GENERAL AWARENESS test 1Online version GENERAL AWARENESS test 1 by infomind Online tests 1 Dreyfus Prize is awarded in which of the following field a (a) Chemistry b (b) History c (c) Life science d (d) Medicine 2 Trust card has been launched by which organisation to make consumer payment easier. a (a) SBI b (b) LIC c (c) Delhi Metro d (d) BSNL 3 Which section of Information Technology (IT) Act in India corresponds to punishment for sending offensive messages a (a) Section 22 b (b) Section 54 c (c) Section 66 d (d) Section 79 4 Who of the following was the Vice President of Constituent Assembly a (a) Sachidanand Sinha b (b) H C Mukherjee c (c) H N Kunzru d (d) R Venkatraman 5 . What is the purity percentage of 22 carat gold? a (a) 89.2% b (b) 90.6% c (c) 91.67% d (d) 99.2% 6 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Director General is Julia Marton. Where is Headquarters of IUCN? a (a) Berne b (b) Gland c (c) Montreal d (d) Rome 7 Dipika Pallikal is associated with which of the following sports a (a) Archery b (b) Squash c (c) Swimming d (d) Discuss Throw e (a) Archery f (b) Squash 8 Which of the following method of soil conservation is used in low flat plains close to stream courses and liable to flooding? a (a) Gully bunding b (b) Fjord bunding c (c) Contour bunding d (d) None 9 Dadu Dayal was a Bhakti Saint from which state? a (a) Gujarat b (b) Bihar c (c) M.P d (d) Tamil Nadu 10 Name the India-born engineer-scientist who has been awarded the 2014 Marconi Prize, a Nobel equivalent for technology pioneers. His work is at the heart of the current high- speed Wi-Fi and 4G mobile systems. a 1) AJ Paulraj b 2) Dipak Jain c 3) Sunil Kumar d 4) Nitin Nohria 11 With the prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India, the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) having a minimum net owned fund of Rs. 100 cr are allowed to undertake which of the following businesses? a 1) Debit cards b 2) Stored-value cards c 3) Credit cards d 4) All 12 The meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 major economies was held in which of the following countries recently? a 1) Turkey b 2) Australia c 3) Russia d 4) Mexico 13 Consider the following with respect to Indian currency and identify the statement which is NOT correct. a 1) The Rs. 5-note was the first paper currency issued by the RBI in Jan 1938. b . 2) At present, notes of Rs 10, Rs 100, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 only are printed. c 3) The printing of Rs 1, Rs 2 and Rs 5 has been stopped as these have been coinised. d 4) The RBI has the powers to print currency notes of up to Rs 20,000 denomination. e NONE 14 Name the shuttler who has clinched the women's singles title of the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament recently? a 1) PV Sindhu b 2) Saina Nehwal c 3) Qingchen Chen d 4) Jia Yi Fan 15 Who among the following has won the men's singles title of the 2014 edition of the Australia Open tennis tournament recently? a 1) Rafael Nadal b 2) Stanislas Wawrinka c 3) Roger Federer d 4) Horia Tacau 16 State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 8,032 cr by selling shares through QIP, making it the biggest ever equity sale via this route recently. What does QIP stand for? a 1) Qualified Initial Placement b 2) Qualified Institutional Proposal c 3) Qualified International Placement d 4) Qualified Institutional Placement 17 Which of the following countries has been ranked at the bottom in the Global Gender Gap Report 2013, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 136 countries recently? Iceland tops the list. a 1) Yemen b 2) Pakistan c 3) India d 4) China 18 India and which of the following countries entered into a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) for the first time, recently? The DTAA has provisions for exchange of banking information for tax administration purpose among other things. a 1) Malaysia b 2) Mauritius c 3) Fiji d 4) Rwanda 19 As per the recent estimates of the Planning Commission, the number of persons living below the poverty line in the country has declined from 40.74 crore in 2004-05 to __________ in 2011- a 1) 27 Crore b 2) 32 crore c 3) 37 crore d 4) 38 crore 20 Who among the following has been appointed the new CEO of the software giant Microsoft recently? a 1) Sundar Pichai b 2) Stephen Elop c 3) Alan Mulally d 4) Satya Nadella 21 Which of the following is the best alternative banking service to achieve the target of financial inclusion in the country? a 1) Agricultural loans b 2) Kisan Credit Cards c 3) Personal Banking Branches d 4) Mobile Banking Facility
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