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General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. Match the following?
International Summit                                Location
A. SCO Summit                       (i) Vientiane, Laos (23-24 June 2016)
B. ASEAN Summit                  (ii)Tashkent, (6-8 Sept 2016) Uzbekistan
C. APEC Summit                    (iii) Lima, Peru  (19-20 Nov 2016)
D. G7 Summit                         (iv) Hangzhou, (26-27 May 2016) China
E. G20 Summit                        (v) Shima, Japan  (4-5 Sept 2016)
A B C D E
1) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
2) (ii) (i) (iii) (v) (iv)
3) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (v)
4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
5) (iv) (v) (i) (ii) (iii)

2. Find the correct statement?
A. India was ranked 141 on a Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2016 out of 163 countries.
B. India was ranked 7th in the list of countries most impacted by terrorism in 2015, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), 2016.
C. Global Peace Index (GPI) and Global Terrorism Index (GTI) are the products of Institute for Economics and Peace.
1) only A
2) only B
3) only C
4) All A, B & C
5) None of these

3. Match the following?
International Organization
A. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
B. World Economic Forum (WEF)
C. Transparency International (TI)
D. Reporters Without Borders
E. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Report/Index
(i) World Investment Report
(ii) Press Freedom Index
(iii) Corruption Perception Index
(iv) Global Competitiveness Index
(v) Human Development Index
A B C D E
1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
2) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
3) (ii) (i) (iv) (v) (iii)
4) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (v)
5) (iii) (ii) (v) (iv) (i)

4. Find the incorrect pair?
1) Nobel Peace Prize 2016 : Juan Manuel Santos
2) Templeton Prize 2016 : Jonathan Sacks
3) Man Booker International Prize 2016 : Han Kang
4) Man Booker Prize 2016 : Paul Beatty
5) Abel Prize 2016 : Bob Dylan

5. Who is Narinder Batra?
1) The President of International Cricket Council (ICC)
2) The President of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
3) The President of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
4) The President of Federation Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
5) The President of International Hockey Federation (FIH)

6. Who is the 44th Chief Justice of India?
1) Justice H.L.Dattu
2) Justice T.S.Thakur
3) Justice J.S.Khehar
4) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
5) None of these

7. Who is David R. Syiemlieh?
1) The new Governor of RBI.
2) The new Chief of Army
3) The new Chairman of UPSC
4) The new President of BCCI
5) The new Deputy Governor of RBI

8. Paolo Gentiloni is the new Prime Minister of…..
1) Japan
2) Canada
3) Italy
4) Australia
5) None of these

9. Which country will host BRICS summit in 2017?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) India
4) China
5) South Africa

10. Donald Trump is the 45th President of USA from..
1) 10 January 2017
2) 15 January 2017
3) 20 January 2017
4) 30 January 2017
5) None of these

11. Find the wrong pair? (As per RBI current rates)
1) Cash Reserve Ratio : 4%
2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio : 21.75%
3) Bank Rate : 6.75%
4) Repo Rate : 6.25%
5) Reverse Repo Rate : 5.75%



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