Monday, January 26, 2015

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

1. Who was elected the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) on December 20, 2014?
1) Jyotsna Suri
2) Harshavardhan Neotia
3) Pankaj Patel
4) Nainalal Kidwai
5) None of these

2. Which country's Parliament approved a bill to abandon its non-aligned status on December 23,
2014?
1) Switzerland
2) Ukraine
3) Japan
4) Pakistan
5) North Korea

3. Who was honored with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai on December 26, 2014?
1) Dilip Kumar
2) Asha Bhonsle
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Lata Mangeshkar
5) Gulzar

4. Who was sworn in as the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand on December 28, 2014?
1) Louis Marandi
2) Neelkanth Singh Munda
3) Chandra Prakash Choudhary
4) Raghubar Das
5) C.P. Singh

5. The Eurasian Economic Union will come into force on?
1) January 1, 2015
2) April 1, 2015
3) January 1, 2016
4) April 1, 2016
5) None of these

6. Antonis Samaras called for an early election on 2015 January 25. He is the Prime Minister of?
1) Spain
2) Poland
3) Greece
4) Slovenia
5) Serbia

7. Arsia Mons is a volcano situated on the planet?
1) Saturn
2) Venus
3) Jupiter
4) Mars
5) Mercury

8. Peace Angel 2014 is a joint military exercise concluded recently between?
1) China and India
2) China and USA
3) China and Pakistan
4) China and Japan
5) China and North Korea

9. Sadbhavana Divas is celebrated on?
1) August 9
2) August 20
3) August 29
4) August 6
5) August 25

10. Chapchar Kut Festival is a spring festival celebrated in?
1) Tripura
2) Nagaland
3) Sikkim
4) Mizoram
5) Arunachal Pradesh

11. SIAM is the apex industry body associated with?
1) Automobiles
2) Software
3) Textiles
4) Shipping
5) Fertilizers

12. What is the full form of SFIO?
1) Securities Fraud Investigation Office
2) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
3) Systematic Fraud Investigation Office
4) Severe Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these

13. Which country transferred the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997?
1) USA
2) Belgium
3) UK
4) France
5) Japan

14. Which of the following institutions was set up with the aim of overall rural development in India?
1) IDBI
 2) SIDBI
3) NHB
4) DICGC
5) NABARD

15. Which of the following deals with the compilation of Index of Industrial Production?
1) National Development Council
2) Central Statistical Office
3) FICCI
4) ASSOCHAM
5) Reserve Bank of India

16. India has emerged as the second largest textile exporter in the world in 2013. Which country is in top position?
1) China
2) Italy
3) Germany
4) Bangladesh
5) USA

17. Garuda-V is a joint Air Exercise between India and?
1) Indonesia
2) France
3) Malaysia
4) Russia
5) Germany

18. FPI is a route for overseas investors to invest in an economy. The letter 'P' denotes?
1) Participatory
2) Preferred
3) Portfolio
4) Preferential
5) Priority

19. Which of the following terms is not related to Banking/Finance?
1) CRR
2) CAR
3) SLR
4) SAR
5) BPLR

20. Which of the following countries has scrapped HidroAysen project plan on environmental grounds?
1) Argentina
2) Brazil
3) Chile
4) Uruguay
5) Paraguay

21. Baker and Pascua rivers are in which of the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Mexico
3) Cuba
4) Chile
5) Canada

22. Who is the author of the book 'The Prince of Gujarat'?
1) Rajmohan Gandhi
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Amalesh Tripathi
4) Mahesh Rao
5) Sipra Das

23. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) SHG - Self Help Group
2) TARC - Trade Administration Reform Commission
3) AMC - Asset Management Company
4) EMI - Equated Monthly Installment
5) IPO - Initial Public Offering

24. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the bilateral relations between India and which of the following countries as 'B2B'?
1) Bangladesh
2) Brazil
3) Bhutan
4) Belgium
5) Belarus

25. Which of the following comes under Services sector?
1) Construction
2) Mining
3) Agriculture
4) Dairying
5) Banking

26. India is now a permanent member of Washington Accord. Membership means global recognition of Indian?
1) Agriculture degrees
2) Doctor degrees
3) Journalism degrees
4) Engineering degrees
5) None of these

27. The Washington Accord was established in?
1) 1989
2) 1997
3) 1981
4) 1995
5) 1985

28. Open Market Operations mean?
1) Issuance of bonds
2) Giving loans to banks
3) Auction of precious metals
4) Sale or purchase of government securities
5) None of these

29. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to international financial institutions and their heads?
1) World Bank - Jim Yong Kim
2) IMF - Christine Lagarde
3) ADB - Takehiko Nakao
4) OECD - Jose Angel Gurria
5) WTO - Pascal Lamy

30. Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the?
1) SBI
2) Finance Ministry
3) IBA
4) Supreme Court
5) RBI

31. Which of the following international organizations/institutions is not located in the United States of America?
1) UNDP
2) UNICEF
3) World Bank
4) IMF
5) UNESCO

32. What is the highest denomination banknote that the Reserve Bank of India can issue?
1) Rs. 1000
2) Rs. 2000
3) Rs. 5000
4) Rs. 10000
5) Rs. 20000

33. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha should be from a party whose members constitute at least what per cent of the total strength of the House?
1) 15 %
2) 5%
3) 10%
4) 7%
5) 20%

34. The Shompen are the indigenous people of?
1) Kavaratti
2) Agatti
3) Amini
4) Great Nicobar
5) Minicoy

35. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the first political party to get a majority in the General Election on its own since the Indian National Congress had done so in?
1) 1952
2) 1991
3) 2004
4) 1989
5) 1984

36. The fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit was held in 2014 in?
1) Istanbul
2) Shanghai
3) Astana
4) Antalya
5) Ankara

37. The Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is located in?
1) Beijing, China
2) Manila, Philippines
3) Almaty, Kazakhstan
4) Kyoto, Japan
5) Antalya, Turkey

38. Which of the following financial institutions is the last to be established in India?
1) IFCI
2) RBI
3) ICICI
4) SBI
5) NABARD

39. Phycology is a branch of science that studies?
1) Algae
2) Fungi
3) Virus
4) Bacteria
5) Insects

40. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Under CRR a certain percentage of the total bank deposits has to be kept with the Reserve Bank of India
2) Banks do not earn any interest on CRR
3) The current CRR is 4 percent
4) SLR is determined by the RBI
5) The present SLR is 23 percent

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

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Padma Awards 2015

  Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.  17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.

 

Padma Vibhushan


S. No.
Name of the Awardee
Discipline
State/Domicile

1.                  
Shri L. K. Advani
Public Affairs
Gujarat
2.                  
Shri Amitabh Bachchan
Art
Maharashtra
3.                  
Shri Prakash Singh Badal
Public Affairs
Punjab
4.                  
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
Social Work
Karnataka
5.                  
Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar
Art
Maharashtra
6.                  
Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya
Others
Uttar Pradesh
7.                  
Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan
Science and Engineering  
Tamil Nadu
8.                  
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal

Public Affairs
Delhi
9.       
Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)
Trade and Industry
France/UK

Padma Bhushan

1.                  
Shri Jahnu Barua

Art
Assam
2.                  
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar

Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
3.                  
Shri Swapan Dasgupta
Literature and Education
Delhi
4.                  
Swami Satyamitranand Giri
Others
Uttar Pradesh
5.                  
Shri N. Gopalaswami
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu
6.                  
Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap
Public Affairs
Delhi
7.                  
Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj   
Art
Madhya Pradesh
8.                  
Dr. Ambrish  Mithal
Medicine
Delhi
9.                  
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan
Art
Tamil Nadu
10.              
Shri Harish Salve
Public Affairs
Delhi
11.              
Dr. Ashok Seth
Medicine
Delhi
12.              
Shri Rajat Sharma
Literature and Education
Delhi
13.              
Shri Satpal
Sports
Delhi
14.              
Shri Shivakumara Swami
Others
Karnataka
15.              
Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya 
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
16.   
Prof. Manjul Bhargava
(NRI/PIO)
Science and Engineering
 USA
17.   
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva)
(Foreigner)
Others
 USA
18.   
Shri Bill Gates
(Foreigner)
Social Work
 USA
19.   
Ms. Melinda Gates
 (Foreigner)
Social Work
 USA
20.   
Shri Saichiro Misumi
(Foreigner)
Others
 Japan


Padma Shri
1.       
Dr. Manjula Anagani
Medicine
Telangana
2.                  
Shri S. Arunan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
3.                  
Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala
Art
Tamil Nadu
4.       
Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer
Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir
5.                  
Shri Naresh Bedi
Art
Delhi
6.                  
Shri Ashok Bhagat
Social Work
Jharkhand
7.                  
Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Art
Maharashtra
8.                  
Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Literature and Education 
Assam
9.                  
Dr. Gyan  Chaturvedi
Literature and Education 
Madhya Pradesh
10.              
Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla
Medicine
Chandigarh
11.              
Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala
Medicine
Delhi
12.              
Shri Bibek Debroy
Literature and Education 
Delhi
13.              
Dr. Sarungbam Bimola  Kumari Devi
Medicine
Manipur
14.              
Dr. Ashok Gulati
 Public Affairs
Delhi
15.              
Dr.  Randeep  Guleria
Medicine
Delhi
16.              
Dr. K. P. Haridas
Medicine
Kerala
17.              
Shri Rahul Jain
Art
Delhi
18.              
Shri Ravindra Jain
Art
Maharashtra
19.              
Dr. Sunil Jogi
Literature and Education
Delhi
20.              
Shri Prasoon Joshi
Art
Maharashtra
21.              
Dr. Prafulla Kar
Art
Odisha
22.              
Ms. Saba Anjum  
Sports
Chhattisgarh
23.              
Smt. Ushakiran Khan
Literature and Education 
Bihar
24.              
Dr. Rajesh Kotecha
Medicine
Rajasthan
25.              
Prof. Alka Kriplani
Medicine
Delhi
26.              
Dr. Harsh Kumar
Medicine
Delhi
27.              
Shri Narayana Purushothama Mallaya
Literature and Education
Kerala
28.              
Shri Lambert Mascarenhas
Literature and Education
Goa
29.              
Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan
Social Work
Madhya Pradesh
30.              
Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta
Social Work
Delhi
31.              
Shri Tarak Mehta
Art
Gujarat
32.              
Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih
Art
Meghalaya
33.              
Shri Chewang Norphel
Others
Jammu and Kashmir
34.              
Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
35.              
Dr.Tejas Patel
Medicine
Gujarat
36.              
Shri Jadav Molai Peyang
Others
Assam
37.              
Smt. Bimla Poddar
Other
Uttar Pradesh
38.              
Dr. N. Prabhakar
Science and Engineering
Delhi
39.              
Dr. Prahalada
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
40.              
Dr. Narendra Prasad
Medicine
Bihar
41.              
Shri Ram Bahadur Rai
Literature and Education
Delhi
42.              
Ms. Mithali Raj
Sports
Telangana
43.              
Shri P. V.  Rajaraman
Civil Service 
Tamil Nadu
44.              
Prof.  J. S. Rajput
Literature and Education 
Uttar Pradesh
45.              
Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao
Art
Andhra Pradesh
46.              
Prof. Bimal Roy
Literature and Education
West Bengal
47.              
Shri Shekhar Sen
Art
Maharashtra
48.              
Shri Gunvant Shah
Literature and Education 
Gujarat
49.              
Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji)
Literature and Education 
Delhi
50.              
Shri Manu Sharma
Literature and Education 
Uttar Pradesh
51.              
Prof. Yog Raj Sharma
Medicine 
Delhi
52.              
Shri Vasant Shastri
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
53.              
Shri S. K. Shivkumar
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
54.              
Ms. P. V. Sindhu
Sports
Telangana
55.              
Shri Sardara Singh
Sports
Haryana
56.              
Ms. Arunima Sinha
Sports   
Uttar Pradesh
57.              
Shri Mahesh Raj Soni
Art
Rajasthan
58.              
Dr.Nikhil Tandon
Medicine
Delhi
59.              
Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
60.              
Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi
Medicine
Gujarat
61.   
Shri Huang Baosheng
(Foreigner)
Others
China
62.   
Prof. Jacques Blamont
(Foreigner)
Science and Engineering
France
63.   
Late Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin
(Posthumous)
Others
Maharashtra
64.   
Shri Jean-Claude Carriere
(Foreigner)
Literature and Education
France
65.   
Dr. Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty
(NRI/PIO)
Trade and Industry
USA
66.   
Shri George L. Hart
(Foreigner)
Others
USA
67.   
Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (NRI/PIO)
Others
Portugal
68.   
Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta (Posthumous)
Social Work
Rajasthan
69.   
Ms. Tripti Mukherjee
(NRI/PIO)
Art
USA
70.   
Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori
(NRI/PIO)
Medicine
USA
71.   
Dr. Raghu Rama Pillarisetti
(NRI/PIO)
Medicine
USA
72.   
Dr. Saumitra Rawat
(NRI/PIO)
Medicine
UK
73.   
Prof. Annette Schmiedchen
(Foreigner)
Literature and Education
Germany
74.   
Late Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Posthumous)
Art
Delhi
75.   
Late Shri R. Vasudevan
(Posthumous)
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu