General Awareness Quiz


1. The govt has announced that under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana it will provide ______ interest relief on home loan up to Rs 9 lakh.
1) 2 per cent
2) 3 per cent
3) 4 per cent
4) 6 per cent
5) 8 per cent

2. The NRI citizens of India, who were abroad from Nov 9 to Dec 30, can exchange their defunct notes up to
1) Jan 31, 2017
2) Mar 31, 2017
3) Apr 30, 2017
4) Jun 30, 2017
5) Sep 30, 2017

3. In rural areas, now you can get 3 per cent interest subvention on loan of up to ______ for the construction, renovation and expansion of home.
1) Rs 1 lakh
2) Rs 2 lakh
3) Rs 4 lakh
4) Rs 5 lakh
5) Rs 8 lakh

4. _______ has become India's first fully organic state in 2016.
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Mizoram
4) Manipur
5) Sikkim

5. The govt has announced to pay interest for ______ on loans taken by farmers for rabi season from district cooperative banks and primary societies.
1) 30 days
2) 60 days
3) 90 days
4) 100 days
5) 120 days

6. What additional fund has been given by the govt recently to NABARD to give loans to farmers?
1) Rs 12,000 cr
2) Rs 20,000 cr
3) Rs 22,000 cr
4) Rs 30,000 cr
5) Rs 32,000 cr

7. For small entrepreneurs, the govt has raised the credit guarantee from Rs 1 cr to
1) Rs 2 cr
2) Rs 2.5 cr
3) Rs 3 cr
4) Rs 3.5 cr
5) Rs 5 cr

8. Under a scheme for pregnant women, the would-be mothers will get ______ for their delivery, vaccination, and nutritious meals directly in their accounts.
1) Rs 2,000
2) Rs 4,000
3) Rs 6,000
4) Rs 8,000
5) Rs 12,000

9. Senior citizens will now be assured what per cent interest on their deposits up to Rs 7.5 lakh which will remain the same for next 10 years?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 8 per cent
4) 8.5 per cent
5) 9 per cent

10. A gunman opened fire at a nightclub, killing at least 39 people including two Indians in the city of Istanbul in
1) Greece
2) Turkey
3) Brazil
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia

11. CM Vijay Rupani dedicated India's first laser technologybased advanced AVMS RTO check-post recently at Shamlaji of Aravalli district in the state of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Karnataka
5) Telangana

12. India's largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an agreement to set up a $950-mn liquefied natural gas import project in
1) Maldives
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Vietnam
5) Venezuela

13. The SBI has reduced MCLR by 0.9 per cent from 8.90 per cent to 8 per cent for 1-year tenure. In the term MCLR, the letter 'M' stands for
1) Marginal
2) Mortgage
3) Minimum
4) Maximum
5) Maintenance

14. Who among the following has/have been chosen for Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award for the year 2016?
1) Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
2) Shraddha
3)Gyan Chatu rvedi
4) All
5) Only 1) & 2)

15. KM Singh was conferred the 'Power & Energy Persona's Award for Individual Excellence' at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016. He is the present CMD of
1) IOC
2) NTPC
3) BHEL
4) NHPC
5) ISA

16. The Indian-origin entrepreneur Shaikh Rafik Mohammed was recently appointed Major General in which of the following countries?
1) Kyrgyzstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Turkmenistan
5) Kazakhstan

17. The World famous 11-day gala festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra was observed in which of the following states recently?
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Sikkim
5) Odisha

18. The term "teaser rate" is associated with which of the following type of loans?
1) Auto loan
2) Home loan
3)Personal loan
4) Loan against property
5) Education loan

19. Who among the following won the Mubadala World Tennis Championships 2016 recently in Abu Dhabi?
1) Andy Murray
2) David Goffin
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Stan Wawrinka

20. Somdev Devvarman announced his retirement recently from the professional
1) snooker
2) boxing
3) golf
4) badminton
5) tennis

21. According to HSBC Holdings' data, India is 3rd among nations offering highest salaries to expats. Which country tops in this regard?
1) Bahrain
2) UAE
3) Switzerland
4) US
5) Canada

22. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was sworn-in recently as the ______ Chief Justice of India (CJI).
1) 41st
2) 43rd
3) 44th
4) 45th
5) 47th

23. ________ has launched a health scheme, Arogya Raksha Scheme Tummalapalli Kalakshetram for the people of the Above Poverty Line at Rs 1200 premium per annum.
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala

24. The 104th Indian Science Congress was held recently in Sri Venkateswara University in General president Dr.Narayana Rao.In 2018 105th Indian Science Congress held in Kalinga University,Odisha. General president Atchuta Samantha.
1) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
2) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3) Bengaluru, Karnataka
4) Kochi, Kerala
5) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

25. Li Xiaoxia, who announced retirement recently, is the former Olympic champion of
1) table tennis
2) tennis
3) badminton
4) squash
5) snooker

26. The online payments app, BHIM, launched by the govt is now the number one free app on Google Play Store. The term BHIM stands for
1) Bharat Initiative for Money
2) Bharat Interconnection for Money
3) Bharat Interface for Money
4) Bharat Interchange for Money
5) None of these

27. Russia recently delivered four Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to which of the following countries after a delay of two years?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Iran
3) Syria
4) India
5) China

28. The birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule was observed on 3 Jan. She is hailed as the country's first woman
1) bureaucrat
2) scientist
3) astronaut
4) teacher
5) governor

29. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
1) P Kilemsungla
2) Alka Sirohi
3) David R Syiemlieh
4) DK Dewan

30. In an effort to safeguard the fingerlings fish species and its eggs, which state govt has banned the use of Purse Seine Nets for fishing across the state?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) West Bengal

31. Mithali Raj is associated with which of the following games?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Football
4) Basketball
5) Billiards

32. The Supreme Court recently removed Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as President and Secretary respectively of which of the following sports bodies?
1) BCCI
2) AIFF
3) IOA
4) Hockey India
5) BAI

33. __________ has become the first country in the world to pay a basic income to randomly picked citizens on a national level.
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Sweden
4) Denmark
5) Finland

34. The Union Cabinet approved ratifying an agreement between India and Uruguay regarding cooperation in customs matters. The capital city of Uruguay is
1) Copenhagen
2) Stockholm
3) Montevideo
4) Panama
5) Helsinki

35. The 13th edition of five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival was held recently in
1) Kathmandu, Nepal
2) Kolkata, India
3) Colombo, Sri Lanka
4) Dhaka, Bangladesh

36. Jovenel Moise was officially declared winner of the recent presidential election in which of the following countries?
1) Nigeria
2) Haiti
3) Algeria
4) Estonia
5) Eretria

37. Who among the following is the new President of the European Union?
1) Alexis Tsipras
2) Mariano Rajoy
3) Juha Sipila
4) Joseph Muscat

38. Which of the following teams won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Football Championship title in Siliguri recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh
4) India
5) Nepal

39. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India on 2016 in Bangalore,chief guest Portugal president Antonio Coasta.
1) 2 Jan
2) 4 Jan
3) 7 Jan
4) 9 Jan
5) 10 Jan

40. The Election Commission announced poll dates for five states recently. Which of the following states is/are going to poll in 2017?
1) Goa
2) Manipur
3) Punjab
4) Uttarakhand
5) All of these

41. The Munich Re is opening a composite branch office in Mumbai. This world's leading reinsurer is based in
1) Germany
2) Switzerland
3) Singapore
4) France
5) Hongkong

42. Mobile commerce and payments company Paytm has got the final permission to open a payments bank by RBI. Paytm is promoted by
1) Kunal Bahl
2)Naveen Tewari
3) Sachin Bansal
4) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

43. Arthur Morris has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame posthumously. He was an  _________ cricketer.
1) English
2) Kiwi
3) Australian
4) Caribbean
5) South African

44. The Reserve Bank of India has appointed who among the following as its Executive Director (ED)?
1) US Paliwal
2) Deepali Pant Joshi
3) Surekha Marandi
4) DK Mohanty

45. The United Nations 70th General Assembly has recognised the year 2017 as the International Year of
1) Elimination of Terrorism
2) Elimination of Chemical and Nuclear Weapons
3) Conservation of Water
4) Sustainable Tourism for Development

46. Who among the following is the present chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
1) Anurag Thakur
2) Shashank Manohar
3) Sharad Pawar
4) Zaheer Abbas

47. Telangana and Assam signed MoUs to join the UDAY scheme recently. The UDAY scheme is associated with
1) debt restructuring of power distribution firms
2) debt restructuring of state enterprises
3) turnaround of co-operative banks
4) financial inclusion