Night Class: General Awareness Quiz

1. The central govt has carried out a major bureaucratic reshuffle, with 16 ministries and departments getting new secretaries. Which of the following is not correct in this regard?

1) Rajeev Nayan Choubey – Aviation Secretary

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha – Cabinet Secretary

3) Pradeep Kumar Pujari – Power Secretary

4) V Somasundaram – Defence Secretary

5) Balvender Kumar – Mines Secretary

2. The BHEL has secured the largest order in its history, valued at Rs 17,950 cr, for setting up a 4,000 MW super-critical thermal power project from the State Power Generation Corporation of

1) Rajasthan 

2) Telangana

3) Odisha 

4) West Bengal

5) None of these

3. What is the new Reverse Repo rate after the RBI’s Jun 2 policy review?

1) 6 per cent 

2) 6.25 per cent

3) 6.50 per cent 

4) 6.75 per cent

5) None of these

4. Who among the following has been named the new commerce secretary in the Union govt?

1) Upendra Tripathi 

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Rajeev Nayan Choubey 

4) Rita A Teaotia

5) None of these

5. Who among the following was awarded freedom of expression prize in Norway on 2 Jun?

1) Malala Yousafzai 

2) Glenn Greenwald

3) Edward Snowden 

4) Julian Assange

5) None of these

6. Which of the following countries is set to honour former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with its “Friends of Liberation War Award”?

1) Myanmar 

2) Bangladesh

3) Bhutan 

4) Nepal

5) None of these

7. Which of the following has become the sixth city in the country to operate a Metro with the service started operations on 3 Jun?

1) Chennai 

2) Jaipur 

3) Panji 

4) Bhopal

5) None of these

8. Irwin Rose, who died recently, had shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in

1) Chemistry 

2) Physics

3) Literature 

4) Physiology or Medicine

5) None of these

9. Who among the following has been appointed the secretary general of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?

1) Upendra Tripathi 

2) V Somasundaram

3) Rajesh Kishore 

4) Satyanarayan Mohanty

5) None of these

10. Ratan Tata-led panel formed by Railways has decided to benchmark Indian Railways against the train networks of four global giants. These global giants are

1) Japan, Spain, Russia and France 

2) Japan, South Korea, Italy and Germany

3) US, China, Russia and Germany 

4) US, China, Italy and France

5) None of these

ANSWERS
1. 4) V Somasundaram – Defence Secretary
2. 2) Telangana
3. 2) 6.25 per cent
4. 4) Rita A Teaotia
5. 3) Edward Snowden
6. 2) Bangladesh
7. 2) Jaipur
8. 1) Chemistry
9. 4) Satyanarayan Mohanty
10. 3) US, China, Russia and Germany