Night Class: General Awareness Quiz

1. The pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the women’s doubles title of 2015 Wimbledon tennis tournament defeating

1) Pranjala Yadlapalli and Chihiro Muramatsu 

2) Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spear

3) Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 

4) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina

5) None of these

2. The proposed USD 10-bn TAPI gas pipeline project will originate in which of the following countries?

1) Tajikistan 

2) Tanzania

3) Turkmenistan 

4) Trinidad and Tobago

5) Turkey

3. Which of the following pairs of Central Asian countries and their currencies is NOT matched correctly?

1) Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan manat 

2) Uzbekistan – Uzbekistani som

3) Kazakhstan – Kazakhstani tenge 

4) Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstani ruble

5) Tajikistan – Tajikistani somoni

4. The govt has set a target of skilling _________ people by 2022, under the new National Policy for Skill Development.

1) 20.15 cr 

2) 30.20 cr

3) 40.20 cr 

4) 50 cr

5) 50.20 cr

5. The Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank or BRICS bank has been set up with an initial authorised capital of USD 100 bn, while its initial subscribed capital of USD50 bn has been shared among the founding members

1) equally 

2) as per their GDP size

3) as per their foreign exchange reserves 

4) as per their population

5) None of these

6. After the success of country's first 24x7 all-women cab network 'She-Taxi', the stateowned autonomous institution Gender Park plans to launch 'She-Bus' service in

1) Maharashtra 

2) Gujarat

3) Goa 

4) Kerala

5) Tamil Nadu

7. India on 11 July recorded a population of 127,42,39,769 at 5 PM. As per the National Population Stabilisation Fund (NPSF), India may become the most populous country by 

1) 2020 

2) 2025

3) 2030 

4) 2040

5) 2050

8. Who won the women’s singles title of the 2015 Wimbledon tennis tournament?

1) Garbine Muguruza 

2) Victoria Azarenka

3) Coco Vandeweghe 

4) Maria Sharapova

5) Serena Williams

9. The state-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has set a target of providing _________ as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years.

1) Rs 10,000 cr 

2) Rs 20,000 cr

3) Rs 25,000 cr 

4) Rs 30,000 cr

5) Rs 50,000 cr

10. India and which of the following countries have signed four agreements including one to boost defence cooperation and hold annual joint military exercises during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the country recently?

1) Kyrgyzstan 

2) Ukraine

3) Mongolia 

4) Tajikistan

5) Turkmenistan 

Answers:

1. 4)

2. 3)

3. 4)

4. 3)

5. 1)

6. 4)

7. 5)

8. 5)

9. 4)

10. 1)