General Awareness part 1 2015

1. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is the first female President of ________.

1) Croatia

2) Latvia

3) Lithuania

4) Estonia

5) Bulgaria

2. Modibo Keita was appointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

1) Uganda

2) Mali

3) Togo

4) Nigeria

5) Ghana

3. Which country won the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia?

1) USA

2) France

3) Poland

4) Great Britain

5) Australia

4. Who among the following won Padma Bhushan in 2015?

1) N. Gopalaswami

2) Subhash Kashyap

3) Harish Salve

4) Both 1 and 2

5) 1, 2 and 3

5. Mark Knowles was declared the 2014 International Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation. He plays for?

1) Netherlands

2) Germany

3) Australia

4) Spain

5) UK

6. Who won the Ballon d’Or World Footballer of the Year 2015 for the second year in a row?

1) Lionel Messi

2) Neuer

3) James Rodriguez

4) Cristiano Ronaldo

5) Miroslav Klose

7. Who was chosen for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award 2015?

1) G. Satheesh Reddy

2) Avinash Chander

3) M.Y.S. Prasad

4) K. Radhakrishnan

5) None of these

8. Who became the first woman to lead the Inter-Services Guard of Honor which was inspected by US President Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan?

1) Anjali Gupta

2) Pooja Thakur

3) Shalini

4) Deepika Misra

5) Karishma Sethi

9. Legendary cartoonist R.K. Laxman passed away recently. He was the creator of ________.

1) Uncle Anu

2) Chacha Chaudhari

3) Amul girl

4) Common Man

5) Mungeri Lal

10. B.G. Verghese died recently. He was a renowned?

1) Actor

2) Director

3) Scientist

4) Hockey player

5) Journalist

11. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned 28 MW Nyaborongo Hydro Electric Project in?

1) Zimbabwe

2) Kenya

3) Ethiopia

4) Rwanda

5) South Africa

12. Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) is a self-regulatory organization for?

1) RRBs

2) Cooperative Banks

3) NBFCs

4) MFIs

5) Insurance companies

13. Identify the mismatched pair.

1) Hiroshima Day – August 6

2) Anti Tobacco day – May 31

3) Ozone day – September 16

4) Earth Day – March 21

5) AIDS Day – December 1

14. CP is an unsecured money market instrument issued in the form of a promissory note. In the abbreviation CP, ‘P’ stands for?

1) Promissory

2) Paper

3) Portfolio

4) Position

5) Payment

15. Who is the author of the book ‘Born Again on the Mountain’?

1) Raha Moharrak

2) Bachendri Pal

3) Arunima Sinha

4) Prmlata Agarwal

5) None of these

Answers:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5
5. 3
6. 4
7. 3
8. 2
9. 4
10. 5
11. 4
12. 3
13. 4
14. 2
15. 3