Night Class: General Awareness Quiz

Ques. : 1 What is India’s ranking in the recent Ease of Doing Business List 2016 released by the World Bank?

1) 84 

2) 127

3) 130 

4) 134

5) 142

Ques. : 2 Which of the following countries has topped the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business List 2016 released recently?

1) China 

2) US

3) Denmark 

4) New Zealand

5) Singapore

Ques. : 3 The Union Govt constituted a committee to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 recently. The committee will be headed by

1) RV Easwar 

2) Ajit Prakash Shah

3) Ramanujam 

4) VV Daga

5) Ajay Shankar

Ques. : 4 Sri Lanka and India began their bilateral naval exercise SLINEX off _________ recently.

1) Kochi 

2) Chennai

3) Vishakhapatnam 

4) Batticaloa

5) Trincomalee

Ques. : 5 The eighth edition of National Seed Congress (NSC) began in which city recently to deliberate on advanced seed development technologies and regulatory measures?

1) Bengaluru 

2) Hyderabad

3) New Delhi 

4) Jaipur

5) Chandigarh

Ques. : 6 Who among the following was conferred with 2015 Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai recently?

1) Amitabh Bachchan 

2) Asha Bhosle

3) Subhash Ghai 

4) AR Rahman

5) Anil Kapoor

Ques. : 7 Which of the following states will host the South Asian Rugby 7’S Championship in 2016?

1) Himachal Pradesh 

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Arunachal Pradesh 

4) Haryana

5) Uttarakhand

Ques. : 8 James Staley is the new CEO of which of the following multinational banks?

1) JP Morgan 

2) HSBC

3) Barclays 

4) Citi Bank

5) Standard Chartered

Ques. : 9 Sylvie Lucas was appointed as the Chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms recently. She is the present ambassador of _____ to the UN.

1) Belgium 

2) Netherlands

3) Switzerland 

4) Romania

5) Luxembourg 

Ques. : 10 Who among the following was elected as Nepal’s first woman president recently?

1) Bidhya Bhandari 

2) Onsari Gharti Magar

3) Jaypuri Gharti 

4) Shashi Shrestha

5) Durga Kumari BK

ANSWERS

1. 3) 130

2. 5) Singapore

3. 1) RV Easwar

4. 5) Trincomalee

5. 2) Hyderabad

6. 4) AR Rahman

7. 2) Jammu and Kashmir

8. 3) Barclays

9. 5) Luxembourg

10. 1) Bidhya Bhandari