTGS?
1) Rs. 20 lakh
2) Rs. 50 lakh
3) Rs. 1 crore
4) Rs. 2 crore
5) No upper ceiling
The Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) has how many characters?
1) 5
2) 7
3) 11
4) 9
5) 10
Which one of the following books is not written by Anuradha Roy?
1) An Atlas of Impossible Longing
2) The Folded Earth
3) Sleeping on Jupiter
4) Unaccustomed Earth
5) Cultural Communism in Bengal 1936-1952

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