General Awareness for LIC AAO Mains

Q1. A recent study published in PLOS Biology found that human impacts on species occur across
84% of the earth’s surface. What is India's rank in such impacts?
(a) 11th
(b) 16th
(c) 23rd
(d) 5th
(e) 19th

Q2. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation
(LIC)?
(a) MR Kumar
(b) Umesh Anand
(c) TC Suseel Kumar
(d) Vipin Anand
(e) Gunjan Kapoor

Q3. Who among the following has been named the winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award for
the Asian region?
(a) Rashmi V Mahesh
(b) Satyendra Dubey
(c) Ashok Khemka
(d) Sanjukta Parashar
(e) Padmanaban Gopalan

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Q4. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on
_____________.
(a) 18 March
(b) 9 March
(c) 11 March
(d) 15 March
(e) 20 March

Q5. Which Bank has launched a new service called ‘YONO Cash’
for its customers using which customers can withdraw money
from ATMs without using debit cards?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Union Bank of India
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) State Bank of India

Q6. D-SIBs has already been phased-in from 01st April 2016 and fully effective from 01st April 2019.
What is the full form of D-SIBs?
(a) Dividend Systemically Important Banks
(b) Domestic Security Important Banks
(c) Domestic Systemically Important Banks
(d) Domestic Systemically International Banks
(e) Domestic Systemically Interface Banks

Q7. YONO is an integrated digital banking platform offered by State Bank of India (SBI) to enable
users to access a variety of financial and other services such as taxi bookings, online shopping, or
medical bill payments. YONO stands for________.
(a) You Only Need Only
(b) You Only Need One
(c) You Only Nation One
(d) Yahoo Only Need One
(e) You Only Never One

Q8. What is the theme for World Consumers day 2019?

(a) We Stand Against Market Abuses
(b) Trusted Smart Products
(c) Social Injustices And Consumer's Right
(d) Internet And Trusted Products
(e) None of the above option is the right answer

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Q9. Who among the following has been appointed as a mediator for resolving various disputes
related to cricket administration within the cricket body BCCI?
(a) Shashank Manohar
(b) V. V. Lakshminarayana
(c) PS Narasimha
(d) Sharad Pawar
(e) Saurabh Ganguly

Q10. Exercise Sampriti-VIII, a joint military exercise was held between______ and ________.
(a) India, Afghanistan
(b) India, Singapore
(c) India, Nepal
(d) India, Sri Lanka
(e) India, Bangladesh

Q11. Which of the following firm crossed the Rs 6 trillion market capitalization mark for the first
time, making it only the third Indian firm?
(a) Infosys
(b) TCS
(c) HDFC Bank Ltd
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) Wipro

Q12. In which state Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary is located?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) Odisha

Q13. International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on______.

(a) September 27
(b) September 8
(c) September 14
(d) September 16
(e) September 10

Q14. Lakwa Thermal Power Station is located in________.

(a) Goa
(b) Odisha
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
(e) Kerala

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Q15. As per RBI notification, __________ has been categorized as a private sector lender following the
acquisition of majority stake by Life Insurance Corporation.
(a) Dena Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) IDBI Bank
(e) BoB

Q16. Who among the following will head the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and
Battery Storage, which is being set up to promote clean and sustainable mobility initiatives in the
country?
(a) Viral Acharya
(b) Arvind Panagariya
(c) Amitabh Kant
(d) S C Garg
(e) Nidhi Verma

Q17. Which of the following country will host the Under-17 Women’s Football World Cup in 2020?
(a) UAE
(b) Indonesia
(c) Singapore
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) India

Q18. All-rounder JP Duminy announced that he would retire from ODIs after the ICC World Cup in
England. He plays for____________.
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) South Africa
(c) England
(d) Australia
(e) New Zealand

Q19. Aviva Life Insurance announced the launch of __________, a

specially designed mentorship program to empower the female
workforce.
(a) Woman
(b) Wings
(c) Together
(d) Empower
(e) High-heels

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Q20. According to the ADB’s latest Asian Development Outlook report, gross domestic product in
India will increase by _______ in 2019.
(a) 7.6 %
(b) 7.5 %
(c) 7.7%
(d) 7.9 %
(e) 7.2 %

Q21. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in consultation with the government of India has set the limits
for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the first half of the financial year 2019-20 at_____________.
(a) Rs 40000 crore
(b) Rs 28000 crore
(c) Rs 68000 crore
(d) Rs 75000 crore
(e) Rs 80000 crore

Q22. LCR indicates the proportion of highly liquid assets held by banks to ensure their ability to
meet short-term obligations. To improve the cash position of banks, RBI has tweaked LCR norms to
provide an additional _______ window to lenders.
(a) 2%
(b) 5%
(c) 8%
(d) 11%
(e) 15%

Q23. Which of the following organisation has released the 6th edition of the Global Environment
Outlook (2019) titled ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’?
(a) IMF
(b) UNEP
(c) World bank
(d) NIIF
(e) ADB

Q24. Which of the following city topped the Mercer’s annual Quality of Living Survey 2019?
(a) Zurich
(b) Auckland
(c) Munich
(d) Vancouver
(e) Vienna

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Q25. Bajaj Finserv’s Chairman and Non-Executive Director ________ has resigned and will take over
as the Chairman Emeritus from May 2019.
(a) Rahul Bhatiya
(b) Sameer Bajaj
(c) Rahul Bajaj
(d) Sunil Kumar Bajaj
(e) Rajeev Bajaj

Q26. Who among the following has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic
of Uzbekistan?
(a) Santosh Jha
(b) Anshuman Jha
(c) Shivali Manohar
(d) Nidhi Bajaj
(e) Gaurav Kumar

Q27. The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries
which have adopted the euro. Where is the headquarters of ECB?
(a) Madrid, Spain
(b) Frankfurt, Germany
(c) Paris, France
(d) Bern, Switzerland
(e) Rome, Italy

Q28. What is the capital city of Qatar?

(a) Riyadh
(b) Kuwait City
(c) Tripoli
(d) Doha
(e) Tehran

Q29. Sakshi Malik is an Indian_______?

(a) wrestler
(b) footballer
(c) shooter
(d) archer
(e) cricketer

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Q30. Which of the following Indian state is the least climate vulnerable state in the Himalayan
region, with the index being 0.42?
(a) Manipur
(b) Mizoram
(c) Assam
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Sikkim

Q31. Which of the following bank has got RBI nod to acquire Gruh Finance Limited, a subsidiary of
HDFC Limited?
(a) RBI
(b) PNB
(c) IDFC
(d) IDBI
(e) Bandhan Bank

Q32. Which of the following firm continued to hold the top position in the best Indian Brands
ranking 2019, according to a report published by Interbrand?
(a) Tata
(b) Reliance
(c) Wipro
(d) ICICI
(e) Birla

Q33. Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) to promote its Project _______which is developed to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission
(SBM).
(a) Swachham
(b) Udgam
(c) Sangam
(d) Prayag
(e) Indi-Clean

Q34. Name the cyclone which hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi recently?
(a) Harry
(b) Katrina
(c) Idai
(d) Udai
(e) Omi

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Q35. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) named 3 banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks
(D-SIBs). Which of the following bank is not a D-SIB as per the RBI?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) None of the above option is the right answer

Q36. According to Moody’s, Indian economy is expected to grow at _______________ percent in the
calendar year 2019 and 2020.
(a) 7.1%
(b) 7.5%
(c) 7.3%
(d) 7.4%
(e) 7.2%

Q37. Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha has joined as a member of the 15th Finance
Commission. Jha has been posted in place of___________.
(a) Hasmukh Adhia
(b) Shaktikanta Das
(c) Raghuram Rajan
(d) SS Mundra
(e) Urjit Patel

Q38. ICICI Lombard and _________announced a strategic partnership to provide cyber-insurance

cover.
(a) GooglePay
(b) PhonePay
(c) Paytm
(d) Mobikwik
(e) AmazonPay

Q39. Which of the following Indian Coast Guard Ship became the
first-ever Indian Coast Guard ship to visit Sabang, Indonesia?
(a) Vikrant
(b) Vijit
(c) Khukri
(d) Sindhu
(e) Gangotri

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Q40. Which of the following bank has launched a new service called ‘YONO Cash’ for its customers
using which customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using debit cards?
(a) PNB
(b) SBI
(c) BOB
(d) BOI
(e) Dena Bank

Q41. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Maldives on a two-day visit. What is the capital
of Maldives?
(a) Male
(b) Dili
(c) Perth
(d) Dar-es-Salaam
(e) Maldives city

Q42. In which of the following state Balphakram National Park is located?

(a) Rajesthan
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamilnadu
(e) None of these

Q43. Where is the Zaruki International Airport is located?

(a) Mumbai
(b) Patna
(c) Raipur
(d) Kanyakumari
(e) Shillong

Q44. Bardo Chham is the traditional dance of which of the following state?
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Orissa
(e) West Bengal

Q45. Name the Prime Minister of Guinea who arrived in New Delhi on a ten-day official visit to India.
(a) Marcel Duclos
(b) Khalifa al-Ghawil
(c) Neo Masisi
(d) Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
(e) Ahmed Maiteeq

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Q46. Which of the following diversified global analytics company, will transfer its rating business
to its proposed new wholly-owned subsidiary?
(a) CRISIL
(b) ICRA
(c) CARE
(d) SMERA
(e) CIBIL

Q47. Which of the following country has successfully launched its first satellite from Virginia in the
United States?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Malaysia
(c) Nepal
(d) Egypt
(e) Philippines

Q48. The Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2019 Congress was organised by ICLEI – Local
Governments for Sustainability in________.
(a) Paris
(b) Vienna
(c) Rome
(d) New Delhi
(e) London

Q49. The Time 100 Most Influential People 2019 list has been released. Which of the following
Indian name/names appeared in the list?
(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Arundhati Katju
(c) Menaka Guruswamy
(d) Only (a) and (b)
(e) All (a) (b) (c)

Q50. India’s largest app for financial services has integrated with
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as a payment method recently.
Name the app.
(a) Moneycontrol
(b) Etmoney
(c) Stock Watch
(d) Investar
(e) NSE Mobile

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