General Awareness Quiz

1. Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar was honoured by Legislature of British Columbia in ........ at Toronto University for his pioneering work in the field of education.
1) UK
2) Canada
3) USA
4) Scotland
5) None of these.

2. Indian American Professor Emeritus R. Paul Singh was named for the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2015. GCHERA stands for?
1) Global Confederation for Higher Secondary Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences
2) Global Conference for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences
3) Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences
4) Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations of Agriculture and Life Sciences
5) None of these.

3. Which country's Former Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned as the Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Canada
4) UK
5) None of these.

4. Exercise Ajeya Warrior is a joint exercise between the armies of India and which country?
1) UK
2) USA
3) France
4) Rsssia
5) None of these

5. United States Secretary of Defence .......... and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar signed the 2015 framework agreement on India-US defence relationship for the next 10 years.
1) Chuck Hagel
2) Robert Gates
3) Joe Biden
4) Ashton Carter
5) None of these.

6. Book titled Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower, this book is authored by?
1) PR Mohana Rao
2) Sadruddin Hashwani
3) Henry M. Paulson
4) Alexander Bard
5) None of these.

7. SBI Life Insurance introduced ......... a tablet-based service Distribution partners from all the sales channels of SBI Life can sell insurance products through this facility.
1) Future Guard Plan
2) Protector Plus Plan
3) Connect Life
4) Future Guard Plan
5) None of these.

8. ICICI Bank in collaboration with which company launched a payment service Tap-n-Pay based on the nearfield communications (NFC) technology, enabling customers make over-the-counter payments without using cash?
1) TCS
2) Tech Mahindra
3) Infosys
4) Wipro
5) None of these.

9. Export-Import (Exim) Bank has extended a line of credit of $268.35 million to which country for financing extension of Lake Victoria pipeline?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Oman
4) Tanzania
5) None of these.

10. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated a female judge to the Supreme Court, what is the name of the Judge?
1) Anisa Rasouli
2) Fathima Beevi
3) Frozan Fana
4) Azra Jafari
5) None of these.

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