100 Important General Awareness Questions for LIC AAO Exams 1. Which state has launched Padhai bhi, Safai bhi campaign? (A) Tamilnadu (B) Rajasthan (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat 2. Which state along with Rajasthan Government has set up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the implementation of Smart City Plans? (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Jharkhand (D) Maharashtra 3. Vibrant North East event was held in. (A) Shilong (B) Dispur (C) Dibrugarh (D) Guwahati 4. Harper Lee passed away recently. She was a (A) Writer (B) Journalist (C) Singer (D) Politician 5. Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away recently. He was from (A) Japan (B) Italy (C) France (D) Russia 6. The World Bank has decided to lend support to which state government on energy reforms recently? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra Page 1

7. Which of the following team has won the Hockey India League 2016? (A) Kalinga Lancers (B) Delhi Wave riders (C) Punjab Warriors (D) Ranchi Rhinos 8. Which batsman holds the record for the fastest ever ton in test cricket? (A) Viv Richards (B) Brendon McCullum (C) Misbah Ul Haq (D) AB De Villiers 9. Which mission has been launched to minimize rural migration to cities? (A) Rurban (B) Watan ko Jano (C) Rural Mission (D) Gaanv ko Jano 10. Which state government has awarded PM Modi with Kisan Mitra and Kisan Hiteshi Samman? (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra 11. Who has won the best actor award at the 2016 BAFTA awards? (A) Tom Cruise (B) Leonardo DiCaprio (C) Silvestor Stallone (D) Bruce Willis 12. Who has been appointed as the director of Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)? (A) Pulkit Jain (B) K Shankaran (C) Vilas Tonapi (D) Akhil Kumar 13. Which pair has won the 2016 St Petersburg Ladies Trophy (WTA)? Page 2

(A) Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza (B) Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova (C) Arantxa Parra Santonja and Anabel Medina Garrigues (D) Laura Siegemund and Monica Niculescu 14. The twenty fourth National Homeopathic Congress Homeo-Vision 2016 was inaugurated in. (A) Hyderabad (B) Mumbai (C) Nagpur (D) Raipur 15. Which country has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian railways for technical cooperation? (A) Mexico (B) Sweden (C) South Korea (D) Netherlands 16. Apple has confirmed its 1st technology Centre in India at. (A) Kochi (B) Ranchi (C) Chennai (D) Hyderabad 17. Who is going to become the first Indian-American Judge of the U S Supreme Court? (A) Bobby Jindal (B) S Rajeshwari (C) Shashi Jindal (D) Sri Srinivasan 18. Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Delhi University? (A) Yogesh Tyagi (B) Dinesh Singh (C) Sudheesh Pachauri (D) Akhil Jain 19. The government has extended UK Sinha's tenure till March 01, 2017.He is the chairman of. Page 3

(A) IRDA (B) SEBI (C) NABARD (D) SIDBI LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 20. Infosys Prize 2015 has been conferred in how many categories? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 6 21. Which state has announced free bus pass scheme for senior citizens? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Odisha (D) Rajasthan 22. Who is the Union Cabinet Minister for Information & Broadcasting? (A) Rajyavardhan Rathore (B) Manish Tewary (C) Arun Jaitley (D) Uma Bharati 23. Who has become the first player to score 300 La Liga goals? (A) Christiano Ronaldo (B) Lionel Messi (C) Neymar (D) Gird Muller 24. Which Indian lyricist has been included in Guinness book of world records for writing most number of songs? (A) Gulzar (B) Prasoon Joshi (C) Sameer Anjaan (D) Irshad Kamil 25. Abdul Rashid Khan passed away recently. He was related to. (A) Dance (B) Sports Page 4

(C) Writing (D) Singing LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 26. Team Swachh clinics is a joint Mission of. (A) ICC and BCCI (B) ICC and UNICEF (C) BCCI and UNESCO (D) BCCI and WHO 27. Which edition of India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was conducted recently? (A) Second (B) Fourth (C) Third (D) Fifth 28. Which state has got maximum investment commitments in Make in India Week? (A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Karnataka 29. LIGO-India research project is launched to study. (A) Economic Issues (B) Environment Pollution (C) Black Holes (D) Gravitational Waves 30. Which Bank has partnered with Ultra Cash Technologies to launch payments processing through sound waves? (A) Axis Bank (B) HDFC Bank (C) ICICI Bank (D) YES Bank 31. Which company has launched world's cheapest 3G smartphone at just Rs 251 in India? (A) Appo (B) Ringing Bells (C) Vivo (D) Nokia Page 5

32. What is the name of India's 1st Lightest Gun Launched recently? (A) Nidar (B) Nirbhik (C) Nirbhay (D) Freedom 33. India has test-fired it s indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile from. (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Odisha (D) Rajasthan 34. The Silk Road project is related to (A) France (B) USA (C) South Korea (D) China 35. 3rd US-ASEAN summit recently held in (A) Albania (B) Carolina (C) Virginia (D) California 36. Which country has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016? (A) West Indies (B) India (C) Sri Lanka (D) South Africa 37. Which of the following team has won the inaugural Masters Champions League title (cricket)? (A) Sagittarius Strikers (B) Gemini Arabians (C) Leo Lions (D) Libra Legends 38. Which state has recently signed a MoU with US trade and development agency? (A) Kerala (B) Chhattisgarh Page 6

(C) Tamilnadu (D) Andhra Pradesh LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 39. Biraja Prasad, who has passed away recently, was India s Ambassador to (A) Mexico (B) Tajikistan (C) Pakistan (D) Thailand 40. Delhi International Airport Ltd has launched which mobile application for cargo operations? (A) Dial-C (B) Cargo Dial (C) m-cargo (D) DIAL Cargo 41. Japan Desk project is launched by. (A) Bank of India (B) HDFC (C) RBI (D) SBI 42. Which of the following is a former UN Secretary General,passed away recently? (A) Steve Davis (B) Steven Ferdinand (C) Paul Adams (D) Boutros Ghali 43. What is the name given to the first ever India-made robot by Tata? (A) Brabo (B) Bravo (C) Robo (D) Turbo 44. Which Country has launched ASTRO-H satellite to study black holes? (A) America (B) China (C) Japan (D) Russia Page 7

45. Team Swachh clinics have been inaugurated at (A) Punjab (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Jharkhand (D) Maharashtra 46. Christine Lagarde has been re-appointed as Managing Director of (A) IMO (B) WHO (C) WTO (D) IMF 47. Who has sworn in as the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh? (A) Oman Chandi (B) Nabam Tuki (C) Kalikho Pul (D) P Rajakhova 48. Playing It My Way is the autobiography of (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Saina Nehwal (D) MC Marycom 49. Which Indian has been nominated for Global Teacher Prize? (A) Shiv Kumar (B) Prityush Kumar (C) Robin Chaurasiya (D) Anand Kumar 50. Which state government is going to sign a MoU with British Pig Association (BPA) to develop and promote piggery in the State? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamilnadu (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra 51. 13th World spice congress has begun in (A) Ahmedabad (B) Kochi Page 8

(C) Rajkot (D) Hyderabad LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 52. Which state government has announced housing scheme for transgenders? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Rajasthan (D) Maharashtra 53. Who is the Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences? (A) Dr. Harsh Vardhan (B) Piyush Goyal (C) Radha Mohan Singh (D) Kalraj Mishra 54. According to Union Budget 2016, how much Krishi Kalyan Cess will be levied on all services? (A) 1% (B) 1.5% (C) 0.50% (D) 2% 55. How many urban clusters will be set up under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission? (A) 250 (B) 300 (C) 350 (D) 400 56. According to Union Budget 2016, government banks will get a fund of. (A) 15000 Crore (B) 25000 Crore (C) 30000 Crore (D) 50000 Crore 57. Where is the headquarter of ISRO? (A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai Page 9

(D) Bengaluru LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 58. What is the currency of Bolivia? (A) Euro (B) Boliviano (C) Dollar (D) Bolivian 59. B K Garudachar has passed away recently. He was related to the game of (A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Tennis (D) Football 60. Which is the capital of Bolivia? (A) Jakarta (B) Milan (C) Madrid (D) Sucre 61. Who has been appointed as the chairman of United Spirits Limited? (A) Vijay Malya (B) MK Sahrma (C) Ajay Mathur (D) Vijay Sharma 62. Which of the following team has emerged as the winner of Ranji Trophy 2016? (A) Rajasthan (B) Saurashtra (C) Punjab (D) Mumbai 63. Who has been appointed as the director of CSIR-National Chemical Lab, Pune? (A) Ashwini Nangia (B) AK Sharma (C) Suresh Pillai (D) Rajan Sharma Page 10

64. Which state government has signed a pact with OLA to create entrepreneurship opportunities? (A) Rajasthan (B) Karnataka (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Maharashtra 65. What is the revised per quintal Minimum Support Price of Jute? (A) 3200 (B) 2700 (C) 2500 (D) 3000 66. Which is the capital of Vietnam? (A) Hanoi (B) Brussels (C) Geneva (D) Basel 67. What is the currency of Vietnam? (A) Tong (B) Tenge (C) Dong (D) Dollar 68. Where is the headquarter of DRDO? (A) Bengaluru (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai 69. Gianni Infantino has been elected as the President of. (A) ICC (B) FIFA (C) WTO (D) WHO 70. Who has been conferred with Dinanath Mangeshkar Award? (A) Anil Kapoor (B) A R Rehman Page 11

(C) Ranveer Singh (D) Amitabh Bachchan LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 71. How many new countries have been added to the E-Tourist visa scheme? (A) 33 (B) 37 (C) 30 (D) 35 72. Which state has recently launched National Food Security Act, 2013? (A) Tamilnadu (B) Assam (C) Mizoram (D) Karnataka 73. What is the upgraded sex ratio of India according to the Census 2011? (A) 953 (B) 946 (C) 943 (D) 940 74. Who is the head of Committee formed for Evolution of New Education Policy? (A) Y V Reddy (B) AK Mathur (C) Amitabh Kant (D) TSR Subramaniam 75. Which country s national Bank has been included in the Second Schedule of RBI Act? (A) Iran (B) Iraq (C) UAE (D) Sri Lanka 76. Which of the following has become India s first digital state? (A) Gujarat (B) Kerala (C) Tamilnadu (D) Andhra Pradesh Page 12

77. India s first gender park has been inaugurated in (A) Kozhikode (B) Ahmedabad (C) Thiruvananthapuram (D) Vishakhapatnam 78. Which movie has recently been declared tax free in Delhi and UP? (A) Masan (B) The angry Indian Goddess (C) Bajirao Mastani (D) Neerja 79. ISRO to set up Satellite Centre for ASEAN countries in. (A) Indonesia (B) France (C) Vietnam (D) Russia 80. Who has been conferred with Aryabhatta Award for the year 2013? (A) Avinash Chander (B) A S Kiran Kumar (C) S Christopher (D) J Manjula 81. Which is the best place in the world to live, according to an international survey? (A) Munich (B) Vancouver (C) Paris (D) Vienna 82. Exhibition on history of Indian coin & currency was held at (A) Kolkata (B) Nasik (C) Mumbai (D) New Delhi 83. Assam Cabinet has approved Metro Rail for. (A) Dibrugarh (B) Guwahati (C) Silchar Page 13

(D) Dispur LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 84. Which country is going to host 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation? (A) Nepal (B) Israel (C) India (D) Bangladesh 85. Central Excise Day was observed on which date? (A) February 25 (B) February 24 (C) February 22 (D) February 23 86. Which country has been chosen as the Fin-Tech capital of the world? (A) Britain (B) USA (C) Canada (D) China 87. In accordance with the Hurun Report 2016, number of billionaires in India has been raised to (A) 534 (B) 568 (C) 111 (D) 84 88. What is the expected operating ratio according to the rail budget 2016-17? (A) 90% (B) 92% (C) 95% (D) 94% 89. How many Indians have made it to the Forbes 30 Under-30 Asia list? (A) 46 (B) 50 (C) 56 (D) 60 Page 14

90. How many firms have been declared as Willful defaulters by Punjab National Bank? (A) 800 (B) 890 (C) 904 (D) 914 91. Mashrafe Mortaza is related to the game of (A) Golf (B) Badminton (C) Tennis (D) Cricket 92. Who has been appointed as the chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)? (A) H L Dattu (B) Sindhu Shree Khullar (C) Amitabh Kant (D) Krishna Choudhary 93. Who has been appointed as director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre? (A) Rahul Taneja (B) K N Vyas (C) Kiran Kumar (D) Madan Bhargava 94. Udai Kumar has been appointed As full time MD and CEO of. (A) Bombay Stock Exchange (B) NTPC (C) Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (D) MSME 95. Government to sell what percent of Its Stake in NTPC? (A) 5 % (B) 10 % (C) 8 % (D) 15 % 96. Which is the capital of Maldives? (A) Nairobi (B) Hanoi (C) Male Page 15

(D) Victoria LIC AAO General Awareness Question Bank 97. What is the Currency of Maldives? (A) Rial (B) Rufiyaa (C) Rand (D) Ringitt 98. Which Indian Cricketer has been appointed as brand ambassador of Nissan Motors? (A) Virat Kohli (B) Suresh Raina (C) Yuvraj Singh (D) Rohit Sharma 99. Rajendra Singh has been appointed as first non-navy officer Chief Of (A) Navy (B) Coast Guard (C) Army (D) Air Force 100. Chabahar port is located in. (A) Iran (B) Iraq (C) UAE (D) China Answers 1 C 11 B 21 B 31 B 41 D 51 A 61 B 71 B 81 D 91 D 2 B 12 C 22 C 32 A 42 D 52 B 62 D 72 C 82 D 92 A 3 D 13 A 23 B 33 C 43 A 53 A 63 A 73 C 83 B 93 B 4 A 14 C 24 C 34 D 44 C 54 C 64 C 74 D 84 C 94 C 5 B 15 B 25 D 35 D 45 B 55 B 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A 6 B 16 D 26 B 36 A 46 D 56 B 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C 7 C 17 D 27 B 37 B 47 C 57 D 67 C 77 A 87 C 97 B 8 B 18 A 28 A 38 D 48 B 58 B 68 B 78 D 88 B 98 D Page 16

9 A 19 B 29 D 39 B 49 C 59 B 69 B 79 C 89 C 99 B 10 B 20 D 30 D 40 D 50 C 60 D 70 C 80 A 90 C 100 A Page 17