General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The CCI has imposed a total penalty of Rs 671.05 cr on four public sector insurance companies for manipulating a bidding process initiated by the Kerala govt. Here, the term CCI stands for

1) Censor Commission of India 

2) Competition Controller of India

3) Competition Commission of India 

4) Competition Committee of India

5) Competition Curator of India

Ques. : 2 The GAGAN is a satellite-based navigation system which provides autonomous, high precision geo-spatial location information of the user. The term GAGAN stands for

1) GPS-Aided Geo Advanced Navigation 

2) GPS-Aided Geo Aviation Navigation

3) GPS-Aided Geo Accurate Navigation 

4) GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation

5) None of these

Ques. : 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 Jul launched skill India initiatives that aim to train over 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2022. Which of the following is NOT a part of the initiatives?

1) National Skill Development Mission 

2) National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015

3) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 

4) Skill Loan scheme

5) None of these

Ques. : 4 The RBI has constituted a committee to work out a medium-term (five-year) measurable action plan for financial inclusion. The committee is headed by

1) Deepak Mohanty 

2) Subir Gokarn

3) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty 

4) Anand Sinha

5) Harun Rashid Khan

Ques. : 5 Name the noted artist who has been conferred with highest French Civilian Award Commandeur de la Lgion dHonneur (the Legion of Honour).

1) Subodh Gupta 

2) Jogen Chowdhury

3) Akbar Padamsee 

4) Ram Kumar

5) Sayed Haider Raza

Ques. : 6 Simhastha Kumbh Mela, which occurs once in 12 years as per Hindu calendar, began on 16 Jul with the traditional ceremony of hoisting of flags and thousands of people taking a holy dip in Godavari river in

1) Ujjain 

2) Nashik

3) Allahabad (Prayag) 

4) Haridwar

5) None of these

Ques. : 7 India has test-fired its indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa)  missile at a firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan recently. It is an _______ missile.

1) anti-tank 

2) anti-UAV

3) anti-ballistic missile 

4) anti-aircraft

5) None of these

Ques. : 8 The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has launched ‘#100Women Initiative’ to select 100 women achievers of India through public nominations in collaboration with

1) WhatsApp 

2) Facebook

3) Twitter 

4) Google+

5) LinkedIn

Ques. : 9 The Union Ministry of Urban Development on 15 Jul launched nationwide HRIDAY scheme from

1) Amritsar 

2) Lucknow

3) Varanasi 

4) Hyderabad

5) Jaipur

Ques. : 10 The Union Civil Aviation Minister on 13 July launched the GAGAN system, which would make airline operations more efficient and reduce costs. The present Civil Aviation Minister is

1) Anant Geete 

2) Ashok Gajapathi Raju

3) Ananthkumar 

4) Suresh Prabhu

5) Nitin Gadkari

ANSWERS:

1. 3) 

2. 4) 

3. 5) 

4. 1) 

5. 5) 

6. 2) 

7. 1) 

8. 2) 

9. 1) 

10. 2)