General Awareness Questions

Q:

How much abount can the Postal Department invest in revenue - generating instruments and / or stock market to reduce its budgetary deficit?

A) Rs. 2,500 crore B) Rs. 4,500 crore
C) Rs. 7,400 crore D) Rs. 10,000 crore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 10,000 crore

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Which of the following organizations/agencies has initiated a "Rural Development Programme" in Uttar Pradesh so that villages can be developed in an integrated manner?

A) SBI B) RBI
C) ECGC D) NABARD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) NABARD

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Which Bank has launched a Unified Integrated Application "YONO" (You Need Only One) that would offer all kinds of financial and lifestyle products?

A) SBI Bank B) ICICI Bank
C) IDBI Bank D) HDFC Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SBI Bank

Explanation:

State Bank of India, the country’s largest public sector bank, has launched a unified integrated app called YONO (You Need Only One) that would offer all kinds of financial and lifestyle products.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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A group that has exclusive business rights and titles

A) Corporation B) Proprietorship
C) Company D) Investment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Proprietorship

Explanation:

A Proprietorship is a group that has exclusive business rights and titles. A proprietorship is a business with a single owner and not registered as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company.

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Name the first state Police Officer of Nagaland who has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’, in 2017 by the Government of India.

A) SomviBihu B) Jong Kayi
C) Nara Karom D) AtuZumvu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) AtuZumvu

Explanation:

For the first time since Nagaland officially gained recognition as a state, a state Police Officer AtuZumvu has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’.

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Q:

Which of the following countries is trying to get  membership of European Union?

A) Myanmar B) Brazil
C) Croatia D) Italy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Croatia

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Q:

Which metal, discovered in 1751, takes its name from the abbreviation of the German term for Devil's Copper?

Answer

Nickel

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Q:

Updated List of Cabinet Ministers of India in September 2017 ?

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Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio


 1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:


                                                           – Ministry of Personnel
                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions
                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy
                                                            – Department of Space


  All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.


  2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs


  3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs


  4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance


                                                    – Minister of Corporate Affair


 5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway


                                                      – Minister of shipping 


                                                      – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation


 6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry


 7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation


 8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


 9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence


 10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs


 11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution


 12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development


 13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs


 14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology         


 15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare


16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation


17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises     


18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries


19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development
                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj
                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel


21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs


22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare          


23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment


24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles
                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting            


25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology
                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences
                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change


26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development


27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways


                                                                – Minster of Coal


28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas


                                                               – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

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