General Awareness for SSC - Set 1
General awareness questions are asked in IBPS Clerk Mains, UPSC, SSC, IAS, Bank PO, SSC CGL, RAS, CDS and others. Practice below general awareness questions and be one up in exams.
1. The winner of Indian Open (Golf), also known as the Hero Indian Open, for the year 2016 is . . . . . . . . . . . .
A) Anirban Lahiri
B) Siddikur Rahman
C) Shiv Chawrasia
D) David Gleeson
2. Britain on . . . . . has voted to leave the European Union.
A) 24-May-2016
B) 24-Jan-2016
C) 24-Jun-2016
D) 24-Mar-2016
3. The 2018 Commonwealth Games, also known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that will be held in . . . . . . . . . . between 4 and 15 April 2018.
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) India
D) China
4. Women's singles in French Open 2016 was won by . . . . . . .
A) Andy Murray
B) Arina Rodionova
C) Virginie Razzano
D) Garbine Muguruza
5. 2016 Paris marathon in Women's category was won by a kenyan women named . . . . . .
A) Gulume Chala
B) Visiline Jepkesho
C) Virginie Razzano
D) Dinknesh Tefera
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . became the first visually impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon. She completed a distance of 42.16 km distance in just over four hours.
A) Vishnukanta
B) Hawa Singh
C) Sagar Baheti
D) Simar Rastogi
7. In women’s cricket . . . . . . . . . has become the highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals. She has so far taken 181 wickets in 153 matches.
A) Jhulan Goswami
B) Deepti Sharma
C) Niranjana Nagarajan
D) Anuja Patil
8. In 1996, India’s ranking in FIFA world football was 94, but as of May 2017, the ranking is
A) 90
B) 45
C) 67
D) 100
9. Name the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 1963, the Padma Shri Award in 1965, and the Dronacharya Award in 1996.
A) Devendra Joshi
B) Wilson Lionel Garton-Jones
C) Geet Sethi
D) Pankaj Advani
10. . . . . . . . . . , in India conducted the country’s first-ever transgender one-day athletic meet.
A) Rajasthan
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Mumbai
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