GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1.Which book won the Pulitzer Prize 2012, under the category
(1) An American Life
(2) Life on Mars
(3) A life of Reinvention b the Life Manning Marble
(4) Water by the Spoonful
(5) None of these

2.Name of the Kerala based UAE business magnate, who was awarded with Inter Faith Harmony Award at Kuala Lumpur ?
(1) AS Yasin 
(2) Rafeeq Ahmed
(3) Usman Haider 
(4) MA Yusuf Ali
(5) None of these

3.Where was the world’s oldest post office opened as it celebrates its 300th anniversary recently?
(1) Rome 
(2) Canada
(3) London 
(4) Russia
(5) None of these

4.Which of the following political party won the parliamentary elections in Jamaica recently ?
(1) Jamaica Labour Party
(2) People’s National Party
(3) New Nation Coalition
(4) National Democratic Movement
(5) None of these

5.Which country has test launched first 3-D Television broadcast ?
(1) China 
 (2) UK
(3) US 
(4) S Africa
(5) None of these

6.Where is the world’s tallest building located ?
(1) UAE 
(2) USA
(3) Canada 
(4) Taiwan
(5) None of these

7. Recently, who has been appointed as CEO of Prasar Bharati ?
(1) Jawahar Sircar 
(2) Mohan Rawat
(3) Sachin Gupta 
(4) Vinod Shankar
(5) None of these

8.Who among the following elected as the President of Indian Economic Association?
(1) Amartya Sen
(2) Dr. Balchandra Mungekar
(3) CF Hanumantha Rao
(4) ML Dantewala 
(5) None of these

9.Who has been appointed as Chairman cum Managing Director of the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)?
(1) Rajeev Kher
(2) Chandra Bhushan Paliwal
(3) Rita Menon
(4) CS Verma 
(5) None of these

10.Karnal has been in news recently for setting Guiness World record in making ?
(1) World’s largest tree house
(2) world’s largest radio telescope
(3) world’s largest human red ribbon
(4) world’s largest formation in air
(5) None of these

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Expand BRBNMPL ......
1) Bharatiya Reserve Borrow Note Mudran Private Limited
2) Bangalore Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
3) Bharatiya Resale Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
4) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Negotiable Mudran Private Limited
5) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited

2. From 1 April 2012, the validity of cheque is...
1) 3 months
2) 6 months
3) 9 months
4) 12 months
5) 18 months

3. On 8th August 2012, which bank introduced the First Financial Super market at Jaipur?
1) Syndicate Bank
2) Andhra Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) ICICI
5) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

4. SWIFT is an internationally-recognized idenidentification code for banks around the world, which has 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters. SWIFT means ......
1) Stand for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
2) Society for Worldwide Internal bank Financial Telecommunication
3) Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication
4) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
5) None

5. As per the RBI Governor statement, how much fund needed by the Indian Banking Sector to fulfil the Basel -III norms by 31st March 2018?
1) Rs.5 Lakh Crore
2) Rs.4 Lakh Crore
3) Rs.8 Lakh Crore
4) Rs.15 Lakh Crore
5) Rs.3.5 Lakh Crore

6. How much percent of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance and pension sector proposed to allow by the Finance Ministry on 22nd August 2012?
1) 100
2) 51
3) 49
4) 74
5) 41

7. Which is not a Maharatna Company?
1) IOC
2) ONGC
3) HAL
4) NTPC
5) SAIL

8. Recently Delhi and Rajasthan extended the age bar on child labour from 14 years to....
1) 16 years
2) 21 years
3) 18 years
4) 25 years
5) 30 years

9. Which Delhi based scientist, won the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for her work in transforming access to water for thousands of farmers in West Bengal?
1) R.Srinivasan
2) Panchala Gore
3) Aditi Mukherjee
4) Aditya Mukherjee
5) Kala Singham

10. 'Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance' is the theme of which summit recently held in Teheran on 30-31 August 2012?
1) ASEAN
2) NAM
3) SAARC
4) SCO
5) G-7

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Which bank is called 'Bankers bank'?
1) SBI
2) National Housing Bank
3) RBI
4) NABARD
5) Exim Bank

2. Reserve Bank of India was Nationalised on 1 January .......
1) 1947
2) 1955
3) 1949
4) 1969
5) 1980

3. Largest Private Sector bank in India is......?
1) HDFC
2) ICICI
3) KVB
4) City Union Bank
5) Axis bank

4. MSF means............?
1) Main Standing Facility
2) Marginal Scoring Facility
3) Marginal Standing Facility
4) Moral Standing Facility
5) More Standing Facility

5. Which Indian chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2012, for economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families in rural areas?
1) Anna Hazare
2) Sundarlal Bahuguna
3) Kulandei Francis
4) Baba Ramdev
5) C.Ranga Rajan

6. The abbreviation list given. Pick the correct one.
1) NELP - New Exploration Licensing Policy
2) RGCCI - Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
3) ABM - Anti Ballistic Missile
4) CAG - Comptroller and Auditor General
5) All of above

7. Which book is not written by Arundhati Roy?
1) The God of Small Things
2) The Cost of Living
3) Malgudi Days
4) The Shape of the Beast
5) The Algebra of Infinite Justice

8. Which committee recommended for the amalgamation of RRBs?
1) K.C.Chakravarthy
2) Usha Thorat
3) Vyas
4) C.V. Anand Bose
5) Ajay Kumar Seth

9. Crossed Cheque means .....
1) Two lines put across the cheque to invalidate it
2) Ordering the bank to pay cash to governmentgovernment bodies only but not to others
3) Putting two lines across the top left of the cheque ordering the bank to pay cash to payee through account only
4) The cheque issued by RBI in favour of State governments and Central governments to give loans
5) None

10. 11th Meeting of Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to the convention on Biological Diversity will be held at ........ in October 2012?
1) Hyderabad
2) Pune
3) Mumbai
4) New Delhi
5) Chennai

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS EXPECTED MCQs

1. Among the following banks, which one is called 'Lender of the last resort'?
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) EXIM bank
4) NABARD
5) NHB

2. Reserve Bank of India formed on the recommendations of .... as it submitted report in 1926.
1) Keynes Commission
2) Royal Commission on Indian Banks and purchases
3) Hilton-Young Commission
4) Kelkar Committee
5) O.V.Smith Committee

3. Which among the following one is not the subsidiary of SBI?
1) SBI DFHI Ltd.
2) SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.
3) SBI Real Estate Brokers
4) SBI Capital Markets Ltd.
5) SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd.

4. The second largest Public Sector bank in India is........
1) SBI
2) Bank of Baroda
3) ICICI 4) Andhra Bank
5) Punjab National Bank

5. Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA) is........
1) U.K.Sinha
2) Yogesh Agarwal
3) J.Hari Narayan
4) D.Subba Rao
5) Rahul Kullar

6. Abbreviations list given. Pick the wrong one.
1) CBS-Core Booking Solutions
2) KYC-Know Your Customer
3) IARI-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
4) NHB-National Housing Bank
5) CII-Confederation of Indian Industry

7. Which book is not written by Chetan Bhagat?
1) Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
2) 2 States
3) The God of Small Things
4) The 3 Mistakes of My Life
5) One Night @ the Call Center

8. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved ........ percent disinvestment in Steel Authority of India (SAIL) on 19 July 2012.
1) 8.01
2) 18.92
3) 10.82
4) 9.25
5) 0.5

9. Public Sector Banks should disburse ......... percent of their total loans to Priority Sector.
1) 40
2) 32
3) 65
4) 100
5) 20

10. On 7th June 2012, Central government approved a capital infusion of Rs.632 Crores in to the...........
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Co-operative Banks
4) Land Area Development Banks
5) Regional Rural Banks