GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Which of the following cities in Australia hosted the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting in September 2014?
1) Sydney
2) Brisbane
3) Melbourne
4) Adelaide
5) Cairns

2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Nalanda University in Bihar on 2014 September 19. Who is the vice chancellor of this university?
1) N.K. Singh
2) Gopa Sabharwal
3) Lord Meghnad Desai
4) Tansen Sen
5) Anil Wadhwa

3. Which of the following States has decided to set up 'Nirbhaya' centres in all districts to provide
prompt help to victims of crime against women?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra

4. Who was declared the next President of Afghanistan on 2014 September 21?
1) Abdullah Abdullah
2) Habibullah Habib
3) Hamidullah Amin
4) Ashraf Ghani
5) Hedayat Amin Arsala

5. Which of the following films was selected as India's 2015 Oscar contender in the best foreign language film category?
1) Queen
2) Shahid
3) Yellow
4) Jaatishwar
5) Liar's Dice

6. John Key was re-elected as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in September 2014?
1) Canada
2) Australia
3) Italy
4) New Zealand
5) Ireland

7. Larry Ellison has stepped down from the post of Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Yahoo
2) Facebook
3) Oracle
4) IBM
5) Microsoft

8. Ashok Mohanty was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a chit fund scam on
2014 September 22. He is the former Advocate General of?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Jharkhand

9. Moussa Mara assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries
on 2014 April 5?
1) Mauritania
2) Senegal
3) Mali
4) Guinea
5) Niger

10. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is the second female President of?
1) Malta
2) Chile
3) Latvia
4) Lithuania
5) Estonia

11. "The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" is a book authored by?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Mani Shankar Aiyyar
3) Digvijay Singh
4) Sanjay Baru
5) H.K. Dua

12. UNO declared which of the following days as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression?
1) June 1
2) June 5
3) June 2
4) June 3
5) June 4

13. Which of the following cities is the capital of Mali?
1) Kayes
2) Timbuktu
3) Bamako
4) Mopti
5) Segou

14. Justice G. Rohini is the first woman Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
1) Andhra Pradesh High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Madras High Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) Allahabad High Court

15. Who took charge as the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) in April 2014?
1) R.K. Mathur
2) G.K. Pillai
3) D.K. Pathak
4) Subhash Goswami
5) Ranjit Sinha

16. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Nobel winning legendary author from?
1) Mexico
2) Cuba
3) Ecuador
4) Colombia
5) Brazil

17. Sampooran Singh Kalra is the original name of a person who won the 2013?
1) Jnanpith Award
2) Vyas Samman
3) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
4) Kalidas Samman
5) None of these

18. Which Indian player was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in April 2014?
1) M.S. Dhoni
2) R. Ashwin
3) Virat Kohli
4) Cheteshwar Pujara
5) Shikhar Dhawan

19. Which country's national women's cricket team is called 'Southern Stars'?
1) Australia
2) India
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) South Africa

20. Who won the Richmond Squash Open at Virginia, USA in April 2014?
1) Rachael Grinham
2) Joshna Chinappa
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Anaka Alankamony
5) None of these

21. Around 300 people died after a multi-storey ferry capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly high school students on 2014 April 16. This disaster happened in?
1) China
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines

22. Who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014?
1) Jhataleka Malhotra
2) Gail Da' Silva
3) Manasi Moghe
4) Koyal Rana
5) None of these

23. Saurav Ghosal was selected for Dato Alex Lee Award 2013. He is an outstanding player in which of the following sports?
1) Judo
2) Snooker
3) Squash
4) Shooting
5) Swimming

24. The Australian women's team won their third World T20 title by defeating England in the final in April 2014. Who is the captain of Australia?
1) Alex Blackwell
2) Megan Schutt
3) Julie Hunter
4) Sarah Coyte
5) Meg Lanning

25. The 14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) was held in which of the following countries recently?
1) Chile
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) USA
5) China

26. The Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) comprises navies whose countries border the Pacific Ocean region. WPNS has how many member States?
1) 21
2) 24
3) 23
4) 25
5) 19

27. Which of the following countries has/ have observer status in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium?
1) Pakistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Mexico
5) All the above

28. Which of the following firms has been given approval for setting up 9,000 white-label ATMs in the next three years in rural India?
1) IFCI
2) Bajaj Finance
3) Srei Infrastructure Finance
4) Reliance Capital
5) None of these

29. At the 61st National Film Awards, Which of the following films was given the Indira Gandhi
Award for Best Debut Film of a Director?
1) Kaphal (Hindi)
2) Perariyathavar (Malayalam)
3) Fandry (Marathi)
4) Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
5) None of these

30. Which of the following countries does not have a woman President at present?
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) Chile
4) Malta
5) Bangladesh

31. Sudarshan Seneviratne has been appointed as which country's High Commissioner to India?
1) Singapore
2) Malaysia
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these

32. 'Goldfinch' has won the USA's prestigious literary award, Pulitzer in fiction category. Who is the author of this book?
1) Hannah Kent
2) Donna Tartt
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Audrey Magee
5) Ludia Davis

33. According to a data released on 2014 April 30 by the International Comparison Program
(ICP), India overtook which country as the world's third largest economy in 2011 in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP)?
1) UK
2) France
3) Japan
4) Brazil
5) Germany

34. Which Indian company joined the league of top 10 global IT companies in April 2014?
1) Cognizant
2) Infosys
3) Wipro
4) HCL
5) Tata Consultancy Services

35. Which company leads the list of top ten global IT companies?
1) IBM
2) Fujitsu
3) Hewlett-Packard
4) Accenture
5) NTT

36. Which of the following pharmaceutical companies announced that it would acquire 100 per cent
of Ranbaxy Laboratories?
1) Johnson & Johnson
2) Novartis
3) Pfizer
4) Sun Pharmaceuticals
5) Glaxo Smithkline

37. In April 2014, the Union Government approved the recruitment of women as Combat Officers in?
1) Indo Tibetan Border Police
2) Sashastra Seema Bal
3) Rapid Action Force
4) National Security Guards
5) None of these

38. The Queen of Britain conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire (KBE) on?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Ratan Tata
3) Azim Premji
4) Anil Ambani
5) None of these

39. Badakhshan province is in the news recently. It is in?
1) Afghanistan
2) Pakistan
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria

40. Lee Chong Wei won the Indian Open Super Series badminton tournament men's singles title in New Delhi recently. He is from?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Singapore
4) South Korea
5) North Korea

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1.    RBI extends date of exchange pre -2005 currency notes to on……?
a)1st april -2015   

b) 1st January -2015    

c) 1st April -2016 

d) 1st January -2016
e) 1st april 2020

2.    2014-15 budget " Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao yojana"  expenditure amount is ?
a) 100 crore 

b) 200 crore 

c) 300 crore    

d) 150 crore 

e) 250 crore

3.    Recently which country decided to join the newly formed BRICS bank?
a) Bangladesh 

b) Afghanistan  
c) Myanmar 

d) Maldives     

e) Pakistan

4.    Select wrong option….?
a) Bharat Nirman -2005
b) National Rural health mission -2005
c) MGNREGP -2006
d) PM Gram sadak yojana-2001
e) National development programme -2005

5.    BOR  wildlife sanctuary will become the country's 47th tiger reserve, It was located at?
a) Maharashtra     

b) MadyaPradesh
c) Manipuri 

d) Nagaland 

e) Mizoram

6.    Select wrong option?
a) Brahmos range -290 km
b) Prudwi range  - 350 km
c) Akash range -350 km
d) Dhanush range -350 km
e) Agni range -700km

7.    "Mouda" super thermal power project recently started by PM in …… state?
a) Madyapradesh 

b) Manipuri
c) Maharashtra 

d) Nagaland
e) Mizoram

8.    Pick up wrong sentence ?
a) Sachin tendulkar : 35th national games goodwill ambassador
b)Mary kom : CRPF goodwill ambassador     

c) Virat kohli: BSF goodwill ambassador 

d)    Emma Watson : ADB goodwill ambassador 

e)    Amitabh Bachan : mahatashtra's horticulture goodwill ambassador

9.    The foreign Reserves is kept with…?
a) Central Govt    

b) Central Bank
c) Ministry of Finance    

d) SEBI
e) Ministry of foreign affairs

10.    Select wrong option ?
a) O.Prakash  Kohli : New Governor of Gujarat 

b) Bal ramji Tanddon : New Governor of Chhattisgarh 

c) Kaptan sing solanki : New Governor of Haryana
d) Keshari nath tripati: New Governor of west Bengal 

e) Vinodh kumar duggal : New Governor of Nagaland

11.    In 1860  1st income tax was introduced in India by….?
a) James taylor       

b) James Wilson
c) James newman 

d) James cotton
e) John mathai

12.    Pickup wrong one?
a) UPSC new chairman : Rajni Razdani
b) UGC chairman : venodh prakash
c) Indian bank association chairman for 2014-15 year : T.M. Basin
d) 94th public account committee chairman : K.V. Thomas 

e) 16th loksabha proteme speaker : Kamal nath

13.    Which of the following states has announced launching web portal for industrial licenses?
a) Andhrapradesh 

b) Telangana
c) Tamilnadu    

d) Maharashtra
e) Gujarat

14.    Which of the following Ministry operate the "village gramin Bank's scheme?
a) Ministry of tribal welfare
b) Ministry of rural development
c) Ministry of finance
d) Ministry of home affairs
e) Ministry of urban & rural development

15.    Present the largest source of National Income in India is ?
a) International trade sector
b) Industrial sector 

c) Service sector
d) Agriculture sector
e) Share market sector

16.    Who has topped "Forbes most powerful women list in 2014?
a) Angela Merkal 

b) Jonet elen
c) Hillary Clinton 

d) Michel obama
e) Dilma roseff

17.    The president of India dedicated "rupay" to the nation on 8th may 2014. It was..?
a) Centre for good governs
b) Social networking website
c) India's own card payment network
d) Banking payment network
e) Govt  payment network

18.    "Rupay" has been developed by which organization?
a) Central Govt    

b) Central Bank
c) National payment corporation of India
d) Indian bank association
e) Indian & foreign bank association

19.    What is scheduled bank?
    a) Included in the 2nd schedule of banking regulation act-1934
    b) Included in the 2nd schedule of banking regulation act-1949
    c) Included in the 2nd schedule of RBI act-1934
    d) Included in the 2nd schedule of RBI act-1949
    e) Included in the 2nd schedule of Central govt act - 1952

20.    In which city canara bank has opened its 7th overseas office recently ?
a) New York 

b) Tokyo  

c) Dubai
d) Beijing     

e) London

21.    Which of the Indian origin judge has been appointed as attorney General of Singapore ?
a)    Daveer bandari 

b) kaushik basu    

c) sanjay baaru    

d) V.K. Rajan
e)  K.V. Sharma

22.    The RBI started issuing its bi-monthly credit policy on the recommendation of..?
    a)    Swaraj committee
    b) Raghavan committee      
    c) Bimal jalan committee
    d) Urjit patel committee      
    e) K.C. Chakravarti committee

23.    What is the upper limit of RTGS transactions in India ?
a)No limit 

b)Rs. 1 crore 

c) Rs 100 Crore    

d) Rs 1 lacks     

e)Rs 10 lacks

24.    Books & Authors  given below,  select wrong option ?
a) The lives of others - Neel Mukerge  
b) No country -Kalyan ray
c) public issues before parliament-Vijay Darda 

d) Narendra Modi a political biography-Andy Marino
e) Emergency retold - Kushvanth sing

25.    select wrong option ?
a) IDBI act -2010  

b) NHB act -1987
c) MSMED act-2006
d) FEMA act-1999
e) competition act -2002

26.    select wrong matched ?
a) BBPS: Bharat Bill payment system
b) FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management
c) e-BAAT: Electronic Banking Awareness & Training

d) ECBs: External Commercial Borrowings 

e) FIPB: Foreign interest Promotion board

27.    LIC of India was established in _____?
a) 1965 

b)1966 

c)1956 

d)1969 

e)1975

28.    Under Lead Bank Scheme lead banks were asked to adopt…?
a)Village  

b)Town 

c)District     

d)State     

e) Country

29.    The apex organisation of industrial finance in India is …?
a) IDBI 

b) RBI 

c) ICICI 

d)IFCI        

e) Central Govt

30.    Present the country producing the maximum silk in the world is ?
a) India 

b) China    

c)Japan     

d)South Korea         

e) America

31.    What is "Dow Jones" ?
a) Share market index of New York stock exchange market
b) Share market index of Mumbai stock exchange market 

c) Share market index of Japan stock exchange market
d) Share market index of Shan ghjai  Stock Exchange market 

e) Share market index of Brazil exchange market

32.    The RBI was formed on the recommendations of __ commission ?
a) Narasimhan 

b) Malhotra
c) Hilton & Young 

d) shiva raman   
e) Wilson  

33.    The International monetary fund ( IMF ) is an organization  no of countries?
a) 188 

b) 187 

c) 193 

d) 209 

e) 186

34.    Find the wrong match?
a) Shakti kanta Das - Present Revenue secretary

b) John William Ashe - Present UNO general assembly secretary
c) Yukio Amino -present IAEA chairman 

d) Anthony Lake - present UNICEF chairman 

e) Robert Ajevedo -present WHO director general

35.    Which institution is known as 'soft loan window' of World Bank?
a) IFC 

b) IDA 

c) IMF 

d) IBRD 

e) ICSID

36.    Which of the following committees has given its recommendations on "Disinvestment method "?
a) Rakesh Mohan Committee         

b) Rangarajan Committee       
c) Amartya sen Committee      
d) Kelkar Committee      
e) Y.V.Reddy  Committee

37.    The oldest stock exchange of India is _______ Stock Exchange?
a) Bombay 

b)National     

c)Bangalore    

d) Hyderabad    

e) None

38.    The SLR comprises investments in which of the following ?
a) gold 

b) cash 

c) Govt. securities
d) all the above     

e) None of these

39.    Which of the following Terms is not associated with banking sector ?
a) KYC 

b) RTGS 

c) NET

d) TRAI 

e) CTS

40.    Which of the following is India's New Rating Index developed by Ministry of Finance ?
a) DOLEX  

b) CRIS    

c) SENSEX    

d) CRIS       

e) NIKKEYI

41.    RBI has Recently  hiked the trade related remittance limit  from Rs.2 Lakh to ______ lakhs ?
a) 4 lakh  

b) 5 lakh  

c) 6 lakh        

d) 8 lakh  

e) 10 lakh

42.    The RBI has allowed banks to provide loans to exporters with tenures of up to how many years?
a) 5 years  

b) 6 years 

c) 8 years        

d) 10 years 

e) 12 years

43.    In Nationalised Bank largest shareholder is _____?
a) Central Bank 

b) Central Govt.        

c) Ministry of Finance 

d) NABARD      
e) Indian Bank Association

44.    India's 1st Post Office Savings Bank ATM facility has been opened in which of the following places?
a) Mumbai 

b) Bangalore   

c) Delhi   
d) Kolkata  

e) Chennai

45.    Which of the following states has approved pension scheme for farmers ?
a) Uttarakhand    

b) Uttar Pradesh        

c) Madhya Pradesh 

d) Haryana         

e) Rajastan

Answers:

1) b 2) a 3) a 4) e 5) a 6) c 7) c 8) d 9) b 10) e 

11) b 12) b 13) c 14) a 15) c 16) a 17) c 18) c 19) c 20) a 

21) d 22) d 23) a 24) e 25) a 26) e 27) c 28) c 29) a 30) b 

31) a 32) c 33) a 34) e 35) b 36) b 37) a 38) d 39) d 40) d 

41) b 42) d 43) b 44) e 45) a 

IBPS - Regional Rural Banks Office Assistants General Awareness Questions (Exam Held on: 21-09-2014 - Morning Shift)

1. Suzlon Energy related to - Wind Turbine Supplier
2. Planning Commission is replaced by how many members (no of members in that committee) - 8
3. Sagarmala Project located at - Over the river Mandovi in Goa
4. Gangavaram port located in - Vishakapatnam
5. Sheikh Hasina PM of - Bangladesh
6. Dhaka capital of - Bangladesh
7. Full form of MPLADS - Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
8. Shillong capital of - Meghalaya
9. Financial inclusion overdraft limit provided to whom - people who come under Jandhan Yojana
10. Heena Siddhu related to which game - Shooting
11. "Love" is related to which game - Badminton
12. D Viju related to which game - Badminton
13. Amit kumar related to which game - Wrestling
14. Zero Effect- Zero Defect slogan by - Narendra Modi
15. Who is Azim premji - Founder of Wipro
16. Prior to which year currency note should be exchanged - 2005
17. PFO monthly pension limit - Rs. 1000 (Minimum limit) & Maximum Limit is Rs. 15000
18. Pankaj Advani Sports name - Billiards
19. Chanakya also known as (his alternate name) - Kautilya
20. Number of free ATM transactions - 3
21. CDR fullform - Credit Default Swap
22. SEZ started by PM In which state/city - Maharashtra
23. Indira Awas Yojna new name - National Gramin Awaas Mission (proposed name, please check once)
24. FLIPKART is which kind of company? - E-Commerce
25. Income Tax exemption limit for Sr. Citizens - Rs. 3 Lakh
26. 200 cr allocated for stadium in which state - Jammu & Kashmir
27. Which organization is worried for EBOLA - WHO
28. No. of AIIMS propoed in the Union Budget - 4
29. Largest bank - Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
30. Who is sumitra mahajan -  Loksabha Speaker
31. No. of passenger train in rail budget 2014 - 58
32. No. of countries in BRICS - 5
33. Union Health Minister: Dr. HarshaVardha

IBPS - Regional Rural Banks Office Assistants General Awareness Questions (Exam Held on: 21-09-2014 - Evening Shift)

1. Full form of CST? - Central Sales Tax

2. Full form of NABARD? - National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Developemnt

3. Full form of UGC? - University Grants Commission

4. Full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio

5. Who is Vladimir Putin? - Russian President

6. Ajiknkya Rahane is related to which game? - Cricket

7. What is purpose of Jan Dhan Yojna? - Minimum one account for every family

8. Who issues RuPay card? - NPCI

9. RuPay card is linked with a bank account, how much insurance cover is linked with that account? - Rs. 1Lakh

10. Who is Robin Williams? - Hollywood Actor

11. Who is P.J Kurien? - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

12. According to Budget 2014, how many new Govt. Medical Colleges will be opened? - 12

13. Who is regarded as Chairperson of Planning Commission of India? - Prime Minister of India

14. What is the amount charged for ATM transactions after 5 times? - Rs. 20

15. In addition to Tennis, Rafael Nadal is associated to which game? - Football (Not sure)

16. In budget 2014, there is proposal of running many passenger trains? - 8

17. The First Bullet Train will start for which Route? - Mumbai - Ahmadabad

18. Tax Exemption for Senior Citizens in Budget 2014? - Rs. 3,00,000

19. Rate of Interest for Farmers under a scheme? - 7% (Not sure)

20. Flag Bearer for India in Commonwealth Games 2014? -  Vijay Kumar

21. How many Deputy Governors are there in RBI? - 4

22. Kundakulam Project is started in which state? - Tamil Nadu

23. Number of total new trains as per Budget 2014? - 58

24. Strike word is related to which game? - Baseball

25. Hardware park is proposed to which state? - Andhra Pradesh

26. What percent of money is increased for cleanliness in budget? - 40%

27. Who is all time highest goal scorer of Germany? - Miroslav Klose

28. Who is Wilfried Bony? - Football Striker from Ivory Coast

29. Saji Thomas is related to which game? - Rowing

30. Bhamashah Yojna in Rajasthan is for what purpose? - Women Empowerment

31. Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan will start from - 2nd October, 2014

32. In which state Congress won all the 3 seats? - Uttarakhand

33. Bank Capitalization related to -? - Basel III Norms

34. Which country is the top source of FDI? - Singapore

35. Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan is hoping to be ended by? - 2019

36. According to the Judicial Appoints Commission, who can appoint judge? - two eminent persons to be nominated by the Prime Minister, the CJI and the Leader of Opposition of the Lok Sabha.

IBPS - Regional Rural Banks Office Assistants General Awareness Questions (Exam Held on: 20-09-2014 - Morning Shift)

1. Who is the Home Minister of India - Rajnath Singh
2. What is the Current rate of CRR- 4%
3. Agartala is capital of which of state ? - Tripura
4. Yogeshwar Datta related with which Sport - wrestler
5. Bank of Rajasthan Merged with which bank ? - ICICI
6. Oslo is the capital of which country ? Norway
7. What is the current rate of SLR ? 22 %
8. Who is H.R.Khan ? Dy. Governer of RBI
9. What is the full form of Qip ? - Qualified Institutional Placement
10. Who is the PM of United Kingdom ? - David Cameroon
11. Who is the current IMF head ? - Christine Lagarde
12. Double fault is related to which games ? - Tennis
13. Who is the head of Press Council of India ? - Markandaye Katju
14. Interest fee cap on home loans – 2 lakhs
15. Who is H.R. Khan- Deputy governor of RBI
16. Who is the current railway minister ? - Sadananda Gowda
17. What is the Full Form of SEBI - Security Exchange Board of India
18. According to social responsibility tax,tax is levied on company worth more than ? – 1000cr
19. Which country achieved highest GDP in 2001-2010 – United States
20. What is the route of the Fastest Train in India ? - Delhi to Agra
21. K R Kamath is the CMD of which bank ? - Punjab National Bank
22. Gulberg Hill Station is Located in- Jammu and Kashmir
23. Who was the Founder of Congress ? -Allan Octavian Hume
24. Rory Mcllroy is related to which game ? - Golf
25. In the budget, how many new AIIMS institutes were decided to be made – 4
26. Modi visited which country in August First Week ? - Nepal
27. What is the initial capital of payment bank ? - 100 cr
28. Who is the current Bihar C.M. ? - Jitan Ram Manjhi

IBPS - Regional Rural Banks Office Assistants General Awareness Questions (Exam Held on: 20-09-2014 - Evening Shift)

1.    Jandhan Yojna insurance amount – Rs 1 Lakh

2.    Who is Cristiano Ronaldo – Football player

3.    Vistara is name of air lines of  which  two companies – Tata & Singapore airlines

4.    Govt want to revamped labour law ,why?

5.    Who is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: Indian investor and Trader

6.    44MW Hydro power project inaugurated by PM in which state – Jammu & Kashmir

7.    James Rodriguez belongs to which sports: Football

8.    Germany defeated Brazil in FIFA world cup by what score – 7-1

9.    Full form of CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio

10.  Which  bank will provide mobile banking facility  in its 1st phase: 75% of the market value of your gold

11.  How many countries are member of  SAARC - 8

12.  Thambi Durai related to AIADMK

13.  Who is Mallikarjun Kharge - the leader of the Indian National Congress party in the 16th Lok Sabha

14.  Buenos Aires - Capital of Argentina

15.   Second most populated city – Delhi

16.  Who is Dayanidhi Maran - Former Telecom Minister

17.  OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

18.  River cleaning: Project Ganga

19.  Mithali Raj is - Captain of Indian Women's Cricket team

20.  Who is Gagan Narang - Indian shooter

21.  National Academy for Customs & Excise at Hindupur in: Andhra Pradesh

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. State Bank of India celebrated 150 years of its operations in which of the following countries in
September 2014?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mauritius
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) None of these

2. The 17th Asian Games are started on 2014 September 19 in which of the following cities?
1) Seoul
2) Incheon
3) Busan
4) Beijing
5) Hanoi

3. Who won the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton title in Palembang, Indonesia on 2014 September 14?
1) Parupalli Kashyap
2) Aravind Bhat
3) H.S. Prannoy
4) R.V. Gurusaidutt
5) None of these

4. Who is the author of the book "Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan"?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Sanjay Baru
3) P.C. Parakh
4) Daman Singh
5) Natwar Singh

5. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on?
1) September 5
2) September 8
3) September 15
4) September 18
5) September 16

6. Who has been appointed as the President-elect of the International Economic Association (IEA)?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Rakesh Mohan
3) Jagdeesh Bhagwathi
4) Kaushik Basu
5) Aravind Subramanyam

7. Frank Walter Steinmeier visited India in September 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) France
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Poland
5) Portugal

8. 'And Then One Day' is the autobiography of which of the following film actors?
1) Waheeda Rehman
2) Dilip Kumar
3) Anupam Kher
4) Naseeruddin Shah
5) Amol Palekar

9. India's second nuclear fuel complex will come up at?
1) Kota, Rajasthan
2) Jhajjar, Haryana
3) Mysore, Karnataka
4) Cuttack, Odisha
5) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

10. In which of the following places atomic plants are proposed?
1) Gorakhpur
2) Jaitapur
3) Mithi Virdhi
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

11. Which of the following books is written by Hindi author Govind Mishra?
1) Abhi Bilkul Abhi
2) Yahan Se Dekho
3) Vyomkesh Darvesh
4) Dhool Paudho Par
5) None of these

12. India topped the medals tally in the Asian Grand Prix archery championship held in March
2014 in which of the following cities?
1) Tokyo
2) Hong Kong
3) Bangkok
4) New Delhi
5) Tehran

13. Who was appointed as the first woman Director (Commercial) of Navratna Public Sector Unit,
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) recently?
1) Aditi Khanna
2) Soma Mandal
3) Nishi Vasudeva
4) Archana Bhargava
5) Aditi Mukherjee

14. Who is the author of the book "From the Ruins of Empire"?
1) Romila Thapar
2) Kushwant Singh
3) Pankaj Mishra
4) Prasoon Joshi
5) None of these

15. The Indian Navy inducted an indigenously built New- generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) into its fleet recently. What is its name?
1) INS Ranvijay
2) INS Sumedha
3) INS Ranvir
4) INS Ranjit
5) INS Rajput

16. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is in the news recently. It is situated in?
1) West Bengal
2) Tripura
3) Assam
 4) Meghalaya
5) Odisha

17. Which public sector bank has launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme, an innovative domestic money remittance facility?
1) Indian Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Bank of India
5) Punjab National Bank

18. According to the regulatory guidelines, the monthly withdrawal limit prescribed for Instant Money Transfer transaction is how many rupees for receiver?
1) Rs. 25,000
2) Rs.10,000
3) Rs. 50,000
4) Rs. 40,000
5) None of these

19. Who won the 2014 Pritzker Prize for Architecture?
1) Kenzo Tange
2) Oscar Niemeyer
3) Shigeru Ban
4) Aldo Rossi
5) None of these

20. Missy Franklin is the Laureaus Sportswoman of the Year. She is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Gymnastics
2) Swimming
3) Athletics
4) Tennis
5) Squash

21. Indian journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary won which of the following awards/prizes in 2014?
1) Digital Activism Award
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) IAA Olive Crown Award
4) Yale Literary Prize
5) None of these

22. The 2014 International Women of Courage Award was presented by the US first lady Michelle
Obama to?
1) Manasi Pradhan
2) Vartika Nanda
3) Seema Sakhare
4) Radha Prashanti
5) Laxmi

23. Mortal remains of about 282 Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed from a well at Ajnala recently. Ajnala is a town in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Punjab
4) Uttarakhand
5) Haryana

24. As per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) which is the world's largest arms importer?
1) India
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) UAE
5) Saudi Arabia

25. India took part in a multilateral Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO, conducted in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Vietnam
5) Indonesia

26. The Reserve Bank of India has recently extended the deadline for banks to meet capital requirements under the Basel III norms by a year to?
1) 2015 March 31
2) 2019 March 31
3) 2016 March 31
4) 2017 March 31
5) None of these

27. A Reserve Bank of India panel on credit information submitted its report to RBI recently. This
panel is headed by Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of?
1) Yes Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

28. Who won the 2014 All England Open badminton men's singles title?
1) Lee Chong Wei
2) Chen Long
3) Simon Santoso
4) Viktor Axelsen
5) Tian Houwei

29. Vidya Pillai is the women's national champion in which of the following sports?
1) Squash
2) Shooting
3) Archery
4) Snooker
5) None of these

30. Laura Massaro is the women's world open squash champion. She belongs to?
1) Canada
2) Mexico
3) England
4) Portugal
5) Argentina

31. Which country will host the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit?
1) USA
2) India
3) China
4) Russia
5) Argentina

32. MI-17 V5 series helicopters were inducted by the Indian Air Force in March 2014. These are made in?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Israel
4) France
5) Japan

33. With which sport is Deodhar Trophy associated?
1) Football
2) Volleyball
3) Cricket
4) Hockey
5) Badminton

34. Who won the World Candidates Chess tournament at Khanty Mansisyk, Russia on 2014 March 30?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Peter Svidler
3) Vaselin Topalov
4) Viswanathan Anand
5) None of these

35. Andrej Kiska, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, assumed office as the new President of
which of the following European countries on 2014 June 15?
1) Latvia
2) Slovenia
3) Czech Republic
4) Bulgaria
5) Slovakia

36. The abbreviation PKI stands for?
1) Public Key Infrastructure
2) Personal Key Infrastructure
3) Private Key Infrastructure
4) Permanent Key Infrastructure
5) Proprietary Key Infrastructure

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.P. & CLERKS EXAMS

1. NRI (Non-Resident Indian) and POI (Person of Indian Origin) can open deposit accounts in India. Which of the following statements is wrong?
1) Without the permission from the RBI, NRI and POI can open few accounts in India.
2) Both NRI and POI should open the account only with an authorized dealer in India.
3) A bank authorized to deal in foreign exchange is called authorized dealer in this context.
4) To open the account, the state government permission need where the bank head office located.
5) However Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee Account (NRO Account) can be opened in the post offices in India in the rupees denomination.

2. FEMA Act 1999 says 'A person resident outside India means a person who is not resident in India'. FEMA stands for ............
1) Foreign Exchange Management Act
2) Foreign Excel Management Act
3) Foreign Exchange Merchant Act
4) Foreign Enroll Management Act
5) None of above

3. Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee Account (NRO Account) must be .........
1) Savings account only
2) Current account only
3) Recurring Deposit account only
4) Fixed Deposit account only
5) All above type of accounts can be opened in NRO account

4. In the Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee Account (NRO Account) ............
1) American dollars can be deposited only.
2) Any foreign exchange can be deposited.
3) Both Indian and foreign exchange can be accepted.
4) Only Indian rupees accepted.
5) None of above

5. The prior approval of Reserve Bank of India essential for the opening of NRO accounts by individual/ entities of Pakistan and ..........
1) USA
2) UK
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh

6. In the savings deposits accounts of NRO accounts, the rate of interest determined by .........
1) RBI
2) Government of India
3) Indian bank association
4) Banks
5) None of above

7. Whether joint accounts are allowed in NRO account?
1) No.
2) Yes, but both should be Non Resident Indians only.
3) Yes, the joint account can be held jointly with residents and / or with non-resident Indian also.
4) Yes, the joint account can be held jointly with residents and / or with non-resident Indian but one of them must have a saving account already in India.
5) None of above

8. The foreign tourist during their short visit to India can open a Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee (NRO) Account?
1) No.
2) Yes, the consent of RBI necessary.
3) Yes, but the consent of President of India necessary.
4) No, as it is against to BASEL III principles
5) Yes, but such account can be opened up to a maximum period of 6 months.

9. Whether the NRO Account be used for making local payments?
1) No.
2) Yes, but he can not spend not more than Rs.50,000 any time paying to any resident.
3) Yes, but payments to residents exceeding Rs.50,000 can be made only by means of cheques / Demand Drafts etc.
4) Yes, but payments to residents exceeding Rs.1,00,000 can be made only by means of cheques / Demand Drafts etc.
5) None of above

10. A Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee Account holder can have nomination facility?
1) Yes
2) No
3) Yes, but the account holder must be elder
4) Yes, but the foreign government consent necessary
5) None of above

11. Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account (NRE Account) must be in the form of which account?
1) Savings account only
2) Current account and Recurring Account only
3) Fixed Deposits only
4) All of above
5) None of above

12. NRE Account can be opened by the NRI and the account will be maintained ..........
1) In US Dollars and UK Pounds only
2) In Indian Rupees and US Dollars only
3) In any foreign exchange
4) In Indian Rupees only
5) None of above

13. Details of Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account (NRE Account) given. Locate the wrong option.
1) Balances held in the NRE account are repatriable.
2) Accrued interest income and the balances exempt from Income Tax.
3) Banks are free to determine the interest rates on term deposits of maturity of one year and above.
4) Loans not at all permitted in this account.
5) None of above

14. Foreign Currency (Non Resident) Account (Bank) [FCNR (B) Account] available to NRIs. Which type of account available for the account holder?
1) Term Deposit only
2) Savings deposit only
3) Joint Account and one of them must be foreigner only
5) None of above

15. Foreign Currency (Non Resident) Account (Bank) familiarly called FCNR (B) Account
are only in the form of term deposits of .......
1) 1 to 5 years
2) 2 to 6 years
3) 1 to 10 years
4) 90 days to 365 days
5) None of above

16. Which of the investment facility not available to NRI as per the present rules of RBI?
1) NRI can purchase any government dated securities / Treasury bills on repatriation basis with out any limit.
2) He can buy non-convertible debentures of a company incorporated in India.
3) He can buy Units of domestic mutual funds with out any limit.
4) He can buy perpetual debt instruments and debt capital instruments issued by banks in India.
5) All above investment facilities available to NRIs.

17. Which private bank has become the biggest employer in the private banking sector having more than 72,000 employees in the FY 2013-14?
1) TMB
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI
4) HDFC
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

18. Which international monetary organization signed a $107-million credit agreement for the
road linkage of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar on 28 August 2014?
1) IDA
2) ODA
3) IBRD
4) IFC
5) ADB

19. Banks and Financial Institutions empowered to recover non-performing assets without the intervention of the court by using SARFAESI Act. SARFAESI stands for .......
1) Securities and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
2) Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
3) Securitisation and Recovery of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
4) Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Endorsement of Security Interest Act
5) None of above

20. SARFAESI Act was passed in ........
1) 1984
2) 1934
3) 1969
4) 2002
5) 1999

21. SARFAESI Act provides three alternative methods for recovery of non-performing assets. They are ............
1) Securitisation, asset rebuilding and enforcement of security without the intervention of the court
2) Fee to process loan, asset reconstruction and enforcement of security without the intervention of the court
3) Securitisation, asset reconstruction and enforcement of security with the intervention of the court
4) Securitisation, asset reconstruction and enforcement of security without the intervention of the court
5) None of above

22. The SARFAESI Act 2002 applicable only for NPA (Non-Performing Assets) having outstanding ............
1) Above Rs.10 Lakh only
2) Above Rs.20 Lakh only
3) Above Rs.50 Lakh only
4) Above Rs.30 Lakh only
5) Above Rs.1 Lakh only

23. NPA loan accounts where the amount is less than .............. of the principal and interest are not eligible to be dealt with under the SARFAESI Act 2002.
1) 30%
2) 25%
3) 40%
4) 20%
5) None

24. Under the SARFAESI Act 2002, NPAs should be backed by securities charged to the bank by way of ..........
1) Mortgage only
2) Hypothecation only
3) Assignment
4) All of above
5) None of above

25. As per the SARFAESI Act, if the borrower / guarantor aggrieved by the action of the Bank can file an appeal with DRT. DRT stands for ...............
1) Debt Recovery Tribunal
2) Deal Recovery Tribunal
3) Doubt Recovery Tribunal
4) Debt Recovery Tutorial
5) None

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM

1. Vikas Gowda won a gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in which of the following sports?
a) Weightlifting
b) Shooting
c) Wrestling
d) Discus throw
e) None of these

2. Reuven Rivlin is the new President of which of the following countries?
a) Germany
b) Israel
c) Austria
d) Hungary
e) Romania

3. Which of the following teams was placed third in the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
a) Germany
b) Argentina
c) Netherlands
d) Brazil
e) Belgium

4. Who were runners up in FIFAWorld Cup 2014?
a) Germany
b) Netherlands
c) Argentina
d) Brazil
e) Colombia

5. Who is the Present Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
a) Sumitra Mahajan
b) Arun Jaitely
c) Gulam Nabi Azad
d) P. J. Kurien
e) P. Sreedharan

6. 56th Annual Grammy Awards "Song of the Year"?
a) I Will Wait
b) I Cry
c) One More Night
d) Royals
e) Passenger

7. Name the Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)?
a) Shekar Basu
b) Dr. M. Y. S. Prasad
c) K. Radha Krishnan
d) Ranjit Biswal
e) N. Srinivasan

8. Who got the "India's Global Icon of the Year" award?
a) Amir khan
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Narendra modi
d) Rajini kanth
e) Abdul kalam

9. Which film bagged Best Film in BAFTAAwards 2014?
a) 12 Years a Slave
b) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
c) The Flick
d) The Goldfinch
e) Margaret Fuller

10. What is the official currency of Argentina?
a) Argentine Peso
b) Argentine Real
c) Argentine Pula
d) Argentine Dollar
e) Argentine Rope

11. Cricketer of the year of CEAT Awards is bagged by:
a) Shikhar Dhawan (India)
b) Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
c) Virat Kohli (India)
d) Mitchell Jonson (Australia)
e) Glenn Maxwell (Australia)

12. Who among the following was conferred Padma Vibhushan during this year?
a) Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar,
Science and Engineering
b) Shri B.K.S. Iyengar
c) Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu
d) Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Engineering, Delhi
e) Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal

13. Who is the Secretary General of SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?
a) Takehiko Nakao
b) Jose Manuel Barroso
c) Nkosazana Dilmini Zuma
d) Le luong Minh Jakartha
e) Arjun Bahadur Thapa

14. K. V. Chowdary is the Chairman of:
a) ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)
b) PAC (Public Accounts Committee)
c) CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)
d) SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
e) ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations)

15. The Budget 2014-15 extends ____ per cent withholding tax on corporate bonds until June 30, 2017:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) 7

16. The Budget 2014-15 raises limit on foreign direct investment in defence sector to ____ per cent from ____ percent:
a) 49; 25
b) 46; 26
c) 47; 25
d) 48; 26
e) 49; 26

17. World Literacy Day is observed on
a) Sep 5
b) Aug 6
c) Sep 8
d) Oct 24
e) Dec 7

18. LASIK surgery is gaining widespread popularity and acceptance by people who are not friendly with the eye-glasses. What is the full form of LASIK?
a) Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis
b) Laser-Assayed In-Situ Keratomileusis
c) Laser-Assisted Inhibited Keratomileusis
d) Laser-Assayed Inhibited Keratomileusis
e) None of these

19. "Arka Rakshak" is a famous variet y of __?
a) Tomato
b) Potato
c) Brinjal
d) Orange
e) Apple

20. Dr. Noel W. Hinners, a former Chief Scientist of NASA has recently passed away. What is the name of the space program on which he had worked extensively and given significant contributions?
a) Project Mercury
b) Project Gemini
c) Project Apollo
d) Project Soyuz
e) Project Jupiter

ANSWERS:
1) d; 2) b; 3) c; 4) c; 5) d; 6) d; 7) c; 8) b; 9) a; 10) a;
11) c; 12) b; 13) e; 14) c; 15) c; 16) e; 17) c: 18) a: 19) a: 20) c