General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 22.05.2017

1. Name the renowned wildlife biologist who was recently nominated for the Whitley Awards, also known as Green Oscars?

a) K Ullas Karanth
b) Malik Marjan
c) Aparajita Dutta
d) Purnima Devi Barman
e) None of these

2. Who of the following was recently appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University?


a) Zameer Uddin Shah
b) Syed Ahmad Ali 
c) Tariq Mansoor
d) Nawab Ibne Saeede) None of these

3. What is the theme of the 2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day?


a) ICT entrepreneurship for social impact 
b) Big Data for Big Impact
c) Telecommunications and ICTs: Drivers of innovation
d) Broadband for Sustainable Development
e) None of these

4. By how much amount the International Cricket Council raised the total prize money for Champions Trophy?

a) USD 500000
b) USD 200000
c) USD 300000
d) USD 450000
e) None of these

5. Which country recently unveiled a dinosaur had been preserved in stone for over 110 million years?

a) Brazil 
b) Algeria 
c) Canada 
d) Australia
e) None of these

6. Mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa set a new record by scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest for fourth time. She is a native of which state?

a) Manipur
b) Assam 
c) Sikkim 
d) Arunachal Pradesh 
e) None of these

7. The National Green Tribunal has announced an environment compensation of Rs 5000 for vehicles found over-speeding inside which national park?

a) Jim Corbett National Park 
b) Kaziranga National Park
c) Ranthambore National Park
d) Gir National Park 
e) None of these

8. Which state has initiated the implementation of the Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gram Jyoti Yojana in two phases?

a) Uttar Pradesh 
b) Madhya Pradesh 
c) Himachal Pradesh 
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) None of these

9. Which country agreed with China to minimize South China Sea disputes?

a) Vietnam
b) Philippines
c) Japan 
d) Malaysia
e) None of these

10. For which State, the orange alert was issued by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) due to temperature crossing 46 degree Celsius?

a) Jharkhand
b) Odisha 
c) Rajasthan 
d) Haryana
e) None of these


ANSWER

1. (d) Purnima Devi Barman
2. (c) Tariq Mansoor
3. (b) Big Data for Big Impact
4. (a) USD 500000
5. (c) Canada
6. (d) Arunachal Pradesh
7. (b) Kaziranga National Park
8. (b) Himachal Pradesh 
9. (a) Vietnam
10. (b) Odisha