How to Prepare for General Awareness for CMAT

I am preparing for CMAT Admission Test. I have completed Reasoning section. Now I want to start preparation for General Awareness section. So tell me how I will prepare for General Awareness section of CMAT?

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Here I am providing important questions for General Awareness Section of CMAT Test for your reference:

CMAT Test General Awareness Important Questions

1. Who among the following has been named as the TIME magazine Person of the Year 2016?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Donald Trump
C) Vladimir Putin
D) Mark Zukerberg

Answer: Option B

2. Which Indian village has recently earned the tag of becoming Indias first digital village in India?
a) Akrund
b) Akodara
c) Poshina
d) Punsari

Answer: Option B

3. Who was recently elected as the President of FICCI for the year 2017?
a) Harshavardhan Neotia
b) Pankaj R. Patel
c) Jyotsna Suri
d) Rashesh Shah

Answer: Option B

4. Who among the following has been elected as US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) by US President-elect Donald Trump?
a) Nikki Haley
b) Kamala Harris
c) Bobby Jindal
d) Ami Bera

Answer: Option A

5. Name the person who has recently replaced Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman of Tata Global Beverages?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Lalit Modi
c) Harish Bhat
d) None of the above

Answer: Option C

6. What is the newly launched toll-free helpline number for Unique Identification Authority of India?
a) 2016
b) 1947
c) 2000
d) 2020

Answer: Option B

7. By when Indian Railways recently set the target to achieve 100 percent de-carbonisation with 90 percent electrification?
a) 2021
b) 2020
c) 2025
d) 2030

Answer: Option A

8. Name the Indian states that have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16?
a) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
b) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh and Talengana
d) Andhra Pradesh and Kerala

Answer: Option C

9. Name the creative agency that has been appointed by NITI Aayog for running its campaigns?
a) FCB-Ulka Advertising Ltd.
b) McCann-Erickson India Ltd.
c) Ogilvy & Mather Ltd.
d) Thinkstr

Answer: Option D

10. Which Indian FMCG player is planning to make use of Artificial insemination technique to 92 per cent female offspring of cows?
a) Glaxosmith Kline
b) Amul
c) Dabur
d) Patanjali

Answer: Option D

11. Who was recently selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN Secretary-General?
a) Antonio Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Theresa May
d) Angela Merkel

Answer: Option A

12. Name the instant messaging mobile application launched by Google.
a) Hello
b) Ello
c) Aloo
d) Allo

Answer: Option D

13. Which country has topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in September 2016.
a) Switzerland
b) Singapore
c) United States of America
d) Sweden

Answer: Option A

14. In which state of India, Adani Green Energy (Tamil Nadu) Ltd. has installed world’s largest solar power plant of 648 megawatts?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka

Answer: Option B

15. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India?
a) Usha Pal
b) Usha Sangwan
c) VK Sharma
d) Nitin Srivastav

Answer: Option C

16. Which stock exchange became the first Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering with SEBI?
a) Bombay Stock Exchange
b) National Stock Exchange of India
c) Calcutta Stock Exchange
d) Madras Stock Exchange

Answer: Option A

17. Nomad Film Festival 2016 started in which of the following cities?
a) Mumbai
b) Jaipur
c) Jabalpur
d) New Delhi

Answer: Option D

18. Which village became the first Wi-fi hotspot village in Haryana?
a) Bahu-Jholri
b) Rewari Khera
c) Gumthala Garhu
d) Thamber

Answer: Option C

19. Who of the following topped the Forbes list of world’s highest paid actors of 2016?
a) Tom Cruise
b) Matt Damon
c) Dwayne Johnson
d) Jackie Chan

Answer: Option C

20. Which of the following Indian Actress has been ranked 10th in the world in the list of “Forbes magazine”?
a) Sonam Kapoor
b) Katrina Kaif
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Deepika Padukone

Answer: Option D

21. Which company has acquired gaming (interactive livestreaming) startup Beam?
a) Apple
b) Microsoft
c) Google
d) IBM

Answer: Option C

22. Who is recently appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?
a) Shri Rajnish Kumar
b) Shri Sanjiv Malhotra
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
d) Dinesh Kumar Khara

Answer: Option D

23. What is the new name of Business Broadcast News channel ‘Bloomberg TV India’, owned by Anil Ambani?
a) BBN
b) BTV
c) BTVi
d) BloomTV

Answer: Option C

24. Which company has acquired Yahoo for $4.8 billion in July 2016?
a) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies
b) Investing in teenage girls
c) Investing in girls
d) None of These

Answer: Option B

24. What is the theme of the 2016 World Population Day?
a) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies
b) Investing in teenage girls
c) Investing in girls
d) None of These

Answer: Option B

25. What is the name of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform was launched by HRD ministry on August 15?
a) Swayam-Shiksha
b) Khud-Se
c) Swayam
d) None of the above

Answer: Option C

26. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?
a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Azim Premji
c) Sunil Bharti Mittal
d) Terry McGraw

Answer: Option C

27. Who has been appointed as the new CEO, MD of Airtel Payments Bank by Bharti Airtel?
a) Shashi Arora
b) Manish Khera
c) AM Naik
d) Ashish Nanda

Answer: Option A

28. Which harmful chemical is found in the bread and is claimed to cause cancer in the consumers?
a) Sodium Ascorbate
b) Monosodium Glutamate
c) Potassium Bromate
d) Maltodextrins

Answer: Option B

29. What is the name of the new bill payment system which has been launched by RBI?
a) Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
b) Bharat Bills Processing System (BBPS)
c) Bharat Bill Payment Slots (BBPS)
d) Bharat Billing Payment System (BBPS)

Answer: Option A

30. Which online jewellery portal has been acquired by Titan in an all-cash deal?
a) Gitanjalishop
b) Caratlane
c) Bluestone
d) Thangamayil

Answer: Option B

31. Which Indian State has become the first “kerosene free state” after the sale of subsidized cooking and lightening fuel has been stopped there?
a) Delhi
b) Surat
c) Chandigarh
d) Mumbai

Answer: Option C

32. Name the passenger train which has been flagged off by railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and is a part of the ‘raftar' mission of India’s Railways Ministry.
a) Ahmedabad Express
b) Bandra Patna Express
c) Satavahana Express
d) Gatiman Express

Answer: Option D

33. Which city of Japan will host the 2016 Group of 7 (G7) Summit?
a) Tokyo
b) Ise-Shima
c) Osaka
d) Yokohama

Answer: Option B

34. Who has been elected and appointed as the new President of Taiwan?
a) Tsai Ing-wen
b) Wu Jin-lin
c) Chen Shui-bian
d) Lin Bih-jaw

Answer: Option A

35. Who has been elected as the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
a) Anurag Thakur
b) Ratnakar Shetty
c) Saurabh Chandra
d) Sourav Ganguly

Answer: Option A

36. Who has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Assam?
a) Sarbananda Sonowal
b) Biswajit Daimary
c) Tarun Gogoi
d) Kamkhya Tasa

Answer: Option A

37. Who has been elected as the newly elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
a) Edappadi K Palaniswami
b) Jayalalithaa
c) M.K. Stalin
d) P Thangamani

Answer: Option B

38. Who has been appointed as the Finance Secretary of India?
a) Ashok Lavasa
b) Bhim Sain Bassi
c) Ratan Watal
d) Sudeep Lakhtakia

Answer: Option A

39. Name the Indian women who have earned a name in the Forbes’ 2016 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.
a) Sumitra Mahajan
b) Mallika Dutt
c) Bharti Kirchner
d) Neerja Sethi and Jayshree Ullal

Answer: Option D

40. In which country Indian government organized 1st Yoga Championship?
A) France
b) Germany
c) United States
d) Egypt

Answer: Option D