GENERAL AWARENESS 133

1. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO?
a) Audrey Azoulay
b) Hamid bin Abdulaziz-al-Kawari
c) Soumya Swaminathan
d) Irina Bokova
2. The first SAARC Health Ministers’ Conference was organised in which of the following cities?
a) Kathmandu
b) Colombo
c) New Delhi
d) Islamabad
3. Who became the first Indian to win the Asian Marathon Championship in its 16th edition held in November, 2017 ?
a) Ram Singh Yadav
b) Gopi Thonakal
c) O. P. Jaisha
d) S. Nithendra Singh Rawat
4. Which country tops the list of Ease of Doing Business in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2018?
a) New Zealand
b) Norway
c) Germany
d) Sweden
5. From which fighter jets did India successfully test fired the BrahMos missile in November 2017?
a) HAL AMCA
b) HAL Tejas
c) MiG-21
d) Sukhoi-30 MKI
6. Which of the following schemes was launched in India to promote basic education and attract children in school going age to attend the classes?
a) Operation Flood
b) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
c) Pulse Polio Abhiyan
d) Operation Black Board
7. Which among the following is India’s Nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile?
a) Prithvi
b) Arjun
c) Agni
d) Dronacharya
8. As per the Census 2011, how many children out of the total child population of India (in the age group of 5-14 years) are employed as child labour approximately?
a) 10.7 million
b) 11.7 million
c) 12.6 million
d) 14.5 million
9. Which is the major jute producing Indian state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
10. Which Indian Grandmaster clinched Bronze in the World Junior U-20 Chess Championship held in November, 2017 in Italy?
a) Aravindh Chidambaram
b) Abhimanyu Puranik
c) Aryan Chopra
d) S. L. Narayanan
ANSWERS
1) A
2) C
3) B
4) A
5) D
6) B
7) C
8) C
9) D
10) A