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General Awareness Quiz

1. KYC (Know Your Customer) is a process by which banks obtain information about the identity and address of the customers, this policy is actually innovated by?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) RBI
4) Basel committee
5) None of these.

2. In a move aimed at boosting India’s defence sector, 200 helicopters will be manufactured in the country with Russian collaboration. Earlier, The BrahMos has been developed as a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of India and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia under BrahMos Aerospace. The missile is named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra and ..........?
1) Pakhra
2) Yauza
3) Istra
4) Ruza
5) None of these.

3. What are the General Anti Avoidance Rules or GAAR, that were making news recently?
1) GAAR is a set of rules aimed at regulated investments by foreigners in India
2) GAAR is a set of rules aimed at regulating investments by Indians in Foreign Countries
3) GAAR is a set of rules aimed at curbing aggressive tax planning
4) GAAR is a set of rules aimed at curbing money laundering by Indians to Foreign Countries
5) None of these.

4. The union government has launched a mobile application “m-asset” to know assets of ____?
1) Municipalities
2) Zilla Panchayat
3) Gram Panchayat
4) Union Government.
5) None of these.

5. India and Myanmar have announced plans to strengthen their defence cooperation during a joint consultative commission (JCC) meeting held in New Delhi, in this meeting  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Foreign Minister of Myanmar..........?
1) Than Shwe
2) Thein Sein
3) U Wunna Maung Lwin
4) Sai Mauk Kham Nyan Tun
5) None of these.

6. Which Indian IT firm has chosen for the Best Outsourcing Thought Leadership Award for 2015 from a US based leading institute?
1) Microsoft
2) Wipro
3) Infosys
4) TCS
5) None of these.

7. Japan, the world's sixth biggest greenhouse gas polluter, has pledged to cut emissions 26 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, which country is the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter?
1) Brazil
2) Unites States of America
3) India
4) China
5) None of these.

8. Shiv Pande, an Indian origin doctor has been award with honorary fellowship by prestigious University of Central Lancashire of..........?
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) USA
5) None of these.

9. International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Pakistan’s all-rounder cricketer Mohammad Hafeez from bowling in international cricket for a period of...?
1) One Year
2) Two Year
3) Three Year
4) Four Year
5) None of these.

10. In a major fillip to industrial infrastructure in the Palakkad region, the Union government’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has approved a proposal from the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) to set up the country’s first defence industrial park at?
1) Kottayam
2) Wayanad
3) Ottappalam
4) Ernakulam
5) None of these.

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