General Awareness Questions Set-17

1. Who is the present Chairman of Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI)?
A) P.L. Punia
B) Vijai L. Kelkar
C) C. Rangrajan
D) U.K. Sinha
Answer & Explanation: U.K. Sinha

2. Who is the present Chairperson of National Women Commission?
A) Mamta Sharma
B) A.K. Sexena
C) R.K. Upadhyay
D) Mangoo Singh
Answer & Explanation: Mamta Sharma

3. Who is the present Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?
A) Rajeev Mundra
B) S.K. Rai
C) Gopala Krishnan
D) Arvind Pradhan
Answer & Explanation: S.K. Rai

4. Who is the present CMD of General Insurance Company?
A) Ashok Kumar Rai
B) Rajesh Lilothia
C) Pramod Dev
D) Aditya Puri
Answer & Explanation: Ashok Kumar Rai

5. Who is the present CMD of National Insurance Company?
A) Rahul Khullar
B) Sunil Mittal
C) S. Krishnan
D) N.S.R. Chandra Prasad
Answer & Explanation: N.S.R. Chandra Prasad

6. Who is the present Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
A) Sandip Somany
B) Rana Kapoor
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) R. Chandrashekahar
Answer & Explanation: Nandan Nilekani

7. Who is the present CMD of State Bank Group?
A) OP Bhatt
B) Arundhati Bhattacharya
C) Rohit Nandan
D) Ashok Chawla
Answer & Explanation: Arundhati Bhattacharya

8. Who is the present Chairman of United India Insurance Company?
A) V.S. Sirpurkar
B) K. Natrajan
C) Milind Kharat
D) Didar Singh
Answer & Explanation: Milind Kharat

9. Who became the first Japanese Prime Minister to become the chief guest at India’s 65th Republic Day celebration?
A) Shinzo Abe
B) Xi Jinping
C) Wen Jiabao
D) Jung Hong -won
Answer & Explanation: Shinzo Abe was the chief guest at India’s 65th Republic Day celebration.

10. Who has been appointed as the first woman head of the US central bank ‘Federal Reserve’?
A) Melinda Gates
B) Dilma Rousseff
C) Janet Yellen
D) Christine Lagarde
Answer & Explanation: Janet Yellen has been appointed as the first woman head of the US central bank ‘Federal Reserve’.