General Awareness Quiz

1) Rana Kapoor is all set to be re-appointed as MD & CEO of which of the following private sector banks operating in India?

1) YES Bank 

2) Federal Bank

3) Axis Bank 

4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5) None of these

2) Infrastructure finance company IDFC plans to start bank operations by Oct 2015. IDFC bagged a commercial banking licence along with which of the following financial institutions, recently?

1) India Post

2) Reliance Capital

3) Bandhan

4) Mahindra Finance

5) None of these

3) The visiting Indian cricket team won a three match ODI series against which of the following countries, recently?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Bangladesh

3) New Zealand

4) Australia

5) None of these

4)Which of the following teams has won the women's World Cup hockey title, recently?

1) Australia

2) Netherlands

3) USA

4) Argentina

5) None of these

5)Dmitry O Rogozin, who visited India, recently, is the deputy Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Uzbekistan

2) Kyrgyzstan

3) Turkmenistan

4) Ukraine

5) Russia

6)Which of the following teams has won the men's World Cup hockey title, recently?

1) Australia

2) Germany

3) Netherlands

4) Malaysia

5) None of these

7) Andhra Pradesh is considering taking help from space agencies ISRO and NASA to trace the 17 missing engineering students after sudden release of water from a reservoir in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The incident took place in which of the following rivers?

1) Sutlej

2) Ganges

3) Chenab

4) Beas

5) None of these

8) Militant separatist group ISIS is in news for its activities in which of the following countries, recently?

1) Iraq

2) Iran

3) Libya

4) Nigeria

5) None of these

9)Which of the following countries lay thrust on 'Gross National Happiness’ rather than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the parameters for measuring its economic development?

1) Bangladesh

2) Thailand

3) Bhutan

4) Singapore

5) None of these

10 )The govt is mulling Centre of National Excellence status for the institutions FTII, SRFTI as announced by the Information and Broadcasting Minister _________, recently.

1) Ramvilas Paswan

2) Prakash Javadekar

3) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

4) M Venkaiah Naidu

5) None of these

Answers:

1. Answer:- 1) YES Bank
2. Answer:- 3) Bandhan
3. Answer:- 2) Bangladesh
4. Answer:- 2) Netherlands
5. Answer:- 5) Russia
6. Answer:- 1) Australia
7. Answer:- 4) Beas
8. Answer:- 1) Iraq
9. Answer:- 3) Bhutan
10. Answer:- 2) Prakash Javadekar