GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won majority seats in the Parliament elections in?
1) Turkey
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Syria
5) Yemen

2. Which country won the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) England
4) South Africa
5) Ireland

3. Which country hosted the eighth Rugby World Cup from September 18 to October 31, 2015?
1) South Africa
2) Argentina
3) England
4) Romania
5) Italy

4. Who is the first woman President of Nepal?
1) Amrita Thapa Magar
2) Basantidevi Jha
3) Binda Pandey
4) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
5) Minakshi Jha

5. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete visited India in June 2015. He is the President of?
1) Nigeria
2) Lesotho
3) Algeria
4) Kenya
5) Tanzania

6. Who is the present Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways?
1) Ravi Shankar Prasad
2) Kalraj Mishra
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Suresh Prabhu
5) P. Ashok Gajpathi Raju

7. Surendra Singh Negi was bestowed with HQ's World No Tobacco Day Award 2015 for south
Asian region by World Health Organization in May 2015. He is the Health Minister of?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Punjab
5) Rajasthan

8. Mikheil Saakashvili has been appointed the governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region. He served as the President of which of the following countries from January 2004 to November 2013?
1) Armenia
2) Belarus
3) Georgia
4) Latvia
5) Azerbaijan

9. Nek Chand died on June 12, 2015. He is known for building the Rock Garden of?
1) Mumbai
2) Chandigarh
3) Jaipur
4) Udaipur
5) Bhopal

10. Irwin Rose of USA died on June 2, 2015. He was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in?
1) Literature
2) Physics
3) Chemistry
4) Peace
5) Medicine

11. Nikesh Arora is the President and Chief Operating Officer of?
1) Deutsche Bank
2) Adobe Systems
3) Soft Bank
4) Google
5) Nokia

12. World Quality Day takes place every year on the?
1) Second Thursday of October
2) Second Thursday of November
3) Second Friday of October
4) Second Friday of November
5) Second Friday of December

13. Ways and Means Advances (WMA) is a temporary loan given by the Reserve Bank of India to the?
1) Public sector banks
2) Private sector banks
3) Regional rural banks
4) General insurance companies
5) Government

14. India and which of the following countries have signed a new strategically important 10 year
defense framework agreement in June 2015?
1) UK
2) USA
3) Israel
4) UAE
5) Russia

15. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified which of the following pesticides /herbicides as carcinogenic to humans?
1) Lindane
2) DDT
3) 2, 4-D
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

16. Who was appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) in June 2015?
1) K. Sivan
2) M.Y.S Prasad
3) S. Somanath
4) P. Kunhikrishnan
5) None of these

17. A Global Depository Receipt (GDR) is also known as?
1) National Depository Receipt
2) International Depository Receipt
3) Commercial Depository Receipt
4) Intercontinental Depository Receipt
5) None of these

18. Gramin Gaurav Path is a major road construction project under which about 2,048 km of roads
would be built in 33 districts in which of the following States?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Rajasthan
4) Bihar
5) Jharkhand

19. Which of the following is the apex body for the formulation, coordination and promotion of bio medical research?
1) National Institute of Epidemiology
2) National Institute of Virology
3) Indian Medical Association
4) Indian Council of Medical Research
5) All India Institute of Medical Sciences

20. International Agency for Research on Cancer is a specialized cancer agency of the?
1) FAO
2) UNICEF
3) WHO
4) UNESCO
5) UNDP

21. NDMA stands for?
1) National Defense Management Academy
2) National Dairy Management Academy
3) National Dairy Management Authority
4) National Disaster Management Authority
5) National Dam Management Authority

22. The International Court of Justice is based in?
1) Glasgow
2) Geneva
3) Rome
4) Zurich
5) The Hague

23. Who is the brand ambassador for the Government of India's campaign against Hepatitis B?
1) Vidya Balan
2) Aishwarya Rai
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Aamir Khan
5) Priyanka Chopra

24. Which country leads the world in production and export of the cocoa beans used in the manufacture of chocolate?
1) Ivory Coast
2) Ghana
3) Nigeria
4) Cameroon
5) Brazil

25. Which one of the following full forms is not correct?
1) QIB - Qualified Institutional Buyers
2) MSP - Minimum Support Price
3) IPO - Initial Public Offering
4) FPO - Final Public Offering
5) ITP - Institutional Trading Platform

26. Which is the largest carbon emitter in the world in terms of per capita emission?
1) China
2) USA
3) European Union
4) Russia
5) Japan

27. SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between State Bank of India and?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) BNP Paribas Cardif
3) New York Life Insurance Company
4) Prudential Life Insurance Company
5) None of these

28. What is the currency of Czech Republic?
1) Koruna
2) Krona
3) Kyat
4) Kuna
5) Euro

29. Which of the following is a newspaper published from Moscow?
1) Straitstimes
2) The Times
3) Dawn
4) Pravda
5) The Sun

30. Which is the fourth largest carbon emitter in the world as per World Resources Institute (WRI) analysis?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) Indonesia
4) Mexico
5) India

31. Which is the number one State in India in terms of total installed capacity of solar energy?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Andhra Pradesh

32. Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following States?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana

33. What is the annual investment limit under the Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme?
1) Rs 1,00,000
2) Rs 1,50,000
3) Rs 2,00,000
4) Rs 2,50,000
5) Rs 3,00,000

34. The Public Provident Fund account is valid for how many years?
1) 5 years
2) 10 years
3) 15 years
4) 20 years
5) None of these

35. Keenan Stadium is located in which of the following cities?
1) Mohali
2) Cuttack
3) Mumbai
4) Jamshedpur
5) Bhubaneswar

36. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Punyabhushan Award on?
1) Munishwar Jha
2) Charu Chandra Panda
3) Prataprao Pawar
4) Pankaja Munde
5) None of these

37. Who won the 2015 French Open men's singles tennis title on June 7, 2015?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Andy Murray
3) Roger Federer
4) Stanislas Wawrinka
5) David Ferrer

38. Which team won the I-League football title on June 7, 2015?
1) Mohun Bagan
2) Bengaluru FC
3) Dempo
4) Churchill Brothers
5) Salgaocar

39. The 21st Asian Athletics Championships were held in June 2015 in?
1) Incheon
2) Hong Kong
3) Wuhan
4) Tokyo
5) Jakarta

40. Who was honored with the Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award in June 2015?
1) Narendra Modi
2) L.K. Advani
3) Murli Manohar Joshi
4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5) None of these

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. RBI and which southern African central bank signed an agreement on information sharing under the Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information?
1) Namibia
2) Zimbabwe
3) Botswana
4) Zambia
5) South Africa

2. Botswana capital Gaborone and its currency is ...... ?
1) Kwacha
2) Pula
3) lilangeni
4) Dollar
5) Rand

3. Financial Inclusion Fund & Financial Inclusion Technology Fund merged into a single Fund namely .......?
1) Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
2) Financial Invitation Fund (FIF)
3) Forum Inclusion Fund (FIF)
4) Front Inclusion Fund (FIF)
5) Full Inclusion Fund (FIF)

4. Corpus Fund of newly created FIF .........?
1) Rs. 20 crore
2) Rs. 200 crore
3) Rs. 2,000 crore
4) Rs. 20,000 crore
5) Rs. 10 crore

5. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as revealed on 7 Oct 2015, the deposits have exceeded ........
1) Rs.25,000 crore
2) Rs.15,000 crore
3) Rs.10,000 crore
4) Rs.50,000 crore
5) Rs.75,000 crore

6. Which bank launched a new debit card 'Secure +' that can be switched off for specific period of time using a phone application or internet banking gateway?
1) ICICI bank
2) SBI
3) Axis bank
4) State Bank of Patiala
5) HDFC

7. According to the recent reports of Finance Ministry, who can act as the aggregator of payments for GST implementation?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) TRAI
4) Finance Commission
5) NITI Aayog

8. London-based financial information provider Emerging Markets declared whom as the Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015 for Asia?
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Atiur Rahman
3) Zhou Xiaochuan
4) Haruhiko Kuroda
5) Jim Yong Kim

9. Who heads the Committee on Innovation constituted by NITI Aayog that submitted its report on 27 October 2015 recommending private funding for R&D?
1) Kshatra Pathi Sivaji
2) Ramesh Chandra
3) Prof Tarun Khanna
4) Avinash Chander
5) Ramakanth Porde

10. First International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) has become operational at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) with the launch of the country’s first IFSC banking unit (IBU) set up by ......?
1) YES Bank
2) IDBI
3) SBI
4) Catholic Syrian Bank
5) OBC

11. India's rank on ease of doing business as per Doing Business 2016 report released by the World Bank?
1) 129
2) 140
3) 142
4) 130
5) 99

12. Union Government appointed which committee on 27 October 2015 with a view to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961?
1) RV Easwar
2) T Haque
3) Upamanyu Hazarika
4) S M Khan
5) BS Baswan

13. On 27 October 2015, who was appointed as the chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform?
1) Ban-Ki-Moon
2) Mogens Lykketoft
3) Irina Bokova
4) Anthony Lake
5) Sylvie Lucas

14. First Male Member of National Commission for Women ......?
1) Alok Rawat
2) Omprakash Rawat
3) Arun Rawat
4) Chandra Kumar Rawat
5) Ram Krishna Rawat

15. Who is present Chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
1) Draupadi Murmu
2) Mridula Sinha
3) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
4) Chithra Ramakrishnan
5) Arundhthi Subramanyam

16. The new elected prime minister of Canada ......?
1) Alex Tsipras
2) Sherif Ismail
3) Muhammadu Buhari
4) Salman bin Abdulaziz
5) Justin Trudeau

17. K Chockalingam won the Paul H Appleby Award. The award conferred by .....?
1) Indian Institute of Public Administration
2) Varanasi Hindu College
3) Indian Law Institute
4) IIT Roorke
5) Government of India

18. World Food day is observed on ......?
1) 16 Jan
2) 16 Sep
3) 16 Oct
4) 16 May
5) 16 Dec

19. 2015 World Food day theme .....?
1) Save food to kill poverty
2) Social Protection and Agriculture
3) Pulses eat less, Protein eat more
4) Safe food from pest
5) Food and Cold storages

20. Who is the Union minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
1) Uma Bharati
2) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
3) Ramvilas Paswan
4) Kalraj Mishra
5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

21. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is ......?
1) 24 Oct
2) 21 Oct
3) 31 Oct
4) 17 Oct
5) 28 Sep

22. Which of the following combinations is wrong?
1) United Nations Day - 24 Oct
2) Indian Air force Day - 8 Oct
3) International day of rural women -16 Oct
4) World Teacher's day - 5 Oct
5) International day of Non-violence - 2 Oct

23. First ever double-decker Shatabdi Express train service will be started soon between Mumbai and ........?
1) Goa
2) Ahmadabad
3) Hyderabad
4) Varanasi
5) Guwahathi

24. Indian Railways launched which scheme for the benefit of waiting list passengers recently?
1) Kayakalp
2) Operation Smile
3) Athidhi Devo Bhava
4) Vikalp
5) Jan Tatkal

25. Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) started from .......?
1) Santragachi railway station in Kolkata
2) Nampally railway station in Hyderabad
3) Egmore railway station in Chennai
4) Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi
5) Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal in Mumbai

26. Science Express covers halting at 64 locations over 20 States. The theme of 2015 Science Express Journey .......?
1) Learn Science for future
2) Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan
3) Science bring miracles
4) Climate Change
5) Railways is the Future

27. Which state announced a number of sops for Scheduled Caste people in the State, including laptops for girls and a Sanskrit University to be named after Maharishi Valmiki?
1) UP
2) MP
3) Haryana
4) AP
5) Tamil nadu

28. Typhoon Koppu attacked ........?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) Philippines

29. Which nation parliament rejected UN peace deal for unity government on 19 October 2015?
1) Cuba
2) Iraq
3) Libya
4) Iran
5) Afghanistan

30. Who was chosen as 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' by London-based publication Emerging Markets on 14 October 2015 ?
1) Jack Lew
2) George Osborne
3) Arun Jaitely
4) Taro Aso
5) Ishaq Dar

31. Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 conferred on ....?
1) Kailash Satyardhi
2) ISRO
3) Malala Yousafzai
4) UNHCR
5) Mogens Lykketoft

32. ISRO Chairman......?
1) P. Kunhikrishnan
2) Dr. Shekar Basu
3) Selvin Christopher
4) A S Kiran Kumar
5) Aijth Doval

33. ”Uninor” telecom service provider, rebrand itself as........ ?
1) Telenor
2) MTS
3) Etihad Telecom
4) Jio
5) None of above

34. Which Indian Tennis Player won the 2015 Vietnam Open Trophy?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Saketh Myneni
4) Leander Paes
5) Mahesh Bhupathi

35. Denmark Open Badminton Title won by Xuerui Li of ........?
1) Singapore
2) Hong kong
3) Thailand
4) China
5) South Korea

36. 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup won by .....?
1) India
2) Great Britain
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) Malaysia

37. First World Indigenous Games inaugurated at ......?
1) Palmas (Brazil)
2) Sochi (Russia)
3) Gold Coast (Australia)
4) Pyeongchang (South Korea)
5) Ipoh (Malaysia)

38. Which of the following Cup / Trophy does not belong to Cricket?
1) Benson and Hedges Cup
2) Deodhar Trophy
3) Durand Cup
4) Irani Trophy
5) Vijay Hazare Trophy

39. Combination of National Parks and states given. Wrong combination is ......?
1) Banneraghata National Park - Karnataka
2) Guindy National Park - Tamil nadu
3) Kaziranga National Park - Bihar
4) Rajaji National Park - Uttarakhand
5) Dudhwa National Park - Uttar Pradesh

40. BRICS University President Forum 2015 held at ......?
1) Durban
2) Beijing
3) Sochi
4) Brasilia
5) New Delhi

41. 3rd Indo-Africa summit between 26-29 October 2015 held at ........
1) Durban
2) Lusaka
3) New Delhi
4) Harare
5) Mumbai

42. Who will promote for the road safety awareness programme of the central government?
1) Sachin
2) Ab de Villars
3) Amir Khan
4) Virat Kohli
5) Akhilesh Yadav

43. Voices from Chernobyl, Zinky Boys, War’s Unwomanly Face are the books of Svetlana
Alexievich, the 14th woman to win Nobel literature prize. The first person to receive Nobel in
Literature from India is ......?
1) Sarojini Naidu
2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) R.K.Narayan
5) Raja Rao

ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-1, 4-3, 5-1, 6-3, 7-1, 8-2, 9-3, 10-1
11-4, 12-1, 13-5, 14-1, 15-3, 16-5, 17-1, 18-3, 19-2, 20-3
21-4, 22-3, 23-1, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-3, 28-5, 29-3, 30-3
31-2, 32-4, 33-1, 34-3, 35-4, 36-2, 37-1, 38-3, 39-3, 40-2
41-3, 42-3, 43-2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. On 16 September 2015, RBI in-principle granted licenses to how many applicants among 72 applicants to set up small finances banks that are all mainly microfinance and small finance companies?
1) 27
2) 19
3) 14
4) 6
5) 10

2. Which among the following entities did not get license to start the small finance banks?
1) Au Financiers (India) Ltd - Jaipur
2) Capital Local Area Bank - Jalandhar
3) SKS Micro Finance
4) Disha Microfin Private Ltd - Ahmedabad
5) Equitas Holdings - Chennai

3. Which among the following entities did not get license to start the small finance banks?
1) ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private Ltd - Chennai
2) Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited - Bengaluru
3) Suryoday Micro Finance Private Ltd - Navi Mumbai
4) Ujjivan Financial Services Private Ltd - Bengaluru
5) All of the above entities got permission to start small finance banks

4. Which of the following activities cannot be done by the new small finance banks as per RBI order?
1) Take small deposits and provide loans
2) Distribute mutual funds and other simple third-party financial products
3) Can be a business correspondent of any other bank
4) Distribute insurance products
5) All of the activities can be done by Small Finance Banks

5. Small Finance Banks must disburse ........ of their total adjusted net bank credit to priority sector.
1) 35%
2) 25%
3) 50%
4) 75%
5) 45%

6. The Small Finance Banks maximum loan size would be ......... of capital funds to single borrower and 15% to a group as per the present RBI rules.
1) 20%
2) 25%
3) 40%
4) 50%
5) 10%

7. Minimum 50% total loans of Small Finance Banks should be up to Rs. ........
1) 10 lakh
2) 75 lakh
3) 25 lakh
4) 5 lakh
5) 15 lakh

8. Which of the following activity the Small Finance Bank cannot do?
1) They can't lend to big corporate houses.
2) They can't lend to big groups.
3) Cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non-banking financial services activities.
4) Other financial activities of the promoter must not mingle with the bank.
5) All of the above activities cannot be done by Small Finance Banks.

9. In the Small Finance Banks, promoter's minimum initial contribution to the paid-up equity capital shall be at least .........
1) 10%
2) 20%
3) 25%
4) 40%
5) 74%

10. Small Finance Banks minimum paid-up capital would be .........
1) Rs.200 cr
2) Rs.50 cr
3) Rs.10 cr
4) Rs.100 cr
5) Rs.1000 cr

11. For the Small Finance Banks, capital adequacy ratio should be ......... of risk weighted
assets where as Tier-I should be 7.5% of the risk weighted assets.
1) 15%
2) 10%
3) 11.5%
4) 17%
5) 20%

12. Foreign shareholding capped at ......... of paid capital of the Small Finance Banks.
1) 74%
2) 25%
3) 40%
4) 49%
5) 29%

13. Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) in the Small Finance Banks must not be more than .........
1) 24%
2) 14%
3) 29%
4) 74%
5) 49%

14. Which of the following entity did not get license to start Small Finance Bank?
1) Dewan Housing
2) IIFL Holdings
3) SKS Microfinance
4) UAE Exchange
5) All of the above did not get license

15. Which bank is planning to launch 'green bonds' this year to enable fund raising for investments in projects with environmental benefits?
1) SBI
2) HDFC
3) HSBC India
4) YES Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

16. RBI launched a module for reporting Foreign FCTRS on eBiz portal of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on 24 Aug 2015. FCTRS stands for .........
1) Foreign Currency Truncation of Shares
2) Foreign Custodian Transfer of Shares
3) Foreign Currency Transfer of Shares
4) First Currency Transfer of Shares
5) None

17. Indian Railways developed a HVT toilet design that combines the advantages of Vacuum toilets and Bio-toilets. HVT stands for .........
1) Hit Travel Toilet
2) Hybrid Variety Toilet
3) High Vacuum Toilet
4) Hybrid Vacuum Toilet
5) Hybrid Value Toilet

18. International Toilet Day is on .........
1) 4 October
2) 5 December
3) 21 March
4) 19 November
5) 9 November

19. None of the above (NOTA) Option symbol in EVM is .........
1) a small ballot paper having BIG Words 'NO' on it
2) a small ballot paper having RED LIGHT mark
3) a small ballot paper with a green cross on it
4) a small ballot paper with a black cross on it
5) a small ballot paper with a Red cross on it

20. NOTA symbol for EVMs designed by Prof. Tarun Deep Girdher of NID of Ahmadabad. NID stands for .........
1) National Initiation of Design
2) National Institute of Disaster
3) Neonatal Institute of Design
4) National Institute of Design
5) None of above

21. On 1 September 2015, Union government announced to waive the controversial MAT on capital gains made by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) prior to April 1, 2015 on the recommendation of the Justice A.P.Sha Committee. MAT stands for .........
1) Minimum Annuity Tax
2) Maximum Alternate Tax
3) Minimum Asset Tax
4) Moderate Alternate Tax
5) Minimum alternate tax

22. India and which nation on 17 September 2015 jointly created a Joint Challenge Coin to symbolize their unique partnership in creating a next-generation aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy?
1) UK
2) China
3) Russia
4) USA
5) South Korea

23. Nepal's Constituent Assembly on 16 September 2015 approved the new Constitution. The Constituent Assembly headed by .........
1) Chiranjivi Nepal
2) Rambharan Yadav
3) Sushil Koirala
4) Subash Nembang
5) Parmanand Jha

24. Who is invited by UNO Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve in UN's High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST) for 3 years. He is also called Metro Man of India?
1) Suresh Prabhu
2) Manoj Sinha
3) E. Sreedharan
4) A.K. Mittal
5) Verghese Kurien

25. Which of the following cities named as the World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO?
1) Oslo
2) Beijing
3) Conakry
4) Valetta
5) Paris

26. United Nations Champions of the Earth award conferred on which nation prime minister recently. It is the United Nations highest environmental honour recognizing visionary people and organisations all over the world?
1) Bangladesh
2) India
3) Australia
4) Russia
5) Switzerland

27. 2015 Nansen Refugee Award by UNHCR conferred on .........
1) Malala
2) Aqeela Asifi
3) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
4) Mamnoon Hussain
5) Abdul Hamid

28. Nansen Refugee Award is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the first High Commissioner for Refugees for the League of Nations. The Award instituted in .........
1) 1947
2) 2001
3) 1931
4) 1954
5) 2004

29. Aqeela Asifi is .........
1) Afghanistan refugee in Pakistan
2) Pakistan refugee in Afghanistan
3) Syria refugee in Greece
4) Iraq refugee in Hungary
5) Sudan refugee in Albania

30. The Chairman of the 31 - member Parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal Bill is .........
1) P.C. Chako
2) Shunglu
3) S.S. Ahluwalia
4) L.K. Advani
5) Sudarsana Natchiappan

31. Who heads the expert group on land leasing constituted by NITI Aayog?
1) Arvind Panagariya
2) Bibek Debroy
3) T. Haque
4) H.R. Khan
5) Nitin Gadkari

32. India's richest person with a net worth of $ 18.9 billion as per Forbes magazine latest India richest list .........
1) Azim Premji
2) Hinduja brothers
3) Anil Ambani
4) Mukesh Ambani
5) Dilip Shanghvi

33. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 September 2015 launched the National Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) at .........
1) New Delhi
2) Panipat
3) Kolkata
4) Suratgarh
5) Varanasi

34. How much fund allocated to IPDS as per the statement given by Modi at Varanasi?
1) Rs.50,000 crore
2) Rs.30,000 crore
3) Rs.45,000 crore
4) Rs.1500 crore
5) Rs.100 crore

35. For the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations PMKKKY was launched. PMKKKY stands for .........
1) Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
2) Pradhan Mantri Koal Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
3) Pradhan Modi Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Karao Yojana
5) Pradhan Mantri Khasi Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) details given. The wrong option is ........
1) RTGS allows real time transfer of large funds, will not be operated on second and fourth Saturdays as banks observing public holiday on that days.
2) It will operate for full days on other working Saturdays of a month.
3) IFSC code not necessary for RTGS transactions.
4) Processing of future value dated transactions with value date falling on second and fourth Saturdays will not be undertaken under RTGS.
5) None of these

2. RBI changed RTGS time window. The wrong option is .........
1) RTGS business opening would be at 08:00 hours while initial cut off (customer transactions) would be 16:30 hours.
2) The final cut-off (inter-bank transactions) will be at 19:45 hours and IDL reversal between 19:45 - 20:00 hours.
3) An account holder can do only one RTGS transaction per day in a week as per RBI rules.
4) Minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is Rs.2 lakhs.
5) There is no upper ceiling for RTGS transactions.

3. RBI named which two banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) on 31 August 2015 due to their size and significant presence across the financial sector?
1) HDFC and SBI
2) Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda
3) SBI and ICICI
4) Union Bank of India and YES Bank
5) Punjab National Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank

4. D-SIBs will be plotted into four different buckets and will be required to have additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital requirement ranging from ......... of risk weighted assets depending upon the bucket they are plotted into.
1) 0.2 percent to 10.0 percent
2) 0.4 percent to 0.8 percent
3) 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent
4) 0.2 percent to 0.8 percent
5) None of above

5. Additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirements applicable to D-SIBs will be applicable from April 1, 2016 in a phased manner and would become fully effective from .........
1) 1 April 2019
2) 1 April 2018
3) 1 April 2020
4) 1 April 2016
5) 1 April 2017

6. As RBI said, additional CET1 requirement as a percentage of Risk Weighted Assets (RWAs) for SBI is 0.6 percent and that of ICICI Bank is ........
1) 0.2 percent
2) 0.6 percent
3) 1.2 percent
4) 0.8 percent
5) 2.2 percent

7. As per RBI order on 16 July 2015, the banks will now report past dues and levy any late payment charges on credit card holders only if the payment has been due for more than.........
1) three days
2) seven days
3) thirty days
4) ninety days
5) forty five days

8. Minimum amount due is not paid fully within ...... from the payment due date then the credit card account is treated as Non- Performing Assets (NPAs) as per the present rules.
1) 365 days
2) 180 days
3) 90 days
4) 45 days
5) 7 days

9. On the eve of teachers day, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of Rs.125/- denomination and a circulation coin of Rs.10/- denomination in honour of former President .......
1) Babu Rajendra Prasad
2) Zakir Husain
3) V.V. Giri
4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
5) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

10. RBI has constituted a committee to work out a medium term (five year) measurable action plan for financial inclusion headed by........
1) H.R. Khan
2) Urijith Patel
3) Deepak Mohanty
4) R. Gandhi
5) S.S. Mundra

11. World Bank's latest estimates on India's per capita income and GDP given. Locate the wrong option.
1) India's per capita income rose 9.7 percent to $1,631 in 2014 from $1,487 in the previous year.
2) India was 169th in terms of per capita income in the world.
3) India's GDP crossed $3 trillion in 2014, compared to $1.86 trillion in 2013.
4) In terms of official dollar-rupee rate, the Indian economy was ninth in terms of GDP size.
5) India remained a low-middle income economy, as per the World Bank's latest estimates on per capita income and GDP.

12. Project 'Tatkal' launched by which bank to provide doorstep services and expedite home loan application process?
1) SBI
2) HDFC
3) Bank of Baroda
4) ICICI
5) Axis

13. Options relating to 'The State of Social Safety Nets 2015' released by World Bank given. Pick the wrong option.
1) India is among the five middle-income countries running the world's largest social safety net programmes.
2) MNREGA has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme having 182 million beneficiaries or 15 percent of India's population.
3) Janani Suraksha Yojna with 78 million beneficiaries as the top-most social security programme with conditional cash transfers.
4) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme is the second-largest unconditional cash transfer social security programme in the world.
5) None of the above

14. NABARD said on its 34th foundation day that it has set a target of providing Rs.30,000 crore as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years. NABARD foundation day is ........
1) 1 April
2) 2 April
3) 9 July
4) 12 July
5) 1 Jan

15. Reserve Bank of India proposed to make Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) applicable to banks in India from .......
1) January 1, 2016
2) January 1, 2017
3) January 1, 2018
4) January 1, 2019
5) January 1, 2020

16. New Home secretary of India is..
1) Jaishankar
2) G. MohanRao
3) P.K. Sinha
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Nripendra Mishra

17. Mrs.Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister .........
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) Greece
4) Bangladesh
5) South Korea

18. Ratan P Watal is the .........
1) New Chairman of the Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
2) New Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
3) New finance secretary
4) New Vice-Chief of the Indian Army
5) New TRAI Chairman

19. Sundar Pichai is the New CEO of ........
1) Twitter
2) Facebook
3) Yahoo
4) Google
5) Microsoft

20. 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories written by .........
1) Twinkle Khanna
2) Tarun Khanna
3) Naina Lal Kidwai
4) K.D. Burman
5) Sebastian Ortiz

21. 'To The Brink And Back: India's 1991 Story' written by .......
1) Verappa Moily
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) P.V. Narasimha Rao
4) Sushma Swaraj
5) Jairam Ramesh

22. Which Indian-origin Sikh migrant driver in Australia has been named 'Australian of the Day' for feeding the homeless?
1) Neel Tushar Kashkar
2) Nikky - Guninder Kaur Singh
3) Tejinder Pal Singh
4) Preet Barra
5) None of above

23. National Humanities Medal 2014 conferred on ........
1) Zhanna Nemtsova
2) Raghavendra Gadagkar
3) Zia Haider Rahman
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
5) None

24. Forbes released the first-ever list of 100 Richest People in Technology. The list topped by ........
1) Bill Gates
2) Larry Ellison
3) Jeff Bezos
4) Mark Zuckerberg
5) Larry Page

25. In the 100 Richest People in Technology list released by Forbes, Azim Premji of Wipro spots 13th position and Shiv Nadar of HCL stands ..........
1) 20th position
2) 11th position
3) 12th position
4) 14th position
5) 8th position

26. Pro Kabaddi League 2015 title won by U Mumba after defeating ........
1) Bengaluru Bulls
2) Telugu Titans
3) Patna Pirates
4) Bengal Warriors
5) Jaipur Pink Panthers

27. 10th World Hindi Conference host .........
1) Bhopal
2) Johannesburg
3) Port of Spain
4) Port Louis
5) Nagpur

28. South Asian Association on Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference on Disaster Mitigation held at .........
1) Dhaka
2) Islamabad
3) Colombo
4) New Delhi
5) Khatmandu

29. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to rename Aurangzeb Road as ......
1) International Yoga Road
2) Swatch Bharat Road
3) Vijaya Diwas Road
4) APJ Abdul Kalam Road
5) Yogpath Road

30. Central government has identified how many cities and towns across nine states for implementation of its ambitious 'Housing for All' scheme named as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana?
1) 175
2) 100
3) 305
4) 295
5) 105

31. Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) ministry provide assistance of over Rs.2 lakh crore to construct two crore houses for urban poor by ........ under the scheme 'Housing For All'.
1) 2020
2) 2030
3) 2022
4) 2025
5) 2035

32. PM Modi issued a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and circulation coin of ........ on Rani Gaidinliu, the legendary woman freedom fighter from the North-east on the eve of Birth Centenary Celebrations.
1) five rupees
2) ten rupees
3) fifty rupees
4) two rupees
5) one rupee

33. 15% stake in Russia's second-largest oil field Vankor from Rosneft for about $ 1.35  billion was bought by .........
1) ONGC
2) IOC
3) GAIL
4) HP
5) BP

34. Union government allowed road developers to completely exit BOT projects two years after completion and invest the funds in incomplete highway projects or power plants etc. BOT stands for .........
1) Build-Operate-Transfer
2) Build-Operate-Travel
3) Build-Own-Transfer
4) Brick-Operate-Transfer
5) None

35. India's biggest MAST was inaugurated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory on 4 August 2015. MAST stands for ......
1) Mini-Application Solar Telescope
2) Multi-Arid Solar Telescope
3) More-Application Solar Telescope
4) Multi-Application Solar Telescope
5) None of above

36. 3rd India Africa Forum Summit host ......
1) Johannesburg
2) Nairobi
3) New Delhi
4) Mogadishu
5) Harare

37. TATA Trusts paired up with whom to launch an initiative named
'Internet Saathi' to provide rural women in India with internet literacy?
1) Face Book
2) Twitter
3) WhatsApp
4) Microsoft
5) Google

38. Winter Olympics 2018 will be held at .........
1) Gold Coast
2) Moscow
3) Pyeong Chang
4) Rio De Janeiro
5) Jakarta

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

BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. IFSC in a cheque means:
a) Indian Financial System Code
b) It has 11 digits alpha numeric
c) First 4 digits represent Bank Name
d) This code is used in remitting funds through RTGS and NEFT
e) All the above

2. "Hundi" is a
a) Draft
b) Cheque
c) Bill of exchange
d) Promissory note
e) None of these

3. Banking Industry has been declared as public utility service for purpose of
a) Negotiable Instruments ACT, 1881
b) Reserve bank of India Act, 1934
c) Banking regulation Act, 1949
d) Industrial Disputes Act
e) None of these

4. Bank would prefer to mobilize deposits under Savings Bank accounts, because:
a) Account holders will be motivated to save since savings account offer interest also
b) It is a low cost deposit for the bank and banks can profitably deploy such funds
c) Banks want to inculcate the savings habit among the public
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

5. Basic Objective of SEBI is/are:
a) To promote the interests of investors in securities
b) To promote the development of Securities Market
c) To regulate the securities market
d) To protect the interest of the investors to improve the stock market investments
e) All of the above

6. Customer Day in the bank is on and customers are allowed to meet the top officials of the bank on this day in every month:
a) 5th
b) 10th
c) 15th
d) 30th
e) Any of the above dates

7. "Allonge" is
a) A piece of paper for making endorsements
b) A piece of paper attached to a negotiable instrument for making available more space for further endorsements
c) Both a and b
d) Duplicate DD issued to a customer
e) Bill payable after sight

8. NEFT is useful because:
a) The remitter need not send the physical cheque or Demand Draft to the beneficiary.
b) The beneficiary need not visit his/ her bank for depositing the paper instruments
c) The beneficiary need not be apprehensive of loss/ theft of physical instruments or the likelihood of fraudulent encashment thereof
d) Cost effective
e) All the above

9. Mutual Fund Scheme that operates continuously without any limit entry for subscriptions and redemptions is:
a) Fixed Income
b) Specific Fund
c) Close Ended
d) Open Ended
e) Mixed Fund

10. PAN number is required for all transactions above:
a) Rs. 25,000
b) Rs. 50,000
c) Rs. 1 lakh
d) Rs. 10 lakh
e) No such restriction

11. Banking Ombudsman services are available to:
a) All Scheduled Commercial Banks
b) Regional Rural Banks
c) Scheduled Primary Co-operative Banks
d) Only a & c
e) All the above

12. An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non-performing when:
a) It ceases to generate income for the bank
b) A performance Guarantee issued by the bank on behalf of the borrower is invoked
c) It is rendered useless due to wear and tear or its becoming obsolete
d) The borrower dies
e) None of the above

13. Counter guarantee means a guarantee obtained:
a) By bank from customers on whose behalf the banks have to issue guarantees in favour of third parties, such as government department, Public bodies, Corporations etc.
b) By banks from ECGC covering export risk
c) By banks from the beneficiary of the guarantee in whose favour the guarantee is to be issued
d) A guarantee issued to the guarantor
e) None of the above

14. Which of the following statements is correct about banks?
a) Banks cannot accept demand and time deposits from public.
b) Banks can accept only time deposits from public.
c) Banks can accept both demand and time deposits from public.
d) Banks can accept demand and time deposits only from government.
e) None of the above

15. The RBI issued the following guidelines for effective Asset Liability Management System
a) Bank should set up an internal Asset Liability Committee
b) The committee should be headed by CMD or ED
c) The Management committee of the Board should oversee implementation of the system
d) Decision of ALCO is to be implemented in letter and spirit
e) All of the above

16. The major responsibilities of Asset Liability Committee are
a) Product pricing for deposits and advances
b) The level of maturity profile and mix of the incremental assets and liabilities
c) The committee should also review the 3 results and progress of implementation
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

17. What is "NIKKET"
a) Share price Index of Tokyo share market
b) Name of Japanese central bank
c) Japanese name of the country's planning commission
d) Foreign Exchange market of Japan
e) Only a & d

18. Asia's oldest stock exchange which completed 140 years of operations on 2015 July 9?
a) NSE
b) Hyderabad Stock Exchange
c) BSE
d) Madras Stock Exchange
e) None of these

19. The bank allowed by the FIPB to raise its FII cap to 55% recently:
a) ICICI Bank
b) Andhra Bank
c) Bank Of Maharastra
d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
e) Bank Of Baroda

20. Gilt - Edged Market refers to:
a) The market for government
b) Semi-government securities
c) It carries fixed rates of interest
d) Most secured investment
e) All the above

21. Which of the following terms is not used in the world of finance, banking and insurance?
a) Devaluation
b) Amnesty
c) Hard currency
d) Preference share
e) None of the above

22. Which of the following organizations/ agencies frame the Monetary and Credit Policy which is followed by all banks in India?
a) Indian Bank's Association
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) Securities & Exchange Board of India
d) Government of India
e) Sinking fund

23. Upper limit prescribed for RTGS transaction is:
a) 1 lakh
b) 2 lakhs
c) 5 lakhs
d) 50 lakhs
e) No upper limit is prescribed

24. Which of the following bank launched "Project Tatkal" to expedite home loan applications?
a) SBH
b) SBI
c) Axis Bank
d) HDFC Bank
e) Union Bank Of India

25. Taking banking technology to the common man is the tagline of:
a) Indian Overseas Bank
b) ICICI
c) Union Bank of India
d) Indian Bank
e) State Bank of India

Answers:
1) e 2) c 3) d 4) d 5) e 6) c 7) b 8) e 9) d 10) b
11) e 12) a 13) a 14) c 15) e 16) d 17) a 18) c 19) d 20) e
21) b 22) b 23) e 24) b 25) d

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMINATIONS

1. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for which of the following States on 18th August 2015?
1) Odisha 
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Bihar 
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal

2. Which of the following banks has launched 'Smart Vault', the first of its kind fully automated digital locker? 
1) SBI 
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank 
4) HDFC Bank
5) SBH

3. Kishor Piraji Kharat is the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Union Bank of India
2) Canara Bank 
3) IDBI Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Bank of Baroda

4. Who is the new Chief Executive Officer of the technology giant Google?
1) Satya Nadella 
2) Ajay Banga
3) Nikesh Arora
4) Sundar Pichai
5) Shantanu Narayan

5. Pedro Cateriano assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on April 2, 2015?
1) Chile 
2) Uruguay
3) Bolivia 
4) Argentina
5) Peru

6. Who is the head of a new innovative council of Indian Railways called 'Kaya Kalp',
formed to turnaround the ailing railways?
1) Shiv Gopal Mishra
2) M. Raghuvaiah
3) Ratan Tata 
4) Suresh Prabhu
5) Sunil Mittal

7. Who has been appointed the brand ambassador of the Northeastern region?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sushil Kumar
3) Saurav Ganguly
4) Mary Kom 
5) None of these

8. Northeast India's first Kisan call centre was opened in?
1) Agartala 
2) Shillong
3) Kohima 
4) Imphal
5) Gangtok

9. Who is the Chairman of the NITI Aayog task force on Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)?
1) Naveen Patnaik
2) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3) Raman Singh
4) K. Chandrasekhar Rao
5) None of these

10. Who is the Chairman of the NITI Aayog's sub-group on Skill Development?
1) Siddaramaiah
2) Akhilesh Yadav
3) Manik Sarkar
4) Nitish Kumar
5) Manoharlal Khattar

11. Malwa Trophy is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Hockey 
2) Cricket
3) Football 
4) Kabaddi
5) Chess

12. Which of the following is the capital of Cambodia?
1) Battambaug
2) Kampong Chan 
3) Putrajaya
4) Phnom Penh 
5) Hanoi

13. Which is the only country where the Prime Minister, Parliament Speaker and Leader of the Opposition are all women?
1) Argentina 
2) Liberia
3) Chile 
4) Lithuania
5) Bangladesh

14. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the 62nd National Film Awards?
1) Best Direction - Srijit Mukherjee
2) Best Actor - Vijay Sanchari
3) Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut
4) Best Popular Film - Queen
5) Best Music Director - Vishal Bharadwaj

15. Abel Prize is given by which of the following countries?
1) Sweden 
2) Norway
3) USA 
4) Germany
5) Finland

16. The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following States?
1) Sikkim 
2) Assam
3) Nagaland
4) Jammu and Kashmir
5) Arunachal Pradesh

17. The Gobi desert covers parts of southern Mongolia and the northern parts of?
1) Kazakhstan 
2) China
3) Russia 
4) Myanmar
5) Afghanistan

18. Who is the author of the book "Modi-Incredible Emergence of a Star"?
1) Lokesh Chandra
2) S.K. Sopory 
3) Tarun Vijay
4) Arnab Goswami
5) Rajat Sharma

19. The Rashtriya Kavi Pradeep Samman was introduced by which of the following States?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Jharkhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan

20. Who was awarded with the first Rashtriya Kavi Pradeep Samman on 24th March 2015?
1) Kamal Kishore Goyanka
2) Kedarnath Singh
3) Gopaldas Neeraj
4) Viswanath Tripathi
5) None of these

21. Which country has won the prestigious Women in Parliaments (WIP) Award for regional leadership in the South and Southeast Asia category for reducing the gender gap in politics?
1) India 
2) Sri Lanka
3) Myanmar 
4) Bangladesh
5) Thailand

22. Who topped the Fortune magazine's list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders?
1) Tim Cook 
2) Mario Draghi
3) Xi Jinping 
4) Pope Francis
5) Mary Barra

23. Fortune magazine's list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders include?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Kailash Satyarthi
3) Chanda Kochchar
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

24. The inaugural Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award was given on March 28, 2015 to?
1) V. Bhaskaran
2) Balbir Singh senior
3) Mukesh Kumar
4) Sardar Singh
5) Harendra Singh

25. Asia, Africa and Latin America belong to the?
1) First world
2) Second World
3) Third World
4) Developed World
5) None of these

26. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in?
1) Calcutta 
2) Madras
3) New Delhi 
4) Bombay
5) Nagpur

27. The International Day of Cooperatives is observed every year on
the first Saturday of?
1) June 
2) July
3) August 
4) September
5) October

28. Which is the first State in India to present a paperless budget?
1) Punjab 
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand 
5) None of these

29. Which country suspended work on the construction of a controversial Chinese port city project?
1) India 
2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan 
4) Afghanistan
5) Maldives

30. Burraq is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by?
1) Pakistan 
2) Afghanistan
3) Iran 
4) Syria
5) Yemen

31. Ashu Suyash is the MD and CEO of?
1) NSE 
2) CRISIL
3) IndusInd Bank 
4) BSE
5) CARE

32. Who was voted as the greatest ODI cricketer in an online poll conducted by ESPNcricinfo's magazine Cricket Monthly?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Wasim Akram
3) Viv Richards
4) Adam Gilchrist
5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

33. Who was appointed the Chairman of the Indian Premier League's governing council by the BCCI?
1) Anurag Thakur
2) Jagmohan Dalmiya
3) Rajeev Shukla
4) N. Sreenivasan
5) Saurav Ganguly

34. Kudremukh National Park has been declared a tiger reserve. It is in?
1) Maharashtra 
2) Goa
3) Tamil Nadu 
4) Karnataka
5) None of these

35. The Government resumed the printing of one rupee currency notes recently. Printing of these notes was discontinued in?
1) 1994 
2) 1995
3) 2004 
4) 2005
5) 2001

36. Which team won the Irani Cup Cricket in March 2015?
1) Rest of India
2) Mumbai 
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu 
5) Uttar Pradesh

37. The IntelCenter's "Top 10 Most Dangerous Countries" list is topped by?
1) Iraq 
2) Syria
3) Nigeria 
4) Somalia
5) Afghanistan

38. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is being set up in?
1) Gujarat 
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) West Bengal 
5) Odisha

39. The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) was held in March 2015 in?
1) South Korea 
2) China
3) Malaysia 
4) Japan
5) Philippines

40. IDBI Bank is a?
1) Public sector bank
2) Private sector bank
3) Foreign bank
4) Cooperative bank
5) None of these

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. The Centre will over the next four years infuse how many crore rupees into the state-owned banks?
1) Rs. 80,000 crore
2) Rs. 60,000 crore
3) Rs. 70,000 crore
4) Rs. 1,00,000 crore
5) None of these

2. Who was appointed Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on July 27, 2015?
1) Sudheer Gupta
2) Ram Sevak Sharma
3) Pankaj Chandra
4) A.K. Kaushal
5) None of these

3. Clive Rice passed away on 28th July 2015. He was an international cricketer from?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) South Africa
4) West Indies
5) England

4. Which city has been chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics?
1) Almaty
2) Turin
3) Vancouver
4) Beijing
5) Tokyo

5. K.M. Mani was appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in March 2015. He is the Finance Minister of?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Odisha
3) Bihar
4) Gujarat
5) Kerala

6. Which of the following organizations has been selected for the 2014 Gandhi Peace Prize?
1) TERI
2) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
3) ISRO
4) DRDO
5) BARC

7. Who won the All England Badminton Championship for India?
1) P. Gopichand
2) Prakash Padukone
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Both 1 and 2
5) 1, 2 and 3

8. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy cricket in March 2015?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Mumbai
5) Delhi

9. Which State government launched Bhagyashree scheme for girls on 8th March 2015?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka
4) Goa
5) West Bengal

10. Hukam Singh passed away recently. He was the Chief Minister of?
1) Punjab
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttarakhand
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Haryana

11. Ajaypal Singh Banga is the President and CEO of?
1) Deutsche Bank
2) Citibank
3) Google
4) Master Card
5) SoftBank

12. Benetton Group is a global fashion brand based in?
1) France
2) Italy
3) Spain
4) UK
5) USA

13. Who is the author of the book "2014: The Election that Changed India"?
1) Prannoy Roy
2) Vinod Mehta
3) Rajdeep Sardesai
4) Shekar Gupta
5) Yashwant Sinha

14. Which of the following is not a team name in the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament?
1) Delhi Dynamos
2) Mumbai City
3) FC Goa
4) Kerala Blasters
5) North West United

15. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the European Union?
1) Austria
2) Estonia
3) Slovakia
4) Slovenia
5) Serbia

16. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) consists of how many countries?
1) 27
2) 30
3) 33
4) 37
5) 38

17. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?
1) BHEL
2) GAIL
3) NTPC
4) ONGC
5) BPCL

18. Euro 2016 football championship will be played in?
1) Poland
2) France
3) Ukraine
4) Spain
5) Germany

19. The 10th Aero India show was held in February 2015 in?
1) Bangalore
2) Hyderabad
3) Mumbai
4) New Delhi
5) Kochi

20. Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been named the President of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
He won the Nobel Prize in 2009 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Economics
5) Literature

21. David Hale has been appointed as US ambassador to?
1) India
2) Russia
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Syria

22. Who took over as the new Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in March 2015?
1) Ajit Sharan
2) Injeti Srinivas
3) N.K. Sahoo
4) R.C. Lodha
5) None of these

23. The central bank of Canada is called the?
1) Reserve Bank of Canada
2) Federal Reserve of Canada
3) Bank of Canada
4) Royal Bank of Canada
5) None of these

24. The principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of the MSME
sector in India is?
1) NABARD
2) DICGC
3) SIDBI
4) EXIM Bank
5) RBI

25. Which of the following is not a regulatory authority?
1) RBI
2) FMC
3) IBA
4) SEBI
5) IRDA

26. Who made the highest individual score in cricket world cup history?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Martin Guptill
3) Chris Gayle
4) Virender Sehwag
5) Sachin Tendulkar

27. Which bank has launched Chillr, a mobile app that allows users to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phonebook?
1) SBI
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) SBH
5) HDFC Bank

28. Santiago is the capital of which of the following countries?
1) Paraguay
2) Poland
3) Austria
4) Chile
5) Suriname

29. Which of the following is the currency of Spain?
1) Krone
2) Lira
3) Euro
4) Rial
5) Ruble

30. Rajendra Pachauri stepped down as the Chairman of which of the following organizations following allegation of sexual harassment?
1) WEF
2) UNEP
3) WMO
4) IPCC
5) None of these

31. Who is the Union Cabinet Minister for Steel and Mines?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Ram Vilas Paswan
3) J.P. Nadda
4) Anant Kumar
5) Anant Geethe

32. TOPIX is a stock market index for the?
1) Toronto Stock Exchange
2) Tokyo Stock Exchange
3) Singapore Stock Exchange
4) Shanghai Stock Exchange
5) None of these

33. Zhao Xintong of China is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Table Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Snooker
4) Archery
5) Shooting

34. The modified Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme is renamed as?
1) PARAS
2) BADTA
3) PRAYAS
4) PAHAL
5) None of these

35. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is located in?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Gujarat

36. The National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated every year on?
1) October 14
2) November 14
3) December 14
4) November 24
5) October 24

37. Norman Gordon of South Africa died recently. He played?
1) Football
2) Cricket
3) Badminton
4) Rugby
5) Hockey

38. Which country conferred the highest military rank of field marshal to former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka?
1) Mauritius
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bhutan

39. Who is the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External affairs?
1) Mohan Kumar
2) Arun Kumar Singh
3) Sujatha Singh
4) Shiv Shankar Menon
5) Vikas Swarup

40. Benjamin Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of?
1) Syria
2) Jordan
3) Lebanon
4) Israel
5) Libya

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. The poor cannot provide security to get loans from banks. Banks also cannot provide small quantum of loans citing high operating cost. So to help the poor, which type of finance
system developed?
1) Lottery Loan Schemes
2) Super Vision Finance
3) Ponzi Schemes
4) Money Laundering Schemes
5) Micro Finance System

2. Who is called "father of microfinance systems" introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the "Grameen Bank"?
1) Atiur Rahman
2) Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Dr. Chiranjivi Nepal
5) Arjuna Mahendran

3. During the periods 1970-1980, the microenterprise movement led to the emergence of NGOs. NGO means .........
1) neo government organization
2) number governmental organization
3) no governmental organization
4) non governmental organizations
5) None

4. In the 1990s, a number of institutions transformed themselves into formal micro finance institutions. Which is the first microfinance institution in India established?
1) Margadarsi
2) Sri ram
3) Mutthoot
4) Bandhan
5) Manappuram

5. Recommendations of Malegam committee on Micro Finance Sector do not include ........
1) MFI should not charge more than 24% of its disbursed loans.
2) Processing fee on the loan amount must not be more than 1%.
3) Margin of interest to be not more than 20 percent.
4) MFIs should lend to an individual borrower only as a member of a JLG and should have the responsibility of ensuring that the borrower is not a member of another JLG.
5) Bank advances to MFIs should continue to enjoy 'priority sector lending' status.

6. The beneficiary in the Micro Finance lending is .........
1) Daily wage labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Land less labour
5) All of above

7. Which of the following statements is wrong regarding the Micro Finance System?
1) The system originally intended to enable women to avail the credit for income generation.
2) Women barrow the money and use it for productive work to come out of poverty under this system.
3) Tribal women are barred to avail this system as they are illiterate.
4) Highlight of this system is mutual faith and reciprocity.
5) It is more successful in tribal areas.

8. Whether Micro Finance System is the part of Financial Inclusion?
1) No
2) Partly it is part of Financial Inclusion
3) Yes
4) No, because RBI debarred it
5) None of above

9. Which nation announced to open the New Suez Canal on 6 August 2015?
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Egypt
4) Greece
5) Macedonia

10. Indian Micro Finance Institutes (MFI) usually adopt the groupbased lending models. They are
of two types, SHG model and JLG model. SHG means .........
1) Self Hedge Group
2) Sequence Hedge Group
3) Single Help Group
4) Self Help Group
5) None

11. JLG means .........
1) Joint Liability Game
2) Josh Liability Group
3) Joint Loan Group
4) Junior Liability Group
5) Joint Liability Group

12. To control high rate interest rates, coercive collections and illegal insurance practices by the Micro Finance Institutes, Andhra Pradesh government passed Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act in .........
1) 2013
2) 2005
3) 2007
4) 2009
5) 2011

13. In the Not-For-profit Micro Finance Institutes, Which among the following are included?
1) Societies
2) Public Trusts
3) Non-profit companies
4) All of above
5) None

14. Co-operatives registered under state or National Acts and MACS come under Mutual benefit MFIs. MACS means .........
1) Moral-Aided Co-operative Societies
2) Mint-Aided Co-operative Societies
3) Mutually-Aided Co-operative Societies
4) Mutually-Aided Core Societies
5) None

15. Non-banking financial companies, producer companies and LAB come under the category of For-Profit -MFIs. LAB means .........
1) Loan Area Banks
2) Legal Area Banks
3) Local Axis Banks
4) Local Area Banks
5) None of these

16. SKS Microfinance Ltd, the famous listed micro lender in the country founded by .........
1) Sudipa Sen
2) M.B.N. Rao
3) Kunal Ghosh
4) Vikram Akula
5) None

17. Who launched an ''India Microfinance Platform'', a portal on microfinance activities across the country, with the assistance of World bank?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) SIDBI
4) Exim Bank
5) NABARD

18. Which committee has recommended creation of a separate category of NBFCs operating in the microfinance sector to be designated as NBFC-MFIs (Non-Banking Finance Company-Micro Finance Institutes)?
1) C. Ranga Rajan
2) Chandra Sekar
3) Y.H. Malegam
4) Tarapore
5) R.K. Sundaram

19. Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) CEO is .........
1) Rajiv Akula
2) Deepak Parekh
3) Alok Prasad
4) Veena Jain
5) K. Prabhakar

20. RBI asked banks to issue only EMV chip based and PIN enabled debit and credit cards from .........
1) 1 July 2016
2) 1 June 2016
3) 1 September 2015
4) 1 January 2016
5) 31 December 2015

21. Vikas Swarup assumed charge as spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry on 18 April 2015. Which of his novels made into Oscar winning film, the Slumdog Millionaire?
1) Bombay Salam
2) Q&A
3) Kaun Banega Karorpathi
4) Lakshyam
5) IAS

22. BCCI decided to scrap which trophy from 2015-16 calendar year?
1) Vijay Hazare Trophy
2) Duleep Trophy
3) Ranji Trophy
4) Irani Trophy
5) All of above

23. Player and related sport given. Locate the wrong combination?
1) Shubham Jaglan - Shooting
2) Kagiso Rabada - Cricket
3) Ritu Rani - Hocky
4) Geeta Phogat - Wrestling
5) Yuki Bhambri - Tennis

24. First World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) observed on which day in the year 2015?
1) 15 July
2)12 Jan
3) 31 May
4) 1 Dec
5) 1 July

25. Theme of Youth Skills Day 2015 is .........
1) Improve your skill please
2) Skill Globe, the nice Globe for Employment
3) Skill kill the Unemployment
4) Skill to Improve Your Empowerment
5) Youth skills for work and life in the post- 2015 agenda

26. To mark the Youth Skills Day 2015, on 15 July 2015, which scheme launched by Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)?
1) Swatch Bharath
2) JAM
3) Make India
4) Swabhiman
5) Skill India

27. Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) is .........
1) Prathap Rudy
2) Prakash Javedkar
3) V.K. Singh
4) Nirmala Sitharaman
5) Bandaru Dattathreya

28. On the eve of Youth Skills Day, PMKVY was launched. PMKVY stands for .........
1) Pradhan Mantri Kishore Vikash Yojana
2) Pradhan Mithra Kaushal Vikash Yojana
3) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Visesh Yojana
4) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikash Yagna
5) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikash Yojana

29. Who heads the Government Committee on Net Neutrality?
1) Rahul Khullar
2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
3) A.K. Bhargava
4) Sampitroda
5) None of above

30. International Nelson Mandela Day was observed on .........
1) 22 April
2) 22 Feb
3) 2 Oct
4) 18 July
5) 25 Dec

31. UNESCO has chosen which Indian City as City of Music under the Creative Cities Network?
1) Varanasi
2) Gaya
3) Basara
4) Agra
5) Amaravathi

32. Who heads the expert group formed to classify the Caste-Tribe data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011?
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Ashok Gulati
3) Arvind Panagariya
4) Chandramouli
5) Pandu Ranga Acharya

33. Muhammadu Buhari Elected as a President of .........
1) UAE
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Nigeria
4) Guatemala
5) Yemen

34. On 16 July 2015, RBI has constituted a committee to prepare a 5 year action plan to spread the reach of financial services across country to unbanked population headed by .........
1) Usha Thorat
2) H.R. Khan
3) Nachiket Mor
4) D. Subba Rao
5) Deepak Mohanty

35. Justice R M Lodha committee constituted to probe .........
1) Common wealth games scam
2) 2 G Spectrum scam
3) Black money hoarding in Foreign nations
4) Irregularities in LPG gas dealers selection process
5) IPL Betting Scandal 2013

36. Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai appointed as the .........
1) Army chief
2) Vice-Chief of Indian Army
3) Navy Chief
4) DRDO chief
5) Union Minister of state for Defence Affairs

37. International population day celebrates on .........
1) 7 July
2) 10 July
3) 11 June
4) 11 July
5) 5 Sep

38. International population day 2015 Theme .........
1) Say No to Population to Save the World
2) Save the Globe from Population disasters
3) Kill the population growth in Developing Nations
4) Vulnerable Population in Emergencies
5) None of above

39. Global Economic Prospects (GEP) released by .........
1) IEA
2) World Bank
3) WTO
4) European Central Bank
5) IMF

40. How much amount of soft loan provided by the government to sugar mills to clear dues to farmers?
1) Rs.16,000 crores
2) Rs.8,000 crores
3) Rs.6,000 crores
4) Rs.2,000 crores
5) Rs.10,000 crores

41. 7th BRICS summit concluded at .........?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Ufa, Russia 3) Beijing, China
4) Fortaleza, Brazil
5) Durban, South Africa

42. On 21 July 2015, supreme court rejected the central government's review plea seeking OBC status to ............ ?
1) Rajputs
2) Sikhs
3) Muslims
4) Nepalese Nationals
5) Jats

ANSWERS: 
1-5, 2-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-3, 6-5, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3, 10-4
11-5, 12-5, 13-4, 14-3, 15-4, 16-4, 17-3, 18-3, 19-3, 20-3
21-2, 22-2, 23-1, 24-1, 25-5, 26-5, 27-1, 28-5, 29-3, 30-4
31-1, 32-3, 33-3, 34-5, 35-5, 36-2, 37-4, 38-4, 39-2, 40-3, 41-2, 42-5

STATE BANK OF INDIA PROBATIONARY OFFICERS MAIN EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Who bagged the men's title at the 63rd National Senior Squash championship on July 12, 2015?
1) Saurav Ghosal
2) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu
3) Saurabh Nayar
4) Sanjay Rajpal
5) None of the above

2. Sriram Kalyanaraman has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of?
1) IDBI Bank
2) NHB
3) SIDBI
4) IFCI
5) Corporation Bank

3. Who won the 2015 Wimbledon Men's singles tennis championship on July 12, 2015?
1) Roger Federer
2) Richard Gasquet
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Andy Murray
5) Marin Cilic

4. The seventh BRICS Summit was held in July 2015 in?
1) Durban
2) Fortaleza
3) Sanya
4) Ufa
5) Yekaterinburg

5. The headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme is in?
1) Washington
2) Geneva
3) Zurich
4) Nairobi
5) None of the above

6. Who won the Best Director award at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, 2015?
1) Bennett Miller
2) Wes Anderson
3) Morten Tyldum
4) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
5) Richard Linklater

7. The first National Tribal Festival "VANAJ" was held in February 2015 in?
1) Shillong
2) New Delhi
3) Agartala
4) Kohima
5) Raipur

8. The Union Government has constituted a High Level panel to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities undertaken by companies under the Companies Act, 2013. The panel is headed by?
1) Anil Baijal
2) Deepak Nayyar
3) Onkar S. Kanwar
4) Kiran Karnik
5) None of the above

9. The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo (REInvest 2015) was held in February
2015 in?
1) Mumbai
2) Srinagar
3) Kolkata
4) New Delhi
5) Gandhinagar

10. Which was the partner country for RE-Invest 2015?
1) France
2) USA
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) UK

11. Dhanak, a Hindi film, was honored with The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature length film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015. Dhanak was directed by?
1) Priyadarshan
2) Shekhar Kammula
3) Nagesh Kukunoor
4) Prakash Jha
5) Madhur Bhandarkar

12. Who was awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015?
1) Paul Krugman
2) Amartya Sen
3) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
4) Jean Dreze
5) None of these

13. A ceasefire deal was reached between Russia and Ukraine on February 12, 2015 in?
1) Minsk
2) Paris
3) Kiev
4) Berlin
5) Moscow

14. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted on February 12, 2015 to reinvestigate the
1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. The SIT is headed by?
1) Rakesh Kapoor
2) Pramod Asthana
3) Kumar Gyanesh
4) Alok Joshi
5) None of the above

15. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme on February 19, 2015 in Suratgarh in?
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

16. The Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for the year 2014 was given to?
1) Tessy Thomas
2) Geeta Varadan
3) A. Sivathanu Pillai
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

17. Which of the following teams topped the medals tally with 91 gold medals at the 35th National
Games in Kerala?
1) Services
2) Kerala
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra
5) Punjab

18. Who won the Indian Open golf title in February 2015?
1) S.S.P. Chowrasia
2) Siddikur Rahman
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Jyothi Randhawa
5) None of the above

19. Yash Bharti Samman is given for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports.
It is the highest civilian award of?
1) Bihar
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan

20. Who has been conferred the Yash Bharti Samman?
1) Shekar Gupta
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Vinod Mehta
4) Susheel Kumar
5) Arunima Sinha

21. The first World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) was held in February 2015 in?
1) Kochi
2) Panaji
3) Kolkata
4) Kandla
5) Tuticorin

22. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was established in
1974. It is located in?
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Guwahati
5) Chennai

23. The Economic Survey 2014-15 was prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser?
1) Rajiv Mehrishi
2) Arvind Mayaram
3) Arvind Subramanian
4) Kaushik Basu
5) None of the above

24. The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare has declared which of the following days as
the National Deworming Day?
1) February 8
2) February 10
3) February 9
4) February 7
5) February 6

25. Ruthvika Shivani is the women's national champion in?
1) Chess
2) Tennis
3) Badminton
4) Table Tennis
5) Archery

26. Sajan Prakash was the Best Performer in the men's section at the 35th National Games. He won 6
golds and 2 silver in?
1) Athletics
2) Swimming
3) Gymnastics
4) Shooting
5) Boxing

27. Which team won the 3rd edition of the Hockey India League in February 2015?
1) Ranchi Rays
2) Jaypee Punjab Warriors
3) Delhi Waveriders
4) Uttar Pradesh Wizards
5) None of the above

28. Identify the mismatched pair? Tennis Player Country
1) Rafael Nadal Spain
2) Roger Federer Switzerland
3) Novak Djokovic Serbia
4) Stanislas Wawrinka Russia
5) Andy Murray Great Britain

29. Who won the ATP Challenger Delhi Open tennis title in New Delhi in February 2015?
1) Yuki Bhambri
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Leander Paes
4) Rohan Bopanna
5) None of the above

30. The 36th National Games will be played in 2016 in?
1) Manipur
2) Karnataka
3) Goa
4) Telangana
5) Haryana

31. The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) was organized in February 2015 by?
1) IISER
2) CCMB
3) IICT
4) TISS
5) TERI

32. India's first fenced elephant sanctuary will come up in?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra

33. The 14th Finance Commission recommended what percent devolution of divisible funds to
States?
1) 32%
2) 35%
3) 40%
4) 42%
5) 37%

34. Facebook has tied up with which company in India to provide basic internet services on mobile
for free?
1) Idea
2) Airtel
3) Reliance Communications
4) Vodafone
5) None of these

35. Lydia Ko is a professional golfer from?
1) Singapore
2) Australia
3) China
4) Japan
5) New Zealand

36. "Ammu", the mascot of the 35th National Games is?
1) Lion
2) Elephant
3) Peacock
4) The Great Hornbill
5) Rabbit

37. King Faisal International Prize is given by which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) UAE
4) Indonesia
5) Saudi Arabia

38. Lala Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation of?
1) State Bank of India
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Central Bank of India
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Indian Bank

39. Kampala is the capital of which of the following African countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Kenya
3) Lesotho
4) Ethiopia
5) Uganda

40. CIBIL as a credit bureau caters to:
1) Consumer segments
2) Commercial segments
3) Both commercial and consumer segments
4) Nationalized Banks only
5) Private Banks only

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