General Awareness Quiz for NIACL and SBI PO Mains - 20
1. Recently the cost of the National Democratic Alliance
government's marquee river interlinking project to transfer water from the Ken
to the Betwa river has now reached Rs.18,000 crore. Ken and Betwa river flows
through
A) Karnataka and Maharashtra
B) Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh
C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
D) Meghalaya and Assam
2. Recently the Supreme Court refused to pass any fresh order
to stop cockfights. Cockfights are popular in which state during the Sankranti
festival?
A) Karnataka
B) Punjab
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Manipur
3. The number of unemployed people in India is expected to
rise by 1 lakh in 2017 and another 2 lakh in 2018, according to the
International Labour Organisation (ILO). ILO is headquartered in
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Vienna
D) London
4. The 69th Indian Army Day was observed this year on
A) 9thJanuary
B) 11th January
C) 12thJanuary
D) 15th January
5. The World Employment and Social Outlook report is released
by the
A) World Health Organization (WHO)
B) United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
C) International Labour
Organisation (ILO)
D) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN - Habitat)
6. The Expert Group set up to prepare Socio Economic and Caste
Census (SECC) has submitted its report to the Ministry of Rural Development
(MoRD). The expert group was headed by
A) Sumit Bose
B) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
C) Rajiv Mehrishi
D) Sharad Kumar
7. Kyrgyzstan has recently been in news, the capital of the
country is
A) Tokmok
B) Bishkek
C) Kara - Balta
D) Karakol
8. 'Brahmos' is the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile
in operation. It can be launched from
A) submarines
B) ships
C) aircraft
D) All of the above
9. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which
year has been the warmest claiming nearly 1600 lives?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) None
10. Recently molecules were tied into tightest knot ever by
the scientists of
A) University of
Manchester
B) University of Cambridge
C) Princeton University
D) Harvard University
11. On 2017, January 15th which country aborted mini-rocket
mission shortly after liftoff?
A) North Korea
B) USA
C) Japan
D) China
12. Annual enumeration of migratory birds at Hirakud Dam began
on 2017, January 15th. The dam is located on the river
A) Baitarani
B) Mahanadi
C) Rushikulya
D) Brahmani
13. In Kerala, which City Corporation has become the first
Elderly-Friendly Corporation in the state?
A) Kozhikode
Corporation
B) Kochi Corporation
C) Alappuzha Corporation
D) Kannur Corporation
14. The 57th annual Kerala Schools Arts Festival, tipped as Asia's
largest youth art fete, held at
A) Thiruvananthapuram
B) Thalassery
C) Kannur
D) Tiruvalla
15. In January 2017, Minister of State for External Affairs
visited Bahrain and held talks with senior ministers on issues related to
labour. Name the minister.
A) Ananthkumar
B) Thawar Chand Gehlot
C) V.K. Singh
D) Dr. Jitendra Singh
16. Union Govt has released new Adoption Regulations to
strengthen the adoption programme in the country. The new norms come into force
from
A) 2017, January 15th
B) 2017, January 16th
C) 2017, January 18th
D) 2017, January 20th
17. 'Sea Dagger 2017' is a joint military exercise between
A) Britain and UAE
B) Russia and Canada
C) Brazil and South Africa
D) India and Australia
18. Which ministry has launched a mobile app 'SEZ India' which
provides detailed information related to special economic zones?
A) Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers
B) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
C) Ministry of Commerce
and Industry
D) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
19. As per the Oxfam report, eight men own half the world's wealth.
Oxfam is an international confederation of charitable organizations focused on
the alleviation of
A) Global poverty
B) Gender inequality
C) Global illiteracy
D) None of above
20. Bornes Kitur bagged the women's title at the Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon held on 2017, January 15th. She belongs to
A) Tanzania
B) Kenya
C) South Sudan
D) Nigeria
