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General Knowledge Asked in UIICL Assistant Exam (Morning Shift - 30-08-2015)



1. The recommendations of the _____ report, in 1999, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was constituted as an autonomous body to regulate and develop the insurance industry. - Malhotra Committee

2. What is the Capital of Mozambique? - Maputo

3. Which film has won the best original screenplay in aForeign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival? - 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam'

4. National Insurance Academy (NIA) is a premier institution devoted to equip the insurance industry with the best of talents. It is situated in which state? - Maharashtra, Pune

5. Apart from being a leading insurance provider in India, National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) also serves _____. - Nepal

6. When is Hiroshima Day observed? - 6 August

7. Social worker Anshu Gupta and former AIIMS official _____ won the Ramon Magsaysay awards for "enterprising leadership" and for exposing corruption respectively. - Sanjiv Chaturvedi

8. "Sar Utha Ke Jiyo" is the tagline of which company? - HDFC Life

9. Joint Communique 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting was held at _____, Malaysia. - Kuala Lumpur

10.The Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus career, has died. Who is this? - George Duke

11. A group of Indian Air Force personnel successfully completed an India-UK air and ground exercise on July 31, that saw Indian Sukhoi Su-30s pitted against their Royal Air Force counterparts flying Eurofighter Typhoon. What is the name of this exercise? - Indradhanush (Rainbow)

12. Krishnapatnam Port is a privately built and owned all weather, deep water port on the east coast of India, located in the Nellore District of which state? - Andhra Pradesh

13. Who is the current Chief Minister of Haryana? - Manohar Lal Khattar

14. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to name the _____ in the name of former President APJ Abdul Kalam. - Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU)

15. Polutech which engages in the water treatment engineering services,is a part of Murugappa’s Group will form a Joint Venture (JV) with Japan-based Organo Group for providing _____ in the industrial sector. - Water Treatment Services

16. The Reserve Bank issued _____ denomination coins to commemorate International Yoga Day. - Rs 10

17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced _____ as National Handloom Day to mark the 1905 Swadeshi movement. - August 7

18. What is the currency of Sri Lanka? - Sri Lankan Rupee

19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment company headquartered in -_____. - Mumbai

20. The Ramanujan Prize for 2015 has been won by mathematician _____ of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. - Amalendu Krishna

21. The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway in _____ extending from Port Said to Suez and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. - Egypt

22. India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by _____, six years sooner than previously forecast, and the country is projected to retain the top spot till 2100, the UN has said. - 2022

23. Rural Development Minister _____ launched SAMANVAY, a compilation of all schemes of both Central and State governments for Gram Panchayats. - Chaudhary Birender Singh

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