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GENERAL AWARENESS WEEKLY POCKET
Q.1. Who has been appointed as India's new ambassador to Russia?
(1) Pankaj Saran
(2) P.S. Raghavan
(3) Sudhesh Wallia
(4) Iram Khan
(5) Sukbir Kaur
Ans: (1) Pankaj Saran
Q.2. Who has been awarded the 'Freedom of the City' award of cape
town?
(1) Desmond Tutu
(2) Dalai Lama
(3) Ahmed Kathrada
(4) Narendra Modi
(5) Francois Pienaar
Ans: (3) Ahmed Kathrada
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Q.3. Who has been elected as Vice-President of the International
Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)?
(1) S.R. Verma
(2) Vipin Saxena
(3) James Rodrick
(4) Kate Joules
(5) Rakesh Kapur
Ans: (5) Rakesh Kapur
Q.4. Which foreign bank announced shutting of its private banking
operations in India?
(1) Federal Bank
(2) Doha Bank
(3) Standard Chartered Bank
(4) HSBC Holdings Plc.
(5) Bank of America
Ans: (4) HSBC Holdings Plc.
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Q.5. Recently Union Govt. extended the usage criterion of the RuPay
debit cards under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in order to
avail of the in-built insurance cover to _______ days.
(1) 50
(2) 72
(3) 90
(4) 100
(5) 105
Ans: (3) 9
Q.6. Which Indian Cricketer has been appointed as brand ambassador
of Dubai-based hospitality and event management company Grand
Midwest Group?
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) M.S. Dhoni
(3) Kapil Dev
(4) Yuvraj Singh
(5) Virendra Sehwag
Ans: (2) M.S. Dhoni
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Q.7. Agni-I is a _________ missile.
(1) surface-to-air
(2) air-to-surface
(3) air-to-air
(4) surface-to-surface
(5) surface-to-water
Ans: (4) surface-to-surface
Q.8. Who has been named as World Athletes of the Year by the IAAF?
(1) Ashton Eaton
(2) Genzebe Dibaba
(3) Usain Bolt
(4) Sim Bhullar
(5) 1 and 2
Ans: (1) Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba
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Q.9. Recently Prof. Y. Sudershan Rao resigned from his post. He was
the Chairman of which of the following?
(1) Indian Council of Historical Research
(2) National Green Tribunal
(3) PETA
(4) Indian Red Cross Society
(5) Indian Council of Geographical Research
Ans: (1) Indian Council of Historical Research
Q.10. Japan will give how much Official Development Loan Assistance
to India for Chennai and Ahmedabad Metro Rail Projects?
(1) Rs. 5,536 crore
(2) Rs. 2,166 crore
(3) Rs. 7,429 crore
(4) Rs. 4,231 crore
(5) Rs. 8,578 crore
Ans: (1) Rs. 5,536 crore
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Q.11. With which country India signed an agreement on the removal of
visa requirements for diplomatic and service passport holders between
the two countries?
(1) Albania
(2) Cyprus
(3) Seychelles
(4) Malaysia
(5) Singapore
Ans: (1) Albania
Q.12. Which country won the 2015 Davis Cup Tennis title?
(1) Belgium
(2) America
(3) India
(4) Great Britain
(5) Germany
Ans: (4) Great Britain
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Q.13. Which of the following will host the CHOGM in 2018?
(1) New York
(2) London
(3) Beijing
(4) Cape town
(5) New Delhi
Ans: (2) London
Q.14. Who has been elected as the new Secretary-General of the
Commonwealth during its 2015 summit?
(1) Kamalesh Sharma
(2) Nitin Bhargava
(3) Patricia Scotland
(4) Susane James
(5) Kate Flower
Ans: (3) Patricia Scotland
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Q.15. Along with which country India successfully launched Barack 8
missile?
(1) France
(2) Russia
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Israel
(5) Iraq
Ans: (4) Israel
Q.16. According to TRA Research study which of the following is
India's most creative brand?
(1) Aditya Birla Group
(2) Infosys
(3) Tata Group
(4) Nestle
(5) Reliance Communications
Ans: (3) Tata Group
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Q.17. Who won the women’s singles title of Macau Open 2015?
(1) Minatsu Mitani
(2) Xhi Chau
(3) Roseff Dicosta
(4) P.V. Sindhu
(5) Perry Rodricks
Ans: (4) P.V. Sindhu
Q.18. Tyson Fury is a __________.
(1) British Weightlifter
(2) German Boxer
(3) German Weightlifter
(4) British Boxer
(5) Ukrainian Boxer
Ans: (4) British Boxer
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Q.19. Who took over the additional charge of the post of Director
General, Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D)?
(1) A.R.K. Kini
(2) Mahesh Ratore
(3) Rashid Khan
(4) N.R. Wasan
(5) Sukwinder Kaur
Ans: (1) A.R.K. Kini
Q.20. What is the CRR at present?
(1) 4.25%
(2) 4%
(3) 4.50%
(4) 5%
(5) 4.75%
Ans: (2) 4%
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Q.21. Who were honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement
Award at the annual Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Series
in Dubai?
(1) Anil Ambani
(2) Hinduja Brothers
(3) Ratan Tata
(4) Mukesh Ambani
(5) 1 and 2
Ans: (2) Hinduja Brothers
Q.22. Who has been re-elected as the President of Asian Tennis
Federation (ATF)?
(1) R.V. Sinha
(2) Suresh Kalmadi
(3) Sudhir Gaur
(4) Anil Khanna
(5) Brijesh Rao
Ans: (4) Anil Khanna
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Q.23. Recently Indian economy's GDP growth rate during the second
quarter (July-September) of 2015-16 stood at _______.
(1) 6.2%
(2) 7%
(3) 8.1%
(4) 8.2%
(5) 7.4%
Ans: (5) 7.4%
Q.24. What was the venue of United Nations Climate Change
Conference 2015?
(1) London
(2) New York
(3) Cape Town
(4) Paris
(5) Beijing
Ans: (4) Paris
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Q.25. How many country's including India have launched ‘Mission
Innovation’ during COP21?
(1) 14
(2) 17
(3) 21
(4) 25
(5) 32
Ans: (3) 21
Q.26. Who won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2015?
(1) Nico Rosberg
(2) Lewis Hamilton
(3) Michael Schumacher
(4) Sebestian Vetle
(5) Andy Murray
Ans: (1) Nico Rosberg
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Q.27. Under which category India has been re-elected unopposed to the
Council of the International Maritime Organization?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) A+
(5) B+
Ans: (2) B
Q.28. According to the Wealth-X report who is the top philanthropist
in the world?
(1) Azim Premji
(2) Bill Gates
(3) Warren Buffett
(4) George Soros
(5) Sundar Pichai
Ans: (2) Bill Gates
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Q.29. Which country won first day-night test match?
(1) India
(2) England
(3) New Zealand
(4) Sri Lanka
(5) Australia
Ans: (5) Australia
Q.30. Who inaugurated the First International Film Festival for
Persons with Disabilities in New Delhi?
(1) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
(2) Kiren Rijiju
(3) Dharmendra Pradhan
(4) Narendra Modi
(5) Arun Jaitley
Ans: (1) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
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Q.31. With which of the following the Export Import Bank of India has
inked an agreement to strengthen financial cooperation?
(1) Exim Bank of Afghanistan
(2) Exim Bank of Sri Lanka
(3) Exim Bank of Bangladesh
(4) Exim Bank of Seychelles
(5) Exim Bank of Malaysia
Ans: (5) Exim Bank of Malaysia
Q.32. What is the rank of India on Global Index of Information
Technology Access?
(1) 28th
(2) 105th
(3) 131st
(4) 140th
(5) 142nd
Ans: (3) 131st
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Q.33. Recently ___________ has signed loan agreements worth $265
million with OPIC and Wells Fargo to support small business growth
in India.
(2) YES Bank
(3) Feeral Bank
(3) Punjab National Bank
(4) ICICI Bank
(5) HDFC Bank
Ans: (2) YES Bank
Q.34. Which country launched International Agency for Solar
Technologies and Applications (IASTA)?
(1) India
(2) USA
(3) Germany
(4) France
(5) Australia
Ans: (1) India
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Q.35. Which currency has been added to the Special Drawing Rights
(SDR) currency basket?
(1) Rupee
(2) Yuan
(3) Franc
(4) Kip
(5) Lira
Ans: (2) Yuan
Q.36. Recently Ustad Sabri Khan passed away. He was a ________
player.
(1) Tabla
(2) Flute
(3) Shehnai
(4) Sarangi
(5) Sitar
Ans: (4) Sarangi
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Q.37. Recently the Badminton Association of India announced to give
__________ to P.V. Sindhu.
(1) Rs. 5 lakh
(2) Rs. 10 lakh
(3) Rs. 15 lakh
(4) Rs. 20 lakh
(5) Rs. 25 lakh
Ans: (2) Rs. 10 lakh
Q.38. Who was awarded with the best director award in the 46th
International Film Festival of India?
(1) Peter Greenaway
(2) Kaushik Ganguly
(3) Nancy Gometh
(4) Karan Jauhar
(5) Dick Suraz
Ans: (1) Peter Greenaway
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Q.39. Recently who won Mr World Bodybuilding title-2015?
(1) Irfan Husain
(2) Thakur Anoop Singh
(3) Subhas Chandra Chaudhary
(4) Amir Husain
(5) James Roger
Ans: (2) Thakur Anoop Singh
Q.40. Who was elected as new Speaker of the 16th Bihar Legislative
Assembly?
(1) Harvinder Kaur
(2) Rakesh Mehta
(3) Prabha Dinkar
(4) Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
(5) R. Sinha
Ans: (4) Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
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Q.41. Which of the following European countries started
'Transformative Carbon Asset Facility' initiative?
(1) Germany
(2) Norway
(3) Sweden
(4) Switzerland
(5) All of the above
Ans: (5) Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland
Q.42. Who has taken charge as the World Health Organisation
representative to India?
(1) Henk Bekedam
(2) Mark Sobel
(3) Stephen Field
(4) Menno Snel
(5) Carlo Cottarelli
Ans: (1) Henk Bekedam
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Q.43. Which of the following has emerged as the fastest growing state
in terms of GSDP?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Bihar
(5) Gujarat
Ans: (4) Bihar
Q.44. With which of the following Tata Group announced signing up
an alliance to provide it with a host of banking services?
(1) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd
(2) Industrial and Commercial Bank of Malaysia Ltd
(3) Industrial and Commercial Bank of Germany Ltd
(4) Industrial and Commercial Bank of Russia Ltd
(5) Industrial and Commercial Bank of France Ltd
Ans: (1) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd
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Q.45. Recently the Union Cabinet approved signing and ratification of
Protocol between India and __________ for amending the DTAC.
(1) China
(2) Japan
(3) Seychelles
(4) Australia
(5) South Africa
Ans: (2) Japan
Q.46. How many persons of Indian origin are featured in 'Foreign
Policy' magazine's list of 100 Leading Global Thinkers?
(1) 2
(2) 10
(3) 7
(4) 4
(5) 5
Ans: (4) 4
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Q.47. Who has been conferred with INBA's ‘General Counsel of the
year 2015 - Retail Award’?
(1) Abid Khan
(2) Pulin Kumar
(3) Rekha Kaushal
(4) Suhasini Verma
(5) Virendra Kumar
Ans: (2) Pulin Kumar
Q.48. Recently Sandy Berger passed away. He was the former National
Security Adviser of which country?
(1) Italy
(2) Russia
(3) Britain
(4) USA
(5) Indonesia
Ans: (4) USA
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Q.49. Which of the following has set up a Small and Medium
Businesses (SME) Council in India?
(1) Facebook
(2) Google
(3) Twitter
(4) IBM
(5) Infosys
Ans: (1) Facebook
Q.50. Which has become the first bank of the country to launch a
'display variant' debit card?
(1) ICICI Bank
(2) PNB
(3) Axis Bank
(4) Federal Bank
(5) HDFC Bank
Ans: (3) Axis Bank
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Q.51. What is the rank of India in Times Higher Education BRICS and
Emerging Economies rankings for 2016?
(1) First
(2) Second
(3) Third
(4) Fourth
(5) Fifth
Ans: (3) Third
Q.52. Recently Brazil’s economy contracted by how much percent
during July-September 2015 making it the country's longest recession
since the 1930s?
(1) 2%
(2) 1.7 %
(3) 2.2%
(4) 2.1%
(5) 1.2%
Ans: (2) 1.7 %
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Q.53. Recently M.A.M. Ramaswamy passed away. He was a noted
__________.
(1) painter
(2) tamil actor
(3) marathi actor
(4) industrialist
(5) journalist
Ans: (4) industrialist
Q.54. Under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan by which year atleast 50% of all
the government buildings of National Capital and all the State capitals
will be made fully accessible for persons with disabilities?
(1) 2017
(2) 2018
(3) 2019
(4) 2020
(5) 2021
Ans: (1) 2018
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Q.55. Which of the following has become the first state to launch
Rotavirus vaccination project?
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Sikkim
(5) Nagaland
Ans: (1) Himachal Pradesh
Q.56. Which of the following signed a MoU with Transparency
International India (TII) for adopting Integrity Pact?
(1) National Research Development Corporation
(2) The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
(3) National Green Tribunal
(4) National Textile Corporation Limited
(5) Indian Oil Corporation
Ans: (4) National Textile Corporation Limited
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Q.57. Who has been appointed as chairperson of the prestigious
Radiological Society of North America?
(1) Dr. Vijay M. Rao
(2) Dr. Surendra Sinha
(3) Dr. R. kumar
(4) Dr. Imran Khan
(5) Dr. Suman Patel
Ans: (1) Dr. Vijay M. Rao
Q.58. Recently Aricent, a ________-based product engineering firm,
tied-up with Nasscom Foundation to launch Aricent Employability
Programme.
(1) Russia
(2) Japan
(3) USA
(4) Germany
(5) Italy
Ans: (3) USA