NHB Assistant Manager Recruitment 2019: General Awareness | 5th April 2019

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GA for NHB Assistant Manager Exam 2019-20:

Preparing for NHB Assistant Manager Examination!! Don't miss the GA Quiz. One section that can help you bagging graceful marks in these examinations is General Awareness, that comprises of numerous sections like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Here is the quiz on General Awareness that is being provided by Adda247 to help you ace graceful marks in NHB Assistant Manager Exam 2019-20.

Q1. Who among the following beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open?

Anna Chakvetadze

Venus Williams

Maria Sharapova

Serena Williams

Elise Merten

Solution:

Elise Merten, world number 21 from Belgium beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open held in Doha, Qatar. This is her first WTA Premier-level crown and fifth title of her overall career.

Q2. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a pan-India emergency number _________ in New Delhi.

108

112

101

911

118

Solution:

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a range of citizen safety initiatives in New Delhi. It included the Emergency Response number 112. Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: 112.

Q3. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani recently unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine. Name the submarine.

Dorna

Kowsar

Tofan

Fateh

Panha

Solution:

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine named ‘Fateh’ (‘Conqueror’ in Persian), capable of being fitted with missiles, as per the reporting on Iran’s state TV.

Q4. Name the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping.

AntBot

SpiderBot

Beebot

GoatBot

CowBot

Solution:

AntBot is the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. It has been designed by Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University researchers at ISM, on lines similar to desert ants who use polarised lights and UV radiation to navigate in space.

Q5. The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of INR ________ rupees to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December 2018.

42,000 crore

34,000 crore

66,000 crore

28,000 crore

25,000 crore

Solution:

The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of 28,000 crore rupees to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December 2018. With this interim transfer, the government will get a total of Rs 68,000 crore from the central bank in the current fiscal. The RBI had transferred Rs 40,000 crore to the government in August 2018.

Q6. Which of the following state has announced a Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), that facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 who are not getting a pension from the government?

Haryana

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Sikkim

Bihar

Solution:

Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar announced a Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), that facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 who are not getting a pension from the government.

Q7. India has withdrawn the MFN status that it had granted to Pakistan. What does F stands for in MFN?

Friendly

Financial

Finance

Fiscal

Favoured

Solution:

Following the attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama that left 44 CRPF personnel dead, India has withdrawn the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status that it had granted to Pakistan.

Q8. Which of the following NGO won the Laureus Sports for Good Award?

Milap

Pahal

Laxmi

Yuwa

Bachpan

Solution:

Jharkhand based NGO Yuwa won the Laureus Sports for Good Award. Yuwa works for girl empowerment and became the third Indian entry to receive this honour.

Q9. In which of the following city union culture minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’?

New Delhi

Chennai

Kolkata

Pune

Ahmadabad

Solution:

Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’ at the Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is fully funded by the Ministry of Culture at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

Q10. Who among the following was awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award?

Rajkumar Hirani

Salman Khan

Mithali Raj

Virat Kohli

Smriti Mandhana

Solution:

Mallakhamb coach, Uday Deshpande, and batswoman, Smriti Mandhana, were awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award by the State’s Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao at an event held at the Gateway of India, Mumbai.

Q11. Which of the following state's Legislative Assembly passed the bills to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates?

Sikkim

Rajasthan

Gujarat

Haryana

Punjab

Solution:

The Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan passed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Rajasthan Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates.

Q12. What is the currency of Vietnam?

Ringgit

Won

Baht

Riel

Dong

Solution:

Vietnamese dong is the currency of Vietnam.

Q13. Laos is a Southeast Asian country. Who is the present President of Laos?

Hun Sen

Bounnhang Vorachith

Tran Dai Quang

Somsak Kiatsuranont

Halimah Yacob

Solution:

Bounnhang Vorachith is a Laotian politician who has been General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos since 2016.

Q14. Uruguay is a South _____________ country known for its verdant interior and beach-lined coast.

Australian

European

Asian

American

African

Solution:

Uruguay is a South American country known for its verdant interior and beach-lined coast. The capital city of Uruguay is Montevideo.

Q15. 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 was held at _____________.

Sonipat, Haryana

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Gangtok, Sikkim

Ludhiana, Punjab

Solution:

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur, Sonipat district, Haryana.