General Awareness Quiz (Based on New Pattern)
1. Britain’s double Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand recently announced her retirement from international
1) boxing
2) archery
3) shooting
4) cycling
5) swimming
2. Babul Supriyo has been appointed vice-president of the FIFA U-17 World Cup organizing committee. Currently he is a Union Minister of State for
1) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
2) Health and Family Welfare
3) Statistics & Programme Implementation
4) Finance, Corporate Affairs
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
3. Which of the following Indian companies has/have been named in the list of world’s most ethical companies by American think tank Ethisphere Institute?
1) Wipro
2) Tata Steel
3) Mahindra & Mahindra
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
4. __________ recently launched an instant digital loan against securities (LAS) facility in collaboration with the National Securities Depository (NSDL).
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) YES Bank
5) IndusInd Bank
5. The three-day Krishi Unnati Mela, for providing information on new farm schemes and technologies to help farmers double their incomes by 2022, was organised recently in
1) Patna
2) Lucknow
3) Bhopal
4) Jaipur
5) New Delhi
6. What was India’s contribution to the United Nations in 2015-16? It rose 55 per cent compared with the previous fiscal.
1) Rs 147 cr
2) Rs 157 cr
3) Rs 244 cr
4) Rs 255 cr
5) Rs 274 c
7. The private insurer Future Generali has entered into a corporate agency tie-up with public lender UCO Bank. The UCO Bank is headquartered at
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Kochi
5) Bengaluru
8. The govt has launched a new scheme for developing export linked infrastructure called TIES which means
1) Transport Infrastructure for Export Scheme
2) Technology Infrastructure for Export Scheme
3) Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme
4) Transmission Infrastructure for Export Scheme
5) None of these
9. The Central Govt recently approved financial assistance for which state by way of special dispensation in funding of externally aided projects (EAPs)?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand
10. Who among the following took oath as new Punjab Chief Minister after the recent assembly elections?
1) Bhagwant Mann
2) Sukhbir Singh Badal
3) Parkash Singh Badal
4) Navjot Singh Sidhu
5) Captain Amarinder Singh
