GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. The Mid-Year Economic Analysis for the current year was tabled in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on December 19, 2014. The Review projects what percent growth for 2014-15?
1) 5.3 percent
2) 5.7 percent
3) 5.5 percent
4) 5.9 percent
5) 6 percent

2. Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
1) Vivek Srivastava
2) Dineshwar Sharma
3) Nehchal Sandhu
4) Anil Goswamy
5) D.K. Pathak

3. Which team won the 35th edition of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar in December 2014?
1) Germany
2) Pakistan
3) Australia
4) India
5) Netherlands

4. The 64th edition of the Miss World Pageant was held on December 14, 2014 in London, UK. Who was crowned Miss World 2014?
1) Edina Kulcsar (Hungary)
2) Elizabeth Safrit (USA)
3) Carina Tyrrell (England)
4) Rolene Strauss (South Africa)
5) Koyal Rana (India)

5. The 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy will be held in?
1) Germany
2) Australia
3) South Korea
4) India
5) Argentina

6. Mosul is in the news recently. It is a city in?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan

7. The Jalpaiguri district was bifurcated to create Alipurduar district in which of the following States?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand

8. Which country's national football team is called Selecao?
1) Argentina
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Portugal
5) Brazil

9. The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) released its Global Peace Index (GPI) on June 18,
2014. Which is the most peaceful country in the world?
1) Iceland
2) Denmark
3) New Zealand
4) Norway
5) Finland

10. What is India's rank in the 2014 Global Peace Index?
1) 162
2) 143
3) 152
4) 153
5) 157

11. The United Nations General Assembly has established the United Nations Prize in honor of?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Dalai Lama
3) Nelson Mandela
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Mother Teresa

12. The 600 Megawatt Kholongchu Hydropower project is a joint venture between India and?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Nepal
3) Maldives
4) Bhutan
5) Myanmar

13. Wang Yi visited India in June 20-14. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Vietnam
2) Myanmar
3) China
4) North Korea
5) South Korea

14. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been appointed as brand ambassador of which of the following private sector banks?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

15. Which State has recently decided to add a chapter on Sachin Tendulkar in its school syllabus?
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Bihar

16. Dmitry Rogozin visited India recently. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of?
1) Ukraine
2) Russia
3) Georgia
4) Bulgaria
5) Serbia

17. Felipe VI became the King of which of the following countries in June 2014?
1) Spain
2) Norway
3) Denmark
4) Austria
5) Belgium

18. Lata Tapovan Hydro power project will come up in?
1) Sikkim
2) Uttarakhand
3) Tripura
4) Bihar
5) Himachal Pradesh

19. Which is the world's least peaceful country as per the 2014 Global Peace Index?
1) Afghanistan
2) Syria
3) South Sudan
4) Pakistan
5) Iraq

20. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) drilled its firstever well in the Palar basin in?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Goa
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Kerala

21. ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) signed a deal with Rosneft to jointly explore hydrocarbons. Rosneft is the largest oil and gas producer of which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Russia
3) Ukraine
4) Kazakhstan
5) China

22. Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Parthasarathi Shome Panel?
1) The post of Revenue Secretary should be abolished
2) The CBDT and CBEC should be merged
3) The use of Permanent Account Number (PAN) should be broadened
4) Income Tax Return should also include wealth tax details
5) The post of Finance Secretary should be abolished

23. The logo of which of the following organizations is a Giant Panda?
1) WWF
2) IUCN
3) UNESCO
4) UNEP
5) None of these

24. Khumbum monastery is situated in which of the following countries?
1) Thailand
2) Japan
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Nepal

25. Mojave Desert is located in which of the following continents?
1) North America
2) South America
3) Asia
4) Africa
5) Australia

26. The Wallace Line is a boundary that separates the eco zones of?
1) Canada and USA
2) Mexico and Central America
3) USA and Mexico
4) Asia and Australasia
5) None of these

27. Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi', the Sanskrit grammar?
1) Patanjali
2) Panini
3) Kalidasa
4) Banabhatta
5) Harsha

28. Plants capable of performing photosynthesis belong to which of the following types of organisms?
1) Autotrophs
2) Heterotrophs
3) Saprotrophs
4) Chemoheterotrophs
5) None of these

29. Bonn is a city in Germany located on the banks of the river?
1) Seine
2) Rhine
3) Elbe
4) Hudson
5) Darling

30. Which team won the 2014 Women's Asian Cup Football tournament held in Vietnam?
1) Japan
2) China
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Thailand

31. The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict was held in which of the following cities in June 2014?
1) Washington D.C.
2) London
3) Damascus
4) Tokyo
5) Brasilia

32. Who is the Special Envoy of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?
1) Emma Watson
2) Aishwarya Rai
3) Priyanka Chopra
4) Angelina Jolie
5) Lady Gaga

33. In the 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships which country finished on top in the medals tally with 12 gold medals?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Qatar
4) Iran
5) India

34. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Supreme Court building in June 2014 in?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Japan
4) Sri Lanka
5) Maldives

35. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is the overall winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She is from?
1) Uganda
2) Kenya
3) South Africa
4) Zimbabwe
5) United Kingdom

36. ELN is an armed group in which of the following South American countries?
1) Brazil
2) Venezuela
3) Argentina
4) Bolivia
5) Colombia

37. Daniel Ricciardo is a Formula One driver from?
1) Australia
2) Finland
3) United Kingdom
4) Canada
5) Argentina

38. Which company has recently presented a new prototype driverless car?
1) Microsoft
2) Facebook
3) Google
4) Infosys
5) Wipro

39. The 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships were held in?
1) Seoul
2) Taipei
3) Incheon
4) Beijing
5) Shanghai

40. Who won the World Blitz Chess Championship in Dubai on June 20, 2014?
1) Hikaru Nakamura
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Fabiano Caruana
4) Magnus Carlsen
5) Vladimir Kramnik

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. What is India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the second quarter (July-September)
of 2014-15?
1) 5.7%
2) 5.5%
3) 5.4%
4) 5.3%
5) 5.9%

2. Which is the first African country to go to polls using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) made
in India?
1) Kenya
2) Namibia
3) Sudan
4) South Sudan
5) Somalia

3. National Milk Day is celebrated on?
1) November 24
2) November 25
3) November 26
4) November 28
5) November 29

4. Jurgen Stock was elected the Secretary General of Interpol in November 2014. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) Poland
3) Netherlands
4) Germany
5) Portugal

5. The Unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) reached full capacity generation
of 1,000 MW on June 7, 2014. It is in?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Maharashtra
5) Uttar Pradesh

6. Which country holds the record for most world cup football titles with five?
1) Italy
2) Germany
3) Argentina
4) Brazil
5) Uruguay

7. The inaugural edition of the European Games will be held in June 2015 in?
1) Zagreb, Croatia
2) Baku, Azerbaijan
3) Riga, Latvia
4) Sofia, Bulgaria
5) Prague, Czech Republic

8. Which country is currently building four nuclear power stations in Barakah?
1) Israel
2) Iran
3) UAE
4) Iraq
5) Saudi Arabia

9. Which of the following international organizations has asked governments to raise taxes on tobacco products to curb their consumption?
1) UNESCO
2) UNICEF
3) UNO
4) WHO
5) WTO

10. The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa was held in May 2014 in?
1) Abuja
2) Cape Town
3) Pretoria
4) Cairo
5) Nairobi

11. Who was declared the Most Valuable Player at the Indian Premier League 7?
1) Manish Pandey
2) Robin Uthappa
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Glenn Maxwell
5) James Faulkner

12. Who is the author of the book 'India at Risk'?
1) Natwar Singh
2) Jaswant Singh
3) P. Chidambaram
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) None of these

13. The Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines on its proposed BBPS. BBPS stands for?
1) Broad Based Payment Services
2) Bank Based Payment Services
3) Bharat Bill Payment System
4) Bharat Bill Processing Services
5) None of these

14. Likud is the major right-wing political party in?
1) Israel
2) South Africa
3) Libya
4) Iran
5) Syria

15. Interpol is headquartered in?
1) Frankfurt, Germany
2) Tokyo, Japan
3) Lyon, France
4) Geneva, Switzerland
5) Zurich, Switzerland

16. Juan Manuel Santos has been the President of which of the following countries since August 20-10?
1) Colombia
2) Costa Rica
3) Panama
4) Chile
5) Peru

17. Lithuania will have Euro as its currency from January 1, 2015. Currently what is its currency?
1) Lats
2) Litas
3) Loti
4) Franc
5) Krona

18. Sultan Azlan Shah passed away on May 28, 2014. He is regarded as the Father of Hockey in which of the following countries?
1) Pakistan
2) Indonesia
3) Malaysia
4) Iran
5) Thailand

19. Sumitra Mahajan is the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. She is an eight-term Lok Sabha member from?
1) Vidisha
2) Chindwara
3) Bhopal
4) Indore
5) Guna

20. Sam Kahamba Kutesa is the President of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General
Assembly. He belongs to?
1) Somalia
2) Kenya
3) Uganda
4) Egypt
5) Ethiopia

21. Which of the following Grand Slam singles tennis titles was won by Rafael Nadal in 2014?
1) Australian Open
2) French Open
3) Wimbledon
4) US Open
5) Both 1and 2

22. The 38th session of the World Heritage Committee was held in which of the following cities
from 15 to 25 June 2014?
1) Tehran
2) Bangkok
3) Doha
4) Damascus
5) Manila

23. Rani-Ki-Vav has been included in UNESCO heritage site list. It is an 11th century step-well in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Maharashtra
3) Haryana
4) Gujarat
5) Punjab

24. The 29th State of India, Telangana, has how many Assembly seats?
1) 117
2) 121
3) 115
4) 119
5) 114

Answers:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 6) 4 7) 2 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1  11) 4 12) 2
13) 3 14) 1 15) 3 16) 1 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 3 21) 2 22) 3 23) 4 24) 4

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. On 27 November 2014, RBI announced the guidelines for setting up of ......
1) Private banks and Small industrial development banks
2) Local Area banks having MFI back ground
3) Regional and Local Area banks for Common Man
4) Foreign banks with the FDI of 100 %
5) Payment banks and small Finance banks

2. RBI has asked interested parties to apply for Small banks and Payment banks by ........
1) Jan 1, 2015
2) Apr 1, 2015
3) Jan 16, 2015
4) Mar 16, 2015
5) None

3. The aim of RBI to permit the Payment banks is .......
1) To boost Financial inclusion
2) To allow the payments/remittance services to migrant labour workforce
3) To help the low households
4) To help the small entities to do banking business
5) All of above

4. The license of Payment banks can be given to .......
1) Existing non-bank Pre-paid Payment Instrument (PPI) issuers
2) Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)
3) Corporate Business Correspondents (BCs)
4) Super-market chains
5) All of above

5. The equity capital of Payment banks is .......
1) Rs.10 crores
2) Rs.700 crores
3) Rs.1000 crores
4) Rs.500 crores
5) Rs.100 crores

6. Payment banks not allowed to .......
1) Issue credit card
2) Issue debit card
3) Issue cheque book
4) provide remittance services
5) provide accounts to women

7. In the payment banks, the promoter should retain a ....... stake for the first 5 years.
1) 25%
2) 15%
3) 75%
4) 40%
5) 100%

8. Payments banks can give savings accounts to customers. But in the single customer account, the maximum balance allowed not more than .......
1) Rs. 1 Lakh
2) Rs.75,000
3) Rs.2 Lakh
4) Rs. 5 Lakh
5) Customer of bank can maintain any balance

9. The foreign shareholding in the payments bank allowed up to .......
1) 10%
2) 35%
3) 49%
4) 74%
5) As per the FDI policy for private sector banks as amended from time to time

10. The aim to provide licenses to small banks is .......
1) supply of credit to small business units
2) to help the small and marginal farmers
3) to help micro and small industries
4) to help the unorganized sector
5) All of above

11. There will not be any restriction in the area of operations of small finance banks. Minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks shall be .......
1) Rs.1000 crore
2) Rs.5000 crore
3) Rs.500 crore
4) Rs.10 crore
5) Rs.100 crore

12. Listing is compulsory, once the net worth of the small banks crossed Rs .......
1) 100 crores
2) 500 crores
3) 10 crores
4) 1000 crores
5) None

13. Promoter's minimum initial contribution to the paid-up equity capital of such small finance bank shall at least be 40% and gradually brought down to 26% within .......
1) 12 years
2) 6 years
3) 10 years
4) 20 years
5) None

14. The foreign shareholding in the small banks allowed up to .......
1) 30%
2) 20%
3) 51%
4) 64%
5) As per the FDI policy for private sector banks as amended from time to time

15. As per the RBI guidelines, the small banks should see at least 50 per cent of its loan portfolio should constitute loans and advances of up to .......
1) Rs. 25 lakh
2) Rs.50 lakh
3) Rs. 75 lakh
4) Rs. 5 lakh
5) None

16. 'Nishchint' is the home loan product of .......
1) ICICI
2) SBI
3) HDFC bank
4) Axis bank
5) SBH

17. On 4 December 2014, RBI asked banks to make registration process for m-banking services easy. m-banking stands for .......
1) Money banking
2) More banking
3) Morning banking
4) Mortar banking
5) Mobile banking

18. What does the letter 'V' denote in the abbreviated name 'IVRS'?
1) Valet
2) Variable
3) Voice
4) Vendee
5) Vendor

19. On 5 December 2014, RBI said it has plan to allow banks to use the 5/25 norms for infra loans for existing projects. Presently 5/25 norms applicable to .......
1) Old projects
2) Projects having land more than 100 acres only
3) Foreign projects alone
4) PPP models only
5) Fresh projects

20. Which of the following statements is wrong?
1) RBI recently passed the new directions in foreign currency accounts
2) It directed to convert credit balances in any inoperative foreign currency (FC) denominated deposit into Indian rupees
3) This rule not applicable to Private Bank savings Accounts
4) Such conversion from FC accounts to rupee accounts made, if the foreign currency (FC) accounts deposit not in use for three years from the date of maturity of deposit
5) None of above

21. Tony Abbot who was in news recently is the .......
1) President of Russia
2) Prime minister of Haiti
3) Prime minister of Nepal
4) Chancellor of Germany
5) Prime minister of Australia

22. Who amongst the following has taken over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after recent assembly elections there?
1) Laxmikant Parsekar
2) O.Panner Selvam
3) Devendra Fadnavis
4) Manohar Lal Khattar
5) Prithviraj Chavan

23. Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the .......
1) New Chief of BSF
2) New Chief of CRPF
3) New Chief of CBI
4) Next Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)
5) New Deputy Governor of RBI

24. 'Miss World 2014' Rolene Strauss is from which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) India
3) South Africa
4) Hungary
5) USA

25. Confucius Peace Prize 2014 conferred on Fidel Castro Ruz for his important contributions in
eliminating nuclear war after his retirement. He ruled .......
1) Venezulla
2) Russia
3) Cuba
4) Vietnam
5) Fiji

26. Who was named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by Singapore's leading newspaper The Straits Times?
1) Kailash Satyardhi
2) Malala
3) Narendra Modi
4) Dalia lama
5) Lee Hsien Loong

27. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna (DDU-GKY) aims at providing quality skill training and placement opportunities to rural poor youth in the age group of .......
1) 25-35 years
2) 18-25 years
3) 20-35 years
4) 15-35 years
5) None

28. By 2020, developed countries are predicted to face a shortfall of over 57 million semiskilled manpower while India is expected to have a surplus of .......
1) 17 million
2) 47 million
3) 27 million
4) 7 million
5) 67 million

29. For DDU-GKY scheme, the government will spend Rs. 2000 crores to train nearly ....... annually and help of corporate sector will be sought to achieve the goal.
1) Two lakh rural youth
2) Three lakh rural youth
3) Four lakh rural youth
4) Five lakh rural youth
5) Twenty lakh rural youth

30. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) introduced on the birth anniversary .......
1) Nehru
2) Gandhi
3) Ambedkar
4) Jayaprakash Narayan
5) Lal Bahadur Shastri

31. Under SAGY, the member of Parliament will identify and develop ....... from their constituencies as a model village by 2016.
1) one village
2) two villages
3) three villages
4) four villages
5) five villages

32. Under SAGY, the member of Parliament will identify and develop from their constituencies a model village by 2016 and two more by .......
1) 2019
2) 2025
3) 2050
4) 2045
5) 2030

33. On 15 December 2014, Union Government told the proposed TAPI pipeline will have a length of 1814 kms. TAPI stands for .......
1) Turkey - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India
2) Turkmenistan - Azerbaijan - Pakistan - India
3) Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Persian Gulf -India
4) Turkmenistan - Armenia - Pakistan - India
5) Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India

34. Vijay Diwas celebrates on 16th December because .......
1) India's military victory over Pakistan in 1965
2) India's military victory over Pakistan in 1971
3) India's military victory over Pakistan in 1996
4) India's military victory over Pakistan in 2000
5) None of above

35. National Energy Conservation Day observed on .......
1) 31 October
2) 1 December
3) 4 December
4) 14 December
5) None

36. International Day of Yoga is on .......
1) 6 April
2) 14 November
3) 11 November
4) 21 June
5) None

37. 'The Dramatic Decade: The Years of Indira Gandhi' written by .......
1) Rahul Gandhi
2) Pratibha Patil
3) Manmohan Singh
4) M.S. Swami Nathan
5) Pranab Mukherjee

38. London Classic title won by .......
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Fabiano Caruana
4) Alexander Grischuk
5) None

39. 2014 Champions Trophy of Hockey won by .......
1) Pakistan
2) Germany
3) India
4) Australia
5) None

40. Pick the wrong combination?
1) David Warner - Cricket - New Zealand
2) Amos Meindi - Marathon - Kenya
3) Sarita Devi - Boxer - India
4) Lewis Hamilton - Formula One Race Driver - Britain
5) Stanislas Wawrinka - Tennis - Switzerland

41. Pakistan has been ranked third in Global Terrorism Index released by London based Institute for Economics and Peace. Which nation tops in this list?
1) Iraq
2) Syria
3) Afghanistan
4) Nigeria
5) Iran

42. Which of the following auto majors is in process to phase out its popular hatchback Santro?
1) Maruti Suzuki
2) Tata Motors
3) Hyundai Motors
4) General Motors
5) None

43. Oxford English Dictionary has named which of the following words as 2014 word of year?
1) wanna
2) SMH
3) Humblebrag
4) Neckbeard
5) Vape

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Who was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 2014 as the next ambassador
to India?
1) Nisha Biswal
2) Raj Shah
3) Atul Keshap
4) Richard Rahul Verma
5) Ronak D. Desai

2. Which of the following countries became the 181st member of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in December 2014?
1) Sudan
2) Bhutan
3) South Sudan
4) Tuvalu
5) East Timor

3. The Champions Trophy hockey tournament was held in December 2014 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Bhubaneswar
4) Bangalore
5) Chandigarh

4. The World Diamond Conference was held in which of the following cities on December 11 and 12, 2014?
1) Moscow
2) Antwerp
3) New Delhi
4) Johannesburg
5) Cape Town

5. The United Nations declared which of the following days as International Day of Yoga?
1) July 21
2) July 23
3) June 23
4) June 25
5) June 21

6. Which of the following companies has acquired online fashion retailer Myntra.com?
1) Jabong
2) Snapdeal
3) Flipkart
4) Amazon
5) Ebay

7. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the?
1) World Bank Group
2) International Monetary Fund
3) World Trade Organization
4) Asia Development Bank
5) None of these

8. Which is India's first real estate developer to get ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certification?
1) Parsvnath Developers
2) DLF
3) Unitech Limited
4) DB Realty
5) Indiabulls

9. The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to make sector-wise disclosure of their advances from 2014-15 onwards. This is done based on the recommendations of?
1) Nachiket Mor Committee
2) Bimal Jalan committee
3) Damodaran Committee
4) Pratyush Sinha Committee
5) None of these

10. The Finance Ministry said that foreign investment of what per cent or more in a listed company
will now be treated as Foreign Direct Investment?
1) 5%
2) 10%
3) 20%
4) 15%
5) 25%

11. On June 20, 2014 the railway passenger fares were hiked by?
1) 10.2%
2) 11.2%
3) 14.2%
4) 12.2%
5) 15.2%

12. The railway freight tariffs have been increased by?
1) 5.5%
2) 6.5%
3) 7.5%
4) 4.5%
5) 8.5%

13. The Government of India and the World Bank signed a credit agreement for promoting inclusive growth and sustainable development in?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Bihar

14. GMR Infra has won an 18-month long legal battle with which of the following governments?
1) Israel
2) South Africa
3) Maldives
4) Iran
5) Singapore

15. The government has accepted the report of a committee on rationalizing definitions of FDI and FII headed by?
1) R.S. Gujral
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Rajiv Takru
4) Vijay Kelkar
5) None of these

16. Youwecan is a foundation established by which of the following sportspersons meant to fight cancer by spreading awareness about the fatal disease?
1) Mary Kom
2) Sania Mirza
3) Mahesh Bhupathi
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Milkha Singh

17. Who is the present Chairman of Microsoft?
1) Bill Gates
2) Satya Nadella
3) John Thompson
4) Steve Ballmer
5) Paul Allen

18. Who is the founder of Gulabi Gang, a social organization that works for women welfare and empowerment?
1) Gaura Devi
2) Bachhi Devi
3) Sampat Pal Devi
4) Nanda Devi
5) None of these

19. The Gulabi Gang movement was started in Banda district of?
1) Odisha
2) Bihar
3) Jharkhand
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh

20. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is headquartered in?
1) Geneva
2) Berne
3) Washington D.C.
4) Zurich
5) Basel

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Which of the following State governments launched Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Concrete Road
Nirman Scheme on December 5, 2014?
1) Assam
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Jharkhand

2. Ashton Carter was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 5, 2014 to replace Chuck Hagel as the United States Secretary of?
1) State
2) Defense
3) Treasury
4) Agriculture
5) Commerce

3. Who was named 'Asian of the Year' by The Straits Times, Singapore's leading daily on December 5, 2014?
1) Xi Jinping
2) Shinzo Abe
3) Narendra Modi
4) Thein Sein
5) Li Keqiang

4. Who took charge as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director on December 3, 2014?
1) Amar Pratap Singh
2) Ratan Kumar Sinha
3) Ashok Tiwari
4) Anil Kumar Sinha
5) R.S. Bhatti

5. Jamil Mahuad was sentenced to 12 years in prison for misappropriating public funds. He is the
former President of?
1) Libya
2) Ecuador
3) Uganda
4) Kenya
5) Mexico

6. What does CTS stand for?
1) Cheque Termination System
2) Cheque Truncation System
3) Cheque Transaction System
4) Cheque Transaction Scheme
5) None of these

7. Who took charge as the new United States interim Ambassador to India on June 6, 2014?
1) Nancy Powell
2) Penny Pritzker
3) Kathleen Stephens
4) Nisha Desai Biswal
5) Susan Rice

8. Who was honored with 'Champions of Change' by the White House for her exemplary leadership in her community?
1) Pratishtha Khanna
2) Anita Goel
3) Sangeeta Bhatia
4) Usha Haley
5) None of these

9. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Solicitor General - Ranjit Kumar
2) National Security Adviser - Ajit Doval
3) Comptroller and Auditor General - Shashikant Sharma
4) Principal Secretary to the PM - Nripender Mishra
5) Finance Secretary - Arvind Mayaram

10. The ninth G20 Summit was held recently in which of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Russia
3) UK
4) China
5) None of these

11. Who among the following was recently appointed the President of Chile?
1) Dilma Rousseff
2) Christina Fernandez
3) Michelle Bachelet
4) Evo Morales
5) None of these

12. What is the maximum number of withdrawals allowed per month in Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts (BSBDA)?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
5) No restrictions

13. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched on the birth anniversary of which of the following
leaders?
1) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri
3) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Jayaprakash Narayan
5) Deendayal Upadhyaya

14. Who won the Samsung Most Valuable Player at the 17th Asian Games?
1) Yogeshwar Dutt
2) Jitu Rai
3) Sania Mirza
4) Sardar Singh
5) Mary Kom

15. Who won the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction?
1) Jhumpa Lahiri
2) Eimear McBride
3) Anita Desai
4) Eleanor Catton
5) Kiran Desai

16. Juan Carlos reigned as the king of which of the following countries from 1975 to 2014?
1) Austria
2) UK
3) Portugal
4) Spain
5) Netherlands

17. Who won the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest?
1) Kavya Shivshankar
2) Balu Natarajan
3) Anamika Veermani
4) Arvind Mahankali
5) Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe

18. Gary Gilmour died on June 10, 2014. He was a fast bowler who played 15 Tests for?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) South Africa
4) West Indies
5) None of these

19. Which of the following refers to the amount that the commercial banks require to maintain in the form of gold or Government approved securities before lending?
1) Repo rate
2) Bank rate
3) CRR
4) SLR
5) MSF

20. Which of the following States has a woman Chief Minister?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Goa
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Rajasthan

21. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was set up in?
1) 1944
2) 1954
3) 1960
4) 1964
5) 1950

22. Which of the following crops requires water logging for its cultivation?
1) Tea
2) Coffee
3) Sorghum
4) Mustard
5) Paddy

23. Who is the author of the novel 'A Girl is a Half-formed Thing'?
1) Chimamanda Ngozi
2) Hannah Kent
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Donna Tartt
5) Eimear McBride

24. Who is the Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization?
1) Shefali Razdan Duggal
2) Sujatha Singh
3) Anjali Prasad
4) Meera Shankar
5) None of these

25. David Allen died on May 25, 2014. He played 39 Tests for?
1) Australia
2) England
3) South Africa
4) West Indies
5) New Zealand

26. The Election Commission conducts elections to the?
1) Parliament
2) State Legislatures
3) Office of the President
4) Office of the Vice President
5) All the above

27. The International Rice Research Institute is in?
1) USA
2) Mexico
3) Japan
4) China
5) Philippines

28. Agronomy deals with?
1) Breeding of crop plants
2) Protection of crops from pests
3) Protection of crops from diseases
4) Principles and Practice of crop production
5) None of these

29. The policy of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization was announced as New Economic Policy by?
1) Rajiv Gandhi
2) V.P. Singh
3) P.V. Narasimha Rao
4) Atal Behari Vajpayee
5) I.K. Gujral

30. The National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research
(NCAP) is located at?
1) New Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Bangalore
4) Mumbai
5) Chennai

31. Hindustan Zinc Limited will build 30,000 toilets for poor families in rural areas in?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Chhattisgarh

32. The Pilibhit wildlife sanctuary got tiger reserve status with effect from June 9, 2014. It is in?
1) Odisha
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttar Pradesh

33. Kashagan oil field is in which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) Ukraine
3) Kazakhstan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Armenia

34. Which of the following days was declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by the United Nations General Assembly?
1) May 13
2) July 31
3) May 31
4) April 6
5) June 6

35. Neermahal is a former royal palace situated in?
1) Assam
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Manipur
5) Tripura

36. IFAD stands for?
1) International Fund for Agricultural Development
2) International Fund for Aquatic Development
3) International Fund for Asia's Development
4) International Fund for Africa's Development
5) None of these

37. FAO is a part of?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) Asian Development Bank
4) United Nations Organization
5) World Trade Organization

38. The term 'double fault' is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Cricket
2) Hockey
3) Chess
4) Football
5) Tennis

39. What is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio at present?
1) 22.5 percent
2) 22 percent
3) 23 percent
4) 24 percent
5) None of these

40. Who among the following is one of the four deputy governors of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) P.Vijaya Bhaskar
3) Y.H. Malegam
4) Nachiket Mor
5) None of these

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Recently, where and when an agreement on exemption of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and official passports has been signed between India and Norway?
1) Oslo - 14 October
2) Paris - 15 October
3) Tokyo - 13 October
4) Norway - 20 October
5) Delhi - 15 October

2. Name the country which has agreed to provide 4 million Euros and services of international experts to help in effective implementation of sanitation programmes in urban areas of India?
1) India
2) Germany
3) USA
4) USSR
5) Norway

3. Name the author who has won the Man Booker Prize for his war time novel 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'?
1) V.V. Richards
2) M.M. Oslovan
3) Richard Flanagan
4) Johnson Richards
5) None

4. Recently, which court has dismissed the pleas of State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank, challenging an Allahabad High Court order, directing sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh to sell the sugar stock to reclaim their dues from farmers on 14th Oct' 14?
1) Supreme Court
2) High Court of Allahabad
3) High Court of UP
4) High Court of Pune
5) None

5. Recently, from which city of Uttarakhand, direct Air India flight to Delhi has been started on 14th Oct' 14?
1) Patnanagar
2) Pantnagar
3) Adhinagar
4) Shivnagar
5) Parvathipuram

6. Which state government has decided to set up an animal trauma care centre, recently?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) West Bengal
4) Kerala
5) Telangana

7. The Wholesale Price Index based inflation comes down to five year low of how much % in Sep' 2014?
1) 2.38%
2) 3.56%
3) 4.67%
4) 1.23%
5) 4.98%

8. By how much percent India's exports rise in September 2014?
1) 2.73%
2) 3.45%
3) 4.56%
4) 1.23%
5) 2.23%

9. According to the 2014 Global Hunger Index released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), what rank has been achieved by India among 76 countries?
1) 55
2) 67
3) 78
4) 89
5) 12

10. The 3rd International Tourism Mart, organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States and West Bengal was officially inaugurated in which state of India?
1) Meghalaya
2) Manipur
3) Sikkim
4) Goa
5) Mizoram

11. In how many cities TATA Value Homes, a subsidiary of Tata Housing Development Company, plans to launch new 'Value Home' projects?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
5) 6

12. Khaled Bahah was appointed as the Prime Minister of which country on 13th Oct' 14?
1) Yemen
2) Doha
3) Saudi
4) Dubai
5) None

13. Which third navigational satellite of India was launched successfully at 1.32 AM on 16th Oct' 14?
1) IRN S S 1 C
2) IRN S C 1 X
3) IRM C C 2 X
4) IRP V B 1 Y
5) None

14. According to the announcement made by ISRO Chairman K.Radhakrishnan in Oct 2014, ISRO will launch which of the following within next 45 days?
1) GSLV Mark II
2) GSLV Mark III
3) GSLV Mark I
4) GSLV Mark IV
5) GSLV Mark V

15. The person who has been awarded with the Best Central Bank Governor Award 2014 by Euromoney Magazine is....
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Ranjan Rathod
3) Madhav Shukla
4) John David
5) None

16. Name the country where the Harbin Ice festival has been celebrated from 1st Nov to 10th Nov' 14?
1) HongKong
2) Japan
3) China
4) Australia
5) India

17. Name the author of the book 'Final Test : Exit Sachin Tendulkar' released on 15th Oct' 14?
1) Dilip D'Souza
2) Kumara Mangalam
3) Dinesh Johnson
4) Divakar Mehtha
5) None

18. Which bank has launched Facebook - based funds transfer platform 'Kaypay' on 14 Oct 2014?
1) Kotak Mahindra
2) Axis Bank
3) ING Vysya
4) HDFC
5) HSBC

19. Global Hand Washing Day was observed on ......
1) 15 October
2) 16 October
3) 17 October
4) 20 October
5) 1 October

20. Name the person who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) on 14th Oct' 14?
1) Giridhar Pande
2) Goutham Roy
3) Girish Kanitkar
4) Madhusha Malhotra
5) None

21. Who is the 10-year old terminally ill boy became Hyderabad Police Commissioner for a day on 15th Oct' 2014?
1) Sadiq
2) Syed Ahmed
3) Suresh
4) Srikara
5) Srinivas

22. The two days talks on border mechanism between India and China began on..
1) 16 October
2) 17 October
3) 18 October
4) 19 October
5) 20 October

23. What is the name of the India's indigenously developed nuclear capable cruise missile which was test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha on 17th Oct' 2014?
1) Nirbhaya
2) Nirdeshak
3) Nirikshana
4) Nirnaya
5) None

24. On which day is the Ministry of External Affairs launched country-wide Passport Seva Camp programme?
1) 18th October
2) 19th October
3) 20th October
4) 21st October
5) 23rd October

25. What is the name of the eminent Indian Scientist who received the World Food Prize 2014 for his scientific research?
1) Dr. Sanjay Rajaram
2) Dr. Sudhakar Rajan
3) Dr. Vinay Rajan
4) Dr. Pavan Rajan
5) None

26. How many countries were elected as nonpermanent members of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 16th Oct' 14?
1) 3
2) 5
3) 6
4) 7
5) 8

27. According to the WHO, which country accounts for 80% for polio cases globally?
1) Indonesia
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Sri Lanka
5) Uzbekistan

28. World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on which of the following dates?
1) May 22
2) May 23
3) May 25
4) May 29
5) May 31

29. Vostro Account is an account maintained by a foreign bank with a bank in India in which of the following currencies?
1) Dollar
2) Euro
3) Indian Rupee
4) The currency of the country the bank is based in
5) None of these

30. Who among the following has authored the book titled The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-14?
1) Roshen Dalal
2) Carlotta Gall
3) Jo Nesbo
4) Donna Tartt
5) None of these

31. As announced by the US President Barack Obama recently, the US military will be completely pulled out of Afghanistan by the end of
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2018
5) 2020

32. What is 'net interest income'?
1) The interest earned on investments
2) The interest earned on advances
3) The difference between the interest earned and interest paid
4) Total interest earned from all sources
5) None of these

33. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired his first FSDC meet recently. What is the full form of FSDC?
1) Financial Stability and Development Council
2) Financial Suitability and Development Council
3) Financial Steering and Development Council
4) Financial Stability and Diversification Council
5) None of these

34. Who among the following has won the 2014 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix?
1) Nico Rosberg
2) Jenson Button
3) Fernando Alonso
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Lewis Hamilton

35. Which of the following currencies has been the best performing currency in Asia- Pacific region against the US dollar so far in 2014?
1) Indian Rupee
2) Malaysian Ringgit
3) South Korean Won
4) Japanese Yen
5) New Zealand Dollar

36. What should be the minimum amount of certificate of deposit (CD)?
1) 0.5 lakh
2) 1 lakh
3) 2 lakh
4) 5 lakh
5) None of these

37. The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially the XX Commonwealth Games, held from 23 Jul to 3 Aug 2014 in which of the following cities?
1) Los Angeles
2) Rio de Janeiro
3) Pyeongchang
4) Glasgow
5) None

38. The term 'double fault' is associated with which of the following games?
1) Cricket
2) Football
3) Tennis
4) Badminton
5) Chess

39. 'With You - All The Way' is the tagline of which of the following banks?
1) Bank of India
2) Indian Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Sate Bank of India
5) None of these

40. What is the number of Rajya Sabha members allotted to the newly created state of Telangana?
1) 7
2) 11
3) 12
4) 18
5) None of these

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