General Awareness Questions

Q:

American financial magazine Barron's has listed the HDFC Bank Managing Director's name on 23rd position in the list of world’s 30 best CEOs. His name is ___________.

A) Aditya Puri B) Sanjeev Misra
C) M K Sharma D) Shikha Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aditya Puri

Explanation:

American financial magazine Barron's has listed the name of HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri’s name in its list of world’s 30 best CEOs. He holds the 23rd position in the list beating social media giant Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg who is listed on the 30th spot.

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Q:

The first Asin to head the prestigious Trinity College at Cambridge University is 

A) Amartya Sen B) Dr IG Patel
C) Romesh Gunesekera D) Bhabani Bhattacharya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amartya Sen

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Q:

India ranks _____ in 2016 Human Development Index ?

A) 128 B) 131
C) 188 D) 155
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 131

Explanation:

India ranks 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It scored 0.624 and was placed in medium human development category.

The index was unveiled recently as part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 titled Human Development for Everyone published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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Q:

Which among the following is not correctly matched pair?

A) Pakistan- Field Hockey B) China- Table Tennis
C) USA- Baseball D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of the above

Explanation:

In all the given options, the countries are correctly matched with their National games.

 

USA - Baseball


Pakistan - Field Hockey


China - Table Tennis.

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Q:

Study of Rocks is called

A) Geology B) Cytology
C) Petrology D) Petology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Petrology

Explanation:

The scientific study of rocks is called petrology, which is an essential component of geology.

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Q:

Which of these is a folk dance form native to "Araku valley" ?

A) Dhimsa B) Burrakatha
C) Maach D) Kavadi Chindu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dhimsa

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Q:

According to RBI instructions in 2014 January, The currency notes made before this year of the following  are called back.

 

A) 2008 B) 2010
C) 2005 D) 2007
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2005

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Q:

India's largest digital bank _____________ is the only bank providing zero balance accounts and zero charges on digital transactions.

A) Paytm Payments Bank B) India Post Payments Bank
C) Airtel Payments Bank D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paytm Payments Bank

Explanation:

Paytm Payments Bank is the India's largest digital bank providing zero balance accounts and zero charges on digital transactions.

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