General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The index of eight core industries registered a growth of 2.6 per cent in Aug 2015 compared to its levels in Aug 2014. Which of the following is NOT included in the eight core industries?

1) Coal 

2) Automobiles

3) Electricity 

4) Steel

5) Cement

Ques. : 2 India submitted the INDCs, related to the climate change, to the United Nations recently. What is the full form of INDC?

1) Intended Notified Determined Contribution

2) Intended Nationally Described Contribution

3) Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

4) India’s Nationally Determined Contribution

5) None of these

Ques. : 3 Name the Indian-American professor who has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000.

1) Ajit Rangnekar 

2) Nitin Nohria

3) Dipak Jain 

4) Kartik Chandran

5) Rakesh Khurana

Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries will host the G20 summit in 2018? Turkey is hosting 2015 summit.

1) China 

2) Germany

3) Japan 

4) India

5) Australia

Ques. : 5 Heena Sidhu is associated with which of the following games? She won gold medal in the Asian Championship recently.

1) Archery 

2) Boxing

3) Shootin 

4) Weightlifting

5) Wrestling

Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries launched the 20th satellite for its BeiDou Navigation system recently?

1) Japan 

2) Germany

3) UK 

4) France

5) China

Ques. : 7 The International Day of Older Persons is observed across the world on

1) 30 Sep 

2) 1 Oct

3) 2 Oct 

4) 4 Oct

5) 5 Oct 

Ques. : 8 India announced to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent from 2005 level by the year

1) 2020 

2) 2025

3) 2030 

4) 2035

5) 2050

Ques. : 9 India was included in the list of 34 countries by which country, recently, to automatically share information under the FATCA regulations?

1) US 

2) Switzerland

3) Mauritius 

4) Germany

5) Australia

Ques. : 10 Which of the following is the latest private bank in India which started its operations on 1 Oct?

1) Bandhan Bank 

2) IDFC Bank

3) Aditya Birla Nuvo 

4) National Securities Depository Limited

5) Department of Posts

Answers:

1. 2) 

2. 3) 

3. 4)
4. 4) 

5. 3) 

6. 5) 

7. 2) 

8. 3) 

9. 1) 

10. 2)