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General Awareness Paper Set
1.
India
successfully test fired indigenous developed Akash missile, recently, which
is a/an
a) Air to surface missile
b) Surface to air missile
c) Air to air missile
d) Submarine launched missile
e) None of these
2.
The
Nargis Datt Award for best feature film on national integration was given to
which of the following films at the 61st National Film Awards
recently?
a) Ship of Theseus b) Fandry c) Thalaimur
aigal
d) Jolly LLB e)
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
3.
Who
among the following assumed charge as the deputy chief of air staff recently?
He is tasked with steering all IAF modernization projects?
a) SBP Sinha b) Pradeep Vasant Naik c) Arup Raha
d) Fali Homi Major e) None of these
4.
Name
the embattled premier of Thailand who was dismissed recently from office by a
court in the country that found him/her guilty in an abuse of power case.
a) Thaksin Shinawatra b) Charupong
Ruangsuwan c) Thawil Pliensri
d) Yingluck Shinawatra e) None of these
5.
Internet
rate risk falls under which of the following categories of risks related to
banks in India?
a) Operational risk b) Market risk c) Credit risk
d) Both (a) and (b) e) None of these
6.
The
RBI has proposed a GIRO based payment system in India. What is the expanded
form of GIRO?
a) General Interlinked Recurring
Order
b) General Interbank Recurring Order
c) General International Recurring
Order
d) General Instant Recurring Order
e) General Integrated Recurring
Order
7.
Which
of the following states was adjudged to have the best land acquisition model in the country in the report prepared by consultancy firm Accenture on behalf
of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) recently?
a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Madhya
Pradesh
d) West Bengal e)
Tamilnadu
8.
Who
among the following won the Spanish Grand Prix Formula One championship
recently?
a) Nico Rosberg b) Sebastian
Vettel c) Fernando
Alonso
d) Jenson Button e) Lewis
Hamilton
9.
The
Finance Ministry has asked public sector banks to step up efforts for
mobilizing low-cost CASA deposits and focus on recovery. What does CASA stand
for?
a) Corporate Account, Savings
Account
b) Current Account, Service
Account
c) Customary Account, Savings
Account
d) Current Account, Savings
Account
e) None of these
10. World Press Freedom Day is
observed on which of the following dates?
a) 1 May b) 3 May c) 5 May
d) 8 May e) 9 May
11. As warned by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) recently, which of the following diseases has reemerged as a ‘public health
emergency’ which was through toi be on the road to extinction?
a) Malaria b) Polio c) Small
Pox
d) Chicken Pox e)
Tuberculosis
12. The High Court of which of the
following states has cancelled the appointment of 10,323 teachers in different
categories recruited since 2010?
a) Tripura b) Manipur c) Meghalaya
d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Assam
13. According to a recent World Bank
Report, India has emerged as the world’s third largest economy based on the
purchasing power parity (PPP) in the year
a) 2005 b) 2007 c)
2009
d) 2011 e) 2013
14. Who among the following is NOT a
deputy governor of the RBI at present?
a) Urjit Patel b) DK Mohanty c)
HR Khan
d) R Gandhi e) None of these
15. India has drafted a national
policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation. Which of the
following statements is/are correct in this regard?
a) India has the 10th
largest forest coverage in the world.
b) It is the world’s 5th
largest carbon emitter.
c) It accounts for 5 percent of
global greenhouse gases.
d) All the above
e) Only (a) and (c)
16. The former Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison for corrupt practices for the first
time in the history of which of the following countries recently?
a) Spain b) Norway c) Canada
d) Holland e) Israel
17. Which of the following gulf countries
announced to abolish its controversial sponsorship system for foreign workers
in a major labour reform recently?
a) Bahrain b) Saudi Arabia c)
UAE
d) Qatar e) Kuwait
18. The World’s highest tunnel made
for his-speed trains became operational at an altitude of 3607.4 meters in which of the following countries recently?
a) Switzerland b) China c)
Germany
d) France e) None of these
19. The name of Shiv Chowrasia is
associated with which of the following games?
a) Billiards b) Squash c)
Golf
d) Polo e) Bowling
20. Delhi University’s professor GN
Saibaba, a vociferous opponent of Operation Greenhunt, was arrested recently.
The Operation Greenhunt is associated with which of the following?
a) Hunt for minerals in forest
areas
b) Counter insurgency operations
against the Maoists
c) Removing tribal population
from national reserves
d) A deforestation drive to
increase cultivable land acreage
e) None of these
21. The RBI is all set to launch one
billion plastic notes of Rs.10 denomination ina field trial in five cities
selected for their geographical and climatic diversity. Which of the following
cities is NOT among them?
a) Bhubaneswar b) Jaipur c)
Mysore
d) Kochi e) Chennai
22. India suffered loss to Malaysia
in Thomas Cup held in New Delhi recently. Thomas Cup is associated with which
of the following games?
a) Women’s Tennis b) Men’s Tennis c) Men’s
badminton
d) Women’s badminton e) None of these
23. Russi Mody, who passed away
recently, was former chief of which of the following companies?
a) Tisco (now Tata Steel)
b) Telco (now Tata Motors)
c) Balco
d) Nalco
e) None of these
24. Who among the following will be
the next Army Chief as the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved his
appointment recently?
a) Deepak Kapoor b) Dalbir Singh Suhag c) NC Vij
d) Joginder Jaswant Singh e) None of these
25. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
is preferred over other foreign fund inflows for which of the following
reasons?
a) It brings in latest technology
in the country.
b) It generates huge employment
opportunities.
c) It improves international ties
of the govt.
d) It stays in the country for at
least five years
e) None of these
26. The market borrowing programme of
the state govts. Is finalized by the Central Govt. and which of the following?
a) National Development Council b) SEBI c)
NABARD
d) Planning Commission e) None of these
27. The UN-backed REDD + programme is
associated with which of the following? It offers incentives for developing
countries?
a) Encouraging cattle herding
b) Saving endangered species
c) Control and elimination of
endemic
d) Reduction in carbon emissions
e) None of these
28. The ‘Nabhratna’ flying test bird
aircraft was handed over to DRDO recently. It is developed by which of the
following firms?
a) Mahindra Aerospace
b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL)
c) Airbus India
d) Indian Rotocraft Limited (IRL)
e) None of these
29. After a long wait and legal
hurdles, which of the new airlines was granted the flying licence by aviation
regulator DGCA recently?
a) Sky Jet Air b) Air Asia India c) Club One
Air
d) Blue Dart Aviation e) None of these
30. Finnish telecommunications
equipment maker Nokia appointed who among the following as its President and
CEO recently?
a) Ajay Banga b) Rajeev Suri c) Stephen
Elop
d) Risto Siilasmaa e) Rakesh Kapoor
31. Telecom tribunal TDSAT uphel the
plea to provide 3G intra-circle roaming services and quashed the cumulative
penalty of Rs.1200 Cr. Imposed on which of the following three telecom
companies recently?
a) Idea, Reliance and Airtel
b) Idea, Vodafone and Aircel
c) Idea, Vodafone and Airtel
d) Reliance, Vodafone and Airtel
e) None of these
32. Which of the following countries
successfully test-fired a shoirt range ballistic missile Hatf-III (Ghaznavi)
recently?
a) Iran b) Iraq c)
Saudi Arabia
d) Pakistan e) Indonesia
33. India has become the world’s
fourth largest steel producer now. As of now, which of the following countries
if the largest steel producer?
a) Japan b) US c) China
d) Russia e) Germany
34. The new Companies Act mandates
all NBFCs, which raise funds by issuing debentures, to maintain what percent of
the funds in low-interest securities or SLR-backed instruments?
a) 5 percent b) 10 percent c) 15
percent
d) 20 percent e) 25 percent
35. The issue of fresh sescurities by
an unlisted company for the first time is called
a) Exchange Traded Fund b) Initial Public Offering c) Rights issue
d) Follow-on public offering e) None of these
36. Which of the following countries
have agreed to join hands on an initiative for Kanchenjunga trans-boundary
landscape to address biodiversity conservation in a sustainable way in the
Himalayan region?
a) India, China and Bhutan
b) India, Nepal and Bangladesh
c) India, Nepal and Bhutan
d) China, Nepal and Bhutan
e) None of these
37. With a view to improving the
aesthetuic ambience along stations, the Railways plan to start a pilot project
‘Green Curtains’ at which of the following stations at first?
a) Jaipur b) Agra c) New
Delhi
d) All the above e) Only (a)
and (b)
38. Which of the following countries
was chosen to host 2019 Asian Games which withdrew its candidature citing
financial problems recently?
a) Vietnam b) Philippines c) Bangladesh
d) Thailand e) Indonesia
39. India’s first aircraft carrier,
INS Vikrant, was sold to a ship-breaker for Rs.60 Cr. Recently. The
Majestic-class aircraft carrier was purchased from which of the following
countries in 1957?
a) UK b) US c) Russia
d) France e) Germany
40. The book Dominant Finance and
Stagnant Economies has been written by
a) Sunanda Sen b) Ashok
Banker c)
Durjoy Datta
d) Ravinder Singh e) Ashwin Sanghi
Answers:
1.
B)
2.
C)
3.
A)
4.
D)
5.
B)
6.
B)
7.
B)
8.
E)
9.
D)
10. C)
11. B)
12. A)
13. D)
14. B)
15. D)
16. E)
17. D)
18. B)
19. C)
20. B)
21. E)
22. C)
23. A)
24. B)
25. A)
26. D)
27. D)
28. B)
29. B)
30. B)
31. C)
32. D)
33. C)
34. C)
35. B)
36. C)
37. E)
38. A)
39. A)
40. A)
