Friday, March 13, 2015

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won a record fifth Australian Open tennis men's singles title on
February 1, 2015. He defeated which of the following players in the final?
1) Stanislas Wawrinka
2) Roger Federer
3) Andreas Seppi
4) Andy Murray
5) Rafael Nadal

2. With effect from February 7, 2015 the Statutory Liquidity Ratio is?
1) 22 percent
2) 21.5 percent
3) 22.5 percent
4) 21 percent
5) 21.75 percent

3. Which of the following films won the Best Film Award at the 60th Filmfare Awards recently?
1) PK
2) 2 States
3) Queen
4) Haider
5) Mary Kom

4. Who assumed charge as the new Home Secretary on 2015 February 5?
1) Alok Rawat
2) Mukul Joshi
3) D.M. Spolia
4) L.C. Goyal
5) D.J. Pandian

5. Who is the first Indian shuttler to win two bronze medals at the World Badminton Championships?
1) Jwala Gutta
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Parupalli Kashyap
5) P.V. Sindhu

6. Who won the women's singles title at the World Badminton Championships in Copen Hagen in
August 2014?
1) Carolina Marin
2) Li Xuerui
3) Minatsu Mitani
4) Yu Yang
5) Wang Xiaoli

7. Environment Ministers of BASIC countries met in which of the following cities in August 2014?
1) Chennai
2) Hanzghou
3) New Delhi
4) Guangzhou
5) Beijing

8. Who won the inaugural STAR Prokabaddi League in Mumbai on August 31, 2014?
1) U Mumba
2) Jaipur Pink Panthers
3) Patna Pirates
4) Bengaluru Bulls
5) None of these

9. Prayuth Chanocha is the Prime Minister of which of the following Asian countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Cambodia
3) Philippines
4) Myanmar
5) Thailand

10. Haider alAbadi assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on
September 8, 2014?
1) Iraq
2) Afghanistan
3) Yemen
4) Bahrain
5) Qatar

11. Who among the following 2014 Arjuna award winners excelled in Golf?
1) Abhishek Verma
2) V. Diju
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Sunil Rana
5) Saji Thomas

12. The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Outstanding Parliamentarian award to?
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Karan Singh
3) Sharad Yadav
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

13. "Beyond 2020: A Vision for Tomorrow's India" is a book written by Y.S. Rajan and?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Jagdeesh Bhagwathi
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
5) C. Rangarajan

14. Mridula Sinha is the present Governor of?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Karnataka
4) Tripura
5) Mizoram

15. Copley Medal is awarded every year for?
1) Mathematics
2) Science
3) Literature
4) Journalism
5) Sculpture

16. Which of the following public sector banks is/ are based in Kolkata?
1) United Bank of India
2) Allahabad Bank
3) UCO Bank
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

17. State Bank of India has merged which of the following subsidiaries?
1) State Bank of Patiala
2) State Bank of Travancore
3) State Bank of Indore
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

18. Mouda Super Thermal Power Station is located in?
1) Gujarat
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Jammu & Kashmir

19. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) is related to?
1) Fertilizers
2) Pesticides
3) Seeds
4) Agriculture implements
5) Irrigation

20. North Karanpura Thermal Power Station is an upcoming coal based thermal power plant located
in?
1) Jharkhand
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Uttarakhand
5) Madhya Pradesh

21. Istanbul Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Table Tennis
2) Badminton
3) F1
4) Tennis
5) Golf

22. How many medals did India win at the 20th Commonwealth Games?
1) 15
2) 30
3) 57
4) 44
5) 64

23. Who is the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?
1) Dipa Karmarkar
2) Ashwini Ponappa
3) Apoorvi Chandela
4) Hina Sidhu
5) None of these

24. The world's tallest railway bridge will come up in Noney in?
1) Assam
2) Manipur
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Tripura
5) Himachal Pradesh

25. Manjula Chellur is the first woman Chief Justice of?
1) Karnataka High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Calcutta High Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) Gujarat High Court

26. Who assumed office as the 12th President of Turkey on August 28, 2014?
1) Ahmet Davutoglu
2) Abdullah Gul
3) Ali Babacan
4) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
5) None of these

27. India will host the 2015 Paragliding World Cup in Kangra district of?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Punjab
3) Haryana
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Himachal Pradesh

28. The government has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) for the benefit of
citizens aged?
1) 55 years and above
2) 60 years and above
3) 65 years and above
4) 62 years and above
5) None of these

29. The Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana is administered by the?
1) RBI
2) GIC
3) LIC
4) SEBI
5) IRDA

30. Which is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to achieve Navratna status?
1) Airports Authority of India
2) India Trade Promotion Organization
3) Indian Rare Earths Limited
4) Container Corporation of India Limited
5) Goa Shipyard Limited

31. Nimoo-Bazgo and Chutak hydroelectric projects are located in?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Jammu & Kashmir

32. Who is the inventor of genetic fingerprinting?
1) Alec Jeffreys
2) Andre Geim
3) Stephen Hawking
4) Dorothy Hodgkin
5) None of these

33. Vladimir Beara, considered one of Soccer's greatest goalkeepers, died recently. He played 59
games for?
1) Hungary
2) Yugoslavia
3) USSR
4) Finland
5) Sweden

34. Eminent cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma passed away recently. He is the creator of which of the following iconic characters?
1) Shaktimaan
2) Mussadi Lal
3) Chacha Chaudhary
4) Uncle Anu
5) None of these

35. Xavi Hernandez retired from international football recently. He was a member of which of the
following teams that won the Euro 2008 and Euro 2012?
1) Germany
2) England
3) France
4) Italy
5) Spain

36. Prasar Bharti has entered into an agreement with Deutsche Welle (DW), the public service
broadcaster of?
1) Spain
2) Australia
3) Netherlands
4) Germany
5) Italy

37. Union Agriculture Minister has announced that a Cashew and Spices Research Centre will be
established in?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Karnataka
5) Haryana

38. Rashtriya Gokul Mission will promote conservation and development of?
1) Sheep
2) Fish
3) Goats
4) Cows
5) None of these

39. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has been transferred to the Ministry of Water
Resources from the Ministry of?
1) Rural Development
2) Urban Development
3) Environment
4) Agriculture
5) Mining

40. Which State government launched 'Bhamashah' scheme to empower women, in August 2014?
1) Kerala
2) Gujarat
3) West Bengal
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh

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