General Awareness Questions for Bank Exams - 11

General Awareness Questions for Bank Exams – 11

1.       Who has been appointed the new Controller General of Accounts on July 1, 2012?

(a)    Jawahar Thakur       

(b)   Neeraj Kumar           

(c)    A.K. Aggarwal           

(d)   Arun Mishra

Ans: (a)

2.       Who is the author of the book ‘Beyond the lines’: An Auto Biography?

(a)    Sharad Pawar           

(b)   Kushwant Singh       

(c)    Kuldip Nayar                             

(d)   General.  J.J. Singh

Ans: (c)

3.       NGRBA that was in news stands for:

(a)    National Godavari River Basin Authority

(b)   National Ganga River Basin Authority

(c)    National Gai River Basin Authority

(d)   None of these

Ans: (b)

4.       Who is the author of the book ‘ Turning Point – A journey through challenges’?

(a)    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

(b)   Hamid Ansari

(c)    Jaswant Singh

(d)   Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ans: (a)

5.       Who has been awarded the World Food Prize in 2012?

(a)    Kofi Annan

(b)   Daniel Hillel

(c)    Ban Ki-Moon

(d)   Hillary Clinton

Ans: (b)

6.       P.N. Dhar passed away on July 12, 2012 in New Delhi. He was a great –

(a)    Poet

(b)   Scientist

(c)    Musician

(d)   Economist

Ans: (d)

7.       Which part of India was included in World Heritage List by UNESCO on July 1, 2012?

(a)    Eastern Ghats

(b)   Western Ghats

(c)    Kaziranga National Park

(d)   Konkan Railway

Ans: (b)

8.       India’s first Mega Food Park became functional  in 2012 at:

(a)    Jaipur

(b)   Kanpur

(c)    Chittoor

(d)   Pune

Ans: (c)

9.       Geeta Chaudhary is associated with:

(a)    Boxing

(b)   Wrestling

(c)    Judo

(d)   Badminton

Ans: (c)

10.   Who won the first medal for India in London Olympics in 2012?

(a)    Abhinav Bindra

(b)   Vijender Singh

(c)    Gagan Narang

(d)   Sushil Kumar

Ans: (c)

11.   Who is current Home Minister of India?

(a)    P. Chidambaram

(b)   Sushil Kumar Shinde

(c)    Rajnath Singh

(d)   Sharad Pawar

Ans: (c)

12.   Which country first granted asylum to wikileaks founder Julien Assange?

(a)    USA

(b)   UK

(c)    Ecuador

(d)   Germany

Ans: (c)

13.   Captain Lakshmi Sehgal who passed away some time ago is:

(a)    First Indian Airlines Pilot

(b)   First MIG-21 fighter plane pilot

(c)    Veteran freedom fighter

(d)   Chief Minister of U.P.

Ans: (c)

14.   One of the Asia-Pacific nations had agreed to hold its first ever maritime exercise with India. The nation is –

(a)    Australia

(b)   USA

(c)    Japan

(d)   Vietnam

Ans: (b)

15.   Francois Hollande was elected as President of which of the following nation?

(a)    Poland

(b)   Portugal

(c)    France

(d)   Greece

Ans: (c)