General Awareness Quiz

1.Name the Indian-American politician who was nominated as executive director to the Asian Development Bank with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama. ?
Answer. Swati Dandekar

2. Who has been elected as the Vice-Chairman on the Board of Directors of Bank for International Settlements?
Answer. Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor

3. Who has been appointed as Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom?
Answer. Navtej Singh Sarna

4. Who won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2015?

Answer. Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita

5. Name the movie which was awarded with BNL People’s Choice Award at the 10th Rome Film Festival held in Rome, Italy?
Answer. Angry Indian Goddesses

6. Name the patron of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad who passed away recently?
Answer. Ashok Singhal 

7. 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was held at?

Answer. Manila, Philippines

8. Indian Army successfully test-fired which supersonic cruise missile at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan?
Answer. BrahMos

9. Who is planning to meet Chief Executives of State-run banks every 45 days to take stock of various performance parameters and discuss evolving issues?
Answer. Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance

10. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved how much percent of disinvestment in Coal India?
Answer. 10 per cent