General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been elected as the new president of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2016?

1) Jyotsna Suri 

2) Harshavardhan Neotia

3) Irfan Razack 

4) Sanjiv Goenka

5) Vijay Mallya

Ques. : 2 Which country will chair APEC grouping throughout 2016 and host the 24th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting?

1) Indonesia 

2) Canada

3) Brunei Darussalam 

4) Australia

5) Peru

Ques. : 3 Who among the following has been invited to be the Chief Guest at Republic Day celebrations in 2016?

1) Malcolm Turnbull 

2) Justin Trudeau

3) Vladimir Putin 

4) Francois Hollande

5) David Cameron

Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries recently signed a deal to build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant at Dabaa in the north of the country?

1) Russia 

2) China

3) South Korea 

4) US

5) Germany

Ques. : 5 Which of the following world agencies pledged $120-mn loan to finance India, Bangladesh electricity link under SASEC Programme recently?

1) AIIB 

2) ADB

3) IMF 

4) World Bank

5) Other than those given as options

Ques. : 6 Zaina Erhaim, who has won the Reporter Without Borders Award for her contributions to social journalism and world media, is a UK-based _________ journalist.

1) Libyan 

2) Iraqi

3) Syrian 

4) Yemeni

5) Saudi

Ques. : 7 The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal to set up a National Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARF) at Genome Valley in

1) Bengaluru 

2) Chennai

3) Pune 

4) Hyderabad

5) Shimla

Ques. : 8 Name the capital city of Mali where the heavily armed extremists killed 19 people in an attack on Radisson Blu hotel on 20 Nov.

1) Bamako 

2) Manama

3) Baku 

4) Yerevan

5) Luanda

Ques. : 9 The ASEAN leaders declared the establishment of an EU-style regional economic bloc, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) after their recent meeting in

1) Singapore 

2) Hanoi

3) Jakarta 

4) Phnom Penh

5) Kuala Lumpur

Ques. : 10 _________ entered the Guinness Book of World Records for planting the most number of saplings (10 lakh saplings in 10 locations) in one day recently.

1) Rajasthan 

2) Gujarat

3) Uttar Pradesh 

4) West Bengal

5) Tamil Nadu

Answers:

1. 2) 

2. 5) 

3. 4) 

4. 1) 

5. 2) 

6. 3) 

7. 4) 

8. 1) 

9. 5) 

10. 3)