Total Time allotted for Test = 40 Minutes, Timer : 00:00 General Awareness Test 2017 for MBA Exams like XAT General Awareness 2017 - Questions 1 - 60 3 Marks for each right answer and -1 Mark for each wrong answer. Total Marks = 180 Q1. 'The Great Indian Novel' is a book written by: a. Aravind Adiga b. Khushwant Singh c. M.V. Kamath d. Shashi Tharoor Q2. In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up? a. 1936 b. 1927 c. 1947 d. 1951 Q3. Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever'? a. John Keats b. Robert Browing c. P.B.Shelley d. William Wordsworth Q4. Entomology is the science that studies ? a. Behavior of human beings b. Insects c. The origin and history of technical and scientific terms d. The formation of rocks Q5. Who is the current CEO & MD of Infosys? a. S Gopalakrishnan b. N. R. Narayana Murthy c. Vishal Sikka d. V Balakrishnan Q6. Periyar Tiger Reserve is located in which state? a. Kerela b. Karantaka c. Andhra Pradesh d. Tamilnadu Q7. Capital of Australia is: a. Sydney b. Melbourne c. Adelaide d. Canberra Q8. How many Gold Medals did India win in 2014 Commonwealth game? a. 16 b. 14 c. 15 d. 13 Q9. Which country hosted 2016 Olympics? a. Japan b. Australia c. France d. Brazil Q10. Who among the following has become the first Indian to be honoured with Harvard Medal? a. Azim Premji b. Anand Mahindra c. Sunil Bharti Mittal d. Adi Godrej Q11. The total cost of the India's Mars Orbitor Mission is: a. 550 Crore b. 400 Crore c. 350 Crore d. 450 Crore Q12. Who is the going to be the new chief justice of India from 4th January 2017? a. Jagdish Singh Khehar b. H . L. Dattu c. T. S. Thakur d. Rajendra Mal Lodha Q13. How much was India's Growth Rate in 2015-16? a. 6.8% b. 7.2% c. 7.6% d. 8.0% Q14. If the cash reserve ratio is lowered by the RBI, its impact on credit creation will be to a. increase it b. decrease it c. no impact d. None of the above Q15. Excise duty is a tax levied on the a. import of goods b. export of goods c. Manufacturing of goods d. None of these Q16. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India? a. RK Mathur b. Ajit Kumar Doval c. Nripendra Mishra d. Arun Ramanathan Q17. Which of the following technology firms unveiled a prototype driverless car, recently? a. Microsoft b. Intel c. Google d. IBM Q18. Finance Commission is constituted every: a. 3 Years b. 5 Years c. 7 Years d. 10 Years Q19. Census of India is conducted every ____ Years and lastly it was done in ____ a. 10 Years & 2011 b. 5 Years & 2011 c. 7 Years & 2012 d. 5 Years & 2012 Q20. Which film won the best picture Oscar award in 2016: a. Spotlight b. The Revenant c. Gravity d. The Martian Q21. Who is current President of world bank: a. Robert Zoellick b. Jim Yong Kim c. Paul Wolfowitz d. Robert McNamara Q22. Who is the present CEO of Apple? a. Tim Cook b. Satya Nadella c. Jonathan Ive d. Mark Zuckerberg Q23. The state which has the highest sugarcane production in India is a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh c. Maharashtra d. Madhya Pradesh Q24. The mineral in which India depends largely on imports is a. Iron Ore b. Bauxite c. Mica d. Mercury Q25. Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for parliament. How many total constituencies / seats are there in current Lok Sabha? a. 544 b. 542 c. 545 d. 543 Q26. Telangana is ___ state of India and its Capital is ____ a. 29th, Hyderabad b. 30th, Hyderabad c. 29th, Vijayawada d. 30th, Vijayawada Q27. Who is current Director-General of WTO a. Roberto Azevedo b. Pascal Lamy c. Mike Moore d. None of these Q28. Which company acquired online fashion portal Myntra.Com in 2014 a. FlipKart b. Amazon c. Snapdeal d. eBay Q29. Who won 2016 nobel prize for Peace? a. Juan Manuel Santos b. Denis Mukwege c. Nadia Murad d. Peter Diamond Q30. Who among the following has been named as the TIME magazine Person of the Year 2016? a. Vladimir Putin b. Narendra Modi c. Mark Zukerberg d. Donald Trump Q31. Which Indian village has recently earned the tag of becoming India’s first digital village in India? a. Akrund b. Akodara c. Poshina d. Punsari Q32. Who was recently elected as the President of FICCI for the year 2017? a. Pankaj R. Patel b. Harshavardhan Neotia c. Jyotsana Suri d. Rashesh Shah Q33. Name the Indian states that have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16?? a. Gujrat and Karnataka b. Telangana and Gujrat c. Andhra Pradesh and Gujrat d. Andhra Pradesh and Talengana Q34. Who was recently selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN Secretary-General? a. Antonio Guterres b. Ban Ki-moon c. Theresa May d. Angela Merkel Q35. Which country has topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in September 2016.? a. Switzerland b. Singapore c. United States of America d. Sweden Q36. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India? a. Usha Pal b. Usha Sangwan c. VK Sharma d. Nitin Srivastav Q37. Which stock exchange became the first Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering with SEBI? a. National Stock Exchange of India b. Bombay Stock Exchange c. Calcutta Stock Exchange d. Madras Stock Exchange Q38. Which of the following Indian Actress has been ranked 10th in the world in the list of “Forbes magazine”? a. Sonam Kapoor b. Katrina Kaif c. Priyanka Chopra d. Deepika Padukone Q39. Who is recently appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India? a. Rajnish Kumar b. Sanjiv Malhotra c. Arundhati Bhattacharya d. Dinesh Kumar Khara Q40. Which company has acquired Yahoo for $4.8 billion in July 2016? a. Yandex b. Baidu c. Alibaba d. Verizon Q41. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)? a. Mukesh Ambani b. Azim Premji c. Sunil Bharti Mittal d. Terry McGraw Q42. Who has been elected and appointed as the new President of Taiwan? a. Tsai Ing-wen b. Wu Jin-lin c. Chen Shui-bian d. DLin Bih-jaw Q43. Who has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Assam? a. Sarbananda Sonowal b. Biswajit Daimary c. Tarun Gogoi d. Kamkhya Tasa Q44. Which is the 1st country of the world to put a ban on Deforestation? a. Turkmenistan b. France c. Denmark d. Norway Q45. Who among the following headed the 7th Pay Commission? a. Ratin Roy b. Meena Aggarwal c. Vivek Rae d. AK Mathur Q46. Who of the following was not selected for 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna? a. PV Sindhu b. Dipa Karmakar c. Jitu Rai d. Shiva Thapa Q47. Who was sworn in as President of Brazil in August 2016? a. Dilma Rousseff b. Michel Temer c. Lula da Silva d. Fernando Henrique Q48. Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in which of the following states? a. Assam b. West Bengal c. Tripura d. Meghalaya Q49. Who among the following has topped the Forbes 2016 list for “World's Most Powerful People”? a. Vladimir Putin b. Narendra Modi c. Donald Trump d. Barak Obama Q50. When is Constitution Day celebrated in India to spread awareness about Indian Constitution? a. 30th November b. 28th November c. 26th November d. 25th November Q51. Who is the author of the book titled “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” that was recently released by released by the Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari a. V.S. Naipaul b. Amitav Ghosh c. Sashi Tharoor d. Vikram Seth Q52. Who among the following is appointed as CEO of the World Bank? a. Jason McCracken b. Abdelilah Benkirane c. Antonio Guterres d. Kristalina Georgieva Q53. Who among the following won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature? a. Patrick Modiano b. Svetlana Alexievich c. Alice Munro d. Bob Dylan Q54. Who of the following will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017? a. Angela Merkel b. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan c. Vladimir Putin d. Theresa May Q55. Who was recently sworn in as the Governor of Punjab? a. Banwarilal Purohit b. V P Singh Badnore c. Kaptan Singh Solanki d. TPadmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Q56. Which Indian state has recently abolished Agricultural Income Tax? a. Uttar Pradesh b. Punjab c. Hariyana d. Karnataka Q57. Which state celebrated the bicentenary (200 years) of the 1817 Paika revolt against the British Empire in 2016? a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh c. Odisha d. Bihar Q58. Which Indian para-athlete recently became the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics? a. Devendra Jhajharia b. Girisha Nagarajegowda c. Deepa Malik d. Varun Singh Bhati Q59. Name the film that has been selected as India's entry to the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category. a. Aligarh b. Thithi c. Udta Punjab d. Visaranai Q60. Which movie won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in New Delhi? a. Xuan Zang< b. The Battle for Sevastopol c. Thithi d. Kalushi, The story of Solomon Mahlangu
General Awareness 2017 - Questions 1 - 60 3 Marks for each right answer and -1 Mark for each wrong answer. Total Marks = 180
Q1. 'The Great Indian Novel' is a book written by:
a. Aravind Adiga b. Khushwant Singh c. M.V. Kamath d. Shashi Tharoor
Q2. In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up?
a. 1936 b. 1927 c. 1947 d. 1951
Q3. Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever'?
a. John Keats b. Robert Browing c. P.B.Shelley d. William Wordsworth
Q4. Entomology is the science that studies ?
a. Behavior of human beings b. Insects c. The origin and history of technical and scientific terms d. The formation of rocks
Q5. Who is the current CEO & MD of Infosys?
a. S Gopalakrishnan b. N. R. Narayana Murthy c. Vishal Sikka d. V Balakrishnan
Q6. Periyar Tiger Reserve is located in which state?
a. Kerela b. Karantaka c. Andhra Pradesh d. Tamilnadu
Q7. Capital of Australia is:
a. Sydney b. Melbourne c. Adelaide d. Canberra
Q8. How many Gold Medals did India win in 2014 Commonwealth game?
a. 16 b. 14 c. 15 d. 13
Q9. Which country hosted 2016 Olympics?
a. Japan b. Australia c. France d. Brazil
Q10. Who among the following has become the first Indian to be honoured with Harvard Medal?
a. Azim Premji b. Anand Mahindra c. Sunil Bharti Mittal d. Adi Godrej
Q11. The total cost of the India's Mars Orbitor Mission is:
a. 550 Crore b. 400 Crore c. 350 Crore d. 450 Crore
Q12. Who is the going to be the new chief justice of India from 4th January 2017?
a. Jagdish Singh Khehar b. H . L. Dattu c. T. S. Thakur d. Rajendra Mal Lodha
Q13. How much was India's Growth Rate in 2015-16?
a. 6.8% b. 7.2% c. 7.6% d. 8.0%
Q14. If the cash reserve ratio is lowered by the RBI, its impact on credit creation will be to
a. increase it b. decrease it c. no impact d. None of the above
Q15. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
a. import of goods b. export of goods c. Manufacturing of goods d. None of these
Q16. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India?
a. RK Mathur b. Ajit Kumar Doval c. Nripendra Mishra d. Arun Ramanathan
Q17. Which of the following technology firms unveiled a prototype driverless car, recently?
a. Microsoft b. Intel c. Google d. IBM
Q18. Finance Commission is constituted every:
a. 3 Years b. 5 Years c. 7 Years d. 10 Years
Q19. Census of India is conducted every ____ Years and lastly it was done in ____
a. 10 Years & 2011 b. 5 Years & 2011 c. 7 Years & 2012 d. 5 Years & 2012
Q20. Which film won the best picture Oscar award in 2016:
a. Spotlight b. The Revenant c. Gravity d. The Martian
Q21. Who is current President of world bank:
a. Robert Zoellick b. Jim Yong Kim c. Paul Wolfowitz d. Robert McNamara
Q22. Who is the present CEO of Apple?
a. Tim Cook b. Satya Nadella c. Jonathan Ive d. Mark Zuckerberg
Q23. The state which has the highest sugarcane production in India is
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh c. Maharashtra d. Madhya Pradesh
Q24. The mineral in which India depends largely on imports is
a. Iron Ore b. Bauxite c. Mica d. Mercury
Q25. Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for parliament. How many total constituencies / seats are there in current Lok Sabha?
a. 544 b. 542 c. 545 d. 543
Q26. Telangana is ___ state of India and its Capital is ____
a. 29th, Hyderabad b. 30th, Hyderabad c. 29th, Vijayawada d. 30th, Vijayawada
Q27. Who is current Director-General of WTO
a. Roberto Azevedo b. Pascal Lamy c. Mike Moore d. None of these
Q28. Which company acquired online fashion portal Myntra.Com in 2014
a. FlipKart b. Amazon c. Snapdeal d. eBay
Q29. Who won 2016 nobel prize for Peace?
a. Juan Manuel Santos b. Denis Mukwege c. Nadia Murad d. Peter Diamond
Q30. Who among the following has been named as the TIME magazine Person of the Year 2016?
a. Vladimir Putin b. Narendra Modi c. Mark Zukerberg d. Donald Trump
Q31. Which Indian village has recently earned the tag of becoming India’s first digital village in India?
a. Akrund b. Akodara c. Poshina d. Punsari
Q32. Who was recently elected as the President of FICCI for the year 2017?
a. Pankaj R. Patel b. Harshavardhan Neotia c. Jyotsana Suri d. Rashesh Shah
Q33. Name the Indian states that have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16??
a. Gujrat and Karnataka b. Telangana and Gujrat c. Andhra Pradesh and Gujrat d. Andhra Pradesh and Talengana
Q34. Who was recently selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN Secretary-General?
a. Antonio Guterres b. Ban Ki-moon c. Theresa May d. Angela Merkel
Q35. Which country has topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in September 2016.?
a. Switzerland b. Singapore c. United States of America d. Sweden
Q36. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India?
a. Usha Pal b. Usha Sangwan c. VK Sharma d. Nitin Srivastav
Q37. Which stock exchange became the first Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering with SEBI?
a. National Stock Exchange of India b. Bombay Stock Exchange c. Calcutta Stock Exchange d. Madras Stock Exchange
Q38. Which of the following Indian Actress has been ranked 10th in the world in the list of “Forbes magazine”?
a. Sonam Kapoor b. Katrina Kaif c. Priyanka Chopra d. Deepika Padukone
Q39. Who is recently appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?
a. Rajnish Kumar b. Sanjiv Malhotra c. Arundhati Bhattacharya d. Dinesh Kumar Khara
Q40. Which company has acquired Yahoo for $4.8 billion in July 2016?
a. Yandex b. Baidu c. Alibaba d. Verizon
Q41. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?
a. Mukesh Ambani b. Azim Premji c. Sunil Bharti Mittal d. Terry McGraw
Q42. Who has been elected and appointed as the new President of Taiwan?
a. Tsai Ing-wen b. Wu Jin-lin c. Chen Shui-bian d. DLin Bih-jaw
Q43. Who has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Assam?
a. Sarbananda Sonowal b. Biswajit Daimary c. Tarun Gogoi d. Kamkhya Tasa
Q44. Which is the 1st country of the world to put a ban on Deforestation?
a. Turkmenistan b. France c. Denmark d. Norway
Q45. Who among the following headed the 7th Pay Commission?
a. Ratin Roy b. Meena Aggarwal c. Vivek Rae d. AK Mathur
Q46. Who of the following was not selected for 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
a. PV Sindhu b. Dipa Karmakar c. Jitu Rai d. Shiva Thapa
Q47. Who was sworn in as President of Brazil in August 2016?
a. Dilma Rousseff b. Michel Temer c. Lula da Silva d. Fernando Henrique
Q48. Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in which of the following states?
a. Assam b. West Bengal c. Tripura d. Meghalaya
Q49. Who among the following has topped the Forbes 2016 list for “World's Most Powerful People”?
a. Vladimir Putin b. Narendra Modi c. Donald Trump d. Barak Obama
Q50. When is Constitution Day celebrated in India to spread awareness about Indian Constitution?
a. 30th November b. 28th November c. 26th November d. 25th November
Q51. Who is the author of the book titled “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” that was recently released by released by the Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari
a. V.S. Naipaul b. Amitav Ghosh c. Sashi Tharoor d. Vikram Seth
Q52. Who among the following is appointed as CEO of the World Bank?
a. Jason McCracken b. Abdelilah Benkirane c. Antonio Guterres d. Kristalina Georgieva
Q53. Who among the following won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a. Patrick Modiano b. Svetlana Alexievich c. Alice Munro d. Bob Dylan
Q54. Who of the following will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017?
a. Angela Merkel b. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan c. Vladimir Putin d. Theresa May
Q55. Who was recently sworn in as the Governor of Punjab?
a. Banwarilal Purohit b. V P Singh Badnore c. Kaptan Singh Solanki d. TPadmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
Q56. Which Indian state has recently abolished Agricultural Income Tax?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Punjab c. Hariyana d. Karnataka
Q57. Which state celebrated the bicentenary (200 years) of the 1817 Paika revolt against the British Empire in 2016?
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh c. Odisha d. Bihar
Q58. Which Indian para-athlete recently became the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
a. Devendra Jhajharia b. Girisha Nagarajegowda c. Deepa Malik d. Varun Singh Bhati
Q59. Name the film that has been selected as India's entry to the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category.
a. Aligarh b. Thithi c. Udta Punjab d. Visaranai
Q60. Which movie won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in New Delhi?
a. Xuan Zang< b. The Battle for Sevastopol c. Thithi d. Kalushi, The story of Solomon Mahlangu
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