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General Awareness Quiz

1. Name the movie which has been sent from India for the the Best Foreign Language category of the 2016 Academy Awards? Also, name the director of the movie?
Answer. Court. It is directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.

2. The National Sample Survey Office released data from its 2011-12 round on education and vocational training. The numbers show that among persons in the 15-59 age group, about __________ per cent reported to having received formal vocational training.
Answer. 2.2 Percent

Ques. 3 Who is the author of Deja Karma?
Answer.  Vish Dhamija's

Ques.4 Name the New York  legendary baseball player who died recently.
Answer. Yogi Berra

Ques.5 Who is the author of The Success Sutra?
Answer. Devdutt Pattaanaik

Ques.6 Who won the IBSF World billiards championship in Adelaide in September 2015? Name the player by defeating whom, he/she won the championship?
Answer. Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist by defeating Pankaj Advani of India.

Ques.7 Who has been named as ‘Golden Bolt’?
Answer. Hidekichi Miyazaki

Ques.8 Which U.S.-based health insurance exchange solutions company has announced that it would invest about Rs.750 crore in India?
Answer. hCentive Inc.

Ques.9 Which bank on its 81st Foundation Day Celebrations launched ‘Mudra card’ for micro and small entrepreneurs to meet their credit requirement? Name the CMD of the bank.
Answer.  Bank of Maharashtra & its CMD is S. Muhnot.

Ques.10 Sterlite Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of which telecom software product company controlled by private equity major Carlyle Group, for an enterprise value of Rs.180 crore in an all cash deal?
Answer. Elitecore Technologies Pvt.

Ques.11 Who resigned as the CEO of Volkswagen ? 
Answer. Martin Winterkorn

Ques.12 Who is the author of Acharya Mahapragya: A Journey To Wisdom?
Answer. S.L.Gandhi

Ques.13 Uninor has changed its brand name to _________.
Answer. Telenor

Ques.14 The Reserve Bank of India will “very shortly” come out with a draft paper on liberalising certain norms for ____________________. 
Answer.  External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)

Ques.15 : Who has been named as India’s richest person for ninth year in a row with a net worth of $ 8.9 billion?
Answer. Mukesh Ambani