GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQ's

1. The recent decision of GST council made that Music Books attract how much GST rate?
1) 28%
2) 18%
3) 12%
4) 5%
5) Nil

2. GST council reduced the GST rate on Parts and accessories for the carriages for disabled persons from 28% to………
1) 18%
2) 5%
3) 0%
4) 12%
5) 8%

3. The Services supplied by banks to Basic Saving Bank Deposit (BSBD) and account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) attract how much GST rate as per the decision of GST council recently?
1) 28%
2) 18%
3) 12%
4) 5%
5) totally exempted from GST

4. On 18th December 2018, Naveen Patnaik, CM of Odisha announced financial aid of Rs.10 Crore for the establishment of Odiya Cultural Centre in………
1) Hyderabad
2) Bangalore
3) Chennai
4) Guwahati
5) Surat

5. What is the official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup is.....
1) Winkey
2) Rohoey
3) Olly
4) Phoneyh
5) Wi Wi

6. Which software launched by Indian Railways to keep track of punctuality of trains and freight and passenger earnings from anywhere in India?
1) Rwire
2) Rpole
3) eDrishti
4) epromote
5) eskill

7. Which state launched Saura Jalnidhi scheme to encourage use of solar energy in irrigation by farmers?
1) UP 2) Maharashtra
3) Odisha
4) Tamilnadu
5) MP

8. NITI Aayog document “Strategy for New India@75” said that the Investment rate should be boosted from 29% of GDP in FY18 to ………….by FY23.
1) 42%
2) 34%
3) 46%
4) 36%
5) 50%

9. 15 women entrepreneurs were given awards at the recently concluded Women Transforming India Awards 2018 in New Delhi. Theme of the WTI Awards 2018 is……
1) Women and Entrepreneurship
2) Women and Empowerment
3) Women and Rise of them
4) Women for Entrepreneurship for all
5) Women and Care

10. NITI Aayog inked agreement with ………. to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to address challenges in agriculture and healthcare
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) Tech Mahindra
4) Microsoft India
5) Amazon India

11. Service-specific exercise AVIAINDRA between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFAF), held ………
1) Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
2) Pune, Maharastra
3) Kochi, Kerala
4) Jodhpur in Rajasthan
5) Agra, Uttar Pradesh

12. Union Ministry of Tourism inaugurated
India’s first tribal circuit project connecting
13 tourism sites in………….. under
Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand
3) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Manipur
5) Mizoram

Answers:
1-5 2-2 3-5 4-5 5-3 6-3 7-3 8-4 9-1 10-4 11-4 12-1

Strategy for New India@75

NITI Aayog unveiled a strategy document called the “Strategy for New India@75” suggesting reforms to make India a 4-trillion dollar economy by 2022-23. The document’s main idea is to go for such reforms in the economy that will keep India growing at 8% annually that could be quicken to 9 10% by 2022-23. The document suggests increasing the share of taxes in the national income from current 17% to 22%. The report calls for the inclusion of fuel and electricity within the ambit of GST. All of the 250,000 gram panchayats should be digitally connected by 2019 through the Bharat Net programme. The government services should be delivered digitally to all the gram panchayats by 2022- 23. The document also says that Bharatmala Pariyojana and roads-construction in the north eastern region should be completed and Power for All and a pucca house for every family have to be ensured. FDI limits should be liberalised also.

KALIA scheme for Farmers

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced Rs.10,800 crore scheme for farmers on 21 December 2018. It is the Krushak Assistance for Livelihoods & Income Augmentation (KALIA), which benefits both farmers and share croppers. Lord Jagannath in Odisha is also called Kalia. The scheme has 5 components- financial support for cultivation, livelihood support for landless households, financial assistance to vulnerable agriculture households and landless labourers, life insurance cover and exemption of interest for crop loans of up to Rs 50,000. Under the KALIA scheme, all small and marginal farmers numbering around 3 million will be covered. An assistance of Rs 10,000 will be provided per family for Kharif and Rabi seasons. The scheme also promises Rs.2 Lakh life insurance cover.

First Railway University

National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), is India’s first Railway university focused on transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training dedicated to the nation by Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on 15 December 2018. Located in Vadodara, Gujarat offering two courses, Bachelor of Science in Transportation Technology and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Transport Management.

CURRENT EVENTS PRACTICE MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. In which city Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, laid foundation stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in ICAR- Agricultural Technology Information Centre?
1) New Delhi 
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata 
4) Chennai

2. Where was the annual India Water Impact Summit 2018 held?
1) New Delhi 
2) Hyderabad
3) Amaravathi 
4) Mangalore

3. Where was the Global Venture Capital Summit-2018 held?
1) Tamil Nadu 
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa 
4) Madhya Pradesh

4. Which pair has become India's Second Inland Water Transport origin destination pair for containerized cargo movement on National Waterway-1?
1) Paradip-Cuttack
2) Kolkata-Patna 
3) Panaji-Kochi
4) Mumbai-Chennai

5. Where was the 1st International Conference on Bears held?
1) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
2) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
3) Darjeeling, West Bengal
4) Nagpur, Maharashtra

6. At which place did Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution
Response Exercise named 'Clean Sea - 2018' at the sea?
1) Chandipur, Odisha
2) Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
3) Mumbai, Maharashtra
4) Calicut, Kerala

7. In which State/UT the India's first underwater museum will be opened in a decommissioned Indian Naval vessel named INS Cuddalore?
1) Odisha 
2) Maharashtra
3) Puducherry
4) Andhra Pradesh

8. When did UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) celebrate its 71st foundation day?
1) December 9 
2) December 10
3) December 11 
4) December 12

9. Where was the Regional Conference on 'Good Governance - Focus on Aspirational Districts' held?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3) Pune, Maharashtra
4) Hyderabad, Telangana

10. Where was the first International Conference, on the theme- 'Sustainable Water Management', held?
1) Rohtak, Haryana
2) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3) Mohali, Punjab
4) Kochi, Kerala

11. Which entity has developed the portal ENSURE- National Livestock Mission-EDEG launched
by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh?
1) National Informatics Centre
2) NITI Aayog 
3) NABARD
4) IIT, Delhi

12. Where was Nishidhi stone inscription from the 12th century, issued to commemorate Jain ascetics
who perform Sallekhana vratha, found?
1) Pelling, Sikkim
2) Udaipur, Rajasthan
3) Shivamogga, Karnataka
4) Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

13. Where was the third exhibition of the 2nd series of collection titled "Uncrowned Glory - An exhibition of Ethnic Ornaments of Himachal Pradesh" inaugurated?
1) Shimla 
2) Manali
3) New Delhi 
4) Mumbai

14. Which state government has announced the creation of an umbrella university named after
former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
1) Gujarat 
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Karnataka

15. Where was the National conference 'AYUSHCHARYA' on Dinacharya (Daily Regimen) and
Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimen) for public health promotion?
1) Mumbai 
2) Kolkata
3) Puducherry 
4) New Delhi

16. In which field Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and the USA to focus on Scientific
and Technical Cooperation?
1) Earth Sciences
2) Maritime Defence
3) Genetic Engineering
4) Food Processing and Technology

17. Which Indian city has topped in the list of top 10 fastest growing cities in the world from 2019 to
2035 in India, as per Oxford Economics report?
1) Mumbai, Maharashtra
2) Surat, Gujarat
3) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
4) Bengaluru, Karnataka

18. At which position India stood in the highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting
for 7 % of global emissions in 2017, according to a study by Global Carbon Project?
1) Second 
2) Third
3) Fourth 
4) Fifth

19. Which country has become the first Latin American Country to join China's Belt and Road
Initiative?
1) Mexico 
2) Costa Rica
3) Panama 
4) Argentina

20. Where was the 12th session of India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) for Economic and Technical Cooperation, held?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Mumbai, India
3) Dubai, UAE
4) Abu Dhabi, UAE

21. Where did External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-inaugurate Gandhi-Zayed Digital Museum?
1) Bahrain, UAE
2) Abu Dhabi, UAE
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Doha, Qatar

22. Which country topped in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety?
1) USA 
2) India
3) China 
4) South Korea

23. Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019?
1) Luxembourg 
2) Monaco
3) Ireland 
4) Japan

24. Where was the world's largest Arabic audio library launched?
1) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Muscat, Oman

25. With which country India participated in the 10th edition of 'INDRA NAVY', the bilateral started at Vishakhapatnam?
1) Australia 
2) Russia
3) France 
4) USA

26. Where was the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 held?
1) New Delhi 
2) Dehradun
3) Kolkata 
4) Chandigarh

27. Which country has approved a new law allowing foreign bluecollar workers into the country to ease labour shortages from April 2019?
1) Australia 
2) Ethiopia
3) Spain 
4) Japan

28. Which country became the 38th member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body to combat money laundering, terrorist financing etc?
1) Egypt 
2) Pakistan
3) Israel 
4) Afghanistan

29. Where was Vivah Panchami, the wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, celebrated on 12th
December 2018?
1) Dhaka, Bangladesh
2) Janakpur, Nepal
3) Uttar Pradesh, India
4) Colombo, Sri Lanka

30. With which Indian bank the Central Bank of the UAE made a Currency Swap Agreement and was signed?
1) State Bank of India
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) NABARD 
4) SIDBI

31. With which country India signed an agreement to pay for the crude oil it imports from the country in rupees?
1) Iran 
2) Iraq
3) Qatar 
4) Saudi Arabia

32. Which airlines has become the first Indian Domestic carrier to have 200 aircraft in its fleet?
1) IndiGo 
2) SpiceJet
3) Jet Airways 
4) GoAir

33. Which country became the world's leading exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time?
1) Qatar 
2) USA
3) Iran 
4) Australia

34. Which bank has approved a $400 million loan for a Water Sanitation Project in Andhra Pradesh?
1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2) Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
3) World Bank 4) SoftBank

35. Where was the 54th SKOCH Summit on the State of Power, Oil and Gas held?
1) Mumbai 
2) Dehradun
3) Raipur 
4) New Delhi

36. By which year India aimed to become a USD 5 trillion economies as per India's 1st Agriculture Export Policy 2018 released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry?
1) 2023 
2) 2025
3) 2031 
4) 2028

37. Which institute won the DSCI Excellence Award 2018, given by Data Security Council of India
(DSCI), for its contributions in Cyber Security education?
1) IIT, Madras 
2) IIT, Kharagpur
3) NIT, Trichy
4) IISc, Bangalore

38. Which country scientists have made nanowire devices from zinc oxide crystals that can inherently process and even store information?
1) American 
2) Indian
3) German 
4) Australian

39. Which country launched its Chang'e-4 moon mission to reach the far side of the moon for the first time?
1) Japan 
2) Singapore
3) South Korea 
4) China

40. What is the name of the threestage nuclear capable surface-tosurface ballistic missile successfully
test fired by India, from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast?
1) Agni-V 
2) Agni-II
3) Vishal-III 
4) Dhanush-IV

41. Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941
days, on 10th December 2018?
1) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand
2) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka
3) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal
4) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar

42. What is the rank of India in the Climate Change Performance Index released on the sidelines of
COP24 UN Summit in Katowice, Poland, on 10th December 2018?
1) 4 
2) 6 
3) 9 
4) 11

43. Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years?
1) Ravi Shankar A S
2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
3) Vijay Thomas
4) Harish Chauhan

44. Who was appointed as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 11th December
2018?
1) Ravi Handa
2) Shaktikanta Das
3) S Krishnamoorthy
4) Arjun Rishab

45. Which Australian cricketer broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he lost his wicket for just 2 runs?
1) Shaun Marsh 
2) Tim Paine
3) David Warner
4) Glen Maxwell

46. Who became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf?
1) Shubhankar Sharma
2) Anirban Lahiri 
3) Shiv Kapoor
4) Jeev Milkha Singh

47. Who was appointed as the Managing Director of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)?
1) Wasim Khan 
2) Rashid Khan
3) Abbas Mohammed
4) Hashim Ahmed

48. Which sportsperson was honoured with the Meethoileima (Outstanding Queen) title by Manipur government?
1) Manu Bhaker 
2) Hima Das
3) MC Mary Kom
4) Saina Nehwal

49. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
1) Raman Singh
2) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3) Ajit Jogi
4) Bhupesh Baghel

50. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Rajasthan
1) Vasundhara Raje
2) Hira Lal Devpura
3) Ashok Gehlot
4) Shiv Charan Mathur

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11) 3 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 1 17) 2 18) 3 19) 3 20) 4
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. In which city Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Institution's
Innovation Council, an innovation cell for higher education institution?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai

2. Where did the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid the foundation of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Project for 129 districts under the 9th CGD bidding round?
1) Rajasthan
2) New Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) UttarPradesh

3. What is the theme of the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, which is to be held next year in Hyderabad?
1) A New Agenda: Lung Health beyond 2015
2) Accelerating toward elimination
3) Declaring Our Rights: Social and Political Solutions
4) Ending the Emergency: Science, Leadership, Action

4. Which State/Union Territory has topped in the employability rate as per the 6th Edition of India Skills Report?
1) New Delhi
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Pondicherry

5. For conservation of which animal did Gujarat Government had launched the project worth
Rs.351 Crore after the outbreak of Canine Distemper Virus?
1) Tiger
2) Asiatic Lion
3) Elephant
4) Wild ass

6. For which low cost air carrier service did Airports Authority of India has cancelled the UDAN
licence in seven airports for poor and irregular services?
1) Air Odisha
2) Air Carnival
3) Vistara
4) GoAir

7. Where was the 2nd Edition of India Gold and Jewellery Summit inaugurated?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi

8. Which city has became the first in India to launch a dedicated Open Transit Data portal to spot
locations of cluster buses at intervals of 10 seconds?
1) Mumbai
2) Bengaluru
3) Delhi
4) Kochi

9. In which state 'Jhiri Mela', a weeklong annual festival, was inaugurated on November 23, 2018, in Jhiri village?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Meghalaya
4) Jammu and Kashmir

10. Where was the 10-day long Bali Yatra festival inaugurated, on 23rd November 2018?
1) Cuttack, Odisha
2) Guwahati, Assam
3) Patna, Bihar
4) Ranchi, Jharkhand

11. Where was the 70-feet tall statue of Lord Buddha, the second tallest statue of Buddha in India, unveiled?
1) Philibit, Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajgir, Bihar
3) Shillong, Meghalaya
4) Kohima, Nagaland

12. In which district of Uttar Pradesh A 221-metre long statue of Lord Ram, which will be the world's tallest statue, will be constructed?
1) Lucknow
2) Allahabad
3) Ayodhya
4) Faizabad

13. Where was the five-day exhibition on "Our Vote- Our Future" inaugurated?
1) Jaipur
2) Hyderabad
3) Bhopal
4) Chhattisgarh

14. In which state Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has laid the foundation stone for the Dera
Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib road corridor to connect Gurdaspur district of to Pakistan?
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Punjab

15. Which state emerged as the top performing state under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, according to the National Health Agency?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra

16. In association with which state government India Autism Center (IAC) will build a world-class autism township at a cost of Rs 500 crore?
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Telangana
4) West Bengal

17. Which state government has released lexicons of 21 tribal languages for multilingual education (MLE) purposes for elementary schools in tribal dominated districts?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) Assam

18. Which state has became the second state in the North East to introduce Tourist Police?
1) Meghalaya
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Nagaland
4) Manipur

19. Which Indian state has became the FIRST to launch a single emergency number "112", connecting police, fire, health and other helplines through an Emergency Response Centre?
1) Karnataka
2) Telangana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Andhra Pradesh

20. Which state was the State of Focus for the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
2018 that concluded in Panaji, Goa?
1) Rajasthan
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Jharkhand

21. What is the rank of India in the list of most vacation deprived nations in the world as per Expedia Vacation Deprivation Report 2018?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 5
4) 6

22. How much aid did Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, announced to the war torn Yemen?
1) $500 million
2) $700 million
3) $900 million
4) $1300 million

23. With Which Country India had decided to set up the hotline to combat smuggling, improve border management and facilitate trade?
1) Bhutan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) Srilanka

24. Which country will host the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 which is also known as the
'Oscars of sports', on February 18, 2019?
1) Morocco
2) Monaco
3) Spain
4) Egypt

25. In which country the Four day 12th biennial World Congress on Mountain Medicine under the theme" Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas" was held?
1) Kathmandu, Nepal
2) Jakarta, Indonesia.
3) Washington D.C,U.S.A
4) New Delhi, India

26. What is the President of Djibouti inaugurated the first Indiabuilt centre of entrepreneurship
and innovation in Djibouti?
1) Ismail Omar Guelleh
2) Ramee Aslam Shah
3) Danish Mujeeb
4) Rashid Al Mubeen

27. Where did Indian President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Australian Financial Review
India Business Summit?
1) Bengaluru, India
2) Canberra, Australia
3) Sydney, Australia
4) New Delhi, India

28. Where was the 1st Russia-India Strategic Dialogue held?
1) New Delhi, India
2) St. Petersburg, Russia
3) Mumbai, India
4) Moscow, Russia

29. In which field India's Foreign Service Institute has signed a MoU with Institute of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR for cooperation?
1) Marine Defence
2) Information and Technology
3) Diplomatic training
4) Biotechnology

30. With which country did India participated in Konkan-2018, the bilateral naval exercise started off
at Goa?
1) Russia
2) France
3) Germany
4) United Kingdom

31. With which digital payments service provider did Life Insurance Corporation of India has partnered to offer online insurance premium payments on its platform?
1) PayPal
2) Paytm
3) MobiKwik
4) CitrusPay

32. Which software company has launched its Neighbourly app in Delhi and Bangalore, to collect
local information from the neighbors about their neighbourhood?
1) Microsoft
2) Google
3) Apple
4) Ubisoft

33. With which status Government of India has conferred the National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC)?
1) Maharatna: Category - I
` 2) Miniratna: Category - I
3) Navratna: Category - II
4) Maharatna: Category - II

34. Which Indian institute has developed a smart phone-based system to detect adulteration in milk?
1) IIT, Madras
2) IIT, Hyderabad
3) IISc, Bangalore
4) Raja Ramanna centre for advanced technology

35. In which country the world's first genetically edited babies have been created?
1) United States
2) Japan
3) China
4) Germany

36. Which company has announced the launch of the world's first GST calculator with two new
innovations MJ-120 GST and MJ-12GST dedicated to the Indian market?
1) Canon India
2) Casio India
3) TechnoCrush India
4) Nippon India

37. Which cyclone was termed as the rarest of rare that hit the Coast of Odisha in October 2018 by
Regional Integrated Multi- Hazard Early Warning System?
1) Okhi
2) Titli
3) Gaja
4) Vardha

38. Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of State Bank of Mauritius (SBM)?
1) Sidharth Rath
2) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
3) Sandeep Bakhshi
4) Shyam Srinivasan

39. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) with effect from 2nd
December 2018?
1) Sunil Arora
2) Harish Reddy
3) Sandeep Shukla
4) Santosh Veer

40. Who was appointed as the chairperson of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for a period of three years?
1) Sanjeev Lade
2) Nageshwara Rao Guntur
3) Bhaskar Parekh
4) Hari Kamath

41. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission?
1) S Ramesh
2) Sushil Kumar
3) Arvind Saxena
4) Ram Pillai

42. Which Indian Cricketer has became the first player to pick up a hat-trick in the history of cricket's newest format T-10 League?
1) R Ashwin
2) Pravin Tambe
3) Virat Kohli
4) Shikhar Dawan

43. Which country has won the 6th edition of International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by the West Indies?
1) India
2) Australia
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh

44. What is the name the Indian who became the 1st ever woman boxer to win 6 world championship
titles, by winning gold in Women's Light Fly (45-48 kg) Category, of AIBA Women's
World Boxing Championship 2018, held in New Delhi?
1) Sonia Chahal
2) Mary Kom
3) Sarita Devi
4) Pinki Rani

45. Where was the 14th edition of Hockey Men's World Cup inaugurated ?
1) Guwahati, Assam
2) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
3) Kolkata, West Bengal
4) Jodhpur, Rajasthan


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Successful Flight Test of ATGM ‘HELINA’

Indigenously developed Helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ has been successfully flight tested from Army Helicopter at 1400hrs in the ranges of Pokhran. The weapon system has been tested for its full range.The ‘HELINA’ weapon system released smoothly from the launch platform has tracked the target all through its course and hit the target with high precision. Allthe parameters have been monitored by the telemetry stations, tracking systems and the Helicopters. The Missile is guided by an Infrared Imaging Seeker (IIR) operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode. It is one of the most advanced Anti-Tank Weapons in the world.Senior officials from DRDO and Indian Army were present during the mission.

National Statistical Commission

The National Statistical Commission (NSC) constituted a Committee on Real Sector Statistics under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sudipto Mundle in April, 2017 for improvement and modernisation of real sector database. The Committee submitted its report to the NSC in July, 2018.Chapter V of the report discusses alternative approaches for converting the old GDP series to the new base year 2011-12. It presents estimates of the old series of GDP and other macroeconomic aggregates converted to the new base year 2011-12 for the period 1993-94 to 2013-14 based on one of these approaches.

2.     The report of the Committee was considered by the NSC in its meeting held during 16-17th July, 2018. In this meeting, the NSC inter alia noted the recommendations made by the Committee along with those made by three other committees and desired that the reports of all the four Committees should be placed on the MoSPI website for wider consultation. Accordingly, the reportswere uploaded on the MoSPI website.

3.     The Committee on Real Sector Statistics made the following recommendations:

(1)    The estimates of GVA/GDP prepared by the CSO using its methodology for the period 2004-05 to 2011-12 may be considered by the NSC as and when they are approved by the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics.

(2)    The NSC could also consider initiating an exercise toproject forwards the GDP series based on the old methodology with 2004-05 as base up to, say, 2014-15 and adjust it to the new base year 2011-12 based on comparisons with the new series.

(3)    Meanwhile the estimates of gross domestic product and other related aggregates forthe period 1993-94 to 2013-14 using the production shift method are being presented to the NSC for consideration.

(4)    When the GDP and other macroeconomic aggregates based on the methodsmentioned in V.3.1 and V.3.2 of the report become available the time series data based on all the three approaches should be compared for their robustness.

4.     The reports of Committees were considered by the NSC in its meeting held on 30th Jul 2018 at Mumbai and the NSC gave directions that a copy of all the three reportsof the NSC Committees on Real Sector statistics, Online Reporting System and Analytics may be forwarded to MoSPI for comments on eachitem of recommendation.

5.     As the report of the Committee on Real Sector Statistics is in the public domain, there seems to be some confusion in a section of the media as also amongst a few economists and academicians that back series data of GDP has been officially released by the MoSPI.

6.     It is clarified through this Press Note that the methodology for back-casting GDP series has not yet been finalised and various alternative methods are being explored. The methodology as also the series using the methodology will be worked out using the suggestions made by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics and other suggestions that emanate during the consultancy process. This exercise will first be considered in the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics and subsequently by the NSC. Thereafter, the MoSPI will consider releasing official estimates on back series of GDP data. Thus, it is work in progress.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. The world's No Tobacco day is observed on 31st May. This year the theme is:
1) "Tobacco and heart disease
2) "Tobacco and Cancer
3) "Tobacco and Lung Cancer
4) "Tobacco and health problems
5) "Tobacco and Life Risk

2. The Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII, a biannual event started between which of the following two countries:
1) India and Nepal
2) India and Bangladesh
3) India and Pakistan
4) India and Bhutan
5) India and Myanmar

3. For the first time,which country is hosting Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional AntiTerrorist Structure Legal Experts meeting 2018?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) China
4) Nepal
5) Bhutan

4. Vikas Gowda announced his retirement. He is:
1) The chief secretary of RBI
2) The only Indian to win commonwealth games in Weightlifting
3) The only Indian to win Commonwealth Games medal in Discus throw
4) The Chief Election Commissioner
5) The Indian origin Srilankan cricketer .

5. The new Messaging App 'Kimbho' was launched by :
1) BHEL
2) BSNL
3) TATA
4) Patanjali
5) Ayush

6. Sangeeta Bahl is in the news recently. The reason is :
1) She has become the oldest Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest.
2) She is the youngest Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest.
3) She is the double amputee to climb Mt everest
4) She created world record by scaling 3 highest mountains in single climbing season.
5) She hails from Telangana state.

7. Which city is going to be NATO's 1st Latin American Global Partner?
1) Cuba
2) Colombia
3) Brazil
4) Peru
5) Argentina

8. Recently, Alicia Pucheta became the first interim woman President of which country ?
1) Paraguay
2) Poland
3) Finland
4) Ireland
5) cuba

9. Nepal is the first country in WHO's South-East Asia Region to defeat Trachoma. Trachoma is a : 1) Eye disease caused by infection
2) Liver disease
3) Pancreas disease caused by virus
4) Brain disease
5) Small and large intestine disease caused by viral infection

10. The United States has withdrawn to invite which country from Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise:
1) Russia
2) Pakistan
3) North Korea
4) India
5) China

11. Prime minister launched Eastern Peripheral Expressway recently. Which among the following are true about Expressway:
a) It has been launched in Bagpat, Uttar Pradesh.
b) Eastern Peripheral Expressway is 235 km long.
c) It is India's first highway to be lit by solar power .
1) Only a and b are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) All a, b and c are true
4) None of them are true
5) Only a and c are true

12. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed every year on May 29 and this year the theme is:
1) "UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice".
2) "UN Peacekeepers: Many Years of Service and Sacrifice".
3) "UN Peacekeepers: Life for Service and Sacrifice".
4) "UN Peacekeepers: Service and Sacrifice".
5) "UN Peacekeepers: Change the lives for better future".

13. Which country has banned products from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, accusing it of supporting terrorism.?
1) US
2) Israel
3) Qatar
4) India
5) UK

14. India, United States and Japan will deploy 22nd Malabar exercise at Guam. Guam is a:
1) Guam is a US island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific.
2) Guam is a Japan's island territory in Micronesia.
3) Guam is an Indian island territory near Indian ocean.
4) Guam is a Japan's island territory near Red Sea
5) Guam is a richest city in US.

15. In the fourth week of May, which country has passed a tougher anti-terror law?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) India
4) Myanmar
5) France

16. Gaj Yatra launched in Garo Hills recently. In which state it is:
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Manipur
5) Odisha

17. Which state Government Launches Reuse Of Treated Waste Water Policy ?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Gujarath
5) Manipur

18. Prime minister inaugurated India's first 14-lane highway. It is between:
1) Delhi-Meerut
2) Delhi-jaitser
3) Delhi-sirpur
4) Meerut-dispur
5) Chennai-meerut

19. Name the Indian cartoonist who has won award in the best caricature category at the 2018 World Press Cartoon awards:
1) Srikumar saran
2) Thomas antony
3) Madhukar gupta
4) Sreedhar
5) Sraswathi narasimha rao

20. The US Capitol ,for the first time will host which among the following gathering of community: 1) African-americans
2) Muslims
3) Indian-Americans
4) Muslim-Americans
5) immigrants

21. Name the former World Shooting Champion who won the gold in the Grand Prix in Munich, Germany:
1) Heena sidhu
2) Rajwant singh
3) Tejaswini sawant
4) Surya kanthi
5) Anju mudgal

22. Choose the correct answer?
a) India will be the host country for celebrations of World Environment Day 2018
b) The theme for this year is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'
c) World environment day is celebrated on 5th June.
d) Cuba was the host country for the world environment day 2017.
1) Only a and b are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only a and c are true
4) Only c and d are true
5) Only a, b and c are true

23. The ASEAN India Film Festival has started in New Delhi. The Headquarters of ASEAN are at : 1) Jakarta, Indonesia
2) New Delhi, India
3) Beijing, China
4) Canberra, Australia
5) Kaulalumpur, Malaysia

24. The second stage of Archery World Cup 2018 has been started in Antalya. Antalya is in:
1) Malaysia
2) Finland
3) Turkey
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal

25. Dr. Kamaljit S. Bawa has been conferred with the prestigious Linnean Medal. Which of the statements are true about this:
a) The Linnean Medal is awarded to a biologist every year by the Linnean Society of London
b) He became the first Indian to win this award
c) Dr. Bawa is Botanist and the President of ICRISAT d) He is the Indian Botanist and President of ATREE
1) Only a and c are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only c and D are true
4) Only a and d are true
5) Only a,b and d are true

26. Which Indian airport has been recognized as the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport by United Nations Environment Programme?
1) Cochin international Airport
2) Goa International Airport
3) Indira Gandhi International Airport
4) Rajiv Gandhi International airport
5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

27. The BCCI and UN Environment has signed an agreement to promote 'green' Cricket in India. the main aim is to:
1) Focus on phasing out singleuse plastic across stadiums in the country, highlighting hazards of plastic pollution .
2) Focus on planting trees around the stadiums
3) Focus on Non-smoking across stadiums. Highlighting hazards of smoking pollution
4) Focusing on hazards of drunk and drive cases, and avoidance of accidents
5) Focusing on eradicating air pollution

28. Who launched the twin pit toilet technology ad campaign for the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) ?
1) Aamir khan
2) Akshay kumar
3) Anil kapoor
4) Rishi kapoor
5) Jackie shroff

29. As per Lancet's latest study, India's rank in terms of Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index is :
1) 125
2) 134
3) 145
4) 167
5) 150

30. On 25th May 2018, which International union has brought in to effect the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rule?
1) ASEAN
2) NATO
3) SAARC
4) EU
5) BIMSTEC

31. Choose the correct one:
a) India was ranked 44th in terms of competitiveness for year 2018
b)The US became the most competitive economy country
c) Malaysia and UK are in the second and third place
1) Only a is true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only a and c are true
4) Only c is true
5) Only a and b are true

32. The 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave 2018 was held in which country?
1) Cambodia
2) Myanmar
3) Vietnam
4) Laos
5) India

33. Name the actor/actress who has been collaborated with NITI Aayog for the promotion of Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by the Central government:
1) Shraddha kapoor
2) Ranbir kapoor
3) Sushant singh rajput
4) Hrithik roshan
5) Jai hemant shroff

34. Which UN organization has launched a data visualisation application recently?
1) UNO
2) UNSC
3) UNDP
4) UNFPA
5) UNICEF

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAM

1. Who received the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015-16 on October 31,
2017?
1) Bezwada Wilson
2) A.R. Rahman
3) T.M. Krishna
4) Gulzar
5) Shyam Benegal

2. What is India's rank in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index 2018?
1) 130
2) 100
3) 101
4) 131
5) 123

3. Paolo Gentiloni visited India in October 2017. He is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Portugal
3) Italy
4) Spain
5) Netherlands

4. Where are the headquarters of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) located?
1) Copenhagen, Denmark
2) Oslo, Norway
3) Stockholm, Sweden
4) Helsinki, Finland
5) Riga, Latvia

5. The proposed Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant will be built in which of the following States?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Haryana
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttarakhand

6. World Day for International Justice is celebrated every year on:
1) July 17
2) August 17
3) September 17
4) October 17
5) November 17

7. Who is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest from China side?
1) Anshu Jamsenpa
2) Anita Kundu
3) Arunima Sinha
4) Santosh Yadav
5) Premlata Agarwal

8. Which private sector bank was previously a microfinance institution?
1) IDFC Bank
2) Yes bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Bandhan Bank
5) IndusInd Bank

9. In which Indian State is the City Union Bank headquartered?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Maharashtra

10. The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is held annually in which of the following countries?
1) Czech Republic
2) Bulgaria
3) France
4) Poland
5) Austria

11. Which city hosted the India- ASEAN Youth Summit in August 2017?
1) Bhopal
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) Jaipur

12. Who is the Chairman of the committee constituted to prepare a blueprint for doubling farmers'
income by 2022?
1) Ramesh Chand
2) Ashok Dalwai
3) Bibek Debroy
4) M.S. Swaminathan
5) None of these

13. Prasoon Joshi is the present Chairperson of which of the following?
1) FTII
2) NSD
3) CBFC
4) IIMC
5) SRFTI

14. Who was appointed as Executive Director in World Bank in August 2017?
1) Soumya Swaminathan
2) Ruchira Kamboj
3) Meira Shankar
4) S. Aparna
5) Eenam Gambhir

15. Which of the following statements about the 2017 Global Retirement Index (GRI) is not correct?
1) GRI is published by French asset management company Natixis Global
2) It ranked 43 countries
3) India is ranked 43rd
4) Norway topped the list
5) Eight of the top ten countries are located in Asia

16. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017 will allow
Union Government to increase capital of NABARD from Rs.5,000 crore to?
1) Rs. 10,000 crore
2) Rs. 20,000 crore
3) Rs. 25,000 crore
4) Rs. 30,000 crore
5) None of these

17. Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in August 2017?
1) Ashwani Lohani
2) Mohammad Mustafa
3) E. Sankara Rao
4) Santosh Sharma
5) None of these

18. Which State declared Dailong village as a Biodiversity Heritage Site recently?
1) Mizoram
2) Meghalaya
3) Manipur
4) Tripura
5) Assam

19. In which State is Almatti Dam located?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) None of these

20. In a "banking outlet" services are provided for a minimum of how many hours per day for at least five days a week?
1) 2 hours
2) 4 hours
3) 5 hours
4) 6 hours
5) None of these

21. Who is the author of the recently released book "India 2017 Yearbook"?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Amitabh Kant
3) Bibek Debroy
4) V.K. Saraswat
5) None of these

22. In which State are the Bhimbetka rock shelters located?
1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan

23. Where is the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex situated?
1) Mumbai
2) Nagpur
3) Pune
4) Nanded
5) Nashik

24. Which of the following regulates credit rating agencies in India?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) IRDA
4) PFRDA
5) None of these

25. In which State is Ghatampur Thermal Power Station located?
1) Bihar
2) Chhattisgarh
3) West Bengal
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh

26. Abu Dhabi is the capital of which of the following countries?
1) Qatar
2) Saudi Arabia
3) UAE
4) Jordan
5) Lebanon

27. Y-20 is a large military transport aircraft developed by which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) USA
3) Japan
4) China
5) North Korea

28. The Reserve Bank of India published report of the Household Finance Committee in August
2017. The Committee was chaired by:
1) Bimal Jalan
2) Tarun Ramadorai
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Nachiket Mor
5) None of these

29. The Bandodkar Gold Trophy is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Kabaddi
2) Cricket
3) Football
4) Hockey
5) Wrestling

30. Who is the first Indian to scale Mount Everest six times?
1) N. Jagoi
2) Rahul Jarngal
3) Loveraj Singh
4) Yogender Garbiyal
5) None of these

31. The Capital Small Finance Bank (CSFB) is India's first Small Finance Bank. It is headquartered in:
1) Jalandhar
2) Jaipur
3) Jaisalmer
4) Bangalore
5) Mangalore

32. Which of the following is the capital city of Spain?
1) Barcelona
2) Bratislava
3) Stockholm
4) Madrid
5) Lisbon

33. The India Aspiration Fund (IAF) would invest in venture capital funds for meeting the equity requirement of:
1) Agriculture
2) Housing
3) MSME start-ups
4) IT sector
5) None of these

34. Which bank has executed India's first transaction on block chain technology?
1) Yes Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) None of these

35. Where are the headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
1) Shanghai
2) Hong Kong
3) Beijing
4) Singapore
5) None of these

36. In which State is Mathikettan Shola National Park located?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Kerala
5) None of these

37. Which city hosted the IAAF World Under-18 Championships in Athletics in July 2017?
1) Nairobi, Kenya
2) Lille, France
3) Donetsk, Ukraine
4) Cali, Colombia
5) Marrakech, Morocco

38. Vijender Singh of India won the unified WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight
title in Mumbai by defeating Zulpikar Maimaitiali of:
1) Pakistan
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) Tajikistan
5) Malaysia

39. Who won the men's singles title in Rogers Cup tennis played in Montreal, Canada in August 2017?
1) Alexander Zverev
2) Roger Federer
3) Dominic Thiem
4) Kei Nishikori
5) Rafael Nadal

40. Who clinched the women's singles title in Rogers Cup tennis played in Toronto, Canada in August 2017?
1) Simona Halep
2) Elina Svitolina
3) Angelique Kerber
4) Johanna Konta
5) Petra Kvitova

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Recently State-owned oil firms IOC, BPCL and HPCL signed an agreement to jointly set up the world's largest refinery and petrochemical complex in:
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Karnataka

2. Recently in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths of endangered wildlife in Thar Desert, new "rescue wards" have come up in the far-flung rural areas of Jodhpur. Thar Desert does not lie in:
a) Gujarat
b) Haryana
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Punjab

3. Recently Reserve Bank of India has put which bank under prompt corrective action (PCA) due to a sharp increase in bad loans?
a) Union Bank of India
b) Central Bank of India
c) United Bank of India
d) IDBI Bank

4. Recently India has decided for the first time to place a dedicated cell to promote investments of which country in India?
a) Canada
b) USA
c) Australia
d) Russia

5. The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), part of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and the only agency in India that is authorised to maintain Indian Standard Time (IST). It is located in:
a) Mumbai
b) Allahabad
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata

6. Recently a team of experts at the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur has fashioned a hybrid material based on silk protein called:
a) Silk Lyptonn
b) Silk Fibroin
c) Silk Ranyon
d) Silk Tinyton

7. Recently the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched 'IDCF' in order to intensify efforts to reduce child deaths due to:
a) Diphtheria
b) Tuberculosis
c) Diarrhoea
d) Tetanus

8. Who has been appointed as India's ambassador to the European Union (EU) in June 2017?
a) Gaitri Issar Kumar
b) Ajit Vinayak Gupte
c) Reenat Sandhu
d) Ranjan Deepak

9. The government is set to roll out the 'Mission Parivar Vikas' programme to improve family planning services in how many districts of India?
a) 56
b) 78
c) 104
d) 146

10. Name the 1st Indian woman who has been elected as member of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?
a) Sumedha Puri
b) Anandita Razdan
c) Koel Agrahari
d) Neeru Chadha

11. Recently Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers launched the world's largest diamond exploration vessel off the coast of:
a) South Africa
b) Chile
c) Namibia
d) Egypt

12. Recently the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved it's firstever equity investment, worth .......... to catalyze private capital for infrastructure projects in India.
a) $ 70 million
b) $110 million
c) $150 million
d) $230 million

13. Who was the first Indian woman driver competed in one of the highest classes of Formula racing in the country at the upcoming JK Tyre-FMSCI National racing championship?
a) Radha Menon
b) Aprajita Sehgal
c) Mira Erda
d) Ritu Das

14. According to the study by UK-based Money Super Market what is the present rank of India in survey of nations with the lowest global environmental impact?
a) 34th
b) 46th
c) 57th
d) 75th

15. Who is not among the three countries that will participate in Malabar 2017, a joint midsummer exercise aimed at addressing shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific region?
a) Japan
b) USA
c) Indonesia
d) India

16. David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel "A Horse walks into a bar". David Grossman belongs to:
a) Uganda
b) Canada
c) Australia
d) Israel

17. Recently the government, through a notification amending a prevention of money laundering law, has made it mandatory to provide Aadhaar to open a bank account and to conduct a transaction of ......... or more.
a) Rs.20,000
b) Rs.50,000
c) Rs.1,00,000
d) Rs.2,50,000

18. According to Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, India is committed to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality by the year:
a) 2020
b) 2025
c) 2030
d) 2050

19. Recently which of the following country ratified automatic exchange of financial account information with India and 40 other jurisdictions to facilitate immediate sharing of details on suspected black money?
a) Belarus
b) Switzerland
c) Russia
d) USA

20. In order to boost G&J sector in the region Gem & Jewellery Training Institute, a first of its kind in Southern India is to be set up in:
a) Kochi
b) Palakkad
c) Udupi
d) Mangalore

21. In an attempt to keep India's regional navigation satellite system fully operational, ISRO is preparing to launch a back-up for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation. What is the name of its regional navigation satellite system?
a) GAGAN
b) NavIC
c) Galileo
d) None of the above

22. Recently which of the following countries's scientists have found that using blue-green algae and light to trigger photosynthesis could help treat cardiac disease, the top cause of death globally?
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) USA
d) China

23. Recently P.N.Bhagwati passed away. He was the:
a) Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
b) Former Chief Justice of India
c) Former Indian cricket test team captain
d) First Chief Information Commissioner of India

24. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has been in the news, because it has been campaigns for the creation of a separate state Gorkhaland within India, out of districts in the north of which of the following states of India?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh

25. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture & Tourism launched the implementation of the ''National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India' at:
a) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
b) Chitradurga, Karnataka
c) Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
d) Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

26. How many new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) has been launched by Government of India in June 2017?
a) 50
b) 149
c) 100
d) 500

27. Which is the country's first public transport system to reserve jobs for members of the third gender people in June 2017?
a) Kolkata Metro
b) Hyderabad Metro
c) Kochi Metro
d) Delhi Metro

28. Sardar Sarovar Dam is being built on which of the following rivers?
a) Tapi
b) Krishna
c) Narmada
d) Godavari

29. Which of the following states of India is poised to fortify its position as the "Tiger State of India" with major reserves indicating an increase in the tiger population as per the annual census completed recently?
a) Karnataka
b) Assam
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan

30. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has progressed to the testing of subsystems in the development of a semi-cryogenic engine for rockets with heavier payload capacity. The semi-cryogenic engine uses a combination of which of the following as propellants?
a) Liquid oxygen (LOX)
b) Refined kerosene (Isrosene)
c) Solid lithium (SLM)
d) Both (a) and (b)

31. Who among the following won the doubles title in the $60,000 ITF women's tennis tournament in June 2017?
a) Prarthana Thombare and Kotomi Takahata
b) Prarthana Thombare and Natcharee Teerachodjiranon
c) Prarthana Thombare and Yu-Yun Li
d) Prarthana Thombare and Natasha Sengphrachanh

32. Right to Information Act reveals that the Election Commission of India had ordered registration of FIR against the Chief Minister and others for alleged electoral malpractices during the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar by-election of which of the following states?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Goa
d) Karnataka

33. A Street in Thuruthi ward of Kasaragod municipality that was recently named 'Gaza', a reference to the disputed strip of land between which of the following countries?
a) Israel and Egypt
b) Israel and Syria
c) Israel and Libya
d) Israel and Jordon

34. Which among the following Palaces has becomes first Indian building to get trademark in June 2017?
a) Mysore Palace
b) Taj Mahal Palace
c) Nizam Palace
d) Raja Maharanjith Singh Palace

35. The 106th Session of International Labour Conference (ILC) was held from 5-16th June 2017 in:
a) USA
b) South Africa
c) Switzerland
d) Norway

36. How many member countries are there in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
a) 80
b) 10
c) 50
d) 40

37. Reserve Bank of India said its internal advisory committee (IAC) had identified 12 accounts, which account for ........... % of non-performing assets of the Indian banking system for immediate resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
a) 30
b) 25
c) 20
d) 15

38. The 'Make in India' initiative unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, provided the supply side intervention(s) of which of the following?
a) FDI reforms
b) Ease of doing business
c) Scaling up physical infrastructure and competitive federalism
d) All of the above

39. Which among the following country's cricket team has won its maiden ICC Champion Trophy in June 2017?
a) India
b) England
c) Pakistan
d) South Africa

40. Who among the following won the Indonesia Open men's singles trophy in June 2017?
a) Sai Praneeth
b) Son Wan Ho
c) Kidambi Srikanth
d) Kazumasa Sakai


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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. On 16 June 2017, RBI released a notification amending the .....
1) Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2000
2) Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2001
3) Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2004
4) Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2010
5) Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006

2. Pecuniary jurisdiction of the Banking Ombudsman to pass an award has been doubled to ........
1) Rs.20 lakh 
2) Rs.10 lakh
3) Rs.2 lakh 
4) Rs.40 lakh 
5) Rs.30 lakh

3. As per the amended rules of Ombudsman scheme, the compensation not exceeding .......... can also be awarded by the Ombudsman to the complainant for loss of time, expenses incurred as also, harassment and mental anguish suffered by the complainant
1) Rs.1 lakh 
2) Rs.10 lakh 
3) Rs.5 lakh
4) Rs.2 lakh 
5) Rs.1.5 lakh

4. RBI on 16 June 2017, extended the scope of Ombudsman Scheme under which banks could be penalized for mis-selling third-party products like insurance and mutual funds via mobile or electronic banking. What is the aim of formulating Banking Ombudsman Scheme by RBI?
1) to promote the deposits in the unbanked areas as the part of Financial inclusion
2) to promote lending among the poor people, as they are depending on non-institutional sources
3) to redress the grievances or complaints arising out of the deficiency in the banking services
4) to universalize the discount of commercial bills issued by Commercial Banks
5) to incorporate the list of Scheduled banks in the RBI Act 1934

5. RBI introduced Banking Ombudsman Scheme as per Section 35 A of .....
1) Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
2) SARFAESI Act 2002
3) Banking Regulation Act 1949
4) FEMA, 1999 
5) RBI ACT, 1934

6. Ombudsman scheme first introduced in.......
1) USA 
2) India
3) Australia 
4) France 
5) UK

7. Which bank covered under the Banking Ombudsman Scheme?
1) Scheduled Public Sector Banks
2) Scheduled Private Sector Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Scheduled Primary Co-operative Banks
5) All of above

8. Banking Ombudsman is a senior official appointed by...........
1) Finance Minister 
2) RBI 
3) SEBI
4) FSDC 
5) None

9. As per the present rules, any person can file a complaint before the Banking Ombudsman, if the satisfied reply is not received from the bank within a period of..........
1) One month 
2) Three months
3) Two months 
4) Six months
5) Twelve months

10. The Ombudsman rejects the compliant of the customer if...
1) the customer does not approach the bank first
2) one has not made the complaint within one year from the date one has received the reply of the bank or if no reply is received if it is more than one year and one month from the date of representation to the bank
3) subject matter of the complaint is pending for disposal / has already been dealt with at any other forum like court of law, consumer court
4) complaint is Frivolous or vexatious
5) In all above cases, the Ombudsman will not accept the compliant from customer

11. The fee collected by Ombudsman to take compliant from the customer?
1) Rs.5 
2) Rs.100
3) Rs.10 
4) fix by the bank
5) No fee collects by the Ombudsman

12. The Ombudsman take the compliant and can take action if ......
1) non-payment or delay in payment of inward remittances
2) non-credit of proceeds to parties accounts, non-payment of deposit or nonobservance of the Reserve Bank directives
3) not accepting the legal tender and or for charging of commission in respect thereof
4) inordinate delay in the payment or collection of cheques, drafts, bills
5) In the all above cases the Ombudsman take action against bank

13. When the Ombudsman take action against the bank?
1) collecting charges without adequate prior notice to the customer
2) refusal to accept or delay in accepting payment towards taxes, as required by government
3) refusal to close or delay in closing the accounts
4) non-observance of Reserve Bank guidelines on engagement of recovery agents by banks
5) In the above all cases, Ombudsman take action against the bank

14. The RBI framed a rule that any customer not satisfied with Ombudsman decision, then the customer can put an appeal to.........
1) Governor, RBI
2) Governor of that State
3) Finance Minister of India
4) President of India
5) Deputy Governor of RBI

15. RBI amended Banking Ombudsman Scheme includes complaints relating to Internet Banking and Non-adherence to BCSBI Code on 5 February 2009. BCSBI stands for.........
1) Banking Core and Standards Board of India
2) Banking Codes and State Board of India
3) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
4) Business Codes and Standards Board of India
5) Banking Codes and Standards Bureau of India

16. RBI constituted committee under the Chairmanship of ................. to review the Ombudsman Scheme on 7 January 2013?
1) C. Ranga Rajan 
2) Suma Chakravarti
3) Suma Verma 
4) Usha Thorat
5) S.S.Mundra

17. 'RTGS' can be defined as the continuous settlement of funds transfers individually on an order by order basis (without netting). In this context, RTGS stands for...........
1) Real Time Glad Settlement
2) Real Tick Gross Settlement
3) Real Time Gross Settlement
4) RBI Time Gross Settlement
5) Real Time Gross Statement

18. In Real Time Gross Settlement transfer, 'Real Time' means .....
1) Money actually transferred in the rupees only
2) Money sending by the individual account holder only as the companies not allowed to do online transactions
3) Account holder advancing money to the beneficiary, which can be transferred at the later time
4) The processing of instructions at the time they are received rather than at some later time
5) All above are wrong statements

19. In RTGS, 'Gross Settlement' means........
1) settlement of funds done occasionally (order disputed with the bank)
2) settlement is not final, though it can be send now (order is in suspense mode)
3) settlement of funds happened later (urgency is not there )
4) settlement of funds transfer instructions occurs individually (on an instruction by instruction basis)
5) None of these

20. In the RTGS, funds settlement takes place in the books of the RBI, the payments are.........
1) put in pending 
2) not final at all
3) final but revocable
4) final and irrevocable
5) None of the above statement is correct

21. Minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is .......
1) Rs.5 lakh 
2) Rs.1.5 lakh
3) Rs.2 lakh 
4) Rs.2.5 lakh
5) Rs.1.2 lakh

22. The Maximum amount can be send through RTGS is ..........
1) Rs.20 lakh 
2) Rs.12 lakh
3) Rs.2 lakh 
4) Rs.1 crore
5) There is no upper limit

23. In RTGS, under normal circumstances the beneficiary branches are expected to receive the funds in real time as soon as funds are transferred by the remitting bank. The beneficiary bank has to credit the beneficiary's account within .......... of receiving the funds transfer message
1) 5 minutes 
2) 10 minutes
3) 60 minutes 
4) 30 minutes
5) 90 minutes

24. Which of the following statement is wrong relating to RTGS?
1) remitting bank receives a message from the Reserve Bank that money has been credited to the receiving bank
2) remitting customer get back the money if it is not credited to the beneficiary's account
3) remitting customer does not get back the money if it is not credited to the beneficiary's account
4) All inward RTGS transactions free
5) IFSC Number of the receiving branch must be mentioned by transferor

25. IMPS is an innovative real time payment service that is available round the clock. In this context, IMPS stands for............
1) Indian Payment Service
2) Instant Payment Service
3) Immediate Portion Service
4) Immediate Payment Service
5) Immediate Patent Service

26. Which of the following one is not the advantage of IMPS?
1) instant transfer
2) Available 24 × 7 (functional even on holidays)
3) Channel Independent can be initiated from Mobile/ Internet / ATM channels
4) Safe and secure, easily accessible and cost effective
5) All of above are the advantages of IMPS

27. Both banked as well as un-banked customer can avail IMPS. However, unbanked customer can initiate IMPS transaction using the services of PPI. PPI in this context stands for...........
1) Principle Paid Payments instrument issuer
2) Pre Paid Payments instrument issuer
3) Pre Paid PAN instrument issuer
4) Post Paid Payments instrument issuer
5) Pre Poll Payments instrument issuer

28. MMID issued by the bank. Combination of Mobile number & MMID is uniquely linked with an Account number and helps in identifying the beneficiary details. MMID stands for............
1) Mode Money Identifier
2) Mobile Made Identifier
3) Mobile Money Identifier
4) Mobile Moment Identifier
5) Mobile Money Indication

29. QSAM (Query Service on Aadhaar Mapper) service helps user in knowing their Aadhaar Seeding status with their bank account. QSAM service can be available by dialing which number?
1) *99# 
2) *99*99# 
3) *100#
4) *99*9# 
5) *1234#

30. India has recently donated how much amount to UN Peace Building Fund (PBF)?

1) $4 Lakh

2) $5 Lakh
3) $6 Lakh
4) $8 Lakh

5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1-5, 2-1, 3-1, 4-3, 5-3, 6-5, 7-5, 8-2, 9-1, 10-5
11-5, 12-5, 13-5, 14-5, 15-3, 16-3, 17-3, 18-4, 19-4, 20-4
21-3, 22-5, 23-4, 24-3, 25-4, 26-5, 27-2, 28-3, 29-2, 30-2.