Sunday, November 9, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. In the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, India has been ranked?
1) 114
2) 101
3) 136
4) 124
5) 121

2. Which country topped the Global Gender Gap Report 2014?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Denmark

3. Michael Sata died in London on October 28, 2014. He was the President of?
1) Somalia
2) Sudan
3) Zambia
4) Tanzania
5) Lesotho

4. Who assumed office as the Chief Minister of Haryana on October 26, 2014?
1) Ram Bilas Sharma
2) Anil Vij
3) Narbir Singh
4) Manohar Lal Khattar
5) Abhimanyu

5. Who was/were inducted into Don Bradman Hall of Fame on October 29, 2014?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Steve Waugh
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

6. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution proposed by?
1) South Korea
2) Philippines
3) China
4) India
5) Japan

7. How many countries signed an agreement to become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
1) 20
2) 21
3) 24
4) 25
5) 28

8. The gender gap index was first introduced in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary fund
3) World Economic Forum
4) UN Women
5) United Nations Organization

9. Who is the author of the book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them'?
1) Carlotta Gall
2) J.K. Rowling
3) Eimear McBride
4) Wendy Doniger
5) None of these

10. T.R. Zeliang was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following States on May 24, 2014?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Tripura
3) Nagaland
4) Assam
5) Manipur

11. The Central Vigilance Commissioner is appointed by the?
1) Prime Minister
2) Home Minister
3) President
4) Vice President
5) Lok Sabha Speaker

12. Which of the following is the name of Advanced Light Helicopter?
1) Rudra
2) Cheetah
3) Chetak
4) Dhruv
5) Tejas

13. Who is the current Chairman of the Competition Commission of India?
1) Ashok Chawla
2) M.L. Tayal
3) S.L. Bunker
4) Sudhir Mittal
5) U.C. Nahta

14. Who is the first Indian scientist to reach the h-index of 100?
1) CNR Rao
2) CV Raman
3) APJ Abdul Kalam
4) A. Shivathanu Pillai
5) None of these

15. Lingaraja Temple is located in which of the following cities?
1) Kanchipuram
2) Bhubaneswar
3) Kolkata
4) Bhopal
5) Patna

16. 'Inclusive Growth' is a phrase used in India's?
1) 11th Plan
2) 12th Plan
3) 10th Plan
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

17. Whose best known works are 'The Golden Notebook', Memoirs of a Survivor' and 'The Summer Before the Dark'?
1) Alice Munro
2) Hilary Mantel
3) Doris Lessing
4) Herta Muller
5) Eleanor Catton

18. Classification of an enterprise into public or private sector is based on?
1) Number of employees in the enterprise
2) Ownership of assets of the enterprise
3) Employment conditions for workers in the enterprise
4) Nature of products manufactured by the enterprise
5) None of these

19. The Internal Security Academy was established under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India at?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mount Abu
3) Nasik
4) Dehradun
5) Pune

20. Dul Hasti hydroelectric power plant is located in?
1) Assam
2) West Bengal
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

21. Dalia Grybauskaite was reelected as the President of which of the following countries in May
2014?
1) Lithuania
2) Latvia
3) Slovenia
4) Costa Rica
5) Slovakia

22. Which country won the Uber Cup women's badminton title in New Delhi on May 24, 2014?
1) Japan
2) China
3) India
4) Malaysia
5) South Korea

23. Kristin Lund is the first-ever woman to serve as the head of a UN peace keeping operation. She belongs to?
1) Denmark
2) Latvia
3) Norway
4) Finland
5) Netherlands

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 1 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 2 10) 3
11) 3 12) 4 13) 1 14) 1 15) 2 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 19) 2 20) 3
21) 1 22) 2 23) 3