Monday, January 6, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1.    V. Kannan assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following Karnataka-based public sector banks on January 1, 2014?
     1) Canara Bank
     2) Syndicate Bank
     3) Vijaya Bank
     4) Corporation Bank
     5) State Bank of Mysore
 2.    Which Union Minister of State has been chosen as the "Person of the Year" by animal rights campaigner PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for initiating steps for animal protection?
     1) Jitin Prasada  
     2) Shashi Tharoor    
     3) Deepa Dasmunsi          
     4) Namo Narain Meena
     5) K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy  
 3.    Who among the following New Zealand batsmen smashed the fastest century in one-day international cricket history on January 1, 2014?
     1) Brendon McCullum
     2) Jessie Ryder
     3) Corey Anderson
     4) Martin Guptill            
     5) Ross Taylor
 4.    Which country became the 18th member of Eurozone on January 1, 2014?
     1) Belarus    2) Bulgaria    
     3) Lithuania    4) Latvia   
     5) Moldova
 5.    Who assumed charge as the 24th Director-General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on December 26, 2013?
     1) S.C. Sinha     2) Sharad Kumar  
     3)  Ranjit Sinha      
     4) Dilip Trivedi   
     5) Arvind Ranjan                         
 6.    J. N. Choudhury has been appointed as the new Director General of?
     1) Border Security Force
     2) Railway Protection Force  
     3) National Security Guard    
     4) Indo-Tibetan Border Police           
     5) None of these  
 7.    According to a study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), which country will overtake Germany as the Europe's largest economy by 2030?
     1) UK    2) France   
     3) Netherlands    4) Italy              
     5) Spain      
 8. Tyler Armstrong became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the America, in December 2013. This nine-year-old boy is from?
     1) Argentina    2) Canada
     3) USA    4) Mexico
     5) Jamaica          
 9.    The United Nations Organization declared 2016 as the?
     1) International Year of Rice
     2) International Year of Pulses  
     3) International Year of Potato
     4) International Year of Forests      
     5) International Year of Physics   
 10.    The Reserve Bank of India directed all the Regional Rural Banks to achieve and maintain a minimum capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) of what percent with effect from March 31, 2014?
     1) 7%        2) 6%
     3) 9%        4) 10%    5) 5%
 11.    Which of the following is the autobiography of Hillary Clinton?
     1) Living History       2) Open   
     3) American on Purpose  
     4)  Overdue   5) The Quiet Corner
 12.    The 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) guidelines have been issued by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 35A of the?
     1) RBI Act    2) Coinage Act
     3) Negotiable Instruments Act
     4) Banking Regulation Act
     5) None of these
 13.    In a Banking Ombudsman verdict a customer cannot get a compensation of more than?
     1) Rs 1 lakh    2) Rs 2 lakh
     3) Rs 5 lakh    4) Rs 10 lakh
     5) Rs 20 lakh
 14.    AERB functions in which of the following areas?
     1) Renewable energy
     2) Nuclear energy
     3) Control of chit fund companies
     4) Prevention of drug trafficking
     5) None of these
 15.    'Forint' is the currency of which of the following countries?
     1) Suriname    2) Iceland
     3) Hungary    4) Croatia
     5) Czech Republic
 16. Which of the following is the capital of Romania?
     1) Lisbon    2) Budapest
     3) Sofia    4) Bucharest  
     5) Kiev  
 17.    An individual in India cannot open an account in?
     1) Regional Rural Banks      
     2) Nationalized Banks    
     3) Private Commercial Banks           
     4) Foreign Banks   
     5) Reserve Bank of India                 
 18.    Identify the mismatched pair?
 1)    ULIP - Unit Linked Insurance Plan   
 2)    NAV - Net Asset Value
 3)    CSO - Central Statistical Organization  
 4)    NDTL - Net Demand and Time Liabilities   
 5)    PACS - Primary Accredited Cooperative Societies    
 19.    Asset Reconstruction Companies in India are related to?
     1) Short term loans
     2) Insurance    
     3) Non performing assets
     4) Infrastructure finance   
     5) Housing finance    
 20.    Which of the following is the main base for calculation of Dearness Allowance for the government employees?
     1) National income  
     2) Per capita income  
     3) Consumer price index
     4) Standard of living
     5) None of these         
 21.    A payment made by a company to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits, is called?
     1) Premium    2) Share   
     3) Margin    4) Dividend
     5) Yield
 22.    The statutory liquidity ratio is kept with which of the following?
     1) Reserve Bank of India
     2) State Bank of India
 3)    National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development           
     4) Ministry of Finance
     5) Individual Banks
 23.    'Special Drawing Rights' (SDR) is an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund in?
     1) 1969        2) 1944     3) 1945    4) 1965        5) 1964
 24.    Which of the following is India's first color film?
     1) Mother India    2) Kisan Kanya
     3) Alam Ara  
     4) Raja Harischchandra     
     5) None of these        
 25.    The God Particle is the name given to the?
     1) Proton particle
     2) Neutron particle
     3) Meson particle
     4) Higgs Boson particle      
     5) None of these  
 26.    Myanmar is a member of which of the following trade groupings?
     1) SAARC    2) NAFTA
      3) MERCOSUR  
      4) G20    5) ASEAN   
 27.    Which of the following venues hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times?
     1) Athens    2) Los Angeles
     3) Paris    4) London
     5) Tokyo
 28.    Which treaty led to the creation of "Euro" currency?         
     1) Vienna Treaty
     2) Maastricht Treaty
     3) Plaza Treaty
     4) Paris Treaty   
     5) Tokyo Treaty
 29.    "Every Second Counts" is the autobiography of?
     1) Yuvraj Singh
     2) Oscar Pistorius
     3) Lance Armstrong
     4) Michael Phelps
     5) Michael Jordan
 30.    A loan that is provided by a group of banks is called?
     1) Mortgage loan
     2) Syndicate loan    
     3) Secured loan
     4) Personal loan
     5) Subsidized loan
 31.    The Corporate Tax is paid by the firms on their?
     1) Number of employees
     2) Investments   3) Profits
     4) Production      5) None of these
 32.    Which of the following is a constitutional body?
 1)    Supreme Court
 2)    Election Commission
 3)    Union Public Service Commission
 4)    Comptroller and Auditor General
 5)    All the above           
 33.    Increasing unemployment and inflation are seen in?
     1) Reflation     2) Deflation   
     3) Hyperinflation
     4) Stagflation
     5) Double dip recession    
 34. Shivaraman Committee is related to?
     1) Capital Account Convertibility
     2) Telecom sector    
     3) Financial Inclusion
     4) IRDA    5) NABARD  
 35.    The Reserve Bank of India uses reverse repo rate to?
 1)    Reduce the fiscal deficit
 2)    Increase liquidity of commercial banks  
 3)    Increase liquidity in the market    
 4)    Absorb liquidity from commercial banks  
 5)    None of these
 36.    Identify the mismatched pair?
     1) Aajeevika - Poverty   
     2) Swavalamban - Pension
     3) IAY - Housing    
     4) MGNREGS - Employment   
     5) Swabhiman - Sanitation          
 
ANSWERS:
 1) 3    2) 2    3) 3    4) 4
 5) 5    6) 3    7) 1    8) 3
 9) 2    10) 3    11) 1    12) 4
 13) 4    14) 2    15) 3    16) 4
 17) 5    18) 5    19) 3    20) 3
 21) 4    22) 5    23) 1    24) 2
 25) 4    26) 5    27) 4    28) 2
 29) 3    30) 2    31) 3    32) 5
 33) 4    34) 5    35) 4    36) 5  

Sunday, December 22, 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAMS

1. C.V.R. Rajendran became the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of which of the following public sector banks on December 13, 2013?
     1) Indian Bank
     2) Syndicate Bank
     3) Andhra Bank
     4) Vijaya Bank
     5) Canara Bank
 2.    Michelle Bachelet was elected the President of which of the following South American countries for the second time in December 2013? (She will take office on March 11, 2014)
     1) Uruguay    
2) Chile
     3) Argentina     
4) Paraguay
     5) Bolivia
 3.    Pakistan appointed which of the following diplomats as its new High Commissioner to India on December 19, 2013?
     1) Syed Ibne Abbas
     2) Jalil Abbas Jilani
     3) Abdul Basit
     4) Aizaz Chaudhry
     5) Salman Bashir
 4.    Who took over as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on December 19, 2013? (He succeeded Prakash Bakshi)
     1) L.C. Goyal     
2) R.S. Butola
     3) D.K. Mehrotra
     4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
     5) Sudhir Vasudeva
 5.    Which cricketer will receive the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013?
     1) Mohinder Amarnath
     2) B.S. Bedi
     3) S. Venkataraghavan
     4) Sunil Gavaskar
     5) Kapil Dev
 6.    Which country won the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi for a record sixth time on December 15, 2013?
     1) Germany     
2) France
     3) Argentina     
4) Spain
     5) Canada
 7.    Sis Ram Ola passed away on December 15, 2013. At the time of his death he was the Union Minister of?
     1) Water Resources
     2)    Tribal Affairs and Panchayat Raj
     3) Mines
     4) Labor and Employment
     5)    Social Justice and Empowerment
 8.    Ursula von der Leyen was appointed the first female Minister of Defense of which of the following countries on December 17, 2013?
     1) France     
2) Spain
     3) Germany     
4) Argentina
     5) Portugal
 9.    Who took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra on November 9, 2013?
     1) S.L. Bansal
     2) Sushil Muhnot
     3) D.P. Singh     
4) M. Narendra
     5) M.D. Mallya
 10.    The Reserve Bank of India in its mid-quarter monetary policy review, announced on December 18, 2013, kept the repo rate unchanged at?
     1) 8.75%    
2) 8.5%
     3) 7.5%     
4) 7.75%
     5) 7.25%
 11.    Which is India's most admired company, as per a Fortune magazine list released in July 2013?
     1) Tata Consultancy Services
     2) Hindustan Unilever
     3) ITC    
4) Infosys
     5) State Bank of India
 12.    Chris Martin retired recently from international Cricket. He played 71 Tests for?
     1) South Africa     
2) Australia
     3) West Indies     
4) New Zealand
     5) England
 13.    Who is the World's Most Powerful Musician, according to the Forbes Magazine's 2013 list?
     1) Lady Gaga     
2) Beyonce
     3) Madonna     
4) Britney Spears
     5) None of these
 14.    Tshering Tobgay assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on July 30, 2013?
     1) Vietnam     
2) Myanmar
     3) Bhutan    
 4) Laos
     5) South Korea
 15.    Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest, has been conferred with 'Virangana Lakshmibai Rashtriya Samman 2013-14' by the Government of?
     1) Bihar     
2) Jharkhand
     3) Haryana     
4) Uttar Pradesh
     5) Madhya Pradesh
 16.    Sunabeda Tiger Reserve is located in the Nuapada district of?
     1) Karnataka     
2) Odisha
     3) West Bengal     
4) Assam
     5) Gujarat
 17.    Which two countries together hold about 90 per cent of the world's nuclear weapons?
     1) Russia and USA
     2) USA and China
     3) USA and India
     4) USA and Australia
     5) Japan and Russia
 18.    China topped the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championship held in Pune in July 2013. What is India's rank?
     1) Second     
2) Fourth
     3) Third     
4) Fifth
     5) Sixth
 19.    In the event of recalibration of the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) of the Reserve Bank of India, which of the following rates gets automatically readjusted?
     1) Bank Rate     
2) Repo Rate
     3) Reverse Repo Rate
     4) Base Rate
     5) Prime Lending Rate
 20.    Moscow hosted which of the following Summits on July 19, 2013?
     1) G20     
2) G8
     3) BRICS
     4) G20 Ministers of Finance
     5)    Shanghai Cooperation Organization
 21.    The Shura Council is the upper house of the Parliament of?
     1) Egypt     
2) Pakistan
     3) Bangladesh     
4) Afghanistan
     5) Syria
 22.    India is developing new climate-resilient varieties of rice and wheat with?
     1) Russia and USA
     2) Russia and Bangladesh
     3) Russia and Japan
     4) Australia and USA
     5) Australia and Russia
 23.    Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every?
     1) Year    
2) Two years
     3) Three years    
 4) Four years
     5) None of these
 24.    Who is the author of the book "Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past"?
     1) Shashi Tharoor
     2) Hamid Ansari
     3) K. Natwar Singh
     4) Salman Khurshid
     5) George Fernandes
 25.    Tata Steel has acquired majority stake in Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) for rupees 163 crore. LIM is based in?
     1) USA     
2) UK
     3) Germany     
4) Canada
     5) Mexico
 26.    Which company bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2013 for the next five years?
     1) DLF    
2) Reliance
     3) PepsiCo      
4) Hero
     5) Essar
 27.    Which of the following companies launched 'ElitePad 900', a Windows 8 tablet, in India?
     1) Lenovo     
2) Dell
     3) Microsoft
     4) Hewlett Packard
     5) Samsung
 28. Who is the present Lt. Governor of Delhi?
     1) A.K. Singh    
2) B.S. Bhalla
     3) Najeeb Jung
     4) Virendra Kataria
     5) None of these
 29.    Douglas Engelbart of USA pass-ed away recently. He invented?
     1) Computer     
2) Keyboard
     3) Monitor    
4) Computer mouse
     5) Hard drive disk
 30.    Which country was ranked the world's happiest nation among developed economies for the third consecutive year in the Better Life Index compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
     1) Australia     
2) Sweden
     3) Canada     
4) Norway
     5) Switzerland
 31.    India has offered US $ 150 million of credit for project exports for establishing a Special Economic Zone at Sittwe in?
     1) Afghanistan     
2) Myanmar
     3) Sri Lanka     
4) Nepal
     5) Bhutan
 32.    India's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at Nyoma at a height of about 14,000 feet. Nyoma is in?
     1) Sikkim     
2) Assam
     3) Himachal Pradesh
     4) Jammu& Kashmir
     5) Arunachal Pradesh
 33.    Kerberos and Styx are the moons of?
     1) Uranus     
2) Neptune
     3) Pluto     
4) Jupiter
     5) Saturn
 34.    The Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) was installed recently at Rangachang in?
     1) Daman and Diu
     2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
     3) Lakshadweep
     4) Puduchery    
5) Tamil Nadu
 35.    Which three-times world table tennis champion from China, popularly known as the 'Architect of Ping-Pong Diplomacy', died recently?
     1) Li Furong
     2) Zhuang Zedong
     3) Liang Geliang
     4) Xi Enting     
5) Li Ping
 36.    The government has proposed to run special luxury coach to provide high-level comfort to travelers which is called?
     1) Anubhuti coach
     2) Sampurna coach
     3) Suraksha coach
     4) Duronto coach
     5) None of these
 37.    Which of the following banks has acquired 30% stake in Metlife India Insurance?
     1) State Bank of India
     2) Punjab National Bank
     3) Bank of Baroda
     4) Indian Overseas Bank
     5) Syndicate Bank
 38.    Who is the Chairman of the committee that has been appointed to re-start 215 large projects worth over rupees 7 lakh crore that have been stalled for various reasons?
     1) T. Damodaran
     2) N. Chandrasekhar
     3) Usha Thorat
     4) C. Rangarajan
     5) Anil Swarup
 39.    Who, among the following journalists, was given the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for Political Reporting 2013?
     1) Shalini Singh
     2) Smita Gupta
     3) Pallavi Aiyar
     4) Meena Menon
     5) Neena Vyas
 40.    "The Race of My Life" is the autobiography of?
     1) P.T. Usha
     2) Shiny Abraham
     3) Usain Bolt
     4) Milkha Singh
     5) Carl Lewis
 
 Answers
     1) 3        2) 2      3) 3      4) 4      5) 5         6) 1      7) 4      8) 3      9) 2    10) 4
     11) 1    12) 4    13) 1    14) 3    15) 5       16) 2    17) 1    18) 5    19) 1    20) 4
     21) 1    22) 4    23) 2    24) 3    25) 4       26) 3    27) 4    28) 3    29) 4    30) 1
     31) 2    32) 4    33) 3    34) 2    35) 2       36) 1    37) 2    38) 5    39) 1    40) 4