General Awareness Questions | NICL AO 2017 | 03.05.2017

1. Which country is the world’s fifth largest military spender, as per latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)? 

a) China 

b) United States 

c) India 

d) Russia

e) None of these

2. Which country recently became the first time importer of Indian mangoes?

a) Canada

b) New Zealand

c) Spain

d) Australia

e) None of these

3. Which city was designated as UNESCO World Book Capital 2018? 

a) Athens 

b) Ljubljana 

c) Conakry 

d) Alexandria

e) None of these

4. India’s first-ever “village of books” will open in which state to promote tourism? 

a) Punjab 

b) Himachal Pradesh 

c) Maharashtra 

d) Tamil Nadu

e) None of these

5. B S Sandhu was appointed as the new Director General of Police of which state?

a) Uttar Pradesh 

b) Punjab 

c) Haryana 

d) Himachal Pradesh 

e) None of these

6. Which of the following shorts films has been selected by UNESCO to screen as a part of the World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Indonesia?

a) Positive

b) Dying to be Me

c) Azaad

d) Makhmal

e) None of these

7. Which country became the first in world to ban metals mining?

a) Australia

b) El Salvador

c) Peru

d) New Zealand

e) None of these

8. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has entered into which planet’s unexplored region?

a) Mars

b) Saturn

c) Jupiter

d) Venus

e) None of these

9. NITI Aayog, the think tank of the Union Government, in April 2017 came up with a vision document 2031-31 that envisages a new India. 

Consider the following statements in context to the document 

I. It envisages that every Indian will have houses with toilets, vehicles and power in next 15 years, i.e. by 2032.

II. It says that the per capita income would go up by three fold to Rs 3.14 lakh in 2031-32 from Rs 1.06 lakh in 2015-16. 

III. It also talks about India where the gross domestic product or whose economy would rise from Rs 137 lakh crore level in 2015-16 to Rs 469 lakh crore in 2031-32.

Which is/are correct?

a) Only III

b) Only I and II 

c) Only I and III

d) I, II and III

e) None of these

10. Which of the following places are NOT included in the 10 Swachh Iconic Places of the Phase II of Swachh Iconic Places initiative?

a) Gangotri

b) Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain

c) Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assissi, Goa

d) Red Fort, Agra

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (c) India

2. (d) Australia

3. (a) Athens

4. (d) Maharashtra

5. (c) Haryana

6. (c) Azaad

7. (b) El Salvador

8. (b) Saturn

9. (d) I, II and III

10. (d) Red Fort, Agra