General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 The Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015. He has been shortlisted for his book

1) The Year of the Runaways 

2) A Brief History of Seven Killings

3) Satin Island 

4) The Fishermen

5) A Little Life

Ques. : 2 PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is the sole Indian-origin executive in Fortune's list of 50 most powerful women in business. The list has been topped by

1) Heather Bresch 

2) Marissa Mayer

3) Sheryl Sandberg 

4) Ginni Rometty

5) Mary Barra

Ques. : 3 The Padma Shri awardee Ramaswamy R Iyer passed away recently. He was a _______ policy expert.

1) foreign 

2) agriculture

3) population 

4) water

5) defence

Ques. : 4 Narsingh Pancham Yadav booked an Olympic quota place at World Championship after winning a bronze medal recently. He is an Indian

1) weightlifter 

2) wrestler

3) boxer 

4) archer

5) sprinter

Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia?

1) Bill Shorten 

2) Julie Bishop

3) Joe Hockey 

4) Malcolm Turnbull

5) Tony Abbott

Ques. : 6 The QS World University Rankings 2015-16 was released on 15 Sep. Which of the following universities has been adjudged as the top university in the world in the rankings?

1) Harvard University 

2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

3) Peking University 

4) University of Oxford

5) National University of Singapore

Ques. : 7 The govt has decided to provide an additional _________ of manual work under the MGNREGA project in the current financial year in those regions where drought has been declared.

1) 40 days 

2) 50 days 

3) 70 days 

4) 90 days

5) 100 days

Ques. : 8 India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan celebrates its anniversary every year on _______ as it started experimental telecast on this day in 1959.

1) 5 Sep 

2) 10 Sep

3) 15 Sep 

4) 20 Sep

5) 25 Sep

Ques. : 9 The Engineers’ Day is observed in India every year on the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya which falls on

1) 15 Sep 

2) 17 Sep

3) 11 Aug 

4) 25 Jan

5) 1 Dec

Ques. : 10 _______ has launched a credit card specially focused on online shopping. The bank has announced a strategic partnership with 7 of India's biggest e-commerce players.

1) ICICI Bank 

2) HDFC Bank

3) SBI 

4) Federal Bank

5) Axis Bank

ANSWERS

1. 1) The Year of the Runaways

2. 5) Mary Barra

3. 4) water

4. 2) wrestler

5. 4) Malcolm Turnbull

6. 2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

7. 2) 50 days

8. 3) 15 Sep

9. 1) 15 Sep

10. 3) SBI