General Awareness Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Special row reserved by which airlines for solo women passengers in 2017 ? 1302 05b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f5bd
5b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f5bd- 1AirIndiafalse
- 2Vistarafalse
- 3Airasianafalse
- 4SpiceJettrue
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Answer : 4. "SpiceJet"
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Answer: D) SpiceJet Explanation:
Q: Who is appointed as new Deputy Governor of RBI in place of R. Gandhi in March, 2017 ? 901 05b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f59f
5b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f59f- 1Shrugdi Vilasfalse
- 2BP Kanungotrue
- 3Harun R. Khanfalse
- 4Mundrafalse
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Answer : 2. "BP Kanungo"
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Answer: B) BP Kanungo Explanation: BP Kanungo was appointed as Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for three years. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post with effect from the date of taking over the charge on or after April 3, an order issued by Personnel Ministry said. He has been appointed in place of R Gandhi, it said.Kanungo was in March last year appointed as Executive Director in the central bank.
Q: As per the data released by RBI, which bank witnessed the most number of frauds during April-December period of 2016 ? 1053 05b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f586
5b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f586- 1HDFC Bankfalse
- 2Standard Chartered Bankfalse
- 3SBI Bankfalse
- 4ICICI Banktrue
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Answer : 4. "ICICI Bank"
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Answer: D) ICICI Bank Explanation: ICICI Bank topped the list of banks that witnessed the most number of frauds during April-December period of 2016 with state-owned SBI taking the second spot, RBI data said.
Q: Who has become the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on standup paddle ? 1276 15b5cc71be4d2b4197774f563
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f563- 1Jack Albertafalse
- 2Henary Christpherfalse
- 3Christopher Bernardfalse
- 4Chris Bertishtrue
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Answer : 4. "Chris Bertish"
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Answer: D) Chris Bertish Explanation: South African Chris Bertish has become the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on standup paddle. He made the epic 4,050-mile voyage alone at sea aboard his custom-built craft.
Q: Name the company that has recently created the world’s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it. 1258 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f553
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f553- 1TCSfalse
- 2Microsoftfalse
- 3IBMtrue
- 4Infosysfalse
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Answer : 3. "IBM"
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Answer: C) IBM Explanation: A team of researchers at IBM has created the world’s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it.
Q: Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of HSBC ? 1136 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f526
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f526- 1Douglas Flintfalse
- 2Stuart Gulliverfalse
- 3Mark Tuckertrue
- 4Victor Bernardfalse
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Answer : 3. "Mark Tucker"
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Answer: C) Mark Tucker Explanation: British businessman Mark Tucker, currently group chief executive and president of insurance group AIA, will take over from Douglas Flint as the new Chairman of HSBC in October.
Q: Who has been given the additional charge of Defence Ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned from the same post in March, 2017 ? 1101 15b5cc71be4d2b4197774f51c
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f51c- 1Arun Jaitleytrue
- 2Nitin Gadkarifalse
- 3Narendra Modifalse
- 4Rajnath Singhfalse
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Answer : 1. "Arun Jaitley"
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Answer: A) Arun Jaitley Explanation: Finance minister Arun Jaitley was on 13 March 2017 given the additional charge of the defence ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned+ to take on the new role of Goa chief minister.
Q: How many member countries are there in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ? 957 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f517
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f517- 15false
- 27false
- 36true
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Answer : 3. "6"
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Answer: C) 6 Explanation: There are six permanent members: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Soon India and Pakistan will also join it.