General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 What is the full form of the term ESOP as used in banking/finance?

1) Exit Stock Option 

2) Exchange Stock Option

3) Estate Stock Option 

4) Employee Stock Option

5) Exceptional Stock Option

Ques. : 2 President Pranab Mukherjee concluded his three-nation visit recently. These three nations were

1) Jordan, Sweden and Israel 

2) Malaysia, Palestine and Jordan

3) Indonesia, Jordan and Israel 

4) Jordan, Palestine and Israel

5) Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel

Ques. : 3 The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) of which of the following countries proposed to invest USD 30 bn in urban development and housing projects in India recently?

1) China 

2) Malaysia

3) Japan 

4) South Korea

5) Germany

Ques. : 4 The govt has introduced a Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) scheme, with an initial corpus of ______ to enable support to women victims of crime and cross border firing.

1) Rs 200 cr 

2) Rs 250 cr

3) Rs 500 cr 

4) Rs 700 cr

5) Rs 1000 cr

Ques. : 5 Which of the following retail firms announced to launch 4G smartphones in India under ‘Lyf’ brand recently?

1) Easy Day 

2) Big Bazar

3) Reliance Retail 

4) More

5) Spencer

Ques. : 6 Nepalese lawmakers elected who among the following as the country's first woman speaker of Parliament following formation of a new govt after promulgation of the Constitution?

1) Anuradha Thapa Magar 

2) Onsari Gharti Magar

3) Chitra Lekha Yadav 

4) Nilam KC

5) Radha Kumari Gyawali

Ques. : 7 Investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Bank of Baroda (BoB) case have brought to light a larger trade-related money laundering racket that misused nine banks. Which of the following is NOT among these banks?

1) Axis Bank 

2) ICICI Bank

3) State Bank of India 

4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5) Oriental Bank of Commerce

Ques. : 8 The UN woes a total of $1.03 bn to 86 Member States which contributed troops, police and equipment as of Oct 2 this year. The largest amount owed was to

1) Rwanda 

2) Bangladesh

3) India 

4) Ethiopia

5) Pakistan 

Ques. : 9 The Supreme Court modified its order on the use of Aadhaar identity cards and brought four additional social welfare benefit schemes within its fold. Which of the following is NOT one of these four new schemes?

1) National Rural Health Mission 

2) Pension schemes

3) MGNREGA 

4) PMJDY

5) Provident fund

Ques. : 10 The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on which date throughout the world?

1) 12 Oct 

2) 15 Oct

3) 16 Oct 

4) 17 Oct

5) 19 Oct

Answers:

1. 4) 

2. 4) 

3. 2) 

4. 1) 

5. 3) 

6. 2) 

7. 3) 

8. 5) 

9. 1) 

10. 4)