GENERAL AWARENESSS MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) November 14
2) May 14
3) July14
4) June 14
5) October 14

2. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania
2) Ireland
3) Latvia
4) Hungary
5) Lithuania

3. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951
2) 1960
3) 1957
4) 1955
 5) 1952

4. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969
2) 1980
3) 1955
4) 1975
5) 1982

5. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine laun ched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi
2) Agni I
3) Shourya
4) Sagarika
5) None of these

6. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these

7. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh
3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy
5) Salman Rushdie

8. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open
2) French Open
3) Wimbledon
4) US Open
5) None of these

9. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23
2) June 23
3) December 23
4) September 23
5) April 23

10. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice
2) Maize
3) Wheat
4) Cotton
5) Jowar

11. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC
2) Tata AIG
3) IDBI Fortis
4) Bajaj Allianz
5) GE Money

12. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and standard of living of people in a country?
1) Sensex
2) Nifty
3) Inflation
4) HDI
5) WPI


ANSWERS:

1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10)4 11) 5 12) 4

1. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) November 14 2) May 14
3) July14 4) June 14
5) October 14

2. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania 2) Ireland
3) Latvia 4) Hungary
5) Lithuania

3. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951 2) 1960 3) 1957
4) 1955 5) 1952

4. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969 2) 1980 3) 1955
4) 1975 5) 1982

5. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine laun ched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi 2) Agni I 3) Shourya
4) Sagarika 5) None of these

6. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these

7. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy 5) Salman Rushdie

8. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these

9. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23 2) June 23 3) December 23 4) September 23 5) April 23

10. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice 2) Maize 3) Wheat
4) Cotton 5) Jowar

11. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC 2) Tata AIG
3) IDBI Fortis
4) Bajaj Allianz 5) GE Money

12. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and standard of living of people in a country?

1) Sensex 2) Nifty 3) Inflation
4) HDI 5) WPI


KEY

1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10)4 11) 5 12) 4 - See more at: http://sakshi.com/main/WeeklyDetails.aspx?Newsid=63206&Categoryid=6&subcatid=4#sthash.MW5s1ZoR.dpuf

1. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) November 14 2) May 14
3) July14 4) June 14
5) October 14

2. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania 2) Ireland
3) Latvia 4) Hungary
5) Lithuania

3. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951 2) 1960 3) 1957
4) 1955 5) 1952

4. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969 2) 1980 3) 1955
4) 1975 5) 1982

5. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine laun ched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi 2) Agni I 3) Shourya
4) Sagarika 5) None of these

6. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these

7. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy 5) Salman Rushdie

8. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these

9. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23 2) June 23 3) December 23 4) September 23 5) April 23

10. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice 2) Maize 3) Wheat
4) Cotton 5) Jowar

11. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC 2) Tata AIG
3) IDBI Fortis
4) Bajaj Allianz 5) GE Money

12. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and standard of living of people in a country?

1) Sensex 2) Nifty 3) Inflation
4) HDI 5) WPI


KEY

1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10)4 11) 5 12) 4 - See more at: http://sakshi.com/main/WeeklyDetails.aspx?Newsid=63206&Categoryid=6&subcatid=4#sthash.MW5s1ZoR.dpuf

1. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) November 14 2) May 14
3) July14 4) June 14
5) October 14

2. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania 2) Ireland
3) Latvia 4) Hungary
5) Lithuania

3. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951 2) 1960 3) 1957
4) 1955 5) 1952

4. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969 2) 1980 3) 1955
4) 1975 5) 1982

5. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine laun ched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi 2) Agni I 3) Shourya
4) Sagarika 5) None of these

6. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these

7. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy 5) Salman Rushdie

8. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these

9. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23 2) June 23 3) December 23 4) September 23 5) April 23

10. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice 2) Maize 3) Wheat
4) Cotton 5) Jowar

11. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC 2) Tata AIG
3) IDBI Fortis
4) Bajaj Allianz 5) GE Money

12. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and standard of living of people in a country?

1) Sensex 2) Nifty 3) Inflation
4) HDI 5) WPI


KEY

1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10)4 11) 5 12) 4 - See more at: http://sakshi.com/main/WeeklyDetails.aspx?Newsid=63206&Categoryid=6&subcatid=4#sthash.MW5s1ZoR.dpuf

1. Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) November 14 2) May 14
3) July14 4) June 14
5) October 14

2. Budapest is the capital city of?
1) Romania 2) Ireland
3) Latvia 4) Hungary
5) Lithuania

3. The decimal coinage system was introduced in India in?
1) 1951 2) 1960 3) 1957
4) 1955 5) 1952

4. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were established in?
1) 1969 2) 1980 3) 1955
4) 1975 5) 1982

5. Which of the following is nuclear capable submarine laun ched ballistic missile?
1) Prithvi 2) Agni I 3) Shourya
4) Sagarika 5) None of these

6. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) Fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) Is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches
5) None of these

7. Who among the following Indian authors was short listed for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize?
1) Arvind Adiga
2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Jeet Thayil
4) U.R.Ananthamurthy 5) Salman Rushdie

8. Roland Garros is associated with which of the following Grand Slam events of Lawn Tennis?
1) Australian Open 2) French Open 3) Wimbledon
4) US Open 5) None of these

9. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23 2) June 23 3) December 23 4) September 23 5) April 23

10. Which of the following is not a food grain?
1) Rice 2) Maize 3) Wheat
4) Cotton 5) Jowar

11. Which of the following is not associated with the life insurance business in India?
1) LIC 2) Tata AIG
3) IDBI Fortis
4) Bajaj Allianz 5) GE Money

12. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy and standard of living of people in a country?

1) Sensex 2) Nifty 3) Inflation
4) HDI 5) WPI


KEY

1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10)4 11) 5 12) 4 - See more at: http://sakshi.com/main/WeeklyDetails.aspx?Newsid=63206&Categoryid=6&subcatid=4#sthash.MW5s1ZoR.dpuf

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Which organization is responsible for empowering Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in India? 
1) RBI 
2) NABARD 
3) SIDBI 
4) SEBI 
5) EXIM Bank 

2 Muhammad Yunus is associated with which of the following concepts in the field of Banking?
1) Retail banking 
2) Internet banking 
3) Micro credit 
4) CBS 
5) RTGS 

3. Which country won the 34th edition of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne in December 2012?
1) Australia 
2) Netherlands 
3) Pakistan 
4) India 
5) Germany 

4. What is the full form of CTS? 
1) Cheque Testing System 
2) Cheque Transfer System 
3) Cheque Tracking System 
4) Cheque Truncation System 
5) Cheque Transaction System 

5. Mount Tongariro, a volcano, erupted recently. It is in?
1) Italy 
2) Argentina 
3) Japan
4) Zambia 
5) New Zealand 

6. The Xayaburi Dam is proposed to be built on the Lower Mekong River in which of the following countries?
1) Cambodia 
2) Laos 
3) Vietnam 
4) Myanmar 
5) Thailand 

7. Which state government is constructing an assembly building at Gairsain and hold at least one session of the House every year?
1) Jharkhand 
2) Bihar 
3) Uttarakhand 
4) Chhattisgarh 
5) Uttar Pradesh 

8. Mykola Azarov was re-elected to the post of Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
1) Belarus 
2) Ukraine 
3) Georgia 
4) Kazakhstan 
5) Kyrgyzstan 

9. The Great Dividing Mountain Range or the Eastern Highlands is located in?
1) Europe 
2) Asia 
3) South America 
4) Australia 
5) North America 

10. Which of the following books is written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?
1) My Presidential Years 
2) Voice of Conscience 
3) Ignited Minds 
4) The Hindu View of Life 
5) India Divided

11. Recurring accounts can be best canvassed among?
1) Traders 
2) Farmers 
3) Minors 
4) Agriculture laborers 
5) Salaried persons 

12. The interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is called?
1) Bank rate 
2) Repo rate 
3) Discount rate 
4) Base rate 
5) Prime Lending Rate

13. The national income of a country divided by the total population is called? 
1) Purchasing power 
2) Per capita income 
3) Exchange value 
4) Rate of inflation 
5) None of these 

14. Fast Breeder Test Reactors are used in the field of?
1) Space Research 
2) Civil Aviation 
3) Atomic Energy 
4) Medical Science 
5) Shipping 

15. What should be the minimum age of a person to become the President of India? 
1) 25 years 
2) 30 years 
3) 35 years 
4) 40 years 
5) 50 years 

16. Normally banks accept fixed deposits for a maximum period of?
1) 3 years 
2) 5 years 
3) 10 years 
4) 20 years 
5) None of these 

17. The objective of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms is?
1) To give boost to bank deposits 
2) To safeguard bank advances 
3) To monitor transactions of suspicious nature 
4) Both 1 and 2 
5) None of these 

18. A customer can approach banking ombudsman if he/she does not get satisfactory response to the grievance from the bank within how many days?
1) 10 days
2) 15 days 
3) 20 days 
4) 30 days 
5) 60 days 

19. Which of the following books was written by Dominique Lapierre?
1) A New World
2) City of Joy
3) Two Lives
4) Living History
5) A Suitable Boy 

20. Which of the following will set up core banking infrastructure for regional rural banks? 
1) RBI
2) IBA
 3) NABARD
4) SIDBI
5) SBI

ANSWERS:

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