General Awareness Questions for NIACL Mains 2017

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Q1. To support the demonetisation move and advance the governments vision for cashless India, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) was held a 2-day Less Cash India Summit from December 02nd 2016 in……..?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Lucknow

(c) Kolkata

(d) Jaipur

(e) Hyderabad

Q2. International Day of Persons with Disabilities being observed on 03rd December 2016. The theme of World Disability Day for 2016 is……………..?

(a) Equitable World for Persons with Disabilities

(b) Raise Awareness about the Benefits of Integrating Disabled

(c) Disabled Persons into Every Aspect of Life

(d) The aim of Disability Day is to encourage

(e) Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want

Q3. According to United Nations report India’s economy projected to grow how much percent in 2017?

(a) 7.0 per cent

(b) 7.1 per cent

(c) 7.6 per cent

(d) 7.2 per cent

(e) 7.9 per cent

Q4. Which among the following countries have won the Asian Football Council’s Developing Member Association of the Year Award 2016?

(a) China

(b) India

(c) Russia

(d) South Korea

(e) Japan

Q5. The world’s shortest scheduled service flying it from Dubai to Doha within 80 minutes on an Airbus A380 launched by which airline?

(a) Air India

(b) Hawaiian Airlines

(c) Jet Airways

(d) Emirates airline

(e) Deccan Charters

Q6. Name of the company, which has recently listed in NSE (National Stock Exchange)?

(a) KIOCL (Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited)

(b) Atlas Copco 

(c) DS Kulkarni Developers

(d) Honeywell Automation India

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. Jnanpith Award is an Indian award presented annually for the outstanding contribution in the field of….

(a) Sports

(b) Medical

(c) Literature

(d) Health

(e) Entertainment

Q8. The RBI uses various monetary policy tools to control inflationary pressure in the economy. Which among the following is not used as monetary tool by RBI………….?

(a) Bank Rate

(b) CRR

(c) SLR

(d) SDR

(e) Repo rate

Q9. For which field among the following the Nobel Prize is not given……………?

(a) Peace

(b) Chemistry

(c) Mathematics

(d) Literature

(e) Economics

Q10. Janeshwar Mishra Park is an urban park located at-

(a) Gujarat

(b) Bihar

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Odisha

Q11. Name the Australian captain, who smashed a career-best 164 (157) in the first ODI against New Zealand to equal Ricky Ponting’s record for the highest individual score by an Aussie skipper? 

(a) Usman Khawaja

(b) Steven Smith

(c) Mitchell Starc

(d) Shane Watson

(e) Aaron Finch

Q12. Which country has won the women’s cricket Asia Cup T20 after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final?

(a) Nepal

(b) Bangladesh

(c) India

(d) China

(e) Japan

Q13. Who has been named the most admired leader in the technology space, in a survey conducted by VC firm First Round Capital involving over 700 startup founders?

(a) Michael Kors

(b) Steve Jobs

(c) Mark Zuckerberg

(d) Elon Musk

(e) Jeff Bezos

Q14. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting…

(a) International Stability

(b) International Peace

(c) International relations

(d) United Nation Children’s education Fund

(e) Global Prevention of crimes

Q15. The New Development Bank (NDB) starts with an objective of funding infrastructure projects in the developing countries and meets the aspirations of millions through sustainable development. NDB’s initial startup capital is……………?

(a) $500bn

(b) $200bn

(c) $100bn

(d) $300bn

(e) $400bn