1. Which country has decided to remove the 100-bolivar bank note from circulation in December 2016?
1) Venezuela
2) Colombia
3) Brazil
4) Bolivia
5) Argentina
2. Which is the first entity in India to start a Payments Bank?
1) Reliance
2) Airtel
3) Paytm
4) India Post
5) Vodafone
3. What is the present reverse repo rate?
1) 6.25%
2) 5.25%
3) 5.75%
4) 5.5%
5) None of these
4. Forbes magazine has released the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2016. What is the rank of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this list?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 6
4) 9
5) 7
5. India signed a landmark civil nuclear agreement with which of the following countries on November 11, 2016?
1) Vietnam
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Japan
5) Qatar
6. What is the maximum deposit amount insured by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)?
1) Rs. 50,000
2) Rs. 2,00,000
3) Rs. 1,00,000
4) Rs. 2,50,000
5) None of these
7. Daniel Ortega won a third consecutive term as the President of which of the following countries in November 2016?
1) Nicaragua
2) Panama
3) Surinam
4) Guatemala
5) Paraguay
8. The 11th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in September 2016 in which of the following countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Singapore
4) Laos
5) Myanmar
9. What is India's rank out of 190 countries in the World Bank's annual report on the ease of doing
business released in October 2016?
1) 129
2) 141
3) 130
4) 143
5) 140
10. Fidel Castro passed away on November 25, 2016. He governed which of the following countries
as the President from 1976 to 2008?
1) Bahamas
2) Haiti
3) Jamaica
4) Cuba
5) Mexico
11. "The Giving Pledge" encourages the world's wealthiest individuals and families to donate a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. This organization was started in 2010 by?
1) Warren Buffett and Paul Allen
2) Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg
3) Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison
4) Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
5) David Rockefeller and Richard Branson
12. Donald Carr passed away recently. He was a former cricketer from?
1) West Indies
2) England
3) South Africa
4) Australia
5) None of these
13. Afghan-India Friendship Dam or the Salma Dam is situated in which of the following provinces of Afghanistan?
1) Bamyan
2) Helmand
3) Herat
4) Kandahar
5) Kunduz
14. The South Asian University (SAU), an initiative of the eight South Asian countries, held its first
convocation ceremony recently. SAU is in?
1) Kathmandu
2) Dhaka
3) Thimphu
4) New Delhi
5) Islamabad
15. Gudni Johannesson assumed office as the President of which of the following countries on August
1, 2016?
1) Ireland
2) Sweden
3) Denmark
4) Slovenia
5) Iceland
16. "Sahyog Hyeoblyeog 2016" is a joint coast guard exercise held off Chennai coast recently between India and?
1) Japan
2) Vietnam
3) South Korea
4) China
5) Philippines
17. Major General Per Gustaf Lodin has been appointed as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He belongs to?
1) Ghana
2) Sweden
3) Kenya
4) Argentina
5) Bulgaria
18. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)?
1) G. Kalyanakrishnan
2) B.S. Bassi
3) A.R. Karve
4) Sujoy Bose
5) Satya Pal Jain
19. The Indian Air Force inducted three women fighter pilots for the first time in June 2016. Who among the following is one of them?
1) Bhawana Kath
2) Avani Chaturvedi
3) Mohana Singh
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
20. Indigenously built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo was inducted in the Indian Navy on June 29, 2016. What is its name?
1) Akash
2) Varunastra
3) Tiger Fish
4) Arihant
5) Astra
21. Which of the following is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro?
1) Tom
2) Wenlock
3) Miga
4) Tikhor
5) Vinicius
22. Which State topped in providing jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for the year 2015-16?
1) Tripura
2) Mizoram
3) Sikkim
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) None of these
23. The recently launched "Tiger Express" semi-luxury train will take the guests onboard to the world
famous Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks in?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh
24. HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company has recently completed the acquisition of 100 percent shares of which of the following general insurance companies for
Rs. 551 crore?
1) Bharati Axa
2) Bajaj Allianz
3) ICICI Lombard
4) L&T
5) Tata-AIG
25. Which of the following microfinance institutions has been renamed as Bharat Financial Inclusion
Limited?
1) Disha Microfin
2) SKS Microfinance
3) Suryoday Microfinance
4) Bandhan
5) None of these
26. The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will offer demand deposits such as savings and current accounts up to a balance of?
1) Rs. 1 lakh
2) Rs. 2 lakh
3) Rs. 3 lakh
4) Rs. 4 lakh
5) Rs. 5 lakh
27. Which is the least peaceful country in the world as per the 2016 Global Peace Index?
1) Yemen
2) Ukraine
3) Libya
4) North Korea
5) Syria
28. Which Indian city hosted the junior men's hockey World Cup in December 2016?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Nagpur
3) New Delhi
4) Lucknow
5) Chandigarh
29. The SDR scheme was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 2015 to help banks recover their loans by taking control of the distressed listed companies. What is the full form of this SDR scheme?
1) Strategic Drawing Rights
2) Strategic Debt Restructuring
3) Special Debt Restructuring
4) Special Debt Recovery
5) None of these
30. Which of the following are not insured by the DICGC?
1) Foreign Banks
2) Private Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Primary Cooperative Societies
5) 1 and 2
31. Which of the following is not a private sector bank?
1) Yes Bank
2) Bandhan Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) IDFC Bank
5) Dena Bank
32. Who among the following authors won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize?
1) Doris Lessing
2) Margaret Atwood
3) Svetlana Alexivich
4) Paul Beatty
5) Han Kang
33. Who is the only Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
1) Deepa Malik
2) Mariyappan Thangavelu
3) Devendra Jhajharia
4) Varun Singh Bhati
5) None of these
34. Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement recently. He played international football matches for?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) Poland
4) Germany
5) Italy
35. Indian currency notes are printed at four printing presses. Which of the following places is not one of them?
1) Nasik
2) Mysore
3) Dewas
4) Salboni
5) Noida
36. SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between State Bank of India and?
1) Mitsui Sumitomo
2) AIG
3) BNP Paribas Cardif
4) Legal and General
5) IAG
37. Who won the 2016 US Open men's singles tennis title?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Andy Murray
3) Roger Federer
4) Stanislas Wawrinka
5) Rafael Nadal
38. Ryder Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Boxing
2) Cycling
3) Chess
4) Football
5) Golf
39. Who is the author of the book "The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable"?
1) Al Gore
2) Rajendra Pachauri
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Jairam Ramesh
5) None of these
40. World Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) August 14
2) September 14
3) October 14
4) November 14
5) December 14
ANSWERS
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 4
11) 4 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 5 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 5 20) 2
21) 5 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 2 26) 1 27) 5 28) 4 29) 2 30) 4
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 4 38) 5 39) 3 40) 4
1) Venezuela
2) Colombia
3) Brazil
4) Bolivia
5) Argentina
2. Which is the first entity in India to start a Payments Bank?
1) Reliance
2) Airtel
3) Paytm
4) India Post
5) Vodafone
3. What is the present reverse repo rate?
1) 6.25%
2) 5.25%
3) 5.75%
4) 5.5%
5) None of these
4. Forbes magazine has released the list of the World's Most Powerful People 2016. What is the rank of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this list?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 6
4) 9
5) 7
5. India signed a landmark civil nuclear agreement with which of the following countries on November 11, 2016?
1) Vietnam
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Japan
5) Qatar
6. What is the maximum deposit amount insured by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)?
1) Rs. 50,000
2) Rs. 2,00,000
3) Rs. 1,00,000
4) Rs. 2,50,000
5) None of these
7. Daniel Ortega won a third consecutive term as the President of which of the following countries in November 2016?
1) Nicaragua
2) Panama
3) Surinam
4) Guatemala
5) Paraguay
8. The 11th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in September 2016 in which of the following countries?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Singapore
4) Laos
5) Myanmar
9. What is India's rank out of 190 countries in the World Bank's annual report on the ease of doing
business released in October 2016?
1) 129
2) 141
3) 130
4) 143
5) 140
10. Fidel Castro passed away on November 25, 2016. He governed which of the following countries
as the President from 1976 to 2008?
1) Bahamas
2) Haiti
3) Jamaica
4) Cuba
5) Mexico
11. "The Giving Pledge" encourages the world's wealthiest individuals and families to donate a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. This organization was started in 2010 by?
1) Warren Buffett and Paul Allen
2) Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg
3) Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison
4) Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
5) David Rockefeller and Richard Branson
12. Donald Carr passed away recently. He was a former cricketer from?
1) West Indies
2) England
3) South Africa
4) Australia
5) None of these
13. Afghan-India Friendship Dam or the Salma Dam is situated in which of the following provinces of Afghanistan?
1) Bamyan
2) Helmand
3) Herat
4) Kandahar
5) Kunduz
14. The South Asian University (SAU), an initiative of the eight South Asian countries, held its first
convocation ceremony recently. SAU is in?
1) Kathmandu
2) Dhaka
3) Thimphu
4) New Delhi
5) Islamabad
15. Gudni Johannesson assumed office as the President of which of the following countries on August
1, 2016?
1) Ireland
2) Sweden
3) Denmark
4) Slovenia
5) Iceland
16. "Sahyog Hyeoblyeog 2016" is a joint coast guard exercise held off Chennai coast recently between India and?
1) Japan
2) Vietnam
3) South Korea
4) China
5) Philippines
17. Major General Per Gustaf Lodin has been appointed as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He belongs to?
1) Ghana
2) Sweden
3) Kenya
4) Argentina
5) Bulgaria
18. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)?
1) G. Kalyanakrishnan
2) B.S. Bassi
3) A.R. Karve
4) Sujoy Bose
5) Satya Pal Jain
19. The Indian Air Force inducted three women fighter pilots for the first time in June 2016. Who among the following is one of them?
1) Bhawana Kath
2) Avani Chaturvedi
3) Mohana Singh
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
20. Indigenously built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo was inducted in the Indian Navy on June 29, 2016. What is its name?
1) Akash
2) Varunastra
3) Tiger Fish
4) Arihant
5) Astra
21. Which of the following is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro?
1) Tom
2) Wenlock
3) Miga
4) Tikhor
5) Vinicius
22. Which State topped in providing jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for the year 2015-16?
1) Tripura
2) Mizoram
3) Sikkim
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) None of these
23. The recently launched "Tiger Express" semi-luxury train will take the guests onboard to the world
famous Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks in?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh
24. HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company has recently completed the acquisition of 100 percent shares of which of the following general insurance companies for
Rs. 551 crore?
1) Bharati Axa
2) Bajaj Allianz
3) ICICI Lombard
4) L&T
5) Tata-AIG
25. Which of the following microfinance institutions has been renamed as Bharat Financial Inclusion
Limited?
1) Disha Microfin
2) SKS Microfinance
3) Suryoday Microfinance
4) Bandhan
5) None of these
26. The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will offer demand deposits such as savings and current accounts up to a balance of?
1) Rs. 1 lakh
2) Rs. 2 lakh
3) Rs. 3 lakh
4) Rs. 4 lakh
5) Rs. 5 lakh
27. Which is the least peaceful country in the world as per the 2016 Global Peace Index?
1) Yemen
2) Ukraine
3) Libya
4) North Korea
5) Syria
28. Which Indian city hosted the junior men's hockey World Cup in December 2016?
1) Bhubaneswar
2) Nagpur
3) New Delhi
4) Lucknow
5) Chandigarh
29. The SDR scheme was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 2015 to help banks recover their loans by taking control of the distressed listed companies. What is the full form of this SDR scheme?
1) Strategic Drawing Rights
2) Strategic Debt Restructuring
3) Special Debt Restructuring
4) Special Debt Recovery
5) None of these
30. Which of the following are not insured by the DICGC?
1) Foreign Banks
2) Private Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Primary Cooperative Societies
5) 1 and 2
31. Which of the following is not a private sector bank?
1) Yes Bank
2) Bandhan Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) IDFC Bank
5) Dena Bank
32. Who among the following authors won the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize?
1) Doris Lessing
2) Margaret Atwood
3) Svetlana Alexivich
4) Paul Beatty
5) Han Kang
33. Who is the only Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
1) Deepa Malik
2) Mariyappan Thangavelu
3) Devendra Jhajharia
4) Varun Singh Bhati
5) None of these
34. Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement recently. He played international football matches for?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) Poland
4) Germany
5) Italy
35. Indian currency notes are printed at four printing presses. Which of the following places is not one of them?
1) Nasik
2) Mysore
3) Dewas
4) Salboni
5) Noida
36. SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between State Bank of India and?
1) Mitsui Sumitomo
2) AIG
3) BNP Paribas Cardif
4) Legal and General
5) IAG
37. Who won the 2016 US Open men's singles tennis title?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Andy Murray
3) Roger Federer
4) Stanislas Wawrinka
5) Rafael Nadal
38. Ryder Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Boxing
2) Cycling
3) Chess
4) Football
5) Golf
39. Who is the author of the book "The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable"?
1) Al Gore
2) Rajendra Pachauri
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Jairam Ramesh
5) None of these
40. World Diabetes Day is observed on?
1) August 14
2) September 14
3) October 14
4) November 14
5) December 14
ANSWERS
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 4
11) 4 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 5 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 5 20) 2
21) 5 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 2 26) 1 27) 5 28) 4 29) 2 30) 4
31) 5 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 4 38) 5 39) 3 40) 4
