General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of which of the following developing economies to junk grade on 9 Sep?

1) Indonesia 

2) India

3) Malaysia 

4) Brazil

5) China

Ques. : 2 The Export-Import Bank of India is planning a special purpose vehicle model for ship financing. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Mumbai-headquartered bank?

1) Amitabh Kant 

2) Sujata Mehta

3) Rita Teaotia 

4) Alok Tandon

5) Yaduvendra Mathur

Ques. : 3 Which of the following automakers in India launched its new compact SUV named TUV 3OO recently?

1) Mahindra & Mahindra 

2) Tata Motors

3) Hyundai Motors 

4) Honda Motors

5) General Motors

Ques. : 4 As announced by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the state has received investment intentions worth about __________ from the investors at Mumbai Conclave recently.

1) Rs 10,000 cr 

2) Rs 18,000 cr

3) Rs 23,000 cr 

4) Rs 33,000 cr

5) Rs 37,000 cr

Ques. : 5 The govt has nominated who among the following on the board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with effect from 3 Sep?

1) Rajiv Mehrishi 

2) Hasmukh Adhia

3) Anjuly Chib Duggal 

4) KM Chandrasekhar

5) Ajit Seth

Ques. : 6 Tamil Nadu govt organised a Global Investors Meet in the state recently during which it attracted investments of about

1) Rs 1 lakh cr 

2) Rs 1.5 lakh cr

3) Rs 2 lakh cr 

4) Rs 2.5 lakh cr

5) Rs 3 lakh cr

Ques. : 7 The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned INS Vajrakosh, the latest Indian Navy establishment which will handle missiles and ammunition at Karwar in the state of

1) Tamil Nadu 

2) Kerala 

3) Karnataka 

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Goa

Ques. : 8 ___________ was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 2015-16 at the bureau’s 67th Annual General Meeting recently.

1) CVL Srinivas 

2) Srinivasan K Swamy

3) Madhukar Kamath 

4) I Venkat

5) Shashidhar Sinha

Ques. : 9 Which of the following pairs won the mixed doubles title of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament?

1) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes 

2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey

3) Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot 

4) Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 Rakesh Sharma has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank which is headquartered at

1) Bengaluru 

2) Kolkata

3) Mysuru 

4) Chennai

5) Hyderabad

Answers:

1. 4) 

2. 5) 

3. 1) 

4. 4) 

5. 3) 

6. 4) 

7. 3) 

8. 5) 

9. 1) 

10. 1)