GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ – 139

1. In which city did the 18th All India Whips’ Conference was held in January 2018, which had deliberations for paperless Parliament and State Legislatures?
a) Guwahati
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Udaipur
2. Which among the following is the new project under the Digital India Mission to make Parliament & State Legislatures paperless?
a) e-Sabha
b) e-Sarkar
c) e-Vidhan
d) e-Vidhushan
3. Which Chinese city is setting up test roads for automatic driving?
a) Shangai
b) Hong Kong
c) Beijing
d) Macau
4. Who won the men’s singles crown in the 24th Federation Cup All India Carrom Championship?
a) Mohd. Ghufran
b) Prashant More
c) Riyal Akbarali
d) Sunny Paul Laurence
5. Which of the following has launched India’s first Bitcoin trading application?
a) Venus Exchange
b) Pluto Exchange
c) Bitcoin Exchange
d) Earth Exchange
6. What is India’s rank among the countries with highest Non Performing Assets (NPA)?
a) 5th
b) 18th
c) 13th
d) 103rd
7. Who is elected as the new President of Liberia?
a) Joseph Boakai
b) Domah Johnson
c) Johnson Sirleaf
d) George Weah
8. Who has been appointed as the new president of Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)?
a) Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
b) M. J. Akbar
c) Lokesh Chandra
d) Kailash Vijayvargiya
9. Who authored the book ‘Who Killed Gandhi’, published in 1963, which was recently in news?
a) Mahadev Desai
b) Laurenco de Salvador
c) Bharatan Kumarappa
d) Ronald Duncan
10. Who has become the new CEO and MD of Infosys?
a) Salil Parekh
b) Nandan Nilekani
c) Sheik Pareed
d) Michael Pesch
ANSWERS
1. D
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. A