General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Five sports coaches have been recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya Award this year. Which of the following pairs of coaches and games they are associated with is NOT correct?

1) Nihar Ameen (swimming) 

2) Harbans Singh (athletics)

3) Anoop Singh Dahiya (wrestling) 

4) Naval Singh (para-athletics)

5) None of these

Ques. : 2 Who won the women’s singles title of the 2015 Rogers Cup Masters tournament?

1) Caroline Garcia 

2) Serena Williams

3) Simona Halep 

4) Belinda Bencic

5) Caroline Wozniacki

Ques. : 3 Introducing the PSBs revamp plan termed Mission Indradhanush, the govt has announced BBB to be operational by Apr 2016. The term BBB stands for

1) Bank Board Bureau 

2) Basic Bank Bureau

3) Broad Bank Board 

4) Bank Beholding Bureau

5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks has launched an automated locker facility with highend robotic technology for the first time in the country?

1) HDFC Bank 

2) ICICI Bank

3) Axis Bank 

4) Yes Bank

5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ques. : 5 Which of the following scooter models in India crossed the 1-crore sales milestone recently?

1) Hero Pleasure 

2) Hero Maestro

3) Honda Aviator 

4) Honda Activa

5) Suzuki Swiss

Ques. : 6 Bandhan Bank, which will start operations on 23 Aug, has fixed interest rates. The savings interest rates have been fixed at ______ for deposits below Rs 1 lakh and ______ for those above Rs 1 lakh.

1) 4 per cent, five per cent 

2) 4.25 per cent, five per cent

3) 4.5 per cent, 5.5 per cent 

4) 5 per cent, six per cent

5) None of these

Ques. : 7 If a portion of a banknote is missing or composed of more than two pieces, it’s called

1) scribbled notes 

2) stuck note

3) charred note 

4) mutilated note 

5) soiled notes

Ques. : 8 Which of the following banks has launched a mobile wallet app called ‘Buddy’ in collaboration with Accenture and Mastercard recently?

1) SBI 

2) PNB

3) Axis Bank 

4) Federal Bank

5) IndusInd Bank

Ques. : 9 As per the revised draft of FSLRC report released by the finance ministry, the commission has proposed a financial regulatory architecture featuring

1) Public Debt Management Agency 

2) Reserve Bank of India

3) Financial Redress Agency 

4) Resolution Corporation

5) All the above

Ques. : 10 Rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on 18 Aug scaled down its projections for India's economic growth for 2015-16 to

1) 7 per cent 

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 7.3 per cent 

4) 7.1 per cent

5) 6.9 per cent

ANSWERS:

1. 5) 

2. 4) 

3. 1) 

4. 2) 

5. 4) 

6. 2) 

7. 4) 

8. 1) 

9. 5) 

10. 1)