GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in ......
1) 1966
2) 1945
3) 1969
4) 1984
5) 1921

2. ADB headquarters located in ......
1) Philippines
2) USA
3) UK
4) Switzerland
5) France

3. President of ADB is ......
1) Takehiko Nakao
2) Jim Yong Kim
3) Christine Legarde
4) Ban Ki Moon
5) None

4. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for $300 million loan to improve road connectivity in the state of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) AP
3) Odisha
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand

5. Which bank for the first time in its history, to offload around Rs.5,000 cr of its Rs.67,799 cr assets to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) recently?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Union Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) Canara Bank
5) None

6. State Bank of India (SBI) on 7 March 2014, proposed to offer share purchase scheme for all its employees to raise additional equity capital of ......
1) Rs.500 - 600 cr
2) Rs.7,600 - 9200 cr
3) Rs.700 - 900 cr
4) Rs.800 -1,200 cr
5) Rs.100 - 300 cr

7. Under provisions of the Banking Regulation Act 1949, it is required that a bank required to transfer not less than ....... percent out of the balance of profit of each year to the Reserve Fund Created?
1) 20
2)15
3)10
4) 8
5) 30

8. Public Sector Banks require up to ...... rupees in core capital by Mar 2018, as they migrate to the capital intensive Basel-III framework as per the RBI report on 11 May 2014?
1) 5.8 trillion
2) 1.2 trillion
3) 9.2 trillion
4) 11.5 trillion
5) None

9. On 26 May 2014, which financial regulator said it’s permission is necessary for any take over or acquisition or control of an NBFC (Non-Banking Finance Company).
1) SEBI
2) IRDA
3) NRBI
4) SBI
5) RBI

10. To regulate payments in India, Payment and Settlement Systems Act passed in .....
1) 2000
2) 2005
3) 2011
4) 1999
5) 2007

11. ...... High Court in India on 2 April 2014, restored the power of the Reserve Bank of India to decide the period after which the bad loan can be called as a Non-Performing Asset (NPA)?
1) AP
2) Tamil nadu
3) Gujarat
4) Assam
5) None

12. The RBI permitted bank branches abroad to sell structured products that are not specifically permitted in the domestic market. Which of the following statements is correct in this context?
1) Banks can offer such products in foreign branches in compliance with the host country regulations.
2) Banks are allowed to do so only at the established financial centers outside India like New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Dubai etc.
3) For other than established financial centers, banks may offer only those products that are specifically permitted in India.
4) RBI review the above guidelines from time to time
5) All of above

13. Recommendations headed by the expert committee headed by P.J. Nayak to review the governance of Boards of Banks given. Locate the wrong answer?
1) Government should reduce its holding in public sector banks to below 50 percent.
2) Government should repeal the Bank Nationalization Acts together with the SBI Act and the SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act.
3) RBI should loose its control over foreign banks and handover the authority to EXIM Bank.
4) All of above
5) None

14. On 20 May 2014, Indian Stock Market entered ........... trillion dollar club?
1) two
2) three
3) four
4) five
5) one

15. Hindustan Motors halted the production of India’s iconic car .......
1) Alto
2) Bolero
3) Ambassador
4) Winner
5) Swift

16. World Trade Organisation (WTO) projected that the world trade grow by ...... percent in 2014?
1) 2.8
2) 3.5
3) 4.7
4) 5.5
5) 6.0

17. Ryder Cup belongs to .....
1) Volley Ball
2) Foot Ball
3) Golf
4) Weight Lifting
5) Table Tennis

18. On 1 June 2014, Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar won Gold and Silver medals at the International tournament held in Sassari City of Italy. Both players belong to which game/ sport?
1) Chess
2) Squash
3) Foot Ball
4) Boxing
5) Wrestling

19. Maria Sharapova won French Open 2014. She belongs to .......
1) France
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) Romania
5) USA

20. e-clearance mechanism is the first in a series of online approvals that the government proposes to put in place on 6 June 2014. The mechanism to be introduced by ........
1) Minister of Home Affairs
2) Minister for Urban Development
3) Minister for External Affairs
4) Minister for Civil Aviation
5) Minister for Environment and Forest Affairs

21. For the first time in the country’s history Shompens, considered one of the last surviving stone-age tribes, cast their votes in recently held parliamentary elections. This tribe is inhabited in which of the following islands?
1) Great Nicobar
2) Wheeler Island
3) Lakshadweep
4) Butcher Island
5) Barren Island

22. President of India on 12 May 2014, had given his assent to ........
1) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011
2) Whistleblowers Rights Act, 2011
3) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014
4) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2012
5) None

23. Donna Tartt has won Fiction Pulitzer for which of the following books?
1) The Little Friend
2) Dark Places
3) Gone Girl
4) Goldfinch
5) The Secret History

24. Kamal Haasan led the Indian delegation at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival from 14 May 2014. Where is Cannes?
1) France
2) Switzerland
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) None

25. Winter Sleep won the Palme d'Or award, the festival's highest honour at .......
1) Oscar Film Festival
2) Berlin Film Festival
3) Cannes Film Festival
4) Oslo Film Festival
5) None

26. Who was given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation on the eve of death of Gopinath Munde on 4 June 2014?
1) Sadananda Gowda
2) Uma Bharathi
3) Nithin Gadkari
4) Najma Hepthulla
5) Ram Vilas Paswan

27. Protem-Speaker of 16th Loksabha is .....
1) Kamalnath
2) Sumitra Mahajan
3) Gopinath Munde
4) L.K. Advani
5) Sushma Swaraj

28. Former Chief of the Air Staff Norman Anil Kumar Browne has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to which of the following countries recently?
1) Norway
2) UK
3) Spain
4) France
5) None

29. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) succeeding Justice NP Singh 14 May 2014?
1) Justice Mukul Mudgal
2) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
3) Justice B.S. Chauhan
4) Justice Swatantra Kumar
5) None

30. 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction won by Eimear McBride for her first novel 'A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing' on 4 June 2014. She belongs to .....
1) USA
2) Ireland
3) India
4) Norway
5) Bulgeria

31. 2 States, 3 Mistakes of My life, One Night @ The Call Center, Five Point Some One written by .......
1) R.K. Narayan
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) APJ Abdul Kalam
5) None

32. Theme of 2014 Environment Day is 'Small Island Developing States and Climate Change', and the official slogan is 'Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level'. Environment Day celebrates on ......
1) 1 June
2) 2 June
3) 3 June
4) 4 June
5) 5 June

33. International Day for Biological Diversity observed on ......
1) 22 January
2) 22 March
3) 22 April
4) 22 May
5) 22 June

34. USSD stands for .......
1) Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
2) Universal Supplementary Service Data
3) Unstructured Standard Service Data
4) Unstructured Supplementary Service Dairy
5) Unstructured Supplementary Stolen Data

35. IFRS means for .......
1) Indian Financial Reporting Standard
2) International Financial Reporting Scroll
3) International Favor Reporting Standard
4) International Financial Reporting Standard
5) None

36. Who set up $1.6 billion fund to support maritime Silk Road development?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) China
4) Norway
5) India

37. Indian Navy and Singapore Navy started Navy drill in Andaman Sea on 22 May 2014. It is .......
1) Tropex
2) Malbar
3) Peace Angel
4) SIMBEX 14
5)None

38. Hosni Mubarak was punished for 3 years recently. He was the ex-president of?
1) Italy
2) France
3) Egypt
4) Iraq
5) None

39. Egypt Capital is Cairo. The currency of Egypt is Egyptian ......
1) Dollar
2) Rupee
3) Ruble
4) Dinar
5) Pound

40. ......... became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest?
1) Premalath Agarwal
2) Malavath Poorna
3) Priyadarsini Agarwal
4) Kiran Mazumdar
5) None

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-4, 5-3, 6-4, 7-1, 8-1, 9-5, 10-5
11-3, 12-5, 13-3, 14-5, 15-3, 16-3, 17-3, 18-5, 19-3, 20-5
21-1, 22-1, 23-4, 24-1, 25-3, 26-3, 27-1, 28-1, 29-3, 30-2
31-2, 32-5, 33-4, 34-1, 35-4, 36-3, 37-4, 38-3, 39-5, 40-2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQ's FOR SBI P.O. & ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. Zeid al-Hussein will take over as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on September 1, 2014 replacing Navi Pillay of South Africa. Zeid al-Hussein is the Prince of?
1) Yemen
2) Turkey
3) Jordan
4) Saudi Arabia
5) UAE

2. The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Finance on June15, 2014. TARC is headed by?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Parthasarathy Shome
3) C. Rangarajan
4) R. Damodaran
5) U.K. Sinha

3. Defending champions crashed out of the FIFAWorld Cup football on June18, 2014 after their second defeat in five days. Name the team?
1) Netherlands
2) Brazil
3) Spain
4) Mexico
5) Uruguay

4. B.L.Joshi resigned as the Governor of which of the following States on June 17, 2014?
1) Karnataka
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Jharkhand

5. World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is observed on?
1) June 15
2) June 20
3) June 17
4) June 5
5) None of these

6. Which of the following cities has become the first 'Kerosene-free city' in India?
1) Mumbai
2) Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Bangalore

7. Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the new?
1) Finance Secretary
2) Financial Services Secretary
3) Revenue Secretary
4) Economic Affairs Secretary
5) Commerce Secretary

8. Which of the following countries retained the men's hockey world cup title by beating the Netherlands 6-1 in the final at the Kyocera stadium in The Hague on June 15, 2014?
1) Australia
2) Argentina
3) England
 4) India
5) South Korea

9. Which team won the 2014 edition of women's hockey world cup held in The Hague, Netherlands on June14, 2014?
1) Netherlands
2) Australia
3) Argentina
4) USA
5) Belgium

10. Who is the current Governor of the Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom?
1) Mark Carney
2) Sir John Houblon
3) Sir Edward George
4) Sir Mervyn King
5) None of these

11. Which country will host the FIFA U-20 World Cup from May 30 to June 20, 2015?
1) Peru
2) Tunisia
3) Wales
4) France
5) New Zealand

12. Which of the following African countries has won the right to host the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup?
1) South Korea
2) Bahrain
3) Kuwait
4) Qatar
5) UAE

13. Who among the following is not a Union Minister of State with independent charge?
1) Piyush Goyal
2) Jitendra Singh
3) Nirmala Sitharaman
4) General V.K. Singh
5) Kalraj Mishra

14. Which of the following States won the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ulysses Award for sustainable tourism in January 2014?
1) Sikkim
2) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Kerala
4) Rajasthan
5) Gujarat

15. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) accorded approval for foreign equity participation up to 74% of the paid up capital in which of the following banks in January 2014?
1) Yes Bank
2) South Indian Bank
3) Karur Vysya Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

16. Who is the present Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?
1) Bikram Singh
2) N.A.K. Browne
3) Arup Raha
4) R.K. Dhowan
5) None of these

17. Which of the following public sector banks launched 'Connect Card', a new ATM-cum-Debit Card, targeting young individuals in January 2014?
1) State Bank of Hyderabad
2) Canara Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Oriental Bank of Commerce
5) Indian Overseas Bank

18. 'Junbeel Mela' is an annual heritage festival celebrated in?
1) Assam
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Odisha

19. Nest Labs was acquired by which of the following companies on January 14, 2014?
1) Facebook
2) Google
3) Microsoft
4) Amazon
5) None of these

20. Dhanu Yatra, a drama festival, was celebrated in which of the following States in January 2014?
1) Odisha
2) Karnataka
3) Maharashtra
4) Rajasthan
5) Andhra Pradesh

21. Arrow 3 or Hetz 3 is an anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded and developed by the USA and?
1) Iran
2) China
3) Israel
4) Pakistan
5) France

22. "With Malice towards One and All" was the popular weekly column written by?
1) M.J. Akbar
2) P. Sainath
3) Shekhar Gupta
4) Prabhu Chawla
5) Khushwant Singh

23. Who received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Government of Japan recently?
1) Amartya Sen
2) E. Sreedharan
3) C. Rangarajan
4) Raghuram Rajan
5) None of these

24. With regard to share market, FPO means?
1) Final Public Offer
2) First Public Offer
3) Follow on Public Offer
4) Forward Public Offer
5) None of these

25. Riots took place in Little India recently. Little India is an area in?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) Mauritius

26. Which of the following is related to Blue Revolution?
1) Horticulture
2) Floriculture
3) Pisciculture
4) Sericulture
5) None of these

27. The National Judicial Academy is located in?
1) Pune
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Patna
5) Hyderabad

28. Which of the following metals is used in spacecraft to withstand high temperatures?
1) Iron
2) Titanium
3) Silver
4) Copper
5) Lead

29. Foreign exchange reserves include?
1) Foreign currency deposits
2) Gold
3) Special Drawing Rights
4) All 1,2 and 3
5) None of these

30. Indian off-spinner R. Ashwin was given which of the following awards recently?
1) Colonel C.K. Nayudu Award
2) Dilip Sardesai Award
3) Polly Umrigar Award
4) ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award
5) None of these

31. Which Indian scientist was awarded the Order of Merit of Russia in December 2013?
1) G. Sateesh Reddy
2) V.K. Saraswat
3) Tessy Thomas
4) Avinash Chander
5) A. Sivthanu Pillai

32. India has signed the $1.01 billion deal with which of the following countries for six additional C- 130J Super Hercules aircraft?
1) USA
2) UK
3) France
4) Germany
5) Japan

33. San Miguel or Chaparrastique volcano has erupted recently. It is located in?
1) Indonesia
2) Ecuador
3) El Salvador
4) Mexico
5) Philippines

34. The largest foreign exchange reserves are held by the central bank of which of the following countries?
1) Japan
2) Switzerland
3) Saudi Arabia
4) China
5) Brazil

35. Naira is the currency of which of the following African countries?
1) Mozambique
2) Namibia
3) Rwanda
4) Tanzania
5) Nigeria

36. Which of the following is the capital city of Switzerland?
1) Zurich
2) Geneva
3) Basel
4) Berne
5) Lausanne

37. Identify the mismatched pair?
COUNTRY - CURRENCY
1) Afghanistan - Afghani
2) Chile - Peso
3) Israel - Shekel
4) Ukraine - Hryvnia
5) Mexico - Dollar

38. Who was honored with the Itihas Ratna by the Asiatic Society, Bihar in December 2013?
1) Ramchandra Guha
2) Romila Thapar
3) Mridula Mukherjee
4) Bipan Chandra
5) None of these

39. Shakira is a pop singer who belongs to?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Brazil
4) Colombia
5) Mexico

40. Identify the mismatched pair?
BOOK - AUTHOR
1)A Haunted - Virginia House Woolf
2)Godfather - Mario Puzo
3)Crime and - Fyodor Punishment Dostoyevsky
4) Paradise - John Milton Regained
5)The Waste - Ernest
Land Hemingway

ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3  6) 2 7) 3 8) 1 9) 1 10) 1
11) 5 12) 1 13) 5 14) 3 15) 4 16) 1 17) 5 18) 1 19) 2 20) 1
21) 3 22) 5 23) 2 24) 3 25) 1 26) 3 27) 2 28) 2 29) 4 30) 3
31) 5 32) 1 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 4 37) 5 38) 4 39) 4 40) 5

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI ASSISTANTS & SBI P.O's EXAM 2014

1. Apex bank in India for financing exports is...
1) Exim bank
2) SBI
3) IDBI
4) FIPB
5) None

2. Exim bank was established in..
1) 1966
2) 1945
3) 1955
4) 1935
5) 1982

3. Where is the head office of EXIM bank?
1) New Delhi
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) Bangalore
5) None

4. Present Chairman of EXIM bank is....
1) Yaduvendra Mathur
2) Raghuram Rajan
3) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
4) Arundathi Bhattacharya
5) None

5. EXIM Bank at the behest of the government of India, extended a line of credit of $ 89.90 million to which of the following countries, for developing transportation system recently?
1) South Africa
2) Somalia
3) Venezuela
4) Chile
5) Republic of Congo

6. For financing goods and defence related vehicles purchases, which bank in India released $ 46 million line of credit to Mauritius?
1) EXIM bank
2) SBI
3) IDBI
4) ICICI
5) HDFC

7. Technology and Innovation Enhancement and Infrastructure Development (TIEID) fund has been set up exclusively for MSMEs by which bank?
1) SBI
2) NABARD
3) IDBI
4) Yes Bank
5) EXIM Bank

8. EXIM bank provide......
1) pre-shipment credit
2) export project cash-flow
3) supplier’s credit
4) for export of projects and
consultancy services
5) All of above

9. ....... supports enterprises from rural areas of the country through its Grassroots Initiatives & Development (GRID) programme.
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Indian Bank
4) EXIM Bank
5) NABARD

10. ANZ India on 5 June 2014 got permission to open branches one in Gurgaon and another Bangalore. ANZ stands for.....
1) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
2) Australia and New Banking Group
3) America and New Zealand Banking Group
4) Austria and New Zealand Banking Group
5) None

11. Who was appointed as India's Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank with effect from May 27 2014?
1) Chidambaram
2) Nirmala Sitharaman
3) Arun Jaitely
4) Narendra Modi
5) None

12. Exchange Control Manual regarding foreign exchange released by....
1) SEBI
2) LIC
3) FIPB
4) Ministry of Finance
5) RBI

13. Recently India launched its own payment gateway 'RuPay', developed by NPCI. NPCI stands for.........
1) Number Payments Corporation of India
2) National Payroll Corporation of India
3) National Payments Corporation of India
4) National Payments Commission of India
5) None

14. On 15 May 2014, which state co-operative bank became the first co-operative bank of the country to have its own 'RuPay' ATM cum- Debit Card?
1) Bihar
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Rajasthan
4) Gujarat
5) Himachal Pradesh

15. In which of the following types of banking, the banks offer all types of financial services to expand their business?
1) Narrow banking
2) Social banking
3) Universal banking
4) Wholesale banking
5) Retail banking

16. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on 9 June 2014 reduced the rate of interest on long-term refinance facility provided to banks by.....
1) 100 basis points
2) 75 basis points
3) 50 basis points
4) 20 basis points
5) None

17. Banking Regulation Act passed in ......
1) 1951
2) 1949
3) 1964
4) 1991
5) 2001

18. Two-month pilot scheme of insurance repository system would be started with effect from......
1) 1 September 2014
2) 1 April 2015
3) 1 December 2014
4) 1 March 2015
5) 1 July 2014

19. To carry irrigation water to each and every agricultural field in the country, the Union Government of India proposes to introduce...
1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Neer Yojana
2) Pradhan Mantri Gram Abhiyan Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Gram Kranthi Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sachi Yojana
5) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana

20. On 14 May 2014, Task Force on Waste to Energy submitted its report to Planning Commission. It is headed by.....
1) U. R. Rao
2) Chaturvedi
3) Ranga Ram
4) M.S. Sahoo
5) Kasturi Rangan

21. Expand the term FSDC.
1) Financial Suitability and Development Council
2) Financial Sustainability and Development Council
3) Financial Structure Development Council
4) Financial Sovereignty and Development Council
5) Financial Stability and Development Council

22. FSDC set up to resolve the disputes between Financial Regulators. FSDC headed by....
1) Finance Minister
2) RBI Governor
3) IRDA Chairman
4) SEBI Chairman
5) None

23. Which government started selling low cost salt ‘Amma Salt’?
1) AP
2) Karnataka
3) Tamilnadu
4) Odisha
 5) None

24. RRTS stands for (used in Infrastructure)
1) Real Rapid Transit System
2) Roll Rapid Transit System
3) Regional Rapid Transit System
4) Regional Rapid Tourism System
5) None

25. Expand AURA........
1) Autonomous Unmanned Research Airlift
2) Activated Unmanned Research Aircraft
3) Autonomous Universal Research Aircraft
4) Arial Unmanned Research Aircraft
5) Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft

26. Sam Kahamba Kutesa became the President of 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He belongs to...
1) Kenya
2) South Africa
3) Netherlands
4) Uganda
5) None

27. Who took charge as US Interim Ambassador to India?
1) Abdul Basit
2) Nancy Powell
3) Kathleen Stephens
4) Alexander Kadakin
5) None

28. Ajith Seth is the present.....
1) Cabinet Secretary
2) Home Secretary
3) Foreign Affairs Secretary
4) Deputy Governor of RBI
5) None

29. CEAT Cricket International Awards (2013-14) declared. Pick the wrong combination.
1) Young player award: Vijay Zol (Maharashtra)
2) Domestic cricketer of the year: Robin Uthappa (India)
3) Special award for Indian player of the year: R Ashwin (Pakistan)
4) Lifetime achievement award: Syed Kirmani (India).
5) None

30. On 9 June 2014, who was conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award for 2013 by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI)?
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Arup Raha
3) V.K.Singh
4) Ratan Tata
5) Somasundaram

31. Who among the following has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK’s highest civilian awards recently?
1) Anil Agarwal
2) Azim Premji
3) Ratan Tata
4) Mukesh Ambani
5) Lakshmi Mittal

32. ‘Substance and the Shadow’ written by......
1) Amitab Bachan
2) Satyajith Ray
3) Amir Khan
4) Dilip Kumar
5) Mani Ratnam

33. ‘The God of Small Things’ written by......
1) R.K.Narayan
2) Osho
3) Salman Rushdie
4) Sarojini Naidu
5) Arundhati Roy

34. 'Wide Angle' written by....
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Harbajan Singh
3) Anil Kumble
4) Bret Lee
5) Graham Smith

35. World Day against Child Labour observes on ....
1) 1 June
2) 10 June
3) 12 June
4) 12 July
5) 14 Nov

36. 2014 year theme of World Day against Child Labour is ‘Extend social protection: combat child labour’. The child labour day declared by......
1) IWMC
2) ILO
3) UNIDO
4) UNEP
5) UNESCO

37. National Doctor’s day celebrated on.......
1) 1 January
2) 1 March
3) 1 April
4) 1 July
5) 1 May

38. ......become the 19th country to adopt Euro as a single currency from 1 January 2015.
1) Croatia
2) Lithuania
3) Latvia
4) Mexico
5) South Sudan

39. G-7 Summit 2014 was held on 4th and 5th June 2014 in.....
1) Russia
2) Belgium
3) Canada
4) USA
5) None

40. International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO- 2014 concluded in.....
1) USA
2) Australia
3) Dubai
4) Russia
5) India

41. Which nation announced new rules to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants by 30% from 2005 till 2030?
1) Swedan
2) Italy
3) USA
4) Greece
5) Switzerland

42. Wang Yi visited India. He is the foreign minster of ......
1) Korea
2) Afganisthan
3) China
4) Japan
5) Bhutan

43. China capital is Beijing, its president is Xi Jinping, its Prime Minister is Li Keqiang and
its currency is ......
1) Dollar
2) Ruble
3) Yuan
4) Rupee
5) Euro

44. Tropical cyclone Nanauk originated in......... on 11 June 2014.
1) Atlantic Ocean
2) Indian Ocean
3) North China Sea
4) Mediterian Sea
5) Arabian Sea

45. Who won the French Open Title 2014 for the ninth time on 8 June 2014?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Roger Federar
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Andy Murray
5) None

46. Kawa Music Group perform an event during the XX Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. The group belongs to.......
1) India
2) Australia
3) Scotland
4) UK
5) New Zealand

47. .......became the second largest exporter of textiles in the world after China.
1) USA
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) Bhutan
5) UK

48. Supreme Court on 16 April 2014 held that a woman employee of central government is entitled to get uninterrupted leave for how many years?
1) 4
2) 8
3) 1
4) 2
5) 5

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-5, 3-3, 4-1, 5-5, 6-1, 7-5, 8-5, 9-4, 10-1
11-3, 12-5, 13-3, 14-5, 15-4, 16-4, 17-2, 18-5, 19-5, 20-5
21-5, 22-1, 23-3, 24-3, 25-5, 26-4, 27-3, 28-1, 29-3, 30-5
31-3, 32-4, 33-5, 34-3, 35-3, 36-2, 37-4, 38-2, 39-2, 40-3
41-3, 42-3, 43-3, 44-5, 45-3, 46-1, 47-2, 48-4.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. On 3 June 2014, RBI announced its second bi-monthly monetary policy review, in which SLR reduced by?
1) 25 basis points
2) 100 basis points
3) 75 basis points
4) 125 basis points
5) 50 basis points

2. New SLR 22.5% effective from ......
1) 1 July, 2014
2) 1 August, 2014
3) 1 April, 2015
4) 14 June, 2014
5) None

3. On 3 June 2014, RBI decided to continue to provide liquidity under 7-day and 14-day term repos of up to ........ percent of NDTL (Net Demand and Time Liabilities) of the banking system?
1) 1.5
2) 2.0
3) 2.5
4) 1.75
5) 0.75

4. RBI reduced the liquidity provided under the Export Credit Refinance (ECR) facility from 50 percent of eligible Export Credit Outstanding to ......
1) 10%
2)18%
3) 32%
4) 22%
5) 12 %

5. RBI moved away from the sector-finance refinance on the recommendations of ....
1) K.C. Chakravarthy Committee
2) H.R. Khan Committee
3) Urjit Patel Committee
4) Anand Singh Committee
5) None of above

6. The RBI decided to enhance the eligible limit for foreign exchange remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) to ...... from the earlier $75,000.
1) $80,000
2) $95,000
3) $1,50,000
4) $2,00,000
5) $1,25,000

7. CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation, which accelerated to 8.59% in April 2014, targeted down to ....... by January 2015 as per the statement of Raghuram Rajan?
1) 7.5%
2) 6.5%
3) 8.0%
4) 7.0%
5) None

8. RBI’s estimated the GDP expansion coming in at ...... percent for the FY 2014-15?
1) 6
2) 6.5
3) 5.5
4) 8.0
5) None

9. RBI allowed banks to provide loans with tenures of up to .... years to exporters to help them ensure capital flows to fulfil long-term contract on 21 May, 2014?
1) 20
2) 25
3) 10
4) 18
5) None

10. On 22 May 2014, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) extended Line Of Credit (LOC) of ...... million euro to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)?
1) 150
2) 200
3) 500
4) 125
5) 100

11. On 29 May 2014, India was granted $1006.20 million for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III, the largest ongoing education for all programme in the world by?
1) IDA
2) ADB
3) ODA
4) IMF
5) World Bank

12. Hiroshi Naka was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of .......
1) IDA
2) IMF
3) World bank
4) AFD
5) None

13. Which bank name included in second schedule of RBI Act, 1934 on 21 May 2014?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) NABARD
3) Bharathiya Mahila Bank
4) CITI Bank
5) ABN AMRO

14. Minors above ....... years of age can open and operate savings bank account independently as declared by RBI on 7 May 2014?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 10
4 ) 5
5) 3

15. First state Co-operative Bank to have its own ‘Ru-Pay’ ATM cum Debit Card is?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Tamilnadu
4) Rajasthan
5) None

16. The delivery channel for the banking sector in India is ........
1) Call centre
2) Branch
3) Internet
4) Kiosk
5) All of above

17. In the context of banking sector, DRT is associated with ......
1) Recurring Deposits
2) Demand and time liabilities of banks
3) Deposit insurance
4) Loan recovery
5) FDI in banks

18. Debt security issued by companies, having a certain maturity and bearing a stated Coupon Rate is called?
1) Wallet
2) Share
3) Pledge
4) Debenture
5) Lien

19. Which of the following banks manage the general banking and debt account of Telangana state born on 2 June 2014?
1) SBI
2) SIDBI
3) RBI
4) BOB
5) Andhra Bank

20. As a part of Narendra Modi swearing ceremony, SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Nations leaders attended. Pick the wrong combination?
1) Afghanistan President- Thein Sein.
2) Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament- Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.
3) Prime Minister of Pakistan - Nawaz Sharif
4) Prime Minister of Nepal- Sushil Koirala.
5) Prime Minister of Mauritius-
Navinchandra Ramgoolam.

21. To unearth black money, Narendra Modi govt constituted a Special Investigative Team (SIT) on 28 may 2014. Find the correct statement regarding SIT?
1) It will be headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice MB Shah.
2) Former Supreme Court judge Arijit Pasayat will be the vice-chairman of the panel.
3) Revenue Secretary, CBI and IB directors, Enforcement Directorate official, CBDT Chairman and RBI deputy governor are the panel members.
4) It has the responsibility and duties of investigation, initiation of proceedings and prosecution in cases involving unaccounted money.
5) All of above

22. Operation Green Hunt is associated with?
1) Supply of water to fields in India, not to dry up.
2) Displacing tribal population from national mineral reserves.
3) Sending green corps to the forests to save Green.
4) Appointing Green Police.
5) Counter-insurgency operations against the Maoists.

23. UNCTAD means?
1) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
2) Union Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3) United Nations Concurrence on Trade and Development
4) United Nodal Conference on Trade and
Development.
5) None

24. Pawan Kumar Chamling has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of ....... on 21 May 2014?
1) Sikkim
2) Meghalaya
3) Tripura
4) Odisha
5) Arunachal Pradesh

25. Who sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat on 22 May 2014?
1) Kamal Beniwal
2) Shushma Swaraj
3) Anandiben Patel
4) Behi Bai patel
5) None

26. A giant torch was unveiled on 17 April 2014 in the honour of which Indian spiritual leader?
1) Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
2) Dalailama
3) Kanchi Sankaracharya
4) OSHO
5) Pandit Ravishankar

27. National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 29 April 2014 prohibited dumping of sewage and waste materials at?
1) Dump Yards
2) Remote uninhabited areas
3) Closed earthen pockets
4) Wet lands
5) None

28. ........ became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal on 29 May 2014?
1) RatanTata
2) Anand G Mahindra
3) Narayan Murthy
4) Raghuveeran
5) None

29. On 29 May 2014, which medal was awarded to the eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations in 2013?
1) U-Thant
2) UNKF
3) Nobel Peace
4) Templeton
5) Dag Hammarskjold medal

30. Books of Arundhati Roy given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Listening to Grasshoppers
2) Swamy and His Friends
3) The Shape of the Beast
4) The God of Small Things
5) The Algebra of Infinite Justice

31. 'A Bend in the River' written by ......
1) V.S. Naipal
2) Chetan Bhagath
3) Amit Chaudhari
4) Vikram Seth
5) None

32. National Girl Child Day celebrated on?
1) August 14
2) June 25
3) November 25
4) January 24
5) July 3

33. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on .......
1) November 30
2) April 15
3) March 15
4) January 25
5) August 25

34. International Labour Day celebrated on?
1) February 2
2) November 1
3) December 1
4) May 1
5) July 1

35. Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) released Provisional and Quarterly Estimate of National Income for the financial year 2013-14. Locate the wrong option?
1) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate records at 4.7 percent in 2013-14.
2) GDP grows at 4.7% for 2013-14 against 4.5% in 2012-13.
3) Per capita net national income in real terms during 2013-14 is estimated at Rs.49904 as compared to Rs.38856 in 2012-13.
4) GDP growth rate in quarter 4 of the financial year 2013-14 is estimated to be 4.6%.
5) Growth rate in per capita income is estimated at 2.7 percent during 2013-14 as against 2.1 percent during 2012-13.

36. On 2 June 2014, Indian Air Force and which Air Force commenced the bilateral exercise Garuda V at Jodhpur Air Base?
1) German
2) Italian
3) Pakistan
4) US
5) French

37. Solar Impulse 2 made its inaugural flight on 2 May 2014 from Payerne Airfield in?
1) Italy
2) India
3) USA
4) Switzerland
5) Japan

38. Which two nations exercised their veto power against a draft resolution intended to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 22 May 2014?
1) China and France
2) Russia and USA
3) China and Russia
4) UK and USA
5) USA and China

39. Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja became the top billionaires in ...... as per the data released on 11 May 2014?
1) USA
2) France
3) Italy
4) UK
5) Switzerland

40. Top two world’s most expensive economies as per the data released by the World Bank is?
1) India and Pakistan
2) USA and UK
3) China and Switzerland
4) Switzerland and France
5) Switzerland and Norway

41. RBI has sold SDR to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for interim payment to the government to reduce the fiscal deficit in the current financial year on 7 March 2014. SDR stands for ......
1) Share Drawing Rights
2) Sovereign Drawing Rights
3) Special Drawing Rights
4) Structural Drawing Rights
5) None

42. Lewis Clarke is the youngest person set a record to trek to the South Pole. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) UK
3) India
4) Japan
5) New Zealand

43. Which nation got One-Billion Euro assistance package from European Union on 14th April 2014?
1) Russia
2) Afghanistan
3) Ukraine
4) Australia
5) Syria

44. Ukraine currency is?
1) Hryvnia
2) Ruble
3) Dinar
4) Peso
5) Rupee

45. To which neighbor nation India declared the Line Of Credit (LOC) of $1 billion on 13 March 2014 for infra development?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Bangladesh

ANSWERS:
1-5, 2-4, 3-5, 4-3, 5-3, 6-5, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3, 10-5
11-5, 12-3, 13-3, 14-3, 15-1, 16-5, 17-4, 18-4, 19-3, 20-1
21-5, 22-5, 23-1, 24-1, 25-3, 26-1, 27-4, 28-2, 29-5, 30-2
31-1, 32-4, 33-3, 34-4, 35-3, 36-5, 37-4, 38-3, 39-4, 40-5
41-3, 42-2, 43-3, 44-1, 45-5.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. Who will take over from S.D. Shibulal as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys on August 1, 2014?
1) U.B. Pravin Rao
2) K.V. Kamath
3) Srinath Batni
4) Vishal Sikka
5) Rohan Murthy

2. Petro Poroshenko became the President of which of the following countries on June 7, 2014?
1) Belarus
2) Ukraine
3) Georgia
4) Latvia
5) Czech Republic

3. FIFA World Cup was started on June 12, 2014. Which two teams played the first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
1) Brazil, Mexico
2) Brazil, Cameroon
3) Brazil, Croatia
4) Spain, Netherlands
5) Spain, Chile

4. Who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India on June 7, 2014?
1) Maninder Singh
2) Tushar Mehta
3) L. Nageshwar Rao
4) Ranjit Kumar
5) P.S. Narasimha

5. Which city will host the world chess championship from November 7 to 28, 2014?
1) Oslo, Norway
2) Madrid, Spain
3) Sofia, Bulgaria
4) Helsinki, Finland
5) Sochi, Russia

6. Reuven Rivlin was elected as the President of which of the following countries on June 10, 2014?
1) Hungary
2) Iceland
3) Israel
4) Italy
5) Macedonia

7. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank rate - 8%
2) Repo rate - 8%
3) Reverse repo rate -7 %
4) Cash reserve ratio - 4%
5) Statutory LiquidityRatio-22.5%

8. Identify the mismatched pair?
Cabinet Minister       -      Portfolio
1) Sadananda Gowda: Railways
2) Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare
3) Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways
4) Ananth Kumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers
5) Radha Mohan Singh: Food Processing Industries

9. N.R. Narayana Murthy stepped down as Executive Chairman of which of the following companies on June 14, 2014?
1) TCS
2) Cognizant
3) Infosys
4) Wipro
5) None of these

10. Which country's parliament passed a bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children without any age limit in February 2014?
1) Portugal
2) UK
3) Belgium
4) Denmark
5) Netherlands

11. Taishan Station was opened on February 8, 2014. It is the fourth Antarctic research station of?
1) South Korea
2) Japan
3) China
4) Russia
5) North Korea

12. Which of the following is not the name of a station in Antarctica?
1) Dakshin Gangotri
2) Maitri
3) Bharti
4) Great Wall
5) Prithvi

13. Who became the first Indian squash player to win the IMET Open in Bratislava, Slovakia in December 2013?
1) Ravi Dixit
2) Mahesh Mangaonkar
3) Harinder Pal Sandhu
4) Ramit Tandon
5) None of these

14. Which of the following Indian airlines tied up with Tigerair to increase connectivity between flights operated by both carriers?
1) GoAir
2) IndiGo
3) Jetkonnect
4) Kingfisher
5) SpiceJet

15. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed is thePrime Minister of?
1) Sudan
2) South Sudan
3) Somalia
4) Egypt
5) Ethiopia

16. The 27th South East Asian Games were held in December 2013 in?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Thailand
4) Myanmar
5) Indonesia

17. The South East Asian Games is a biennial multi sporting event involving participants from the countries of South East Asia. Which country will host the 2015 South East Asian Games?
1) Singapore
2) Cambodia
3) Malaysia
4) Philippines
5) Brunei

18. India's first supersonic jet fighter was decommissioned after 50 years of service in December 2013. What is its name?
1) Boeing P-12
2) MIG-21 FL
3) Tejas
4) Hawker Hunter
5) IAR-15

19. The cabinet approved a free trade agreement (FTA) in trade and services with which of the following organizations in December 2013?
1) SAARC
2) APEC
3) ASEAN
4) SCO
5) BRICS

20. Which of the following has launched the world's most powerful star-surveying satellite Gaia into space from Kourou in French Guiana?
1) Mexican Space Agency
2) Iranian Space Agency
3) Israeli Space Agency
4) European Space Agency
5) South African National Space Agency

21. Tigerair is a low-cost airline headquartered in?
1) Singapore
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) Jakarta
4) Riyadh
5) Manama

22. European Space Agency is an inter governmental organization of 20 member States. It is headquartered in?
1) London
2) Paris
3) Lisbon
4) Madrid
5) Berlin

23. The Centre has ruled out imposition of the Inner-Line Permit (ILP) system in which of the following States in December 2013?
1) Meghalaya
2) Assam
3) Tripura
4) Manipur
5) West Bengal

24. Inner Line Permit (ILP) is an official travel document issued by an empowered State government to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected or restricted area for a limited period. Currently ILP is in force in?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Nagaland
3) Mizoram
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

25. The government has approved a proposal to increase foreign holding in which of the following banks to 62 percent from the current 49 percent?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) IndusInd Bank

26. A committee, set up by the SEBI for reviewing insider trading norms, has submitted its report. The committee was headed by?
1) N.K. Sodhi
2) Nirmal Jain
3) Motilal Oswal
4) Milind Barve
5) None of these

27. Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away on March 20, 2014. Which one of the following books was not written by him?
1) Train to Pakistan
2) Truth, Love and a Little Malice
3) A History of the Sikhs
4) Delhi: a Novel
5) The Mountain of Light

28. The Asian Development Bank will provide $350 million loan for improving power transmission and distribution system in?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) M.P
5) None of these

29. The Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to treat a credit card account as a non performing asset if the customer fails to pay the minimum due amount within?
1) 30 days
2) 60 days
3) 90 days
4) 100 days
5) None of these

30. Which of the following would set up a Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) to collect, store and disseminate credit data to lenders?
1) NHB
2) CRISIL
3) RBI
4) CARE
5) SEBI

31. According to the Motilal Oswal annual wealth creation study, which Indian company is the biggest wealth creator during the 2008-2013 period?
1) Tata Consultancy Services
2) ITC
3) HDFC Bank
4) Infosys
5) ICICI Bank

32. JIMEX is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and?
1) Germany
2) Jamaica
3) Jordan
4) Japan
5) None of these

33. Who became the Chief Executive of India unit of the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart in January 2014?
1) Ajay Nihalani
2) B.S. Nagesh
3) Krish Iyer
4) Aditya Nadkarni
5) None of these

34. M.V. Tanksale is the Chief Executive of the Indian Banks' Association. He is the former CMD of?
1) Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) Indian Bank
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Central Bank of India

35. Which of the following is a step towards enhancing customer convenience through Anywhere Banking?
1) RTGS
2) NEFT
3) DICGC
4) CBS
5) BPLR

ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 5 9) 3 10) 3
11) 3 12) 5 13) 2 14) 5 15) 3 16) 4 17) 1 18) 2 19) 3 20) 4
21) 1 22) 2 23) 1 24) 5 25) 2 26) 1 27) 5 28) 4 29) 3 30) 3
31) 1 32) 4 33) 3 34) 5 35) 4

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. Which city hosted the 40th G7 Summit on June 4-5, 2014?
1) Brussels (Belgium)
2) Warsaw (Poland)
3) London (UK)
4) Paris (France)
5) Rome (Italy)

2. Which country will become the 19th member of Euro zone on January 1, 2015?
1) Denmark
2) Lithuania
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Czech Republic

3. The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed which of the following actors as the brand ambassador for its Mamta Abhiyaan (maternal and child health) campaign?
1) Vidya Balan
2) Sridevi
3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Hema Malini

4. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. What is the official slogan for the year 2014?
1) Think. Eat. Save
2) Melting Ice-a Hot Topic?
3) Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level
4) Don't Desert Drylands
5) None of these

5. The United Nations Organization (UNO) declared 2014 as the International Year of?
1) Small Island Developing States
2) Sustainable Energy for All
3) Chemistry
4) Forests
5) Natural Fibers

6. Who won the French Open women's singles tennis title on June 7, 2014?
1) Simona Halep (Romania)
2) Andrea Petkovic (Germany)
3) Sara Errani (Italy)
4) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
5) Li Na (China)

7. Which country hosted the fourth edition of the FIFA Under-17 women's world cup football from March 15 to April 4, 2014?
1) Peru
2) Ghana
3) Costa Rica
4) Macedonia
5) Uzbekistan

8. Which one of the following countries is not a part of BCIM corridor?
1) India
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) Myanmar
5) Bhutan

9. The Secretary General of the Arab League visited India in December 2013. Name him?
1) Samir Nasibi
2) Amr Moussa
3) Essam Sharaf
4) Nabil Elaraby
5) Mohamed Orabi

10. The government has approved Rs 2,035 crore for setting up the National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar in?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Rajasthan

11. The Judicial Appointments Commission
(JAC) recommends the?
1) Appointment of judges to the
Supreme Court
2) Appointment of judges to the High Courts
3) Transfer of judges of one High Court to another
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

12. Which of the following States does not have a Legislative Council?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Bihar
5) Gujarat

13. India's first Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant is in which of the following states?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Rajasthan

14. Which state assembly recently passed the anti superstition bill?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Goa

15. Who among the following designed AK-47 assault rifle?
1) Andrei Sakharov
2) Mikhail Kalashnikov
3) Zhou Yuelong
4) Michiaki Takahashi
5) None of these

16. Which country will host the 2015 FIFA Under-17 world cup football?
1) Chile
2) Russia
3) Tunisia
4) UAE
5) Nigeria

17. Which is the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana?
1) Colombia
2) Cuba
3) Uruguay
4) USA
5) Mexico

18. Which country began its twoyear term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 1, 2014 after taking the Security Council seat that was rejected by Saudi Arabia?
1) Syria
2) Yemen
3) Qatar
4) Jordan
5) UAE

19. Who has taken over as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in December 2013?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Sujatha Singh
3) TCA Raghavan
4) Shivshankar Menon
5) Ranjan Mathai

20. LeBron James of USA was chosen as the Associated Press's 2013 male athlete of the year. He is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Swimming
 2) Golf
3) Basketball
4) Baseball
5) Cycling

21. Javed Akhtar won the Sahitya Akademi Award for which of the following books?
1) Lava
2) Miljul Man
3) Nirvaan
4) Korkai
5) None of these

22. Which cricketer was given the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in December 2013?
1) Cheteshwar Pujara
2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
3) Hashim Amla
4) Michael Clarke
5) Kumar Sangakkara

23. Which of the following was formerly known as Admiral Gorshkov?
1) INS Chakra
2) INS Vikramaditya
3) INS Arihant
4) INS Vikrant
5) None of these

24. India has developed a tactical surface to surface missile with a range between 60 and 170 km and will offer it to friendly countries. It is called?
1) Nag
2) BrahMos
3) Pragati
4) Dhruv
5) Tejas

25. The world's first green helicopter which is noiseless and emissionfree was tested in which of the following countries?
1) Italy
2) China
3) UK
4) Germany
5) India

26. Jason Day of Australia is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Hockey
3) Tennis
4) Motor Racing
5) Golf

27. 'The Village' (a novel) is written by?
1) R.K. Narayan
2) Mulk Raj Anand
3) Anita Desai
4) Kiran Desai
5) Kamla Das

28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) BSF - D.K. Pathak
2) CISF - Arvind Ranjan
3) NSG - J.N. Chaudhary
4) ITBP - Subhash Goswamy
5) CRPF - Pradeep Kumar

29. Who among the following is a fifth time Chief Minister?
1) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
2) Raman Singh
3) Vasundhara Raje
4) Lal Thanhawla
5) None of these

30. Xavier Bettel has been the Prime Minister of which of the following European countries since December 4, 2013?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) Luxemburg
4) Ireland
5) Iceland

31. India defeated which of the following countries to win the men's world cup Kabaddi in December 2013?
1) USA
2) England
3) Denmark
4) New Zealand
5) Pakistan

32. UK-based retailer Tesco has presence in India through a joint venture with which of the following groups?
1) Aditya Birla
2) Reliance
3) Bharti
4) Munjal
5) None of these

33. Which of the following are not insured by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)?
1) Indian commercial banks
2) Local area banks
3) Regional rural banks
4) Foreign banks functioning in India
5) Primary cooperative societies

34. Which of the following deposits are not insured by the DICGC?
1) Savings deposits
2) Fixed deposits
3) Recurring deposits
4) Current deposits
5) Foreign governments deposits

35. What is the maximum deposit amount insured by the DICGC?
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1,00,000
3) Rs 2,00,000
4) Rs 5,00,000
5) No such limit

36. Dhanush missile was test-firedon November 23, 2013 from a naval ship off Odisha coast. Dhanush is a naval variant of?
1) Prithvi
2) Agni
3) Shourya
4) Astra
5) Akash

37. Purulia Chhau Dance is a renowned tribal martial dance of which of the following States?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Bihar
3) Assam
4) West Bengal
5) Meghalaya

38. The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice and?
1) 25 other judges
2) 28 other judges
3) 30 other judges
4) 29 other judges
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 3 5) 1  6) 4 7) 3 8) 5 9) 4 10) 2
11) 5 12) 5 13) 2 14) 3 15) 2  16) 1 17) 3 18) 4 19) 5 20) 3
21) 1 22) 4 23) 2 24) 3 25) 4  26) 5 27) 2 28) 5 29) 4 30) 3
31) 5 32) 5 33) 5 34) 5 35) 2  36) 1 37) 4 38) 3.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as the protem speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha by the President Pranab Mukherjee on June 4, 2014. Kamal Nath, a nine-time MP, was elected from which of the following Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh recently?
1) Guna
2) Gwalior
3) Indore
4) Vidisha
5) Chhindwara

2. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 50 basis points in its bimonthly monetary policy review on June 3, 2014. With effect from June 14, 2014 SLR will be?
1) 23.5%
2) 22.5%
3) 23%
4) 22%
5) 24.5%

3. Who is the highest run maker (660 runs) and winner of the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League VII?
1) Glenn Maxwell
2) Dwayne smith
3) Robin Uthappa
4) David Warner
5) Suresh Raina

4. Who was named as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth consecutive year by the Forbes magazine?
1) Christine Lagarde (France)
2) Janet Yellen(USA)
3) Melinda Gates (USA)
4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)

5. Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi on June 3, 2014. He was the Union Minister of?
1) Water Resources
2) Road Transport and Highways
3) Railways
4) Chemicals and Fertilizers
5) Rural Development

6. Which cricketer was named South Africa's Test captain on June 3, 2014?
1) A.B. de Villiers
2) Faf du Plessis
3) Hashim Amla
4) Dale Steyn
5) Morne Morkel

7. World Rabies Day is observed every year on?
1) September 27
2) September 28
3) September 24
4) September 25
5) September 26

8. Which of the following technology giants has launched a healthcare company called Calico in 2013?
1) Apple
2) Microsoft
3) Oracle
4) Google
5) IBM

9. Which of the following is a centrally sponsored scheme for reforming the State higher education system?
1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
2) Midday Meal Scheme
3) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
4) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
5) Jiyo Parsi

10. The Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana was launched for the first time in?
1) UAE
2) Malaysia
3) USA
4) UK
5) South Africa

11. As per the Raghuram Rajan Committee report which is India's most backward State?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Odisha

12. Irina Bokova of Bulgaria has been elected as the Director- General of which of the following organizations for a second term?
1) WTO
2) UNESCO
3) UNICEF
4) WHO
5) IAEA

13. "Seekho aur Kamao" (Learn & Earn) is a central government scheme for?
1) Women
2) Tribals in Naxal affected districts
3) Minorities
4) Urban poor
5) None of these

14. The Ujjayanta Palace which served as the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly until 2011 is now a museum. It is situated in?
1) Agartala
2) Kolkata
3) Gangtok
4) Shillong
5) Itanagar

15. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in November 2013?
1) Ravi Kamal Bhargava
2) Santosh Kumar Mohanty
3) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra
4) Satyanand Mishra
5) None of these

16. Who has been elected to the United Nations Board of Auditors?
1) P.S. Raghavan
2) Shashikant Sharma
3) Yogesh Agarwal
4) Sharat Sabharwal
5) None of these

17. Who is the only cricketer to win LG ICC People's Choice Award twice?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Kumar Sangakkara
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Michael Clarke
5) Virat Kohli

18. Who was honored with the inaugural Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year in November 2013?
1) Lata Mangeshkar
2) Tanuja
3) Waheeda Rehman
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Gulzar

19. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in 1988 by the?
1) Amnesty International
2) Government of USSR
3) United Nations Organization
4) European Parliament
5) None of these

20. Srishti Rana of India won which of the following awards in 2013?
1) Miss India
2) Miss World
3) Miss America
4) Miss Earth
5) Miss Asia Pacific World

21. Doris Lessing of UK died on November 17, 2013. In 2007, she became the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in which of the following categories?
1) Physics
2) Physiology
3) Literature
4) Chemistry
5) Peace

22. Lawrence Klein of USA passed away on October 20, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Economics
5) None of these

23. Which of the following organizations conducted Cyber Coalition 2013, the largest-ever Cyber exercises to practice averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states?
1) SCO
2) NATO
3) European Union
4) ASEAN
5) APEC

24. Which country has rejected a United Nations resolution urging it to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group?
1) Indonesia
 2) Malaysia
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Philippines

25. J-20 is a stealth fighter aircraft launched by?
1) China
2) USA
3) Pakistan
4) Russia
5) India

26. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Growth With Equity: Inclusive Development"?
1) G20
2) G8
3) ASEAN
4) East Asia Summit
5) Commonwealth

27. Frederick Sanger of UK died on November 19, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize twice in 1958 and 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Literature
5) Economics

28. The Marmaray railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Straits connects Europe and Asia. It is in?
1) Russia
2) Kazakhstan
3) Turkey
4) Armenia
5) Azerbaijan

29. Julie Bishop visited India recently. She is the Foreign Affairs Minister of?
1) Jamaica
2) UK
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada

30. Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai

31. Which is the first country in the world to introduce Tobin tax in 2013?
1) India
2) Italy
3) Germany
4) Slovenia
5) Slovakia

32. Exporters in India get insurance cover and risk cover from?
1) LIC
2) SIDBI
3) NABARD
4) DICGC
5) ECGC

33. Nagzira tiger reserve is the fifth tiger reserve in the State of?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

34. The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to create a Legislative Council in which of the following States in November 2013?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Assam
5) Manipur

35. Kannur has been declared the first zero-landless district in India. Kannur is in?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Goa
4) Maharashtra
5) Kerala

ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4  5) 5 6) 3 7) 2 8) 4 9) 3 10) 1
11) 5 12) 2 13) 3 14) 1 15) 4 16) 2 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 5
21) 3 22) 4 23) 2 24) 3 25) 1 26) 5 27) 2 28) 3 29) 4 30) 2
31) 2 32) 5 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. The Union Cabinet constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the issue of black money in May 2014. The SIT is headed by?
1) Justice B.S. Chauhan
2) Justice Dipak Misra
3) Justice T.S. Thakur
4) Justice M.B. Shah
5) None of these

2. Who was appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) on May30, 2014?
1) M.K. Narayanan
2) Ajit Doval
3) Shyam Saran
4) Rajiv Mathur
5) Dilip Trivedi

3. The 35th edition of the National Games will be held in which of the following States in January- February 2015?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra
5) Manipur

4. Who was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank on May 23, 2014?
1) Haruhiko Kuroda
2) Hiroshi Naka
3) Kikuo Iwata
4) Masaaki Shirakawa
5) Takehiko Nakao

5. Who was appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India in May 2014?
1) Rohinton Nariman
2) Gopal Subramaniam
3) Mohan Jain
4) Siddharth Luthra
5) Mukul Rohatgi

6. The European Union banned the import of four vegetables from India from May 1, 2014. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Eggplant
2) Taro plant
3) Bitter gourd
4) Snake gourd
5) Bottle gourd

7. Which of the following Prizes is given annually to six persons, one from each of the world's six geographic regions?
1) Abel Prize
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Nobel Prize
5) Goldman Environmental Prize

8. The Department of Posts has allotted customized pin code to the Supreme Court of India. It is?
1) 100200
2) 112200
3) 110022
4) 110201
5) 111121

9. 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India was launched by the Ministry of?
1) Home
2) External Affairs
3) Finance
4) Human Resource
Development
5) Minority Affairs

10. Gyan Correa is the Director of which of the following films?
1) The Lunchbox
2) English Vinglish
3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
4) Celluloid
5) The Good Road

11. If a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) holder has any other existing savings bank account in that bank, he/she will be required to close it within how many days from the date of opening a BSBDA?
1) 15 days
2) 30 days
3) 45 days
4) 60 days
5) 90 days

12. Who is the Chairman of a four member Committee that was appointed to clear the ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)?
1) Sumit Bose
2) G.S. Sandhu
3) R.S. Gujral
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Rajiv Takru

13. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions will come into force from?
1) July 1, 2014
2) April 1, 2016
3) April 1, 2015
4) January 1, 2015
5) January 1, 2016

14. Which of the following countries is/are considered Tax Haven?
1) Mauritius
2) Lichtenstein
3) Switzerland
4) Luxemburg
5) All the above

15. Simona Halep is the winner of the 2013 Kremlin Cup held in Moscow. She is a tennis player from?
1) Australia
2) France
3) Romania
4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan

16. Who among the following did not score a double century in one day international cricket matches?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Virendra Sehwag
3) Virat Kohli
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Both 3 and 4

17. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) United Nations Development Program
4) World Economic Forum
5) None of these

18. 'Time To Act' is a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly against?
1) Illiteracy
2) Poverty
3) Sexual violence
4) Global warming
5) AIDS

19. Robusta is a species of which of the following crops that has its origins in Africa?
1) Tobacco
2) Rubber
3) Banana
4) Coffee
5) Cocoa

20. The Aswan High Dam is situated in which of the following African countries?
1) Sudan
2) Nigeria
3) Egypt
4) Algeria
5) Tanzania

21. Who played the lead role in the film Paan Singh Tomar?
1) Farhan Akhtar
2) Vinay Pathak
3) Rajkumar Rao
4) Salman Khan
5) Irrfan Khan

22. What does 'S' denote in the abbreviation UNSC?
1) Social
2) Scientific
3) Security
4) Secular
5) Sensitive

23. Which Indian batsman scored the fastest One Day International century (in 52 balls) in October 2013?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Virendra Sehwag
4) Shikar Dhawan
5) Virat Kohli

24. Which of the following seeks to check tax avoidance by investors routing their funds through tax havens?
1) GST
2) FDI
3) CCEA
4) GAAR
5) FII

25. Which is the largest recipient of foreign remittances in 2013?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria

26. 'Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Trends and Outlook 2013-16' is a report released by the?
1) World Bank
2) United Nations General Assembly
3) United Nations Security Council
4) World Economic Forum
5) International Monetary Fund

27. Which of the following committees looked into the backwardness of States?
1) Vijay Kelkar Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Raghuram Rajan Committee
4) Y.V. Reddy Committee
5) None of these

28. Based on Multi Dimensional Index (MDI) scores, which is the most developed State in India?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Punjab
5) Maharashtra

29. Which of the following panels has recommended a ban on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area in Western Ghats?
1) Rajendra Pachauri
2) K. Kasturirangan
3) U.R. Rao
4) Arundhati Roy
5) Anil Kakodkar

30. Which team won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) India
4) China
5) Malaysia

31. Which of the following was set up on the recommendations of Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance?
1) EXIM Bank
2) NABARD
3) SBI
4) BSE
5) RBI

32. Indian Banks' Association (IBA) was formed in which of the following years?
1) 1947
2) 1946
3)1950
4) 1956
5)1951

33. The central office of the Reserve Bank of India was permanently shifted to Mumbai from Kolkata in?
1) 1935
2) 1936
3) 1937
4) 1949
5)1947

34. UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new affordable housing scheme for low-income households in urban areas of India in collaboration with the?
1) SBI
2) SIDBI
3) HUDCO
4) NHB
5) NABARD

35. Who is the author of the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
1) Charles Dickens
2) Charles Lamb
3) T.S. Eliot
4) O Henry
5) Jonathan Swift

36. Which of the following constitutional amendments is known as 'Mini Constitution'?
1) 40th
2) 42nd
3) 41st
4) 45th
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2  5) 5 6) 5 7) 5 8) 4  9) 5 10) 5
11) 2 12) 4  13) 2 14) 5 15) 3 16) 3  17) 4 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3
21) 5 22) 3 23) 5 24) 4 25) 1 26) 1 27) 3 28) 1  29) 2 30) 1
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. The Central bank declared key rate from time to time. It is .......
1) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
2) Cash Reserve Ratio
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Repo Rate
5) All of above

2. The bank in India has to maintain at the close of business every day, a minimum proportion of their net demand and time liabilities as liquid assets in the form of cash, gold and un-encumbered approved securities.
The ratio of liquid assets to demand and time liabilities is known as ........
1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
2) Liquidity Stability Ratio (LSR)
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF)
5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

3. The present Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is ........
1) 22%
2) 27%
3) 20%
4) 28%
5) None of above

4. If Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) raises by RBI, then bank funds....
1) Expand
2) Expand and shrink
3) Expand in the lengthy way
4) Shrink
5) None

5. If the Central bank slashes SLR by 1%, approximately how much liquidity increases in the economy?
1) Rs.30,000 crores
2) Rs.40,000 crores
3) Rs.10,000 crores
4) Rs.60,000 crores
5) Rs.1,50,000 crores

6. The SLR increases, then the liquidity in the economy ........
1) Increase
2) Increase by
100 times
3) Zero
4) Infinitive
5) Decrease

7. If Statutory Liquidity Ratio increases, the availability of bank loans ......
1) Increase
2) Decrease to zero percent
3) Become negative
4) Decrease
5) None

8. SLR increased by RBI, then inflation level ....
1) Increases
2) Decreases at the discretion of RBI
3) Zero
4) Decreases
5) Infinitive

9. Once SLR announced, that percentage is valid ....
1) For 1 year
2) For 2 years
3) For 6 months
4) For 9 months
5) Till it changes

10. If SLR raises, offer of base rate by banks ...
1) Increases
2) Decreases to more level
3) Becomes Zero
4) Decreases
5) Infinitive

11. In the first bi-monthly monetary policy review done by RBI on 1 April 2014, the SLR changed by how much percent?
1) 1%
2) 5%
3) 8%
4) SLR not changed by RBI
5) In bi-monthly monetary policy reviews, RBI cannot change SLR

12. Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), as per the provision in the new Companies Act, have to maintain what percent of the monies in low-interest securities or SLR-backed instruments?
1) 30%
2) 10%
3) 35%
4) 15%
5) 25%

13. In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement issued on 1 April 2014, the RBI announced which major relief for saving bank account holders?
1) Customers need not submit photograph at the time of opening of Demand Deposits.
2) Signature may not be tallied for non-local station cheques.
3) Account holder not responsible for the deposited funds, so he is indirectly allowed to do money laundering.
4) Banks to cut down services on low-balance accounts and do away with fines.
5) Nomination once given, it is final and cannot be changed later.

14. RBI’s high level working group has suggested forming a Financial Resolution Authority (FRA) that would be responsible for the resolution of failed and distressed financial institutions in India. The group headed by ........
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) P.J. Nayak
3) Anand Sinha
4) K.C. Chakravarthy
5) None

15. Why did SEBI issue detailed corporate governance norms for listed companies on 17th April 2014?
1) In order to tell the RBI intervention.
2) To tell the importance of financial limits of companies.
3) To encourage companies to adopt best practices on governance.
4) In order to punish the evaders of transaction tax payers.
5) None

16. On 9 May 2014, RBI barred Indian companies from raising money from subsidiaries of Indian banks overseas through ECBs to refinance rupee loans. ECB stands for...
1) Easy Commercial Barrowings
2) Early Commercial Barrowings
3) Entry Commercial Barrowings
4) External Core Barrowings
5) External Commercial Barrowings

17. Air India decided to join which international airlines network from 1 July 2014?
1) Star Alliance
2) Kingfisher
3) Air Asia
4) Cathey Pacific
5) None

18. On 15 May 2014, RBI announced it launches inflation-linked bonds every month, starting 4 June 2014, to attract household savings of up to .............. discourage investments in gold.
1) Rs.5,000 crore
2) Rs.25,000 crore
3) Rs.45,000 crore
4) Rs.75,000 crore
5) Rs.15,000 crore

19. Which nation replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment to India, accounting for about 25 percent of FDI inflows in 2013-14 as per the data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) released on 25 May 2014?
1) Canada
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) France
5) Japan

20. Nokia’s mobile handset business taken over by whom for over $ 7.2 billion on 25 April 2014?
1) Samsung
2) Airtel
3) Uninor
4) Microsoft
5) TCS

21. Sukuma district is more effected by Naxalite attacks these days. It is in......
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Goa

22. Which famous Hindu festival was celebrated in Rajasthan, where tourists from various parts of the world visited to celebrate the three-day-long festival?
1) Dhanu Yatra
2) Gangaur
3) Pushkar Mela
4) Desert Festival
5) None

23. ......has been named Chef-de-Mission of India’s Common Wealth Games contingent for the games to be held in Glasgow in July 2014?
1) Kamalesh Sharma
2) T.C.A. Raghavan
3) Raj Singh
4) Inderjith Guptha
5) Keerthi Swamy

24. Which of the following teams has won the Santosh Trophy 2014 football tournament recently?
1) Railways
2) Punjab
3) Mizoram
4) Kerala
5) None of above

25. Sania Mirza and Cara Black won WTA Portugal Open 2014 women’s doubles title on 3 May 2014. Sania belongs to India and Cara Black belongs to ......
1) Serbia
2) France
3) USA
4) Zimbabwe
5) South Africa

26. Para Olympician Sharath Gayakwad won two Bronze and one Silver at the IDM (Internationalen Deutschen Meisterschaften) on 27 April 2014. He is a...
1) Swimmer
2) Cyclist
3) Cricket Player
4 ) Shot put player
5) None

27. The Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation(APEC) details are given. Locate the correct option.
1) It is the group of 21 Asia Pacific nations.
2) It is an economic forum established in 1989.
3) Its head quarters is in Singapore and India is not a member in it.
4) It holds 40% of the world population.
5) All of above

28. 25th APEC summit held on 5-7 October 2013 at ......
1) New Delhi
2) Bali
3) Moscow
4) Canberra
5) None

29. 26th APEC summit in November 2014 to be held in .....
1) New York
2) Beijing
3) Singapore
4) Taiwan
5) None

30. United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said how many internet users will be there by end of 2014?
1) 3 billion users
2) 13 billion users
3) 23 billion users
4) 2 billion users
5) 4 billion users

31. United Nations International Telecommunications (ITU) established on 17 May 1865. Its’ head quarters is in Geneva, Switzerland. Its head is Hamadoun Toure belongs to ......
1) Mali
2) Maldives
3) Egypt
4) Chile
5) None

32. Sushma Swaraj became the first......
1) Women governor of any state in India
2) Women home minister of India
3) Lady speaker of Loksabha
4) External Affairs Minister of India
5) Health Minister of India

33. Election Queue Management System first time introduced in the Burdwan district in ........ on 30th April 2014 on the eve of 2014 General Elections?
1) AP
2) Tamilnadu
3) Bihar
4) Odisha
5) West Bengal

34. President Paul Kagame lit a torch which will burn for 100 days, the length of time a shameful genocide lasted in the country in 1994 in which at least 8 lakh people were killed. Paul Kagame is the President of .....
1) Rwanda
2) South Africa
3) Zambia
4) Nigeria
5) Tanzania

35. South Sudan and the nation’s rebel army signed a peace deal on 9 May 2014. The currency of South Sudan is..........
1) South Sudan Dollar
2) South Sudan Euro
3) South Sudan Ruble
4) South Sudan Pound
5) None

36. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Authority of India) earmarked......as Insurance day, on which day it came in to existence in the year 2000?
1) 8 Jan
2) 15 Apr
3) 20 May
4) 19 Apr
5) None

37. Who heads the committee to assess implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations
and the Prime Minister’s 15- point programme for minorities submitted its report recently?
1) Vijay C Kelkar
2) V.R. Krishna Iyer
3) Amitabh Kundu
4) Saroja Pandey
5) None

38. ‘Water, Peace and War - Confronting the Global Water Crisis’ written by......
1) Begum Raisana
2) Graham Poiana
3) Brahma Chellaney
4) Rahamani Chattopadhyay
5) None

39. 'Hard Choices' written by......
1) John Swift
2) Abdul Kalam
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Obama
5) Osama Bin Laden

40. Akash missile successfully test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha. It is a......
1) Surface to air missile
2) Surface to surface missile
3) Air to air missile
4) Air to water missile
5) None

41. Which company acquired Cadbury India?
1) Parle
2) Britania
3) Mondelez India
4) COCO India
5) 5 Star

42. The process through which an investor’s physical share certificate gets converted to electronic format which is maintained in an account with the Depository Participant, is termed as ......
1) Materialization
2) Polarization
3) Conversion
4) Prioritization
5) Dematerialization

ANSWERS:

1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-4, 5-4, 6-5, 7-4, 8-4, 9-5, 10-4
11-4, 12-4, 13-4, 14-3, 15-3, 16-5, 17-1, 18-5, 19-3, 20-4
21-4, 22-3, 23-3, 24-3, 25-4, 26-1, 27-5, 28-2, 29-2, 30-1
31-1, 32-4, 33-5, 34-1, 35-4, 36-4, 37-3, 38-3, 39-3, 40-1, 41-3, 42-5

BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Which of the following is NOT a banking related term?
a) SWIFT
b) CAMELS
c) TRIPS
d) CAR
e) STRIPS

2. Which of the following is not a component of bank deposits?
a) Fixed deposit
b) Current A/c deposit
c) Recurring Deposit
d) Safe deposits
e) None of these

3. Which of the following taglines is NOT associated with the State Bank of India?
a) Pure banking, nothing else
b) The name you can bank upon
c) Nation Bank on us
d) Banker to every Indian
e) With you all the way

4. KYC Guidelines have been issued by RBI Under the provisions of?
a) Banking Regulation Act
b) RBI Act
c) Negotiable Instrument Act
d) Prevention of Money Laundering Act
e) None of these

5. In the context of banking sector, DRT is associated with?
a) Recurring
b) Loan recovery
c) Deposit insurance
d) Demand and time liabilities of banks
e) None of these

6. What is meant by a Scheduled Bank?
a) A Bank functioning under provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) A Bank included in 2nd scheduled of RBI Act 1934
c) A Bank incorporated under banking companies Act, 1956
d) A Bank authorized to do Banking Functions
e) None of these

7. The issue of fresh securities by an unlisted company for the first time is called?
a) Exchange traded Fund
b) Initial Public Offering
c) Rights issue
d) Follow-on Public Offering
e) None of these

8. Fixed deposits are for the bank______
a) Fixed Assets
b) Time liability
c) Demand liability
d) Current Assets
e) None of these

9. Expanded form of the term CAGR?
a) Calculated Annual Growth Rate
b) Compounded Annual Growth Rate
c) Corresponding Annual Growth Rate
d) Corrected Annual Growth Rate
e) Comparative Annual Growth Rate

10. With reference to a cheque which of the following is a 'Drawee Bank'?
a) The Bank that collects the cheque
b) The endorsee's bank
c) The Payee's cheque
d) The endorser's bank
e) The bank upon which the cheque is drawn

11. What does letter 'A' denote in the term LAF?
a) Adequacy
b) Addition
c) Adjustment
d) Advance
e) Accreditation

12. The term 'BSR' refers to?
a) Banks Selling Rate
b) Basic Statistical Returns
c) Annual returns submitted by banks to RBI in respect of priority sector advances
d) Quarterly statement of advances to agriculture
e) None of the above

13. Which of the following is NOT considered a part of time and demand liabilities of the banks for the purpose of cash reserve ratio?
a) Paid-up capital
b) Fixed deposit
c) Savings deposit
d) Recurring deposit
e) None of these

14. ______ Rate is Controlled by the individual Banks?
a) Bank Rate
b) Base Rate
c) CRR
d) Repo Rate
e) SLR

15. What is the expanded form of ECS as used in banking sector?
a) Effective Clearing System
b) Electronic Confirmation System
c) Electronic Clearing System
d) Enabled Clearing System
e) None of these

16. Who becomes the first President of Administrative Tribunal of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)?
a) Christine lagarde
b) Pascal lamey
c) Surin Pitsuwan
d) Lakshmi Swaminathan
e) Ashwini Chandran

17. Which of the following is NOT a mode of foreign capital inflow in India?
a) No-Frill Account
b) FDI
c) FII
d) NRI Account
e) None of these

18. Truncated Cheque means?
a) Shared Clearing
b) Cheques presented will be processed by the depositing branch itself
c) Physical movement of instruments from branch to clearing house
d) Movement of electronic image instead of physical movement of instruments
e) None of these

19. Which of the following assets can be mortgaged?
a) Stock
b) Book debts
c) National Saving Certificates
d) Shares
e) Land and Building

20. Fiscal Policy refers to?
a) Balance of Payments
b) Govt. taxes, expenditure and borrowings
c) Govt. borrowings from Equity Market
d) Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
e) None of these

ANSWERS:
 1. c; 2. d; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. b; 7. b; 8.
b; 9. b; 10. e; 11. c; 12. b; 13. a; 14. b; 15. c;
16. d; 17. a; 18. d; 19. e; 20. b.