5 JUNE 2015 GENERAL AWARENESS KUNDAN SIR

5 JUNE 2015

Ques. : 1 Which of the following are the six cities in India which have a Metro rail service as of Jun 2015?
1) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai and Jaipur
2) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Bhopal and Mumbai
3) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Indore and Mumbai
4) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Jaipur
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Jaipur

Ques. : 2 The RBI on 2 Jun lowered India’s economic growth forecast for 2015-16 to
1) 7.8 per cent
2) 7.6 per cent
3) 7.5 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.3 per cent
Answer:- 2) 7.6 per cent

Ques. : 3 Which of the following is NOT a highlight of RBI’s second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2015-16 issued on 02 Jun?
1) Short-term lending rate (repo) cut by 0.25 pc to 7.25 pc
2) Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 4 pc
3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio retained at 21.5 pc
4) Inflation expected to rise to 6 pc by Jan 2016
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 4 The govt launched ‘khoyapaya.gov.in’ on 2 Jun which will help find missing
1) children
2) mobile phones
3) documents
4) animals
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) children

Ques. : 5 The agriculture and allied sectors, which account for the largest number of workers in the country, grew at __________ in 2014-15.
1) 0.2 per cent
2) 0.5 per cent
3) 1.1 per cent
4) 2.1 per cent
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) 0.2 per cent

Ques. : 6 Which of the following are the only four countries in the world which carry more than a billion tonnes of freight on their railway networks annually?
1) Japan, the US, Russia and China
2) South Korea, the US, Russia and China
3) Germany, the US, Russia and China
4) India, the US, Russia and China
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) India, the US, Russia and China

Ques. : 7 Which of the following steel manufacturers has now become the largest steel maker in the country ahead of long-time market leader Steel Authority of India (SAIL)?
1) Tata Steel
2) JSW Steel
3) Bhushan Steel
4) Vizag Steel
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) JSW Steel

Ques. : 8 Which of the following airlines in India announced to observe ‘No Car Day’, ‘No Plastic Day’ on the World Environment Day on 5 Jun?
1) Jet Airways
2) Vistara
3) Air India
4) Indigo
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Air India

Ques. : 9 In the worst attack in two decades, insurgents on 4 Jun ambushed a military convoy in Chandel district, killing at least 20 army personnel in the state of
1) Assam
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Telangana
4) Manipur
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Manipur

Ques. : 10 The environment ministry has constituted a third expert body to review hydropower projects on the Ganga basin in which of the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttarakhand
Answer:- 5) Uttarakhand