General Awareness Quiz for HPAS/NT Exams 2018

1. The Idea Cellular’s proposal to allow up to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the company is under consideration of the DIPP which means

1) Department of Industrial Priority and Promotion

2) Department of Industrial Policy and Protection

3) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

4) Department of Industrial Priority and Protection

5) None of these

2. India’s forest cover has increased by 6,778 sq km during the last two years. Which state has made the largest contribution in it, according to the Forest Survey of India (FSI)?

1) Jharkhand

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Kerala

4) Karnataka

5) Andhra Pradesh

3. Who among the following is the present Foreign Minister of China? He will be China’s new special representative for border talks with India.

1) Wang Yi

2) Li Keqiang

3) Hua Chunying

4) Yang Jiechi

5) Wang Qishan

4. The World Intellectual Property Day is observed every year on

1) 06 Apr

2) 16 Apr

3) 20 Apr

4) 26 Apr

5) 30 Apr

5. According to the World Bank, the percentage of inactive bank accounts is highest (48 per cent) in which country in the world?

1) Russia

2) China

3) Indonesia

4) India

5) Pakistan

6. The National Institute of Bank Management, a RBI-owned institute, is located in which of the following cities?

1) Pune

2) Bengaluru

3) Mumbai

4) Chennai

5) Bhopal

7. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the Narendra Modi govt for doing well in the area of reforms. The present Managing Director of the IMF is

1) Haruhiko Kuroda

2) Jim Yong Kim

3) Christine Lagarde

4) Takehiko Nakao

5) Roberto Azevedo

8. At the International Monetary Finance Committee in Washington, the RBI Governor Urjit Patel said that the real GDP growth of India is expected to expand in 2018-19 at

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.2 per cent

3) 7.3 per cent

4) 7.4 per cent

5) 7.6 per cent

9. For the first time after Independence, a record number of more than 1 lakh 75 thousand people will go to Haj this year. The Minority Affairs Minister in the present govt is

1) Najma Heptulla

2) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

3) Shazia Ilmi

4) MJ Akbar

5) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

10. Which of the following teams won the inaugural edition of Super Cup Football tournament at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar?

1) Pune City

2) Jamshedpur

3) Kerala Blasters

4) East Bengal

5) Bengaluru FC

Answers:

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