General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Aqeela Asifi was awarded with the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently. She is an Afghan

1) refugee teacher 

2) police officer

3) political leader 

4) judge

5) business woman

Ques. : 2 The 21st International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed recently on

1) 14 Sep 

2) 15 Sep

3) 16 Sep 

4) 18 Sep

5) 11 Sep

Ques. : 3 Name the West Indies cricketer who was honoured with the Icon Award by the Indo Caribbean Alliance recently.

1) Chris Gayle 

2) Brian Lara

3) Denesh Ramdin 

4) Shivnarine Chanderpaul

5) Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ques. : 4 Manpreet Kaur, who set a new national record at the 55th National Open Athletics Championships in Kolkata, is associated with the game of

1) shot put 

2) pole vault

3) discuss throw 

4) long jump

5) sprint

Ques. : 5 As per the reports published in newspapers, the military in Burkina Faso has confirmed coup and has dissolved the govt. The capital city of Burkina Faso is

1) Lome 

2) Accra

3) Porto-Novo 

4) Ouagadougou

5) Sana'a

Ques. : 6 India and which of the following countries inked two MoUs under the ‘Quick Impact Projects Initiative’ recently?

1) Vietnam 

2) Thailand

3) Malaysia 

4) Indonesia

5) Cambodia

Ques. : 7 The Union Cabinet approved a mission aimed at developing rural growth clusters in all States and UTs recently. Name the mission.

1) Jayaprakash Narayan Rurban Mission 

2) KB Hedgewar Rurban Mission

3) Deendayal Upadhyaya Rurban Mission 

4) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

5) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Rurban Mission

Ques. : 8 The Constituent Assembly of which of the following countries approved a new constitution recently. The country has had an interim Constitution since 2007.

1) Sri Lanka 

2) Maldives

3) Bhutan 

4) Nepal

5) Thailand

Ques. : 9 The book titled “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” has been authored by who among the following?

1) Stieg Larsson 

2) David Lagercrantz

3) Andy Weir 

4) Henning Mankell

5) Lee Child 

Ques. : 10 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck in which of the following nations recently forcing more than a million people out their homes?

1) New Zealand 

2) Chile

3) Argentina 

4) East Timor

5) Samoa

Answers:

1. 1) 

2. 3) 

3. 4) 

4. 1) 

5. 4) 

6. 5) 

7. 4) 

8. 4) 

9. 2) 

10. 2)