General Awareness Questions For IBPS RRB OFFICER SCALE EXAM

1. Who was appointed as the chairman of World Gold council ?                                                                                                                    Ans. Randall Oliphant
2. Who paid an official visit to Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan  ?                                                                                                                     Ans. Indian External Foreign Minister ( Salman Khursid. In Bishkek,  he attended the 13th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit on 13 September 2013. Syrian settlement to be among the main topic at SCO  summit in Bishkek. India and Pakistan  had  been the observer states  at SCO Summit.)
3. Who was appointed as the new executive director of Mahindra and Mahindra  on 23rd Sept. 2013 ? Ans: Dr. Pawan Goenka.
4. Who wrote the book titled with  GANDHI BEFORE INDIA?                                                       Ans : RAMCHANDRA GUHA 
5. Who is appointed as the election commissioner of Rajasthan State ?                                                    Ans: Ramlubhya  
6.  Who head the Committee for Evaluation of Research and Rankings ?                                          Ans:  K. Vijay Raghavan, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology.
7. Who inaugurated the  33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) in New Delhi?                                                                                                                    Ans :  Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
8. Who was honoured by  humanitarian achievement award for his contribution to South-South cooperation and sustainable development ?                                                                                         Ans: NELSON MANDELA 
9. Who have been awarded with  Clinton Global Citizens Awards for the year 2013 ?                          Ans:       Bunker Roy and  Malala Yousafzai.
10. What stands for  ELISA  Test ?                                                                                                          Ans :         Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay
11.  Who was appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)? Ans:  Justice Vangala Eswaraiah, former Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
12. Where did Typhoon Usagi occur ?                                                                                                     Ans:  Shanwei City in China.
13. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF).                            Ans: Virat Kohli
14. Which central scheme was launched on 23 Sept. 2013  for containing population decline of Parsis in India by the Ministry of Minority affairs , Government of India ?                                                          Ans: Jiyo parsi
15. Which members did resign from National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) ?                             Ans: Rajendra Singh  , Ravi Chopra and Rashid Siddiqui.
16. Which movie was  nominated as  India's Entry for 2014 Oscars Awards ?                                           Ans: Gyan Correa's debut Gujarati Movie The Good Road.  
17. Who was appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?                                                                                                                                                    Ans: Former Chief Justice Darmar Murugesan (Delhi High Court) 
18. When was International  Day of Peace observed ?                                                                              Ans: 21 September.