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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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%

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

Q.33. Recently ___________ has signed loan agreements worth $265 million with

OPIC and Wells Fargo to support small business growth in India.

(1) SBI

(2) YES Bank

(3) Federal Bank

(3) Punjab National Bank

(4) ICICI Bank

(5) HDFC Bank

Ans: (2) YES Bank

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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 %

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

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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

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

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

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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