Thursday, September 1, 2016

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari sworn in as Chief Justice of .......... High Court.
A) Jaipur
B) Guwahati
C) Mumbai
D) Bhopal
E) Patna

2. Theresa May appointed Prime Minister of which of the following country?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
E) Brazil

3. Who won Ramon Magsaysay award for 2016?
A) T.M. Krishna
B) Bezwada Wilson
C) Arvind Kejriwal
D) Both A and B
E) None

4. Which states tourism won the gold at Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) awards?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Tamilnadu
E) Telangana

5. What is the maximum value of soiled currency notes which can be exchanged for free of charge?
A) 5000
B) 25000
C) 2000
D) 1000
E) None

6. Which of the following banks have become first Indian banks to join SWIFT's global payments innovation initiative?
A) ICICI Bank and Axis Bank
B) ICICI Bank and SBI
C) HDFC Bank and UCO Bank
D) SBI and Indian Bank
E) SBI and BOB

7. Who among the following will lead the Interregulatory Working Group on Fin Tech and Digital Banking?
A) N. Srinivasan
B) Sai Kumar
C) Sudarshan Sen
D) N.V. Swami
E) Bobby Jindal

8. Indian Railways has recently signed MoU with which of the following banks to promote rail ticketing?
A) ICICI Bank
B) UCO Bank
C) SBI Bank
D) Yes Bank
E) Axis Bank

9. "Who Moved My Interest Rate?" written by...
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Nayantara Sahgal
C) C. D. Deshmukh
D) Duvvuri Subbarao
E) Manmohan Singh

10. Amal Dutta has passed away recently he
belongs to which of the following sport?
A) Cricket
B) Hockey
C) Football
D) Chess
E) Golf

11. India has approved a $ 318 million loan for which country railways?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Afghanistan
D) Myanmar
E) None

12. Myntra acquired which e-commerce portal?
A) Flipkart
B) Lifestyle
C) e- bay
D) Just buy
E) Jabong

13. e-marketplace web portal has been launched by which union ministry for goods procurement?
A) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
B) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D) Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
E) None of these

14. Which of the following Indian Bank have been listed in the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest corporations in terms of revenue?
A) SBI Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) UCO Bank
D) Yes Bank
E) Axis Bank

15. Which of the following country has declared three-month state of emergency after a failed military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government?
A) Singapore
B) Turkey
C) Nepal
D) Qatar
E) Mexico

16. Madeira international airport to be named after?
A) Radamel Falcao
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) Andres Iniesta
E) Sergio Ramos

17. Fedor Konyukhov, has broken the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in a hot air balloon in just over 11 days. He belongs which of the following country?
A) Cuba
B) Russia
C) Cyprus
D) Brunei
E) Bahrain

18. Government to set up committee to tackle shortage of pulses headed by ....
A) Narendra Modi
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Harsh Vardhan
E) Prakash Javadekar

19. Union Cabinet approves disinvestment of .......... percent in National Buildings
Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC).
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 20%
D) 25%
E) 12.5%

20. India and Nepal launched bus service between two connecting which of the following famous cities?
A) New Delhi and Kathmandu
B) New Delhi and Birgunj
C) New Delhi and Biratnagar
D) New Delhi and Patan
E) New Delhi and Pokhara

21. Railways launch time-tabled Auto Express between which of the following cities?
A) Gurgaon to Nidvanda
B) Mumbai to New Delhi
C) Mumbai to Ahmedabad
D) Gurgaon to Mumbai
E) Ahmedabad to New Delhi

22. India's first green train corridor opens in ....
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Tamilnadu
E) Kerala

23. Who among the following named brand ambassador of the Craig McDermott International Cricket Academy in Australia?
A) Virat Kohli
B) MS Dhoni
C) Suresh Raina
D) Rohit Sharma
E) Shikar Dhawan

24. Who among the following is the highestpaid banker in India?
A) Chanda Kochhar
B) Aditya Puri
C) Shika Sharma
D) Sudarshan Sen
E) None

25. National Banana Research Centre to be set up in which state?
A) Tamilnadu
B) Kerala
C) Maharashtra
D) Karnataka
E) Bihar

26. India's first smart grid to setup in which of the following state?
A) Haryana
B) Gujarat
C) Rajasthan
D) Bihar
E) Sikkim

27. Microsoft introduced a new program aimed at growing Surface's footprint in the business called as ..........
A) Surface of motion
B) Surface as a platform
C) Surface as a service
D) Surface as a support
E) None

28. NASA is planned to give final design and construction of its next Mars Rover to be launched by which year?
A) 2019
B) 2020
C) 2017
D) 2018
E) 2022

29. Which country to conduct world's first Zika vaccine test on humans?
A) Thailand
B) Canada
C) France
D) China
E) South Korea

30. 9th edition of Indian Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Show to begin in which of the following city?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Bangalore
D) Hyderabad
E) Kolkata

31. A three-day meeting between Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has begun in......
A) Patna
B) Dispur
C) Hyderabad
D) Agartala
E) None

32. International Nelson Mandela Day is observed on which date?
A) July 28
B) July 17
C) July 18
D) July 15
E) July 22

33. Who won men's singles title of 2016 Wimbledon?
A) Andy Murrey
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Roger Federer
D) Novak Djokovic
E) Stan Wawrinka

34. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called which of the following country to be completely banned from the Rio Olympics and other international sport?
A) Russia
B) China
C) US
D) India
E) Srilanka

35. Which state to geo-tag irrigation projects with the help of NRSA, Icrisat?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Tamilnadu
D) Kerala
E) Karnataka

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