Sunday, July 7, 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Adly Mansour was sworn in as interim President of which of the following countries on July 4, 2013?
1) Egypt 
2) Syria
3) Yemen 
4) Libya 
5) Tunisia

2. Who took charge as the new Union Home Secretary on June 30, 2013?
1) R.S.Gujral
2) Anil Goswami 
3) Bimalesh Kumar Jha
4) Pradip Kumar
5) None of these

3. Who was declared as the Best Player at the Confederations Cup Football tournament that was held in Brazil recently? (He is the Golden Ball winner)
1) Fernando Torres (Spain) 
2) Julio Cesar (Brazil) 
3) Neymar (Brazil) 
4) Fred (Brazil) 
5) Paulinho (Brazil) 

4. The Reserve Bank of India had received how many applications for new bank licenses recently?
1) 22 
2) 23 
3) 20 
4) 26 
5) 29 

5. Who will succeed Ranjan Mathai as India's next Foreign Secretary?
1) S.Jaishankar
2) Nirupama Rao
3) Shivshankar Menon
4) Sharat Sabharwal
5) Sujatha Singh

6. Which country will host the One Day International World Cup Cricket in 2023?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) India
4) England
5) West Indies 
7. Which organization
 
makes major credit policies for the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)?
1) ADB
2) World Bank 
3) SBI 
4) NABARD 
5) RBI 

8. Which of the following scheme (s) is/are now merged with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)?
1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana 
2) Food For Work Program
3) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
4) Both 2 and 3
 5)All 1, 2 and 3

9. In micro credit bank credit is extended to the poor through?
1) Cooperative Credit Societies 
2) RBI
3) SIDBI 
4) Self Help Groups 
5) None of these 

10. NABARD was established in the year?
1) 1969
2) 1975
3) 1982 
4) 1980
5) 1970 

11. Which of the following books is written by Dan Brown?
1) Inferno
2) A Wanted Man 
3) Best Kept Secret
4) The Last Man
5) The Racketeer 

12. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperative Organization (SCO)?
1) China 2) Russia
3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 
5) Mongolia 

13. What is the name of the concept that was floated to bring the rural population in the net of financial and banking services?
1) Wealth Creation
2) Financial Inclusion
3) Corporate Governance
4) Credit Management
5) Risk Management 

14. Which of the following was/were the reasons for construction of major dams in India?
1) Flood control
2) Power generation
3) Irrigation
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3 

15. What is the full form of RIDF?
1) Rural India Decoration Forum 
2) Research and Industrial Development Fund
3) Research and Industrial Development Forum
4) Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
5) None of these 

16. The Head Office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is located in?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Lucknow 
4) Hyderabad
5) Kolkata 

17. Which organization deals in procurement, distribution, export and import of selected agricultural commodities?
1) NAFED
2) NABARD
3) EXIM Bank
4) SIDBI
5) IDBI Bank 

18. Which of the following is an easy way of providing credit to the farmer community?
1) Indira Vikas Patra
2) Loan against gold
3) Kisan Credit Card
4) National Savings Certificate
5) None of these

19. "Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is popularly known as?
1) Sustainable Development
2) Uniform Growth
3) Target-driven Growth
4) Social Viability
5) None of these 

20. 'Subprime Lending' is a term applied to the loans made to?
1) Those borrowers who are the most preferred customers of the bank
2) Those borrowers who do not have a good credit history
3) Those who have a good credit history
4) Those who are known to bank since 10 years
5) None of these 

21. Which of the following is/are credit rating agencies?
1) CARE
2) CRISIL 
3) ULIP 
4) Both 1 and 2 
5) All 1, 2 and 3 

22. What is the full form of 'SPV'?
1) Small Power Venture 
2) Special Power Venture 
3) Small Purpose Vehicle 
4) Special Purpose Vehicle 
5) None of these

23. Yen is the currency of?
1) China 
2) France 
3) Philippines
4) Japan 
5) South Korea

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