General Awareness

1. Bromine is a
 Red liquid

2. Who was the 1st Governor General of Independent India
 Lord Louis Mountbatten

3. Who instituted the Kalinga Award
UNESCO

4. Fountain Pen founded by Louis Edson Waterman in which year?
 1884

5. ‘Cannes Award’ is given for excellence in which field
Films



6. Bismillah Khan was related with which field
 Shehnai

7. The book namely ‘The Gathering Storm’ is written by which Author
 Winston Churchill

8. Thomas Edison invented the Gramophone in the year 1878, he was from which
country
USA

9. Who is the Author of the book ‘Yama’
MahadeviVerma

10. Where is the Headquarter of World Trade Organisation
 Geneva

11. The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the United Nations in which
year
1990

12. Where is the Headquarter of United Nations
 New York

13. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific is located at
Thailand

14. Which is the National Capital of Nigeria
 Abuja

15. Who wrote the book namely ‘RaktaKarabi’
 Rabindranath Tagore

16. Who won FBB Femina Miss India title 2015
AditiArya

17. Who appointed as youngest lawmaker of Britain
Mhairi Black

18. Who appointed as Chief Information Commissioner
Vijai Sharma

19. Who is the Prime Minister of Singapore
Lee HsienLoong

20. IISCO Steel Plant inaugurated by Prime Minister NarendraModi in which Indian city
 Burnpur, West Bengal

21. What is the Currency of Ukraine
  Ukrainian Euroe) Ukrainian Hryvnia

22. The sound travels at the fastest speed in
 Steel

23. What is the full form of SOA
Summits of the Americas

24. Which Indian origin personality appointed as Minister of State for Employment in
Britain
 Priti Patel

25. Who awarded with SantNamdev National Award 2015
Parkash Singh Bada, Chief Minister of Punjab

26. Army Day is observed on which date
15th January

27. ‘Rosh Hashanah’ is the new year day of which community
 Jews

28. National Space Society, USA founded in which year
 1987

29. Who invented the HOVERCRAFT
Cockerell

30. The term Dribble used in which game
Hockey

31. The Reserve Bank of India policy rate which is purely an indicative rate used by the
Reserve Bank of India to signal long term outlook on interest rates is _____
Bank rate

32. In banking business, when the brrowers avail a term loan, initially they are given a
repayment holiday and this is referred as …
 moratarium

33. The window for banks to borrow from Reserve Bank of India in emergency situation
when inter-bank liquidity dries up completely, is called
 Marginal Standing Facility

34. Which of the following agencies provides insurance cover to the deposits made with
the banks?
 DICGC

35. According to the data provided in the Economic Survey 2013-14, India's balance of
payments position improved dramatically in 2013-14. What was India's current account
deficit in 2013-14?
 $ 32.4 bn

36. What minimum pension has been approved by the government under Employees
Pension Scheme 1995 run by EPFO?
 Rs.1000

37. The Government of India has undertaken a programme of recapitalisation of Public
Sector Banks to help them enhance business growth and ______
Capital Adequacy Norms

38. Banks in India are required to maintain a portion of their demand and time liabilities
with the Reserve Bank of India. This portion is called
 cash reserve ratio

39. Loans to individuals for educational purposes including vocational courses upto
_____ for studies in India and ______ for studies abroad are included under priority sector
lending by banks.
 Rs.10 Lakh, Rs.20 Lakh

40. Who among the following is not a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India at
present?
AnandSinha