Some important general awareness questions with answer detail for IPPB Mains

                                                                                                                                 

1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India's growth forecast for this year from 7.4 % to_____ due to a slight slowdown in the economy following the central government's demonetisation move. 

A)   6.5 %
B)   7 %
C)   6 %
D)   7.3%
E)   7.1 %
Correct answer: B 
 

2. _________ has announced the launch of M-Pesa PAY, a digital payment solution for merchants and retailers to receive cashless payments from customers. 

A)   Reliance
B)   Airtel
C)   Vodafone
D)   Idea
E)   GOI
Correct answer: C 

3. The Union Government has decided to waive service tax on debit and credit card transactions up to _____ rupees to promote digital transactions.

A)   3,000
B)   2500
C)   1500
D)   1,000
E)   2,000

Correct answer: E 

4. Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decides to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at ____ per cent 

A)   6.50
B)   6.75
C)   7.25
D)   6.25
E)   6
Correct answer: D 

5. _____ is a facility extended by the Reserve Bank of India to the scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs) and primary dealers to avail of liquidity in case of requirement or park excess funds with the RBI in case of excess liquidity on an overnight basis against the collateral of Government securities including State Government securities. 

A)   MSF
B)   LAF
C)   SDR
D)   NEFT
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: B 
 

6. The Reserve Bank of India has placed on its website the Report on “Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level – The India KLEMS Database” (Data Manual) along with time series data on productivity for 27 industries covering the period 1980-81 to 2011-12, prepared under the India KLEMS research project. What is the full form of KLEMS? 

A)   capital (K), liquidity (L), energy (E), material (M) and services (S)
B)   capital (K), liquidity (L), equity (E), material (M) and services (S)
C)   currency (K), liquidity (L), energy (E), material (M) and services (S)
D)   capital (K), labour (L), energy (E), master (M) and slave (S)
E)   capital (K), labour (L), energy (E), material (M) and services (S)
Correct answer: E 
 7. India ranks ____ in the Global Terrorism Index

A)   105th
B)   7th
C)   70th
D)   10th
E)   9th
Correct answer: B 
8. _______ Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has launched a website of National Rail Plan, 2030 (NRP-2030) on December 8, 2016 Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 

A)   Finance
B)   Railway
C)   Health
D)   Food and Agriculture
E)   Sports
Correct answer: B 

9. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee marked his 81st birthday by launching a "________‟ Campaign organized by the Kailash Satyarthi Children‟s Foundation at Rashtrapati Bhava. 

A)   200 Million for 100 Million
B)   Million for Million
C)   100 Million for 100 Million
D)   Million for 100 Million
E)   100 Million

Correct answer: C 
10. Chief Minister of _______ Mehbooba Mufti has flagged off the first-of-its-kind train at Banihal that en routes from Quazigund, Anantnag, Awantipur, Srinagar, Budgam, Sopore and Baramula.

A)   Goa
B)   UP
C)   HP
D)   Jammu and Kashmir
E)   Manipur

Correct answer: D 

 

11. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has constituted a committee to fight against the problem of online piracy and develop suitable business standards and best practices for the digital entertainment industry. _____ of Hotstar will be the chairman of the committee. 

A)   Salil Kapoor
B)   Uday Sodhi
C)   Ajit Mohan
D)   Uday Kotak
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: C 
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12. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), ______ has achieved carbon neutral status. 

A)   Kolkata
B)   Hyderabad
C)   Chennai
D)   New Delhi
E)   Pune
Correct answer: B 
 

13. The ____ edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, an annual bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 14 to 21 December 2016.

A)   5th
B)   11th
C)   8th
D)   9th
E)   10th
Correct answer: D 

14. ______ has removed an “undeclared” ban on import of ginned cotton from India.

A)   China
B)   Pakistan
C)   Russia
D)   US
E)   Argentina
Correct answer: B 

15. ______ the first Canadian woman who appears on the Canadian $10 bill - replacing the nation's first Prime Minister John A Macdonald who will be moved to a higher bill - when new banknotes go into circulation in 2018. 

A)   Sarah Elex
B)   Marie Pier
C)   Viola Desmond
D)   Jean-Sébastien
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: C 

16. The world‟s longest tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) in ______ was opened for regular rail services, 

A)   China
B)   Switzerland
C)   Germany
D)   US
E)   India
Correct answer: B 

17. India will contribute _____ to the United Nations‟ emergency response fund for the year 2016-17 as it stressed that the international response is falling significantly short of the challenges posed by humanitarian crises across the world. 

A)   $50
B)   $5000
C)   $100,000,00
D)   $500,000
E)   $100,000
Correct answer: D 
18. ______ chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched Haritha Keralam Mission in Thiruvananthapuram 

A)   Kerala
B)   Karnataka
C)   Chennai
D)   Mumbai
E)   Goa
Correct answer: A  

19. The Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium in Motera, _______ is set to become the biggest cricket stadium in the world, as far as seating capacity is concerned. 

A)   Ahmedabad
B)   Rajasthan
C)   New Delhi
D)   Mumbai
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: A 

20. Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with UNDP and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) will launch “______” the National Resource Centre for Tribal Livelihood issues at Bhubaneswar, Odisha on December 22, 2016

A)   Jeevan
B)   Vanoman
C)   Sanjeevani
D)   Vanjeevan
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: D 
21. Whichstate Government has tied up with Tata Trusts to acquire digital platforms to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS) in the state.

A)   MadhyaPradesh
B)   Arunachal Pradesh
C)   AndhraPradesh
D)   Uttar Pradesh
E)   None of these
Correct answer: D 

22. Which country has signed a Grant Agreement of USD 5.19 million with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for Additional Financing for Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project- Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency. 

A)   India
B)   Europe
C)   US
D)   France
E)   China
Correct answer: A 

23. The board of directors of _____ Bank has approved the appointment of Veena Mankar as NonExecutive Chairperson, with effect from December 9, 2016, up to July 26, 2018.

A)   BOB
B)   IDFC
C)   ICICI
D)   HDFC
E)   Canara
Correct answer: B 

24. Senior Indian Revenue Service officer _______ has been appointed as the new Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy making body for the Income Tax Department.

A)   Gopal Verma
B)   Arun Sharma
C)   Ramesh Kumar
D)   Praveen Verma
E)   Rajendra Kumar
Correct answer: E 

25. Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 11th World _______ (150-Up format) Championships title by beating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in the summit clash in Bengaluru. 

A)   Chess
B)   Tennis
C)   Billiards
D)   Badminton
E)   Wrestlng
Correct answer: C 

26. ______ has been appointed as Goalkeeping Mentor of Indian Junior Hockey Team

A)   Virat Kohli
B)   Sourav Kothari
C)   Iqbal Sayed
D)   Peter Gilchrist
E)   PR Sreejesh

Correct answer: E 

27. Which of the following actress has been appointed UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador?

A)   Sonakshi Sinha
B)   Aishwarya Rai
C)   Priyanka Chopra
D)   Deepika Padukone
E)   Anushka Sharma
Correct answer: C 
28. Who was sworn in as the New Zealand Prime Minister following last week's shock resignation of his popular predecessor John Key.

A)   Donald Trump
B)   Paolo Gentiloni
C)   Antonio Guterres
D)   Bill English
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: D 
29. The Employees‟ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has asked the labour ministry to raise the wage ceiling for mandatory EPF cover to Rs. ________ a month from Rs. 15,000 now for organised-sector workers. The proposal, if implemented, would raise the number of active EPF subscribers by around 50 lakh to 4.5 crore. 

A)   30,000
B)   25,000
C)   20,000
D)   10,000
E)   5,000
Correct answer: B 

30. ________, coach of Dipa Karmakar who made India proud at the Rio Olympics with her performance in the field of gymnastics will co-author her memoir titled: “Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder”. 

A)   William Dalrymple
B)   Anita Anand
C)   Bishweshwar Nandi
D)   Ravindra Kumar
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: C 

31. The book titled "Many Everest" An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dream into Reality‟ ispenned by_______.

A)   Ravindra Kumar
B)   William Dalrymple
C)   Anita Anand
D)   Bishweshwar Nandi
E)   Dipa Karmakar
Correct answer: A 

32. Which of the following bank has bagged the „Best MSME Bank Award (private sector) 2016‟ instituted by Assocham?

A)   South Indian Bank
B)   Karnataka Bank Ltd
C)   Federal Bank
D)   Vijaya Bank
E)   Yes Bank
Correct answer: B 
33. Nobel Peace Prize laureate ______ President Juan Manuel Santos received the medal and diploma from the Norwegian Nobel Committee member Berit Reiss Andersen during the Peace Prize awarding ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway.

A)   Australian
B)   France
C)   Germany
D)   Russian
E)   Colombian
Correct answer: E 

34. Which country has launched a 'space junk' collector that was made with the help of a fishnet (Netting used to catch fish, a fabric resembling a fishnet) company?

A)   Japan
B)   China
C)   FRance
D)   Germany
E)   Russia
Correct answer: A 
 

35. The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called _____, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years.

A)   Oxigen
B)   Waymo
C)   Swift
D)   Ferrari
E)   None of the above
Correct answer: B 

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