general awareness --KUNDAN SIR 27th april

27 APRIL 2015

Ques. : 1 The RBI has overhauled the priority sector lending targets and now banks have to lend what per cent of their credit to the micro enterprises, entities whose investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs 25 lakh?
1) 8 per cent
2) 7.5 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 9 per cent
Answer:- 2) 7.5 per cent

Ques. : 2 The RBI has broadened the priority sector adding three more categories into the fold. Which of the following is NOT one of the three new categories added?
1) Medium enterprises
2) Social infrastructure
3) Renewable energy
4) Sugar industry
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Sugar industry

Ques. : 3 The UNESCO recognised historic Dharahara Tower (also called Bhimsen Tower), built in 1832, collapsed in the severe earthquake on 25 Apr in which of the following cities of Nepal?
1) Kathmandu
2) Bhojpur
3) Chitwan
4) Gorkha
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Kathmandu

Ques. : 4 Ashraf Ghani, who visited India starting 27 Apr, is the present president of
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Malaysia
5) Maldives
Answer:- 3) Afghanistan

Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been conferred the 2015 edition of the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?
1) Rishi Kapoor
2) Anil Kapoor
3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Jackie Shroff
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Anil Kapoor

Ques. : 6 Name the present President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who visited India recently.
1) Sepp Blatter
2) Juan Antonio Samaranch
3) Sergey Bubka
4) Thomas Bach
5) Jacques Rogge
Answer:- 4) Thomas Bach

Ques. : 7 What is India’s ranking in the recently released World Happiness Report 2015 among the 158 studied nations?
1) 81st
2) 109th
3) 84th
4) 117th
5) 112nd
Answer:- 4) 117th

Ques. : 8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 Apr presented the 50th Jnanpith Award to Bhalchandra Nemade who is a
1) Marathi author
2) Guajarati author
3) Tamil author
4) Kannada author
5) Malayalam author
Answer:- 1) Marathi author

Ques. : 9 Which of the following states was awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state recently on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Diwas (25 Apr)?
1) Gujarat
2) Bihar
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Assam
Answer:- 5) Assam

Ques. : 10 India and which of the following countries on 23 Apr began their 10-day naval exercise named 'Varuna'?
1) France
2) Germany
3) South Korea
4) Japan
5) Sri Lanka
Answer:- 1) France