General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 As announced by the World Federation of Exchanges (WEF), recently, which of the following stock exchanges in the world has the highest number of listed companies as of now?

1) Shanghai stock exchange 

2) National Stock Exchange

3) Bombay Stock Exchange 

4) NASDAQ Stock Market

5) New York Stock Exchange

Ques. : 2 India and Belarus have set trade target of $1 bn by 2018. The capital city of Belarus is

1) Warsaw 

2) Riga

3) Vilnius 

4) Minsk

5) Copenhagen

Ques. : 3 The European lender ABN Amro has applied to the RBI to set up a wholly owned subsidiary (WoS) in India. The bank is headquartered at

1) Amsterdam, Netherlands 

2) London, UK

3) Rome, Italy 

4) Paris, France

5) Frankfurt, Germany

Ques. : 4 The US Department of Labor in its investigation found no violation into alleged visa abuse by which of the following two Indian IT firms recently?

1) Infosys, Wipro 

2) Wipro, TCS

3) Infosys, HCL 

4) HCL, TCS

5) Infosys, TCS

Ques. : 5 Which of the following states passed a Bill on 7 Sep, fixing the minimum educational qualification for elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions?

1) Tamil Nadu 

2) Karnataka

3) Kerala 

4) Tripura

5) Haryana

Ques. : 6 Deepak Lather, who won gold medal in the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa, is an Indian

1) weightlifter 

2) wrestler

3) shooter 

4) boxer

5) sprinter

Ques. : 7 What is the total number of member countries of the United Nations (UN), each of whom is a member of the United Nations General Assembly also?

1) 97 

2) 116

3) 173 

4) 193

5) 203 

Ques. : 8 Joe Kaeser has announced that his company will further invest 1 billion euros in India. He is the present CEO of

1) Daimler Chrysler 

2) Siemens AG

3) Bosch Group 

4) Henkel

5) Bayer

Ques. : 9 The Spices Board plans to open signature outlets in foreign markets under brand names ‘Spices India’ and ‘Flavourit.’ Who is the present chairman of the Spices Board?

1) Siraj Hussain 

2) Sanjeev Balyan

3) A Jayathilak 

4) MGVK Bhanu

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 Who won the NSCI Open squash title in the women’s category in Mumbai recently?

1) Habiba Mohamed 

2) Joshana Chinappa

3) Laura Massaro 

4) Anaka Alankamony

5) Dipika Pallikal

Answers:

1. 3) 

2. 4) 

3. 1) 

4. 5) 

5. 5) 

6. 1) 

7. 4) 

8. 2) 

9. 3) 

10. 2)