1) In which city, India's first hill station bicycle path was launched?
a. Darjeeling
b. Indore
c. Pune
d. Gangtok
2) On the occasion of Maha shivratri , PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 112-feet-tall Lord Shiva statue,that was made entirely of ………
a. Bronze
b. Steel
c. Gold
d. Silver
3) India’s first Gramin Khel Mahotsav will be conducted in which city from 25th to 31st March 2017.?
a. Hyderabad
b. Chennai
c. New delhi
d. Agra
4) Which country army has launched nationwide military operation named ‘Radd-ul-Fasaad’ to eliminate menace of terrorism and consolidate gains of its counter-terrorism operations?
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Russia
d. Pakistan
5) The ……editon BRICS Summit’s first Sherpas Meeting took place in Nanjing?
a. 9th
b. 10th
c. 8th
d. 7th
6) Government has announced to bring high-speed broadband connectivity to every village by which year?
a. 2018
b. 2019
c. 2020
d. 2021
7) Which series of Sovereign Gold Bonds in 2016-2017 has been issued by union finance ministry recently?
a. Series III
b. Series IV
c. Series V
d. Series VI
8) The state-owned Airport Authority of India (AAI) along with International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched, an e-billing solution for airport operators across the world. Name it?
a. SKYREV360
b. SKYREV260
c. SKYREV460
d. SKYREV560
9) Which country and India held detailed deliberations on the legal processes and procedures on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance held in New Delhi recently?
a. USSR
b. USA
c. UK
d. UAE
10) The Union Cabinet has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and which country for promotion and development of coop - eration in civil aviation security?
a. Australia
b. Norway
c. Cuba
d. Cambodia
11) The PSU bank that has bagged two IBA Banking Technology awards is ……?
a. SBI
b. Andhra bank
c. Karnataka bank
d. Kerala bank
12) Hassan Ali Khaire is the new PM of which country , appointed on 23rd Feb 2017?
a. Somalia
b. Saudi arabia
c. Doha
d. Cuba
13) The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has launched a mobile application for Goods and Services Tax. Taxpayers can readily access a host of GST information. Which of the following statements are true about it?
1. Migration to GST-Approach and guidelines for migration
2. Draft Law-Model GST Law, IGST Law and GST Compensation law
3. Draft Rules-Rules related to Registration, Returns, Payment, Refund and Invoice
4. Various resources on GST such a videos, articles etc
5. Related website links, FAQs, Help desk/email contact
a. Only 1,2,3 are true
b. Only 2,3,4 are true
c. Only 3,4,5 are true
d. All 1,2,3,4 and 5 are true
14) Sampark is a …………..?
a. Business Idea challenge
b. Industry academia interface event
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
15) As cyber attacks are increasing, the government through its Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) on 21st Feb 2017 launched which among the following?
a. Cyber swachhtha kendra
b. Cyber forensic kendra
c. Cyber swatch kendra
d. None of the above
16) Telecom operator Bharti Airtel will acquire the business of which among the following company?
a. Vodafone
b. Telenor (India) Communications Private Limited
c. Telenor India
d. Both b & c
17) TATA Communications recently launched which iOT platform?
a. MOVE
b. PULL
c. PUSH
d. SPEED
18) Rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to how many metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974?
a. 11
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
19) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which Bank for providing concessional finance to micro and small enterprises (MSEs)?
a. State bank of India
b. Vijaya bank
c. Axis bank
d. Yes bank
20) India’s first heliport, built by stateowned Pawan Hans will be set up at ?
a. Agra
b. Delhi
c. Hyderabad
d. Jaipur
21) Which Tata Steel's iron mine was felicitated with the Best Green Organ isation of the Year Award at the Global Green Future Leadership Awards in recognition of its environmental prot -
ection measures?
a. Katamati
b. Bokaro
c. Dhanbad
d. None
22) Shurhozelie Liezeitsu is the new Chief minister of which state in India?
a. Nagaland
b. Tripura
c. Mizoram
d. Meghalaya
23) The government on 22nd Feb 2017 approved a plan to double the capacity of solar parks and ultra-mega solar power projects (UMSPP) to how much MW from 20,000 mw?
a. 70,000
b. 40,000
c. 30,000
d. 35,000
24) The Impossibility Theorem was proposed by whom among the following, who died on 21st Feb 2017 in california?
a. John adems
b. John andrews
c. Kenneth J. Arrow
d.Kenneth K. James
25) Among the following, who is the largest G20 investor in India?
a. Britain
b. Japan
c. China
d. USA
26) On which day The International Mother language day was observed?
a. Feb 21
b. Feb 23
c. Feb 20
d. Feb 19
27) The South Asian Speakers Summit 2017 concluded on 20 February 2017 in which city?
a. Agra
b. Indore
c. Bhopal
d. Dispur
28) Identify the state that released digital road map?
a. AP
b. Telengana
c. Haryana
d. Punjab
29) Professor from Delhi University (DU) and his team discovered four new miniature species, and that the Frogman of India is …………?
a. SD Biju
b. SD Bilu
c. SD Biku
d. SD Bibbu
30) Government is developing which among the following, to promote cashless economy?
a. Online platform for regulating cashless payments
b. Mobile app for regulating online transactions
c. Digital matrix to evaluate states for cashless economy
d. All above
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C
10.A 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.A 18.A 19.B 20.B
21.A 22.A 23.B 24.C 25.A 26.C 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.C
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Linking of Bank Account with Aadhaar
Banks are committed to seed savings bank accounts with the account holder’s Aadhaar number, based on the account holder’s consent.
Aadhaar seeding will help accountholders to do fund transfer through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) at Banking Correspondent points. Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app also supports pay to Aadhaar number mode. Further, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) can be made to eligible seeded accounts.
As per reports received from public sector banks, Regional Rural Banks and 13 private sector banks, there are 110.03 crore individual, operative savings bank accounts (including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts) with Aadhaar number seeded in 52.95 crore accounts.
The overreaching aim and objective of seeding is enabling delivery of basic financial services.
Aadhaar seeding will help accountholders to do fund transfer through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) at Banking Correspondent points. Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app also supports pay to Aadhaar number mode. Further, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) can be made to eligible seeded accounts.
As per reports received from public sector banks, Regional Rural Banks and 13 private sector banks, there are 110.03 crore individual, operative savings bank accounts (including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts) with Aadhaar number seeded in 52.95 crore accounts.
The overreaching aim and objective of seeding is enabling delivery of basic financial services.
National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG)
With the objective of fostering a culture of good governance, the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) has accredited forty Seven premier Indian Institutions/Organizations as National Centers for Corporate Governance. These centers conduct seminars, workshops conferences, directors’ orientation programmes etc. for promoting good corporate governance practices and also carry out research work in this field. More than 250 events have been organized and 30 research works completed under the aegis of NFCG, besides publication of compendium on corporate sector and inclusive growth. The research report of the foundation, which include subject such as the role of independent directors, CSR, corporate governance in energy sector, reforms in banking sector etc. have also been hosted on its website for the benefit of the Stakeholders.
The objectives of the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) set up in 2003, as per the trust deed, are given as under.
(a) To provide a platform to deliberate issues relating to good corporate governance as the key to sustainable wealth creation;
(b) To sensitize corporate leaders on the importance of good corporate governance, self- regulation and directorial responsibilities- statutory, social and environmental;
(c) To stimulate and to facilitate exchange of experiences and ideas between corporate leaders, policy makers, regulators, law enforcing agencies, non-government organizations and voluntary agencies with a view to developing a framework for corporate governance reforms in the context of liberalization and globalization;
(d) To provide research, training, practice, building, standard setting, advocacy, rating, monitoring, recognition and related support in the field of corporate governance;
(e) To provide financial or any other assistance directly or indirectly for activities which seek to promote corporate governance including research and training;
(f) To develop strategies that enhance value for all stakeholders and ensure long term benefits to the shareholders and the society at large;
(g) To establish and deepen links with organizations in various parts of the world which promote corporate governance for exchange of ideas and for collaborative actions, projects and programmes;
(h) To institute national awards and recognitions for excellence in corporate governance and develop a system of corporate governance rating;
(i) To collaborate and to support, directly or indirectly, the initiative of any individual, group, organization or institution in promoting corporate governance;
(j) To develop a code of best practices for corporate governance taking into consideration the international examples and to promote its voluntary adoption by the corporate bodies;
(k) To prepare, print and publish any papers, periodicals or newspapers, books or leaflets either on its own or in collaboration with other persons/ entities through print or other media and to contribute to any papers or periodicals to disseminate information and knowledge in the area of corporate governance;
(l) To facilitate, promote, commend and collaborate on the proposals from individuals, associations and organizations for funding by national, international and multi- lateral organizations as also industry- associations, regulators and governments;
(m) To provide advice, consultancy and technical and managerial support to the beneficiaries of the Trust’s programmes through a network of advisors drawn from the industry and institutions of excellence; and
(n) Other related objects.
BHIM app
The Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app has been launched on the iOS platform after its successful launch on android platform. On iOS it is currently supporting over 35 banks
and is currently available in Hindi and English BHIM app on iOS also has a limit of Rs 10, 000 per transaction and Rs20, 000 in a day for transfers through the bank account.
and is currently available in Hindi and English BHIM app on iOS also has a limit of Rs 10, 000 per transaction and Rs20, 000 in a day for transfers through the bank account.
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate.
PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programs in the world. Under the scheme, 25 lakh candidates will be trained in the FY 2016-17; 275 lakh in the FY 2017-18; and 300 lakh in the FY 2018-19. To ensure equitable geographical reach, each of the 250,000 Gram Panchayats would be expected to register an average of 200-300 candidates.
PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programs in the world. Under the scheme, 25 lakh candidates will be trained in the FY 2016-17; 275 lakh in the FY 2017-18; and 300 lakh in the FY 2018-19. To ensure equitable geographical reach, each of the 250,000 Gram Panchayats would be expected to register an average of 200-300 candidates.
Digital Payment of Salaries
The Lok Sabha has passed the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 on 7th Feb 2017, which allows for digital payment of salaries or through cheque. The bill will now go to Rajya Sabha and following its passage in the upper House, the amendments will be notified.
The move will enable employers to pay wages of less than Rs.18,000 a month by cheque or digitally to bank accounts, besides in cash, by doing away with the requirement of employees' written consent for the same.
The move will enable employers to pay wages of less than Rs.18,000 a month by cheque or digitally to bank accounts, besides in cash, by doing away with the requirement of employees' written consent for the same.
TAMRA Portal
The Union Govt has launched TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation) portal and Mobile Application on 10th February, 2017 with an objective to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector.
National Testing Agency (NTA)
The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has announced to set up a National Testing Agency (NTA) department to conduct examinations for higher and secondary.
Note:
Initially, examinations like IIT, NIT and even university exams will be conducted by the NTA. An open web-based platform 'SWAYAM' will be launched by next month. The two thousand courses will be run for students across the country through SWAYAM.
Note:
Initially, examinations like IIT, NIT and even university exams will be conducted by the NTA. An open web-based platform 'SWAYAM' will be launched by next month. The two thousand courses will be run for students across the country through SWAYAM.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Banks, their taglines and Headquarters
| Bank | Tag Line | Established on Headquarter |
| Allahabad Bank | A Tradition of Trust | 24 April, 1865 Kolkata |
| Andhra Bank | Where India Banks | 20 November, 1923 Hyderabad |
| Bank of Baroda | India's International Bank | 1908 Vadodara |
| Bank of India | Relationship beyond banking | 7 September, 1906 Mumbai |
| Bhartiya Mahila Bank | Empowering Women | 2013 New Delhi |
| Bank of Maharashtra | One Family one bank | 1936 Pune |
| Canara Bank | Together We can | July 1906 Bangalore |
| Central Bank of India | "Central To you Since 1911" | 1911 Mumbai |
| Corporation Bank | A Premier Public Sector Bank | 1906 Mangalore |
| Dena Bank | Trusted Family Bank | 26 May, 1938 Mumbai |
| ECGC Bank | You focus on exports. | 30 July, 1957 Mumbai |
| IDBI Bank | We cover the risks | Banking For All, 01 July, 1964 Mumbai |
| Indian Bank | "Aao Sochein Bada" | Your Own Bank 1907 Chennai |
| Indian Overseas Bank | Good people to grow with | 10 February, 1937 Chennai |
| Punjab National Bank | The name you can bank upon | 19 May, 1894 New Delhi |
| Punjab & Sind Bank | Where service is a way of life | 1908 New Delhi |
| Oriental Bank of Commerce | Where every individual is committed | 19 February, 1943 Gurgaon |
| UCO Bank | Honours Your Trust | 06 January, 1943 Kolkata |
| Union Bank of India | Good People to Bank with | 11 November, 1919 Mumbai |
| United Bank of India | The Bank the begins with "U" | 1950 Kolkata |
| Vijaya Bank | A Friend you can bank on | 1931 Bangalore |
| SBI | With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The (Imperial Bank India) 1 July, The Banker to Every Indian 1955 (SBI) | 27 January, 1921 Mumbai |
| Axis Bank | Badhti ka naam Zindagi | 1990 (as UTI Bank) Mumbai |
| ICICI Bank | Hum Ha Na, Khyal Apka | 1994 Mumbai |
| HDFC Bank | We understand your world indeed | 1994 Mumbai |
| Yes Bank | Experience our Expertise | 2004 Mumbai |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank | Lets make money simple | 1985 Mumbai |
| IndusInd Bank | We make you feel richer | April 1994 Mumbai |
| Federal Bank | You perfect banking partner | 1945 Kochi, Kerala |
| Jammu & Kashmir Bank | Serving to empower | Oct 1, 1938 Sri Nagar, J & K |
| South Indian Bank | Experience next generation banking | 1929 Thrissur City, Kerala |
| Karur Vysya Bank | Smart way to bank | 1916 Karur, Tamil Nadu |
| Bandhan Bank | Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai | 2014 Kolkata, West Bengal |
| IDFC Bank | Banking Hatke | 2014 Mumbai |
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS
1. Which city hosted the first Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Leaders' Summit on March 7, 2017?
1) Singapore
2) Colombo
3) Bangkok
4) Jakarta
5) Canberra
2. Who assumed office as the new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on March 1, 2017?
1) Akbar S. Ahmed
2) Amjad Hussain B. Sial
3) Ashraf Qazi
4) Javed Malik
5) Riaz Mohammad Khan
3. A mega cultural festival "India by the Nile" was started on March 8, 2017 in:
1) Jordan
2) Syria
3) Egypt
4) Israel
5) South Africa
4. Which of the following States has neither a woman Chief Minister nor a woman Governor?
1) West Bengal
2) Rajasthan
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Goa
5) Gujarat
5. Who won 23 gold medals, the highest in the history of Summer Olympics?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Paavo Nurmi
3) Mark Spitz
4) Carl Lewis
5) Michael Phelps
6. Renu Pall has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to:
1) Netherlands
2) France
3) Austria
4) Belgium
5) Germany
7. Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in October 2016?
1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
2) Shakti Sinha
3) Sanjay Singh
4) M.K. Goel
5) Rajeev Sharma
8. The White Helmets was a recipient of the 2016 Right Livelihood Award. It is a volunteer civil defense organization that operates in:
1) North Korea
2) Libya
3) Japan
4) Syria
5) Serbia
9. Who won the WTA Finals Women's tennis tournament in Singapore on October 30, 2016?
1) Dominika Cibulkova
2) Angelique Kerber
3) Simona Halep
4) Madison Keys
5) Karolina Pliskova
10. Who was appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October 2016?
1) D.K. Pathak
2) Karnal Singh
3) N.K. Singh
4) O.P. Singh
5) None of these
11. Who took charge as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on November 1, 2016?
1) Sushil Chandra
2) G. Mahalingam
3) P.V. Chandran
4) Somesh Sharma
5) Ashok Pai
12. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2016?
1) Katherine Elizabeth Espin (Ecuador)
2) Michelle Gomez (Colombia)
3) Stephanie de Zorzi (Venezuela)
4) Bruna Zanardo (Brazil)
5) None of these
13. Which country has withdrawn from the Commonwealth in October 2016?
1) Pakistan
2) Nigeria
3) Maldives
4) Bahamas
5) Jamaica
14. "Goa Declaration" is related to which of the following Summits?
1) SAARC
2) ASEAN
3) IBSA
4) BRICS
5) Heart of Asia
15. The first World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on:
1) December 25, 2016
2) November 5, 2016
3) October 25, 2016
4) September 5, 2016
5) None of these
16. The government has appointed who among the following as a member of the monetary policy committee?
1) Pami Dua
2) Chetan Ghate
3) Ravindra Dholakia
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2), (3)
17. Kigeli V Ndahindurwa died on October 16, 2016. He was the last ruling king of which of the following countries?
1) Lesotho
2) Kenya
3) Rwanda
4) Somalia
5) Ethiopia
18. John Gleeson, a former Test cricketer, died in October 2016. He played 29 Tests for which of the following countries?
1) England
2) South Africa
3) West Indies
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
19. Andrzej Wajda passed away in October 2016. He was a renowned film director from:
1) Bulgaria
2) Portugal
3) Poland
4) Austria
5) Slovakia
20. Lee Hsien Loong visited India in October 2016. He is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Singapore
3) Laos
4) Vietnam
5) Japan
21. Which country will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
1) Italy
2) England
3) Jamaica
4) Austria
5) Japan
22. The International Court of Justice rejected a suit filed by which of the following countries against
the world's nuclear powers, including India?
1) Tuvalu
2) Marshall Islands
3) Solomon Islands
4) Montenegro
5) Nauru
23. Who led the panel that has found that the Saraswati River, so far considered mythical, did exist?
1) N. P. Narvekar
2) S. Sivakumar
3) K. S. Valdiya
4) Vivek Goenka
5) None of these
24. Which of the following became the first State in India to implement Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) in kerosene on October 1, 2016?
1) Kerala
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Goa
25. Which of the following States created 21 new districts on October 11, 2016?
1) Odisha
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
26. Which private bank has acquired the Bengaluru-based BSS Microfinance Pvt Ltd?
1) IDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) DCB Bank
5) Axis Bank
27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National SC/ST Hub in which of the following
places to provide support to entrepreneurs from the community on October 18, 2016?
1) Ludhiana
2) Pune
3) Gandhinagar
4) Varanasi
5) Jaipur
28. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Koldam Hydropower Project in which of the following States?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh
29. Which state government lunched "Kaushalya Setu", a skill development program for students in October 2016?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttar Pradesh
30. The theme for which of the following Summits held in 2016 was "Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions"?
1) SCO
2) ASEAN
3) BRICS
4) EAS
5) APEC
31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the First National Tribal Carnival on October 25, 2016 in:
1) New Delhi
2) Shillong
3) Imphal
4) Cuttack
5) Bhubaneswar
32. India defeated which of the following countries in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final held in Ahmedabad?
1) Pakistan
2) Iran
3) South Korea
4) Thailand
5) Nepal
33. Which country won the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Jordan?
1) Japan
2) Spain
3) North Korea
4) Nigeria
5) Venezuela
34. Zabivaka is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup, which will be held in Russia. It is a?
1) Tiger
2) Lion
3) Leopard
4) Wolf
5) Dog
35. Who won the Hoogeveen International Chess tournament in October 2016?
1) Viswanathan Anand
2) Sandipan Chanda
3) M.R. Lalith Babu
4) M. Shyam Sundar
5) Abhijeet Gupta
36. Narendra Modi recently unveiled the war memorial "Shaurya Smarak" in?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) Ranchi
37. Which country won the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia in October 2016?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) South Korea
4) Malaysia
5) Japan
38. "RIDF" is a fund maintained by NABARD. What does the letter "R" denote in the term RIDF?
1) Railway
2) Regional
3) Renovation
4) Rural
5) None of these
39. Sprinter Srabani Nanda won the Ekalabya Award in October 2016. She belongs to which of the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Chattisgarh
5) None of these
40. Hopman Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Football
3) Hockey
4) Tennis
5) Badminton
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2
11) 1 12) 1 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 5 17) 3 18) 4 19) 3 20) 2
21) 5 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 3
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 1 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4
1) Singapore
2) Colombo
3) Bangkok
4) Jakarta
5) Canberra
2. Who assumed office as the new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on March 1, 2017?
1) Akbar S. Ahmed
2) Amjad Hussain B. Sial
3) Ashraf Qazi
4) Javed Malik
5) Riaz Mohammad Khan
3. A mega cultural festival "India by the Nile" was started on March 8, 2017 in:
1) Jordan
2) Syria
3) Egypt
4) Israel
5) South Africa
4. Which of the following States has neither a woman Chief Minister nor a woman Governor?
1) West Bengal
2) Rajasthan
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Goa
5) Gujarat
5. Who won 23 gold medals, the highest in the history of Summer Olympics?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Paavo Nurmi
3) Mark Spitz
4) Carl Lewis
5) Michael Phelps
6. Renu Pall has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to:
1) Netherlands
2) France
3) Austria
4) Belgium
5) Germany
7. Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in October 2016?
1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
2) Shakti Sinha
3) Sanjay Singh
4) M.K. Goel
5) Rajeev Sharma
8. The White Helmets was a recipient of the 2016 Right Livelihood Award. It is a volunteer civil defense organization that operates in:
1) North Korea
2) Libya
3) Japan
4) Syria
5) Serbia
9. Who won the WTA Finals Women's tennis tournament in Singapore on October 30, 2016?
1) Dominika Cibulkova
2) Angelique Kerber
3) Simona Halep
4) Madison Keys
5) Karolina Pliskova
10. Who was appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October 2016?
1) D.K. Pathak
2) Karnal Singh
3) N.K. Singh
4) O.P. Singh
5) None of these
11. Who took charge as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on November 1, 2016?
1) Sushil Chandra
2) G. Mahalingam
3) P.V. Chandran
4) Somesh Sharma
5) Ashok Pai
12. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2016?
1) Katherine Elizabeth Espin (Ecuador)
2) Michelle Gomez (Colombia)
3) Stephanie de Zorzi (Venezuela)
4) Bruna Zanardo (Brazil)
5) None of these
13. Which country has withdrawn from the Commonwealth in October 2016?
1) Pakistan
2) Nigeria
3) Maldives
4) Bahamas
5) Jamaica
14. "Goa Declaration" is related to which of the following Summits?
1) SAARC
2) ASEAN
3) IBSA
4) BRICS
5) Heart of Asia
15. The first World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on:
1) December 25, 2016
2) November 5, 2016
3) October 25, 2016
4) September 5, 2016
5) None of these
16. The government has appointed who among the following as a member of the monetary policy committee?
1) Pami Dua
2) Chetan Ghate
3) Ravindra Dholakia
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2), (3)
17. Kigeli V Ndahindurwa died on October 16, 2016. He was the last ruling king of which of the following countries?
1) Lesotho
2) Kenya
3) Rwanda
4) Somalia
5) Ethiopia
18. John Gleeson, a former Test cricketer, died in October 2016. He played 29 Tests for which of the following countries?
1) England
2) South Africa
3) West Indies
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
19. Andrzej Wajda passed away in October 2016. He was a renowned film director from:
1) Bulgaria
2) Portugal
3) Poland
4) Austria
5) Slovakia
20. Lee Hsien Loong visited India in October 2016. He is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Singapore
3) Laos
4) Vietnam
5) Japan
21. Which country will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
1) Italy
2) England
3) Jamaica
4) Austria
5) Japan
22. The International Court of Justice rejected a suit filed by which of the following countries against
the world's nuclear powers, including India?
1) Tuvalu
2) Marshall Islands
3) Solomon Islands
4) Montenegro
5) Nauru
23. Who led the panel that has found that the Saraswati River, so far considered mythical, did exist?
1) N. P. Narvekar
2) S. Sivakumar
3) K. S. Valdiya
4) Vivek Goenka
5) None of these
24. Which of the following became the first State in India to implement Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) in kerosene on October 1, 2016?
1) Kerala
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Goa
25. Which of the following States created 21 new districts on October 11, 2016?
1) Odisha
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
26. Which private bank has acquired the Bengaluru-based BSS Microfinance Pvt Ltd?
1) IDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) DCB Bank
5) Axis Bank
27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National SC/ST Hub in which of the following
places to provide support to entrepreneurs from the community on October 18, 2016?
1) Ludhiana
2) Pune
3) Gandhinagar
4) Varanasi
5) Jaipur
28. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Koldam Hydropower Project in which of the following States?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh
29. Which state government lunched "Kaushalya Setu", a skill development program for students in October 2016?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttar Pradesh
30. The theme for which of the following Summits held in 2016 was "Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions"?
1) SCO
2) ASEAN
3) BRICS
4) EAS
5) APEC
31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the First National Tribal Carnival on October 25, 2016 in:
1) New Delhi
2) Shillong
3) Imphal
4) Cuttack
5) Bhubaneswar
32. India defeated which of the following countries in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final held in Ahmedabad?
1) Pakistan
2) Iran
3) South Korea
4) Thailand
5) Nepal
33. Which country won the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Jordan?
1) Japan
2) Spain
3) North Korea
4) Nigeria
5) Venezuela
34. Zabivaka is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup, which will be held in Russia. It is a?
1) Tiger
2) Lion
3) Leopard
4) Wolf
5) Dog
35. Who won the Hoogeveen International Chess tournament in October 2016?
1) Viswanathan Anand
2) Sandipan Chanda
3) M.R. Lalith Babu
4) M. Shyam Sundar
5) Abhijeet Gupta
36. Narendra Modi recently unveiled the war memorial "Shaurya Smarak" in?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) Ranchi
37. Which country won the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia in October 2016?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) South Korea
4) Malaysia
5) Japan
38. "RIDF" is a fund maintained by NABARD. What does the letter "R" denote in the term RIDF?
1) Railway
2) Regional
3) Renovation
4) Rural
5) None of these
39. Sprinter Srabani Nanda won the Ekalabya Award in October 2016. She belongs to which of the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Chattisgarh
5) None of these
40. Hopman Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Football
3) Hockey
4) Tennis
5) Badminton
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2
11) 1 12) 1 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 5 17) 3 18) 4 19) 3 20) 2
21) 5 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 1 28) 4 29) 3 30) 3
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 1 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4
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BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs
1. Justice Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as the Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Madras High Court
B) Delhi High Court
C) Guwahati High Court
D) Calcutta High Court
E) Jabalpur High Court
2. Who is appointed chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board?
A) M.S. Sahoo
B) DP Agarwal
C) Geeta Menon
D) Arun Mudghal
E) Deepak Gupta
3. Who is to be honoured with Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement?
A) Hariharan
B) Rajesh Roshan
C) Uttam Singh
D) Anuradha Paudwal
E) None
4. Who was conferred France's prestigious Chevalier dans I'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) award?
A) Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad El-Tayeb
B) Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
C) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
D) Sajid Nadiadwala
E) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
5. Which life Insurance has launched a 'cancer shield plan' for protection against any possible risk?
A) LIC
B) ICICI Lombard Health Insurance
C) Birla Sun Life Insurance
D) Reliane Life Insurance
E) None
6. Karur Vysya Bank ties up with which of the following bank to strengthen its lending to smaller enterprises?
A) Small Finance Bank
B) Indian Post Payment Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Indian Bank
E) None
7. Which ministry has appointed ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd as the asset management company for the creation and launch of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)?
A) Ministry of finance
B) Labour ministry
C) Commerce ministry
D) Cabinet ministry
E) None
8. Which bank approved a loan of $631 million for building India's first coastal industrial corridor between Visakhapatnam and Chennai?
A) Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
B) Asian Development Bank
C) World Bank
D) New Development Bank
E) None
9. 'Shanti ki Talaash mein Zindagi' book was written by...
A) Vikram Seth
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Aravind Adiga
D) Radhika Nagrath
E) Upamanyu Chatterjee
10. Max Walker, who recently passes away, belongs to which country?
A) Australia
B) England
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand
E) West Indies
11. Rays Power Infra launches 100 MW solar project in which state?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Tripura
12. Messaging app ALLO was launched by .......
A) Microsoft
B) Oracle
C) BME
D) Google
E) Apple
13. BEL to set up night vision products unit in....
A) Uttarakhand
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) Tripura
14. Which company investments in online food delivery startup Swiggy?
A) Tata arm
B) Amazon
C) Flipkart
D) Swift arsire
E) Rcom
15. Which of the following country has ratified the multilateral convention on administrative assistance in taxation matters?
A) Afghanistan
B) Malaysia
C) New Zealand
D) Switzerland
E) Philippines
16. Name the typhoon which makes landfall in Taiwan is........
A) Megi
B) Meranti
C) Nida
D) Hudood
E) Rauma
17. Vice President Hamid Ansari to address National Assembly of which of the following country?
A) France
B) Tajikistan
C) Kenya
D) China
E) Mali
18. The Ksheer Tester belongs to which of the following ministry?
A) Ministry of Law & Justice, Electronics & Information Technology
B) Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
C) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
D) Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
E) None of the above
19. Mission Parivar Vikas comes under which of the following ministry?
A) Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information & Broadcasting
B) Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
C) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
E) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
20. PM approves constitution of how many committees for commemoration of birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay?
A) 3
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5
E) 1
21. Centre released ......... cr for Building Toilets along Ganga.
A) 325
B) 345
C) 315
D) 335
E) 215
22. National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched in Shillong by the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) under which of the following Ministry?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
C) Ministry of Science and Technology
D) Ministry of Bioscience
E) None of the above
23. 'Param-Ishan' supercomputing facility has launched by Union Government in which IIT college recently?
A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Indore
D) IIT Delhi
E) IIT Bombay
24. Who inaugurated Punjab 100 - acre mega Food Park at Ludhiana?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Sadananda Gowda
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Kalraj Mishra
E) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
25. Which of the following person who has been taken charge as Executive Director in Union Bank of India?
A) Arun Tiwari
B) Vinod Kathuria
C) Raj Kamal Verma
D) Atul Kumar Goel
E) None
26. Recently which of the following metro railway station was renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg Metro station?
A) East Course Metro Station
B) Race Course Metro Station
C) North course metro Station
D) MG Metro Station
E) None
27. Name the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying three satellites from India, three from Algeria and one each from Canada and the US from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh?
A) C35
B) C36
C) C33
D) C38
E) C34
28. Virat Kohli appointed as the brand ambassador of which of the following bank?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Indian Overseas Bank
C) Bank of Maharashtra
D) Bank of Baroda
E) None of the above
29. In which country, the world's first child with genes from three people was born?
A) Mexico
B) China
C) USA
D) South Africa
E) Russia
30. North East Connectivity Summit kicks-off in which of the following state?
A) Meghalaya
B) Manipur
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Tripura
31. Global Innovation Conference 2017 will be held in which of the following country?
A) Cyprus
B) Denmark
C) Singapore
D) Turkey
E) South Africa
32. What is the theme of 2016 World Tourism Day?
A) Tourism For All - Promoting Universal Accessibility
B) One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities
C) Tourism And Community Development
D) Tourism And Water: Protecting Our Common Future
E) Needs Tourism For All
33. India marked their historic 500th Test over New Zealand in which stadium?
A) Maracana Stadium
B) Green Park Stadium
C) North Harber Stadium
D) Eden Garden Stadium
E) Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium
34. Who won the doubles title of the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo?
A) Martina Hingis & Barbora Strycova
B) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis
C) T. Bacsinszky & M. Hingis
D) Zhaoxuan Yang & Chen Liang
E) Sania Mirza & Barbora Strycova
35. Which country won Under-18 hockey Asia Cup?
A) India
B) Bangladesh
C) Pakisthan
D) Nepal
E) Bhutan
36. Apollo Hospitals and KOS Group of Italy announced the opening of an exclusive rehabilitation centre for post-operation care to patients in which city?
A) Vijayawada
B) Tirupati
C) Hyderabad
D) Visakhapatnam
E) Warangal
37. Which of the following state get new postal circle?
A) Telangana
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Arunachal Pradesh
38. Which of the following Indian state registers highest unemployment rate in 2015-16?
A) Assam
B) Tripura
C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu
E) Sikkim
39. Which of the following city is the wealthiest city in India?
A) Chennai
B) Kochin
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
E) Hyderabad
40. Name the Indian city, which has the most polluted city in India by WHO?
A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) Gwalior
E) Delhi
41. Increase in population during 2001- 11...
A) 172 millions
B) 181 millions
C) 176 millions
D) 193 millions
E) None
42. Which airport was earlier known as Palam International airport?
A) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.
C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.
D) Indira Gandhi International Airport.
E) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
43. India's First Satellite Launch station built at-
A) Thumba
B) Srihari kota
C) Balasore
D) Ahmedabad
E) Chennai
ANSWERS:
1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D, 5-C, 6-A, 7-A, 8-B, 9-D, 10-A
11-A, 12-D, 13-D, 14-B, 15-D, 16-A, 17-E, 18-D, 19-E, 20-B
21-C, 22-C, 23-A, 24-E, 25-D, 26-B, 27-C, 28-A. 29-A, 30-E
31-D, 32-A, 33-B, 34-E, 35-A, 36-C, 37-A, 38-B, 39-C, 40-D, 41-B, 42-D, 43-A.
A) Madras High Court
B) Delhi High Court
C) Guwahati High Court
D) Calcutta High Court
E) Jabalpur High Court
2. Who is appointed chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board?
A) M.S. Sahoo
B) DP Agarwal
C) Geeta Menon
D) Arun Mudghal
E) Deepak Gupta
3. Who is to be honoured with Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement?
A) Hariharan
B) Rajesh Roshan
C) Uttam Singh
D) Anuradha Paudwal
E) None
4. Who was conferred France's prestigious Chevalier dans I'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) award?
A) Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad El-Tayeb
B) Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
C) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
D) Sajid Nadiadwala
E) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
5. Which life Insurance has launched a 'cancer shield plan' for protection against any possible risk?
A) LIC
B) ICICI Lombard Health Insurance
C) Birla Sun Life Insurance
D) Reliane Life Insurance
E) None
6. Karur Vysya Bank ties up with which of the following bank to strengthen its lending to smaller enterprises?
A) Small Finance Bank
B) Indian Post Payment Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Indian Bank
E) None
7. Which ministry has appointed ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd as the asset management company for the creation and launch of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)?
A) Ministry of finance
B) Labour ministry
C) Commerce ministry
D) Cabinet ministry
E) None
8. Which bank approved a loan of $631 million for building India's first coastal industrial corridor between Visakhapatnam and Chennai?
A) Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
B) Asian Development Bank
C) World Bank
D) New Development Bank
E) None
9. 'Shanti ki Talaash mein Zindagi' book was written by...
A) Vikram Seth
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Aravind Adiga
D) Radhika Nagrath
E) Upamanyu Chatterjee
10. Max Walker, who recently passes away, belongs to which country?
A) Australia
B) England
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand
E) West Indies
11. Rays Power Infra launches 100 MW solar project in which state?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Tripura
12. Messaging app ALLO was launched by .......
A) Microsoft
B) Oracle
C) BME
D) Google
E) Apple
13. BEL to set up night vision products unit in....
A) Uttarakhand
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) Tripura
14. Which company investments in online food delivery startup Swiggy?
A) Tata arm
B) Amazon
C) Flipkart
D) Swift arsire
E) Rcom
15. Which of the following country has ratified the multilateral convention on administrative assistance in taxation matters?
A) Afghanistan
B) Malaysia
C) New Zealand
D) Switzerland
E) Philippines
16. Name the typhoon which makes landfall in Taiwan is........
A) Megi
B) Meranti
C) Nida
D) Hudood
E) Rauma
17. Vice President Hamid Ansari to address National Assembly of which of the following country?
A) France
B) Tajikistan
C) Kenya
D) China
E) Mali
18. The Ksheer Tester belongs to which of the following ministry?
A) Ministry of Law & Justice, Electronics & Information Technology
B) Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
C) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
D) Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
E) None of the above
19. Mission Parivar Vikas comes under which of the following ministry?
A) Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information & Broadcasting
B) Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
C) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
E) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
20. PM approves constitution of how many committees for commemoration of birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay?
A) 3
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5
E) 1
21. Centre released ......... cr for Building Toilets along Ganga.
A) 325
B) 345
C) 315
D) 335
E) 215
22. National Mission on Bioeconomy was launched in Shillong by the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) under which of the following Ministry?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
C) Ministry of Science and Technology
D) Ministry of Bioscience
E) None of the above
23. 'Param-Ishan' supercomputing facility has launched by Union Government in which IIT college recently?
A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Indore
D) IIT Delhi
E) IIT Bombay
24. Who inaugurated Punjab 100 - acre mega Food Park at Ludhiana?
A) Ravi Shankar Prasad
B) Sadananda Gowda
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Kalraj Mishra
E) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
25. Which of the following person who has been taken charge as Executive Director in Union Bank of India?
A) Arun Tiwari
B) Vinod Kathuria
C) Raj Kamal Verma
D) Atul Kumar Goel
E) None
26. Recently which of the following metro railway station was renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg Metro station?
A) East Course Metro Station
B) Race Course Metro Station
C) North course metro Station
D) MG Metro Station
E) None
27. Name the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying three satellites from India, three from Algeria and one each from Canada and the US from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh?
A) C35
B) C36
C) C33
D) C38
E) C34
28. Virat Kohli appointed as the brand ambassador of which of the following bank?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Indian Overseas Bank
C) Bank of Maharashtra
D) Bank of Baroda
E) None of the above
29. In which country, the world's first child with genes from three people was born?
A) Mexico
B) China
C) USA
D) South Africa
E) Russia
30. North East Connectivity Summit kicks-off in which of the following state?
A) Meghalaya
B) Manipur
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Tripura
31. Global Innovation Conference 2017 will be held in which of the following country?
A) Cyprus
B) Denmark
C) Singapore
D) Turkey
E) South Africa
32. What is the theme of 2016 World Tourism Day?
A) Tourism For All - Promoting Universal Accessibility
B) One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities
C) Tourism And Community Development
D) Tourism And Water: Protecting Our Common Future
E) Needs Tourism For All
33. India marked their historic 500th Test over New Zealand in which stadium?
A) Maracana Stadium
B) Green Park Stadium
C) North Harber Stadium
D) Eden Garden Stadium
E) Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium
34. Who won the doubles title of the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo?
A) Martina Hingis & Barbora Strycova
B) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis
C) T. Bacsinszky & M. Hingis
D) Zhaoxuan Yang & Chen Liang
E) Sania Mirza & Barbora Strycova
35. Which country won Under-18 hockey Asia Cup?
A) India
B) Bangladesh
C) Pakisthan
D) Nepal
E) Bhutan
36. Apollo Hospitals and KOS Group of Italy announced the opening of an exclusive rehabilitation centre for post-operation care to patients in which city?
A) Vijayawada
B) Tirupati
C) Hyderabad
D) Visakhapatnam
E) Warangal
37. Which of the following state get new postal circle?
A) Telangana
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Arunachal Pradesh
38. Which of the following Indian state registers highest unemployment rate in 2015-16?
A) Assam
B) Tripura
C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu
E) Sikkim
39. Which of the following city is the wealthiest city in India?
A) Chennai
B) Kochin
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
E) Hyderabad
40. Name the Indian city, which has the most polluted city in India by WHO?
A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) Gwalior
E) Delhi
41. Increase in population during 2001- 11...
A) 172 millions
B) 181 millions
C) 176 millions
D) 193 millions
E) None
42. Which airport was earlier known as Palam International airport?
A) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.
C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.
D) Indira Gandhi International Airport.
E) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
43. India's First Satellite Launch station built at-
A) Thumba
B) Srihari kota
C) Balasore
D) Ahmedabad
E) Chennai
ANSWERS:
1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D, 5-C, 6-A, 7-A, 8-B, 9-D, 10-A
11-A, 12-D, 13-D, 14-B, 15-D, 16-A, 17-E, 18-D, 19-E, 20-B
21-C, 22-C, 23-A, 24-E, 25-D, 26-B, 27-C, 28-A. 29-A, 30-E
31-D, 32-A, 33-B, 34-E, 35-A, 36-C, 37-A, 38-B, 39-C, 40-D, 41-B, 42-D, 43-A.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS
1. Regional Rural Banks were established under the President of India Ordinance issued in ..................
1) 1985
2) 1990
3) 1975
4) 1935
5) 1955
2. In which year, the RRB Act was passed with a view to develop the rural economy by providing,
for the purpose of development of agriculture, trade, commerce, industry and other productive activities in the rural areas?
1) 1982
2) 2015
3) 1990
4) 1976
5) 1935
3. First Regional Rural Bank - Prathama Bank opened on 2 October 1975 in the district of Moradabad in...............
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamilnadu
5) MP
4. Central government stake in RRB is ............
1) 40%
2) 80%
3) 50%
4) 100%
5) 20%
5. State government stake in the RRB is ....... percent.
1) 50
2) 35
3) 40
4) 15
5) 100
6. Sponsored bank stake in RRB is ........
1) 30%
2) 40%
3) 100%
4) 35%
5) 15%
7. Financial regulation of RRBs seen after by......
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) PFRDA
4) IBRD
5) NHB
8. Supervisory powers of RRBs have been vested with.........
1) PFRDA
2) SIDBI
3) ODA
4) NABARD
5) CCI
9. Find the wrong combination relating to the RRB and its sponsored Bank.
1) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank - ICICI
2) Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank - Syndicate Bank
3) Telangana Grameena Bank - SBH
4) Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank - Andhra Bank
5) Saptagiri Grameena Bank - Indian Bank
10. RBI in 2001 constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of ........ on 'Flow of Credit to Agriculture and Related Activities from the Banking System' which examined relevance of RRBs in the rural credit system and the alternatives for making it viable.
1) Chakrabarty
2) Narasimhan
3) Dr V S Vyas
4) Rangarajan
5) Usha Thorat
11. NRBI mooted for the efficient working of RRBs. NRBI means ..........
1) National Regional Bank of India
2) Now Rural Bank of India
3) National Run Bank of India
4) National Rural Bank of India
5) None
12. RRB Act passed in April 2015 facilitates raising the share capital of RRBs from the Rs. 5 crore to ...........
1) Rs.500 crore
2) Rs.400 crore
3) Rs.2,000 crore
4) Rs.100 crore
5) Rs. 50 crore
13. India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva is....
1) Syed Akabruddin
2) Navtej Singh
3) Dinesh K Patnaik
4) Amandeep Singh Gill
5) Sushma Swaraj
14. As per the revised guidelines of Reserve Bank of India, the priority sector lending target for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) increased to .................. from the earlier target of 60%.
1) 75%
2) 80%
3) 100%
4) 90%
5) 95%
15. The Priority sector lending of RRBs include the loans given to .....
1) Agriculture
2) Micro, small and medium enterprises
3) Housing
4) Weaker sections
5) All of above
16. As per the new norms released, Rural banks have to advance ...... of total outstanding towards agricultural activities as part of Priority Sector Lending.
1) 18%
2) 15%
3) 25%
4) 7%
5) 10%
17. A target of .......... percent of total outstanding must be given to micro enterprises as part of Priority Sector Lending by RRBs
1) 7.5%
2) 10.5%
3) 6.8%
4) 8.2%
5) 11.5%
18. How much percent of total outstanding must be given to weaker sections as per the new
norms of Priority Sector Lending by RRBs?
1) 20%
2) 12%
3) 15%
4) 9%
5) 10%
19. Central Vigilance Commission on 31 October 2016 declared that it is mandatory for public sector banks to report to it, in all such matters involving funds over ........
1) Rs.50 Lakhs
2) Rs.25 Lakhs
3) Rs.1 crore
4) Rs.10 Lakhs
5) Rs.20 Lakhs
20. Union Government and ......... signed $ 650 million loan agreement for the development of 1839 kilometres Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-III (EDFC-III) Project.
1) World Bank
2) NDB
3) IMF
4) ADB
5) AIIB
21. India and Myanmar signed three Agreements during India visit of state Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. The agreements are in the fields of insurance, power and ........
1) Infrastructure
2) Lake development
3) Information Technology
4) Banking
5) Disaster Management
22. Three year action plan of the NITI Aayog will kick start from which fiscal year as announced on 25 October 2016?
1) 2018-19
2) 2020-21
3) 2019-20
4) 2025-26
5) 2017-18
23. Finance Ministry returned a proposal of NITI Aayog for strategic disinvestment of the Centre's stake in CONCOR on the ground, that the move could potentially lead to a public sector monopoly becoming a private sector monopoly. In this context, CONCOR stands for ..................
1) Container Corporation of India Ltd
2) Coastal Corporation of India Ltd
3) Container Consortium of India Ltd
4) Cable Corporation of India Ltd
5) Container Console of India Ltd
24. Niti Aayog stands for .............
1) National Integration for Transforming India
2) National Institution for Turning India
3) Nordic Institution for Transforming India
4) National Institution for Transforming India
5) National Institution for Transforming Initiation
25. NITI Aayog constituted to replace the Planning Commission instituted in 1950. The replacement was done in order to better serve the needs and aspirations of the people of India. Who is the chairman of NITI Aayog?
1) Finance Minister
2) Union Minister for Trade and Commerce
3) Director, Enforcement Directorate
4) Prime Minister
5) Minister of State for Finance
26. NITI Aayog was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on 1 January ...........
1) 1950
2) 1964
3) 1997
4) 2015
5) 2012
27. With a view to bringing the CRAR of RRBs to at least 9%, which committee recommended recapitalisation support to the extent of Rs. 2,200 crore to 40 RRBs in 21 States?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Narasimhan
3) K C Chakrabarty
4) H R Khan
5) Bibek Debroy
28. Who is CEO of NITI Aayog, who worked recently as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
1) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
2) A S Kiran Kumar
3) Amitabh Kant
4) Satya Nadella
5) Sunder Pitchai
29. Which of the following books not written by Arvind Panagariya?
1) India's Tryst with Destiny
2) Sweet Dreams : A Bedtime Storybook Collection
3) Eclipse
4) State Level Reforms, Growth and Development in Indian States
5) Regionalism in Trade Policy : Essays on Preferential Trading
30. NITI Aayog constituted the Task Force on Agriculture Development, headed by ........
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Amith Mithra
3) Radha Mohan Singh
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Prakash Singh Badal
31. Full time Members of NITI Aayog are Prof. Ramesh Chand, Prof.V.K.Saraswat and ......
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Pami Dua
3) Chetan Ghate
4) Ravindra Dholakia
5) Michael Debabrata Patra
32. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas observed on ....... with 'Integration of India' as the theme, the day is
the birth day of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
1) 15 September
2) 5 September
3) 31 October
4) 2 October
5) 14 November
33. First meeting of National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) stressed the need for higher standards of excellence so that the trade eco system becomes more growth oriented. Who is the chairman of NCTF?
1) Cabinet Secretary P.K.Sinha
2) Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa
3) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
4) Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar
5) Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha
34. NCTF is a mandatory requirement under Article 23.2 of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation and NCTF secretariat located at ........
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) New Delhi
5) Guwahati
35. 2017 WTO Ministerial Conference host nation is ..........................
1) India
2) Argentina
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) Switzerland
36. WTO head office located at Geneva. WTO chairman is ...................
1) Suma Chakrabarti, India
2) Klaus Schwab, Germany
3) Robert Azevado, Brazil
4) Jean Claude Junker, Luxemburg
5) Donald Tusk, Poland
37. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under ........ signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
1) Geneva Protocol
2) Bretton Woods Conference
3) Paris Agreement
4) New Delhi Declaration
5) Marrakesh Agreement
38. First ever National Ayurveda Day celebrated throughout the country on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti on .....................
1) 28 October
2) 30 October
3) 3 October
4) 8 October
5) 7 April
Answers:
1-3, 2-4, 3-1, 4-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-1, 8-4, 9-1, 10-3
11-4, 12-3, 13-4, 14-1, 15-5, 16-1, 17-1, 18-3, 19-3, 20-1
21-4, 22-5, 23-1, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-3, 28-3, 29-3, 30-4
31-1, 32-3, 33-1, 34-4, 35-2, 36-3, 37-5, 38-1.
1) 1985
2) 1990
3) 1975
4) 1935
5) 1955
2. In which year, the RRB Act was passed with a view to develop the rural economy by providing,
for the purpose of development of agriculture, trade, commerce, industry and other productive activities in the rural areas?
1) 1982
2) 2015
3) 1990
4) 1976
5) 1935
3. First Regional Rural Bank - Prathama Bank opened on 2 October 1975 in the district of Moradabad in...............
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamilnadu
5) MP
4. Central government stake in RRB is ............
1) 40%
2) 80%
3) 50%
4) 100%
5) 20%
5. State government stake in the RRB is ....... percent.
1) 50
2) 35
3) 40
4) 15
5) 100
6. Sponsored bank stake in RRB is ........
1) 30%
2) 40%
3) 100%
4) 35%
5) 15%
7. Financial regulation of RRBs seen after by......
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) PFRDA
4) IBRD
5) NHB
8. Supervisory powers of RRBs have been vested with.........
1) PFRDA
2) SIDBI
3) ODA
4) NABARD
5) CCI
9. Find the wrong combination relating to the RRB and its sponsored Bank.
1) Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank - ICICI
2) Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank - Syndicate Bank
3) Telangana Grameena Bank - SBH
4) Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank - Andhra Bank
5) Saptagiri Grameena Bank - Indian Bank
10. RBI in 2001 constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of ........ on 'Flow of Credit to Agriculture and Related Activities from the Banking System' which examined relevance of RRBs in the rural credit system and the alternatives for making it viable.
1) Chakrabarty
2) Narasimhan
3) Dr V S Vyas
4) Rangarajan
5) Usha Thorat
11. NRBI mooted for the efficient working of RRBs. NRBI means ..........
1) National Regional Bank of India
2) Now Rural Bank of India
3) National Run Bank of India
4) National Rural Bank of India
5) None
12. RRB Act passed in April 2015 facilitates raising the share capital of RRBs from the Rs. 5 crore to ...........
1) Rs.500 crore
2) Rs.400 crore
3) Rs.2,000 crore
4) Rs.100 crore
5) Rs. 50 crore
13. India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva is....
1) Syed Akabruddin
2) Navtej Singh
3) Dinesh K Patnaik
4) Amandeep Singh Gill
5) Sushma Swaraj
14. As per the revised guidelines of Reserve Bank of India, the priority sector lending target for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) increased to .................. from the earlier target of 60%.
1) 75%
2) 80%
3) 100%
4) 90%
5) 95%
15. The Priority sector lending of RRBs include the loans given to .....
1) Agriculture
2) Micro, small and medium enterprises
3) Housing
4) Weaker sections
5) All of above
16. As per the new norms released, Rural banks have to advance ...... of total outstanding towards agricultural activities as part of Priority Sector Lending.
1) 18%
2) 15%
3) 25%
4) 7%
5) 10%
17. A target of .......... percent of total outstanding must be given to micro enterprises as part of Priority Sector Lending by RRBs
1) 7.5%
2) 10.5%
3) 6.8%
4) 8.2%
5) 11.5%
18. How much percent of total outstanding must be given to weaker sections as per the new
norms of Priority Sector Lending by RRBs?
1) 20%
2) 12%
3) 15%
4) 9%
5) 10%
19. Central Vigilance Commission on 31 October 2016 declared that it is mandatory for public sector banks to report to it, in all such matters involving funds over ........
1) Rs.50 Lakhs
2) Rs.25 Lakhs
3) Rs.1 crore
4) Rs.10 Lakhs
5) Rs.20 Lakhs
20. Union Government and ......... signed $ 650 million loan agreement for the development of 1839 kilometres Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-III (EDFC-III) Project.
1) World Bank
2) NDB
3) IMF
4) ADB
5) AIIB
21. India and Myanmar signed three Agreements during India visit of state Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. The agreements are in the fields of insurance, power and ........
1) Infrastructure
2) Lake development
3) Information Technology
4) Banking
5) Disaster Management
22. Three year action plan of the NITI Aayog will kick start from which fiscal year as announced on 25 October 2016?
1) 2018-19
2) 2020-21
3) 2019-20
4) 2025-26
5) 2017-18
23. Finance Ministry returned a proposal of NITI Aayog for strategic disinvestment of the Centre's stake in CONCOR on the ground, that the move could potentially lead to a public sector monopoly becoming a private sector monopoly. In this context, CONCOR stands for ..................
1) Container Corporation of India Ltd
2) Coastal Corporation of India Ltd
3) Container Consortium of India Ltd
4) Cable Corporation of India Ltd
5) Container Console of India Ltd
24. Niti Aayog stands for .............
1) National Integration for Transforming India
2) National Institution for Turning India
3) Nordic Institution for Transforming India
4) National Institution for Transforming India
5) National Institution for Transforming Initiation
25. NITI Aayog constituted to replace the Planning Commission instituted in 1950. The replacement was done in order to better serve the needs and aspirations of the people of India. Who is the chairman of NITI Aayog?
1) Finance Minister
2) Union Minister for Trade and Commerce
3) Director, Enforcement Directorate
4) Prime Minister
5) Minister of State for Finance
26. NITI Aayog was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on 1 January ...........
1) 1950
2) 1964
3) 1997
4) 2015
5) 2012
27. With a view to bringing the CRAR of RRBs to at least 9%, which committee recommended recapitalisation support to the extent of Rs. 2,200 crore to 40 RRBs in 21 States?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Narasimhan
3) K C Chakrabarty
4) H R Khan
5) Bibek Debroy
28. Who is CEO of NITI Aayog, who worked recently as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
1) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
2) A S Kiran Kumar
3) Amitabh Kant
4) Satya Nadella
5) Sunder Pitchai
29. Which of the following books not written by Arvind Panagariya?
1) India's Tryst with Destiny
2) Sweet Dreams : A Bedtime Storybook Collection
3) Eclipse
4) State Level Reforms, Growth and Development in Indian States
5) Regionalism in Trade Policy : Essays on Preferential Trading
30. NITI Aayog constituted the Task Force on Agriculture Development, headed by ........
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Amith Mithra
3) Radha Mohan Singh
4) Arvind Panagariya
5) Prakash Singh Badal
31. Full time Members of NITI Aayog are Prof. Ramesh Chand, Prof.V.K.Saraswat and ......
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Pami Dua
3) Chetan Ghate
4) Ravindra Dholakia
5) Michael Debabrata Patra
32. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas observed on ....... with 'Integration of India' as the theme, the day is
the birth day of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
1) 15 September
2) 5 September
3) 31 October
4) 2 October
5) 14 November
33. First meeting of National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) stressed the need for higher standards of excellence so that the trade eco system becomes more growth oriented. Who is the chairman of NCTF?
1) Cabinet Secretary P.K.Sinha
2) Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa
3) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
4) Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar
5) Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha
34. NCTF is a mandatory requirement under Article 23.2 of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation and NCTF secretariat located at ........
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) New Delhi
5) Guwahati
35. 2017 WTO Ministerial Conference host nation is ..........................
1) India
2) Argentina
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) Switzerland
36. WTO head office located at Geneva. WTO chairman is ...................
1) Suma Chakrabarti, India
2) Klaus Schwab, Germany
3) Robert Azevado, Brazil
4) Jean Claude Junker, Luxemburg
5) Donald Tusk, Poland
37. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under ........ signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
1) Geneva Protocol
2) Bretton Woods Conference
3) Paris Agreement
4) New Delhi Declaration
5) Marrakesh Agreement
38. First ever National Ayurveda Day celebrated throughout the country on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti on .....................
1) 28 October
2) 30 October
3) 3 October
4) 8 October
5) 7 April
Answers:
1-3, 2-4, 3-1, 4-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-1, 8-4, 9-1, 10-3
11-4, 12-3, 13-4, 14-1, 15-5, 16-1, 17-1, 18-3, 19-3, 20-1
21-4, 22-5, 23-1, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-3, 28-3, 29-3, 30-4
31-1, 32-3, 33-1, 34-4, 35-2, 36-3, 37-5, 38-1.
Monday, March 6, 2017
BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS
1. Gilt-edged securities can be used to maintain _______.
a) Repo Rate
b) CRR
c) Reverse Repo Rate
d) SLR
e) None of these
2. Which of the following is/are covered under the Consumer Protection Act?
a) Standard & Poor’s
b) Fitch
c) ICRA
d) ONICRA
e) Banking Services
3. Name the department that The Reserve Bank of India will be setting up from 1.4.2017 to deal
with non-compliance of various regulations of the central bank with a view to developing a sound framework and process for enforcement action?
a) Enforcement Department
b) Funds Department
c) Special Security Department
d) Surveillance Department
e) Special Note Issue Department
4. The Headquarters of Employees Provident Fund Organisation is located in ______
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
5. Which of the following is not included in Net Demand and Time Liabilities for calculation of CRR?
a) Paid up capital of the bank
b) Inter bank liability up to one year
c) Balance with off shore banking units
d) Both (a) & (b) only
e) All the above
6. Which state has become the first Indian State to establish cashless system for distribution of food
grains?
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Punjab
d) Gujarat
e) Chennai
7. Which of the following is the CRISIL's majority shareholder?
a) Standard & Poor's
b) Fitch
c) ICRA
d) ONICRA
e) Moody's
8. What is the rate of interest payable on the amount deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016?
a) Savings bank rate
b) Term deposit rate
c) No interest
d) Bank discretion
e) Bank Rate + 1%
9. Which of the following institution has commenced operations as a Small Finance Bank (SFB)
with launch of five pilot branches in Bengaluru?
a) Bandhan Financial Services
b) Ujjivan Financial Services
c) Muthut Financial Services
d) IDFC Financial Services
e) None of the above
10. The maximum amount of compensation that can be awarded by an ombudsman except in case of
credit card is restricted is:
a) Rs. 5 lakh
b) Rs. 10 lakh
c) Rs. 20 lakh
d) Rs. 50 lakh
e) Rs. 15 lakh
11. Which of the following was the first development finance institution established by the Indian
government after independence?
a) PFC
b) ICRA
c) IDFC
d) IFCI
e) All of these
12. Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) is a:
a) Private Bank
b) Scheduled Bank
c) Development Bank
d) Financial Services Company
e) None of these
13. The Headquarters of SME Rating Agency of India (SMERA) is in:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
14. The government has approved 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route
for non-bank entities that operate cash machines subject to certain conditions in a bid to boost financial inclusion in the country. However A non-bank entity that aims to set up the so-called white
label automated teller machine (WLA) should have a net worth (the latest audited balance sheet) of at least:
a) Rs. 25 Crore
b) Rs. 50 Crore
c) Rs. 75 Crore
d) Rs. 100 Crore
e) Rs. 500 Crore
15. Amount deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016, shall be
credited to:
a) Savings bank account of declarent
b) FD account of declarent
c) Bonds ledger account of declarent
d) Subsidiary general accounts of declarent
e) Depositor Education Awareness Fund
16. The Headquarters of Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) is in:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
17. The period for which the account is to be deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016 is:
a) One year
b) Two years
c) Three years
d) Four years
e) Five years
18. Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA), is a ______
a) Private Limited Company
b) Scheduled Bank
c) Development Bank
d) Financial Services Company
e) Public Limited Company
19. In recent times, banks have taken steps to strengthen their defence against cyber-attacks, but the
diverse and ingenious nature of recent attacks has necessitated an ongoing review of the cyber
security landscape and emerging threats. In this connection RBI has decided to set up an Interdisciplinary Standing Committee on Cyber Security headed by:
a) R Gandhi
b) Ramesh Chandran
c) Subhir Gokaran
d) Meena Hemachandra
e) Rakesh Sethi
20. Which of the following terminology is not correct regarding CTS?
a) CHI-Clearing House Interface
b) PKI-Public Key Infrastructure
c) CTS-INDIA- Clearing and Transfer System in India
d) CTS – Cheque Truncation System
e) None of the above
21. Government securities are instruments issued by the government to borrow money from the market is also known as:
a) Gilt-edged securities
b) G – Secs
c) Bonds
d) Both (a) and (b)
e) Both (b) and (c)
22. Which of the following is not correct regarding complaints to a banking ombudsman?
a) Complaint can be made by central Govt also
b) Complaint can be made by RBI also
c) Complaint can be made through electronic means also
d) Complaint can be made through a lawyer
e) None of the above
23. An initiative for meeting aspirations and need of women entrepreneurs which will leverage technology for showcasing products made/ manufactured/ sold by women entrepreneurs is called:
a) Mahila e-Haat
b) Female e-Haat
c) Marketing e-Haat
d) Entrepreneur's e-Haat
e) None of the above
24. Banks located in jurisdictions with low taxation and regulation is known as:
a) Private Banks
b) Offshore banks
c) Community Development Bank
d) All of these
e) None of these
25. RDAis a channel to receive cross - border remittances from overseas jurisdictions. What does
RDA stands for?
a) Rupee Divestment Arrangement
b) Rupee Drawing Arrangement
c) Reverse Drawing Arrangement
d) Rupay Drawing Arrangement
e) Rural Drawing Arrangement
26. What is the limit on the amount of money and number of remittances which can be sent under
MTSS(Money Transfer Service Scheme)?
a) A cap of USD 2,500 and thirty remittances during a calendar year
b) A cap of USD 1,500 and twenty remittances during a calendar year
c) A cap of USD 1,000 and twelve remittances during a calendar year.
d) A cap of USD 500 and ten remittances during a calendar year
e) A cap of USD 100 and one remittance during a calendar year
27. Commercial Paper (CP) is an unsecured money market instrument issued in the form of a promissory note. In which year Commercial Paper was introduced in India?
a) 1975
b) 1990
c) 1985
d) 1955
e) 1980
28. The Principal Accounts of Central and State Governments are maintained by:
a) IDBI
b) SBI
c) SIDBI
d) NABARD
e) RBI
29. Under which Act National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) was incorporated?
a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) Companies Act 1956 (Amended in 2013)
c) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
d) Societies Registration Act, 1860
e) Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
30. Who is the Chairman of BCSBI (Banking Codes and standard board of India) established in the
year 2006?
a) AC Mahajan
b) SS Tarapore
c) SS Mundra
d) Yogender Tripati
e) Harpreet Singh
31. The Basel III capital regulations which are to be implemented fully by 31st March 2019 has
been implemented in India with effect from:
a) April 1st, 2011
b) April 1st, 2012
c) April 1st, 2013
d) April 1st, 2014
e) April 1st, 2015
32. Which of the following is not correct in respect of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation?
a) Premium is paid by Banks
b) Premium paid is @ 10 paise for every Rs 100/-.
c) Deposits of Central and State Governments are covered under DICGC
d) Under DICGC Act, the Corporation has the power to cancel the registration of an insured bank if it fails to pay the premium for three consecutive half-year periods
e) None of the above
33. FCNR accounts are meant for Term Deposits & maintained in Foreign Currency. Accordingly
the payment of interest is effected in:
a) Indian Rupee
b) Only in Pound (£)
c) Same currency in which deposit is maintained
d) Yen
e) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1) d 2) e 3) a 4) b 5) e 6) d 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) b
11) d 12) d 13) a 14) d 15) c 16) b 17) d 18) e 19) d 20) c
21) d 22) d 23) a 24) b 25) b 26) a 27) b 28) e 29) b 30) a
31) c 32) c 33) c
a) Repo Rate
b) CRR
c) Reverse Repo Rate
d) SLR
e) None of these
2. Which of the following is/are covered under the Consumer Protection Act?
a) Standard & Poor’s
b) Fitch
c) ICRA
d) ONICRA
e) Banking Services
3. Name the department that The Reserve Bank of India will be setting up from 1.4.2017 to deal
with non-compliance of various regulations of the central bank with a view to developing a sound framework and process for enforcement action?
a) Enforcement Department
b) Funds Department
c) Special Security Department
d) Surveillance Department
e) Special Note Issue Department
4. The Headquarters of Employees Provident Fund Organisation is located in ______
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
5. Which of the following is not included in Net Demand and Time Liabilities for calculation of CRR?
a) Paid up capital of the bank
b) Inter bank liability up to one year
c) Balance with off shore banking units
d) Both (a) & (b) only
e) All the above
6. Which state has become the first Indian State to establish cashless system for distribution of food
grains?
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Punjab
d) Gujarat
e) Chennai
7. Which of the following is the CRISIL's majority shareholder?
a) Standard & Poor's
b) Fitch
c) ICRA
d) ONICRA
e) Moody's
8. What is the rate of interest payable on the amount deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016?
a) Savings bank rate
b) Term deposit rate
c) No interest
d) Bank discretion
e) Bank Rate + 1%
9. Which of the following institution has commenced operations as a Small Finance Bank (SFB)
with launch of five pilot branches in Bengaluru?
a) Bandhan Financial Services
b) Ujjivan Financial Services
c) Muthut Financial Services
d) IDFC Financial Services
e) None of the above
10. The maximum amount of compensation that can be awarded by an ombudsman except in case of
credit card is restricted is:
a) Rs. 5 lakh
b) Rs. 10 lakh
c) Rs. 20 lakh
d) Rs. 50 lakh
e) Rs. 15 lakh
11. Which of the following was the first development finance institution established by the Indian
government after independence?
a) PFC
b) ICRA
c) IDFC
d) IFCI
e) All of these
12. Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) is a:
a) Private Bank
b) Scheduled Bank
c) Development Bank
d) Financial Services Company
e) None of these
13. The Headquarters of SME Rating Agency of India (SMERA) is in:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
14. The government has approved 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route
for non-bank entities that operate cash machines subject to certain conditions in a bid to boost financial inclusion in the country. However A non-bank entity that aims to set up the so-called white
label automated teller machine (WLA) should have a net worth (the latest audited balance sheet) of at least:
a) Rs. 25 Crore
b) Rs. 50 Crore
c) Rs. 75 Crore
d) Rs. 100 Crore
e) Rs. 500 Crore
15. Amount deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016, shall be
credited to:
a) Savings bank account of declarent
b) FD account of declarent
c) Bonds ledger account of declarent
d) Subsidiary general accounts of declarent
e) Depositor Education Awareness Fund
16. The Headquarters of Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) is in:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
17. The period for which the account is to be deposited by a person in PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS) 2016 is:
a) One year
b) Two years
c) Three years
d) Four years
e) Five years
18. Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA), is a ______
a) Private Limited Company
b) Scheduled Bank
c) Development Bank
d) Financial Services Company
e) Public Limited Company
19. In recent times, banks have taken steps to strengthen their defence against cyber-attacks, but the
diverse and ingenious nature of recent attacks has necessitated an ongoing review of the cyber
security landscape and emerging threats. In this connection RBI has decided to set up an Interdisciplinary Standing Committee on Cyber Security headed by:
a) R Gandhi
b) Ramesh Chandran
c) Subhir Gokaran
d) Meena Hemachandra
e) Rakesh Sethi
20. Which of the following terminology is not correct regarding CTS?
a) CHI-Clearing House Interface
b) PKI-Public Key Infrastructure
c) CTS-INDIA- Clearing and Transfer System in India
d) CTS – Cheque Truncation System
e) None of the above
21. Government securities are instruments issued by the government to borrow money from the market is also known as:
a) Gilt-edged securities
b) G – Secs
c) Bonds
d) Both (a) and (b)
e) Both (b) and (c)
22. Which of the following is not correct regarding complaints to a banking ombudsman?
a) Complaint can be made by central Govt also
b) Complaint can be made by RBI also
c) Complaint can be made through electronic means also
d) Complaint can be made through a lawyer
e) None of the above
23. An initiative for meeting aspirations and need of women entrepreneurs which will leverage technology for showcasing products made/ manufactured/ sold by women entrepreneurs is called:
a) Mahila e-Haat
b) Female e-Haat
c) Marketing e-Haat
d) Entrepreneur's e-Haat
e) None of the above
24. Banks located in jurisdictions with low taxation and regulation is known as:
a) Private Banks
b) Offshore banks
c) Community Development Bank
d) All of these
e) None of these
25. RDAis a channel to receive cross - border remittances from overseas jurisdictions. What does
RDA stands for?
a) Rupee Divestment Arrangement
b) Rupee Drawing Arrangement
c) Reverse Drawing Arrangement
d) Rupay Drawing Arrangement
e) Rural Drawing Arrangement
26. What is the limit on the amount of money and number of remittances which can be sent under
MTSS(Money Transfer Service Scheme)?
a) A cap of USD 2,500 and thirty remittances during a calendar year
b) A cap of USD 1,500 and twenty remittances during a calendar year
c) A cap of USD 1,000 and twelve remittances during a calendar year.
d) A cap of USD 500 and ten remittances during a calendar year
e) A cap of USD 100 and one remittance during a calendar year
27. Commercial Paper (CP) is an unsecured money market instrument issued in the form of a promissory note. In which year Commercial Paper was introduced in India?
a) 1975
b) 1990
c) 1985
d) 1955
e) 1980
28. The Principal Accounts of Central and State Governments are maintained by:
a) IDBI
b) SBI
c) SIDBI
d) NABARD
e) RBI
29. Under which Act National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) was incorporated?
a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) Companies Act 1956 (Amended in 2013)
c) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
d) Societies Registration Act, 1860
e) Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
30. Who is the Chairman of BCSBI (Banking Codes and standard board of India) established in the
year 2006?
a) AC Mahajan
b) SS Tarapore
c) SS Mundra
d) Yogender Tripati
e) Harpreet Singh
31. The Basel III capital regulations which are to be implemented fully by 31st March 2019 has
been implemented in India with effect from:
a) April 1st, 2011
b) April 1st, 2012
c) April 1st, 2013
d) April 1st, 2014
e) April 1st, 2015
32. Which of the following is not correct in respect of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation?
a) Premium is paid by Banks
b) Premium paid is @ 10 paise for every Rs 100/-.
c) Deposits of Central and State Governments are covered under DICGC
d) Under DICGC Act, the Corporation has the power to cancel the registration of an insured bank if it fails to pay the premium for three consecutive half-year periods
e) None of the above
33. FCNR accounts are meant for Term Deposits & maintained in Foreign Currency. Accordingly
the payment of interest is effected in:
a) Indian Rupee
b) Only in Pound (£)
c) Same currency in which deposit is maintained
d) Yen
e) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1) d 2) e 3) a 4) b 5) e 6) d 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) b
11) d 12) d 13) a 14) d 15) c 16) b 17) d 18) e 19) d 20) c
21) d 22) d 23) a 24) b 25) b 26) a 27) b 28) e 29) b 30) a
31) c 32) c 33) c
Saturday, March 4, 2017
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS
1. Who became the most expensive overseas player ever bought at an Indian Premier League (IPL)
auction on February 20, 2017?
1) Tymal Mills
2) Chris Woakes
3) Ben Stokes
4) Eoin Morgan
5) Kagiso Rabada
2. Who took charge as the Chairman of Tata Sons on February 21, 2017?
1) Venu Srinivasan
2) N. Chandrasekaran
3) S. Ramadorai
4) T.V. Narendran
5) Noel Naval Tata
3. Who is the author of the newly launched book "Fearless in Opposition: Power & Accountability"?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Kamal Nath
3) P. Chidambaram
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) Sitaram Yechury
4. Which country hosted the Asian Winter Games in February 2017?
1) South Korea
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) Japan
5) Vietnam
5. Bank of Baroda has signed a sponsorship contract with which of the following badminton players?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Parupalli Kashyap
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2) and (3)
6. Which of the following offers an instant, 24x7, interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones?
1) NEFT
2) RTGS
3) IMPS
4) IFSC
5) IMFC
7. In Payments Banks, for the first five years the stake of the promoter should be at least?
1) 40%
2) 30%
3) 25%
4) 50%
5) 60%
8. Which country has recently testfired a shore based anti-ship missile named "Zarb"?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Russia
9. Kersti Kalijulaid became the first female President of which of the following countries on October 10, 2016?
1) Latvia
2) Lithuania
3) Estonia
4) Slovenia
5) Bulgaria
10. Abdelilah Benkirane was reappointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in October 2016?
1) Morocco
2) Egypt
3) Sudan
4) Tunisia
5) Libya
11. Which of the following books is written by Stuart Blackburn?
1) Into the Hidden Valley
2) Allegiance
3) A Highland Ruby
4) Daggers of Treason
5) A Knife in Darkness
12. Where is the headquarters of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) located?
1) London
2) Amsterdam
3) Berlin
4) Bonn
5) Frankfurt
13. Monsanto is a multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company based in:
1) Germany
2) France
3) USA
4) Japan
5) Switzerland
14. Who is the only Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
1) Deepa Malik
2) Mariyappan Thangavelu
3) Devendra Jhajharia
4) Rajinder Singh
5) Sundar Singh Gurjar
15. What is the name of the largest cash transfer program in the world?
1) SARAL
2) PAHAL
3) SAHAJ
4) SABLA
5) None of these
16. Who headed the committee that recommended the setting up of NABARD?
1) A. Ghosh
2) Abid Hussain
3) D. R. Mehta
4) B. Sivaraman
5) M. Narasimham
17. The illegal copying of information from the magnetic strips found on credit and debit cards is
called as:
1) Card Encryption
2) Card Fraud
3) Card Skimming
4) Card Spoofing
5) None of these
18. A bond with no maturity date is called as:
1) Convertible Bond
2) Callable Bond
3) Redeemable Bond
4) Perpetual Bond
5) Speculative Bond
19. What is the maximum limit for deposits in the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Account in an year?
1) Rs.1, 50,000
2) Rs.1, 00,000
3) Rs.2, 00,000
4) Rs.2, 50,000
5) No limit
20. Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Bihar
4) Jharkhand
5) Odisha
21. Which of the following banks are not permitted to issue credit cards to their customers?
1) Regional Rural Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Small Finance Banks
4) Payments Banks
5) None of these
22. "SCORES" is a web based complaints redress system of:
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SEBI
4) PFRDA
5) None of these
23. Indradhanush is a seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of?
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks
5) None of these
24. Nokrek National Park is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Meghalaya
5) Arunachal Pradesh
25. The first Regional Rural Bank in India Prathama Bank was established on October 2, 1975. It was
sponsored by which of the following banks?
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Syndicate Bank
26. Ravi Venkatesan is the Chairman of which of the following public sector banks?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce
27. Who is the present Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
Sanitation?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Anant Kumar
5) Chaudhary Birender Singh
28. Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma won which of the following tournaments in October 2016?
1) Chinese Taipei Open
2) Dutch Open
3) Russian Open
4) Japan Open
5) Malaysian Open
29. Which country won the 1st BRI CS U-17 Football Tournament held in Goa in October 2016?
1) South Africa
2) India
3) Brazil
4) Russia
5) China
30. Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away on October 13, 2016. He was the 9th monarch of which of the
following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Morocco
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) Cambodia
31. What is the premium payable per annum per member under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)?
1) Rs.100
2) Rs. 330
3) Rs. 300
3) Rs. 12
5) Rs. 76
32. DAX is a blue chip stock market index of which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Spain
5) Russia
33. Which of the following cities is located on the banks of the river Han?
1) Hong Kong
2) Tokyo
3) Seoul
4) Beijing
5) Hangzhou
34. Who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on autophagy?
1) David Thouless
2) Bernard Feringa
3) J. Fraser Stoddart
4) Yoshinori Ohsumi
5) Both (1) and (2)
35. The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL), the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, has appointed which
of the following players as its brand ambassador?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sakshi Malik
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) Deepika Kumari
5) P.V. Sindhu
36. Who was appointed as India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva in October 2016?
1) Renu Pall
2) Anup Wadhwan
3) Amandeep Singh Gill
4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
5) None of these
37. Who received the Harvard University's Humanitarian Award in September 2016?
1) Ban Ki-moon
2) Elie Wiesel
3) Dalai Lama
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Julian Assange
38. Arnold Palmer of USA died on September 25, 2016. He excelled in which of the following sports?
1) Baseball
2) Golf
3) Basketball
4) Tennis
5) Ice Hockey
39. Dario Fo, the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away on October 13, 2016. He belonged to:
1) Netherlands
2) Poland
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) Spain
40. What is India's rank among the 118 developing countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2016?
1) 73
2) 75
3) 87
4) 97
5) 88
ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 3 15) 2 16) 4 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 2
21) 4 22) 3 23) 1 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 1 28) 1 29) 3 30) 4
31) 4 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 4 38) 2 39) 3 40) 4
auction on February 20, 2017?
1) Tymal Mills
2) Chris Woakes
3) Ben Stokes
4) Eoin Morgan
5) Kagiso Rabada
2. Who took charge as the Chairman of Tata Sons on February 21, 2017?
1) Venu Srinivasan
2) N. Chandrasekaran
3) S. Ramadorai
4) T.V. Narendran
5) Noel Naval Tata
3. Who is the author of the newly launched book "Fearless in Opposition: Power & Accountability"?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Kamal Nath
3) P. Chidambaram
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) Sitaram Yechury
4. Which country hosted the Asian Winter Games in February 2017?
1) South Korea
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) Japan
5) Vietnam
5. Bank of Baroda has signed a sponsorship contract with which of the following badminton players?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Parupalli Kashyap
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2) and (3)
6. Which of the following offers an instant, 24x7, interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones?
1) NEFT
2) RTGS
3) IMPS
4) IFSC
5) IMFC
7. In Payments Banks, for the first five years the stake of the promoter should be at least?
1) 40%
2) 30%
3) 25%
4) 50%
5) 60%
8. Which country has recently testfired a shore based anti-ship missile named "Zarb"?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Russia
9. Kersti Kalijulaid became the first female President of which of the following countries on October 10, 2016?
1) Latvia
2) Lithuania
3) Estonia
4) Slovenia
5) Bulgaria
10. Abdelilah Benkirane was reappointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in October 2016?
1) Morocco
2) Egypt
3) Sudan
4) Tunisia
5) Libya
11. Which of the following books is written by Stuart Blackburn?
1) Into the Hidden Valley
2) Allegiance
3) A Highland Ruby
4) Daggers of Treason
5) A Knife in Darkness
12. Where is the headquarters of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) located?
1) London
2) Amsterdam
3) Berlin
4) Bonn
5) Frankfurt
13. Monsanto is a multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company based in:
1) Germany
2) France
3) USA
4) Japan
5) Switzerland
14. Who is the only Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
1) Deepa Malik
2) Mariyappan Thangavelu
3) Devendra Jhajharia
4) Rajinder Singh
5) Sundar Singh Gurjar
15. What is the name of the largest cash transfer program in the world?
1) SARAL
2) PAHAL
3) SAHAJ
4) SABLA
5) None of these
16. Who headed the committee that recommended the setting up of NABARD?
1) A. Ghosh
2) Abid Hussain
3) D. R. Mehta
4) B. Sivaraman
5) M. Narasimham
17. The illegal copying of information from the magnetic strips found on credit and debit cards is
called as:
1) Card Encryption
2) Card Fraud
3) Card Skimming
4) Card Spoofing
5) None of these
18. A bond with no maturity date is called as:
1) Convertible Bond
2) Callable Bond
3) Redeemable Bond
4) Perpetual Bond
5) Speculative Bond
19. What is the maximum limit for deposits in the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Account in an year?
1) Rs.1, 50,000
2) Rs.1, 00,000
3) Rs.2, 00,000
4) Rs.2, 50,000
5) No limit
20. Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Bihar
4) Jharkhand
5) Odisha
21. Which of the following banks are not permitted to issue credit cards to their customers?
1) Regional Rural Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Small Finance Banks
4) Payments Banks
5) None of these
22. "SCORES" is a web based complaints redress system of:
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SEBI
4) PFRDA
5) None of these
23. Indradhanush is a seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of?
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks
5) None of these
24. Nokrek National Park is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Meghalaya
5) Arunachal Pradesh
25. The first Regional Rural Bank in India Prathama Bank was established on October 2, 1975. It was
sponsored by which of the following banks?
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Syndicate Bank
26. Ravi Venkatesan is the Chairman of which of the following public sector banks?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce
27. Who is the present Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
Sanitation?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Anant Kumar
5) Chaudhary Birender Singh
28. Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma won which of the following tournaments in October 2016?
1) Chinese Taipei Open
2) Dutch Open
3) Russian Open
4) Japan Open
5) Malaysian Open
29. Which country won the 1st BRI CS U-17 Football Tournament held in Goa in October 2016?
1) South Africa
2) India
3) Brazil
4) Russia
5) China
30. Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away on October 13, 2016. He was the 9th monarch of which of the
following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Morocco
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) Cambodia
31. What is the premium payable per annum per member under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)?
1) Rs.100
2) Rs. 330
3) Rs. 300
3) Rs. 12
5) Rs. 76
32. DAX is a blue chip stock market index of which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Spain
5) Russia
33. Which of the following cities is located on the banks of the river Han?
1) Hong Kong
2) Tokyo
3) Seoul
4) Beijing
5) Hangzhou
34. Who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on autophagy?
1) David Thouless
2) Bernard Feringa
3) J. Fraser Stoddart
4) Yoshinori Ohsumi
5) Both (1) and (2)
35. The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL), the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, has appointed which
of the following players as its brand ambassador?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sakshi Malik
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) Deepika Kumari
5) P.V. Sindhu
36. Who was appointed as India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva in October 2016?
1) Renu Pall
2) Anup Wadhwan
3) Amandeep Singh Gill
4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
5) None of these
37. Who received the Harvard University's Humanitarian Award in September 2016?
1) Ban Ki-moon
2) Elie Wiesel
3) Dalai Lama
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Julian Assange
38. Arnold Palmer of USA died on September 25, 2016. He excelled in which of the following sports?
1) Baseball
2) Golf
3) Basketball
4) Tennis
5) Ice Hockey
39. Dario Fo, the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away on October 13, 2016. He belonged to:
1) Netherlands
2) Poland
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) Spain
40. What is India's rank among the 118 developing countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2016?
1) 73
2) 75
3) 87
4) 97
5) 88
ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 3 15) 2 16) 4 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 2
21) 4 22) 3 23) 1 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 1 28) 1 29) 3 30) 4
31) 4 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 4 38) 2 39) 3 40) 4
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS
1. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on?
1) February 1
2) February 2
3) February 3
4) February 4
5) February 5
2. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2017?
1) Mitt Romney
2) Rex Tillerson
3) Jeb Bush
4) Elaine Chao
5) Mike Pence
3. The brand ambassador for antiliquor and anti drug campaign of the Kerala government is:
1) Mohan Lal
2) K.J. Yesudas
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Rahul Dravid
5) Virat Kohli
4. Junaid Ahmad has taken over as the World Bank's new Country Director for India in September
2016. He belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Afghanistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Pakistan
5. Which country launched Tiangong 2 space station recently?
1) Japan
2) China
3) Taiwan
4) South Korea
5) Singapore
6. Which of the following countries is not a member of European Union?
1) Sweden
2) Spain
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Norway
7. What is the official slogan of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro?
1) One World, One Dream
2) Welcome Home
3) A New World
4) Inspire a Generation
5) Harmony and Progress
8. Bovespa is a stock exchange located in which of the following countries?
1) Bolivia
2) Argentina
3) Cuba
4) Brazil
5) Mexico
9. The BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting was held in September 2016 in which of the following cities?
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Goa
4) Kanpur
5) Bhubaneswar
10. Which country will host the ASEAN and EAS Summits in 2017?
1) Philippines
2) Brunei
3) Myanmar
4) Indonesia
5) Vietnam
11. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, the present capital of which of the following countries?
1) Macedonia
2) Serbia
3) Greece
4) Albania
5) Montenegro
12. Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Nadia Murad Basee
3) Lamiya Aji Bashar
4) Zaina Erhaim
5) Zhanna Nemtsova
13. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has its headquarters in:
1) Brussels
2) New York
3) Vienna
4) Tokyo
5) Geneva
14. Myanmar's first ever stock exchange was opened recently in:
1) Nay Pyi Taw
2) Bago
3) Monywa
4) Yangon
5) Dawei
15. Who among the following is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) K.V. Kamath
2) Kaushik Basu
3) O.P. Bhatt
4) P.J. Nayak
5) L.K. Jha
16. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses cryptography for security. Which of the following
is a cryptocurrency?
1) Shekel
2) Renminbi
3) Bitcoin
4) Ringgit
5) Rand
17. Who is the author of the book "Citizen and Society" that was released in September 2016?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Hamid Ansari
3) Sumitra Mahajan
4) Pratibha Patil
5) Meera Kumar
18. Who became the Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on October 1, 2016?
1) Ajay Tyagi
2) Amardeep Singh Bhatia
3) G.S. Yadav
4) M.S. Sahoo
5) Unnikrishnan
19. O.P. Singh is the present Director General of:
1) NSG
2) CISF
3) BSF
4) CRPF
5) ITBP
20. Identify the mismatched pair.
Company - Woman Chairperson/CEO
1) General Motors - Mary Barra
2) Lockheed Martin - Marillyn Hewson
3) IBM - Ginni Rometty
4) Oracle - Safra Catz
5) Hewlett Packard - Sheryl Sandberg
21. Who among the following Indians is in the Fortune's list of 50 Most Powerful Women outside US?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Shikha Sharma
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2) and (3)
22. Who topped the Fortune's list of 50 Most Powerful Women outside US?
1) Ana Botin
2) Chua Sock Koong
3) Ann Cairns
4) Alison Watkins
5) Isabelle Kocher
23. Banco Santander is Eurozone's largest bank by market value. Its headquarters are in:
1) France
2) Germany
3) Spain
4) Latvia
5) Croatia
24. Which team won the Durand Cup football tournament in New Delhi in September 2016?
1) Neroca Football Club
2) Mohun Bagan
3) East Bengal
4) Army Green
5) Air India
25. Who is the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of the Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC)?
1) Diana Eduljee
2) Mithali Raj
3) Shantha Rangaswamy
4) Shubhangi Kulkarni
5) Anjum Chopra
26. At the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days who recently became India's second youngest Chess
Grandmaster?
1) Aryan Chopra
2) P. Karthikeyan
3) Himanshu Sharma
4) Sahaj Grover
5) S.P. Sethuraman
27. Which country topped the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 107 gold, 81 silver and 51 bronze
medals?
1) China
2) Great Britain
3) Ukraine
4) USA
5) Australia
28. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is a World Heritage Site located in which
of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) Brazil
4) USA
5) Argentina
29. Which team won the Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey tournament in September 2016?
1) Indian Railways
2) Indian Oil Corporation
3) Air India
4) Hockey Karnataka
5) Punjab & Sind Bank
30. A new polymer banknote featuring Winston Churchill went into circulation in September 2016
in?
1) USA
2) Japan
3) Great Britain
4) France
5) Germany
31. New Development Bank (NDB) is promoted by which of the following groups of nations?
1) ASEAN
2) APEC
3) SCO
4) EAS
5) BRICS
32. PMJDY aims to promote:
1) Rural development
2) Financial inclusion
3) Urban development
4) Social justice
5) Digitalization
33. "Friendship - 2016"is a joint military drill of Pakistan and?
1) China
2) USA
3) Russia
4) Iran
5) Afghanistan
34. Who has been appointed the brand ambassador of Arunachal Pradesh tourism?
1) Salman Khan
2) Ajay Devgan
3) Arjun Rampal
4) John Abraham
5) Aamir Khan
35. Which is the oldest football tournament in Asia?
1) Santosh Trophy
2) Federation Cup
3) Subroto Cup
4) Durand Cup
5) IFA Shield
36. Which of the following books is written by Aravind Adiga?
1) Hot Milk
2) Selection Day
3) Divided Minds
4) One Indian Girl
5) Power Politics
37. "Joint Sea - 2016" is the name of a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea launched by
China and:
1) Philippines
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) Vietnam
5) Taiwan
38. Which is the largest shareholder in the capital of a Regional Rural Bank (RRB)?
1) Government of India
2) Concern State government
3) Sponsor bank
4) Reserve Bank of India
5) None of these
39. The first Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in 1961 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Accra
3) Belgrade
4) Jakarta
5) Cairo
40. Who among the following has won all time highest Grand Slam Women's singles titles?
1) Steffi Graf
2) Serena Williams
3) Martina Navratilova
4) Margaret Court
5) Chris Evert
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 5 7) 3 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 5 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 2 20) 5
21) 5 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 1 27) 1 28) 4 29) 1 30) 3
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 4 36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 3 40) 4
1) February 1
2) February 2
3) February 3
4) February 4
5) February 5
2. Who assumed office as the United States Secretary of State on February 1, 2017?
1) Mitt Romney
2) Rex Tillerson
3) Jeb Bush
4) Elaine Chao
5) Mike Pence
3. The brand ambassador for antiliquor and anti drug campaign of the Kerala government is:
1) Mohan Lal
2) K.J. Yesudas
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Rahul Dravid
5) Virat Kohli
4. Junaid Ahmad has taken over as the World Bank's new Country Director for India in September
2016. He belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Afghanistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Pakistan
5. Which country launched Tiangong 2 space station recently?
1) Japan
2) China
3) Taiwan
4) South Korea
5) Singapore
6. Which of the following countries is not a member of European Union?
1) Sweden
2) Spain
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Norway
7. What is the official slogan of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro?
1) One World, One Dream
2) Welcome Home
3) A New World
4) Inspire a Generation
5) Harmony and Progress
8. Bovespa is a stock exchange located in which of the following countries?
1) Bolivia
2) Argentina
3) Cuba
4) Brazil
5) Mexico
9. The BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting was held in September 2016 in which of the following cities?
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Goa
4) Kanpur
5) Bhubaneswar
10. Which country will host the ASEAN and EAS Summits in 2017?
1) Philippines
2) Brunei
3) Myanmar
4) Indonesia
5) Vietnam
11. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, the present capital of which of the following countries?
1) Macedonia
2) Serbia
3) Greece
4) Albania
5) Montenegro
12. Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Nadia Murad Basee
3) Lamiya Aji Bashar
4) Zaina Erhaim
5) Zhanna Nemtsova
13. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has its headquarters in:
1) Brussels
2) New York
3) Vienna
4) Tokyo
5) Geneva
14. Myanmar's first ever stock exchange was opened recently in:
1) Nay Pyi Taw
2) Bago
3) Monywa
4) Yangon
5) Dawei
15. Who among the following is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) K.V. Kamath
2) Kaushik Basu
3) O.P. Bhatt
4) P.J. Nayak
5) L.K. Jha
16. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses cryptography for security. Which of the following
is a cryptocurrency?
1) Shekel
2) Renminbi
3) Bitcoin
4) Ringgit
5) Rand
17. Who is the author of the book "Citizen and Society" that was released in September 2016?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Hamid Ansari
3) Sumitra Mahajan
4) Pratibha Patil
5) Meera Kumar
18. Who became the Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on October 1, 2016?
1) Ajay Tyagi
2) Amardeep Singh Bhatia
3) G.S. Yadav
4) M.S. Sahoo
5) Unnikrishnan
19. O.P. Singh is the present Director General of:
1) NSG
2) CISF
3) BSF
4) CRPF
5) ITBP
20. Identify the mismatched pair.
Company - Woman Chairperson/CEO
1) General Motors - Mary Barra
2) Lockheed Martin - Marillyn Hewson
3) IBM - Ginni Rometty
4) Oracle - Safra Catz
5) Hewlett Packard - Sheryl Sandberg
21. Who among the following Indians is in the Fortune's list of 50 Most Powerful Women outside US?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Shikha Sharma
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2) and (3)
22. Who topped the Fortune's list of 50 Most Powerful Women outside US?
1) Ana Botin
2) Chua Sock Koong
3) Ann Cairns
4) Alison Watkins
5) Isabelle Kocher
23. Banco Santander is Eurozone's largest bank by market value. Its headquarters are in:
1) France
2) Germany
3) Spain
4) Latvia
5) Croatia
24. Which team won the Durand Cup football tournament in New Delhi in September 2016?
1) Neroca Football Club
2) Mohun Bagan
3) East Bengal
4) Army Green
5) Air India
25. Who is the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of the Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC)?
1) Diana Eduljee
2) Mithali Raj
3) Shantha Rangaswamy
4) Shubhangi Kulkarni
5) Anjum Chopra
26. At the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days who recently became India's second youngest Chess
Grandmaster?
1) Aryan Chopra
2) P. Karthikeyan
3) Himanshu Sharma
4) Sahaj Grover
5) S.P. Sethuraman
27. Which country topped the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 107 gold, 81 silver and 51 bronze
medals?
1) China
2) Great Britain
3) Ukraine
4) USA
5) Australia
28. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is a World Heritage Site located in which
of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) Brazil
4) USA
5) Argentina
29. Which team won the Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey tournament in September 2016?
1) Indian Railways
2) Indian Oil Corporation
3) Air India
4) Hockey Karnataka
5) Punjab & Sind Bank
30. A new polymer banknote featuring Winston Churchill went into circulation in September 2016
in?
1) USA
2) Japan
3) Great Britain
4) France
5) Germany
31. New Development Bank (NDB) is promoted by which of the following groups of nations?
1) ASEAN
2) APEC
3) SCO
4) EAS
5) BRICS
32. PMJDY aims to promote:
1) Rural development
2) Financial inclusion
3) Urban development
4) Social justice
5) Digitalization
33. "Friendship - 2016"is a joint military drill of Pakistan and?
1) China
2) USA
3) Russia
4) Iran
5) Afghanistan
34. Who has been appointed the brand ambassador of Arunachal Pradesh tourism?
1) Salman Khan
2) Ajay Devgan
3) Arjun Rampal
4) John Abraham
5) Aamir Khan
35. Which is the oldest football tournament in Asia?
1) Santosh Trophy
2) Federation Cup
3) Subroto Cup
4) Durand Cup
5) IFA Shield
36. Which of the following books is written by Aravind Adiga?
1) Hot Milk
2) Selection Day
3) Divided Minds
4) One Indian Girl
5) Power Politics
37. "Joint Sea - 2016" is the name of a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea launched by
China and:
1) Philippines
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) Vietnam
5) Taiwan
38. Which is the largest shareholder in the capital of a Regional Rural Bank (RRB)?
1) Government of India
2) Concern State government
3) Sponsor bank
4) Reserve Bank of India
5) None of these
39. The first Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in 1961 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Accra
3) Belgrade
4) Jakarta
5) Cairo
40. Who among the following has won all time highest Grand Slam Women's singles titles?
1) Steffi Graf
2) Serena Williams
3) Martina Navratilova
4) Margaret Court
5) Chris Evert
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 2 6) 5 7) 3 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 5 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 2 20) 5
21) 5 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 1 27) 1 28) 4 29) 1 30) 3
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 4 36) 2 37) 3 38) 1 39) 3 40) 4
Sunday, February 12, 2017
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS
1. Who was appointed the Principal Economic Adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs in February 2017?
1) Shaktikantha Das
2) Sanjeev Sanyal
3) Hasmukh Adhia
4) Ashok Lahiri
1) Shaktikantha Das
2) Sanjeev Sanyal
3) Hasmukh Adhia
4) Ashok Lahiri
2. Majuli is India's first island district. It is in which of the following States?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) West Bengal
3) Kerala
3) Kerala
4) Assam
3. Indian- origin girl Priyanka Yoshikawa was recently crowned?
1) Miss Philippines
2) Miss South Korea
3) Miss Japan
4) Miss Vietnam
4. White Helmets is a volunteer civil defense organization that operates in?
1) Libya
2) Colombia
3) Lebanon
3) Lebanon
4) Syria
5. The annual Solung festival of Adi tribe was held in September 2016 in?
1) Assam
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
6. Who has been appointed the Chancellor of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI)?
1) Ajay Mathur
2) C.K. Ansani
3) Ashok Chawla
4) Punit Goenka
7. Farooq Khan was appointed the Administrator of which of the following Union Territories in August 2016?
1) Lakshadweep
2) Daman and Diu
3) Chandigarh
4) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
8. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) bagged the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in September 2016. JSS is an NGO based in?
1) Uttar Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Kerala
9. Where was the first BRICS film festival held in September 2016?
1) Goa
2) Jaipur
3) New Delhi
4) Udaipur
10. Islam Karimov passed away on September 2, 2016. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1991 to 2016?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Uzbekistan
11. Which Indian ecologist and conservation activist became the first Asian to be awarded the prestigious "Heritage Heroes Award" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in September 2016?
1) Bibhuti Lahkar
2) Surya Deva
3) Manish Sharma
4) Jitendra Jagota
12. Which Indian diplomat has written the book "Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos"?
1) Meera Shankar
2) Hardeep Singh Puri
3) Arun Kumar Singh
4) Nirupama Rao
13. Navtej Singh Sarna is the Indian Ambassador to which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Japan
3) USA
4) France
14. Petrapole Integrated Check Post was jointly inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and?
1) Maithripala Sirisena
2) Sheikh Hasina
3) Tshering Tobgay
4) Prachanda
15. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill-2016 increased the maternity leave from 12 weeks to?
1) 24 weeks
2) 28 weeks
3) 26 weeks
4) 25 weeks
16. On July 25, 2016 which company announced a deal to buy Yahoo's internet business for $ 4.8 billion?
1) Google
2) Microsoft
3) Salesforce
4) Verizon Communications
17. PRASAD is a scheme started by the Ministry of?
1) Rural Development
2) Tourism
3) Human Resources
Development
4) External Affairs
18. Which Tamil actor was selected for the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, a French award in August 2016?
1) Rajini Kanth
2) Vishal
3) Kamal Haasan
4) Ajit
19. Which country won its first men's Olympic football gold medal in August 2016?
1) Germany
2) Brazil
3) Argentina
4) Chile
20. Simone Biles won four gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is an American?
1) Gymnast
2) Swimmer
3) Track and field athlete
4) Tennis player
21. S.R. Nathan passed away on August 22, 2016. He was the President of which of the following countries from 1999 to 2011?
1) Indonesia
2) Sri Lanka
3) Singapore
4) Malaysia
22. Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with which of the following countries to construct a Financial City Centre in Colombo?
1) India
2) Thailand
3) China
4) USA
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 4
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 3 19) 2 20) 1 21) 3 22) 3
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