General Awareness Quiz

1. Which of the following banks has launched ‘Pocket’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phones? 

1. Axis Bank 
2. HDFC Bank 
3. ICICI Bank 
4. Corporation Bank 

2. Which among the following cities is the venue for the first national tribal festival “VANAJ”? 

1. Kolkata 
2. Dispur 
3. Guwahati 
4. New Delhi 

3. Which one of the following committees has recently submitted its interim report on the corporate bankruptcy legal framework in India? 

1. Shashidharan Committee 
2. T K Viswanathan Committee 
3. Shyam Sundar Committee 
4. Mukesh Verma Committee 

4. In which of the following years Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar scheme was launched? 

1. 2005 
2. 2009 
3. 2008 
4. 2011 

5. Recently, Facebook and which one of the following mobile operators have partnered to start internet.org that provide free internet to mobile users in India? 

1. Bharati Airtel 
2. Reliance 
3. Vodafone 
4. Idea 

6. The bald eagle is found predominantly in __? 

1. North America 
2. South America 
3. Australia 
4. Asia 

7. Who is the head of the panel constituted to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities? 

1. Kiran Karnik 
2. Deepak Nayyar 
3. Anil Bajaj 
4. Onkar S Kanwar 

8. The Vembanad Kol Lake which is South India’s largest wetland ecosystem, is located in which of the following states? 

1. Kerala 
2. Goa 
3. Tamil Nadu 
4. Andhra Pradesh 

9. What is India’s ranking in the recently released international intellectual property (IP) index? 

1. 24 
2. 29 
3. 30 
4. 28 

10. The Wohlwill process is an electrolytic process used to refine ____? 

1. Silver 
2. Copper 
3. Gold 
4. Iron 

11. India based Ricky Kej has won the Grammy Award for his album ___? 

1. Morning Phase 
2. Beyonce 
3. The Winds of Samsar 
4. In The Lonely Hour 

12. Mount Stromboli, which is one of the active volcanoes in the world, is in which country? 

1. Argentina 
2. China 
3. Italy 
4. Mexico 

13. Which among the following has been listed in “Top 10 Nightlife Cities” in the world published by National Geography? 

1. New Delhi 
2. Goa 
3. Kerala 
4. Lakshadweep 

14. Rui Araujo, has been chosen as the new prime minister of ____? 

1. East Timor 
2. West Indies 
3. Uruguay 
4. Namibia 

15. Michael Raupach, who passed away recently, was a renowned climate scientist from which country? 

1. USA 
2. Australia 
3. Japan 
4. Russia 

16. The continent which has higher ratio of coast to landmass is ____? 

1. Asia 
2. Australia 
3. Europe 
4. Africa 

17. Which among the following was the busiest international city pair for travel to and from India during 2014? 

1. Mumbai-Dubai 
2. Trivandrum-Dubai 
3. Delhi-Dubai 
4. Mumbai-London 

18. World’s first robot-staffed hotel is set to open in ______? 

1. USA 
2. Japan 
3. China 
4. North Korea 

19. The G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting was recently concluded in _____? 

1. Istanbul, Turkey 
2. Saint Petersburg, Russia 
3. Seoul, South Korea 
4. Toronto, Canada 

20. The Chambal River does not flow through which one of the following states? 

1. Madhya Pradesh 
2. Rajasthan 
3. Gujarat 
4. Uttar Pradesh 

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