General Awareness Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 01.06.2017

1. Name the institute/organisation that has developed a technique that types Braille in real time and helps deaf-blind people "watch" television without intermediaries. 
a)    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
b)    University of Cambridge
c)    Stanford University
d)    University of Pennsylvania

2. Which Indian won the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) award in the Environmental Engineering category?
a)    Prashant Ranganathan
b)    Sairandi Sathyanarayanan
c)    Pratik Naidu
d)    Sahithi Pingali

3. Donald Trump, during his speech at the Arab Islamic-American Summit, called for the international isolation of which Muslim country?
a)    Iran 
b)    Sudan
c)    Yemen
d)    Syria

4. Who of the following was named the Premier League Player of the Season?
a)    Cristiano Ronaldo
b)    Eden Hazard
c)    Harry Kane
d)    N'Golo Kante

5. Which state’s government has ordered an indefinite ban on sand mining in Narmada River?
a)    Madhya Pradesh 
b)    Maharashtra 
c)    Gujarat
d)    Rajasthan

6. The UN has released the first draft of its nuclear ban treaty that would legally prohibit the possession of nuclear weapons. Which among the following non-nuclear states has opposed the draft plan?
a)    Austria
b)    Australia 
c)    Brazil
d)    South Africa

7. Which of the following football clubs won the La Liga title for the record 33rd time?
a)    Barcelona
b)    Athletic Bilbao
c)    Valencia
d)    Real Madrid

8. Who of the following was recently appointed as the Director-General of the World Health Organisation?
a)    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
b)    Margaret Chan
c)    David Nabarro
d)    Sania Nishtar

9. Which country hosted a historic three-day summit attended by hundreds of indigenous leaders to formally recognise its first inhabitants?
a)    Australia 
b)    South Africa 
c)    India 
d)    Sri Lanka

10. Minor changes were introduced in the definition of startup. Consider the following statements in context to the agreement.
I. It says that to qualify under the startup action plan, an entity must not be older than 3 years.  
II. It says that the entity’s turnover must not cross the sum of Rs 225 crore in three years.  
III. For startups in the biotechnology sector, the period shall be up to 7 years. 

Which is/are correct?
a)    Only III
b)    Only I and II 
c)    Only I and III
d)    None of these are true

ANSWERS

1.     (a) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

2.     (a) Prashant Ranganathan

3.     (a) Iran

4.     (d) N'Golo Kante

5.     (a) Madhya Pradesh

6.     (b) Australia

7.     (d) Real Madrid

8.     (a) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

9.     (a) Australia

10.   (d) None of these are true