General Awareness Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which public sector bank has tied up with Tirumala Milk Products for providing loans to dairy farmers  ? 1599 0

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    Axis Bank
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    ICICI Bank
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    State Bank Of India
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    HDFC Bank
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Answer : 3. "State Bank Of India"
Explanation :

Answer: C) State Bank Of India Explanation: The State Bank of India (SBI) has tied-up with Tirumala Milk Products to provide loans to dairy farmers who supply milk to the latter. As per the scheme for financing dairy units, SBI offers loans for construction of shed, and purchase of milch animals, milking machine, and chaff cutter. Apart from this, the bank also provides loans to dairy societies for modernisation and creation of infrastructure such as purchase of automatic milk collection system, purchase of transport vehicles and bulk chilling unit. The Tirumala Milk Products is a South- based company, which was acquired by France-based Groupe Lactalis in 2014.

Q: As per new revised rules now Foreign Direct Investment in insurance sector is possible upto the limit of ______ 1598 0

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    26%
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    40%
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    49%
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    70%
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Answer : 3. "49%"
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Answer: C) 49% Explanation:

Q: Rifath Sharook has designed the world’s lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country  ? 1597 0

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    Russia
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    Pakistan
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    Dubai
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    India
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Answer : 4. "India"
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Answer: D) India Explanation: Indian teen Rifath Sharook from Tamil Nadu has designed the world’s lightest & smallest satellite named “KalamSat”. The satellite weighs only 64 grams and will be launched by NASA on June 21, 2017. With this, he will become the first Indian student to have his experiment launched by NASA. The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre. The satellite has been designed in a way which will have a 240-minute mission in space and will operate for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.

Q: Which country is going to launch the world's first nuclear power plant (Sanmen Nuclear Power Station) that is immune to meltdown ? 1597 0

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    India
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    USA
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    China
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    Russia
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Answer : 3. "China"
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Answer: C) China Explanation:

Q: Name the two Indian companies that have been named in the list of world's most ethical companies by American think tank Ethisphere Institute. 1591 0

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    Dabur and Tata
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    Mahindra and Tata
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    Patanjali and Dabur
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    Tata Steel and Wipro
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Answer : 4. "Tata Steel and Wipro"
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Answer: D) Tata Steel and Wipro Explanation: Two Indian companies, Tata SteelBSE and Wipro have been named in the list of world’s most ethical companies by American think tank Ethisphere Institute. Ethisphere honors those companies who recognize their role in society to influence and drive positive change in the business community and organizations around the world. In 2017, 124 honorees were spanning five continents, 19 countries, and 52 industry sectors. Wipro is one of the two information technology companies named in the list, the other being Xerox Corporation.

Q: Which Bank has bagged the 'Best Bank' award among small banks  ? 1590 0

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    Karur Vysya Bank
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    Kotak Mahindra Bank
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    BOI Bank
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    Karnataka Bank
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Answer : 4. "Karnataka Bank"
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Answer: D) Karnataka Bank Explanation:

Q: Name the Asian country that has 1st time turned around from a Net importer of electricity to Net Exporter of electricity, as per Central Electricity Authority of the country. 1586 0

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    India
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    Bangladesh
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    Myanmar
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    Pakistan
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Answer : 1. "India"
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Answer: A) India Explanation: As per Central Electricity Authority, the Designated Authority of Government of India for Cross Border Trade of Electricity, 1st time 'India' has turned around from a net importer of electricity to Net Exporter of electricity.

Q: Which country is hosting the 7th edition of 'BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting-2017 ? 1586 0

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    India
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    Russia
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    China
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    South Africa
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Answer : 3. "China"
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Answer: C) China Explanation: The 7th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Health Ministers Meeting has started in Tianjin, China on July 6, 2017 with focus on international cooperation on the development of traditional medicine. From India, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, has highlighted the achievements of India in the health sector and spoke on the theme – ‘Strengthen Health System and Achieve Health-Related SDGs in the meeting. In the 2-day meet, About 300 delegates, including health ministers of BRICS nations , international organizations, etc., are participating.

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