Following study material is on the topi General Awareness. The multiple choice questions are useful for competitive / recruitment exams like IBPS / SBI / SSC/ RRB, DRDO Assistants, and various other similar examinations which have General Awareness as part of the tests. Read the questions below. The answers along with explanations are given at the end of the questions.
1. National Handloom Day is observed on …….
(1) August 6
(2) August 7
(3) August 8
(4) August 9
(5) None of the above
2. Abdulla Aripov is the Prime Minster of which country?
(1) Uzbekistan
(2) Tajikistan
(3) Turkmenistan
(4) Kyrgyzstan
(5) None of the above
3. ……….. is the name of world’s first Hindi and other Indian languages speaking robot?
(1) Lakshmi
(2) Raashi
(3) Rashmi
(4) Sophia
(5) None of the above
4. The Union cabinet on recently gave its nod to a proposal for Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to acquire 51% stake in ……… through preferential offer of equity.
(1) IDBI Bank
(2) SIDBI
(3) Axis Bank
(4) ICCI Bank
(5) None of the above
5. Which Indian city hosted the World Junior Squash Championships in July 2018?
(1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Bengaluru
(5) None of the above
6. Akshay Venkatesh, a mathematician from …….. has been bestowed with the prestigious 2018 Fields medal.
(1) USA
(2) Germany
(3) Australia
(4) Malaysian
(5) None of the above
7. Emmerson Mnangagwa is elected as President of which country?
(1) Zimbabwe
(2) South Africa
(3) Nigeria
(4) Brazil
(5) None of the above
8. ……….. became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company on August 2, 2018.
(1) Apple
(2) Google
(3) Microsoft
(4) Walmart
(5) None of the above
9. Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in fraud related cases in India is current citizen of ……..
(1) Trinidad and Tobago
(2) Jamaica
(3) Barbados
(4) Antigua and Barbuda
(5) None of the above
10. ……… has become the first Indian state to implement the national policy on biofuels unveiled by the centre in May 2018.
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Haryana
(4) Gujarat
(5) None of the above
Answers with Explanations:
1. (2) August 7
The National Handloom Day is being observed every year on 7 August since 2015. The date August 7 has been chosen as National Handloom Day, due to its special significance in India`s history; it was on this day that the Swadeshi Movement was launched in 1905. The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made on August 7, 1905 in a massive meeting in the Calcutta. The movement involved revival of domestic products and production processes. The Government of India declared August 7 as National Handloom Day every year, in memory of this.
2. (1) Uzbekistan
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently visited Uzbekistan. and held discussion with the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov on bilateral relations.
3. (3) Rashmi
Ranjit Srivastava from Ranchi has developed humanoid robot Rashmi which can speak Hindi, Bhojpuri and Marathi along with English. Rashmi uses linguistic interpretation (LI), artificial intelligence (AI), visual data and facial recognition systems. Rashmi is Indian version of ‘Sophia,’ a social humanoid robot developed by a Hong Kong based company.
4. (1) IDBI Bank
The government currently holds an 85.96% stake in IDBI Bank.
5. (5) None of the above
Chennai hosted the event from 18th to 29th July 2018. Egypt has won the World Junior squash team title.
6. (3) Australia
India-born Australian Akshay Venkatesh was awarded the Fields Medal for his synthesis of analytic number theory, homogeneous dynamics, topology, and representation theory.
7. (1) Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe’s Presidential election. Robert Mugabe was former President of Zimbabwe. Capital: Harare
8. (1) Apple
Apple became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company on August 2, 2018. Apple was co-founded in 1976 by Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak.
9. (4) Antigua and Barbuda
Mehul Chinubhai Choksi is a businessman of Indian origin and acquired citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in 2017. He is the owner of Gitanjali Group, a retail jewellery company with 4,000 stores in India. An arrest warrant for Choksi has been issued in connection with the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case. He was allegedly involved in stock market manipulation in 2013.
10. (2) Rajasthan
The policy on biofuels seeks to help farmers dispose of their surplus stock in an economic manner and reduce the country’s oil import dependence. It has expanded the scope of raw material for ethanol production by allowing use of sugarcane juice, sugar containing materials, starch containing materials and damaged foodgrains like wheat, broken rice and rotten potatoes for ethanol production.