General Awareness Questions for NICL AO Mains 2017

This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming NICL AO Mains. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the reality comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the NICL AO. So we are here to provide you very handy Quiz on General Awareness that will cover Current Affairs, Static Awareness, and Banking Awareness topics. Attempt the quiz with your best effort and try to score as much as you can.

Q1. Name the person who has recently become the youngest noble prize winner to address Canadian parliament.

(a) Kailash Satyarthi

(b) Aung San Suu Kyi

(c) Raoul Wallenberg

(d) Malala Yousafzai

(e) None of the given options is true

Q2. The first rail freight service ‘British goods’ has started recently from the UK to-

(a) Japan

(b) India

(c) France

(d) Spain

(e) China

Q3. Mukta Dutta Tomar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country?

(a) Japan

(b) Germany

(c) Oman

(d) Georgia

(e) Nigeria

Q4. Which among the following cities, India’s first ever micro-drama festival, named “Thespis” was concluded? 

(a) New Delhi

(b) Chandigarh

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Chennai

(e) Bareilly

Q5. A signed undertaking from one party containing a promise to pay a stated sum to a specified person or a company is known as ________

(a) Power of Attorney

(b) Promissory Note

(c) Purchasing Power Parity

(d) Plastic Notes

(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. Which of the following is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities?

(a) Venture Capital

(b) Working Capital

(c) Equitable Mortgage

(d) Loss Assets

(e) Profit and Loss Account

Q7. A debt which is irrecoverable and is therefore written off as loss in the accounts of an institution or bank is known as __________

(a) external debt

(b) good debt

(c) bad debt

(d) internal debt

(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. Nearly four crore members of which of the following organisations will soon be able to settle their claims through the mobile application UMANG?

(a) SEBI

(b) RBI

(c) IRDA

(d) EPFO

(e) SIDBI

Q9. India and which country has inked six pacts including one aimed at boosting counter-terrorism cooperation recently?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) Australia

(d) Malaysia

(e) Bangladesh

Q10. Name the person who has inaugurated the first NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 in New Delhi.

(a) Shri Narendra Modi

(b) Shri Rajyavardhan Sing Rathore

(c) Shri Narendra Pradhan

(d) Shri Raghubar Das

(e) Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Q11. 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

Q12.The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of Treasury Bills to meet short term borrowing needs by the Central Government. Treasury Bills are issued for-

(a) 92 days,182 days,364 days

(b) 91 days,182 days,364 days

(c) 91 days,184 days,364 days

(d) 92 days,184 days,364 days

(e) 95 days,182 days,365 days

Q13. Which of the following is the currency of Greenland?

(a) Danish Krone

(b) Pound

(c) Krona

(d) Lari

(e) Euro

Q14. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organisations 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. ______________ is basically charged when a person uses a credit card to obtain cash.

(a) Early Repayment Charge

(b) Redemption Fee

(c) Transaction Fee

(d) Cash Advance Fee

(e) None of the given options is true

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