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



1. Hinduja Group-promoted _____ has completed acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland's diamond and jewellery financing business in the country. - IndusInd Bank

2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a self-help book about the development of character and discipline in life, written by _____. - Robin Sharma

3. Pamarthy Shankar, a cartoonist working with the prominent Telugu newspaper 'Sakshi', has won the Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award for sketching _____. - Nelson Mandela

4. Indian artistic gymnast _____ clinched the women's vault bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Hiroshima. - Dipa Karmakar

5. England-based Willis Group Holdings, the third largest insurance brokerage in the world, has re-entered the Indian market by picking up 49 per cent stake in the _____ based Almondz Insurance Brokers. - New Delhi

6. Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) on 21 July 2015 launched a mobile bankingapp named _____. Kotak Bharat

7. Hirakud Dams built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of _____ in India. - Odisha

8.What is the Capital of Sri Lanka? - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

9. What is the currency of Mozambique? - Mozambican Metical

10. International Yoga Day, or Yoga Day, is celebrated on _____ and was declared so by United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014. - June 21

11. The Reserve Bank notified government's decision to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to _____ per cent. - 49

12. The proposed Rs.20,000-crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) will function as a sovereign wealth fund like Singapore’s _____ and operate at ‘arm’s length’ from the government. - Temasek

13. Noted Hindi litterateur _____ has been chosen for the state's highest literary award, Bharat Bharti. - Kashinath Singh

14. - Cabinet approved setting up of an expert group to classify the _____ data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011. - Caste/Tribe

15.The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of _____. - Madhya Pradesh

16. Who has launched a new product, 'Smart Humsafar', a plan which offers multiple benefits of savings and insurance cover for husband and wife under a single policy? - SBI Life Insurance

17. Kolkata's _____ will host the final of the ICC World T20, to be held in India from March 11 to April 3, next year, across eight cities. - Eden Gardens

18. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., based in _____, is one of the five Wholly Government of India owned assurance companies of India. - Mumbai

19. Vivek Agnihotri's political satire Buddha in a Traffic Jam won the Best _____ in a Foreign Language Award at the Madrid International Film Festival. - Original Screenplay

20. Jeevan Anand , Zindagi Ke Saath Bhi, Zindagi Ke Baad Bhi is one of the best products of which insurance company? - Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

21. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $300 million loan to support the government’s flagship program, the _____ that is aimed at improving the health status of the country’s urban population. - National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)

22. Who is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician, currently serving as Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information, and Broadcasting, in the Government of India and also as Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha? - Arun Jaitley

23. Who is currently the acting Chief Secretary of Delhi? - Shakuntala Gamlin

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