General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The World Bank, in its ‘The State of Social Safety Nets 2015’ report, has ranked which Indian scheme as the second-largest unconditional cash transfer social security programme in the world?

1) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao 

2) Janani Suraksha Yojna

3) Atal Pension Yojana 

4) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme

5) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme

Ques. : 2 The committee set up by the govt on bankruptcy law reform in India is chaired by who among the following? It released its interim report earlier this year.

1) TK Viswanathan 

2) NR Madhava Menon

3) Kariya Munda 

4) PL Punia

5) Shashi Kant Sharma

Ques. : 3 India will contribute _________ to the $100 billion foreign-exchange reserves pool that is being set up by five nations of the BRICS grouping to tackle dollar liquidity problems.

1) $8 billion 

2) $12 billion

3) $18 billion 

4) $22 billion

5) $41 billion

Ques. : 4 The central banks of the BRICS countries on 7 Jul signed an operating agreement on a $100 billion foreign exchange reserve pool. As per Russian Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina, it will come into force on

1) Jul 30 

2) Aug 1

3) Sep 30 

4) Oct 1

5) Dec 31

Ques. : 5 The Reserve Bank of India has given its final nod for introduction of a new category of semi-closed Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) for

1) Multiplexes 

2) Super Markets

3) Internet marketplaces 

4) Mass Transit Systems

5) None of these

Ques. : 6 Which of the following is the oldest stock exchange of Asia? It completed 140 years of operations on Jul 9, 2015.

1) BSE 

2) NSE

3) Nikkei 

4) Shanghai Stock Exchange

5) None of these

Ques. : 7 India and which of the following countries have signed FATCA pact which will enable and facilitate smoother exchange of tax-related information between the two countries? 

1) Russia 

2) China

3) US 

4) Switzerland

5) Mauritius

Ques. : 8 PM Narendra Modi proposed a 10-point initiative for the BRICS group in its annual summit in Ufa, Russia. Which of the following is NOT one among them?

1) A trade fair 

2) A Railway Research Centre

3) A military alliance on the lines of NATO 

4) A film festival

5) BRICS Sports Council and Annual Sports Meet

Ques. : 9 Which of the following pairs of international institutions and their heads is NOT

matched correctly?

1) World Bank – Jim Yong Kim 

2) International Labour Organisation – Guy Ryder

3) International Monetary Fund – Christine Lagarde

4) Asian Development Fund – Takehiko Nakao

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 PM Narendra Modi is slated to visit the US at the end of Sep to address a special session of the UN to mark the _______ year of its foundation.

1) 65th 

2) 68th

3) 70th 

4) 72nd

5) 75th

ANSWERS

1. 5)

2. 1)

3. 3)

4. 1)

5. 4)

6. 1)

7. 3)

8. 3)

9. 5)

10. 3)