General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The World Aids Day is observed on

1) 30 Nov 

2) 1 Dec

3) 2 Dec 

4) 31 Dec

5) 31 Jan

Ques. : 2 Which of the following paramilitary forces celebrated its golden jubilee of establishment on 1 Dec 2015?

1) CISF 

2) CRPF

3) BSF 

4) ITBP

5) Assam Rifles

Ques. : 3 The RBI released its fifth Monetary Policy Statement of the current fiscal on 1 Dec. Which of the following rates/ratios is NOT correct in light of the latest policy statement?

1) Repo rate – 6.75 per cent 

2) CRR – 4 per cent

3) SLR – 21.5 per cent 

4) Bank rate – 7.75 per cent

5) None of these

Ques. : 4 The RBI kept the growth projection for 2015-16 unchanged in its fifth monetary policy statement at

1) 6.5 per cent 

2) 6.9 per cent

3) 7.1 per cent 

4) 7.4 per cent

5) 7.6 per cent

Ques. : 5 The Executive Board of the IMF decided to include renminbi (yuan) into its basket of currencies that make up the IMF’s SDR recently. The term SDR stands for

1) Specific Drawing Right 

2) Special Drawing Right

3) Structured Drawing Right 

4) Systematic Drawing Right

5) None of these

Ques. : 6 Eldar Ryazanov, who died recently, was one of the most popular film directors of

1) Russia 

2) Italy

3) Spain 

4) Brazil

5) Turkey

Ques. : 7 What is India’s ranking out of 167 nations on 2015 ICT Development Index (IDI) that measures the level of information and communication technology access?

1) 30 

2) 62

3) 74 

4) 102

5) 131

Ques. : 8 India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the Conference of Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris with which of the following countries? 

1) France 

2) Germany

3) US 

4) China

5) Japan

Ques. : 9 President Pranab Mukharjee presented APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE awards 2015 to students recently. These awards were given away to

1) poor students 

2) teachers in rural schools

3) young scientists of DRDO and ISRO 

4) students for grass root innovations

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 Name the striker of Bayern Munich who was awarded recently with an incredible four Guinness World Records for his stunning five-goal haul in just nine minutes against Wolfsburg.

1) Thomas Muller 

2) Marco Reus

3) Robert Lewandowski 

4) Julian Draxler

5) Mario Gotze

Answers:

1. 2) 

2. 3) 

3. 5) 

4. 4) 

5. 2) 

6. 1) 

7. 5) 

8. 1) 

9. 4) 

10. 3)