General Awareness Quiz for LIC AAO and RRB Exams

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1. Who is the author of the book "The Turbulent Years 1980-1996" ?
1. Sharad Pawar
2. Hamid Ansari
3. Pranabh Mukherjee
4. L.K. Advani
5. Sonia Gandhi 
2. Who won the 2016 Australian Open women's singles tennis title on January 30, 2016?
1. Serena Williams
2. Angelique Kerber
3. Victoria Azarenka
4. Zhang Shuai
5. Maria Sharapova 
3. Who won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Championship Badminton men's singles title on January 31, 2016?
1. Huang Yuxiang
2. Parupalli Kashyap
3. Kidambi Srikanth
4. Shi Yuqi
5. None of these 
4. The President's Rule was imposed in which of the following States on January 26, 2016?
1. Manipur
2. Sikkim
3. Meghalaya
4. Arunachal Pradesh
5. Tripura 
5. Shiv Prakash Mishra was given the 2015 Dhyan Chand Award. He is associated with ?
1. Hockey
2. Volleyball
3. Golf
4. Football
5. Tennis 
6. Which of the following organizations is headquartered in London ?
1. International Maritime Organization
2. World Meteorological Organization
3. Food and Agriculture Organization
4. United Nations Environment Program
5. International Atomic Energy Agency
7. Who was elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India in September 2015 ?
1. Riyad Mathew
2. Prabhu Chawla
3. Hormusji N. Cama
4. N. Ram
5. Vineet Jain 
8. Who was appointed as a full-time member in the NITI Aayog in September 2015 ?
1. M.S. Swaminathan
2. Kaushik Basu
3. Raghuram Rajan
4. Ramesh Chand
5. Avinash Chander 
9. Which of the following teams won the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup cricket tournament in September 2015 ?
1. India Cements
2. Hyderabad Cricket Association
3. ONGC
4. Air India
5. FCI 
10. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the new bank note paper line of 6,000 tonnes capacity in?
1. Indore
2. Bhopal
3. Hoshangabad
4. Nasik
5. Noida 
11. Who is the author of the novel "A Strangeness in My Mind" ?
1. Orhan Pamuk
2. V.S. Naipaul
3. P.H. Newby
4. Doris Lessing
5. None of these 
12. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
1. Karnataka is the highest coffee growing State in India
2. London is situated on the banks of the river Thames
3. Graphite is used in making pencils
4. The first Indian to give a speech in Hindi in the United Nations General Assembly is Narendra Modi
5. Disguised Unemployment means more people working than required 
13. Identify the mismatched pair of "Country - Prime Minister" ?
1. Sri Lanka - Ranil Wickremesinghe
2. Australia - Malcolm Turnbull
3. Greece - Alexis Tsipras
4. England - David Cameron
5. China - Xi Jinping 
14. India has gifted its former Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship "Varaha" to?
1. Maldives
2. Sri Lanka
3. Mauritius 
4. Myanmar
5. Seychelles 
15. Which of the following banks has launched a mobile wallet app "Buddy"?
1. HDFC Bank
2. Axis Bank
3. Corporation Bank
4. State Bank of India
5. None of these 
16. Which of the following statements about Bandhan Bank is not correct?
1. Bandhan Bank was inaugurated on August 23, 2015
2. It is headquartered in Kolkata
3. Its Chairman is Ashok Kumar Lahiri
4. Its tag line is "Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai"
5. Bandhan is the second micro-finance company to transform into a bank
17. Who among the following is not an archer ?
1. Abhishek Verma
2. Rajat Chauhan
3. Sandeep Kumar
4. Chekrovolu Swuro
5. Aditi Ashok 
18. Who is the present Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCP-CR)?
1. Shanta Sinha
2. Deepika Shrivastava
3. Stuti Narain Kacker
4. Krishna Tirath
5. Preet Verma 
19. INS Vajrakosh has been commissioned at Karwar Base in?
1. Karnataka
2. Odisha
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala
5. Gujarat
20. The Union Cabinet has approved what per cent of Foreign Direct Investment in White Label Auto-mated Teller Machines (WLAs)?
1. 26%
2. 49%
3. 74%
4. 100%
5. None of these

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