General Awareness – 113 | Sakshi Education

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Who won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize?
1) Margaret Atwood
2) Hilary Mantel
3) Eleanor Catton
4) Penelope Lively
5) Penelope Fitzgerald
Eduardo Vargas scored four goals in a quarterfinal match in the Copa America Centenario in June 2016. He is a striker from?
1) Mexico
2) Chile
3) Venezuela
4) Argentina
5) Colombia
Who was elected Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in June 2016?
1) Ratan Tata
2) Mukesh Ambani
3) Sunil Mittal
4) Cyrus Mistry
5) Satya Nadella
The International Chamber of Commerce is headquartered in?
1) London
2) Madrid
3) Tokyo
4) Paris
5) New York
Who is the author of the book "Old History New Geography: Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh"?
1) P. Chidambaram
2) K. Chandrasekar Rao
3) S. Jaipal Reddy
4) Ch. Vidyasagar Rao
5) Jairam Ramesh
John Pombe Magufuli became the President of which of the following African countries in November 2015?
1) Zambia
2) Malawi
3) Tanzania
4) Mozambique
5) Burundi
Jimmy Morales, a comic actor, assumed office as the President of which of the following Central American countries on 14th January 2016?
1) Guatemala
2) Belize
3) El Salvador
4) Honduras
5) Nicaragua
Who is the author of the book "The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath"?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Ben Bernanke
3) Y. Venugopal Reddy
4) Janet Yellen
5) Mark Carney
National League for Democracy (NLD) is the ruling party in which of the following countries?
1) Germany
2) Sri Lanka
3) Canada
4) Myanmar
5) Pakistan
The Union Government imposed what per cent Swachh Bharat cess on services from 15th November 2015?
1) 0.5%
2) 1%
3) 2%
4) 1.5%
5) 2.5%
The bilateral naval exercise of India and Sri Lanka is called?
1) SIMBEX
2) Malabar
3) SLINEX
4) Exercise Livewire
5) None of these
INDRA was organized in Rajasthan in November 2015. It is a joint combat exercise between India and?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) France
4) Thailand
5) UK
National Hockey Academy will be set up at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in?
1) Bhopal
2) Patiala
3) New Delhi
4) Gandhinagar
5) Kolkata
Which Indian city will host the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in 2017?
1) New Delhi
2) Pune
3) Hyderabad
4) Ranchi
5) Raipur
The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) will offer an accidental death cover of?
1) Rs. 1 lakh
2) Rs. 2 lakhs
3) Rs. 3 lakhs
4) Rs. 4 lakhs
5) Rs. 5 lakhs
Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution deals with equality before law?
1) Article 12
2) Article 13
3) Article 14
4) Article 15
5) Article 16
The International Development Association (IDA) is headquartered in?
1) Geneva
2) Paris
3) New York
4) Washington DC
5) Berlin
A Reserve Bank of India Committee has recommended conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with business size of Rs. 20,000 crore into regular banks. It was headed by?
1) H.R. Khan
2) R. Gandhi
3) Urjit Patel
4) Anand Sinha
5) Nachiket Mor
Aditi Ashok is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Golf
2) Archery
3) Snooker
4) Boxing
5) Wrestling
Bishkek is the capital of which of the following countries?
1) Tajikistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Kazakhstan
4) Uzbekistan
5) Turkmenistan
Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) is located at?
1) Kalpakkam
2) Pondicherry
3) Tirunelveli
4) Koodankulam
5) Thanjavur
The practice of funding a project by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet is called?
1) Micro financing
2) Crowd funding
3) Angel funding
4) Venture capital funding
5) None of these
Which bank has launched a mobile phone application "PayZapp", for online payments and money transfer?
1) Axis Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) State Bank of India
Line Hansen of Denmark is associated with the game of?
1) Badminton
2) Table Tennis
3) Tennis
4) Squash
5) None of these
The headquarters of Allahabad Bank is located in which of the following cities?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Allahabad
4) Chennai
5) Kolkata
Which country clinched the title of the second edition of Hockey World League Final in Raipur in December 2015?
1) India
2) Belgium
3) Netherlands
4) Pakistan
5) Australia
Who won the London Classic chess title in December 2015?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Anish Giri
3) Viswanathan Anand
4) Alexander Grischuk
5) None of these
The Potala Palace, now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in?
1) Kathmandu
2) Thimphu
3) Lhasa
4) Phnom Penh
5) Bangkok
Arvind Subramaniam is the present _____
1) Finance Secretary
2) Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
3) CEO of NITI Aayog
4) Chief Economic Adviser
5) Financial Services Secretary
Mundra Thermal Power Station is located in the State of?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Gujarat
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand
Okhla Bird Sanctuary is situated in the Indian State of?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttarakhand
5) Uttar Pradesh
Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, lies partly in Sikkim and partly in?
1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) China
4) Bangladesh
5) Myanmar
MIBOR is calculated everyday by the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The letter "I" in the abbreviation MIBOR stands for?
1) Investment
2) Index
3) Inter
4) Interest
5) International
Which is the majority shareholder in the share capital of Bank of Baroda?
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Gujarat government
3) Foreign Institutional Investors
4) Government of India
5) None of these
"World Polio Day" is observed every year on?
1) October 29
2) September 29
3) November 29
4) November 24
5) October 24
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium is located in which of the following cities? (It is formerly known as Fateh Maidan)
1) Pune
2) Mumbai
3) Patna
4) Kanpur
5) Hyderabad
Kolkata is situated on the banks of which of the following rivers?
1) Kosi
2) Mahanadi
3) Brahmaputra
4) Hooghly
5) Subarnarekha
The Employees' Provident Fund Organization (FPFO) is under the administrative control of the Ministry of?
1) Finance
2) Labor and Employment
3) Human Resources Development
4) Social Justice and Empowerment
5) None of these
The National Institute of Oceanography is headquartered in?
1) Kochi
2) Mumbai
3) Paradip
4) Goa
5) None of these
Who is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
1) Arunima Sinha
2) Premlata Agarwal
3) Krushnaa Patil
4) Bachendri Pal
5) None of these

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