Friday, 9 January 2015

Expected Questions From General Awareness & Current Affairs

1) Which scholar started the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College which later became the Aligarh Muslim University?

(A) Maulana Mohomed Ali
(B) Muhammad Iqbal
(C) Syed Ahmad Khan 
(D) Dr Zakir Hussain

2) Who is the first Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket?

(A) Harbhajan Singh
(B) Irfan Pathan
(C) Chetan Sharma
(D) Kapil Dev

3) Who is the first Indian Women to conquer the highest peak of all seven continent?

(A) Bachendri Pal
(B) Santosh Yadav
(C) Premlata Agrawal
(D) Sucheta Kadethankar

4) What was the original name of renowned Hindi and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand?

(A) Raghupati Sahay
(B) Sampooran Singh Kalra
(C) Akhtar Hussain Rizvi
(D) Dhanpatrai Srivastava

5) Whose birthday is celebrated as 'Engineers' Day' in India?

(A) M Visvesvarayya
(B) A P J Abdul Kalam
(C) John C. Gammon
(D) Soren Kristian Toubro

6) Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections?

(A) Finland
(B) Norway
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand

7) Which glacier is the primary source of the river Ganga?

(A) Pindari
(B) Gangotri
(C) Siachen
(D) Godwin-Austen

8) Which of these capital cities is located on the banks of a river with the same name as the city?

(A) Kathmandu
(B) Colombo
(C) Kabul
(D) Beijing

9) Which article of the Indian constitution did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar term as the “Heart and should of the Indian constitution”?

(B)Article 356
(B)Article 32
(C)Article 14
(D)Article 19

10) Who is the author of the book “No Full Stops in India”?

(A) Nirad C. Choudhuri
(B) Mark Tully
(C) R.K. Narayan
(D) Ved Mehta

11) Who took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) on 5 January 2015?

(A) Praful Patel
(B) Sutirtha Bhattacharya
(C) Sindhushree Khullar
(D) Meenakshi Sharma

12) Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the brand ambassador for health sector of which state on 6 January 2015?

(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh

13) Which state has recently become the first state in India, to completely ban the sale of loose cigarettes (even as single sticks) and loose tobacco?

(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) West Bengal
(D) Rajasthan

14) Name the Union Minister of State for petroleum and natural gas, who on 5 January 2015 launched a scheme to provide new LPG connections to BPL families?

(A) Suresh Prabhu
(B) Harsh Vardhan
(C) Dharmendra Pradhan
(D) Jual Oram

15) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Indian squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 on 6 January 2015. Who will captain the squad?

(A) M S Dhoni
(B) Virat Kohli
(C) Ishant Sharma
(D) Suresh Raina

16) President Pranab Mukherjee has recently signed the ordinance that amend’s Citizenship Act, ___?

(A) 2013
(B) 1947
(C) 1955
(D) 2004

17) Union cabinet meeting has recently approved setting up of India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Bodi West Hills of which state?

(A) Karnataka
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala

18) A commemorative coin on which famous Indian industrialist was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 January 2015?

(A) Dhirubhai Ambani
(B) Jamsetji Tata
(C) Aditya Vikram Birla
(D) Walchand Hirachand

19) Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as the Governor of which state on 6 January 2015?

(A) Meghalaya
(B) West Bengal
(C) Mizoram
(D) Sikkim

20) Trade unions of which among the following sector went on a five-day strike on 6 January 2015 in protest against disinvestment and restructuring?

(A) Insurance
(B) Railways
(C) Bank
(D) Coal

Answers Key:

1) Ans. (C) Syed Ahmad Khan 
2) Ans. (A) Harbhajan Singh
3) Ans. (C) Premlata Agrawal
4) Ans. (D) Dhanpatrai Srivastava
5) Ans. (A) M Visvesvarayya
6) Ans. (D) New Zealand
7) Ans. (B) Gangotri
8) Ans. (C) Kabul
9) Ans. (B)Article 32
10) Ans. (B) Mark Tully
11) Ans. (B) Sutirtha Bhattacharya
12) Ans. (D) Andhra Pradesh
13) Ans. (B) Punjab
14) Ans. (C) Dharmendra Pradhan
15) Ans. (A) M S Dhoni
16) Ans. (C) 1955
17) Ans. (C) Tamil Nadu
18) Ans. (B) Jamsetji Tata
19) Ans. (A) Meghalaya
20) Ans. (D) Coal


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