General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 23.05.2017

1. Name the company that was listed Tata Group as the most valuable brand in India was ranked at first position in Brand Finance report of 2017. 
a) Airtel 
b) Reliance
c) State Bank of India
d) Tata Group 
e) None of these

2. As per reports, an Australian state is considering a legislation to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. Name the state. 
a) Queensland 
b) Victoria
c) South Wales
d) Tasmania
e) None of these

3. Name the Veteran actress who died on 18 May 2017 in Mumbai. She played the role of mother in several films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Aashiqui, Saajan, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Maine Pyar Kiya, Aashiqui, Saajan and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun among others. 
a) Reema Lagoo
b) Jishnu Raghavan
c) Aarthi Agarwal
d) Smita Patil
e) None of these

4. The Union Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry recently directed all States to lift stock limits on which food crop?
a) Wheat
b) Okra
c) Sugarcane
d) Pulses

5. Who of the following has been recently appointed as the special prosecutor to oversee the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections?
a) John Podesta
b) James Comey
c) Robert Mueller
d) Rod J. Rosenstein
e) None of these

6. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute will be set up in which of the following states?
a) Haryana
b) Assam
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Kerala
e) None of these

7. The Union Cabinet approved construction of 10 units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors. The total capacity of the plants will be?
a) 7000 MW
b) 6780 MW
c) 8880 MW
d) 5600 MW
e) None of these

8. Which portal was launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to keep a tab on tax evaders?
a) www.cleanmoney.gov.in
b) www.taxcompliance.gov.in
c) www.nivaaran.gov.in
d) www.yourmoney.gov.in
e) None of these

9. Who launched the EPFO's Citizen Charter 2017 and e-court management system?
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
b) Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya 
c) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
d) Home Minister Rajnath Singh
e) None of these

10. Which Island was found to be the most polluted place on the planet, with over 37 million pieces littered on its beaches?
a) Tabuaeran Island
b) Mangareva Island
c) Henderson Island
d) Upolu Island

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (d) Tata Group 
2. (b) Victoria
3. (a) Reema Lagoo
4. (d) Pulses
5. (d) Robert Mueller
6. (b) Assam
7. (a) 7000 MW
8. (a) www.cleanmoney.gov.in
9. (b) Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya 
10. (c) Henderson Island