General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 11.05.2017

1. The Union government has appointed Braj Bihari Kumar as the Chairman of which Indian research body?

a) ICHR

b) ICSSR

c) CSIR

d) IISER

e) None of the above

2. Which country is hosting the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)? 

a) India

b) Switzerland 

c) South Africa 

d) Seychelles 

e) None of the above

3. Allies of Syria – Russia & Iran signed a deal with rebel supporter Turkey during talks conducted in which country?

a) Russia

b) Kazakhstan

c) Iran 

d) Turkey 

e) None of the above

4. An NGO, the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) is in the process of reviving an ancient water body. The water body is located in which state?

a) Tamil Nadu 

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) None of the above

5. Which city/town was declared as the least clean city as per the Swachh Survekshan 2017?

a) Hardoi

b) Bahraich

c) Khurja

d) Gonda

e) None of the above

6. Which city was declared as the cleanest city as per the Swachh Survekshan 2017?

a) Mysuru

b) Bhopal

c) Indore

d) Surat

e) None of the above

7. Who of the following was recently appointed the Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University?

a) Rudrangshu Mukherjee

b) Pratap Bhanu Mehta

c) Andre Beteille

d) Vijay Shekhar

e) None of the above

8. Which of the following countries lead the FIFA World Ranking, which was released recently?

a) Brazil

b) Argentina

c) Germany

d) France

e) None of these

9. Which Hollywood film, featuring actress Shabana Azmi, was awarded the Special Jury Remi Award at the 50th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival?

a) Prince Caspian

b) The Black Prince 

c) A hundred foot journey

d) Politics of Love

e) None of these

10. What is the theme of 2017 World Asthma Day (WAD)?

a) Better air better breathing

b) Reduce the asthma burden

c) You Can Control Your Asthma

d) Unite to overcome asthma

e) None of these

ANSWER

1. (b)  ICSSR

2. (a) Switzerland 

3. (b) Kazakhstan

4. (a) Tamil Nadu

5. (d) Gonda

6. (c) Indore

7. (b) Pratap Bhanu Mehta

8. (a) Brazil

9. (b) The Black Prince

10. (a) Better air better breathing