General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 09.06.2017

1. Which Indian state is all set to commission a coastal warning system that would set off a warning in case of natural disasters?
a) Maharashtra 
b) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh 
d) Tamil Nadu 


2. Which state launched a three-day MODI festival on 2 June 2017?
a) Gujarat
b) Uttar Pradesh 
c) Andhra Pradesh 
d) Manipur 


3. Who was selected as the recipient of the 2017 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story?
a) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Arundhati Roy
d) Amitav Ghosh

4. Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable Earth-like planet, located how many light years away?
a) 17 light years away
b) 21 light years away
c) 24 light years away
d) 30 light years away

5. Which Union Minister was conferred with World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Director General’s Special Recognition Award for leadership and commitment to advancing tobacco control?
a) J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
b) Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Home Affairs
c) Arun Jaitley, Union Defence Minister
d) None of the above

6. India and Russia on 1 May 2017 signed five Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)/agreements. Consider the statements in relation to the agreements. 
I. The agreements were signed during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India. 
II. The program of cultural exchanges for 2017-2019 was signed
III. The General Framework Agreement for the construction of the third stage of the Kudankulam NPP (KK5 & KK6) along with the Credit Protocol

Which is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only I and III 
c) Only II and III
d) I, II and III

7. Name the Cricketing country that in recent past launched Twenty20 league, the league will be called the T20 Global League.
a) Australia 
b) New Zealand
c) England
d) South Africa

8. Name the Indian duo that in Dusseldorf created the history by becoming the first pair to qualify into of the World Table Tennis Championships.
a) Manika Batra and Mouma Das
b) Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das
c) Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra  
d) None of the above

9. High Court of this state/UT has said that no encroachment can be permitted in the ridge areas of the state as these are primary natural features.
a) Uttarakhand
b) Pondicherry
c) Delhi
d) Bihar

10. Members of a committee in the Lower House of the Diet approved a bill enabling Emperor Akihito to abdicate. Diet is the lower house of this country.
a) Philippines 
b) Japan
c) Myanmar
d) The UAE

ANSWER

1. (b) Odisha
2. (c) Andhra Pradesh 
3. (a) Jhumpa Lahiri
4. (b) 21 light years away
5. (a) J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
6. (c) Only II and III
7. (d) South Africa
8. (a) Manika Batra and Mouma Das
9. (c) Delhi
10. (c) Japan