General Awareness Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 30.03.2017

1. The Rajya Sabha passed the Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to replace

a) The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1913

b) The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923

c) The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1933

d) The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1943

e) None of these

2. Which of the following missile systems was successfully test-fired by the Indian Navy recently.

a) BrahMos

b) Barak

c) Agni

d) Pruthvi

e) None of these

3. The term USHUS-II that was in the news recently refers to a

a) Ballistic Missile System

b) Multi-role Combat Vehicle

c) Submarine Sonar System

d) Night-Vision System

e) None of these

4. Which agency released the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2017?

a) International Monetary Fund

b) World Bank Group

c) International Energy Agency

d) World Economic Forum

e) None of these

5. What is India’s rank in the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2017?

a) 85

b) 86

c) 87

d) 88

e) None of these

6. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved winding up of CHBL and ICBL recently. Both of these organizations were engaged in

a) Renewable Energy Sector

b) Entertainment Industry

c) Hospitality Sector

d) Automobile Sector

e) None of these

7. The Forest Department of this State initiated the Elephant Census recently after a gap of six years.

a) Karnataka

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Assam

e) None of these

8. The 7th National Inter Zonal T20 cricket tournament for the differently-abled will be held in

a) Hyderabad

b) Mumbai

c) Chennai

d) Kanpur

e) None of these

9. The Union Government formally transferred ownership of Indu Mills land to this State Government for the construction of Ambedkar Memorial.

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Chattisgarh

e) None of these

10. The Government of this country formally certified India’s request for Vijay Mallya’s extradition.

a) The USA

b) The UK

c) Germany

d) Poland

e) None of these

11. SEBI banned this company from equity derivatives trading for one year for involving in fraudulent activities.

a) Reliance Industries

b) ICICI Bank

c) HDFC Bank

d) Jindal Steel and Power

e) None of these

12. The Union Government sought apology from this media agency before the Supreme Court for violating the telecast norms during the Pathankot terror in 2016.

a) Times Now

b) Aaj Tak

c) NDTV India

d) ABP News

e) None of these

13. The chosen date for the observance of the Earth Hour 2017 is

a) 25 March 2017

b) 26 March 2017

c) 27 March 2017

d) 28 March 2017

e) None of these

14. Who was conferred with the first-ever Kuldip Nayar journalism award 2017?

a) P Sainath

b) Ravish Kumar

c) Shekhar Gupta

d) Arnab Goswami

e) None of these

15. The theme of the World Meteorological Day is

a) Climate & Human

b) Hot & Cold

c) Floods & Droughts

d) Understanding Cloud

e) None of these

ANSWERS

1. (b) The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923

2. (b) Barak

3. (c) Submarine Sonar System

4. (d) World Economic Forum

5. (c) 87

6. (a) Renewable Energy Sector

7. (d) Assam

8. (b) Mumbai

9. (a) Maharashtra

10. (b) The UK

11. (a) Reliance Industries

12. (c) NDTV India

13. (a) 25 March 2017

14. (b) Ravish Kumar

15. (d) Understanding Cloud