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General Awareness Quiz

1.US President Barack Obama designated which veteran Iraq expert as Special Presidential Envoy to the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)?
Answer. Brett McGurk

2. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of Canada?
Answer. Canada's Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau

3. Who was appointed as the CMD of state-run oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd?
Answer. MK Surana

4. Who was unanimously elected as the first female House speaker of Nepal?
Answer. Onsari Gharti Magar

5. Who was appointed as the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?
Answer. Sekhar Basu

6.Who was named as the Cultural Ambassador of Seychelles for his contribution in enhancing the country’s Art and Culture Development?
Answer. AR Rahman

7. Who was elected as the Head of the Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) at its 42nd session in Dubrovnik, Croatia?
Answer. Hoesung Lee

8. Who assumed additional charge as the CMD of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?
Answer. Dr Anup K Pujari

9. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Group?
Answer. Matthias Muller

10. Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings?
Answer. Jamaican writer Marlon James