General Awarness Quiz

1. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Tata Group?

1) B Muthuraman

2) Ishaat Hussain

3) N Chandrasekaran

4) Noel Tata

5) Arun Sarin

2. Thai Pongal is a harvest festival which is celebrated in the state of

1) Karnataka

2) Kerala

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Odisha

3. The Govt has increased the minimum monthly pension to ________ per person for central govt employees.

1) Rs 7,000

2) Rs 8,000

3) Rs 9,000

4) Rs 6,000

5) Rs 10,000

4. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe recently signed about USD 8.7-bn aid package over the next five years to

1) Philippines

2) Thailand

3) Vietnam

4) Cambodia

5) Venezuela

5. India’s first payments bank – Airtel Payments Bank – is giving a ______ interest on savings accounts, which makes it the highest interest rate on offer.

1) 4.50%

2) 5.25%

3) 6%

4) 7.25%

5) 8%

6. Actress Tisca Chopra was named the Best Actress at the Jio Filmfare Short Film Awards recently for the film

1) Chutney

2) Dangal

3) Sultan

4) Dear Zindagi

5) Pink

7. The World Bank has projected a global growth of _____ in 2017.

1) 2.1%

2) 2.3%

3) 2.5%

4) 2.7%

5) 2.9%

8. The month-long Magh Mela festival began recently at Sangam in

1) Allahabad

2) Lucknow

3) Nasik

4) Kolkata

5) Puri

9. Norway has become the first country to cease FM radio broadcasting. The capital city of Norway is

1) Madrid

2) Stockholm

3) Copenhagen

4) Helsinki

5) Oslo

10. Arunachal Pradesh has signed an MoU with NDDB to promote dairy development in the state. The term NDDB stands for

1) National Dam Development Board

2) National Dairy Development Board

3) National Defence Development Board

4) National Design Development Board

5) None of these

Answers-

1. 3
2. 3
3. 3
4. 1
5. 4
6. 1
7. 4
8. 1
9. 5
10. 2