General Awareness Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 03.04.2017

1. This many number of Integrated Cold Chain Projects were sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries recently.

a) 100

b) 101

c) 102

d) 103

e) None of these

2. It is on this subject the Law Commission of India submitted its 267th report to the Union Government.

a) Hate Speech

b) Advocates Act

c) Pet Shop Rules

d) Electoral Reforms

e) None of these

3. This Indian duo won the 2017 Vietnam Open International Challenger Badminton Doubles title.

a) Chirag Shetty & Srikanth Kidambi

b) Srikanth Kidambi & Sameer Verma

c) Sameer Verma & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

d) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty

e) None of these

4. Rana Kanwar Pal was elected as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Punjab

c) Goa

d) Manipur

e) None of these

5. Who was appointed as Chairman of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)? 

a) Mohan Singh Ahluwalia 

b) Sharad Singh Negi 

c) Suresh S Honnappagol 

d) Chinny Krishna 

e) None of these

6. In which states, the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched Mobile Clinic Services?

a) Kerala & Tamil Nadu

b) Telangana & Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

d) Odisha & Andhra Pradesh

7. When is the World Theatre Day (WTD) observed every year? 

a) 27 March 

b) 28 March 

c) 29 March

d) 30 March

e) None of these

8. Which Indian city will host the hockey World League Final 2017 and the World Cup 2018?

a) Ranchi

b) Rourkela

c) Bhubaneswar

d) Mumbai

e) None of these

9. The Lok Sabha recently passed the Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016. It will replace which of the following Acts?

a) Mental Health Act, 1986

b) Mental Health Act, 1987

c) Mental Health Act, 1988

d) Mental Health Act, 1989

e) None of these

10. Who of the following was recently appointed as the first woman field officer of the BSF after 51 years?

a) Tanushree Pareek

b) Vidhya Krishnan

c) Amita Chawla

d) Vidya Balan

e) None of these

11. Which state became the first in the country to carry out financial inclusion and extend banking services to remote rural areas?

a) Maharashtra

b) Odisha

c) Jharkhand

d) Gujarat 

e) None of these

12. Which state is going to provide free power connection to the below poverty line households in its urban and rural areas?

a) Karnataka

b) Odisha

c) Uttar Pradesh 

d) Jharkhand 

e) None of these

13. Which non-nuclear-armed state is the sole one in its neighbourhood to boycott the UN negotiations on nuclear weapons ban?

a) Australia

b) India

c) Japan

d) France 

e) None of these

14. She became the first woman to be appointed as the president and CEO of ‘The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights'. Name her.

a) Sheila Dixon 

b) Vanita Gupta

c) Loretta Lynch

d) Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

15. With this country India has renewed its agreement on the supply of petroleum for next five years

a) Myanmar

b) Bangladesh

c) Maldives

d) Nepal

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (b) 101 

2. (a) Hate Speech

3. (d) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty

4. (b) Punjab

5. (b) Sharad Singh Negi

6. (c) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

7. (a) 27 March 

8. (c) Bhubaneswar

9. (b) Mental Health Act, 1987

10. (a) Tanushree Pareek

11. (b) Odisha

12. (c) Uttar Pradesh 

13. (a) Australia

14. (b) Vanita Gupta

15. (d) Nepal