General Awareness – 122 | Sakshi Education

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Who topped the Fortune's 51 Most Powerful Women list for 2016?
1) Mary Barra
2) Indra Nooyi
3) Ginni Rometty
4) Sheryl Sandberg
5) Meg Whitman
Who won the U.S. Open tennis women's singles title in September 2016?
1) Karolina Pliskova
2) Angelique Kerber
3) Serena Williams
4) Flavia Pennetta
5) Roberta Vinci
The 15th Summer Paralympics are held in September 2016 in?
1) London, U.K.
2) Beijing, China
3) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4) Tokyo, Japan
5) Melbourne, Australia
"AB: The Autobiography" is a book written by a cricketer from which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) West Indies
4) South Africa
5) England
Who was appointed a member of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions Bureau in March 2016?
1) Justice T.S. Thakur
2) Justice R.M. Lodha
3) Justice B.S. Chauhan
4) Justice Permod Kohli
5) Justice H.L. Dattu
India has signed an agreement with which of the following institutions to set up a South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) for training officials in dealing with macro-economic and financial issues?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) Asian Development Bank
4) New Development Bank
5) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Thongloun Sisoulith is the Prime Minister of which of the following Asian countries?
1) Laos
2) Vietnam
3) Cambodia
4) Singapore
5) Philippines
Who took over as the Chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2016 -17 in April 2016?
1) Raman Roy
2) N. Chandrasekharan
3) C.P. Gurnani
4) Azim Premji
5) None of these
Who became the new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in April 2016?
1) Rakesh Mittal
2) Naushad Forbes
3) Sunil Mittal
4) Shobhana Kamineni
5) None of these
Who was declared Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in April 2016?
1) Usain Bolt (Athletics)
2) Cristiano Ronaldo (Football)
3) Lewis Hamilton (Formula One)
4) Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
5) Lionel Messi (Football)
Identify the mismatched pair?
1) IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards
2) LDC - Low Diplomatic Country
3) SHGs - Self Help Groups
4) DIPP - Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
5) NSG - Nuclear Suppliers Group
Which of the following does not represent the abbreviated name of an international organization?
1) ASEAN
2) APEC
3) OPEC
4) SAARC
5) CAG
Agni I ballistic missile is capable of hitting a target that is?
1) 1000 km away
2) 2000 km away
3) 700 km away
4) 3000 km away
5) None of these
The Indian Navy deployed a P8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft to which of the following countries for surveillance in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in March 2016?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Mauritius
4) Seychelles
5) Singapore
Which of the following public sector banks is headquartered in Karnataka?
1) Indian Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Canara Bank
A new helicopter manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is being set up in Tumkur district in?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Goa
5) Odisha
IMGC is the country's first mortgage guarantee company. In the abbreviation IMGC the alphabet 'I' stands for?
1) Institution
2) India
3) International
4) Internal
5) None of these
Which of the following terms refers to all the non-bank financial intermediaries that provide services similar to those of traditional commercial banks?
1) Conventional banking
2) Offshore banking
3) Investment banking
4) Shadow banking
5) None of these
Bandhan Bank is a?
1) Development Bank
2) Cooperative Bank
3) Scheduled Bank
4) Regional Rural Bank
5) None of these
Pranav Dhanawade is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Archery
4) Wrestling
5) Football
Who was declared Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year in April 2016?
1) Serena Williams
2) Yelena Isinbayeva
3) Carli Lloyd
4) Simone Biles
5) None of these
Who was conferred the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award on April 12, 2016?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Leander Paes
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Pullela Gopichand
Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson is the current Prime Minister of?
1) Norway
2) Bulgaria
3) Iceland
4) Ireland
5) Moldova
Imre Kertesz, the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away on March 31, 2016. He belonged to?
1) Poland
2) Slovakia
3) Slovenia
4) Hungary
5) Portugal
Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi born British architect passed away on March 31, 2016. She was the first woman to receive which of the following prizes/awards in 2004?
1) Pulitzer Prize
2) Abel Prize
3) Grammy Award
4) Templeton Prize
5) Pritzker Prize
Kigali Central Prison is turned into a historical museum. It is in?
1) Uganda
2) Rwanda
3) Burundi
4) Mozambique
5) Somalia
The BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in April 2016 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Brasilia
3) Rio de Janeiro
4) Fortaleza
5) Beijing
Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in April 2016?
1) Australia
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) Malaysia
5) South Korea
Balpakram National Park is located in the State of?
1) Tripura
2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya
4) West Bengal
5) Odisha
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met Charles Michel, who is the Prime Minister of?
1) France
2) Norway
3) Belgium
4) Sweden
5) Switzerland
An individual borrower can now take loans up to what amount from two Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) at the most?
1) Rs. 1,00,000
2) Rs. 50,000
3) Rs. 1,50,000
4) Rs. 75,000
5) None of these
Which private bank has launched a facility through which the registered users can transfer funds by just making a missed call to the bank? (It was started in January 2016)
1) City Union Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) South Indian Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) Karnataka Bank
Who coined the term "Shadow Bank" in 2007?
1) Bill Gross
2) Ben Bernanke
3) Paul McCulley
4) Hyman Minsky
5) Alan Greenspan
Identify the mismatched pair?
1) NITI Aayog Vice Chairman -Arvind Panagariya
2) Chief Economic Adviser - Arvind Subramanian
3) Finance Secretary - Ratan Watal
4) RBI Deputy Governor - R. Gandhi
5) RBI Governor - Urjit Patel
World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on?
1) January 20
2) January 28
3) March 20
4) March 28
5) February 20
"The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi" was released recently coinciding with the 25th year of the killing of former Indian Prime Minister. Who is the author of this book?
1) Neena Gopal
2) Jayanthi Natarajan
3) Sonia Gandhi
4) Neena Vyas
5) Smita Gupta
HSBC Holdings is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in?
1) Hong Kong, China
2) Shanghai, China
3) London, U.K.
4) New York, USA
5) Frankfurt, Germany
Identify the mismatched pair with regard to country and capital?
1) Mexico -Mexico City
2) Venezuela - Caracas
3) Peru - Santiago
4) Brazil - Brasilia
5) Colombia - Bogotá
Kakatiya Thermal Power Station is located near Chelpur village in the State of?
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) Odisha
Monte Carlo Masters and Miami Open tournaments are related to?
1) Badminton
2) Golf
3) Formula One
4) Tennis
5) Soccer

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