General Awareness Practice Question and Answer

Q: Special row reserved by which airlines for solo women passengers in 2017 ? 1302 0

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    AirIndia
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    Vistara
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    Airasiana
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    SpiceJet
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Answer : 4. "SpiceJet"
Explanation :

Answer: D) SpiceJet Explanation:

Q: Who is appointed as new Deputy Governor of RBI in place of R. Gandhi in March, 2017 ? 901 0

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    Shrugdi Vilas
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    BP Kanungo
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    Harun R. Khan
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    Mundra
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Answer : 2. "BP Kanungo"
Explanation :

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 0

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    HDFC Bank
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    Standard Chartered Bank
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    SBI Bank
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    ICICI Bank
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Answer : 4. "ICICI Bank"
Explanation :

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 1

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    Jack Alberta
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    Henary Christpher
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    Christopher Bernard
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    Chris Bertish
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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 0

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    TCS
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    Microsoft
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    IBM
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    Infosys
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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 0

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    Douglas Flint
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    Stuart Gulliver
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    Mark Tucker
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    Victor Bernard
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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 1

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    Arun Jaitley
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    Nitin Gadkari
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    Narendra Modi
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    Rajnath Singh
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Answer : 1. "Arun Jaitley"
Explanation :

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 0

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    5
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    7
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    6
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    8
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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.

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