General Awareness Quiz - Set 79

1. World AIDS Day is observed on

a) 5^th Oct

b) 25^th Nov

c) 1^st Dec

d) 3^rd Dec

2. Which of the following teams won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis tournament?

a) Britain

b) Japan

c) Australia

d) Belgium 

3. Which of the following is a term deposit account that can be maintained by NRIs and PIOs in foreign currency in India?

a) NRE

b) NRO

c) FCNR

d) all the above 

4. The interest earned on savings bank account is exempted from taxation up to what amount in a year?

a) 1,000

b) 5,000

c) 10,000

d) 50,000 

5. Lisbon is the capital city of which of the following European countries?

a) Spain

b) Turkey

c) Portugal

d) Greece 

6. Which of the following will not be counted as an asset of a bank?

a) Cash with RBI

b) Bills and Securities discounted

c) Fixed deposits with it

d) Investment of bank 

7. The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is located in

a) New York

b) Rome

c) Geneva

d) Paris 

8. Who won the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015 recently?

a) Mike Russel

b) Pankaj Advani

c) Judd Trump

d) Aditya Mehta 

9. In economics, a decrease in the general price level of goods and services is termed as

a) Deflation

b) Disinflation

c) Inflation

d) Recession 

10. The 68^th session of the UN General Assembly had in 2013 declared 2016 as

a) The International Year of Pulses

b) The International Year of Tolerance

c) The International Year of Refugees

d) The International Year of Milk 

Answers: 

1. c) 1st Dec

2. a) Britain

3. c) FCNR

4. c) 10,000

5. c) Portugal

6. c) Fixed deposits with it

7. b) Rome

8. b) Pankaj Advani

9. a) Deflation

10. a) The International Year of Pulses 

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