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The General Awareness section forms an important component of many competitive exams, including IBPS, SBI, SSC, UPSC entrance examinations. We, therefore, presenting you a quiz which will be helpful in your study. Please try  to give the correct answers of the following questions in comment section, correct answers will be published soon. 

1. Recently, who among the following has sworn
in as the first woman President of Croatia?

(1) Mary McAleese

(2) Janet Jagan

(3) Michelle Bachelet

(4) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

(5) None of these

2. Recently, Manorama Sharma passed away. She is
the first woman Rajya Sabha MP from which state?

(1) Bihar

(2) Uttar Pradesh

(3) Uttrakhand

(4) Rajasthan

(5) Madhya Pradesh

3. Recently, Indian has signed an agreement with
which among the following countries, to enhance cooperation in oil & gas
sector?

(1) Iraq

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Bangladesh

(4) Afghanistan

(5) None of these

4. Recently, which among the following
politician named included in Limca Book of Records?

(1) Nitish Kumar

(2) Sonia Gamdhi

(3) Sumitra Mahajan

(4) Arun Jaitely

(5) Arvind Kejriwal

5. Recently, first ATM of Postal Department was inaugurated
by Union IT and Telecommunication Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in _____.

(1) Lucknow

(2) Chandigarh

(3) Patna

(4) Varanasi

(5) New Delhi

6. Recently, Singapore President visited India.
Identify his name.

(1) Tony Tan

(2) Lee Hsien Loong

(3) Tan Kin Lian

(4) Tan Cheng

(5) None of these

7. Who among the following is the new Union Home
Secretary of India?

(1) Anil Goswami

(2) Rk Khanna

(3) Anil Kumar Sinha

(4) LC Goyal

(5) Rahul Khullar

8. World Cancer day, observed every year on 4th
February. What is the theme Cancer day for this year?

(1) “Not beyond us

(2) Maximising quality of life

(3) Choosing healthy lives

(4) Delivering early detection

(5) Achieving treatment for all

9. Which among the following states has announced
to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and
girl students till Post Graduation (PG) level in the state?

(1) Assam

(2) Odisha

(3) West Bengal

(4) Bihar

(5) Madhya Pradesh

10. Recently, Sergio Mattarella sworn in as the
new President of _____.

(1) Croatia

(2) Yemen

(3) Italy

(4) Syria

(5) Cuba

Answers:

Qs 1
(4)   Qs 2 (3)    Qs 3 (2)  
Qs 4 (3) Qs 5 (4)

Qs 6
(1)   Qs 7 (4)   Qs 8 (1) 
 Qs 9 (4)   Qs 10 (3)

1. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sworn in as the
First Woman President of Croatia. She defeated her left-wing predecessor Ivo
Josipovic in an election held in January.

2. Manorma Sharma who became the first woman
Rajya Sabha MP from Uttarakhand passed away following a brief illness in
Gurgaon. She was 59 years old.

3. India and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore
avenues for enhancing cooperation in oil and gas sector.

4. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s name was
included in the LIMCA book of records in the first week of February 2015. Her
name was included for being the only woman of the country to represent the same
Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.

5. The first ATM of Postal Department
inaugurated at Head Post Office in Varanasi by Union IT and Telecommunication
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

6. Singapore President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam visited
India recently.

7. LC Goyal appointed as the new Union Home
Secretary of India. He replaced Anil Goswami.

8. The theme for this year is “Not beyond us”, which
highlights the fact that there are many practical things that can be done by
individuals and by communities to reduce the burden of cancer.

9. The Bihar government decided to provide free
education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girl students
till Post Graduation (PG) level in the state.

10. Recently, Sergio Mattarella sworn in as the
new President of Italy. He succeeds Giorgio Napolitano.