General Awareness Test (April - 15) - Set 1

ANSWER: Air Quality

Explanation:
This enhanced public awareness and involvement in air quality improvement. Air Quality Index would be available for 10 cities of the country. Further 46 cities with million plus population and other 20 state capitals would be covered in the next couple of years.

ANSWER: ISRO

Explanation:
Flood Hazard Atlas will help people know the level of water flow through early warning system. The concerned authority will get alert and places of evacuation and relief camps will be identified. Also, people of a particular area will be alerted based on rain and waterfall. Lakhs of people are rendered homeless in Assam due to flood almost every year. All flood prone areas have been divided into 3 categories and accordingly district administrations will prepare action plan on relief and evacuation in advance.

ANSWER: Uttar Pradesh

Explanation:
This ATM is attached to Reverse Osmosis plant and the consumers can get 20 liters of water for just Rs. 2. Children will be provided with free water. This will help solve the water crisis in Sonkh town in Mathura district, where it is launched.

ANSWER: Muhammadu Buhari

Explanation:
He defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in the elections.

ANSWER: All of the above is correct

Explanation:
The policy document was released by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. While releasing the FTP, Mrs Sitharaman said that the new policy will support both manufacturing and service sector with special emphasis on improving the ease of doing business.

ANSWER: Merchandise Export from India Scheme & Services Export from India Scheme

Explanation:
The new trade policy introduced two new schemes; the first one is Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) for export of specific goods to specific markets. The other, Services Export form India Scheme (SEIS) to increase the export of notified services. These two schemes will replace multiple schemes with different conditions for eligibility and usage.

ANSWER: Padho Punjab- Khelo Punjab

Explanation:
Punjab has launched a special mission to provide school students a separate period for playing along with studies. Named as ‘Padho Punjab-Khedo Punjab Mission’, (Learn Punjab-Play Punjab Mission) a 40 to 50 minute special period has been kept for sports during which students of middle schools will be taught various games including the one being played locally.

ANSWER: Mustafa Kamal

Explanation:
He quit the position after being denied the honour of presenting the World Cup winners' trophy. On 1st Apr’15 the ICC confirmed that Mr. Mustafa Kamal has tendered his resignation as the ICC President with immediate effect.

ANSWER: 2nd April

Explanation:
The birth anniversary of 24th and last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir was celebrated across the country on 2nd Apr’15. This date is as per Georgian Calendar and can shift due to a difference in Hindu and Georgian Calendar. Lord Mahavira’s birth year was 599 BCE.

ANSWER: Assam

Explanation:
As per the statement made by Officials of the State Bank of India, all the districts have able to open at least one bank account of every household under the scheme.

ANSWER: Odisha Diwas

Explanation:
Utkal Divas (also known as Odisha Day, Utkal Diwas, Utkala Dibasa) is celebrated on 1st April in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1 April 1936.

ANSWER: Amaravathi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Aahar

Explanation:
Under the scheme, rice and dal curry would be served as lunch to the poor at a meager rate of Rs 5 per meal.

ANSWER: Gulshan Rai

Explanation:
Earlier this he was the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In).

ANSWER: Raahat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Gurdaspur

Explanation:
The 88th All India Marathi Sahitya Sammellan started at village Ghumaan in Gurdaspur district of Punjab from 3rd Apr’15. President of All India Marathi Sahit Mahamandal Dr. Madhavi Vaidya hoisted the flag of the mandal.

ANSWER: 119

Explanation:
India, despite its scope and global potential, ranks119, falls from 112th rank in 2014. Norway has topped the Resilience Index for being the country best suited for companies seeking to avoid disruptions in their global supply chain operations. The Index measures business resilience of nations based on economic, risk quality and supply chain factors.

ANSWER: 2nd Apr’15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: ING Vysya Bank

Explanation:
The RBI on 31 March 2015 approved the merger of ING Vysya Bank into Kotak Mahindra Bank.

ANSWER: Anti-Tobacco

Explanation:
She died at the age of 28. In 2014 she shot a 30 second video in which she shared her experience, which later was used by the government for its anti-tobacco drive to warn people against consumption of smokeless gutkha and pan masalas.

ANSWER: Dr. Subadhra Devi Rai

Explanation:
She was named for the award for her work in the healthcare sector of women and refugees.

ANSWER: Brendon Mc Cullum

Explanation:
It is the highest cricketing honour of New Zealand that was presented to him during the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Awards presentation ceremony held in New Zealand’s capital Auckland.

ANSWER: Kailash Vajpai

Explanation:
He published 28 books, including 14 volumes of poetry. Some of his works includes Teesra Andhera, Prthvi ka krshnapaksha, Rajdhani and Bhavishya Ghat Raha Hai, Sufinama, Sankrant, Dehant se Hatkar.

ANSWER: Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha

Explanation:
He was serving as acting Chief Justice of Sikkim high court since 2014.

ANSWER: Land Acquisition Ordinance

Explanation:
The Union Cabinet had made a recommendation to the President in this regard on 31st Mar’15. The present Land Acquisition Ordinance is to lapse tomorrow. The new ordinance, includes nine amendments, that were part of the Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha last month. The Bill is pending before the Rajya Sabha, where government is in minority.

ANSWER: Narendra Modi

Explanation:
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the "Give it up" campaign should be taken up on the lines of "Swacch Bharat" and "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" initiatives.

ANSWER: Crucified

Explanation:
Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.

ANSWER: 2013

Explanation:
President Mamnoon Hussain issued the ordinance for the setting up of the commission following an agreement between the government and the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on the 20th of last month after months of hectic parleys.

ANSWER: Malappuram & Kasargod

Explanation:
There are 201 high priority districts from across the country where intensified vaccination drive will be taken up to cover all children who have missed out vaccination or are partially vaccinated. The vaccination drive is against seven vaccine preventable diseases -- diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B.

ANSWER: Lausanne

Explanation:
Lausanne is situated in Switzerland. Under the agreement reached during these negotiations, the world powers and Iran will now aim to draft a comprehensive nuclear accord by 30 June 2015.

ANSWER: 4th April

Explanation:
The 2015 theme 'More than Mines' takes into account the types of explosive threats faced by the United Nations and its members and brings attention to the fact that disposing of explosive hazards is only one part of UN mine action work.

ANSWER: New Delhi

Explanation:
PM Narendra Modi called for empowerment of judiciary for effectively dispensing justice to common man.

ANSWER: New Delhi

Explanation:
The meetings were held in pursuance of decisions taken by the SAARC Summit of Heads of State or Governments held at Kathmandu in November last year. It will be preceded by meetings of SAARC expert group on HIV/AIDS, Health and Technical Committee on Health and Population and senior health officials. SAARC countries comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, account for nearly a quarter of the world population and face similar health challenges and issues.

ANSWER: Mausam

Explanation:
One of the main deliverables of Mausam project is nomination of maritime cultural landscapes across the Indian Ocean as a trans-national property on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

ANSWER: Maharashtra

Explanation:
The 12 acre land adjacent to the Chaityabhoomi in the Indu Mills Compound is the land where the memorial will be built. It is the site where the last rites of Dr. Ambedkar were performed.

ANSWER: 6th Apr’15

Explanation:
It is also celebrated as Samta Divas. A Dalit leader, Babu Jagjivan Ram, was instrumental in the founding of the All-India Depressed Classes League, an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables. He contributed immensely towards the success of Green Revolution and modernising agriculture, during his tenure as Agriculture Minister.

ANSWER: 65

Explanation:
The Prime Minister's direction came amidst controversy over comments by BJP MPs on the use of tobacco.

ANSWER: Tehreek-e-Insaf

Explanation:
Chairman Imran Khan said, they have decided to attend the joint session of Parliament on 6th Apr’15 to present the party’s point of view on very important Yemen Issue.

ANSWER: Delhi

Explanation:
The new service will be used by people to lodge complaints, if they are harassed for bribe by the government officials. The anti-corruption helpline was first launched during Aam Aadmi Party's 49-day stint in power after the 2013 Assembly elections, but was later discontinued.

ANSWER: Non-Banking Financial Companies

Explanation:
RBI allowed sole proprietor firms to open accounts in co-operative banks by submitting a single proof of their business. The RBI decision has come after being told that such firms were facing difficulties with regard to furnishing two documents as business activity proof while opening accounts of sole proprietary firms in certain cases.