UDAY—Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a new scheme moved by the Ministry of Power – Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna or UDAY—for the financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies (DISCOMs), as also to ensure a sustainable permanent solution to the problem. The weakest link in the power value chain is distribution, wherein DISCOMs have, as on 31 March 2015, accumulated losses of approximately Rs.3.8 lakh crore and outstanding debt of approximately Rs.4.3 lakh crore. Financially stressed DISCOMs are finding it difficult to supply adequate power at affordable rates, which is hampering quality of life and overall economic growth and development.

UDAY looks to assure the rise of vibrant and efficient DISCOMs through a permanent resolution of past as well as potential future issues of the sector. It will empower DISCOMs with the opportunity to break even in the next 2-3 years through four initiatives (i) Improving operational efficiencies of DISCOMs; (ii) Reduction of cost of power; (iii) Reduction in interest cost of DISCOMs; (iv) Enforcing financial discipline on DISCOMs through alignment with State finances. UDAY is a good example of the utilization of the best principles of cooperative and competitive federalism. Adopting UDAY is optional for States, but provides the fastest, most efficient and financially most feasible way for providing 24X7 Power for All. It will be operationalised through a tripartite agreement amongst the Ministry of Power, State Government and the DISCOM.

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme

The Union government has launched the Gold Bond Scheme applications for which were accepted between 5-20 November 2015. The bonds were issued by the Reserve Bank of India, on behalf of the Union government.

The bonds were sold to Indian entities only, including residents, trusts, universities and charitable institutions. The minimum permissible bond was worth 2 grams of gold, and the maximum 500 grams. The Reserve Bank fixed the public issue price at ₹2,684 per gram for the sovereign gold bonds. The Sovereign Gold Bonds offer an interest rate of 2.75%. The interest will be payable semi-annually on the initial value of investment.

The tenor of the bond will be for a period of eight years, with exit option from fifth year, to be exercised on the interest payment dates. The price of the bond will be fixed in rupee terms, on the basis of the previous week’s (Monday – Friday) simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity, published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. The same procedure would be followed for calculating the redemption price for the bonds. The interest earned on gold bonds would be taxable, and capital gains tax shall be levied as in case of physical gold.

The bonds are tradable on exchanges and will be eligible for Statutory Liquidity Ratio. Know your customer (KYC) norms will be the same as that for purchase of physical gold.

NABARD Recruitment of Officers in Grade ‘A’ and Grade ‘B’ Exam 2015 General Knowledge Solved Paper

1. How many countries are the members of WTO as of June 2014? 
(A) 160 (B) 156 (C) 153 (D) 145 (E) 172 (Ans : A)

2. What is the maximum amount that can be invested under the recently launched Kisan Vikas Patra? 
(A) Rs. 1,50,000 (B) Rs. 1,00,000 (C) Rs. 5,00,000 (D) No ceiling (E) Rs. 25,000 (Ans : D)

3. The world's biggest airport for international traffic as per 2014 data is 
(A) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (B) Chicago International Airport (C) London's Heathrow Airport 
(D) Dubai International Airport (E) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Ans : D)

4. Who has been named as the winner of the 2014 Sahitya Academi Award for Sanskrit? 
(A) Harekrishna Satapathy (B) Ramji Thakur (C) Mithila Prasad Tripathi 
(D) Prabhu. Nath Dviwedi (E) Om Prakash Pande (Ans : D)

5. What is the full form of CAFRAL in financial world? 
(A) Council for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (B) Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning 
(C) Other than those given as options (D) Council for Advanced Financial Reporting and Learning 
(E) Centre for Advanced Financial Research to Logistics (Ans : B)

6. Report for 14th Finance Commission was submitted on 15. 12. 2014. Who was the Chairman of this Commission? 
(A) Dr. Nachiket Mor (B) Dr. C. Rangarajan (C) Dr. YV Reddy 
(D) Dr. D. Subbarao (E) Smt. Usha Thorat (Ans : C)

7. In April 2014, the Government of India signed an agreement for implementing four Hydroelectric power projects on a joint venture with which neighbour country? 
(A) Myanmar (B) Bangladesh (C) Bhutan (D) Sri Lanka (E) Nepal (Ans : C)

8. The amount invested in Kisan Vikas Patra would get doubled in. 
(A) 6 years and 3 months (B) 7 years and 6 months (C) 5 years and 6 months 
(D) 8 years and 4 months (E) 7 years and 3 months (Ans : D)

9. Union Government announced on December 24, 2014 to confer the Bharat Ratna on which two personalities? 
(A) P. V Narasimha Rao and Deen Dayal Upadhayay (B) Madan Mohan Malviya and Deen Dayal Upadhayay 
(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya (D) C. N. R. Rao and P. V Narasimha Rao 
(E) Deen Dayal Upadhayay and Subhash Chandra Bose (Ans : C)

10. Who amongst the following has been recently appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Limited? 
(A) Deepak Parekh (B) YH. Malegam (C) B. Venkataramani 
(D) Prakash Parthasarathy (E) S. B. Mathur (Ans : C)

11. Recently a new board of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has been appointed. Who amongst the following is the new Chairman? 
(A) Anupam Kher (B) Sharmila Tagore (C) Pahlaj Nahlani 
(D) Asha Parekh (E) Jaya Bachchan (Ans : C)

12. Which of the following is the regulator of the credit rating agencies in India? 
(A) FMC (B) SBI (C) SIDBI (D) SEBI (E) IRDA (Ans : D)

13. VAT stands for– 
(A) Virtual Action Tasks (B) Virtual Assessment Technique (C) Value And Tax 
(D) Other than those given as options (E) Value Added Tax (Ans : E)

14. The Government has decided to start printing of one-rupee currency notes for this year. Printing of these notes was discontinued in which year– 
(A) 2008 (B) 2005 (C) 2001 (D) 1995 (E) 1994 (Ans : E)

15. Which is the second-largest import for India after petroleum ? 
(A) Iron and Steel (B) Electronic Goods (C) Gold (D) Coal (E) Engineering Goods (Ans : C)

16. As per the data published by World Steel Association (WSA) for the period January-September 2014, which of the following country has been ranked as top steel-producing company in the world? 
(A) China (B) South Korea (C) USA (D) India (E) Japan (Ans : A)

17. What is the minimum amount that can be granted as overdraft under the PMJDY? 
(A) Rs. 10,000 (B) 25,000 (C) Rs. 50,000 (D) 1,00,000 (E) Rs. 5,000 (Ans : E)

18. Recently which of the schemes of Union Government has entered into Guinness World Records ? 
(A) Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna (B) Other than those given as options (C) Indira Awas Yojna 
(D) MGNREGA (E) Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Ans : A)

19. Which of the following stock exchange was derecognised by SEBI in November 2014 on the allegation of serious irregulatiries in its function? 
(A) Calcutta Stock Exchange (B) Delhi Stock Exchange (C) Madras Stock Exchange Ltd. 
(D) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ltd. (E) Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange Ltd. (Ans : B)

20. Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as brand ambassador of health sector by which State Government ? 
(A) Maharashtra (B) Punjab (C) Haryana (D) Andhra Pradesh (E) Gujarat (Ans : D)

21. As per RBI guidelines, banks can allow minors above………. years to independently open savings bank accounts in India? 
(A) 16 (B) 10 (C) 14 (D) 12 (E) 8 (Ans : B)

22. To increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by the girl child in society, which of the following day is observed as 'National Girl Child Day'? 
(A) 8th March (B) Other than those given as options (C) 21st January 
(D) 24th January (E) 14th November (Ans : D)

23. During the period' 2013-14 the highest FDI in India came from which of the, following countries? 
(A) Singapore (B) Netherlands (C) Abu Dabhi (D) UK (E) Mauritius (Ans : A)

24. What is the slogan of 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna'? 
(A) Mera Khata Desh Pehchan (B) Mera Khata Anna Daata (C) Mera Khata Unnati Ki Pehchan 
(D) Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata (E) Ek Khata Sabkeliye (Ans : D)

25. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suit with his name embroidered in gold pinstripes was out on auction recently at which of the following cities? 
(A) Varanasi (B) New Delhi (C) Surat (D) Mumbai (E) Ahmedabad (Ans : C)

26. The Charlie Hebdo, a weekly magazine, is published in which of the following countries ? 
(A) Sweden (B) Germany (C) France (D) Switzerland (E) Greece (Ans : C)

27. The stock market index of London stock exchange is referred to as– 
(A) NIKKEI225 (B) DOWJONES (C) S&P TSX (D) FTSE 100 (E) SENSEX (Ans : D)

28. As per the Income Tax law, who among the following is categorised as 'very senior citizen'? 
(A) Individuals above the age of 85 (B) Individuals above the age of 62 
(C) Individuals above the age of 80 (D) Individuals above the age of 60 
(E) Individuals above the age of 75 (Ans : C)

29. As per the recent press reports which among the following banks of India appear in the top 50 Global Banks in terms of market capitalisation? 
(A) HDFC Bank and SBI (B) ICICI and HDFC bank (C) Bank of Baroda and SBI 
(D) Axis Bank and SBI (E) ICICI and SBI (Ans : A)

30. The first Indian cricketer to score century against Pakistan in World Cup is– 
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Virat Kohli (C) M. S. Dhoni (D) Sachin Tendulkar (E) Yuvraj Singh (Ans : B)

31. What is the new name of Planning Commission ? 
(A) National Development Agency (B) National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog 
(C) Bharat Pragati Lakshya (BPL) Aayog (D) Naya Yojna Ayog 
(E) Social Economic Development Committee (Ans : B)

32. In Dubai International Film Festival 2014, who among the following artists was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award? 
(A) Manoj Kumar (B) Asha Bhonsle (C) Lata Mangeshkar (D) Amitabh Bachchan (E) Dilip Kumar (Ans : B)

33. Which of the following banks will have the highest share of capital infusion out of Rs. 6,990 crore announced by the Government recently? 
(A) Punjab National Bank (B) Canara Bank (C) State Bank of India (D) Bank of Baroda (E) ICICI (Ans : C)

34. Which of the following institutions has introduced Rupay debit card? 
(A) VISA (B) NPCI (C) DISCOVER (D) RBI (E) MASTER (Ans : B)

35. A credit card user has to be conversant with 'MITC' of the issuer. What is the full form of this term? 
(A) Most indicated terms and clauses (B) Other than those given as options 
(C) Most important terms and conditions (D) Most indicated terms and conditions 
(E) Most important terms and clauses (Ans : C)

36. Who was R.K. Laxman, who passed away recently? 
(A) A fiction writer (B) A music director (C) A film director (D) A cartoonist (E) An actor (Ans : D)

37. Jim Corbett National Park is situated in which State? 
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Assam (E) Meghalaya (Ans : A)

38. Which of the following micro finance companies has been given a licence by RBI to start a bank? 
(A) Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (B) Grameen Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. 
(C) SKS Microfmance Ltd. (D) Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. 
(E) Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (Ans : A)

39. Recommendations of 7th Pay Commission are likely to be implemented from– 
(A) 1st December 2015 (B) 1st June 2015 (C) 1st April 2015 
(D) 1st January 2016 (E) 15th November 2015 (Ans : D)

40. How many teams are playing in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015? 
(A) 16 (B) 15 (C) Other than those given as options (D) 12 (E) 13 (Ans : C)

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. The headquarters of the "United Nations Environment Programme" (UNEP) are situated in– 
(A) New York City, USA (B) Washington DC, USA (C) Geneva, Switzerland 
(D) Nairobi, Kenya (E) Vienna, Australia (Ans : D)

2. The 2016 European Football Championship Euro 2016" is scheduled to take place from June 10 to July 2016 in– 
(A) Italy (B) Scotland (C) France (D) Denmark (E) Germany (Ans : C)

3. The book 'Letters from a Nation from Jawaharlal Nehru to his Chief Ministers 1947-1963' edited by Madhav Khosla has recently been published by– 
(A) Pavilion Books (B) Pathfinder Press (C) Penguin Books (D) Prentice Hall (E) Pan McMillan (Ans : C)

4. Cibil Transunion score ranges from……… to. 
(A) 100, 300 (B) 300, 500 (C) 300, 900 (D) 250, 750 (E) 100, 900 (Ans : C)

5. The first man to be appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Asian for UN Women's newly launched- 'He For She' initiative is– 
(A) Aamir Khan (B) Sourav Ganguly (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Farhan Akhtar (E) Virat Kohli (Ans : D)

6. Which of the following institutes has introduced RuPay Debit Card? 
(A) DISCOVER (B) VISA (C) MASTER (D) RBI (E) NPCI (Ans : E)

7. The National Capital of Republic of Iraq is– 
(A) Medina (B) Al Bahah (C) Baghdad (D) Jeddah (E) Tehran (Ans : C)

8. As per the press report what is the deadline for exchange of pre 2005 notes? 
(A) 15-12-2014 (B) 30-11-2014 (C) 01-01-2015 (D) 31-03-2015 (E) 30-12-2014 (Ans : C)

9. With a view to scaling up bilateral Research and innovation relationship ‘A Newton Bhabha Fund has recently been established by India and– 
(A) United States of America (B) United Kingdom (UK) (C) France (D) Scotland (E) Ireland (Ans : B)

10. The Constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is situated at– 
(A) NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh (B) Hyderabad, Telangana (C) Pune, Maharashtra 
(D) Hissar, Haryana (E) Ludhiana, Punjab (Ans : C)

11. The Currency of the 'Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' (KSA) is– 
(A) Saudi Rupee (SAR) (B) Saudi Real (SAR) (C) Saudi Rupiah (SAR) 
(D) Saudi Rubir (SAR) (E) Saudi Riyal (SAR) (Ans : E)

12. In Banking, IFSC code stands for– 
(A) International Forex System Code (B) Other than those given as options 
(C) Indian Function System Code (D) Indian Financial System Code 
(E) International Format System Code (Ans : D)

13. 'Veenapani Chawla' who died recently at the age of 67 was an acclaimed– 
(A) Classical Dancer (B) Theatre Personality (C) Hindi Poet and Lyricist 
(D) Scientist (E) Sportsperson (Ans : B)

14. The 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was recently held at– 
(A) New Delhi (B) Bengaluru (C) Goa (D) Pune (E) Lucknow (Ans : C)

15. Which of the following Authorities issues IEC code to enable an entity to undertake export/import business in our country? 
(A) Finance Ministry (B) DGFT (C) RBI (D) SEBI (E) No such code is necessary hence anyone can undertake import/ export business (Ans : B)

16. Which of the following is the main objective of the Govt. in introducing the Jan Dhan Yojana? 
(A) To provide minimum one account for every household (B) To ensure that banks in India gets more deposits 
(C) Other than those given as options (D) To increase the number of savings bank accounts in public sector banks 
(E) To increase the vote bank (Ans : A)

17. The 'World Aids Day' is observed across the world every year on– 
(A) 1st April (B) 8th June (C) 8th August (D) 1st December (E) 9th December (Ans : D)

18. Which of the following issue Commercial Paper? 
(A) Other than those given as options (B) High net worth individuals (C) Banks (D) RBI (E) Corporates (Ans : E)

19. Dronacharya Award is an Award presented by the Government of India for Excellence in– 
(A) Primary Education (B) Adult Literacy (C) Sports Coaching (D) Educational Research (E) College Education (Ans : C)

20. As per a resolution of the United Nations the World observes November 19 every year as the– 
(A) World Radio Day (B) World Health Day (C) World Water Day (D) World Toilet Day (E) World Happiness Day (Ans : D)

21. The winner of the men's Kabaddi Gold in the 17th Asian Games is– 
(A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Japan (D) Iran (E) South Korea (Ans : A)

22. In spite of the differences with the States, policy-makers believe that 'GST' can be in force by its deadline of April 1, 2016. The abbreviation 'GST stands for– 
(A) General Sales Tax (B) Goods and Service Tax (C) Global Sales Tax 
(D) Government Sales Tax (E) General Service Tax (Ans : B)

23. The 'Magnetic Hills' or the so-called 'Gravity Hills' are located near– 
(A) Leh in Ladakh (B) Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh (C) Gangtok in Sikkim 
(D) Panaji in Goa (E) Kannur in Kerala (Ans : A)

24. Which of the following Indian states has become the first state in the country where voting in local body polls has been made mandatory? 
(A) Haryana (B) Maharashtra (C) Gujarat (D) Telangana (E) Tamil Nadu (Ans : C)

25. PSLV is an expandable launch system developed and operated by ISRO to launch its 'IRS' satellites. The abbreviation 'IRS' stands for– 
(A) Indian Remote Shadow (B) Indian Research Science (C) Indian Remote Surveillance 
(D) Indian Remote Sensing (E) Indian Remote Supervision (Ans : D)

26. What is the lock-in-period for a tax-saver fixed deposit in a bank ? 
(A) 2 and half years (B) 3 years (C) 2 years (D) 5 years (E) There is no lock-in-period (Ans : D)

27. Which of the following former Indian cricket captains is associated with the upliftment of poor and destitute communicates through the Khushi Society? 
(A) Rahul Dravid (B) Sunil Gavaskar (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Sourav Ganguly (E) Kapil Dev (Ans : E)

28. The STAR Sports Vijay Trophy is associated with the game of– 
(A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Golf (D) Tennis (E) Basketball (Ans : B)

29. China's 14-year old 'Yan Bangtao' recently became the youngest player to win a World Title. 'Yan Bangtao' is associated with the game of– 
(A) Chess (B) Boxing (C) Archery (D) Snooker (E) Lawn Tennis (Ans : D)

30. Held every year in the month of December the 'Hornbill Festival' is the premier festival of the Indian State of– 
(A) Sikkim (B) Meghalaya (C) Goa (D) Tripura (E) Nagaland (Ans : E)

31. In Bank group-wise classification, IDBI Bank Ltd. has been included in which among the following? 
(A) Private sector banks (B) Foreign banks (C) Investment banks 
(D) Other than those given as options (E) Public sector banks (Ans : E)

32. The 2014 Sweriges Raksbank Prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to– 
(A) Jean Tirole of France (B) Hiroshi Amano of Japan (C) Isamu Alaski of Japan 
(D) Patrick Moniamo of France (E) Norwegian May-Bratt and Edward Moser (Ans : A)

33. 'What is the percentage of share holding of the concerned State Govt. in Regional Rural Bank ? 
(A) 100% (B) 15% (C) 50% (D) 35% (E) 75% (Ans : B)

34. In Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) what is the extent of liability of a partner? 
(A) Liability of Partners is jointly and several (B) Other than those given as options 
(C) Each partner is fully liable (D) Limited to the extent of his share holding 
(E) Each partner is liable not only to the extent of his share but also to the share of other partners in case of any shortfall (Ans : D)

35. The 2014 Urban Mobility India (UMI) conference was recently held in– 
(A) Bengaluru (B) Navi Mumbai (C) Ahmedabad (D) New Delhi (E) Chandigarh (Ans : D)

36. Many times we read about SEZ in Newspapers/Magazines. What is the full form of SEZ ? 
(A) Socio Economic Zone (B) Special Economic Zone (C) Small Economic Zone 
(D) Special Enforcement Zone (E) Service and Economic Zone (Ans : B)

37. What is the capital of Iraq? 
(A) Baghdad (B) Turkey (C) Istanbul (D) Kirkuk (E) Zakho (Ans : A)

38. What is the full form of PDA? 
(A) Personal Digital Assistant (B) Personal Digital Assist (C) Professional Digital Assist 
(D) Professional Digital Association (E) Personal Digital Assessment (Ans : A)

39. Gilt-edged market means– 
(A) bullion market (B) market of government securities (C) market of guns 
(D) market of pure metals (E) market of finance (Ans : B)

40. 'Cinepolis' which has a presence of 110 screens in India is reported to have acquired the chain fun cinemas of the essel group (93 screens). 'Cinepolis' is a– 
(A) Chinese Multiplex Chain (B) Indian Multiplex Chain (C) Russian Multiplex Chain 
(D) French Multiplex Chain (E) Mexican Multiplex Chain (Ans : E) 

List of Indian Banks & Private Banks and their Heads

Central Bank
RBI (Governor) – Raghuram Rajan 
RBI (Dy. Governor) – H. R. Khan, Urjit R. Patel, R. Gandhi & S.S. Mundra 

Nationalized Banks 
Allahabad Bank  (Chairman and MD) – Rakesh Sethi 
Andhra Bank (MD and CEO) – Suresh N. Patel 
Bank of Baroda (MD and CEO) – P.S. Jayakumar 
Bank of India (MD and CEO) – Melwyn Rego 
Bank of Maharashtra (Chairman and MD) – Sushil Muhnot 
Bhartiya Mahila Bank (Chairman and MD) – 
Canara Bank (MD and CEO) – Rakesh Sharma 
Central Bank of India (Chairman and MD) – Rajiv Rishi 
Corporation Bank (Chairman and MD) – S.R. Bansal 
Dena Bank (Chairman and MD) – Ashwani Kumar 
IDBI (MD and CEO) – K.P. Kharat 
Indian Bank (Chairman and MD) – M.K. Jain 
Indian Overseas Bank (MD and CEO) –  R. Koteeswaran 
Oriental Bank of Commerce (MD and CEO) –  Animesh Chauhan 
Punjab National Bank (MD and CEO) –   Usha Ananthasubramanian 
Punjab and Sind Bank (Chairman and MD) – J.B. Singh 
Syndicate Bank (MD and CEO) –  Arun Srivastava 
UCO Bank (Chairman and MD) –   Ravi Kishan Takkar 
Union Bank of India (Chairman and MD) – Aurn Tiwari 
United Bank of India (MD and CEO) –   P. Srinivas 
Vijaya Bank (MD and CEO) –  Kishore Kumar Sansi 

State Bank Group 
State Bank of India (Chairman) – Arundhati Bhattacharya 
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (MD) – Jyoti Ghosh 
State Bank of Hyderabad (MD) – Santanu Mukherjee 
State Bank of Mysore (MD) – Sharad Sharma 
State Bank of Patiala (MD) – S.A. Ramesh Rangan 
State Bank of Travancore (MD) – Jeevan Das Narayan 

Private Bank 
Axis Bank (MD and CEO) – Shikha Sharma 
Catholic Syrian Bank (MD and CEO) – Anand Krishnamurthy 
City Union Bank (MD and CEO) – N. Kamakodi 
Development Credit Bank (MD and CEO) – Murali M. Natrajan 
Dhanalakshmi Bank (MD and CEO) – P.G. Jayakumar 
Federal Bank (MD and CEO) – Shyam Shrinivasan 
HDFC Bank (MD) – Aditya Puri 
ICICI Bank (MD and CEO) – Chanda D. Kochhar 
Indusind Bank (MD) – Romesh Sobti 
J and K Bank (Chairman and CEO) Mushtaq Ahmad 
Karnataka Bank (MD and CEO) – P. Jayarama Bhat 
Karur Vyasa Bank (MD and CEO) – K. Venkataraman 
Kotak Mahindra Bank (MD) – Uday S. Kotak 
Lakshmi Vilas Bank (MD and CEO) – 
Nainital Bank (Chairman and CEO) – S.K. Gupta 
Ratnakar Bank (MD and CEO) – Vishwavir Ahuja 
South Indian Bank (MD and CEO) – V.G. Mathew 
Tamil Nad Mercantile Bank (MD and CEO) – K.B. Nagendra Murthy 
Yes Bank (MD and CEO) – Rana Kapoor

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR IBPS EXAMS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Who has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the board of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on 10 November 2015?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Janet Yellen
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Arundhathi Bhattacharya
5) Arun Jaitely

2. Where is the headquarters of Bank for International Settlements (BIS)?
1) Frankfurt (Germany)
2) Washington DC (USA)
3) Basel (Switzerland)
4) Paris (France)
5) Tokyo (Japan)

3. Which bank agreed to provide $ 273 million loan for the improving rural roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal on 9 November 2015?
1) IMF
2) World Bank
3) Asian Development Bank
4) NDB
5)AIIB

4. Which bank announced partnership deal with a leading UAE-based bank Emirates NBD, to help NRI customers in the gulf carry out their remittances instantly and more conveniently on 12 November 2015?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) SBI
4) Axis Bank
5) Bandan Bank

5. List of Foreign banks and the country of incorporation given. Select the wrong combination.
1) Citi Bank - USA
2) BNP Paribas - Germany
3) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation-Japan
4) DBS Bank Ltd - Singapore
5) Credit Suisse A.G - Switzerland

6. On 30 October 2015, the World Bank has maintained its growth forecast for India in 2015-16 at ......
1) 7.8 percent
2) 7.9 percent
3) 8.1 percent
4) 10.1 percent
5) 7.5 percent

7. RBI on 27 October 2015 permitted the companies to sell rupee-denominated bonds in overseas markets. Indian rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets also called as ........
1) Convertible Debenture Bonds
2) Convertible Desi Bonds
3) Masala Bonds
4) Amortized Principle Bonds
5) Zero Bonds

8. In a move to boost dollar inflows into the country, RBI allowed non-resident Indians
(NRIs) can opt to invest in the NPS on 30 October 2015. NPS stands for ......
1) Non Pension System
2) NDA Pension System
3) Narrow Pension System
4) National Pension System
5) Notional Pension System

9. PFRDA stands for .......
1) Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
2) Pension Fund Regulatory and Dearness Allowance Authority
3) Provident Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
4) Pension Fund Rules and Development Authority
5) Persons Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

10. Present Chairman of PFRDA....
1) Hemant G Contractor
2) U.K.Sinha
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) R.S.Sharma
5) T.S.Vijayan

11. RBI on 13 Nov 2015 extended the deadline for applicants of the Bharat Bill Payment System Operating Units (BBPOUs) till ........
1) 31 Dec
2) 1 Dec
3) 18 Dec
4) 30 Nov
5) 25 Dec

12. On all services, the Swachh Bharat Cess at the rate of 0.5% come in to effect from....
1) 15 Jan 2016
2) 31 Dec 2015
3) 1 Apr 2016
4) 1 Mar 2016
5) 15 Nov 2015

13. Bancassurance means ....
1) bank deposit scheme for the employees of insurance companies.
2) bank and an insurance company form a partnership so that the insurance company can sell its products to the bank's client base.
3) Deposits of Banks with RBI, insured by DICGC.
4) An insurance scheme to insure bank deposits, so that if the bank closes then the insurance company pay the compensation to the customer.
5) LIC scheme for BPL families alone.

14. In context of business and banking, what is CRAR?
1) Capital to Risk And Range
2) Credit Rate And Ratio
3) Capital to average Rate Assets and Risk
4) Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio
5) None of above

15. First female President of Nepal is ......
1) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
2) Onsari Gharti Magar
3) Hina Rabbani Khar
4) Draupadi Murmu
5) Mridula Sinha

16. 'm power' the app launched by whom, a new mobile application for its troops on 7 Nov 2015?
1) BSF
2) CRPF
3) CISF
4) Assam Rifles
5) RAF

17. The Director Generals of the different organizations given. Locate the wrong option.
1) Assam Rifles - H J S Sachdev
2) BSF(Boarder Security Force) - D K Pathak
3) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - Surender Singh
4) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Prakash Mishra
5) None of above

18. INDRA is the joint military exercise of India and .......
1) France
2) USA
3) Japan
4) Russia
5) China

19. On 10 November 2015, the Indian Coast Guard's largest offshore patrol vessel has been inducted into Indian Navy. It is....
1) Vikranth
2) Sukanya
3) Samyuktha
4) Padma
5) Samarth

20. Which Indian Communication satellite launched successfully on 11 November 2015 by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle?
1) GSAT-12
2) GSAT-14
3) GSAT-15
4) GSAT-13
5) GSAT-17

21. Which of the following Social Media has came forward to help BSNL to setup 100 WiFi hotspots in Rural India?
1) My app
2) Google+
3) Facebook
4) Twitter
5) Google

22. World Science Day for peace and Development observed on ......
1) 28 Feb
2) 18 Sep
3) 10 Nov
4) 10 Dec
5) 18 Nov

23. World Diabetes Day observed on ....
1) 14 September
2) 14 October
3) 14 November
4) 14 December
5) 14 January

24. National Education day observes on 11 November to commemorate the birth anniversary of ......
1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3) Madan Mohan Malaviya
4) Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
5) Mahatma Gandhi

25. Terrorists attacked Bataclan music hall on 14 November 2015 killing many persons. Where is the Bataclan concert hall?
1) UK
2) Italy
3) Austria
4) Israel
5) France

26. Who is the President of France?
1) Malcolm Turnbull
2) Angela Merkel
3) Francois Hollande
4) Matteo Renzi
5) Justin Trudeau

27. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) increased the MSP of Rabi crops of 2015-16 season to be marketed in 2016-17 ranging from 5% to 15% compare to previous year prices. MSP stands for ....
1) Maximum Support Price
2) Minimum Square Price
3) Minimum Support Price
4) Most Support Price
5) Mark Support Price

28. CACP recommends the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) to incentivize the cultivators to adopt modern technology, and raise productivity overall. CACP stands for .....
1) Calculation for Agricultural Costs & Prices
2) Commission for Agricultural Crops & Prices
3) Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices
4) Committee for Agricultural Costs & Prices
5) Code for Agricultural Costs & Prices

29. Who is acting as the Chairman of CACP (holding additional charge)?
1) M.S. Swaminathan
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Dr. Ashok Vishandass
4) Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya
5) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

30. Who headed the Committee of Eminent Persons (CEP) suggested the major changes in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) on 8 November 2015?
1) U.R. Rao
2) Ved Prakash
3) Ashok Misra
4) Abid Hussian
5) Rajiv Prakash

31. SIT (Special Investigation Team) on Black Money team submitted its third report to the Union government recently. Who is heading the SIT?
1) Justice H.L.Dattu
2) Justice G.Rohini
3) Justice Cyriac Joseph
4) Justice M.B. Shah
5) Justice A.P. Shah

32. The Bankruptcy Law Reform committee submitted its report to Union Ministry of Finance on 4th November 2015. Who is heading this committee?
1) Vijay C Kelkar
2) M.B. Sha
3) Arvind Pangariya
4) Urjhith Patel
5) T. K. Viswanathan

33. Who is the chairman of the committee, which formed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to frame the new Education Policy?
1) Ved Prakash
2) Shailaja Chandra
3) T S R Subramanian
4) Sewaram Sharma
5) Sudhir Mankad

34. National Green Tribunal asked which north eastern state to clear its stand on declaration of eco sensitive zone on 4th November, 2015?
1) Manipur
2) Meghalaya
3) Tripura
4) Assam
5) Arunachal Pradesh

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

IBPS Recruitment of Specialist Officers 2016 (CRP SPL-V)

The online examination for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’ cadre posts in the Participating Organisations listed below is tentatively scheduled in January 2016.
Post Details:
1. I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
Qualification: 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation.
2. Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)
Qualification: 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Agri. Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro Forestry.
3. Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)
Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.
4. Law Officer (Scale-I)
Qualification: A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
5. HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale-I)
Qualification: Graduate and Full time Post Graduate degree or Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labour Law.
6. Marketing Officer (Scale-I)
Qualification: Graduate and Full time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/ Full time 2 years PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing.
Age (As on 01.11.2015): Minimum- 20 years; Maximum- 30 years.
How to Apply: Candidates can apply online only from 23.11.2015 to 10.12.2015.
Online Registration: 23.11.2015 to 10.12.2015.
Online Examination (Tentative dates): 30.01.2016 & 31.01.2016.

For Notification Click Here

Andhra Bank Recruitment of 200 Probationary Officer Posts

Andhra Bank, Hyderabad has published notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade/ Scale-I Posts. 
Post Details:
Probationary Officer (Junior Management Grade/ Scale-I): 200 Posts
Age Limit: Minimum 20 years; maximum 28 years as on 01.09.2015. 
Qualification: Graduation in any discipline.
Selection Process: Based on Online Test, Group Discussion & Personal Interview.
How to Apply: Candidates can apply online through website.
Last Date for online registration: 01.12.2015.
Date of Examination: 27.12.2015.

For Notification Click Here

GENERAL AWARENESS STUDY MATERIAL FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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