General Awareness Quiz




Ques. : 1 The Union Cabinet on 21 May gave its approval for the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FCIL) at Sindri with an investment of Rs 6000 cr. The unit is situated in
1) Bihar 
2) Jharkhand
3) Odisha 
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) None of these


Ques. : 2 The IDFC is all set to start full-fledged banking operation by the end of the year. IDFC is involved in ___________ at present.
1) general insurance 
2) asset reconstruction
3) micro finance 
4) infrastructure financing
5) None of these

Ques. : 3 PM Narendra Modi has visited 17 countries till Jun 2015. Which of the following countries is NOT among those visited by him so far?
1) Bangladesh 
2) Brazil
3) Myanmar 
4) Seychelles
5) Mauritius

Ques. : 4 Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed as the new Prime Minister in which of the following countries on 21 May?
1) Vietnam 
2) Singapore
3) Thailand 
4) Philippines
5) South Korea

Ques. : 5 Who among the following is the National Security Advisor at present?
1) Sujatha Singh 
2) Ajit Doval
3) Nripendra Misra 
4) Shivshankar Menon
5) None of these

Ques. : 6 Who is the chairman of the Rajya Sabha committee on the constitutional amendment Bill regarding national goods and services tax (GST)?
1) Abhishek Singh 
2) Kirti Azad
3) Bhupender Yadav 
4) Ram Kripal Yadav
5) None of these

Ques. : 7 The central govt has cleared Isro's Rs 3,090-cr augmentation programme of PSLV. What does letter ‘P’ denote in the term PSLV?
1) Polar 
2) Primary
3) Parallel 
4) Pentahedron
5) None of these 

Ques. : 8 The Indian Navy got the INS Sindhukirti back on 22 May after a nine-year refit. It is a/an
1) anti-submarine warfare corvettes 
2) aircraft carrier
3) diesel-electric submarine 
4) nuclear submarine
5) None of these

Ques. : 9 What is India’s ranking among 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index launched by Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI) and Access Initiative on 21 May?
1) 24th 
2) 21st
3) 19th 
4) 32nd
5) 41st

Ques. : 10 According to govt sources, only 8,000 account holders have availed of the overdraft (OD) facility under the Jan Dhan Yojana so far. The scheme envisages extending households an overdraft facility of ________after satisfactory operation of accounts for six months.
1) Rs 1,000 
2) Rs 2,000
3) Rs 5,000 
4) Rs 10,000
5) None of these



ANSWERS
1. 2)
2. 3)
3. 6) All of these
4. 5)
5. 2)
6. 3)
7. 1)
8. 3)
9. 1)
10. 3)


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