General Awareness (Quiz)
1. US scientist James Watson sold his Nobel Prize medal for $4.8 mn on 6 Dec in an auction. He was awarded the world’s
most prestigious award in 1962 for
1) the discovery of the structure of DNA
2) his contributions to evolutionary theory
3) discovery of penicillin
4) being the first researcher to isolate and identify nucleic acid
5) None of these
2. The US President Barack Obama has nominated who among the following to be the next defense secretary?
1) Heidi Shyu 2) Sean Stackley 3) Frank Kendall III 4) Ashton Carter 5) None of these
3. According to the report by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released recently, India spent about ________on
diseases caused by tobacco in 2011.
1) Rs 50,000 cr 2) Rs 80,000 cr 3) Rs 1 lakh cr 4) Rs 1.2 lakh cr 5) Rs 1.6 lakh cr
4. Typhoon Hagupit hit which of the following countries recently?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Philippines 3) Maldives 4) Myanmar 5) Mauritius
5. India’s GSAT-16 satellite was launched successfully on 7 Dec from French Guiana. It will replace which of the following
satellites, decommissioned prematurely in Apr this year?
1) GSAT-7 2) GSAT-14 3) INSAT-3D 4) INSAT-3E 5) None of these
6. India and which of the following countries have agreed to take research and innovation relationship to a greater level
with the announcement of Newton-Bhabha Fund?
1) UK 2) US 3) Germany 4) France 5) Sweden
7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the final guidelines for the BBPS, which will help consumers pay
multiple bills at a single point of transaction. Expand the term BBPS.
1) Bharat Bill Processing System 2) Bharat Bill Placement System 3) Bharat Bill Provisioning System
4) Bharat Bill Payment System 5) None of these
8. The RuPay debit cards, the first such card issued in India, has been issued by
1) NPCI 2) IBA 3) GIPSA 4) BaNCS 5) None of these
9. The central govt has extended the facility of Tourist Visa on Arrival or e-visa facility to 43 countries. Which of the
following countries is/are NOT among them?
1) Pakistan 2) Sri Lanka 3) Afghanistan 4) Iran 5) All the above
10. A committee chaired by Amitabh Kant cleared 10 proposals for manufacturing defence equipments and explosives in
India recently. He is ________in the Govt of India.
1) Secretary, DIPP 2) Director General, DRDO 3) Defence Secretary
4) Cabinet secretary 5) None of these
11. Who among the following has been named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’?
1) Nurses treating Ebola 2) Protesters in Ferguson 3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Joshua Wong 5) Narendra Modi
12. The RRBs are jointly owned by the Center, the concerned state govt and sponsor banks with the issued capital shared
respectively in the proportion of
1) 35 per cent, 15 per cent and 50 per cent 2) 40 per cent, 20 per cent and 40 per cent
3) 45 per cent, 15 per cent and 40 per cent 4) 50 per cent, 15 per cent and 35 per cent
5) Other than those given as options
Answers: 1. 1 2. 4 3. 3 4. 2 5. 4
6. 1 7. 4 8. 1 9. 5 10. 1
11. 5 12. 4
1. US scientist James Watson sold his Nobel Prize medal for $4.8 mn on 6 Dec in an auction. He was awarded the world’s
most prestigious award in 1962 for
1) the discovery of the structure of DNA
2) his contributions to evolutionary theory
3) discovery of penicillin
4) being the first researcher to isolate and identify nucleic acid
5) None of these
2. The US President Barack Obama has nominated who among the following to be the next defense secretary?
1) Heidi Shyu 2) Sean Stackley 3) Frank Kendall III 4) Ashton Carter 5) None of these
3. According to the report by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released recently, India spent about ________on
diseases caused by tobacco in 2011.
1) Rs 50,000 cr 2) Rs 80,000 cr 3) Rs 1 lakh cr 4) Rs 1.2 lakh cr 5) Rs 1.6 lakh cr
4. Typhoon Hagupit hit which of the following countries recently?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Philippines 3) Maldives 4) Myanmar 5) Mauritius
5. India’s GSAT-16 satellite was launched successfully on 7 Dec from French Guiana. It will replace which of the following
satellites, decommissioned prematurely in Apr this year?
1) GSAT-7 2) GSAT-14 3) INSAT-3D 4) INSAT-3E 5) None of these
6. India and which of the following countries have agreed to take research and innovation relationship to a greater level
with the announcement of Newton-Bhabha Fund?
1) UK 2) US 3) Germany 4) France 5) Sweden
7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the final guidelines for the BBPS, which will help consumers pay
multiple bills at a single point of transaction. Expand the term BBPS.
1) Bharat Bill Processing System 2) Bharat Bill Placement System 3) Bharat Bill Provisioning System
4) Bharat Bill Payment System 5) None of these
8. The RuPay debit cards, the first such card issued in India, has been issued by
1) NPCI 2) IBA 3) GIPSA 4) BaNCS 5) None of these
9. The central govt has extended the facility of Tourist Visa on Arrival or e-visa facility to 43 countries. Which of the
following countries is/are NOT among them?
1) Pakistan 2) Sri Lanka 3) Afghanistan 4) Iran 5) All the above
10. A committee chaired by Amitabh Kant cleared 10 proposals for manufacturing defence equipments and explosives in
India recently. He is ________in the Govt of India.
1) Secretary, DIPP 2) Director General, DRDO 3) Defence Secretary
4) Cabinet secretary 5) None of these
11. Who among the following has been named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’?
1) Nurses treating Ebola 2) Protesters in Ferguson 3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Joshua Wong 5) Narendra Modi
12. The RRBs are jointly owned by the Center, the concerned state govt and sponsor banks with the issued capital shared
respectively in the proportion of
1) 35 per cent, 15 per cent and 50 per cent 2) 40 per cent, 20 per cent and 40 per cent
3) 45 per cent, 15 per cent and 40 per cent 4) 50 per cent, 15 per cent and 35 per cent
5) Other than those given as options
Answers: 1. 1 2. 4 3. 3 4. 2 5. 4
6. 1 7. 4 8. 1 9. 5 10. 1
11. 5 12. 4
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