General Knowledge for SSc CGL 2016

1.The theme of National Youth Festival-2015, which began in Guwahati recently (January 2015) is __?

[A]Celebrating Diversity in Unity

[B]Youth For Drugs Free World

[C]Youth for Clean, Green and Progressive India

[D]Youth For Better India

2.The Union Government is planning to launch RashtriyaAvishkarAbhiyan to create awareness among the students in _____?

[A]Science and Mathematics

[B]Science and Social

[C]Ancient History

[D]Classical Music

3.Who among the following has become the first to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain?

[A]ViratKohli

[B]M S Dhoni

[C]Steve Smith

[D]HashimAmla

4.Recently, which among the following banks has launched the countries first contactless debit and credit cards?

[A]ICICI Bank

[B]Axis Bank

[C]Corporation Bank

[D]State Bank of Mysore

5.The strategic oil- and gas bearing region called “Yamala Peninsula” is located in which country?

[A]Russia

[B]Norway

[C]Vietnam

[D]China

6.Which city is the host of International Hindi Conference (April 2015)?

[A]New York

[B]Chicago

[C]New Jersey

[D]California

7.According to Fortune magazine, the Business Person of the Year-2014 is __?

[A]Mark Zuckerberg

[B]Jack Ma

[C]Larry Page

[D]Laxmi Mittal

8.The largest monolith of granite in the world called “El Capitan” is located in __?

[A]USA

[B]France

[C]Switzerland

[D]Germany

9.Teixobactin, which is news recently, is a ____?

[A]A new antibiotic

[B]A new bacterial disease

[C]Nanofiber cloth

[D]Drug resistant bacteria

10.MaithripalaSirisena, has been elected as new President of which country?

[A]Sri Lanka

[B]Mauritius

[C]Singapore

[D]Indonesia

11. Recently, Indian Immunological Limited (IIL) has launched the “Raksha Blue” India’s first vaccine for ____?

[A]Swine Flu

[B]Blue Tongue

[C]Dengue

[D]Ebola

12. The 2016 UEFA European Championship or Euro 2016 for men’s national football teams will be hosted by which country?

[A]Greece

[B]France

[C]Italy

[D]Switzerland

13. Recently, which among the following countries has announced “Great Collaborations” programme to forge collaboration with Indian companies?

[A]USA

[B]China

[C]UK

[D]Japan

14. The Charlie Hebdo, which is in news now a day, is a satirical newspaper from which country?

[A]France

[B]Sweden

[C]Switzerland

[D]Germany

15. The Pampas are a grassland biome in ____?

[A]Europe

[B]South America

[C]North America

[D]Russia

16. Recently, World Congress on International Law was held in ___?

[A]New Delhi

[B]Pune

[C]Mumbai

[D]Kolkata

17. In which of the following cities, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the DandiKutir, a museum on the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi?

[A]Gandhinagar, Gujarat

[B]Porabandar, Rajasthan

[C]Mumbai, Maharashtra

[D]New Delhi

18. Recently, RanilWickeramasinghe was sworn in as new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He is the ___ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Fill the blank with correct option?

[A]6th

[B]8th

[C]10th

[D]12th

19. The Living Planet Report, a science based analysis on the health of our only planet is published by ____?

[A]World Wide Fund for Nature

[B] World Economic Forum

[C]World Trade Organisation

[D]World Heritage Conservation

20. As per RBI guidelines, banks can allow minors above ___ years to independently open and operate saving banks accounts. Fill the blanks with correct option?

[A]8

[B]10

[C]12

[D]14

ANSWER

1. Youth for Clean, Green and Progressive India

2. Science and Mathematics

3. ViratKohli

4. ICICI Bank

5. Russia

6. New Jersey

7. Larry Page

8. USA

9. A new antibiotic

10. Sri Lanka

11. Blue Tongue

12. France

13. UK

14. France

15. South America

16. New Delhi

17. Gandhinagar, Gujarat

18. 10th

19. World Wide Fund for Nature

20. 10