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LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 7 100 ImportantLIC General AAO General Awareness Awareness Questions Question for LIC Bank AAO Exams 1. Which state has launched “Padhai bhi, Safai bhi” campaign? (A) Tamilnadu (B) Rajasthan (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat (E) None of these 2. Which state along with Rajasthan Government has set up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the implementation of Smart City Plans? (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Jharkhand (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these 3. Vibrant North East event was held in ________. (A) Shilong (B) Dispur (C) Dibrugarh (D) Guwahati (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com 4. Harper Lee passed away recently. She was a___ (A) Writer (B) Journalist (C) Singer (D) Politician (E) None of these 5. Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away recently. He was from__ (A) Japan (B) Italy (C) France (D) Russia (E) None of these 6. The World Bank has decided to lend support to which state government on energy reforms recently? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com Page 1 LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 7. Which of the following team has won the Hockey India League 2016? (A) Kalinga Lancers (B) Delhi Wave riders (C) Punjab Warriors (D) Ranchi Rhinos (E) None of these 8. Which batsman holds the record for the fastest ever ton in test cricket? (A) Viv Richards (B) Brendon McCullum (C) Misbah Ul Haq (D) AB De Villiers (E) None of these 9. Which mission has been launched to minimize rural migration to cities? (A) Rurban (B) Watan ko Jano (C) Rural Mission (D) Gaanv ko Jano (E) None of these 10. Which state government has awarded PM Modi with Kisan Mitra and Kisan Hiteshi Samman? www.BankExamsToday.com (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these 11. Who has won the best actor award at the 2016 BAFTA awards? (A) Tom Cruise (B) Leonardo DiCaprio (C) Silvestor Stallone (D) Bruce Willis (E) None of these 12. Who has been appointed as the director of Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)? (A) Pulkit Jain (B) K Shankaran (C) Vilas Tonapi (D) Akhil Kumar (E) None of these 13. Which pair has won the 2016 St Petersburg Ladies Trophy (WTA)? www.BankExamsToday.com Page 2 (A) Martina HingisLIC and AAO Sania General Mirza Awareness Question Bank (B) Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova (C) Arantxa Parra Santonja and Anabel Medina Garrigues (D) Laura Siegemund and Monica Niculescu (E) None of these 14. The twenty fourth National Homeopathic Congress Homeo-Vision 2016 was inaugurated in _________. (A) Hyderabad (B) Mumbai (C) Nagpur (D) Raipur (E) None of these 15. Which country has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian railways for technical cooperation? (A) Mexico (B) Sweden (C) South Korea (D) Netherlands (E) None of these 16. Apple has confirmed its 1st technology Centre in India at ___________. www.BankExamsToday.com (A) Kochi (B) Ranchi (C) Chennai (D) Hyderabad (E) None of these 17. Who is going to become the first Indian-American Judge of the U S Supreme Court? (A) Bobby Jindal (B) S Rajeshwari (C) Shashi Jindal (D) Sri Srinivasan (E) None of these 18. Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Delhi University? (A) Yogesh Tyagi (B) Dinesh Singh (C) Sudheesh Pachauri (D) Akhil Jain (E) None of these 19. The government has extended UK Sinha's tenure till March 01, 2017.He is the chairman of __________. www.BankExamsToday.com Page 3 (A) IRDA LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank (B) SEBI (C) NABARD (D) SIDBI (E) None of these 20. Infosys Prize 2015 has been conferred in how many categories? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 6 (E) None of these 21. Which state has announced free bus pass scheme for senior citizens? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Odisha (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these 22. Who is the Union Cabinet Minister for Information & Broadcasting? (A) Rajyavardhan Rathore (B) Manish Tewary www.BankExamsToday.com (C) Arun Jaitley (D) Uma Bharati (E) None of these 23. Who has become the first player to score 300 La Liga goals? (A) Christiano Ronaldo (B) Lionel Messi (C) Neymar (D) Gird Muller (E) None of these 24. Which Indian lyricist has been included in Guinness book of world records for writing most number of songs? (A) Gulzar (B) Prasoon Joshi (C) Sameer Anjaan (D) Irshad Kamil (E) None of these 25. Abdul Rashid Khan passed away recently. He was related to ________. (A) Dance (B) Sports www.BankExamsToday.com Page 4 (C) Writing LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank (D) Singing (E) None of these 26. Team Swachh clinics is a joint Mission of _________. (A) ICC and BCCI (B) ICC and UNICEF (C) BCCI and UNESCO (D) BCCI and WHO (E) None of these 27. Which edition of India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was conducted recently? (A) Second (B) Fourth (C) Third (D) Fifth (E) None of these 28. Which state has got maximum investment commitments in Make in India Week? (A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Karnataka (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com 29. LIGO-India research project is launched to study __________. (A) Economic Issues (B) Environment Pollution (C) Black Holes (D) Gravitational Waves (E) None of these 30. Which Bank has partnered with Ultra Cash Technologies to launch payments processing through sound waves? (A) Axis Bank (B) HDFC Bank (C) ICICI Bank (D) YES Bank (E) None of these 31. Which company has launched world's cheapest 3G smartphone at just Rs 251 in India? (A) Appo (B) Ringing Bells (C) Vivo (D) Nokia (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com Page 5 LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 32. What is the name of India's 1st Lightest Gun Launched recently? (A) Nidar (B) Nirbhik (C) Nirbhay (D) Freedom (E) None of these 33. India has test-fired it’s indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile from _______. (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Odisha (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these 34. The Silk Road project is related to__ (A) France (B) USA (C) South Korea (D) China (E) None of these 35. 3rd US-ASEAN summit recently held in__ (A) Albania www.BankExamsToday.com (B) Carolina (C) Virginia (D) California (E) None of these 36. Which country has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016? (A) West Indies (B) India (C) Sri Lanka (D) South Africa (E) None of these 37. Which of the following team has won the inaugural Masters Champions League title (cricket)? (A) Sagittarius Strikers (B) Gemini Arabians (C) Leo Lions (D) Libra Legends (E) None of these 38. Which state has recently signed a MoU with US trade and development agency? (A) Kerala (B) Chhattisgarh www.BankExamsToday.com Page 6 (C) Tamilnadu LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank (D) Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these 39. Biraja Prasad, who has passed away recently, was India’s Ambassador to__ (A) Mexico (B) Tajikistan (C) Pakistan (D) Thailand (E) None of these 40. Delhi International Airport Ltd has launched which mobile application for cargo operations? (A) Dial-C (B) Cargo Dial (C) m-Cargo (D) DIAL Cargo (E) None of these 41. ‘Japan Desk’ project is launched by ________. (A) Bank of India (B) HDFC (C) RBI (D) SBI (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com 42. Which of the following is a former UN Secretary General,passed away recently? (A) Steve Davis (B) Steven Ferdinand (C) Paul Adams (D) Boutros Ghali (E) None of these 43. What is the name given to the first ever India-made robot by Tata? (A) Brabo (B) Bravo (C) Robo (D) Turbo (E) None of these 44. Which Country has launched ASTRO-H satellite to study black holes? (A) America (B) China (C) Japan (D) Russia (E) None of these www.BankExamsToday.com Page 7 45. Team SwachhLICclinics AAO have Generalbeen inaugurated Awareness at__ Question Bank (A) Punjab (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Jharkhand (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these 46. Christine Lagarde has been re-appointed as Managing Director of__ (A) IMO (B) WHO (C) WTO (D) IMF (E) None of these 47. Who has sworn in as the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh? (A) Oman Chandi (B) Nabam Tuki (C) Kalikho Pul (D) P Rajakhova (E) None of these 48. ‘Playing It My Way’ is the autobiography of__ (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar www.BankExamsToday.com (C) Saina Nehwal (D) MC Marycom (E) None of these 49. Which Indian has been nominated for ‘Global Teacher Prize’? (A) Shiv Kumar (B) Prityush Kumar (C) Robin Chaurasiya (D) Anand Kumar (E) None of these 50. Which state government is going to sign a MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the State? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these 51. 13th World spice congress has begun in__ (A) Ahmedabad (B) Kochi www.BankExamsToday.com Page 8 (C) Rajkot LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank (D) Hyderabad (E) None of these 52. Which state government has announced housing scheme for transgenders? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Rajasthan (D) Maharashtra (E) None of these 53. Who is the Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences? (A) Dr. Harsh Vardhan (B) Piyush Goyal (C) Radha Mohan Singh (D) Kalraj Mishra (E) None of these 54. According to Union Budget 2016, how much Krishi Kalyan Cess will be levied on all services? (A) 1% (B) 1.5% (C) 0.50% (D) 2% www.BankExamsToday.com (E) None of these 55. How many urban clusters will be set up under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission? (A) 250 (B) 300 (C) 350 (D) 400 (E) None of these 56.
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