Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions
Q1. India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai Port Trust. What is name of that Island?
(a) Majuli Island
(b) Havelock Island
(c) Barren Island
(d) Elephanta Island
(e) Diu Island
Q2. The Indian Navy has begun a joint maritime exercise with the French Navy at the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen combat coordination between the two navies. The Joint exercise is named as ____________.
(a) PARAKRAM
(b) VARUNA
(c) KAUSHAL
(d) GRAMANA
(e) SHAKTI
Q3. The White House has recently named a retired Marine major general ______________ as the new Director of the Secret Service.
(a) Sandish Machol
(b) Sebastian Andrew
(c) Randolph Ailes
(d) Johnnefer Sout
(e) Harrynara Dahol
Q4. The World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated globally on __________.
(a) March 28
(b) March 21
(c) April 19
(d) April 28
(e) April 26
Q5. An Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) in India is associated with-
(a) UCPDC
(b) DICGC
(c) NPA
(d) Home Loan
(e) None of the given options is true
Q6. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966. Its headquartered is located at?
(a) Kathmandu, Nepal
(b) Washinfton D.C, USA
(c) Jakarta, Indonesia
(d) Manila, Philippines
(e) Beijing, China
Q7. Kaziranga National Park is located in which of the following State?
(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Sikkim
Q8. Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) is a major public sector bank in India. Where is the headquarter of BOM?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune
(e) New Delhi
Q9. Which organisation holding the highest/maximum share in NABARD as on 31st March 2016?
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) Government of India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(e) None of the above
Q10. Who is the present Chairman of SEBI?
(a) Ajay Tyagi
(b) Kshatrapati Shivaji
(c) Yaduvendra Mathur
(d) Shaktikanta Das
(e) Urjit Patel
Q11. Which among the following countries has successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft named Tianzhou-1?
(a) North Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Russia
(e) Singapore
Q12. The most popular festival in Tamil Nadu is:
(a) Gudipadwa
(b) Onam
(c) Bihu
(d) Pongal
(e) Makar sakranti
Q13. Human Rights Day is observed on-
(a) 10th March
(b) 10th July
(c) 10th September
(d) 10th December
(e) 10th June
Q14. The headquarters of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is located in-
(a) Kabul
(b) Riyadh
(c) Kuwait City
(d) Abu Dhabi
(e) Vienna
Q15. Security Paper Mill (SPM) was formally inaugurated and dedicated to the nation on the 9th March, __________ by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Shri Morarji Desai.
(a) 1956
(b) 1968
(c) 1949
(d) 1962
(e) 1971