General Awareness & General Knowledge Quiz


1). Who has been chosen as US Ambassador to the UN?
a) Ishwar Puri
b) Monica Gill
c) Nikki Haley
d) Sheena Iyengar
e) Tulsi Gabbard
Answer: c)

2). Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)?
a) Ashish Nehra
b) Bansi Lal
c) Dattatreya Aralikatte
d) Raghav Chandra
e) Yudhvir Singh Malik
Answer: e)

3). The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has issued how many regulations regarding insolvency professional agency and insolvency professionals?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) 7
Answer: a)

4). Goldman Sachs has forecast a deceleration in India’s GDP growth to ____% this fiscal due to demonetization?
a) 6.1
b) 6.2
c) 6.5
d) 6.8
e) 6.9
Answer: d)

5). Airtel has launched its first payment bank in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) New Delhi
e) Kolkata
Answer: b)

6). SEBI has allowed how many investors in angel funds?
a) 230
b) 250
c) 200
d) 240
e) 300
Answer: c)

7). State Bank of India(SBI) has cut its bulk deposit rates to _____%.
a) 1.9
b) 1.7
c) 1.8
d) 1.5
e) 1.6
Answer: a)

8). Name the scientist who has been given the US highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
a) Elza Erkip
b) Janet Abbate
c) Lynn Conway
d) Margaret Hamilton
e) Susan Gerhart
Answer: d)

9). Which company has commissioned a 93 MW steam turbine-based captive power plant (CPP) for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in Gujarat?
a) BHEL
b) CESC Limited
c) JSW Energy
d) MSPL Limited
e) NTPC
Answer: a)

10). K Subash who passed away , he was a _____.
a) Actor
b) Director
c) Journalist
d) Poet
e) Scientist
Answer: b)

11). What is the theme of the 2016 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?
a) Green the World - raise funds to end violence against women
b) Lavender the World - raise funds to end violence against women
c) Orange the World - raise funds to end violence against women
d) Pink the World - raise funds to end violence against women
e) Violet the World - raise funds to end violence against women
Answer: c)

12). Who will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?
a) Antonio Costa
b) Donald Ramtar
c) Donald trump
d) Michael Ashwin
e) Satyandre Adhin
Answer: a)

13). Who was honoured with Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the year at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
a) AR Rehman
b) Gulzar
c) SP Bala Subrahmanyam
d) Udit Narayan
e) Unni Krishna
Answer: c)

14). Which Indian actor won the Best Actor Award at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards?
a) Manoj Bajpayee
b) Naseeruddin Shah
c) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
d) Om Puri
e) Rajini Kanth
Answer: a)

15). Name the twin-seat aircraft that in November 2016 received the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC).
a) Jaguar DARIN I
b) Jaguar DARIN II
c) Jaguar DARIN III
d) Jaguar DARIN IV
e) Jaguar DARIN V
Answer: c)




16). The Palampur Assembly Constituency of Himachal Pradesh that became the first e-Assembly constituency of India. Palampur constituency lies in which district of Himachal Pradesh?
a) Hamirpur
b) Bilaspur
c) Mandi
d) Kangra
e) Panba
Answer: d)

17). The Union Government in association with the North Eastern States and West Bengal organised the International Tourism Mart in which place?
a) Guwahati
b) Sikkim
c) Kolkata
d) Manipur
e) Tripura
Answer: d)

18). Who is the author of the book ‘Death Under the Deodars’?
a) Amit Chaudhuri
b) Jhumpa Lahiri
c) Kiran Desai
d) Ruskin Bond
e) Antonio Costa
Answer: d)

19). Name the country that topped in the 2016 ICT Development Index out of a total of 175 countries?
a) Denmark
b) Iceland
c) India
d) Japan
e) South Korea
Answer: e)

20). India’s first International Children’s festival will be held in which city?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Pune
d) Chennai
e) Ahmadabad
Answer: a)

21). Dileep Padgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the famous personality of which field?
a) Journalism
b) Music
c) Dance
d) Literature
e) Sports
Answer: a)

22). Cricketer Karen Rolton has been inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame, is belonged to which country?
a) England
b) West Indies
c) New Zealand
d) Australia
e) Pakistan
Answer: d)

23). Which of the following bank has recently launched contactless debit card which is based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology?
a) ICICI Bank
b) Nainital Bank
c) South Indian Bank
d) Union Bank
e) Indian overseas bank
Answer: c)

24). Name the co-creator of iconic MiG-29 fighter jet, who has passed away?
a) Dileep Padgaonkar
b) Ivan Mikoya
c) James Mike
d) Max Planck
e) Tim hawkins
Answer: b)

25). Which of the following committee has been constituted to convert 100% Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform?
a) Amitabh Kant committee
b) Arun Jaitely committee
c) Arvind Panagariya committee
d) Kirti Parekh committee
e) Kishore Kumar committee
Answer: a)

26). Who of the following will be conferred with the Legends Award by International Boxing Association (AIBA) on its 70th anniversary?
a) Kapil Mehta
b) Mary Kom
c) Shiva Thapa
d) Vijender Singh
e) Sonaki Gutha
Answer: b)

27). Which committee was constituted by Union Government on Yoga Education in Universities?
a) Dwarakanath Bhavan Committee
b) H R Nagendra committee
c) M M Lal committee
d) Suresh Lal Barnawal committee
e) Kirti Parekh committee
Answer: b)

28). Who has been appointed as the Lieutenant General of Pakistan's Army ?
a) Babeel Qureshi
b) Bilal Qureshi
c) Faisal Qureshi
d) Ifan Qureshi
e) Qamar Javed Bajwa
Answer: e)

29). Constitution Day is observed across India on which date?
a) 24 November
b) 26 November
c) 18 December
d) 16 December
e) 17 November
Answer: b)

30). First International Gita Mahotsav to be celebrated in __________?
a) Haryana
b) Bihar
c) Nagaland
d) Manipur
e) New Delhi
Answer: a)

31). When is National Milk Day observed in India?
a) November 25
b) November 26
c) November 27
d) November 28
e) November 29
Answer: b)

32). Narendra Modi launched the 'Indian Police at Your Call' mobile app at a national police conference in _____?
a) Hyderabad
b) Ahmadabad
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
e) Varanasi
Answer: a)

33). Name the portal launched by the government to provide detailed information to farmers about bovine animals.
a) e-jaanwar
b) e-praani
c) e-pashu
d) e-jantu
e) e-paisa
Answer: c)

34). Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has decided to adopt another tribal village in Madhya Pradesh, what is the name of the village?
a) Paldev
b) Maihar
c) Bharhut
d) Griddhraj
e) Birsinghpur
Answer: a)

35). Which country has passed a new law regarding surveillance?
a) Brazil
b) Kenya
c) Russia
d) South Korea
e) UK
Answer: e)

36). Which country has begun voting to phase out nuclear power plants?
a) China
b) Germany
c) Japan
d) Russia
e) Switzerland
Answer: e)

37). AROGYA fair organized in which place?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Arnachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Assam
Answer: a)

38). Which of the following governmental body get an advanced system, called "Tri-Netra".
a) Airlines
b) Railways
c) Rickshaw
d) Ships
e) Taxi
Answer: b)

39). Name the hill station, wich host Judima festival?
a) Assam
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Arnachal Pradesh
d) Sikkim
e) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: a)

40). Who has been appointed Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)?
a) Aarti Kanakia
b) Swati Sharma
c) Upma Chawdhry
d) Varsha Deshmukh
e) Vindhya Tomar
Answer: c)

41). Who is appointed as new president of Hockey India?
a) Udham Singh
b) Dhyan Chand
c) Dhanraj Pillay
d) Mariamma Koshy
e) Mushtaque Ahmad
Answer: d)

42). Which multiplex has partnered with SBI for ease of cash withdrawal?
a) City pride
b) E-Square
c) INOX Leisure
d) Pvr Cinemas
e) Rahul cinemas
Answer: c)

43). Who won the Gold Medal at AIBA Youth World Championships.?
a) Hawa Singh
b) Jorge Grinan
c) Mushtaque Ahmad
d) Naman Talwar
e) Sachin Singh
Answer: e)

44). Who leads the Rolex Ranking and wrested one crore rupees CG golf title?
a) Shamim Khan
b) Anisha Padukone
c) Jeev milkha singh
d) Khalin Joshi
e) Mushtaque Ahmad
Answer: a)

45). How much percentage of incremental CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio) is introduced by RBI?
a) 50%
b) 100%
c) 75%
d) 80%
e) 90%
Answer: b)

46). Who is the new President of PHDCCI?
a) Gopal Jiwarajka
b) Manmohan Singh
c) Raghuram Rajan
d) Rahul Gandhi
e) Sharad Pawar
Answer: a)

47). Which company has got SEBI'S NOD to launch an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT).
a) IRB Infra
b) L&T Infra
c) Raheja Infra
d) Reliance Infra
e) Reliance Jio
Answer: d)

48). How much business has been targeted by Bajaj allaianz and Canara bank in FY2017-18?
a) 200 crore
b) 300 crore
c) 400 crore
d) 50 crore
e) 500 crore
Answer: c)

49). Who unveiled the statue of Sathya Sai Baba?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) Venkaya naidu
e) Prakash Javadekar
Answer: a)

50). The 51st Annual Conference of Directors- General of Police of States was held in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Telangana
d) Gujarat
e) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c)