Health Services in India

There are multiple factors including lifestyles that influence the burden of disease. The burden of communicable diseases has been declining. The focus of the Government is to provide accessible, affordable and accountable quality healthcare facilities to all sections of society especially the marginalized sections in the country.

While there are   multiple challenges, the availability of Primary Health Centres, human resources, number of medical colleges and medical seats, have been improving.

Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to address healthcare challenges is that of State Governments. However, under National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including support for strengthening health infrastructure, deployment of medical personnel, ASHAs, creating awareness about health issues and lifestyles, and support movement towards Universal Health Coverage. 

The Central Government has enacted the Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 and also notified Clinical Establishments Rules 2012 to provide a legislative framework for the registration and regulation of clinical establishments in the country and also seeks to improve the quality health services by prescribing minimum standards of facilities and services which may be provided.

The Government has also taken steps for strengthening and upgrading district hospitals and making available tertiary health care services in the public sector through strengthening of hospitals, establishment of AIIMS institutions in the States and up-gradation of existing Government medical colleges across the country.

With regard to increasing awareness about the health issues, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regularly releases print advertisement and TV and radio spots in National/regional media for generating awareness among population about various Health and Family Welfare issues and programmes of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. These include Mission Indradhanush, World Health Day, World No Tobacco Day, Yoga Day, Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight, World Population Day, Breastfeeding, Tuberculosis, etc.

The Government has formulated the National Health Policy 2017 which has laid emphasis on the role of the Government in regulation, governance, and quality assurance, healthcare infrastructure and in leveraging information technology. The policy also envisages raising public health expenditure to 2.5% of the GDP in a time bound manner.

General Awareness Practice MCQs for All Bank Exams

1. Who became the first Indian batsman to face 500 balls in a Test innings?
1) Virat Kohli
2) K.L. Rahul
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) Murali Vijay

2. Which country topped the World Happiness Report 2017?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Iceland
4) Switzerland
5) Finland

3. What is India's rank out of 155 countries in the World Happiness Report 2017?
1) 118
2) 120
3) 122
4) 124
5) None of these

4. Who became the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 19, 2017?
1) Dinesh Sharma
2) Keshav Prasad Maurya
3) Siddharth Nath Singh
4) Yogi Adityanath
5) Suresh Khanna

5. Sir David Cox of UK won which of he following awards/prizes in 2016?
1) Man Booker Prize
2) Fields Medal
3) Abel Prize
4) Nobel Prize in Physics
5) International Prize in Statistics

6. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee?
1) Dimple Yadav
2) Krishna Raj
3) Meenakshi Lekhi
4) Poonam Mahajan
5) Pritam Munde

7. What is the maximum amount that can be deposited in Sukanya Samridhi Account (SSA)?
1) Rs 1 lakh per annum
2) Rs 1.5 lakh per annum
3) Rs 10 lakh per annum
4) Rs 5 lakh per annum
5) No limit

8. Which of the following is an association of banks dealing in foreign exchange as a self regulatory body?
1) IBA
2) SEBI
3) FEMA
4) FEDAI
5) None of these

9. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has been conferred with an award by Uganda for promoting human
values through his literature. He is the former Chief Minister of?
1) Sikkim
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Meghalaya
5) Jharkhand

10. Who among the following Nobel laureates has contributed to contract theory?
1) Bernard Feringa
2) J. Fraser Stoddart
3) Duncan Haldane
4) Bengt Holmstrom
5) Michael Kosterlitz

11. In which State is Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary located?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Goa
5) Odisha

12. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Bank deposits are insured by DICGC for a maximum amount of Rs. 1 lakh per depositor per bank
2) Prakash Javadekar is the present Union Human Resources Development Minister
3) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a crop insurance scheme
4) International day of Yoga is celebrated on June 21
5) Bank of Baroda is the first public sector bank to offer wealth management service

13. Which is the sole reinsurance company in India?
1) Life Insurance Corporation
2) National Insurance Company
3) General Insurance Corporation
4) New India Assurance Company
5) None of these

14. The rate of interest on savings account deposits is decided by?
1) RBI
2) Ministry of Finance
3) IBA
4) Individual Banks
5) None of these

15. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is headed by the?
1) Finance Minister
2) Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
3) CEO of NITI Aayog
4) Finance Secretary
5) RBI Governor

16. The Bhimbetka rock shelters, a World Heritage Site, is located in the Raisen district in?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Odisha

17. The 2019 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by?
1) Australia and New Zealand
2) England and Wales
3) India and Sri Lanka
4) India and Bangladesh
5) None of these

18. How many entities were given licenses for setting up small finance banks by the Reserve Bank
of India out of a total of 72 applicants?
1) 15
2) 22
3) 25
4) 10
5) None of these

19. India's first spice museum will come up in?
1) Chennai
2) New Delhi
3) Kochi
4) Mumbai
5) Cuttack

20. A Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the?
1) President of India
2) Finance Minister
3) RBI
4) Lead Bank of the State
5) None of these

21. With which game is Sultan Azlan Shah Cup associated?
1) Hockey
2) Cricket
3) Badminton
4) Tennis
5) Football

22. Canara Bank is headquartered in?
1) Madurai
2) Bangalore
3) Kochi
4) Chennai
5) Pune

23. The world's most expensive train station was opened recently in?
1) Tokyo
2) Beijing
3) New York
4) Shanghai
5) Hong Kong

24. What is the full form of MUDRA?
1) Micro Units Development and Regulating Agency
2) Micro Units Development and Registration Agency
3) Major Units Development and Refinance Agency
4) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
5) None of these

25. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched which of the following, for online redressal of taxpayers' grievances?
1) e - abhay
2) e - nivaran
3) e - tax
4) e - IT
5) e - grievances

26. Vembanad Lake is the longest lake in India. It is in the State of?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Goa
3) Kerala
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha

27. Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur is a member of Lok Sabha from Hamirpur in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh

28. SETU (Self-Employment and Talent Utilization) is a program that supports all aspects of start up businesses and other selfemployment activities. It is established under?
1) NABARD
2) SIDBI
3) RBI
4) NITI Aayog
5) None of these

29. The State Bank of India has introduced “SBI Shaurya Home Loan” for?
1) Central government employees
2) Senior citizens
3) Defense personnel
4) Rural women
5) Corporate women executives

30. World Rabies Day is observed on September 28, the death anniversary of?
1) Robert Koch
2) Louis Pasteur
3) Ferdinand Cohn
4) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
5) David Bruce

31. Ringgit is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Malaysia
2) Bhutan
3) Thailand
4) South Korea
5) North Korea

32. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is headquartered in?
1) New York, USA
2) Madrid , Spain
3) Geneva, Switzerland
4) The Hague, Netherlands
5) Zurich, Switzerland

33. PMKVY scheme is related to?
1) Irrigation
2) Solar energy
3) Skill training
4) Roads
5) Sanitation

34. The Reserve Bank of India prepares Financial Stability Report every?
1) Three months
2) Six months
3) Year
4) Month
5) Two years

35. Rabobank is headquartered in Utrecht in?
1) Finland
2) France
3) Norway
4) Spain
5) Netherlands

36. The Tripura Sundari Express runs between Agartala and?
1) Dhaka
2) Kolkata
3) Delhi
4) Patna
5) Kanpur

37. ONICRA is a leading?
1) Non Banking Financial Company
2) Credit and Performance Rating Agency
3) White Label ATM Operator
4) Asset Reconstruction Company
5) None of these

38. IOM is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. IOM stands for?
1) International Organization for Migration
2) International Organization for Maritime
3) Interstate Organization for Maritime
4) Interstate Organization for Migration
5) None of these

39. Which of the following is not a financial regulator in India?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) IRDA
4) PFRDA
5) IBA

40. Pawan Chamling was conferred with the prestigious 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership
Award by the President Pranab Mukherjee. Pawan Chamling is the Chief Minister of?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Sikkim
5) Manipur

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

Banking Awareness Practice MCQs for All Bank Exams

1. ____ is raised in capital markets
a) Funds through long term securities
b) Long term loans through Govt. securities
c) Medium term loans
d) Short - term instruments
e) None of the above

2. Interest on Government securities on fixed basis is known as:
a) Bank rate
b) Coupon
c) Prime Lending Rate
d) Bench mark PLR
e) None of the above

3. What is meant by development Oriented banking?
a) Infrastructure financing
b) Extending loans to States, which are least developed
c) Taking up the task of development of the economy by providing support to under privileged sections of the society
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

4. The main function of SIDBI is:
a) Promotion of SSI
b) Finance of SSI
c) Development of SSI
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

5. When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called?
a) Payment of the cheque
b) Drawing of the cheque
c) Cancelling of the cheque
d) Dishonour of the cheque
e) Taking of the cheque

6. RBI pays interest on CRR balances of banks at _____.
a) Bank Rate
b) Repo Rate
c) Bank Rate minus 2%
d) Zero %
e) None of the above

7. The Bank should comply and intimate the compliance of Award to Ombudsman within ______
a) 2 Months
b) 3 months
c) One month
d) One year
e) None of the above

8. What are the features of selective credit control?
a) They distinguish between essential and nonessential uses of Bank credit
b) Only nonessential uses are brought under the scope of Credit Bank controls
c) They affect not only the lenders but also the borrowers
d) All the above
e) None of the above

9. Which of the following are the targets for different categories of priority sector?
a) Overall target 40% of net Bank credit
b) Agriculture loans (direct and indirect) 18%
c) Priority sector target for foreign Banks is 32%
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

10. Which of the following can be called as intermediary in the Financial System?
a) Insurance companies
b) Banking companies
c) Mutual funds
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

11. A depositor wants to give nomination in favour of a Needy Charitable Trust. Is it acceptable to the banker?
a) Yes, anyone can be a nominee
b) No, only a blood relative should be a nominee
c) As per the discretion of the Branch Manager
d) No, as per Nomination Guide lines only Individuals can be nominated as Nominee and not institutions
e) None of the above

12. Which of the following is not an India based credit rating agency?
a) CRISIL
b) CARE
c) Standard & Poor
d) ICRA
e) None of the above

13. SMERA is an SME Rating Agency in India meant for?
a) Rating on credit worthiness of MSME
b) Rating on Quality Management
c) Rating on Training System
d) Rating on Technology usage in the organization
e) None of the above

14. Which of the following is not insured by the DICGC?
a) All Indian commercial Banks
b) Foreign Banks branches functioning in India
c) Local Area Banks
d) Cooperative Banks
e) Primary cooperative societies

15. Which of the following is not a feature of Recurring Deposit Account?
a) Rate of interest will be higher than Savings Bank Account
b) Loan facility is available on Recurring Deposit
c) No TDS on the interest earned
d) Premature closure of the Recurring Deposit Account is not allowed
e) None of the above

16. Cash Reserve Ratio is to be maintained by banks with reference to which of the following?
a) Time liabilities
b) Demand liabilities
c) Time and demand liabilities
d) Net demand and time liabilities
e) None of the above

17. What is the minimum CRR as per the relevant Act?
a) No minimum
b) 4%
c) 3%
d) 6%
e) 8%

18. Which of the following is not true in case of SARFAESI Act 2002?
a) Banks can take action of recovery of loan, in case of NPA, without intervention of court
b) Minimum Rs 1.00 lakh overdue should be in the loan account
c) Sixty days notice to be given under the Act to the defaulted borrower
d) SARFAESI Act can be implemented even if one installment in term loan is overdue
e) All of the above

19. The main function of an Asset Management Company is:
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 of the above

20. Which kind of assistance is provided by EXIM Bank to Indian Companies?
a) Direct loans to exporters
b) Technology services
c) Credit for export of capital goods
d) a and b
e) All of the above

21. Which of the following includes "banking business" as per Banking Regulation Act?
a) Acceptance of deposit
b) Collection of bills
c) Buying of foreign exchange
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

22. Which of the following acts deals with the Right of Appropriation?
a) Indian Contract Act
b) Companies Act
c) Negotiable Instruments Act
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

23. Depositories hold shares in _ form:
a) Physical
b) Dematerialized
c) Either a or b
d) Both a and b
e) None of the above

24. What is the full form of NBMSME?
a) National Bank for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
b) National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
c) National Board for Micro, Selected Medium Enterprises
d) National Bank for Medium and selected Medium Entrepreneurs
e) None of the above

25. Mr Kanungo is appointed as RBI Deputy Governor (who is presently Executive Director in
the central bank) will replace Mr._______ , Deputy Governor.
a) Viral Achary
b) NS Vishwanathan
c) R.Gandhi
d) S.S.Mundra
e) None of the above

26. Which type of machine is used by Business Correspondents?
a) Micro ATMs
b) POS
c) Biometric Card Reader
d) Solar empowered
e) Water resistant

27. _____ provides Clearing House facilities for netting of Payments and Security delivery:
a) Primary dealers
b) Banks
c) Stock exchanges
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

28. ____ is the regulatory authority for Mutual funds:
a) IRDA
b) SEBI
c) RBI
d) Ministry of Corporate affairs
e) All of the above

29. The Main activity of the Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIUIND) is to control:
a) Tax Evasion
b) Money Laundering
c) Terrorism
d) Avoiding NPAs
e) Avoiding frauds in ATMs

30. Primary dealers deal in:
a) Shares
b) Insurance
c) Government securities
d) None of the above
e) All of the above

31. 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

32. What is the purpose of reduction in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
a) Reduce Credit Flow
b) Enhance Credit Flow
c) Enhance availability of cash
d) Reduce Cash transactions
e) None of the above

33. In India, conventionally, bonds are issued by institutions in ____ sector while debentures by corporate in ____ sector.
a) private, public
b) public, private
c) either a or b
d) cooperative, NBFC
e) None of the above

34. Who notifies Foreign Trade Policy?
a) RBI
b) DGFT
c) Govt. of India
d) ECGC
e) None of the above

35. Cash kept in the currency chest is owned by?
a) Currency Chest branch bank
b) State Bank of India
c) Central Government
d) Reserve Bank of India
e) None of the above

36. Expand the term LIBOR as used in financial banking sectors?
a) Local Indian Bank Offered Rate
b) London-India Bureau of Regulations
c) Liberal International Bank Official Ratio
d) London Inter Bank Offered Rate
e) None of the above

37. Which one of the following rates is NOT decided by the RBI?
a) Bank Rate
b) Repo Rate
c) Reverse Repo Rate
d) Income Tax Rates
e) Only a & b

38. When more than one bank is allowing credit facilities to one party in coordination with each
other under a formal arrangement, the arrangement is generally known as:
a) Participation
b) Consortium
c) Syndication
d) Multiple Banking
e) All the above

39. The headquarters of International Monetary Fund is ___
a) Geneva
b) Paris
c) London
d) Manila
e) Washington

40. Who is the new chairman of SEBI?
a) Ajay Yogi
b) UK Sinha
c) TS Vijayan
d) G Srinivasan
e) None of the above

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

CURRENT AFFAIRS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1) “Connectivity for Regional Prosperity” was the theme of which edition Economic Cooperation Organization Summit held in Islamabad recently?
a. 13th
b. 14th
 c. 15th
d. 12th

2) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its meeting held , under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, has approved the draft CGST Bill and the draft of which among the following bills?
a. CVST
b. IGST
c. TGST
d. All above

3) The President of India recently inaugurated the Centenary Celebrations of Women’s Indian Association recently at Adyar. In which state it is?
a. Lucknow,U.P.
b. Bhopal,MP
c. Chennai, Tamilnadu
d. Hyderabad, Telangana

4) Name the city , that has achieved 100% waste segregation?
a. Kochi
b. Palakkad
c. Jaisalmer
d. Tirunelveli

5) The world's oldest aircraft carrier in active service, , will be decommissioned on March 6 after serving the Indian Navy for nearly 30 years. Name it?
a. INS Viraat
b. INS Vikrant
c. INS Viraj
d. INS Viraam

6) India and which other country, have strengthened bilateral security ties , and decided to continue exchange programmes on hostage crisis, terror crime scene probe and cyber crime under ATA ( Anti
Terrorism Assistance) ?
a. Japan
b. USA
c. UK
d. Pakistan

7) Nuclear-armed North Korea fired how many ballistic missiles east of the peninsula on March 6, with Japan saying that some of them landed in its waters.?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 4
d. 7

8) Which country will organise the first mobile congress in September with a special focus on reaching out to South East Asian markets.?
a. Bangladesh
b. USA
c. UK
d. India

9) The Zero Discrimination Day was held on……………….?
a. March 1, 2017
b. March 2, 2017
c. March 3, 2017
d. March 7, 2017

10) Name the woman cricketer , who won the BCCI award for the first time?
a. Shantha rangaswamy
b. Shanthi subbarao
c. Mithali raj
d. Shanthi saxena

11) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the Standard to 125 Helicopter Squadron and Colours to Mechanical Training Institute of Indian Air Force (March 3, 2017) at Air Force Station, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu. Which of the following statements are true about IAF Squadrons?
1. The Indian Air Force needs at least 42 squadrons of fighters to protect its western and northern borders with Pakistan and China
2. By 2019 -2020 it will lose another 14 squadrons of the vintage MiG 21s and MiG 27s
3. There are 16-18 planes in one squadron. The force now depends on Su-30 MKI and MiG 29s, the British-made Jaguar and French-made Mirage 2000s
4. After the air force de-commissioned three of the ageing Russian-made MiG 21 squadrons, bringing down the total number from 34 to 31 fighter squadrons, an additional squadron of the Russian-made Su-30 MKI has been raise
a. Only 1 & 2 are true
b. Only 2 & 3 are true
c. Only 3 & 4 are true
d. All 1,2,3 and 4 are true

12) Which among the following launched an exclusive data-led group term insurance plan in partnership with ET Money, the country’s first term insurance plan based on the spend pattern of the users?
a. Ing Vysya
b. HDFC Life
c. ICICI Life insurance
d. LIC

13) The number of ODF (Open Defecation Free) districts in the country has now crossed to ……………recently ?
a. 75
b. 80
c. 100
d. 90

14) On which day The World Hearing Day 2017 was observed globally ?
a. 3rd march 2017
b. 2nd march 2017
c. 4th march 2017
d. 5th march 2017

15) Which country is planning to build its first national underwater observatory in the disputed South China Sea (SCS)?
a. USA
b. China
c. Japan
d. North Korea

16) The “Napoleon of football” who helped the team win the European Cup three times, died March 3rd, 2017. Name him?
a. James madrid
b. Raymond Kopa
c. Adams grews
d. Nicholas crews

17) Jammu & kashmir and which another state, agreed on resumption of Shahpur Kandi Dam project?
a. Haryana
b. UP
c. Punjab
d. Rajasthan

18) Who was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of state-run telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).?
a. PK Purwar
b. NK Singh
c. MK ajay bhatia
d. L. Sneha majumdar

19) For the first time, which country on March 1, 2017 succeeded in getting an official elected to the post of Secretary General for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation?
a. Pakistan
b. South africa
c. Srilanka
d. Bangladesh

20) Which country for first time will host International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2017)?
a. Bangladesh
b. India
c. Srilanka
d. Bhutan

21) The tourist town of Dharamshala, which is also the home of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, has officially become the second capital of which state of India?
a. Tripura
b. Arunachal pradesh
c. Himachal pradesh
d. U.P.

22) Which day will be celebrated on 3rd March 2017 with the theme “Listen to the Young Voices.”?
a. World youth day
b. World adults day
c. World wildlife day
d. World environment day

23) Which country’s upper house, The House of Lords voted on 2 March 2017 to amend the Brexit Bill?
a. U.K.
b. USA
c. UAE
d. USSR

24) Name the state that will host its first river festival in March-April 2017?
a. U.P.
b. Assom
c. Bihar
d. Rajasthan

25) India Test captain Virat Kohli won the Polly Umrigar award, being the first cricketer to receive it how many times?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

26) South Korean and which country held largescale joint military exercise called Foal Eagle to test their defence readiness against the threat from North Korea.?
a. Japan
b. Israel
c. Iraq
d. USA

27) The national launch of 'Swachh Shakti Saptah' took place in which city recently?
a. Gurugram
b. Hissar
c. Kochi
d. Pune

28) Which country government recently approved the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.?
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Bhutan

29) India has proposed the name of Manjeev Singh Puri as its next Ambassador to which country, with the term of senior Indian diplomat Ranjit Rae coming to an end.?
a. Bhutan
b. Nepal
c. Pakistan
d. Israel

30) Which country announced recently that it will reintroduce compulsory military service starting this summer to respond to global security challenges, including from Russia?
a. Sweden
b. Switzerland
c. South korea
d. Cuba

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