General Awareness Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 14.04.2017

1. Who will become the Chairman of the newly constituted National Board for Electric Mobility (NBEM)? 

a) Girish Shankar 

b) Vikram Kirloskar 

c) Vinod Dasari 

d) Pawan Goenka 

e) None of the above

2. Gilbert Baker, who passed away recently, was the creator of:

a) Euro Currency Symbol

b) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rainbow Flag

c) Canadian National Flag

d) Logo of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

e) None of the above

3. Union Cabinet recently approved closure of which scheme?

a) Pradhan Mantri Atal Pension Yojana

b) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

c) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

d) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

e) None of the above

4. Which state’s government is planning on setting up 6 AIIMS like institutes and 25 medical colleges in the next 5 years?

a) Uttar Pradesh 

b) Rajasthan 

c) Gujarat

d) Bihar 

e) None of the above

5. Which country has successfully test-fired a home developed ballistic missile that can hit any part of North Korea?

a) South Korea

b) Russia

c) Japan 

d) China 

e) None of the above

6. NASA announced a three-month extension to the space term of which International space station crew member?

a) Thomas Pesquet

b) Oleg Novitskiy

c) Peggy Whitson

d) Scott Kelly

e) None of the above

7. The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the signing of the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Georgia. The features of the Air Services Agreement are as follows: 

I. Both countries shall be entitled to designate one or more airline. 

II. Carriers from both countries will be able to establish direct operations to any points in the other country’s territory. 

III. The designated airlines of either country shall have the right to establish offices in the territory of the other for promotion and sales. 

IV. The designated airline of each party will be able to enter into cooperative marketing arrangements with the designated carriers of same party, other party and that of a third party. 

Which among the above statements are correct?

a) Only I and II

b) I, II and III

c) All of the above 

d) I, III and IV

e) None of the above

8. Who of the following recently assumed the charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank?

a) B K Batra

b) Kishor Piraji Kharat

c) G M Yadwadkar

d) Mahesh Kumar Jain

e) None of the above

9. Who of the following was recently appointed as the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies?

a) C P Gurnani

b) Rishad Premji

c) Raman Roy

c) Ratan Tata

e) None of the above

10. Which of the following countries recently officially recognized bitcoin as legal money?

a) South Korea

b) Taiwan

c) Japan

d) Canada

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (a) Girish Shankar

2. (b) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rainbow Flag

3. (c) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

4. (a) Uttar Pradesh 

5. (a) South Korea 

6. (c) Peggy Whitson

7. (d) I, III and IV

8. (d) Mahesh Kumar Jain

9. (c) Raman Roy

10. (c) Japan