General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been made India’s new permanent representative at the UN?

1) Anil Wadhwa 

2) Navtej Sarna

3) TCA Raghavan 

4) Syed Akbaruddin

5) Gautam Bambawale

Ques. : 2 Who among the following has been named India's richest with a net worth of USD 18.9 billion as per Forbes magazine's latest India rich list released recently?

1) Sachin Bansal 

2) Azim Premji

3) Dilip Shanghvi 

4) Mukesh Ambani

5) None of these

Ques. : 3 Who among the following will be India’s new high commissioner to Pakistan when the present high commissioner retires in Dec this year?

1) Amar Sinha 

2) Anil Wadhwa

3) Navtej Sarna 

4) TCA Raghavan

5) Gautam Bambawale

Ques. : 4 The RBI proposed to allow domestic companies to borrow money from pension funds, SWFs and insurance funds as part of the ECBs. Here, the term SWF stands for

1) Sovereign Wealth Fund 

2) Stock Wealth Fund

3) Serial Wealth Fund 

4) Surrendered Wealth Fund

5) Selected Wealth Fund

Ques. : 5 The telecom service provider Uninor announced it has rebranded itself as Telenor in India recently. The telecom compay which entered India in 2009 is based in

1) Norway 

2) Sweden

3) Denmark 

4) UK

5) Russia

Ques. : 6 The govt has decided to appoint who among the following as the Sherpa for G-20 talks, replacing Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

1) VK Saraswat 

2) Arvind Panagariya

3) Arvind Subramanian 

4) Bibek Debroy

5) Jagdish Bhagwati

Ques. : 7 The social networking site Facebook announced a new name for the internet.org mobile website and app recently. What is the new name of the service?

1) Internet4All 

2) Free Internet

3) Free Fire 

4) Free Basic

5) Internet Now

Ques. : 8 Which of the following films has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars in the best foreign film category?

1) Bajrangi Bhaijaan 

2) PK 

3) Bahubali 

4) Court

5) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Ques. : 9 The govt think-tank NITI Aayog has constituted an expert group on land leasing which will be headed by

1) JP Mishra 

2) HS Meena

3) T Haque 

4) Ashok Gulati

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 The next G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled on Nov 15-16 at Antalya in

1) Turkey 

2) Argentina

3) Germany 

4) South Korea

5) Mexico

Answers:

1. 4) 

2. 4) 

3. 5) 

4. 1) 

5. 1) 

6. 2) 

7. 4) 

8. 4) 

9. 3) 

10. 1)