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. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco. Koradi super-critical thermal power project is situated in ____________.

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Kerala

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Rajasthan

Q2. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The final of the Asian Billiards Championship was held in ____________. 

(a) New Delhi

(b) Chandigarh

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Nagpur

(e) Kolkata

Q3. An eminent personality Mr Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away recently. He was ________.

(a) Former Chief Minister

(b) Writer

(c) Former Governor

(d) Poet

(e) Classical Singer

Q4. Emma Morano, the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died recently at the age of 117. She was from which country?

(a) Italy

(b) Russia

(c) USA

(d) France

(e) Spain

Q5. The first Board of Governors meeting of the BRICS New Development Bank was held in ____________ on July 7, 2015, where the Bank formally came into existence as a legal entity. 

(a) Brazil

(b) Russia

(c) South Africa

(d) India

(e) China

Q6. With effect from March 31, 2005, an asset would be classified as _____________ if it has remained in the sub­standard category for a period of 12 months. 

(a) Sub­standard Assets

(b) Profit Assets

(c) Doubtful Assets

(d) Loss Assets

(e) None of the above

Q7. What is the financial limit Under MUDRA’s Shishu scheme?

(a) Rs. 5,00,000

(b) Rs. 50,000

(c) Rs. 1,00,000

(d) Rs. 10,000

(e) Rs. 1,50,000

Q8. Name the player who has won the title match of Men’s singles at Singapore Open Badminton, recently. 

(a) Kidambi Srikanth

(b) B Sai Praneeth

(c) Kamal Narayana

(d) Rohan Bopanna

(e) P V Sindhu

Q9. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has recently launched the education based portal and mobile app in New Delhi. What is the name of that app?

(a) PUSHA

(b) VIDYA

(c) SAGAR

(d) RUSA

(e) GANGA

Q10. Who is the present President of Nepal?

(a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

(b) P V Rao

(c) Bidya Devi Bhandari

(d) Kamakhya Rani

(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. The Finance Ministry has recently permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with ______ rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17.

(a) 8.50%

(b) 8.75%

(c) 7.95%

(d) 9.25%

(e) 8.65%

Q12. Hornbill Festival is celebrated in which among the following states of India?

(a) Manipur 

(b) Nagaland

(c) Mizoram 

(d) Meghalaya

(e) Arunachal Pradesh

Q13. Who is the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?  

(a) Smt. Jayalalitha 

(b) M. K. Karunanidhi 

(c) M. K. Stalin 

(d) Kalanidhi Maran 

(e) Edappadi K Palaniswami 

Q14. ‘World AIDS Day’ is observed every year on- 

(a) 1st January 

(b) 1st April 

(c) 1st September 

(d) 1st December

(e) 1st November

Q15. What is the financial limit Under MUDRA’s Kishor scheme?

(a) Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 10 lakh

(b) Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 3 lakh

(c) Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1 lakh

(d) Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 2 lakh

(e) Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5 lakh

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