The questions for the General Awareness topic for the CMAT examination required for preparation are as follows:

General Knowledge Questions for CMAT 2017

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 India’s 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

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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