Wednesday, July 15, 2015

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR IBPS P.O. EXAM

1. MUDRA bank launched by PM on 27 June 2015 with a corpus of ........... and credit guarantee of Rs.3,000 crore.
1) Rs.10,000 crore
2) Rs.70,000 crore
3) Rs.20,000 crore
4) Rs.40,000 crore
5) None

2. MUDRA stands for ........
1) Mind Units Development and Refinance Agency
2) Minimum Units Development and Refinance Agency
3) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
4) More Units Development and Refinance Agency
5) None

3. Which bank is now under the obligation of refinancing micro-finance institutions in the business of lending to small entities?
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) MUDRA Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) BMB

4. The role of MUDRA bank is .....
1) laying down policy guidelines for micro enterprise financing business, registration, accreditation and rating of MFI entities.
2) lay down responsible financing practices to ward off over-indebtedness and ensure proper client protection principles and methods of recovery.
3) to provide the finance to Non - Corporate Small Business Sector (NCSBS).
4) it would partner with state / regional level financial intermediaries to provide finance to last mile financier of small / micro business enterprises.
5) All of above

5. One of the product of MUDRA bank is Shishu. Shishu covers the loan up to .....
1) Rs.1,50,000
2) Rs.40,000
3) Rs.70,000
4) Rs.20,000
5) Rs.50,000

6. Kishor, one of the product of MUDRA bank provide the loan of ..........
1) Rs.50,000 to Rs.5 lakh
2) Rs.1,50,000 to Rs.5 lakh
3) Rs.20,000 to Rs.5 lakh
4) Rs.50,000 to Rs.15 lakh
5) None

7. Tarun, the product of MUDRA bank provides the loan of .......
1) Rs.5 lakh to Rs.7 lakh
2) Rs.3 lakh to Rs.10 lakh
3) Rs.5 lakh to Rs.15 lakh
4) Rs.1 lakh to Rs.10 lakh
5) Rs.5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh

8. Which of the following barrower is eligible to barrow from MUDRA bank?
1) Small manufacturing unit
2) Shopkeepers
3) Fruits / vegetable vendors
4) Artisans
5) All of above

9. Till a separate legislation made, MUDRA bank run as subsidiary of ......
1) SBI
2) NABARD
3) RBI
4) NHB
5) SIDBI

10. Which is the first bank launched Mudra Card under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana based on the RuPay platform on 4 July 2015?
1) Axis Bank
2) SBI
3) Corporation Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) Canara Bank

11. Project Tatkal, an initiative to provide doorstep services and expedite Home Loan Application (HLA) process on 3 July 2015 launched by .......
1) SBI
2) Andhra Bank
3) PNB
4) Bank of India
5) UBI

12. Union minister for environment is ..........
1) Prakash Javadekar
2) Maneka Gandhi
3) Bandaru Dattatreya
4) Thawar Chand Gehlot
5) V.K. Singh

13. ICICI launches 'Tap-n-Pay' in collaboration with ....... based on the Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology?
1) TCS
2) Microsoft
3) Infosys
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None

14. The highlight of the 'Tap-n-Pay' is .....
1) enable customers to make over-thecounter payments without using cash.
2) allows users to just tap the NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at the merchant's point-of-sale device to make payments.
3) is a prepaid account, which can be availed by customers of any bank by simply registering for it and transferring money online from any bank account.
4) it can be offered in many bank accounts.
5) All of above

15. Apprentices Protsahan Yojana (APY) aims to support one lakh apprentices during the
period up to...
1) March 2017
2) March 2018
3) March 2019
4) March 2016
5) March 2020

16. RBI decided to allow AD Category-I Banks to borrow foreign currency from International / Multinational Financial Institutions on 25 June 2015. In this context, AD means ........
1) Additional
2) Add-on
3) Authorized Dealer
4) Amplified
5) None

17. Which state launched the Mhara Gaon- Jagmag Gaon scheme on 1 July 2015, aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers in a phased manner with their active participation?
1) Karnataka
2) AP
3) Haryana
4) West Bengal
5) Bihar

18. Which state became the largest producer of solar power after installing 1167 MW solar power plant, demoting Gujarat to second position?
1) Tamilnadu
2) MP
3) Rajasthan
4) HP
5) Haryana

19. 14th edition of 10 - day Indo - French joint naval exercise being conducted in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Goa is named as ........
1) Varuna
2) Indra
3) Garuda
4) Yudha Abhayas
5) None

20. UNCTAD World Investment Report says India leads in regional inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Asia. How much FDI attracted by India during 2014 as per this report?
1) $ 34 billion
2) $ 18 billion
3) $ 24 billion
4) $ 14 billion
5) $ 40 billion

21. As per the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2015, the largest FDI recipient in 2014 in the world is ....
1) China
2) USA
3) Japan
4) Australia
5) France

22. What rank hold by India in 2014 as per the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2015 in the attracting of FDI in the world?
1) 11th
2) 8th
3) 9th
4) 4th
5) 6th

23. Which nation had the largest outward flow of FDI about $ 337 billion as per the UNCTAD report? (UNCTAD stands for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).
1) China
2) France
3) USA
4) India
5) Canada

24. Ambubachi Mela, a four-day long Mela at Kamakhaya Devi temple concluded in ......
1) Assam
2) Haryana
3) Rajasthan
4) Karnataka
5) Kerala

25. List of famous Fairs / Melas given. Locate the wrong combination.
1) Sonepur Mela - Bihar
2) Pushkar Mela - Karnataka
3) Chandrabhaga Mela - Odisha
4) Gangasagar Mela - West Bengal
5) Hemis Gompa Fair - Jammu and Kashmir

26. Japan's Parliament passed a bill to lower voting age from 20 to ........
1) 14
2) 12
3) 16
4)10
5) 18

27. Which country is NOT a member of K2K Economic Corridor?
1) Bangladesh
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) Myanmar
5) All of the above are the members of K2K Economic Corridor

28. K2K refers to ........
1) Kolkata and Kunming
2) Kohima and Kunming
3) Kolkata and Kuienen
4) Kohima to Kunming
5) Kolkata to Kodaikanal

29. Valcano Calbuco erupted. It is in .....
1) Argentina
2) Chile
3) India
3) Peru
4) Indonesia

30. List of Volcanoes given. Locate the correct combination.
1) Mount Vesuvius - Italy
2) st.Helens - UK
3) Sinabung - Indonesia
4) Zhupanovsky - Russia
5) Santorini - Greece

31. Narcondam, Deccan Traps, Baratang, Dhosi Hill, and Barren Island volcanoes are in .......
1) USA
2) UK
3) Italy
4) India
5) None

32. A national memorial will be set up in the memory of Jayaprakash Narayan in at Lala Ka Tola, Sitab Diara, district Chhapra (Saran) in .....
1) Bihar
2) Odisha
3) West Benal
4) UP
5) AP

33. Loknayak is ....
1) Chittaranjan Das
2) Jayaprakash Narayan
3) C.F. Andrews
4) Lala Lajapat Rai
5) Gopinath Bordoloi

34. Sampoorna Swarajya (Total Revolution) proposed by .......
1) Nehru
2) Vallabhbhai Patel
3) Mahatma Gandhi
4) Jayaprakash Narayan
5) Indira Gandhi

35. Which Airport named after Jayaprakash Narayan?
1) Hyderabad
2) New Delhi
3) Patna
4) Bengaluru
5) Varanasi

36. Construction of a memorial for former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was completed in the premises of ........
1) Raj Ghat
2) Shanthi Ghat
3) Ektha Sthal
4) Samatha Sthal
5) Narayan Ghat

37. On 24 June 2015, central government approved a plan to set up six more IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) at Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and also at
1) Kaladi (Kerala)
2) Sri Rangam (Tamilnadu)
3) Udupi (Karnataka)
4) Champaran (Bihar)
5) Amritsar (Punjab)

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