TAMRA Portal

The Union Govt has launched TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation) portal and Mobile Application on 10th February, 2017 with an objective to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector.

National Testing Agency (NTA)

The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has announced to set up a National Testing Agency (NTA) department to conduct examinations for higher and secondary.
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Initially, examinations like IIT, NIT and even university exams will be conducted by the NTA. An open web-based platform 'SWAYAM' will be launched by next month. The two thousand courses will be run for students across the country through SWAYAM.

Banks, their taglines and Headquarters

Bank	Tag Line	Established on Headquarter
Allahabad Bank	A Tradition of Trust	24 April, 1865 Kolkata
Andhra Bank	Where India Banks	20 November, 1923 Hyderabad
Bank of Baroda	India's International Bank	1908 Vadodara
Bank of India	Relationship beyond banking	7 September, 1906 Mumbai
Bhartiya Mahila Bank	Empowering Women	2013 New Delhi
Bank of Maharashtra	One Family one bank	1936 Pune
Canara Bank	Together We can	July 1906  Bangalore
Central Bank of India	"Central To you Since 1911"	1911 Mumbai
Corporation Bank	A Premier Public Sector Bank	1906 Mangalore
Dena Bank	Trusted Family Bank	26 May, 1938 Mumbai
ECGC Bank	You focus on exports.	30 July, 1957 Mumbai
IDBI Bank	We cover the risks	Banking For All, 01 July, 1964 Mumbai
Indian Bank	"Aao Sochein Bada"	Your Own Bank 1907 Chennai
Indian Overseas Bank	Good people to grow with	10 February, 1937 Chennai
Punjab National Bank	The name you can bank upon	19 May, 1894 New Delhi
Punjab & Sind Bank	Where service is a way of life	1908 New Delhi
Oriental Bank of Commerce	Where every individual is committed	19 February, 1943 Gurgaon
UCO Bank	Honours Your Trust	06 January, 1943 Kolkata
Union Bank of India	Good People to Bank with	11 November, 1919 Mumbai
United Bank of India	The Bank the begins with "U"	1950 Kolkata
Vijaya Bank	A Friend you can bank on	1931 Bangalore
SBI	With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The (Imperial Bank India) 1 July, The Banker to Every Indian 1955 (SBI)	27 January, 1921 Mumbai
Axis Bank	Badhti ka naam Zindagi	1990 (as UTI Bank) Mumbai
ICICI Bank	Hum Ha Na, Khyal Apka	1994 Mumbai
HDFC Bank	We understand your world indeed	1994 Mumbai
Yes Bank	Experience our Expertise	2004 Mumbai
Kotak Mahindra Bank	Lets make money simple	1985 Mumbai
IndusInd Bank	We make you feel richer	April 1994 Mumbai
Federal Bank	You perfect banking partner	1945 Kochi, Kerala
Jammu & Kashmir Bank	Serving to empower	Oct 1, 1938 Sri Nagar, J & K
South Indian Bank	Experience next generation banking	1929 Thrissur City, Kerala
Karur Vysya Bank	Smart way to bank	1916 Karur, Tamil Nadu
Bandhan Bank	Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai	2014 Kolkata, West Bengal
IDFC Bank	Banking Hatke	2014 Mumbai

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Which city hosted the first Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Leaders' Summit on March 7, 2017?
1) Singapore
2) Colombo
3) Bangkok
4) Jakarta
5) Canberra

2. Who assumed office as the new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on March 1, 2017?
1) Akbar S. Ahmed
2) Amjad Hussain B. Sial
3) Ashraf Qazi
4) Javed Malik
5) Riaz Mohammad Khan

3. A mega cultural festival "India by the Nile" was started on March 8, 2017 in:
1) Jordan
2) Syria
3) Egypt
4) Israel
5) South Africa

4. Which of the following States has neither a woman Chief Minister nor a woman Governor?
1) West Bengal
2) Rajasthan
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Goa
5) Gujarat

5. Who won 23 gold medals, the highest in the history of Summer Olympics?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Paavo Nurmi
3) Mark Spitz
4) Carl Lewis
5) Michael Phelps

6. Renu Pall has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to:
1) Netherlands
2) France
3) Austria
4) Belgium
5) Germany

7. Who was appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in October 2016?
1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
2) Shakti Sinha
3) Sanjay Singh
4) M.K. Goel
5) Rajeev Sharma

8. The White Helmets was a recipient of the 2016 Right Livelihood Award. It is a volunteer civil defense organization that operates in:
1) North Korea
2) Libya
3) Japan
4) Syria
5) Serbia

9. Who won the WTA Finals Women's tennis tournament in Singapore on October 30, 2016?
1) Dominika Cibulkova
2) Angelique Kerber
3) Simona Halep
4) Madison Keys
5) Karolina Pliskova

10. Who was appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October 2016?
1) D.K. Pathak
2) Karnal Singh
3) N.K. Singh
4) O.P. Singh
5) None of these

11. Who took charge as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on November 1, 2016?
1) Sushil Chandra
2) G. Mahalingam
3) P.V. Chandran
4) Somesh Sharma
5) Ashok Pai

12. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2016?
1) Katherine Elizabeth Espin (Ecuador)
2) Michelle Gomez (Colombia)
3) Stephanie de Zorzi (Venezuela)
4) Bruna Zanardo (Brazil)
5) None of these

13. Which country has withdrawn from the Commonwealth in October 2016?
1) Pakistan
2) Nigeria
3) Maldives
4) Bahamas
5) Jamaica

14. "Goa Declaration" is related to which of the following Summits?
1) SAARC
2) ASEAN
3) IBSA
4) BRICS
5) Heart of Asia

15. The first World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on:
1) December 25, 2016
2) November 5, 2016
3) October 25, 2016
4) September 5, 2016
5) None of these

16. The government has appointed who among the following as a member of the monetary policy committee?
1) Pami Dua
2) Chetan Ghate
3) Ravindra Dholakia
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) All (1), (2), (3)

17. Kigeli V Ndahindurwa died on October 16, 2016. He was the last ruling king of which of the following countries?
1) Lesotho
2) Kenya
3) Rwanda
4) Somalia
5) Ethiopia

18. John Gleeson, a former Test cricketer, died in October 2016. He played 29 Tests for which of the following countries?
1) England
2) South Africa
3) West Indies
4) Australia
5) New Zealand

19. Andrzej Wajda passed away in October 2016. He was a renowned film director from:
1) Bulgaria
2) Portugal
3) Poland
4) Austria
5) Slovakia

20. Lee Hsien Loong visited India in October 2016. He is the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Singapore
3) Laos
4) Vietnam
5) Japan

21. Which country will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
1) Italy
2) England
3) Jamaica
4) Austria
5) Japan

22. The International Court of Justice rejected a suit filed by which of the following countries against
the world's nuclear powers, including India?
1) Tuvalu
2) Marshall Islands
3) Solomon Islands
4) Montenegro
5) Nauru

23. Who led the panel that has found that the Saraswati River, so far considered mythical, did exist?
1) N. P. Narvekar
2) S. Sivakumar
3) K. S. Valdiya
4) Vivek Goenka
5) None of these

24. Which of the following became the first State in India to implement Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) in kerosene on October 1, 2016?
1) Kerala
2) Nagaland
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Goa

25. Which of the following States created 21 new districts on October 11, 2016?
1) Odisha
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana

26. Which private bank has acquired the Bengaluru-based BSS Microfinance Pvt Ltd?
1) IDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
4) DCB Bank
5) Axis Bank

27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National SC/ST Hub in which of the following
places to provide support to entrepreneurs from the community on October 18, 2016?
1) Ludhiana
2) Pune
3) Gandhinagar
4) Varanasi
5) Jaipur

28. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Koldam Hydropower Project in which of the following States?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh

29. Which state government lunched "Kaushalya Setu", a skill development program for students in October 2016?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand
5) Uttar Pradesh

30. The theme for which of the following Summits held in 2016 was "Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions"?
1) SCO
2) ASEAN
3) BRICS
4) EAS
5) APEC

31. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the First National Tribal Carnival on October 25, 2016 in:
1) New Delhi
2) Shillong
3) Imphal
4) Cuttack
5) Bhubaneswar

32. India defeated which of the following countries in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final held in Ahmedabad?
1) Pakistan
2) Iran
3) South Korea
4) Thailand
5) Nepal

33. Which country won the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Jordan?
1) Japan
2) Spain
3) North Korea
4) Nigeria
5) Venezuela

34. Zabivaka is the official mascot of the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup, which will be held in Russia. It is a?
1) Tiger
2) Lion
3) Leopard
4) Wolf
5) Dog

35. Who won the Hoogeveen International Chess tournament in October 2016?
1) Viswanathan Anand
2) Sandipan Chanda
3) M.R. Lalith Babu
4) M. Shyam Sundar
5) Abhijeet Gupta

36. Narendra Modi recently unveiled the war memorial "Shaurya Smarak" in?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) Ranchi

37. Which country won the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia in October 2016?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) South Korea
4) Malaysia
5) Japan

38. "RIDF" is a fund maintained by NABARD. What does the letter "R" denote in the term RIDF?
1) Railway
2) Regional
3) Renovation
4) Rural
5) None of these

39. Sprinter Srabani Nanda won the Ekalabya Award in October 2016. She belongs to which of the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Chattisgarh
5) None of these

40. Hopman Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Football
3) Hockey
4) Tennis
5) Badminton

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