General Awareness Quiz for IBPS, SBI and other bank exams - 31
1. In Uttarakhand, 19th commonwealth forestry
conference is conducted under the theme 'Forests for Prosperity and Posterity'
at
a) Roorkee
b) Mussoorie
c) Rudrapur
d) Dehradun
2. Recently Kishori Amonkar passed away, she was
renowned Hindustani.
a) Classical vocalist
b) Classical guitarist
c) Classical dancer
d) Both (a) & (c)
3. According to the National Institute Ranking
Framework (NIRF) ranking 2017, which is the top ranked Indian University?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research
b) IISc Bangalore
c) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
d) JNU, Delhi
4. Recently President Pranab Mukherjee visited the
excavated ruins of Vikramshila University. This University was situated in
a) West Bengal
b) East Bengal (Modern Bangladesh)
c) Bihar
d) Jammu & Kashmir
5. Who among the following has taken charge as
deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 3rd April 2017?
a) Viral Acharya
b) N.S. Vishwanathan
c) S.S.Mundra
d) B.P. Kanungo
6. Recently, a two-week long multi-national
military exercise, 'Shanti Prayash III', of the armies from 28 countries,
including India and the US, was concluded in
a) Nepal
b) Canada
c) India
d) Australia
7. Recently which airlines provided the facility
that its guests can now buy tickets online on its website, mobile site and
mobile app by using latest payment mechanism - Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
becoming the first in the country?
a) Go Airways
b) Indigo Airlines
c) Air India
d) Jet Airways
8. Recently the WTO's dispute settlement set up a
panel to resolve the dispute between India and over imposition of safeguard
imports duty on iron and steel products.
a) USA
b) Japan
c) China
d) Germany
9. Recently, the number of beneficiaries under
which Government scheme has crossed 2 crore mark in less than a year?
a) Sukanya Sammriddhi Yojana
b) PM UjjwalaYojana
c) Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units
Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana
d) Atal Pension Yojana
10. Which Indian short film has been shortlisted
for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival?
a) Kitty
b) Avyakta
c) Bhangima
d) Binusmiti
11. Every year National Maritime Day is observed
in India on:
a) 5thFebruary
b) 5th March
c) 5thApril
d) 5th October
12. Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved
closure of which of the following?
a) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha
Yojana (MGPSY)
b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act
c) National Literacy Mission
Programme
d) National Social Assistance Scheme
13. Recently the Gulf of Mannar Marine National
Park has proposed to introduce ecotourism in the mangrove forest area of the
park. The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park was established in which year?
a) 1995
b) 1980
c) 1990
d) 1985
14. As per a doping violation report published by
World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015, India ranks:
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fifth
15. Babri Masjid demolition case recently has been
in the news, in which of the following years Babri Mosque was demolished?
a) 1992
b) 1993
c) 1999
d) 1996
Answers with Explanations:
1. d) The 19th Commonwealth Forestry
Conference is held at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
2. a) Renowned Hindustani classical
vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away after a brief illness.
3. b) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is India's best
university followed by Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu
University, in a nationwide government ranking (NIRF-2017).
4. c) President Pranab Mukherjee visited
the excavated ruins of Vikramshila University in Bihar and said he would talk
to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the revival of the ancient seat of Buddhist
learning.
5. d) BP Kanungo took over as the Deputy
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in place of R Gandhi who retired from
service. The government had last month appointed Kanungo as the Deputy Governor
for a period of three years from the date of his taking over charge of the post
on or after April 3 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
6. a) A two-week long multi-national
military exercise of the armies from 28 countries, including India and the US,
concluded at Nepal's Birendra Peace Operation Training Centre in Panchkhal,
60-km east of Kathmandu. A total of 1,135 army personnel participated in the
Shanti Prayash III jointly organised by Nepal Army and US Pacific Command.
7. d) Jet Airways said that its guests can now buy tickets
online on its website, mobile site and mobile app by using the industry's
latest payment mechanism - Unified Payments Interface (UPI).With the introduction
of this option, Jet Airways becomes the only Indian airline to provide guests
with this convenient payment solution. This is the airlines 21st digital
payment option it is offering to its guests.
8. b) The WTO's dispute settlement set up a panel to resolve
the dispute between Japan and India over imposition of safeguard import duty on
iron and steel products.
9. b) The number of beneficiaries of PM UjjwalaYojana for
providing LPG connections to BPL households has crossed 2 crore mark in less
than a year.
10. b) Sensitive short film Avyakta ('Unexpressed') has been
shortlisted for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
11. c) Every year 5th April is being
observed as National Maritime Day of India.
12. a) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has approved closure of the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha
Yojana (MGPSY) which was set up in 2012 to address the social security-related
issues of the Emigration Check Required (ECR)-category workers going abroad for
employment to ECR countries.
13. b) The Gulf of Mannar Marine National
Park was established in 1980.
14. c) India has been ranked third for the
third year in a row in a doping violation report published by World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) for 2015 with 117 athletes from the country being punished after testing
positive for banned substances.
15. a) On 6th December 1992, a large crowd
of Hindu Kar Sevaks demolished the 16th-century Babri Mosque in the city of
Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh. The demolition occurred after a political rally at
the site turned violent.
