General Awareness Weekly Pocket

Q.1. Who has been appointed as chief executive officer of

Standard Chartered Bank in India?

(1) Zarin Daruwala

(2) Sunil Kaushal

(3) Bipin Chandra

(4) Subhash Chandra Shukla

(5) Aman Husain

Ans: (1) Zarin Daruwala

Q.2. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals?

(1) Pete Sampras

(2) Rafael Nadal

(3) Andy Murray

(4) Roger Federer

(5) Novak Djokovic

Ans: (4) Roger Federer

Q.3. Who has been designated as the Disaster Risk Reduction

Champion for the Asia Region by the UNISDR?

(1) Sushma Swaraj

(2) Kiren Rijiju

(3) Uma Bharti

(4) Smriti Irani

(5) Dharmendra Pradhan

Ans: (2) Kiren Rijiju

Q.4. Hotel Marriott International Inc. is based in which country?

(1) India

(2) Germany

(3) USA

(4) France

(5) China

Ans: (3) USA

Q.5. Who has been elected as a Governor of the World Water

Council?

(1) Irfan Husain

(2) Vijendra Shukla

(3) Iqbal Khan

(4) Prithvi Raj Singh

(5) Raj Nath Yadav

Ans: (4) Prithvi Raj Singh

Q.6. How many MoUs has been signed by the Rajasthan govt. with

the private companies in the tourism sector?

(1) 50

(2) 37

(3) 43

(4) 39

(5) 28

Ans: (2) 37

Q.7. Recently ____________, an Indian- American woman judge

has become the first recipient of a US public service award in

recognition of her contributions in the field of law.

(1) Ushir Pandit-Durant

(2) Swaraj Sinha

(3) Usmani Asad

(4) Katherine Fernandez

(5) Farha Khan

Ans: (1) Ushir Pandit-Durant

Q.8. Recently Hemendra Narain passed away. He was a

__________.

(1) Novelist

(2) Cartoonist

(3) Classical Singer

(4) Journalist

(5) Dancer

Ans: (4) Journalist

Q.9. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is recently on visit of which

country?

(1) USA

(2) Russia

(3) Japan

(4) China

(5) Germany

Ans: (4) China

Q.10. Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of India?

(1) Justice Tirath Singh Thakur

(2) Justice H.L. Dattu

(3) Justice V. Subramaniam

(4) Justice R.T. Rao

(5) Justice P.V. Rao

Ans: (1) Justice Tirath Singh Thakur

Q.11. How many Indian-origin businessmen have been ranked by

Forbes magazine among the richest entrepreneurs in America

under the age of 40?

(1) Five

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Ten

(5) Eleven

Ans: (2) Two

Q.12. Which bollywood actress has been named for the

prestigious Indira Gandhi Memorial Award 2015?

(1) Vidya Balan

(2) Madhuri Dixit

(3) Deepika Padukone

(4) Kareena Kapoor Khan

(5) Juhi Chawla

Ans: (5) Juhi Chawla

Q.13. Which country announced to give $1.25 million to the

government of Ghana for water-related projects?

(1) China

(2) India

(3) France

(4) Germany

(5) Russia

Ans: (1) China

Q.14. Which Sports Council conferred Indian hockey team vice-

captain P.R. Sreejesh with the Lt. Col. G.V. Raja Award for 2014-

2015?

(1) Tamil Nadu Sports Council

(2) Kerala Sports Council

(3) Maharashtra Sports Council

(4) Gujarat Sports Council

(5) Sikkim Sports Council

Ans: (2) Kerala Sports Council

Q.15. Recently Tata Steel established its integrated steel plant in

which state?

(1) Assam

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Odisha

(4) Kerala

(5) Tamil Nadu

Ans: (3) Odisha

Q.16. Recently the Union Cabinet has given its ex post facto

approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between India

and _________ on Security Cooperation.

(1) China

(2) Iran

(3) Bangladesh

(4) Germany

(5) Kuwait

Ans: (4) Germany

Q.17. Recently the union cabinet has given its approval for the

protocol amending the agreement between India and __________

for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal

evasion with respect to taxes on income.

(1) China

(2) Iran

(3) Bangladesh

(4) Germany

(5) Kuwait

Ans: (5) Kuwait

Q.18. Expand IBSA.

(1) India, Brazil, Seychelles and America

(2) India, Brazil and South Africa

(3) Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa

(4) Indonesia, Brazil and Afghanistan

(5) India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan

Ans: (2) India, Brazil and South Africa

Q.19. Which of the following has recently become a member of

the International Paralympic Committee?

(1) International Cricket Council

(2) International Table Tennis Federation

(3) World Squash Federation

(4) Badminton World Federation

(5) International Boxing Association

Ans: (4) Badminton World Federation

Q.20. Who took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar?

(1) Virendra Nath

(2) Nitish Kumar

(3) Lalu Prasad Yadav

(4) Suraj Sinha

(5) Rajvansh Kumar

Ans: (2) Nitish Kumar

Q.21. Which of the following has been renamed Sydney Stock

Exchange Limited?

(1) MSE

(2) NASDAQ

(3) JSE Limited

(4) Asia Pacific Stock Exchange

(5) BSE

Ans: (4) Asia Pacific Stock Exchange

Q.22. Who has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,

Disarmament and Development for 2015?

(1) UNGA

(2) UNSC

(3) UNESC

(4) UNHCR

(5) UNESCO

Ans: (4) UNHCR

Q.23. Recently the union cabinet gave its approval for signing of a

Memorandum of Understanding between India and Vietnam for

cooperation in the field of ________.

(1) Tourism

(2) Infrastructure

(3) Animal Health

(4) Information Technology

(5) Telecom

Ans: (3) Animal Health

Q.24. Who headed the 7th Pay Commission?

(1) Suhasini Sharma

(2) Narendra Pathak

(3) U.S. Nair

(4) Kartik Narain

(5) Ashok Kumar Mathur

Ans: (5) Ashok Kumar Mathur

Q.25. At which of the following places the 27th Summit of APEC

was held?

(1) Shanghai, China

(2) Tokyo, Japan

(3) Lima, Peru

(4) Manila, Philippines

(5) Beijing, China

Ans: (4) Manila, Philippines

Q.26. Who has been named as India’s new Ambassador to China?

(1) Anand Nath

(2) Vijay Keshav Gokhale

(3) Ashok Kantha

(4) Subir Shah

(5) Rashid Khan

Ans: (2) Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Q.27. Which country issued a postage stamp featuring Prime

Minister Narendra Modi?

(1) Australia

(2) U.K.

(3) Turkey

(4) Russia

(5) Germany

Ans: (3) Turkey

Q.28. Recently Ram Krishna Trivedi passed away. He was the

former Governor of which state?

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Sikkim

(4) Gujarat

(5) West Bengal

Ans: (4) Gujarat

Q.29. Chess player Srishti Pandey belongs to which state?

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Sikkim

(4) Gujarat

(5) West Bengal

Ans: (2) Maharashtra

Q.30. Who won 'Women Footballer of the Year' Award at the third

Asian Football Awards?

(1) Jill Scot

(2) Kosovare Asllani

(3) Aditi Chauhan

(4) Abby Wambach

(5) Adriana Leon

Ans: (3) Aditi Chauhan

Q.31. Who will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day to be

celebrated on 26 January 2016?

(1) French President Francois Hollande

(2) Japanese President Shinzō Abe

(3) Russian President Vladimir Putin

(4) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

(5) German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Ans: (1) French President Francois Hollande

Q.32. Who has been elected as the President of Federation of

Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year

2016?

(1) Nizamuddin Shah

(2) Sukhwinder Kaur

(3) Jyotsna Suri

(4) Harshavardhan Neotia

(5) Anny Paul

Ans: (4) Harshavardhan Neotia

Q.33. Recently Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal passed away. He was the

Secretary General of which organisation?

(1) Indian Red Cross Society

(2) RAW

(3) NGT

(4) PETA

(5) BCCI

Ans: (1) Indian Red Cross Society

Q.34. for which purpose Russia signed an agreement with Egypt?

(1) To build a nuclear power plant in Egypt

(2) To provide electricity to Egypt

(3) To build world's largest stadium in Egypt

(4) To increase cooperation in information and broadcasting sector

(5) To increase cooperation in defence sector

Ans: (1) to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt

Q.35. with which state South Australia signed a historic 'sister-state

agreement'?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Sikkim

(3) Rajasthan

(4) Maharashtra

(5) Uttar Pradesh

Ans: (3) Rajasthan

Q.36. How many gold medals were won by India in the Track Asia

Cup cycling meet held in New Delhi?

(1) 2

(2) 5

(3) 4

(4) 7

(5) 3

Ans: (5) 3

Q.37. Who was chief guest at the 46th edition of International Film

Festival of India?

(1) Amitabh Bachchan

(2) Anupam Kher

(3) Aishwarya Rai

(4) Anil Kapoor

(5) Dharmendra

Ans: (4) Anil Kapoor

Q.38. Recently Tennis champion-turned Hollywood filmmaker

___________ was awarded with an honorary doctorate of Arts by

the University of East London.

(1) Ashok Amritraj

(2) Bipin Shah

(3) Swaraj Paul

(4) Nitin Garg

(5) Seema Khan

Ans: (1) Ashok Amritraj

Q.39. Which country's resolution was adopted by UNSC calling all

nations to take all necessary measures against terrorism?

(1) India

(2) Germany

(3) Russia

(4) USA

(5) France

Ans: (5) France

Q.40. With which country India recently signed agreements on

cyber security, culture and public administration?

(1) Singapore

(2) Malaysia

(3) Seychelles

(4) Turkey

(5) Bangladesh

Ans: (2) Malaysia

Q.41. Who emerged as winner in Argentina's presidential

elections?

(1) Mauricio Macri

(2) Daniel Scioli

(3) Bernardino Rivadavia

(4) Juan Lavalle

(5) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Ans: (1) Mauricio Macri

Q.42. Recently Aravind Bhut took retirement from which of the

following?

(1) International Cricket

(2) National Table Tennis

(3) International Table Tennis

(4) International Badminton

(5) International Football

Ans: (4) International Badminton

Q.43. Prerna Bhambri is associated with which sport?

(1) Badminton

(2) Tennis

(3) Squash

(4) Cricket

(5) Football

Ans: (2) Tennis

Q.44. Recently which of the following groups has been established

by ASEAN?

(1) ASEAN Socio-Economic Community

(2) ASEAN Economic Council

(3) ASEAN Socio-Economic Council

(4) ASEAN Economic Union

(5) ASEAN Economic Community

Ans: (5) ASEAN Economic Community

Q.45. Which country won 8th Men’s Junior Asia Hockey Cup?

(1) India

(2) Pakistan

(3) Singapore

(4) Malaysia

(5) Nepal

Ans: (1) India

Q.46. Recently Cricketer Raymond Van Schoor passed away. He

used to play for which country?

(1) Nigeria

(2) England

(3) Namibia

(4) Australia

(5) West Indies

Ans: (3) Namibia

Q.47. Name the Indian scientist who has been appointed by UN

Chief Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology,

innovation, and access?

(1) Saima Khan

(2) Geet Sinha

(3) Ashok Mathur

(4) Yusuf Hamied

(5) Ruth Dreifuss

Ans: (4) Yusuf Hamied

Q.48. Who has been appointed as the official partner for the

Hockey World League (HWL) Finals to be held in Raipur?

(1) GAIL

(2) NTPC

(3) BHEL

(4) NGT

(5) Air India

Ans: (2) NTPC

Q.49. Recently Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu

announced a _________ special assistance for decongestion of

roads and development of Delhi.

(1) Rs. 1,200 crore

(2) Rs. 5,100 crore

(3) Rs. 3,250 crore

(4) Rs. 2,375 crore

(5) Rs. 4,184 crore

Ans: (3) Rs. 3,250 crore

Q.50. During the recent visit of PM Narendra Modi to Singapore

how many agreements were signed between India and

Singapore?

(1) 5

(2) 15

(3) 10

(4) 12

(5) 20

Ans: (3) 10

Q.51. which day has been declared as ‘Constitution Day’ by the

Government of India?

(1) 15th August

(2) 26th November

(3) 26th January

(4) 30th April

(5) 29th November

Ans: (2) 26th November

Q.52. At which of the following places the President of Sri Lanka

Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi

International Centre (MGIC)?

(1) Kandy

(2) Colombo

(3) Jaffna

(4) Matale

(5) Horana

Ans: (4) Matale

Q.53. Recently __________ successfully launched the first satellite

for Laos, named LaoSat-1.

(1) China

(2) Japan

(3) Malaysia

(4) Russia

(5) France

Ans: (1) China

Q.54. Who has been appointed as Special Representative for

Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia

(UNSOM) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?

(1) R. E. Turner

(2) Nicholas Kay

(3) Michael Keating

(4) Yuan Ming

(5) Kathy Calvin

Ans: (3) Michael Keating

Q.55. Who won the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015?

(1) Pankaj Advani

(2) Zhua Xintong

(3) Igor Ivanov

(4) Hisashi Owada

(5) Hans Vestberg

Ans: (1) Pankaj Advani

Q.56. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed the

release of financial assistance worth _______ immediately to Tamil

Nadu to assist it in dealing with the situation arising from the floods.

(1) Rs. 533.50 crore

(2) Rs. 669.21 crore

(3) Rs. 777.72 crore

(4) Rs. 859.22 crore

(5) Rs. 939.63 crore

Ans: (5) Rs. 939.63 crore

Q.57. Prashant Damle has been selected for Master Dinanath

Mangeshkar Award. He is a ________ actor.

(1) Tamil

(2) Telugu

(3) Marathi

(4) Odissi

(5) Bhojpuri

Ans: (3) Marathi

Q.58. Recently K.M. Ram Prasad passed away. He was a

Karnataka _________.

(1) Footballer

(2) Cricketer

(3) Tennis Player

(4) Actor

(5) Film Director

Ans: (2) Cricketer

Q.59. Which cricketer has been named the ‘Newcomer of the

Year’ at South Africa’s annual Sports Awards?

(1) Simon Harmer

(2) Ashwell Prince

(3) Temba Bavuma

(4) Kagiso Rabada

(5) Robin Peterson

Ans: (4) Kagiso Rabada

Q.60. T.S. Papola passed away. He was a noted ______________.

(1) Cartoonist

(2) Dancer

(3) Economist

(4) Journalist

(5) Singer

Ans: (3) Economist

Q.61. Recently Magna Fincorp won a Gold Award at LACP

(League of American Communications Professionals) Spotlight

Awards 2015. It is based in which Indian city?

(1) Pune

(2) Mysore

(3) Kochi

(4) Lucknow

(5) Kolkata

Ans: (5) Kolkata

Q.62. Which country will "create a joint staff" with France, the

United States and Turkey to fight the Islamic State?

(1) India

(2) Russia

(3) Syria

(4) Afghanistan

(5) Germany

Ans: (2) Russia

Q.63. Recently ___________banks, led by public sector ones, have

reported a 26.8 per cent rise in non-performing assets (NPAs) over

the 12-month period ending September this year.

(1) 37

(2) 21

(3) 25

(4) 28

(5) 30

Ans :( 1) 37

Q.64. This year, 18 companies that have so far launched IPOs

have collectively raised nearly _________________, making it the

best in four years in terms of fund raising through initial share sale

programmes.

(1) Rs. 7,000 crore

(2) Rs. 11,000 crore

(3) Rs. 13,520 crore

(4) Rs. 9,321 crore

(5) Rs. 11,000 crore

Ans: (2) Rs. 11,000 crore

Q.65. Government is planning to put what percent of sectors,

which are open to foreign investments, under the automatic

route?

(1) 54%

(2) 90%

(3) 89%

(4) 98%

(5) 74%

Ans: (4) 98%

Q.66. China announced to import ___________ commodities over

the next five years.

(1) USD 12 trillion

(2) USD 10 trillion

(3) USD 9 trillion

(4) USD 5 trillion

(5) USD 7 trillion

Ans: (2) USD 10 trillion

Q.67. With which of the following Idea Cellular has entered into an

agreement for acquiring the rights to use the latter's spectrum for

the telecom service areas of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West)?

(1) Videocon Telecommunications

(2) Reliance Communications

(3) MTNL

(4) BSNL

(5) Telenor

Ans: (1) Videocon Telecommunications

Q.68. By which year Asia is poised to drive global trade to around

USD 68.5 trillion?

(1) 2045

(2) 2042

(3) 2050

(4) 2025

(5) 2030

Ans: (3) 2050

Q.69. ASEAN is comprised of how many nations?

(1) 5

(2) 10

(3) 12

(4) 15

(5) 20

Ans: (2) 10

Q.70. The Supreme Court has asked Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd

(VMSL) to pay ___________ to the government in pursuance of the

proposed merger of licenses of its four entities into itself.

(1) Rs. 500 crore

(2) Rs. 3,500 crore

(3) Rs. 3,000 crore

(4) Rs. 2,000 crore

(5) Rs. 4,100 crore

Ans: (4) Rs. 2,000 crore

Q.71. Who took over as new President of the Associated Chamber

of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)?

(1) Sunil Kanoria

(2) Rana Kapoor

(3) Nitin Desai

(4) R. Verma

(5) Amir Shah

Ans: (1) Sunil Kanoria

Q.72. Who is the brand ambassador of Mumbai International Film

Festival (MIFF) 2016?

(1) Lata Mangeshkar

(2) Shreya Ghoshal

(3) Jackie Shroff

(4) Anil Kapoor

(5) Anupam Kher

Ans: (3) Jackie Shroff

Q.73. With which university the Ministry of Railways signed

Memorandum of Understanding to set up Railway Chair on

Sustainable Mobility?

(1) TERI University, Allahabad

(2) TERI University, Lucknow

(3) TERI University, Pune

(4) TERI University, Delhi

(5) TERI University, Banaras

Ans: (4) TERI University, Delhi

Q.74. What is the strike range of India's nuclear-capable Dhanush

ballistic missile?

(1) 200 Km

(2) 250 Km

(3) 432 Km

(4) 400 Km

(5) 350 Km

Ans: (5) 350 Km

Q.75. Expand ICAO.

(1) International Civil Aviation Organization

(2) Indian Civil Aviation Organization

(3) International Civic Aviation Organization

(4) Indian Civic Aviation Organization

(5) International Civil Aero Organization

Ans: (1) International Civil Aviation Organization

Q.76. Name the railway security fund proposed to be launched by

the railways?

(1) Rashtriya Rail Suraksha Kosh

(2) Rail Sanraksha Kosh

(3) Rail Suraksha Kosh

(4) Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh

(5) Rashtriya Rail Suhdar Kosh

Ans: (4) Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh

Q.77. Recently Dr. Mahip Singh passed away. He was a

___________.

(1) Film Director

(2) Writer

(3) Film Producer

(4) Scientist

(5) Anthropologist

Ans: (2) Writer

Q.78. How many schemes have been launched by the

government for the disabled persons in New Delhi?

(1) 5

(2) 7

(3) 8

(4) 4

(5) 10

Ans: (5) 10

Q.79. Recently T. R. Govindarajan passed away. He was

associated with which of the following sports?

(1) Table Tennis

(2) Football

(3) Cricket

(4) Squash

(5) Badminton

Ans: (2) Football

Q.80. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Target

Olympic Podium Scheme?

(1) Anju Bobby George

(2) Anurag Thakur

(3) Sunil Gavaskar

(4) P.T. Usha

(5) Manjeet Kaur

Ans: (1) Anju Bobby George

Q.81. Who sworn in as the new Prime Minster of Portugal?

(1) Antonio Costa

(2) Francisca Van Dunem

(3) Pedro Passos Coelho

(4) Pedro Santana Lopes

(5) José Barroso

Ans: (1) Antonio Costa

Q.82. What is the strike range of Prithvi-II missile?

(1) 250 km

(2) 370 km

(3) 420 km

(4) 450 km

(5) 350 km

Ans: (5) 350 km

Q.83. Who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of

OLA?

(1) Shahid Husain

(2) Sarabjeet Kaur

(3) Rajiv Bansal

(4) Sanjeev Paul

(5) Samanvay Tripathi

Ans: (3) Rajiv Bansal

Q.84. Yaogan—29 is the remote sensing satellite of which country?

(1) Japan

(2) China

(3) Russia

(4) France

(5) USA

Ans: (2) China

Q.85. From which date liquor prohibition will be implemented in

Bihar?

(1) 1 March 2016

(2) 1 January 2016

(3) 1 April 2016

(4) 10 January 2016

(5) 10 May 2016

Ans: (3) 1 April 2016

Q.86. In an important development, the cricket boards of India

and Pakistan agreed to play a short bilateral series in ________,

which is a neutral country, from 15 December.

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) Bangladesh

(3) England

(4) Australia

(5) America

Ans: (1) Sri Lanka

Q.87. Kadmatt is a _____________.

(1) Fighter Helicopter

(2) Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette

(3) Remote sensing satellite

(4) Naval Warfare Ship

(5) Missile

Ans: (2) Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette

Q.88. Recently Rajya Sabha MP from ___________ Khekiho Zhimomi

passed away.

(1) Assam

(2) Tripura

(3) Odisha

(4) Nagaland

(5) Sikkim

Ans: (4) Nagaland

Q.89. How much investment has been approved by Ministry of

Urban Development for improving basic infrastructure in 102

AMRUT cities?

(1) Rs. 2,420 cr

(2) Rs. 1,500 cr

(3) Rs. 4,331 cr

(4) Rs. 5,460 cr

(5) Rs. 3,120 cr

Ans: (5) Rs.3, 120 cr

Q.90. How many female match umpires have been appointed for

the first time for women’s World Twenty20 qualifier match to be

held in Bangkok?

(1) Two

(2) Four

(3) Three

(4) Five

(5) Six

Ans: (2) Four