General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The market regulator Sebi on 23 Jun eased the framework for start-up companies to raise capital from the stock market. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?

1) The exchanges will have a separate platform for start-ups called Institutional Trading Platform (ITP)

2) No person in start-ups shall hold 25 per cent or more of the post-issue share capital

3) The post-listing lock-in period for tech start-ups will be six months

4) The listing period of IPOs has been shorten from 12 days to six days

5) None of these

Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank of India on 25 Jun extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations by six months. Now, the new deadline for exchange of these notes is

1) Sep 31, 2015 

2) Dec 31, 2015

3) Jan 31, 2016 

4) Mar 31, 2016

5) None of these

Ques. : 3 The RBI, recently, announced to bring currency notes of which denomination with numerals in ascending size in the number panels? The new security feature will be introduced in a phased manner in all other denominations.

1) Rs 50 

2) Rs 100

3) Rs 500 

4) Rs 1000

5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Which bank has allowed customers the ‘total control’ feature in debit cards to allow switch on and off facility on its card through the bank’s mobile application, internet or phone banking?

1) SBI 

2) Axis Bank

3) ICICI Bank 

4) HDFC Bank

5) None of these

Ques. : 5 India's fiscal year ends on

1) Jan 31 

2) Mar 31

3) Apr 1 

4) Sep 30

5) Dec 31

Ques. : 6 Name the Pakistani cricketer who assumed the role of the ICC President on 25 Jun in Barbados in the apex cricket body’s Annual Conference.

1) Waqar Younis 

2) Zaheer Abbas

3) Majid Khan 

4) Javed Miandad

5) None of these

Ques. : 7 The PM on 25 Jun launched smart cities, AMRUT and housing for all by 2022  schemes at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The govt plans to develop how many smart cities in India in all?

1) 50 

2) 20

3) 100 

4) 80

5) 500

Ques. : 8 Under the Smart Cities Mission, each smart city, selected through a ‘City Challenge Competition’, would get a Central assistance of ________ per year for five years.

1) Rs 50 cr 

2) Rs 100 cr

3) Rs 200 cr 

4) Rs 500 cr

5) Rs 1000 cr

Ques. : 9 India announced what amount as aid for rebuilding Nepal on 25 Jun in the international donors conference in Kathmandu?

1) USD 500 mn 

2) USD 800 mn

3) USD 1 bn 

4) USD 1.2 bn

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 Under the Housing for All scheme launched by the govt on 25 Jun, it aims to build how many houses by 2022?

1) 20 lakh 

2) 50 lakh

3) 80 lakh 

4) 1 cr

5) 2 cr

ANSWERS

1. 5) 

2. 2) 

3. 2) 

4. 2) 

5. 2) 

6. 2) 

7. 3) 

8. 2) 

9. 3) 

10. 5)