General Awareness for NIACL and SBI PO Mains Day - 14
1. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director of Bharti AXAGeneral (Joint venture between Bharti
Enterprises and AXA)?
A) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
B) Sanjeev Srinivasan
C) Harjeet Singh Kohli
D) None of the above
2. As per the MIDAS Project, the large rift in the Larsen C
Ice Shelf has continued to grow at a rapid rate since 2017, January 1st. Larsen
C is the fourth largest ice shelf located in ...........
A) Arctic Ocean
B) North Atlantic Ocean
C) Antarctica
D) None of the above
3. The first Afghan women orchestra is an ensemble of 35
young musicians aged 13 to 20 is named as .....
A) Zohra
B) Salima
C) Nour
D) Fareha
4. Which country has launched rocket to detect and defeat
missiles from space?
A) China
B) UK
C) USA
D) Russia
5. Nigeria has recently been in news, the capital of
Nigeria is ......
A) Abuja
B) Ibadan
C) Port Harcourt
D) Lagos
6. Union Govt. has launched a dedicated web portal for the
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) at New Delhi. Name of the portal is....
A) Shatak
B) ShaGun
C) Shatakunbh
D) Naksha
7. Who is the founder of Global March Against Child Labour
foundation?
A) Aruna Roy
B) Kailash Satyarthi
C) Medha Patkar
D) Shaheen Mistri
8. The Union Government cleared the Tamil Nadu proposal to
promulgate an ordinance to hold Jallikattu. The Jallikattu is a ....
A) Horse taming sport
B) Bull taming sport
C) Cockfights sport
D) Donkey taming sport
9. Supreme Court has refused to direct the Centre to place
before it the minutes of the meeting of a high-powered committee regarding the
appointment of new CBI director. This high-powered committee comprises of whom
among the following?
A) Prime Minister
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Leader of opposition
D) All of the above
10. Donald Trump has sworn in as President on January 20th,
2017 at the US Capital in Washington, the oath was administered by Supreme
Court Chief Justice of whom among the following?
A) John Roberts
B) Peter Robert
C) James Buckley
D) Patricia Millett
11. The Zengineering giant Rolls-Royce engaged middlemen
for swinging defence contracts in India between 2005 and 2009 violating Indian
laws. This Rolls-Royce Company owned by which of the following countries?
A) France
B) Germany
C) UK
D) USA
12. Union Government has announced that cooperative banks
will not be authorised to accept deposits under the .......
A) Pradhan Mantry Jan Dhan Yojana
B) Pradhan Mantry Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme
C) Pradhan Mantry Fasal
Bima Yojana
D) All of the above
13. Which among the following countries economy grew by 6.7
percent last year and accelerating to 6.8 percent in the last quarter - the
first such growth in two years?
A) Russia
B) China
C) UK
D) Japan
14. Name the Financial Holding Company, which has planned
to sell 25% of India's largest private general insurer ICICI Lombard in January
2017.
A) Goldman Sachs
B) BNP Paribas
C) Fairfax
D) Munich Re
15. Union Government of India allowed teenage girl access
to life-saving Tuberculosis (TB) drug. What is the name of drug?
A) Bedaquiline (BDQ)
B) Tamoxifen (TM)
C) Tizanidine (TD)
D) Belsomra (BM)
16. Neora Valley National Park is situated in which of the
following states of India?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Kerala
D) West Bengal
17. Who among the Indian women badminton players storms
into Malaysia Masters Semifinals in January 2017?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) P.V. Sindhu
C) Jwala Gutta
D) Ashwini Ponnappa
18. Which state has witnessed the 'largest human chain ever
made' to support liquor prohibition enforced in the state since April 2016?
A) Bihar
B) Jharkhand
C) Chattisgarh
D) Kerala
19. Governor of Tamil Nadu has approved ordinance proposing
amendments to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1960). Who among the
following is the Governor of Tamil Nadu?
A) Vikram Dev Dutt
B) C. Vidyasagar Rao
C) Mridula Sinha
D) N. N. Vohra
20. Name the Indian Navy's largest warship for becoming the
first warship to be equipped with its own dedicated ATM (Automated Teller
Machine).
A) INS Vikramaditya
B) INS Viraat
C) INS Ranvijay
D) INS Shivalik
