General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the new governor of Bihar?

1) Mridula Sinha 

2) Ram Nath Kovind

3) Kaptan Singh Solanki 

4) OP Kohli

5) Ram Naik

Ques. : 2 The govt of India and RBI are finalising the structure of the MPC, which will decide the interest rates in the country. The term MPC stands for

1) Monetary Policing Committee 

2) Monetary Priority Committee

3) Monetary Preference Committee 

4) Monetary Policy Committee

5) None of these

Ques. : 3 Which of the following cities tops the chart of cleanest cities in the country among 476 cities surveyed during 2014-15?

1) Mysuru 

2) Damoh

3) Bengaluru 

4) Mandya

5) Hassan

Ques. : 4 The world’s biggest contract electronic manufacturer Foxconn on 8 Aug signed a USD 5-bn deal with which of the following state govts to set up manufacturing base there?

1) Gujarat 

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Maharashtra 

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. : 5 Name the typhoon which entered China on 8 Aug after pounding Taiwan.

1) Erika 

2) Victor

3) Wanda 

4) Soudelor

5) Kate

Ques. : 6 England has won the Ashes series defeating Australia in the fourth match by an innings and 78 runs. Name the bowler who helped England dismiss Australia for 60 runs in the first innings of the match.

1) Jonny Bairstow 

2) Stuart Broad

3) Adil Rashid 

4) Mark Wood

5) Moeen Ali

Ques. : 7 Name the Australian Test captain who has announced to retire after the final Ashes test against England.

1) Shane Watson 

2) Mitchell Starc

3) Mitchell Johnson 

4) Michael Clarke

5) Steve Smith 

Ques. : 8 The 31-membe Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill has got two months’ extension till Sep 30. The Committee is headed by

1) EM Sudarsana Natchiappan 

2) Vasudevan Maitreyan

3) Tiruchi Siva 

4) KP Ramalingam

5) BS Gnanadesikan

Ques. : 9 Which of the following has become the first Indian private firm to license technology of a full-scale system from DRDO for Lakshya, the pilotless target system?

1) Tata Advanced Systems 

2) Mahindra Defence Systems

3) Ashok Leyland 

4) Reliance Infrastructure

5) Larsen and Toubro

Ques. : 10 Educationist Acharya Dev Vrat has been appointed as the new Governor of which of the following states recently?

1) Uttar Pradesh 

2) Kerala

3) Karnataka 

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Himachal Pradesh

ANSWERS

1. 2) 

2. 4) 

3. 1) 

4. 3) 

5. 4) 

6. 2) 

7. 4) 

8. 1) 

9. 5) 

10. 5)