General Awareness Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 17.04.2017

1. It is with this public sector undertaking, the Indian Railways entered into an agreement for Rooftop SPV Systems recently.

a) Bharat Heavy Electricals

b) NTPC Limited

c) Bharat Electronics Limited

d) IOC

e) None of these

2. As per the Amnesty International, it is in this country, most executions took place in 2016.

a) Iran

b) Iraq

c) Pakistan

d) China

e) None of these

3. What will be the theme of the Civil Services Day 2017?

a) Clean India

b) Minimum Governance

c) Making New India

d) Nation First

e) None of these

4. It is in this North Eastern State, India-Mongolia joint military training exercise Nomadic Elephant – XII has begun recently.

a) Mizoram

b) Nagaland

c) Assam

d) Meghalaya

e) None of these

5. Name the state that scrapped the Samajwadi Pension Scheme of the state.

a) Bihar

b) Gujarat

c) Uttarakhand 

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) None of these

6. Name the two states that in second week of April 2017 announced that it will impose liquor ban in the state in near future.

a) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

b) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh 

c) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand 

e) None of these

7. Who of the following was recently honoured with a Living Legend Lifetime Award from the Punjab Association?

a) Dharmendra

b) Shashi Kapoor

c) Dilip Kumar

d) Manoj Kumar

e) None of these

8. Who is the author of the book titled Hope in a Challenged Democracy– An Indian Narrative, which released recently?

a) Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

b) Ashwani Kumar

c) Romesh Thapar

d) Shashi Tharoor

e) None of these

9. The Coptic Christians were in news recently. They belong to which of the following countries?

a) Egypt

b) Israel

c) Iran

d) Syria

e) None of these

10. Former Union Minister, Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 12 April 2017, after suffering from a heart attack. Which party did he serve under in the government?

a) Bharatiya Janata Party

b) Congress Party

c) Samajwadi Party

d) Bahujan Samajh Party

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (a) Bharat Heavy Electricals

2. (d) China

3. (c) Making New India

4. (a) Mizoram

5. (d) Uttar Pradesh

6. (a) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

7. (c) Dilip Kumar

8. (b) Ashwani Kumar

9. (a) Egypt

10. (b) Congress Party