General Awareness Model Practice Questions

1. Raghuram Rajan is the first Indian served as the Chief Economist of IMF. Where is
the head quarter of IMF?
1) Geneva
2) Beijing
3) Washington D C
4) Paris
5) New York

2. Who is the present Managing Director of IMF?
1) Kristalina Georgieva-Kinova
2) K.V.Kamath
3) Christine Legarde
4) Jin Liquin
5) Takehiko Nakao

3. On 7 January 2019, who announced his resignation as the president of World Bank unexpectedly, more than three years before his term ends in 2022?
1) K.V.Kamath
2) Temasek Holdings
3) Werner Hoyer
4) Brian Thomas Moynihan
5) Jim Yong Kim

4. How many players will be selected out of competitions in Khelo India Youth games and they will be given Rs 5 lakh each per annum for the next 8 years for development of their sporting talent?
1) 200
2) 10000
3) 1000
4) 750
5) 500

5. Which team secured the highest number of Gold Medals in 2018 Khelo India Games held at New Delhi?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) Delhi

6. Indian Woman boxer attained number one position in the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) latest world rankings recently. She is……………..?
1) Pinki Rani
2) Sarita Devi
3) Kavita Chahal
4) M C Mary Kom
5) Yvonne Caples

7. On 5 January 2019, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of revival of North Koel (Mandal Dam) project in…..?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) Manipur
5) Jharkhand

8. Present woman governor of Jharkhand is ?
1) Draupadi Murmu
2) Nazma Hepthulla
3) Mrudula Sinha
4) Ananda Bin Patel
5) Babi Rani Maurya

9. Venezuela is one of the world's largest oil producers. What is the capital of Venezuela?
1) Buenos Aires
2) Caracas
3) Lima
4) Santiago
5) Bogota

10. Who is the chief minister of Gujarat?
1) Manohar Lal Khattar
2) Vasundara Raje
3) Vijay Rupani
4) Devendra Fadnavis
5) Yogi Adityanath

11. Which state ranked Best Performer in first ever States Start-up Ranking 2018 by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced on 20, December 2018?
1) Telengana
2) Kerala
3) Gujarat
4) Uttarakhand
5) Manipur

12. Present chairman of Staff Selection Commission is …?
1) Ashim Khurana
2) Aravind Saxena
3) Anita Karwal
4) Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe
5) Vijay Kumar Saraswat

13. Norway capital is Oslo. What is the currency of Norway?
1) Rupee
2) Pound
3) Euro
4) Krone
5) Dollar

14. Who was declared as the Player of the series Award in the India-Australia Test series held recently?
1) Rishabh Rajendra Pant
2) Mohammed Shami
3) Cheteshwar Pujara
4) Virat Kohli
5) Hanuma Vihari

ANSWERS:
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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:
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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

ANSWERS:
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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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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Who became the most expensive overseas player ever bought at an Indian Premier League (IPL)
auction on February 20, 2017?
1) Tymal Mills
2) Chris Woakes
3) Ben Stokes
4) Eoin Morgan
5) Kagiso Rabada

2. Who took charge as the Chairman of Tata Sons on February 21, 2017?
1) Venu Srinivasan
2) N. Chandrasekaran
3) S. Ramadorai
4) T.V. Narendran
5) Noel Naval Tata

3. Who is the author of the newly launched book "Fearless in Opposition: Power & Accountability"?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Kamal Nath
3) P. Chidambaram
4) Shashi Tharoor
5) Sitaram Yechury

4. Which country hosted the Asian Winter Games in February 2017?
1) South Korea
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) Japan
5) Vietnam

5. Bank of Baroda has signed a sponsorship contract with which of the following badminton players?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Kidambi Srikanth
3) Parupalli Kashyap
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2) and (3)

6. Which of the following offers an instant, 24x7, interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones?
1) NEFT
2) RTGS
3) IMPS
4) IFSC
5) IMFC

7. In Payments Banks, for the first five years the stake of the promoter should be at least?
1) 40%
2) 30%
3) 25%
4) 50%
5) 60%

8. Which country has recently testfired a shore based anti-ship missile named "Zarb"?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Russia

9. Kersti Kalijulaid became the first female President of which of the following countries on October 10, 2016?
1) Latvia
2) Lithuania
3) Estonia
4) Slovenia
5) Bulgaria

10. Abdelilah Benkirane was reappointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in October 2016?
1) Morocco
2) Egypt
3) Sudan
4) Tunisia
5) Libya

11. Which of the following books is written by Stuart Blackburn?
1) Into the Hidden Valley
2) Allegiance
3) A Highland Ruby
4) Daggers of Treason
5) A Knife in Darkness

12. Where is the headquarters of the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) located?
1) London
2) Amsterdam
3) Berlin
4) Bonn
5) Frankfurt

13. Monsanto is a multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company based in:
1) Germany
2) France
3) USA
4) Japan
5) Switzerland

14. Who is the only Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics?
1) Deepa Malik
2) Mariyappan Thangavelu
3) Devendra Jhajharia
4) Rajinder Singh
5) Sundar Singh Gurjar

15. What is the name of the largest cash transfer program in the world?
1) SARAL
2) PAHAL
3) SAHAJ
4) SABLA
5) None of these

16. Who headed the committee that recommended the setting up of NABARD?
1) A. Ghosh
2) Abid Hussain
3) D. R. Mehta
4) B. Sivaraman
5) M. Narasimham

17. The illegal copying of information from the magnetic strips found on credit and debit cards is
called as:
1) Card Encryption
2) Card Fraud
3) Card Skimming
4) Card Spoofing
5) None of these

18. A bond with no maturity date is called as:
1) Convertible Bond
2) Callable Bond
3) Redeemable Bond
4) Perpetual Bond
5) Speculative Bond

19. What is the maximum limit for deposits in the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Account in an year?
1) Rs.1, 50,000
2) Rs.1, 00,000
3) Rs.2, 00,000
4) Rs.2, 50,000
5) No limit

20. Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Bihar
4) Jharkhand
5) Odisha

21. Which of the following banks are not permitted to issue credit cards to their customers?
1) Regional Rural Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Small Finance Banks
4) Payments Banks
5) None of these

22. "SCORES" is a web based complaints redress system of:
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SEBI
4) PFRDA
5) None of these

23. Indradhanush is a seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of?
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks
5) None of these

24. Nokrek National Park is located in which of the following Indian States?
1) Assam
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Meghalaya
5) Arunachal Pradesh

25. The first Regional Rural Bank in India Prathama Bank was established on October 2, 1975. It was
sponsored by which of the following banks?
1) State Bank of India
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Syndicate Bank

26. Ravi Venkatesan is the Chairman of which of the following public sector banks?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce

27. Who is the present Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
Sanitation?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Anant Kumar
5) Chaudhary Birender Singh

28. Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma won which of the following tournaments in October 2016?
1) Chinese Taipei Open
2) Dutch Open
3) Russian Open
4) Japan Open
5) Malaysian Open

29. Which country won the 1st BRI CS U-17 Football Tournament held in Goa in October 2016?
1) South Africa
2) India
3) Brazil
4) Russia
5) China

30. Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away on October 13, 2016. He was the 9th monarch of which of the
following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Morocco
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) Cambodia

31. What is the premium payable per annum per member under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)?
1) Rs.100
2) Rs. 330
3) Rs. 300
3) Rs. 12
5) Rs. 76

32. DAX is a blue chip stock market index of which of the following countries?
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Spain
5) Russia

33. Which of the following cities is located on the banks of the river Han?
1) Hong Kong
2) Tokyo
3) Seoul
4) Beijing
5) Hangzhou

34. Who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on autophagy?
1) David Thouless
2) Bernard Feringa
3) J. Fraser Stoddart
4) Yoshinori Ohsumi
5) Both (1) and (2)

35. The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL), the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, has appointed which
of the following players as its brand ambassador?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sakshi Malik
3) Dipa Karmakar
4) Deepika Kumari
5) P.V. Sindhu

36. Who was appointed as India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva in October 2016?
1) Renu Pall
2) Anup Wadhwan
3) Amandeep Singh Gill
4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
5) None of these

37. Who received the Harvard University's Humanitarian Award in September 2016?
1) Ban Ki-moon
2) Elie Wiesel
3) Dalai Lama
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Julian Assange

38. Arnold Palmer of USA died on September 25, 2016. He excelled in which of the following sports?
1) Baseball
2) Golf
3) Basketball
4) Tennis
5) Ice Hockey

39. Dario Fo, the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away on October 13, 2016. He belonged to:
1) Netherlands
2) Poland
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) Spain

40. What is India's rank among the 118 developing countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2016?
1) 73
2) 75
3) 87
4) 97
5) 88

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

Financial Awareness Practice Questions for Bank Exams

1. In the case of granting loan against a life insurance policy, the banker should see:
a) The existence of insurable interest
b) The surrender value
c) The admission of age
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

2. In Mutual Funds, NAV is the price of ___
a) Entire fund value
b) One unit of a fund
c) Surrender value
d) Average value of shares
e) Dividends paid in a year

3. New Lending Rate on Bank Loans is now calculated as per:
a) Bench Mark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)
b) Base Rate
c) Prime Lending Rate (PLR)
d) Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)
e) Risk Based Rate.

4. According to new norms anyone would be able to register a company in India in how many days?
a) 5
b) 4
c) 7
d) 1
e) 3

5. Naina Lal Kidwai is an independent non-executive director of:
a) Altico Capital
b) Reliance Capital
c) Infrastructure Development Finance Company
d) Shriram Transport Finance
e) None of the above

6. Which Indian bank has launched iWork@Home programme for its women employees?
a) HDFC
b) Axis bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) IDBI Bank
e) SBI

7. Who is the present MD and CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange?
a) Balasubramaniam Venkatramani
b) Mrugank Paranjape
c) Manoj Vaish
d) Praveen Kumar Singhal
e) Mansi Aggarwal

8. Flipkart has launched an online wallet-Flipkart Money. What purpose does E-wallet serve?
a) E-wallet is an online prepaid account under which user can deposit money in advance and can be used as payment
b) E-wallet is an offline prepaid account where one can stock money to be used when required
c) E-wallet is an online prepaid account under which user can purchase online and they can pay later.
d) E-wallet is a feature of web browser that allows a user to store personal details for identification purpose
e) None of the above

9. The bank does not open a saving account in the name of:
a) Government Departments
b) Municipal Corporations/ Committees
c) Panchayat Samities
d) State Housing Boards
e) All the above

10. The Reserve Bank of India publishes the classification of demand deposits with the commercial banks. Which of the following are included in demand deposits?
a) Fixed deposits held as security for advances is a classification of time deposits
b) Deposits held as security for advances which are repayable on demand
c) Current deposits
d) Demand liabilities portion of saving bank deposits
e) b, c and d

11. Time deposits include:
a) Fixed deposits
b) Cash certificates, recurring deposits
c) Time liabilities portion of saving bank deposits
d) Staff security deposits
e) All of the above

12. Which of the following is included in the banking reforms in India?
a) To strengthen risk management
b) Providing easy credit to all
c) Provide guaranteed subsidy from the government
d) Both b and c
e) None of the above

13. Which of the following Nation is not a member country of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
a) India
b) Kazakhstan
c) Tajikistan
 d) China
e) Russia

14. What is the purpose for RBI allowing RRBs to open their branches in tier-II cities without asking
for permit?
a) To empower RRBs with the powers that RBI has
b) To increase the reach of banking service in tier-II cities.
c) To generate money from tier-II cities
d) To increase the number of RRBs more than other commercial bank in tier-II cities
e) None of the above

15. Which of the following is not associated with risks related to risk management in banks?
a) Credit risk
b) Market risk
c) Fund risk
d) Operational risk
e) None of the these

16. Which was the first Indian commercial bank wholly owned and managed by Indians opened in
the year 1911?
a) Bank of Madras
b) Central Bank of India
c) State Bank of India
d) Hindustan Bank
e) Union Bank of India

17. Financial activities tax and Financial stability contribution is proposed by ?
a) G-8
b) SAARC Summit (second)
c) G-20
d) SAARC Summit (First)
e) None of the above

18. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about promissory note?
a) It is always in writing
b) It has an unconditional undertaking called promise
c) The promise is to pay money
d) The money is to be pay money
e) All the above

19. On recommendation in which of the following committee NABARD was established?
a) C. Rangarajan Committee
b) Vijay Kelkar Committee
c) Sivaraman Committee
d) Chelliah Committee
e) None of the above

20. Money lent in the money market for one day is referred as:
a) Notice money
b) Long term loan
c) Short term loan
d) Call money
e) None of these

21. Returning a particular cheque of a customer unpaid by the bank is known as:
a) Bouncing of cheque
b) Dishonour of cheque
c) Cancellation of cheque
d) Honouring of cheque
e) None of these

22. Apex Bank for agriculture is___
a) RBI
b) NABARD
c) SEBI
d) ICICI
e) None of these

23. Dow Jones is the stock index of 30 significant stocks traded in__
a) India
b) Singapore
c) London
d) None of these
e) New York

24. Expand the term ALM used in Banking/Finance sector?
a) Asset Liability Mismatch
b) Asset Liability Maturity
c) Asset Liability Management
d) Asset Liability Manpower
e) None of these

25. The main advantages of core banking Solutions are:
a) Branches are connected to a central host
b) Branch automation modules and delivery channels are incorporated
c) Transactions are done centrally and online
d) A Branch Customer is converted into a Bank Customer
e) All of above

26. The short fall in Prior Sector Lending by banks is to be deposited with RIDF. Which of the following statement is not correct with regard to RIDF?
a) Domestic banks deposit short fall in priority sector lending targets, or weaker section lending
or agriculture lending in RIDF.
b) RIDF corpus is estimated annually
c) Interest is Bank Rate less 2% to 4% and period of deposit for RDIF is determined by RBI
d) Amount deposited in RIDF by banks is not eligible investment for priority sector classification
e) None of the above

27. Maximum compensation an Ombudsman is empowered to award in respect of deficiency in service of the Credit Card operations is:
a) Rs. 50,000
b) Rs.1 lack
c) Rs. 5 lack
d) Rs. 10 lack
e) Rs 50,000

28. Which of the following organisation was established as a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India with the purpose of providing long term industrial finance?
a) ICICI Ltd.
b) IDBI Ltd.
c) IFCI Ltd.
d) Development Credit Bank of India (DCB)
e) None of the above

29. Treasury bills are issued by ____ through ___ for maturities of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days for pre-determined amounts.
a) RBI, GOI
b) GOI, RBI
c) RBI, Exim bank
d) GOI, Exim bank
e) RBI, SBI

30. Liquidity with a banker means:
a) Cash on Hand
b) Cash and Bank balances
c) Short-term current assets to convert into cash
d) All of above
e) None of the above

31. Cardinal principles of lending are
a) Safety and liquidity
b) Profitability and diversification of risks
c) Purpose and security
d) Only a and c
e) All of a to c

32. Working capital requirement depends upon___?
a) Level of activity
b) Types of business carried
c) Nature of Production cycle
d) All the above
e) None

33. Which of the following statements regarding CP is not correct?
a) CP is a negotiable instrument
b) CP is issued in the form of a promissory note.
c) Banks can invest in CP if it is issued in demat form
d) CP, being a tradable instrument, carries liquidity risk.
e) Minimum amount of CP should be Rs. 5.00 lack

34. A minor for whom the court has appointed a guardian attains majority on completion of:
a) 21 years
b) 18 years
c) 15 years
d) 17 years
e) 20 years

35. Garnishee order is issued by a__
a) Police officer
b) Revenue officer
c) CID
d) Bank
e) Court

36. The main function of an Asset Management Company is to:
a) Hold the securities of various schemes
b) Manage the funds by making investments in various types of securities
c) Hold its property for the benefit of the unit holders
d) Act on behalf of SEBI
e) All the above

37. The first insurance company was started in India in 1818 at:
a) Kolkata
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
e) Allahabad

38. CIBIL as a credit Information Agency caters to:
a) Consumer segments
b) Commercial segments
c) Both commercial and consumer segments
d) Nationalized Banks only
e) Private Banks only

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Who among the following was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Basel-based Bank for International Settlements in November 2015? 
(a) Kaushik Basu (b) Raghuram Rajan (c) Jens Weidmann 
(d) Subir Gokarn (e) Haruhiko Kuroda (Ans : b)

2. Which country won the Rugby World Cup organized in October 2015 in England? 
(a) New Zealand (b) S. Africa (c) Australia (d) Wales (e) England (Ans : a)

3. Which party won simple majority in Parliamentary elections in Canada in October 2015? 
(a) Liberal Party (b) Conservative Party (c) New Democratic Party 
(d) Bloc Quebecois Party (e) Green party (Ans : a)

4. Vidya Devi Bhandari was elected as the first woman President of Nepal in October 2015. She is the leader of which party? 
(a) Nepali Congress (b) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (c) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 
(d) Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (e) Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party (Ans : c)

5. What was India’s position at the Asian Shooting Championship organized in Kuwait City in November 2015? 
(a) first (b) second (c) third (d) fourth (e) fifth (Ans : b)

6. Who among the following is the new Prime Minister of Poland where parliamentary elections were held in October 2015? 
(a) Donald Tusk (b) Beata Szyd3o (c) Jaroslaw Kaczynsi 
(d) Bronislaw komorowski (e) Ewa Kopacz (Ans : b)

7. Which SAARC nation started Balance Nail military exercise with USA in November 2015? 
(a) Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Pakistan (e) Bangladesh (Ans : a)

8. Who among the following was conferred with all Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration on October 31, 2015? 
(a) CNR Rao (b) E Sreedharan (c) Karan Singh 
(d) PV Rajagopal (e) MS Swaminathan (Ans : d)

9. Abhishek Verma won silver medal for India at the….. World Cup Final in Mexico City in October 2015. 
(a) Archery (b) Wrestling (c) Shooting (d) Rowing (e) Boxing (Ans : a)

10. The UN launched the International Year of….. 2016 in November 2015. 
(a) Spices (b) Cotton (c) Coconut (d) Oilseeds (e) Pulses (Ans : e)

11. Ground Zero Summit, organized in New Delhi on November 5-8, 2015, was on the issue of– 
(a) Terrorism (b) Cyber security (c) Climate Change 
(d) Welfare of Women (e) Corporate Social Responsibility  (Ans : b)

12. India’s Amit Verma won the 2015 Bastiat Prize for….. given by Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation in November 2015. 
(a) Law (b) Science (c) Journalism (d) Philosophy (e) Economics (Ans : c)

13. Reserve Bank issued guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme on October 22, 2015. Who will decide the interest rate on gold deposits? 
(a) RBI (b) Finance Ministry (c) Indian Banks Association 
(d) Individual banks (e) World Gold Council (Ans : d)

14. President Pranab Mukherjeee launched ‘IMPRINT India’ research initiatives for which of the following academic field in November 2015? 
(a) Commerce (b) Arts (c) Law (d) Management (e) Engineering (Ans : e)

15. Punjabi is now the third official language in Parliament of Canada after English and….. 
(a) French (b) Spanish (c) German (d) Russian (e) Chinese (Ans : a)

16. Who among the following was named the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector by Fortune India in November 2015? 
(a) Shikha Sharma (b) Chanda Kochhar (c) Chitra Ramakrishna 
(d) Naina Lal Kidwai (e) Arundhati Bhattacharya (Ans : e)

17. What is India’s position in the list of world’s most valuable nation brands by London-based Brand Finance in November 2015? 
(a) 7th (b) 17th (c) 27th (d) 37th (e) 47th (Ans : a)

18. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur appointed the….. Chief Justice of India in December 2015. 
(a) 41st (b) 42nd (c) 43rd (d) 44th (e) 45th (Ans : c)

19. What was India’s rank among 189 economies in World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2016’ report launched in October 2015? 
(a) 110th (b) 120th (c) 130th (d) 140th (e) 150th (Ans : c)

20. The Grand Alliance won over two-third majority in Bihar Assembly election results declared in November 2015. How many seats are there in the Assembly? 
(a) 143 (b) 193 (c) 243 (d) 293 (e) 343 (Ans : c)

21. The Presidents of China and….. met for the first time after more than six decades in November 2015. 
(a) Laos (b) Taiwan (c) Myanmar (d) Vietnam (e) Mongolia (Ans : b)

22. ‘INDRA’ is the joint military exercise conducted by troops of India and….. in Rajasthan in November 2015. 
(a) USA (b) UK (c) France (d) Russia (e) China (Ans : d)

23. Which is the top-ranked country in the list of world’s most valuable nation brands by London-based Brand Finance in November 2015? 
(a) USA (b) UK (c) Canada (d) Sweden (e) Singapore (Ans : a)

24. India has been re-elected to the UN Commission of International….. Law for another six year term in November 2015. 
(a) Trade (b) Culture (c) Maritime (d) Environment (e) Human Rights (Ans : a)

25. Which is the best country in terms of internet freedom in the report ‘freedom on the Net 2015’ released by Freedom House in October 2015? 
(a) Norway (b) Sweden (c) Finland (d) Denmark (e) Iceland (Ans : e)

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR IBPS EXAMS

1. Who was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund?
1) Subir Gokarn
2) Anand Sinha
3) K.C. Chakrabarty
4) H.R. Khan
5) Urjit Patel

2. Who won the China Open Super Series Premier badminton women’s singles title in Fuzhou in
November 2015?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Li Xuerui
3) Yihan Wang
4) Carolina Marin
5) P.V. Sindhu

3. Who was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in November 2015?
1) Y. Venugopal Reddy
2) C. Rangarajan
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Kaushik Basu
5) Bimal Jalan

4. Who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on November 16, 2015?
1) Vikas Swarup
2) S. Jaishankar
3) Saurabh Kumar
4) Syed Akbaruddin
5) T.C.A. Raghavan

5. The Bank for International Settlements serves as a bank for central banks. It is based in?
1) Zurich
2) Tokyo
3) Beijing
4) Geneva
5) Basel

6. Which country won the 2015 FIFAWomen’s World Cup Football tournament on July 5, 2015?
1) USA
2) Japan
3) France
4) Germany
5) Norway

7. Identify the mismatched pair? 2015 Host Tournament Country
1) Copa America Chile
2) FIFAWomen’s Canada World Cup
3) FIFA Under-20 Serbia World Cup
4) Asian Athletics China Championships
5) ICC World Cup Australia & NewZealand

8. Which of the following districts in West Bengal has won the United Nations Public Service Award 2015?
1) Purulia
2) Howrah
3) Cooch Behar
4) Nadia
5) Jalpaiguri

9. Which of the following governments has reached a historic agreement with FARC guerrillas to
de-escalate the decades-long armed conflict?
1) Cuba
2) Colombia
3) Ecuador
4) France
5) Armenia

10. Which country will contribute the largest amount ($41 billion) to the BRICS Currency Reserve Arrangement(CRA)?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) India
4) China
5) South Africa

11. Identify the mismatched pair? BOOK AUTHOR
1) Modi-Incredible Emergence of a Star - Tarun Vijay
2) Flood of Fire - Amitav Ghosh
3) Scion of Ikshvaku - Amish Tripathi
4) Transcendence - APJ Abdul Kalam
5) Beyond Doubt - Shobha De

12. India’s spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi was conferred Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar,
the highest civilian award of?
1) Bolivia
2) Brazil
3) Colombia
4) Chile
5) Argentina

13. What does the letter ‘C’ stand for in the abbreviation CRR?
1) Currency
2) Credit
3) Cash
4) Capital
5) Commercial

14. Singapore’s central bank and financial regulatory authority is called?
1) Bank of Singapore
2) People’s Bank of Singapore
3) Federal Reserve of Singapore
4) Monetary Authority of Singapore
5) None of these

15. The World Food Program (WFP) is the food assistance branch of the United Nations. Its headquarters is in?
1) Vienna
2) Washington D.C.
3) Geneva
4) Tokyo
5) Rome

16. Who is the present Union Minister for Food Processing Industries?
1) Radha Mohan Singh
2) Anant Kumar
3) Anant Geete
4) Thawar Chand Gehlot
5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

17. Who was given the Moortidevi Award for 2014 for his work ‘Vyomkesh Darvesh’?
1) K. Radhakrishnan
2) Viswanath Tripathi
3) Kamal Kishore Goenka
4) Munishwar Jha
5) None of these

18. The 2015 World Food Prize recipient belongs to which of the following countries?
1) India
2) Philippines
3) Bangladesh
4) Brazil
5) Mexico

19. Praful Bidwai passed away on June 23, 2015. He was a renowned?
1) Architect
2) Painter
3) Singer
4) Journalist
5) Television personality

20. Who has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate?
1) M.S. Swaminathan
2) R. Paul Singh
3) Sanjay Rajaram
4) R.S. Paroda
5) None of these

21. A National Memorial of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan will be set up in which of the following States?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Bihar
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these

22. The Union Government has launched the first modernized Anganwadi centre of India at Hasnapur village of Sonepat in?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Haryana
5) Odisha

23. Who launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan(RAA) in New Delhi on July 9, 2015?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Pranab Mukherjee
3) APJ Abdul Kalam
4) Hameed Ansari
5) Nitin Gadkari

24. How many cities will be chosen for the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) project?
1) 100
2) 250
3) 200
4) 500
5) None of these

25. Who is the founder of BRAC, the largest Non Government Organization in the world?
1) Muhammad Yunus
2) Nurul Islam
3) Rehman Sobhan
4) Fazle Hasan Abed
5) None of these

26. As per a research published by the World Economic Forum, the world’s biggest employer is?
1) The US Department of Defense
2) People’s Liberation Army of China
3) Wal-Mart
4) McDonalds
5) UK’s National Health Service

27. The National Skill Development Mission’s Governing Council is chaired by the?
1) President
2) Home Minister
3) Prime Minister
4) Finance Minister
5) Human Resources Development Minister

28. Islam Karimov is the President of which of the following countries?
1) Azerbaijan
2) Armenia
3) Ukraine
4) Uzbekistan
5) Georgia

29. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a ‘Nakshatra Vatika’ on July 6, 2015 in?
1) New Delhi
2) Secunderabad
3) Nagpur
4) Kolkata
5) Mumbai

30. Who won the women’s title in the Senior National Squash championship on July 12, 2015?
1) Joshna Chinappa
2) Bhuveneshwari Kumari
3) Deepika Pallikal
4) Harshit Kaur
5) None of these

31. The United Nations General Assembly designated which of the following days as World Youth Skills Day?
1) July 15
2) June 15
3) August 15
4) September 15
5) April 15

32. Which of the following has launched a mobile application named "Pashu Poshan" that will boost dairy farmer’s income?
1) NDRI
2) NDDB
3) IARI
4) NIRD
5) ICRISAT

33. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon women’s singles title by defeating which of the following tennis players in the final in July 2015?
1) Maria Sharapova
2) Belinda Bencic
3) Garbine Muguruza
4) Lucie Safarova
5) Ana Ivanovic

34. Which State has declared Blue Mormon species as State Butterfly?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) West Bengal

35. Which of the following cities is the capital of Uzbekistan?
1) Samarkhand
2) Namangan
3) Peshawar
4) Hun
5) Tashkent

36. Which is the first developed nation to default on the International Monetary Fund debt?
1) Portugal
2) Ireland
3) Greece
4) Italy
5) Spain

37. Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in July 2015?
1) Yekaterinburg
2) Beijing
3) Shanghai
4) Ufa
5) Moscow

38. Which country has been accepted as a full member of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization along with India?
1) Belarus
2) Afghanistan
3) Iran
4) Mongolia
5) Pakistan

39. Which country retained the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title in July 2015?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) Nepal

40. Garbine Muguruza is a tennis player from which of the follo wing countries?
1) Russia
2) Bulgaria
3) Poland
4) Spain
5) Czech Republic

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

GENERAL AWARENESS STUDY MATERIAL FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. India-born Harjit Sajjan became the Defense Minister of which of the following countries in
November 2015?
1) Fiji
2) Canada
3) Kenya
4) UK
5) New Zealand

2. Shaktikanta Das has been nominated as a Director to the Central Board of Directors of the
Reserve Bank of India. He is presently working as?
1) Economic Affairs Secretary
2) Finance Secretary
3) Financial Services Secretary
4) Tourism Secretary
5) Agriculture Secretary

3. Who became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to complete 10,000 runs in Ranji Trophy in November 2015?
1) Amol Mazumdar
2) Mithun Manhas
3) Wasim Jaffar
4) Virendra Sehwag
5) Devendra Bundela

4. Who was named the Most Powerful Person in the World by the Forbes magazine in November 2015?
1) Barack Obama
2) Angela Merkel
3) Pope Francis
4) Xi Jinping
5) Vladimir Putin

5. Who won the Norway chess tournament in June 2015?
1) Veselin Topalov
2) Viswanathan Anand
3) Magnus Carlsen
4) Vassily Ivanchuk
5) Vladimir Kramnik

6. The theme of which of the following Summits held in 2015 was ‘Think Ahead. Act Together’?
1) G7
2) BRICS
3) SCO
4) G4
5) ASEAN

7. Who was awarded the Bjornson Prize for freedom of speech by Norway in June 2015?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Edward Snowden
3) Kailash Satyarthi
4) Dalai Lama
5) None of these

8. Hwang Kyo-ahn assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following Asian countries on June 18, 2015?
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) China
5) Laos

9. Christopher Lee passed away recently. He was a famous?
1) Actor
2) Footballer
3) Photographer
4) Musician
5) Author

10. Who won the Commonwealth chess title in New Delhi on June 30, 2015?
1) K. Sasikiran
2) Arghyadip Das
3) Abhijeet Gupta
4) Parimarjan Negi
5) Deep Sengupta

11. Who is the author of the book “Gandhi at First Sight”?
1) Thomas Weber
2) Daniel Bell
3) Jonathan Gil Harris
4) Patrick French
5) None of these

12. Pandit Haridutt Sharma Award is an annual award given in the field of?
1) Sculpture
2) Journalism
3) Films
4) Music
5) Theater

13. Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti launched ‘Jal Kranti Abhiyan’ on June 5, 2015 in?
1) Varanasi
2) Lucknow
3) Jaipur
4) Gwalior
5) Jhansi

14. Who became the second Indian umpire after S. Venkataraghavan to be inducted into the Elite
Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC)?
1) Ram Babu Gupta
2) I. Shivram
3) M.R. Singh
4) Sundaram Ravi
5) Raman Sharma

15. Which of the following has become the world’s first billion dollar football brand in June 2015?
1) Manchester United
2) Manchester City
3) Chelsea 4) Arsenal
5) Real Madrid

16. Who is the present Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting?
1) Venkaiah Naidu
2) Jual Oram
3) Arun Jaitley
4) J.P. Nadda
5) Prakash Javdekar

17. Which is the first private bank to launch a voice password facility for its customers recently?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Yes Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

18. Whose autobiography is titled ‘The Test of My Life’?
1) Steve Waugh
2) Shane Warne
3) M.S. Dhoni
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) M. Amarnath

19. Serena Williams defeated who among the following to win the women’s singles tennis title in the 2015 French Open?
1) Maria Sharapova
2) Ana Ivanovic
3) Lucie Safarova
4) Victoria Azarenka
5) Petra Kvitova

20. Who is the only Indian sportsman featured among the 2015 Forbes magazine’s 100 highest paid athletes in the world?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Leander Paes
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

21. Lal Thanhawla is the current Chief Minister of which of the following States?
1) Meghalaya
2) Tripura
3) Mizoram
4) Nagaland
5) Arunachal Pradesh

22. The Groningen gas field is the largest natural gas field in Europe. It is in?
1) Netherlands
2) Denmark
3) Switzerland
4) Germany
5) Sweden

23. Keoladeo Ghana National park is located in which of the following States?
1) Gujarat
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh

24. The Global Times is a daily tabloid published in?
1) China
2) Singapore
3) UK
4) USA
5) Russia

25. Kalinga Stadium is a multipurpose stadium located in?
1) Indore
2) Bhubaneswar
3) Nagpur
4) Patiala
5) Mohali

26. Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary is located in which of the following States?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Goa
4) Maharashtra
5) Jharkhand

27. Who is the author of the book ‘Eternal India’?
1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) Indira Gandhi
3) Lal Bahadur Shastri
4) Atal Behari Vajpayee
5) I.K. Gujral

28. How many persons won the Bharat Ratna award so far?
1) 49
2) 54
3) 45
4) 55
5) 57

29. Which is the capital of the union territory Dadra & Nagar Haveli?
1) Amini
2) Kavarati
3) Kalpeni
4) Silvassa
5) Amboli

30. Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (SSY) account can be opened in the name of a girl child who is not more than?
1) 5 years old
2) 7 years old
3) 9 years old
4) 10 years old
5) 15 years old

31. Who is the recipient of the 2015 Genesis Prize?
1) Michael Douglas
2) Sylvester Stallone
3) Mel Gibson
4) John Travolta
5) Arnold Schwarzenegger

32. The Genesis Prize was founded in 2012 by the office of the Prime Minister of?
1) Canada
2) Israel
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Netherlands

33. Who among the following Indians has not made to the Forbes list of the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women?
1) Arundhati Bhattacharya
2) Chanda Kochchar
3) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
4) Shobhana Bhartia
5) Shikha Sharma

34.Identify the mismatched pair?
1) General Motors – Mary Barra
2) Google – Sheryl Sandberg
3) YouTube – Susan Wojcicki
4) Yahoo – Marissa Mayer
5) IBM – Ginny Rometty

35. Suleyman Demirel died on June 17, 2015. He served as the President of which of the following countries from 1993 to 2000?
1) Yemen
2) Syria
3) Lebanon
4) Libya
5) Turkey

36. Charles Correa died in June 2015. He was a renowned?
1) Tennis player
2) Hockey player
3) Film actor
4) Architect
5) Author

37. Which of the following Academy Award winning films was based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician?
1) Chicago
2) No Country for Old Men
3) The Hurt Locker
4) The Artist
5) A Beautiful Mind

38. Which of the following has released the Financial Stability Report (FSR) on June 25, 2015?
1) World Bank
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) International Monetary Fund
4) World Economic Forum
5) Securities and Exchange Board of India

39. Genesis Prize is also known as?
1) Green Nobel
2) Asia’s Nobel Prize
3) Jewish Nobel Prize
4) Green Oscar
5) Alternative Nobel Prize

40. Matt Prior retired from all forms of cricket in June 2015. He played for?
1) Australia
2) West Indies
3) South Africa
4) England
5) New Zealand

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