General Awareness Quiz

1) Name the Indian actor who has won the Ironman title at a triathlon held in Zurich in Switzerland on Jul 19. The contest includes a 3.8-km swim, 180.2-km cycle ride and 42.2-km run to be completed in 16 hours.
1) Ranbir Kapoor
2) Milind Soman
3) John Abraham
4) Arjun Rampal
5) Shahid Kapoor

2) Which state has launched Grama Jyothi programme which is aimed at comprehensive development of rural areas allowing planning and execution of works by villages themselves?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) Karnataka

3) Cricketing icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar has become a Tiger Ambassador of which of the following states?
1) Telangana
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) West Bengal

4) he US President Barack Obama has renamed which of the following mountains in North America as Denali?

1) Mount Saint Elias

2) Mount Foraker

3) Mount Blackburn

4) Mount Whitney

5) Mount McKinley

5) The govt on 30 Aug launched a scheme for online release of new LPG connections for the consumers. The scheme has been named

1) SAHAJ

2) SARAL

3) SUGAM

4) PAHAL

5) TATKAL

6) Which of the following countries topped the medal tally at the 2015 IAAF World Championships which concluded in Beijing on 30 Aug?

1) Ethiopia

2) Kenya

3) China

4) US

5) Jamaica

7) Which of the following banks has launched “IndPay” mobile app through which customers can operate their banking accounts anytime and anywhere?

1) Indian Bank

2) Bank of India

3) IndusInd Bank

4) IDBI Bank

5) Bandhan Bank

8) The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on _________ every year in honour of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand on his birthday.

1) 27 Aug

2) 29 Aug

3) 30 Aug

4) 31 Aug

5) 1 Sep

9) The “Call To Action Summit 2015” on ending preventable child and maternal deaths was held on 27-28 Aug in

1) Kathmandu

2) Colombo

3) Dhaka

4) New Delhi

5) Thimphu

10) Who among the following cricketers has been elected president of cricket statisticians body ACSSI?

1) Ajit Wadekar

2) Ravi Shastri

3) Sunil Gavaskar

4) Kapil Dev

5) Dilip Vengsarkar

Answers:-

1) 2) Milind Soman

2) 2) Telangana

3) 4) Maharashtra

4) 5) Mount McKinley

5) 1) SAHAJ

6) 2) Kenya

7) 1) Indian Bank

8) 2) 29 Aug

9)  4) New Delhi

10) 5) Dilip Vengsarkar