Tuesday, July 15, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. In the Banking technology, IMPS stands for..
1) Instant Payment Service
2) Immediate Paid Service
3) Immediate Payment Scroll
4) Immediate Payment Service
5) None

2. IMPS, a mobile payment system launched in......
1) 2009
2) 2011
3) 2013
4) 2010
5) None

3. IMPS developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). NPCI was incorporated in?
1) 2010
2) 2011
3) 2009
4) 2008
5) 2013

4. Which is the latest bank rolled out its merchant payment service on mobile phones using the IMPS?
1) State Bank of India
2) UCO Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) Union Bank of India
5) None

5. RBI constituted the Board for Payment and Settlement Systems in ...
1) 2008
2) 2007
3) 2005
4) 2011
5) 2012

6. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) headed by ....
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) K. R. Kamath
4) M. Balachandran
5) None

7. Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad had been providing
ATM switching service to banks in India through NFS. NFS stands for.....
1) National Front Switch
2) National First Switch
3) National Financial Scroll
4) National Financial Switch
5) None

8. National Payments Corporation of India took over NFS operations in ...
1) 2000
2) 2001
3) 2005
4) 2009
5) None

9. The debit card holder can perform which of the following functions?
1) Make Point of Sale (POS) purchase
2) Recharge pre-paid mobile phones
3) Pay life insurance premium
4) Make donation
5) All of the above

10. RBI announces REER. Expand the term REER.
1) Real External Exchange Rate
2) Real Established Exchange Rate
3) Real Effective Exchange Rate
4) Real Effective Exchange Ratio
5) None

11. Switzerland's central banking authority SNB on 19th June 2014 said that Indian money in Swiss banks has risen to over to Rs.14,000 crores. SNB stands for ...
1) Swift National Bank
2) Sure National Bank
3) Scope National Bank
4) Swiss National Bank
5) None

12. India moved to which rank in terms of foreign money lying with Swiss banks as per the latest data. UK ranks top position..
1) 2nd
2) 10th
3) 18th
4) 58th
5) 100th

13. How much percent of an estimated $1.6 trillion total global wealth held in Switzerland's banking system as per the data released on 19th June 2014?
1) 1.05
2) 6.52
3) 0.15
4) 1.95
5) 2.91

14. Who released the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report on 11 June 2014?
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) World Bank
4) HSBC
5) S & P

15. In GEP 2014, World Bank lowered the economic growth of world 2014 to .... percent from the earlier estimate of 5.3 percent?
1) 4.0
2) 3.5
3) 5.1
4) 4.8
5) 3.9

16. Finance minister is considering a proposal to provide a fixed tenure of five years to heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as per the recommendation based on ...
1) P.J. Nayak Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Damodaran Committee
4) Nachiket Mor Committee
5) None

17. On 18 June 2014, Indian Army test-fired Akash missile from an Integrated Test Range (ITR) in
Balasore, Odisha. Akash is ...
1) air-to-air missile
2) water-to-water missile
3) surface-to-water missile
4) water-to-air missile
5) surface-to-air missile

18. M Shashidhar Reddy resigned as the Vicechairman of .....
1) National Commission of SC
2) National Commission of ST
3) National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
4) National Commission of Women (NCW)
5) None

19. Who is the Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)?
1) Union minister for disaster management
2) Union minister for home affairs
3) Prime Minister
4) Finance secretary
5) None

20. Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein was appointed as the UN High Commissioner for human rights on 6 June 2014. He is the prince of ...
1) Jordan
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Afghanistan
4) UAE
5) None

21. First Tang Prize in sustainable development conferred on ..... who is a former Norway Prime Minister?
1) Harlem Brundtland
2) Yingluck Shinawatra
3) Dilma Vana Rousseff
4) Julia Gillard
5) None

22. Pen Pinter Prize 2014 conferred on whom for his marvellous literary output and support
for freedom of expression on 19 June 2014?
1) Salman Rushdie
2) Amritha Pritham
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) Robin Sharma
5) None

23. Which Indian born scientist has been named the winner of the $ 2,50,000 World Food Prize for his contribution in increasing global wheat production on 19 June 2014?
1) M.S. Swaminathan
2) Prathuysha Swamy
3) Sanjaya Rajaram
4) Ashok Gulati
5) None

24. Arpinder Singh of Punjab qualified for Glasgow Commonwealth games. He belongs to ....
1) Athletics
2) Hockey
3) Snooker
4) Karate
5) Wrestling

25. Father of Malaysian hockey died in Ipoh, Malaysia on 28 May 2014. He is ....
1) Azlan Sha
2) Mommhed Mose
3) Rampralob Verma
4) Kanien Gore
5) None

26. On 27 February 2014, the union government launched 'Saksham' for empowerment of ...
1) prisoners
2) senior citizens
3) women
4) students
5) adolescent boys

27. Mamta Abhiyan is the maternal and child health campaign of ....
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Goa
5) Jharkand

28. 'The price we pay' is the advertisement released on.....
1) Liquor usage
2) Mobile usage
3) Oil prices
4) Cancer costliness
5) Anti-Tobacco campaign

29. Which nation announced the plans of creating the world's biggest Marine Protected Area (MPA)?
1) UK
2) Japan
3) USA
4) Russia
5) Australia

30. In the Global Peace Index, India got which rank?
1) 101
2) 100
3) 145
4) 143
5) 182

31. First rank in the Global Peace Index holds by ....
1) Iceland
2) USA
3) Japan
4) UK
5) New Zealand

32. Sixth Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction held at ....
1) New York
2) Washington
3) Paris
4) Bangkok
5) None

33. African Union's Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on 18 June 2014 unanimously restored the membership of which nation?
1) Egypt
2) Nigeria
3) Somalia
4) South Africa
5) None

34. 'Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda' is the theme of .....
1) 70th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
2) 71st Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
3) 68th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
4) 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
5) None

35. Central Excise Day is on ....
1) July 24
2) June 24
3) February 24
4) December 24
5) August 8

36. National Technology Day is on ........
1) January 11
2) February 11
3) July 11
4) May 11
5) August 8

37. How many million children die approximately under the age of five die annually of malnutrition as per the report of FAO (Food and Agricultural Organisation)?
1) 10
2) 8
3) 3
4) 9
5) 6

38. FAO headquarters is at ...
1) Rome
2) Washington
3) Paris
4) Tokyo
5) None

39. FAO was established in ....
1) 1945
2) 1948
3) 1999
4) 2000
5) 1901

40. FAO headed by .......
1) Jose Graziano da Silva
2) Mark Anthony
3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Anthony Lake
5) None

41. Baiji refinery was captured on 17 June 2014 by militants. It is in .....
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Afghanistan
4) Congo
5) None

42. Iraq capital is....
1) Tehran
2) Abu Dhabi
3) Dubai
4) Baghdad
5) Cairo

43. Iraq currency is ....
1) Dirham
2) Pound
3) Dollar
4) Dinar
5) Rufiyaa

44. Bandhavgarh National Park is in.....
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) AP
4) Telangana
5) Karnataka

45. Wagon R is the car brand name of.....
1) Mahindra
2) Chevrolet
3) Maruti
4) Audi
5) None

46. The Australian Grand Prix won by....
1) Fernando Alonso
2) Jenson Button
3) Kevin Magnussen
4) Daniel Ricciardo
5) Nico Rosberg

47. In order to control the diseases, Indian government floated many schemes and started vaccination programs. Pick the wrong combination.
1) ABC/ AR program - To control Rabies
2) NMEP - To control Malaria
3) MMR - Vaccine against Measles,Mumps and Rubella
4) OPV - To fight against Leprosy
5) DPT - To fight against Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus

48. Which of the following programme not initiated to eliminate Urban Poverty?
1) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
2) Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP)
3) Antyodaya Anna Yozana (AAY)
4) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yozana (SJSRY)
5) Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP)

ANSWERS:
1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-3, 5-3, 6-4, 7-4, 8-4, 9-5, 10-3
11-4, 12-4, 13-3, 14-3, 15-4, 16-1, 17-5, 18-3, 19-3, 20-1
21-1, 22-1, 23-3, 24-1, 25-1, 26-5, 27-3, 28-5, 29-3, 30-4
31-1, 32-4, 33-1, 34-4, 35-3, 36-4, 37-3, 38-1, 39-1, 40-1
41-2, 42-4, 43-4, 44-2, 45-3, 46-5, 47-4, 48-3