General Awareness for HPAS/ HPPSC Allied Service

1. Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visited which of the following countries on a five-day visit recently?

1) Bangladesh

2) Sri Lanka

3) Afghanistan

4) Bhutan

5) Myanmar

2. Balboa is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Panama

2) Guatemala

3) Peru

4) Ghana

5) Belize

3. The govt has decided to come out with a new index PPI for 10 services, including telecom and railways on  experimental basis. The term PPI means

1) Purchasing Price Index

2) Production Price Index

3) Performance Price Index

4) Producers Price Index

5) None of these

4. Who among the following was declared the richest person of the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List for 2018?

1) Len Blavatnik

2) Alisher Usmanov

3) Jim Ratcliffe

4) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja

5) Lakshmi Mittal

5. Federal Bank has approved 26 per cent strategic investment by True North in its wholly-owned subsidiary FedFina. The bank is headquartered in

1) Chennai

2) Manipal

3) Hyderabad

4) Vishakhapatnam

5) Kochi

6. The RBI put which of the following banks under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) recently? The bank is headquartered in Mumbai.

1) PNB

2) UCO Bank

3) Dena Bank

4) Corporation Bank

5) Syndicate Bank

7. The Commerce and Industry Ministry has started the exercise to revise base year for the computation of wholesale inflation to

1) 2012-13

2) 2013-14

3) 2014-15

4) 2016-17

5) 2017-18

8. Which country launched its second aircraft carrier for sea trial recently? It has also developed a new jet fighter called A J-15 fighter to operate its carriers.

1) Japan

2) France

3) UK

4) China

5) North Korea

9. The Army has finalised a mega project under which a range of ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will be produced indigenously. The size of the project is

1) Rs 100 bn

2) Rs 150 bn

3) Rs 180 bn

4) Rs 200 bn

5) Rs 220 bn

10. The International Nurses Day is observed every year on

1) 02 May

2) 12 May

3) 22 May

4) 28 May

5) 31 May

Answers:

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