General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 14.06.2017

1. Name the Indian-American who was selected by space agency NASA among 12 astronaut candidates who will conduct research off the Earth for deep space missions.
a) Jasmin Moghbeli
b) Raja Chari
c) Amitabha Ghosh
d) Rifat Sharook
e) None of these 

2. What is the name of the National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre that was inaugurated at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi by CK Mishra, Secretary Health and Family Welfare?
a) Vatsalya – Maitree Amrit Kosh
b) Vatsalya – Maitri Amrit Kosh
c) Vatsalya – Maa Amrit Kosh
d) Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh
e) None of these 

3. Name the country with whose help the largest milk bank and lactation counselling center of the North India was established in New Delhi. The centre was inaugurated at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC).  
a) Germany 
b) Norway
c) Australia
d) France
e) None of these 

4. Who of the following is the author of book The Crisis within Knowledge and Education in India?
a) Ganesh Devy
b) M Veerappa Moily 
c) Ashwani Kumar
d) Anand Neelakanthan
e) None of these 

5. 4th RSETI Diwas was observed across nation on 7 June 2017. RSETI stands for.
a) Rurban Self Employment and Training Institutes
b) Rural Self Employment and Training Institution
c) Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes
d) Rur-Urban Self Employment and Training Institutes
e) None of these 

6. Who will be appointed as Nyaya Mitras to expedite the pending cases across the country?
a) Retired Judges
b) Retired Chief Justices
c) Retired Supreme Court judges
d) Retired High Court Judges
e) None of these 

7. Which among the following countries does not feature in the top five consumer markets in Asia according to BMI Research?
a) Malaysia 
b) India
c) Vietnam
d) Indonesia
e) None of these 

8. Which Union minister was conferred the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Harsh Vardhan
c) J P Nadda
d) M. Venkaiah Naidu 
e) None of these 

9. The 17th summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation – SCO will be held in which country?
a) Kazakhstan 
b) China 
c) Russia 
d) India
e) None of these 

10. Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended the deadline for submitting Aadhaar number to 
a) 15 June 2017
b) 30 June 2017
c) 1 July 2017
d) 31 July 2017
e) None of these 

ANSWER
1. (b) Raja Chari
2. (d) Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’
3. (b) Norway
4. (a) Ganesh Devy
5. (c) Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes
6. (a) Retired Judges
7.(a) Malaysia
8. (c) J P Nadda
9. (a) Kazakhstan 
10. (a) 15 June 2017