General Awareness

Q.1. Who resigns as Defence Minister of India on 12th March 2017?

A. Manohar Parrikar

B. Rajnath Singh

C. Arun Jaitley

D. Smriti Irani

Ans. Manohar Parrikar

Q.2. The 11th edition of North-East Business Summit (NEBS) has started in which city?

A. New Delhi

B. Imphal

C. Guwahati

D. Shillong

Ans. New Delhi

Q.3. The cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’.has started in which country?

A. Nigeria

B. Egypt

C. Kenya

D. Mauritius

Ans. Egypt

Q.4. Which union ministry has instituted “Kamaladevi Chattopadhya National Awards” for women handloom weavers and women handicraft artisans?

A. Ministry of Women and Child Development

B. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

C. Ministry of Textiles

D. Ministry of Rural Development

Ans. Ministry of Textiles

Q.5. Which country to host the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)?

A. United States

B. United Kingdom

C. Germany

D. France

Ans. United Kingdom

Q.6. Which state government has officially launched women safety application “Ammavin Aran”?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Kerala

D. Karnataka

Ans. Tamil Nadu

Q.7. India’s largest floating solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) plant has been installed in which state?

A. Haryana

B. Jammu & Kashmir

C. Maharashtra

D. Kerala

Ans. Kerela

Q.8. What is the theme of the 2017 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD)?

A. Antibiotics off the menu

B. Fix our phone rights

C. Building a digital world consumers can trust

D. Consumer Justice Now!

Ans. Building a digital world consumers can trust

Q.9. Which city is hosting the 15th edition of “All India Meet of State Legal Services Authorities”?

A. New Delhi

B. Surat

C. Jaipur

D. Lucknow

Ans. New Delhi

Q.10. Who is the newly appointed chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC)?

A. Masood Husain

B. Narendra Kumar

C. T K Sivarajan

D. A S P Sinha

Ans. Narendra Kumar

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