Friday, August 29, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1.    If PAN details are not provide, the TDS is deducted at which of the following rates?
(1) 10%                
(2) 20%
(3) 10% for senior citizens & 20% for others
(4) 10% plus 10% surcharge
(4) None of the above

2.    Who decides on the quantity of coins to be minted?
(1) the Government of India
(2) RBI
(3) Either 1 or 2
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above

3.    Who can invest in a Commercial Paper?
(1) Individuals
(2) Banking companies
(3) Corporate bodies registered or incorporated in India and unincorporated bodies, Non- resident Indians (NRIs) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FIIs)
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above

4.    Who among the following has not won the Gold medal in the recently concluded 2014 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Apurvi Chandela                      
(2) Pinki Rani              
(3) Amit Kumar
(4) Sukhen Dey                            
(5) Vinesh Phogat

5.    Recently Ebola has outbreak in four West African countries and 932 people were killed by this virus. Which among the following countries is not the centre of outbreak?
(1) Liberia                          (2) Sierra Leone          (3)   Nigeria
(4) Guinea                         (5) Namibia

6.     Nhava Sheva is the largest container port in India. It is situated in which of the following States?
1) Andhra Pradesh                   

2) Odisha                   
 3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka                     
5) Gujarat

7.    Who among the following is not a Padma Bhushan award winner in 2014?
1) Leander Paes               

2) P.Gopichand                       
3) K. Radhakrishnan
4) Ruskin Bond                 

5) B.K.S. Iyengar

8.    Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy Cricket for the seventh time by defeating which of the following teams in the final in January 2014?
1) Maharashtra                 2) Punjab                     3) Kerala
4) Mumbai                         5) Baroda

9.    How many languages in India have got classical language status at present?
1) 3                                    2) 2                  3) 6
4) 4                                    5) 5

10.  What is India's rank at the 2014 Environmental Performance Index?
1) 77                                  2) 155              3) 118
4) 73                                  5) 148


11.  Recently Union Government granted Navratna Status to which company ?
(1) Power Grid corporation of India
(2) Nuclear power corporation of India
(3) NALCO                        
(4) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited                        
(5) Container Corporation of India Limited

12.  Who won the Golden glove award in 2014 Fifa World cup ?
(1) Manuel Neuer                           
(2) Lionel Messi                       
(3) Ochua
(4) Micheal Kameani                                  
(5) James Rodriguez

13.  A advisory group of the RBI recommended creating BBPS to facilitate single window to pay all bills. What does BBPS stands for?
1) Bank-Based Payment Services          
2) Broad-Based Payment Services
3) Bharat Bill Provisioning Services        
4) Bharat Bill Provisioning Services
5) Bharat Bill Payment System

14.  FDI Cap in Defence sector has been raised from 26 percent to:
(1) 34 percent                   (2) 41 percent             (3) 46 percent
(4) 49 percent                   (5) 74 percent

15.  Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on?
(1) July 14                         (2) July 18                   (3) 25 July
(4) July 22                         (5) July 26


ANSWERS:
1) 2; 2) 1; 3) 4; 4) 2; 5) 5; 6) 3; 7) 5; 8) 1; 9) 3; 10) 2;
11) 5; 12) 1; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 5;