Archive for November 2013
Current affairs and banking awareness for IBPS CWE III 2013
1.
Former Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai was appointed as the Chairman of
which of the following stock exchanges on November 1, 2013?
1) MCX-SX
2) NSE
3) BSE
4) USE
5) CSE
2. Reshma died in Lahore on November 3, 2013. She was a legendary Pakistani?
1) Politician
2) Author
3) Painter
4) Singer
5) Social worker
3. Fed Cup is the team competition in women’s tennis. Which country won the 2013 Fed Cup in November 2013?
1) Italy
2) Russia
3) Australia
4) Serbia
5) Czech Republic
4. Gujarat Chief Minister Naren- dra Modi laid the foundation for the world’s tallest memorial of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31, 2013. It is called?
1) Statue of Integrity
2) Statue of Honesty
3) Statue of Unity
4) Statue of Equality
5) Statue of Prosperity
5. Who became the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the world squash championships in Manchester on October 31, 2013?
1) Harinder Pal Sandhu
2) Saurav Ghosal
3) Mahesh Mangaonkar
4) Ravi Dixit
5) Ramit Tandon
6. Indian men’s team qualified for the 2014 Hockey World Cup. The 2014 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held from May 31 to June 15 in?
1) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
2) Sydney (Australia)
3) Buenos Aires (Argentina)
4) The Hague (Netherlands)
5) Barcelona (Spain)
7. What is India’s rank in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report for 2014?
1) 134
2) 189
3) 147
4) 139
5) 145
8. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank Rate – 8.75%
2) Repo Rate – 7.75%
3) Reverse Repo Rate – 6.5%
4) CRR – 4%
5) SLR – 23%
9. Which of the following agencies has requested for granting its Director ex-officio powers of Secretary, Government of India?
1) RAW
2) IB
3) CBI
4) CRPF
5) BSF
10. Who will take on the current world champion Viswanathan Anand in the world chess championship to be held from 9 to 28 November 2013 in Chennai?
1) Boris Gelfand (Israel)
2) Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
3) Garry Kasparov (Russia)
4) Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
5) None of these
11. Which is the first state to introduce e-GPF or electronic-GPF?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Punjab
4) West Bengal
5) Arunachal Pradesh
12. Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSL RC) headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna recommended constitution of a unified financial sector regulator. The commission recommended the unification of which of the following under a single regulator?
1) SEBI, FMC and NABARD
2) SEBI, FMC and PFRDA
3) SEBI, FMC and TRAI
4) SEBI, PFRDA and TRAI
5) SEBI, PFRDA, IRDA &FMC
13. Videocon Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have reported a huge natural gas discovery in?
1) Mongolia
2) Mozambique
3) Kazakhstan
4) Libya
5) None of these
14. Which Indian businessman was regarded as takeover king as he acquired many firms?
1) Nusli Wadia
2) Dhirubhai Ambani
3) JRD Tata
4) R.P. Goenka
5) None of these
15. Which state hosted the 27th North-East Games in April 2013?
1) Manipur
2) Assam
3) Mizoram
4) Nagaland
5) Arunachal Pradesh
16. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) was recently granted?
1) Maharatna status
2) Navaratna status
3) Miniratna Category-1 status
4) Miniratna Category-2 status
5) None of these
17. ‘Not for Turning’ written by Robin Harris is the biography of?
1) Winston Churchill
2) Tony Blair
3) David Cameron
4) Margaret Thatcher
5) Gordon Brown
18. Indian American economist Raj Chetty won the prestigious John Bates Clark medal 2013, often referred to as the ?
1) Baby Nobel
2) America’s Nobel
3) Asia’s Nobel
4) Alternative Nobel
5) None of these
19. Industrialist Ram Prasad Goenka, founder of the RPG Group, passed away recently. Which of the following companies does not belong to RPG Group?
1) CEAT Tyres
2) KEC International
3) Zensar Technologies
4) Harrisons Malayalam
5) MRF Tyres
20. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Inter- national Chamber of Com- merce (ICC)?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) S.Gopalakrishnan
3) Sunil Bharti Mittal
4) Azim Premji
5) Ratan Tata
21. The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of which of the following pharmaceutical companies to patent the updated version of cancer drug called Glivec?
1) Pfizer
2) Roche
3) Sanofi
4) Novartis
5) Abbott
22. The 2014 Asia Cup cricket tournament will be hosted by which of the following countries between February 24 and March 7?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) Malaysia
23. Mukundara Hills is the third tiger reserve in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Karnataka
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Madhya Pradesh
24. Which country’s scientists created the world’s lightest substance-carbon aerogel?
1) India
2) USA
3) China
4) France
5) Belgium
25. As per a report released by the World Bank, which country is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69.35 billion in 2012?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria
26. The customers by investing in the Tax Saver Deposit Account Scheme in a bank would get benefit under?
1) Sales Tax
2) Customs Duty
3) Income Tax
4) Excise Duty
5) None of these
27. Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian novelist, died in 2013. He won which of the following awards in 2007?
1) Nobel Prize in Literature
2) Man Booker
International Prize
3) Man Booker Prize
4) Pulitzer Prize
5) Ondaatje Prize
28. Which country will support building up of renewable energy in India by providing soft loans of up to $1.3 billion for a six-year period starting next year?
1) Germany
2) UK
3) USA
4) France
5) Japan
29. Who is the author of the book ‘The First Woman President of India, Reinventing Leadership, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil’?
1) Shobha De
2) Sunaina Singh
3) Sudha Murty
4) Rashmi Bansal
5) None
30. The Goldman Prize is given in the field of?
1) Education
2) Cinema
3) Environment
4) Literature
5) Journalism
31. Who has been appointed Chairman of the All India Football Federation’s technical committee?
1) Praful Patel
2) Subrata Dutta
3) Inder Singh
4) Bhaichung Bhutia
5) None of these
32. Who won the 2013 India Open Super series badminton championship men’s singles title in New Delhi?
1) Lee ChongWei (Malaysia )
2) Kenichi Tago (Japan)
3) Liu Xiao long (China)
4) Qui Zihan (China)
5) None of these
33. Ratchanok Inthanon won the women’s singles title at the 2013 India Open Super series badminton championship in New Delhi. She belongs to?
1) Vietnam
2) Thailand
3) Myanmar
4) Malaysia
5) Singapore
34. Census 2011 data released in April 2013 revealed that the number of farmers in India had fallen by how many millions over the last one decade?
1) 10 million
2) 15 million
3) 9 million
4) 6 million
5) 11 million
35. Which is the first city in South Asia to come up with a Heat Action Plan (HAP)?
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bangalore
4) Ahmedabad
5) Coimbatore
36. Which of the following is the capital of Cuba?
1) San Jose
2) Kingston
3) Havana
4) Vaduz
5) Vienna
37. April 5 is celebrated as the?
1) National Girl Child Day
2) National Maritime Day
3) National Science Day
4) National Voters Day
5) None of these
38. Which film won the Golden Globe Award 2013 in the Best Motion Picture-Drama category?
1) Argo
2) Django Unchained
3) Life of Pi
4) Lincoln
5) Zero Dark Thirty
39. Ward Cunningham is an American computer programmer who developed the?
1) First Wiki
2) Java language
3) C language
4) World Wide Web
5) None
40. ‘Catch me if you can’ is a Hollywood movie made on the life of Frank Abagnale, who was a famous/ an infamous?
1) Sprinter
2) Lawyer
3) Swimmer
4) Impostor
5) Boxer
ANSWERS:
1) 1; 2) 4; 3) 1; 4) 3; 5) 2; 6) 4; 7) 1; 8) 3; 9) 3; 10) 4;
11) 5; 12) 5; 13) 2; 14) 4; 15) 1; 16) 3; 17) 4; 18) 1; 19) 5; 20) 3;
21) 4; 22) 4; 23) 1; 24) 3; 25) 1; 26) 3; 27) 2; 28) 1; 29) 2; 30) 3;
31) 4; 32) 1; 33) 2; 34) 3; 35) 4; 36) 3; 37) 2; 38) 1; 39) 1; 40) 4;
2) NSE
3) BSE
4) USE
5) CSE
2. Reshma died in Lahore on November 3, 2013. She was a legendary Pakistani?
1) Politician
2) Author
3) Painter
4) Singer
5) Social worker
3. Fed Cup is the team competition in women’s tennis. Which country won the 2013 Fed Cup in November 2013?
1) Italy
2) Russia
3) Australia
4) Serbia
5) Czech Republic
4. Gujarat Chief Minister Naren- dra Modi laid the foundation for the world’s tallest memorial of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31, 2013. It is called?
1) Statue of Integrity
2) Statue of Honesty
3) Statue of Unity
4) Statue of Equality
5) Statue of Prosperity
5. Who became the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the world squash championships in Manchester on October 31, 2013?
1) Harinder Pal Sandhu
2) Saurav Ghosal
3) Mahesh Mangaonkar
4) Ravi Dixit
5) Ramit Tandon
6. Indian men’s team qualified for the 2014 Hockey World Cup. The 2014 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held from May 31 to June 15 in?
1) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
2) Sydney (Australia)
3) Buenos Aires (Argentina)
4) The Hague (Netherlands)
5) Barcelona (Spain)
7. What is India’s rank in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report for 2014?
1) 134
2) 189
3) 147
4) 139
5) 145
8. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Bank Rate – 8.75%
2) Repo Rate – 7.75%
3) Reverse Repo Rate – 6.5%
4) CRR – 4%
5) SLR – 23%
9. Which of the following agencies has requested for granting its Director ex-officio powers of Secretary, Government of India?
1) RAW
2) IB
3) CBI
4) CRPF
5) BSF
10. Who will take on the current world champion Viswanathan Anand in the world chess championship to be held from 9 to 28 November 2013 in Chennai?
1) Boris Gelfand (Israel)
2) Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
3) Garry Kasparov (Russia)
4) Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
5) None of these
11. Which is the first state to introduce e-GPF or electronic-GPF?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Punjab
4) West Bengal
5) Arunachal Pradesh
12. Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSL RC) headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna recommended constitution of a unified financial sector regulator. The commission recommended the unification of which of the following under a single regulator?
1) SEBI, FMC and NABARD
2) SEBI, FMC and PFRDA
3) SEBI, FMC and TRAI
4) SEBI, PFRDA and TRAI
5) SEBI, PFRDA, IRDA &FMC
13. Videocon Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have reported a huge natural gas discovery in?
1) Mongolia
2) Mozambique
3) Kazakhstan
4) Libya
5) None of these
14. Which Indian businessman was regarded as takeover king as he acquired many firms?
1) Nusli Wadia
2) Dhirubhai Ambani
3) JRD Tata
4) R.P. Goenka
5) None of these
15. Which state hosted the 27th North-East Games in April 2013?
1) Manipur
2) Assam
3) Mizoram
4) Nagaland
5) Arunachal Pradesh
16. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) was recently granted?
1) Maharatna status
2) Navaratna status
3) Miniratna Category-1 status
4) Miniratna Category-2 status
5) None of these
17. ‘Not for Turning’ written by Robin Harris is the biography of?
1) Winston Churchill
2) Tony Blair
3) David Cameron
4) Margaret Thatcher
5) Gordon Brown
18. Indian American economist Raj Chetty won the prestigious John Bates Clark medal 2013, often referred to as the ?
1) Baby Nobel
2) America’s Nobel
3) Asia’s Nobel
4) Alternative Nobel
5) None of these
19. Industrialist Ram Prasad Goenka, founder of the RPG Group, passed away recently. Which of the following companies does not belong to RPG Group?
1) CEAT Tyres
2) KEC International
3) Zensar Technologies
4) Harrisons Malayalam
5) MRF Tyres
20. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Inter- national Chamber of Com- merce (ICC)?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) S.Gopalakrishnan
3) Sunil Bharti Mittal
4) Azim Premji
5) Ratan Tata
21. The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of which of the following pharmaceutical companies to patent the updated version of cancer drug called Glivec?
1) Pfizer
2) Roche
3) Sanofi
4) Novartis
5) Abbott
22. The 2014 Asia Cup cricket tournament will be hosted by which of the following countries between February 24 and March 7?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) Malaysia
23. Mukundara Hills is the third tiger reserve in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Karnataka
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Madhya Pradesh
24. Which country’s scientists created the world’s lightest substance-carbon aerogel?
1) India
2) USA
3) China
4) France
5) Belgium
25. As per a report released by the World Bank, which country is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69.35 billion in 2012?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria
26. The customers by investing in the Tax Saver Deposit Account Scheme in a bank would get benefit under?
1) Sales Tax
2) Customs Duty
3) Income Tax
4) Excise Duty
5) None of these
27. Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian novelist, died in 2013. He won which of the following awards in 2007?
1) Nobel Prize in Literature
2) Man Booker
International Prize
3) Man Booker Prize
4) Pulitzer Prize
5) Ondaatje Prize
28. Which country will support building up of renewable energy in India by providing soft loans of up to $1.3 billion for a six-year period starting next year?
1) Germany
2) UK
3) USA
4) France
5) Japan
29. Who is the author of the book ‘The First Woman President of India, Reinventing Leadership, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil’?
1) Shobha De
2) Sunaina Singh
3) Sudha Murty
4) Rashmi Bansal
5) None
30. The Goldman Prize is given in the field of?
1) Education
2) Cinema
3) Environment
4) Literature
5) Journalism
31. Who has been appointed Chairman of the All India Football Federation’s technical committee?
1) Praful Patel
2) Subrata Dutta
3) Inder Singh
4) Bhaichung Bhutia
5) None of these
32. Who won the 2013 India Open Super series badminton championship men’s singles title in New Delhi?
1) Lee ChongWei (Malaysia )
2) Kenichi Tago (Japan)
3) Liu Xiao long (China)
4) Qui Zihan (China)
5) None of these
33. Ratchanok Inthanon won the women’s singles title at the 2013 India Open Super series badminton championship in New Delhi. She belongs to?
1) Vietnam
2) Thailand
3) Myanmar
4) Malaysia
5) Singapore
34. Census 2011 data released in April 2013 revealed that the number of farmers in India had fallen by how many millions over the last one decade?
1) 10 million
2) 15 million
3) 9 million
4) 6 million
5) 11 million
35. Which is the first city in South Asia to come up with a Heat Action Plan (HAP)?
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bangalore
4) Ahmedabad
5) Coimbatore
36. Which of the following is the capital of Cuba?
1) San Jose
2) Kingston
3) Havana
4) Vaduz
5) Vienna
37. April 5 is celebrated as the?
1) National Girl Child Day
2) National Maritime Day
3) National Science Day
4) National Voters Day
5) None of these
38. Which film won the Golden Globe Award 2013 in the Best Motion Picture-Drama category?
1) Argo
2) Django Unchained
3) Life of Pi
4) Lincoln
5) Zero Dark Thirty
39. Ward Cunningham is an American computer programmer who developed the?
1) First Wiki
2) Java language
3) C language
4) World Wide Web
5) None
40. ‘Catch me if you can’ is a Hollywood movie made on the life of Frank Abagnale, who was a famous/ an infamous?
1) Sprinter
2) Lawyer
3) Swimmer
4) Impostor
5) Boxer
ANSWERS:
1) 1; 2) 4; 3) 1; 4) 3; 5) 2; 6) 4; 7) 1; 8) 3; 9) 3; 10) 4;
11) 5; 12) 5; 13) 2; 14) 4; 15) 1; 16) 3; 17) 4; 18) 1; 19) 5; 20) 3;
21) 4; 22) 4; 23) 1; 24) 3; 25) 1; 26) 3; 27) 2; 28) 1; 29) 2; 30) 3;
31) 4; 32) 1; 33) 2; 34) 3; 35) 4; 36) 3; 37) 2; 38) 1; 39) 1; 40) 4;
Banking and General Awareness model paper for IBPS-2013
1. Recently who received
the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
1) Angela Merkel of Germany
2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
3) Brigalia Bam of South Africa
4) Azim Premji of India
5) None of above
2. Loans to poor people by banks have many limitations including lack of security and high operating cost. So to help them which type of finance system developed?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Micro Finance System
3) Money Laundering Schemes
4) Money tampering finance
5) Super vision Finance
3. The following statements are related to Micro Finance system. Locate the wrong option.
1) It provides micro credit having scope for small savings and remittance of funds
2) It based on the principle of livelihood creation
3) The livelihood mission means engaging in activities in a routine fashion to generate cash or non-cash income
4) High volumes of low transactions done through this system
5) None
4. Who introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the form of the "Grameen Bank"? He is the Nobel laureate known by many as the "father of microfinance systems''.
1) C.D.Deshmuck
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Sheik Hassena
5) Muzibaer Rehman
5. The beneficiaries of Micro finance business is?
1) Land less labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Hawkers
5) All of above
6. Salustiano Sanchez is the?
1) Highest goal maker in SAAF foot ball contest
2) First pilot of C-17 transport aircraft carrier
3) Japan prime minister visiting USA for Arms Reduction Talks
4) World oldest man recently died
5) None
7. The Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) differ from one another in terms of?
1) Product offering
2) Loan repayment structure
3) Product offerings
4) Legal structure
5) All of above
8. Indian Micro Finance Institutes (MFI) usually adopt the group-based lending models, which are of two types, SHG model and JLG model. SHG means Self Help Group and JLG means?
1) Joint Liability Game
2) Josh Liability Group
3) Joint Loan Group
4) Joint Liability Group
5) None
9. To control high rate interest rates, coercive collections and illegal insurance practices by the Micro Finance Institutes, Andhra Pradesh government passed Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act in?
1) 2013
2) 2005
3) 2007
4) 2009
5) 2011
10. In the Not-For-profit Micro Finance Institutes, which among the following are included?
1) Societies
2) Public Trusts
3) Non-profit companies
4) All of above
5) None
11. One of the delivery channel for Micro Finance is SHG model. SHG means?
1) Soar Help Group
2) Sake Help Group
3) Self Hope Group
4) Store Help Group
5) Self Help Group
12. Co-operatives registered under state or National Acts and MACS come under Mutual benefit MFIs. MACS means?
1) Moral-Aided Co-operative Societies
2) Mint-Aided Co-operative Societies
3) Mutually-Aided Co-operative Societies
4) Mutually-Aided Co-ordinate Societies
5) None
13. Non-banking financial companies, producer companies and LAB come under the category of For-Profit -MFIs. LAB means?
1) Loan Area Banks
2) Legal Area Banks
3) Local Axis Banks
4) Local Area Banks
5) None
14. SKS Microfinance Ltd, the only listed micro lender in the country founded by?
1) Sudipa Sen
2) M.B.N.Rao
3) Kunal Ghosh
4) Vikram Akula
5) None
15. Who launched an 'India Microfinance Platform', a portal on microfinance activities across the country, with the assistance of World bank funds on 28 June 2013?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) SIDBI
4) Exim Bank
5) NABARD
16. SIDBI related statements are given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) SIDBI means Small Industries Development Bank of India
2) It was established on April 2, 1990
3) It is the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of industry in the small scale sector
4) Its head office is in Hyderabad
5) None
17. Chairman of SIDBI is?
1) S.K.Roy
2) T.C.A. Ranganathan
3) Sushil Muhnot
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Rahul Khullar
18. Which committee has recommended creation of a separate category of NBFCs operating in the microfinance sector to be designated as NBFC-MFIs (Non-Banking Finance Company - Micro Finance Institutes)?
1) C. Ranga Rajan
2) Chandra Sekhar
3) Y. H. Malegam
4) Tarapore
5) R.K. Sundaram
19. Recommendations of Malegam committee on Micro Finance Sector do not include ...
1) MFI should not charge more than 24 % of its disbursed loans.
2) Processing fee on the loan amount must not be more than 1%.
3) margin of interest to be not more than 20 percent.
4) MFIs should lend to an individual borrower only as a member of a JLG and should have the responsibility of ensuring that the borrower is not a member of another JLG.
5) Bank advances to MFIs should continue to enjoy 'priority sector lending' status.
20. On 9 October 2013 RBI announced set up a Technical Committee under the chairman ship of ............ to examine the feasibility of encrypted SMS-based fund transfers.
1) Anand Sinha
2) Raghu Ram Rajan
3) Urjith Patel
4) Pandu Ranga
5) Sambamurthy
21. State Bank of India first woman Chair person is?
1) Shubhalakshmi Panse
2) Chanda Kocchar
3) Nainal Lal Kidwai
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) None
22. In order to invite more foreign exchange, the government of India intends to allow the banks to offer ......... as declared on 30 September 2013.
1) overburdened bonds
2) roll chunk bonds
3) euro facilitation bonds
4) quasi-sovereign bonds
5) None
23. Which member of the world bank group launched the Indian rupee denominated bond, may be the first step towards internationalization of the Indian currency?
1) IBRD
2) IDA
3) IFC
4) MIGA
5) IMF
24. On 3 October 2013, CCEA approved the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for reforming .........
1) Primary education
2) Mid school education
3) Technical education
4) Distance education
5) Higher education
25. Details of current account deficit (CAD) given. Pick the wrong option.
1) CAD of first quarter of 2013-14 registered at 4.9 per cent of GDP.
2) High imports of gold and oil largely led to a worsening of the deficit.
3) 4.4 % CAD registered in the corresponding Q 1 of the previous financial year.
4) By 2014-15, CAD will be reduced to 3.0% as per the statement of FM in the Budget 2013-14.
5) None
26. On 17 September 2013, the Customs Duty on Articles of Jewellery and of Goldsmiths' or Silversmiths' Wares revised from 10 % to ...
1) 36 %
2) 24 %
3) 20%
4) 18%
5) 15%
27. FIU has begun a probe into the transactions of investors and owners of crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL). FIU means?
1) Financial Intelligence Unit
2) Financial Insurance Unit
3) First Intelligence Unit
4) Financial Inject Unit
5) None
28. National Spot Exchange Limited promoted by?
1) Rana Kapoor
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Raja Promod
4) Jignesh Sha
5) None
29. New class of Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) regulations given by SEBI on 5 Oct 2013. Locate the wrong option.
1) KYC (Know Your Client) requirements and other registration procedures would be much simpler for FPIs compared to current practices.
2) SEBI grants permanent registration to them compare to current practice of granting approvals for one year or five years.
3) All existing FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) their Sub Accounts and QFI (Qualified Foreign Investors) will be eventually merged into this new investor class to be known as FPIs.
4) FPI not allowed from USA.
5) FPIs would be allowed to invest across a host of the capital market segments, including in shares, debentures, warrants, mutual funds, collective investment schemes, derivatives, treasury bills and government securities.
30. Who is the Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
1) K.Subramanyam
2) D.Subba Rao
3) Ashok Chawla
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Yogesh Agarwal
31. Annual Plenary Meetings of IMF and World Bank on 11th and 12th October, 2013 held at ........
1) Washington D.C
2) Rome
3) London
4) Paris
5) Manila
32. 11th India-ASEAN summit began in .......
1) Brunei
2) Indonesia
3) Japan
4) Singapore
5) Philippines
33. Which Indian Batsman was appointed as the brand ambassador of Border Security Force?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Yuvraj Singh
3) Virat Kohli
4) V.V.S.Laxman
5) Sunil Gavaskar
34. Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 conferred on Alice Munro. She belongs to ........
1) Israel
2) Ireland
3) USA
4) Canada
5) UK
35. India and which country decided to observe year 2014 as the year of Friendly Exchanges?
1) Indonesia
2) Pakistan
3) France
4) China
5) Maldives
36. Which Chinese politician has been recently gets life sentence on graft charges?
1) Li Keqiang
2) Xi Jinping
3) Bo Xila
4) Zhang Dejiang
5) None
37. Which party got more seats in Northern Provincial Elections of Sri Lanka?
1) United Progressive Tamil Alliance (UPTA)
2) Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE)
3) Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
4) United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
5) None
38. Who is the chairman of National Integration Council?
1) Loksabha Speaker
2) Rajyasabha Deputy Chairman
3) Prime Minister
4) Supreme Court Chief Justice
5) None
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-5, 4-3, 5-5, 6-4, 7-5, 8-4, 9-5, 10-4
11-5, 12-3, 13-4, 14-4, 15-3, 16-4, 17-3, 18-3, 19-3, 20-5
21-4, 22-4, 23-3, 24-5, 25-4, 26-5, 27-1, 28-4, 29-4, 30-3
31-1, 32-1, 33-3, 34-4, 35-4, 36-3, 37-3, 38-3
2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
3) Brigalia Bam of South Africa
4) Azim Premji of India
5) None of above
2. Loans to poor people by banks have many limitations including lack of security and high operating cost. So to help them which type of finance system developed?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Micro Finance System
3) Money Laundering Schemes
4) Money tampering finance
5) Super vision Finance
3. The following statements are related to Micro Finance system. Locate the wrong option.
1) It provides micro credit having scope for small savings and remittance of funds
2) It based on the principle of livelihood creation
3) The livelihood mission means engaging in activities in a routine fashion to generate cash or non-cash income
4) High volumes of low transactions done through this system
5) None
4. Who introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the form of the "Grameen Bank"? He is the Nobel laureate known by many as the "father of microfinance systems''.
1) C.D.Deshmuck
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Sheik Hassena
5) Muzibaer Rehman
5. The beneficiaries of Micro finance business is?
1) Land less labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Hawkers
5) All of above
6. Salustiano Sanchez is the?
1) Highest goal maker in SAAF foot ball contest
2) First pilot of C-17 transport aircraft carrier
3) Japan prime minister visiting USA for Arms Reduction Talks
4) World oldest man recently died
5) None
7. The Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) differ from one another in terms of?
1) Product offering
2) Loan repayment structure
3) Product offerings
4) Legal structure
5) All of above
8. Indian Micro Finance Institutes (MFI) usually adopt the group-based lending models, which are of two types, SHG model and JLG model. SHG means Self Help Group and JLG means?
1) Joint Liability Game
2) Josh Liability Group
3) Joint Loan Group
4) Joint Liability Group
5) None
9. To control high rate interest rates, coercive collections and illegal insurance practices by the Micro Finance Institutes, Andhra Pradesh government passed Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act in?
1) 2013
2) 2005
3) 2007
4) 2009
5) 2011
10. In the Not-For-profit Micro Finance Institutes, which among the following are included?
1) Societies
2) Public Trusts
3) Non-profit companies
4) All of above
5) None
11. One of the delivery channel for Micro Finance is SHG model. SHG means?
1) Soar Help Group
2) Sake Help Group
3) Self Hope Group
4) Store Help Group
5) Self Help Group
12. Co-operatives registered under state or National Acts and MACS come under Mutual benefit MFIs. MACS means?
1) Moral-Aided Co-operative Societies
2) Mint-Aided Co-operative Societies
3) Mutually-Aided Co-operative Societies
4) Mutually-Aided Co-ordinate Societies
5) None
13. Non-banking financial companies, producer companies and LAB come under the category of For-Profit -MFIs. LAB means?
1) Loan Area Banks
2) Legal Area Banks
3) Local Axis Banks
4) Local Area Banks
5) None
14. SKS Microfinance Ltd, the only listed micro lender in the country founded by?
1) Sudipa Sen
2) M.B.N.Rao
3) Kunal Ghosh
4) Vikram Akula
5) None
15. Who launched an 'India Microfinance Platform', a portal on microfinance activities across the country, with the assistance of World bank funds on 28 June 2013?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) SIDBI
4) Exim Bank
5) NABARD
16. SIDBI related statements are given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) SIDBI means Small Industries Development Bank of India
2) It was established on April 2, 1990
3) It is the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of industry in the small scale sector
4) Its head office is in Hyderabad
5) None
17. Chairman of SIDBI is?
1) S.K.Roy
2) T.C.A. Ranganathan
3) Sushil Muhnot
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Rahul Khullar
18. Which committee has recommended creation of a separate category of NBFCs operating in the microfinance sector to be designated as NBFC-MFIs (Non-Banking Finance Company - Micro Finance Institutes)?
1) C. Ranga Rajan
2) Chandra Sekhar
3) Y. H. Malegam
4) Tarapore
5) R.K. Sundaram
19. Recommendations of Malegam committee on Micro Finance Sector do not include ...
1) MFI should not charge more than 24 % of its disbursed loans.
2) Processing fee on the loan amount must not be more than 1%.
3) margin of interest to be not more than 20 percent.
4) MFIs should lend to an individual borrower only as a member of a JLG and should have the responsibility of ensuring that the borrower is not a member of another JLG.
5) Bank advances to MFIs should continue to enjoy 'priority sector lending' status.
20. On 9 October 2013 RBI announced set up a Technical Committee under the chairman ship of ............ to examine the feasibility of encrypted SMS-based fund transfers.
1) Anand Sinha
2) Raghu Ram Rajan
3) Urjith Patel
4) Pandu Ranga
5) Sambamurthy
21. State Bank of India first woman Chair person is?
1) Shubhalakshmi Panse
2) Chanda Kocchar
3) Nainal Lal Kidwai
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) None
22. In order to invite more foreign exchange, the government of India intends to allow the banks to offer ......... as declared on 30 September 2013.
1) overburdened bonds
2) roll chunk bonds
3) euro facilitation bonds
4) quasi-sovereign bonds
5) None
23. Which member of the world bank group launched the Indian rupee denominated bond, may be the first step towards internationalization of the Indian currency?
1) IBRD
2) IDA
3) IFC
4) MIGA
5) IMF
24. On 3 October 2013, CCEA approved the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for reforming .........
1) Primary education
2) Mid school education
3) Technical education
4) Distance education
5) Higher education
25. Details of current account deficit (CAD) given. Pick the wrong option.
1) CAD of first quarter of 2013-14 registered at 4.9 per cent of GDP.
2) High imports of gold and oil largely led to a worsening of the deficit.
3) 4.4 % CAD registered in the corresponding Q 1 of the previous financial year.
4) By 2014-15, CAD will be reduced to 3.0% as per the statement of FM in the Budget 2013-14.
5) None
26. On 17 September 2013, the Customs Duty on Articles of Jewellery and of Goldsmiths' or Silversmiths' Wares revised from 10 % to ...
1) 36 %
2) 24 %
3) 20%
4) 18%
5) 15%
27. FIU has begun a probe into the transactions of investors and owners of crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL). FIU means?
1) Financial Intelligence Unit
2) Financial Insurance Unit
3) First Intelligence Unit
4) Financial Inject Unit
5) None
28. National Spot Exchange Limited promoted by?
1) Rana Kapoor
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Raja Promod
4) Jignesh Sha
5) None
29. New class of Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) regulations given by SEBI on 5 Oct 2013. Locate the wrong option.
1) KYC (Know Your Client) requirements and other registration procedures would be much simpler for FPIs compared to current practices.
2) SEBI grants permanent registration to them compare to current practice of granting approvals for one year or five years.
3) All existing FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) their Sub Accounts and QFI (Qualified Foreign Investors) will be eventually merged into this new investor class to be known as FPIs.
4) FPI not allowed from USA.
5) FPIs would be allowed to invest across a host of the capital market segments, including in shares, debentures, warrants, mutual funds, collective investment schemes, derivatives, treasury bills and government securities.
30. Who is the Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
1) K.Subramanyam
2) D.Subba Rao
3) Ashok Chawla
4) U.K.Sinha
5) Yogesh Agarwal
31. Annual Plenary Meetings of IMF and World Bank on 11th and 12th October, 2013 held at ........
1) Washington D.C
2) Rome
3) London
4) Paris
5) Manila
32. 11th India-ASEAN summit began in .......
1) Brunei
2) Indonesia
3) Japan
4) Singapore
5) Philippines
33. Which Indian Batsman was appointed as the brand ambassador of Border Security Force?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Yuvraj Singh
3) Virat Kohli
4) V.V.S.Laxman
5) Sunil Gavaskar
34. Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 conferred on Alice Munro. She belongs to ........
1) Israel
2) Ireland
3) USA
4) Canada
5) UK
35. India and which country decided to observe year 2014 as the year of Friendly Exchanges?
1) Indonesia
2) Pakistan
3) France
4) China
5) Maldives
36. Which Chinese politician has been recently gets life sentence on graft charges?
1) Li Keqiang
2) Xi Jinping
3) Bo Xila
4) Zhang Dejiang
5) None
37. Which party got more seats in Northern Provincial Elections of Sri Lanka?
1) United Progressive Tamil Alliance (UPTA)
2) Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE)
3) Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
4) United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
5) None
38. Who is the chairman of National Integration Council?
1) Loksabha Speaker
2) Rajyasabha Deputy Chairman
3) Prime Minister
4) Supreme Court Chief Justice
5) None
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-2, 3-5, 4-3, 5-5, 6-4, 7-5, 8-4, 9-5, 10-4
11-5, 12-3, 13-4, 14-4, 15-3, 16-4, 17-3, 18-3, 19-3, 20-5
21-4, 22-4, 23-3, 24-5, 25-4, 26-5, 27-1, 28-4, 29-4, 30-3
31-1, 32-1, 33-3, 34-4, 35-4, 36-3, 37-3, 38-3
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS CWE III-2013
1. The
23rd ASEAN Summit was held in which of the following cities in October 2013?
1) Bali (Indonesia)
2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)
2. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament. Who is the winner of the 2013 Sakharov Prize?
1) Nelson Mandela
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Anatoly Marchenko
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Taslima Nasrin
3. Which Bangladesh cricketer became the first player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test match in October 2013?
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shakib Al Hasan
3) Sohag Gazi
4) Abdur Razzak
5) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to OPCW?
1) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to stop chemical warfare.
2) It was established in 1997 with headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
3) It has 189 member states and currently involved in destroying Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons.
4) Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey is the present Director General of OPCW.
5) OPCW is an agency of the United Nations.
5. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to?
1) Eugene Fama (USA)
2) Lars Peter Hansen (USA)
3) Robert Shiller (USA)
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
6. Who is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature?
1) Ruth Ozeki (A Tale for the Time Being)
2) Jim Crace (Harvest)
3) Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
4) Colm Toibin (The Testament of Mary)
5) NoViolet Bulawayo (We Need New Names)
7. The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on October 14, 2013 by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). What is India's rank?
1) 118
2) 56
3) 37
4) 63
5) 78
8. The United Nations Organization declared which of the following days as the International Day of the Girl Child?
1) October 10
2) October 11
3) October 12
4) October 14
5) October 15
9. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to?
1) Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel
2) Michael Levitt and Robert Shiller
3) James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Sudhof
4) Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
5) None of these
10. On October 9, 2013 US President Barack Obama nominated which of the following women to be Chair of the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of USA?
1) Susan Rice
2) Sheryl Sandberg
3) Janet Yellen
4) Janet Napolitano
5) Melinda Gates
11. Laiki Bank was closed in 2013. It was the second largest banking group in?
1) Greece
2) Spain
3) Cyprus
4) Portugal
5) Italy
12. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is the largest exporter of major conventional arms worldwide?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Germany
4) France
5) China
13. An elected government completed its five-year term for the first time in which of the following countries in 2013?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Italy
4) Pakistan
5) Australia
14. Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne was given the 2013 Abel Prize. This Prize is given by?
1) Belgium
2) USA
3) UK
4) Sweden
5) Norway
15. Which of the following books is not written by R.K. Narayan?
1) Swami and Friends
2) The Bachelor of Arts
3) The Guide
4) The Sword and the Sickle
5) Waiting for the Mahatma
16. Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located in Hisar district of?
1) Rajasthan
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
17. India has entered into a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Liechtenstein. This country is located in?
1) East Asia
2) West Asia
3) Europe
4) Africa
5) South America
18. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Africa: A partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialization"?
1) G20
2) ASEAN
3) African Union
4) BRICS
5) None of these
19. Akshay Urja shops are set up by the Ministry of?
1) Commerce and Industry
2) Power
3) Science and Technology
4) New and Renewable Energy
5) Petroleum and Natural Gas
20. Shanti Prayas-2 is the name of a military exercise in?
1) India
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) Mauritius
21. Which of the following schemes is not an employment generation scheme?
1) Food for Work scheme
2) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
3) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program
4) Mid Day Meal scheme
5) MGNREGS
22. Which of the following dams is built across Narmada River?
1) Tehri Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Hirakud Dam
4) Mullaperiyar Dam
5) Sardar Sarovar Dam
23. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is the author of?
1) The End of Poverty
2) Small is Beautiful
3) Development as Freedom
4) Towards Hunger Free India
5) Argumentative Indian
24. When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life, it is called?
1) Food Preservation
2) Food Production
3) Food Security
4) Food Distribution System
5) None of these
25. Which of the following is not included while calculating Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Life expectancy at birth
2) Per capita income
3) Literacy rate
4) Rate of migration to urban areas
5) Both 1 and 2
26. The scheme launched for the empowerment of adolescent girls in India is?
1) Prerna
2) Swabhiman
3) Sabla
4) SEWA
5) Kutir Jyothi
27. 'Key Resolve' is an annual joint military exercise between the United States and?
1) India 2) China
3) France 4) South Korea
5) United Kingdom
28. Which bank has launched an 'Incredible India Travel Card' in association with the Tourism Ministry?
1) SBI
2) HDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
29. The Petroleum Ministry has appointed a Committee to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas so as to reduce the country's import dependency by 2030. Who is its Chairman?
1) Y.V. Reddy
2) Vijay Kelkar
3) Bimal Jalan
4) D. Subba Rao
5) None of these
30. Who is the director of the award winning Hindi film 'Paan Singh Tomar'?
1) Irfan Khan
2) Anurag Basu
3) Sujay Ghosh
4) Tigmanshu Dhulia
5) Prakash Jha
31. Who won the men's singles title at the 2013 All-England Badminton Championship?
1) Chen Long
2) Lee Chong Wei
3) Zhengming Wang
4) Pengyu Du
5) None of these
32. Which of the following has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
1) Haryana
2) Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) Punjab
5) Rajasthan
33. The Government has constituted a committee of experts to prepare a blueprint for all-women bank. This panel was headed by?
1) M.D. Mallya
2) Jayshree Vyas
3) M.B.N. Rao
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) Usha Ananthasubramanian
34. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
1) Raghuvamsa
2) Meghaduta
3) Kumarasambhava
4) Vikramorvasiyam
5) Ramcharitmanas
35. Which of the following schemes was launched with the aim of increasing self-reliance and autonomy of women by providing self employment?
1) STEP
2) IFAD
3) Aadhar
4) Aastha
5) None of these
ANSWERS
1.4 2.2 3.3 4.5 5.5 6.3 7.4 8.2 9.1 10.3
11.3 12.1 13.4 14.5 15.4 16.2 17.3 18.4 19.4 20.3
21.4 22.5 23.4 24.3 25.4 26.3 27.4 28.3 29.2 30.4
31.1 32.2 33.3 34.5 35.1
2) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
5) Hanoi (Vietnam)
2. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament. Who is the winner of the 2013 Sakharov Prize?
1) Nelson Mandela
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Anatoly Marchenko
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Taslima Nasrin
3. Which Bangladesh cricketer became the first player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test match in October 2013?
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Shakib Al Hasan
3) Sohag Gazi
4) Abdur Razzak
5) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to OPCW?
1) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to stop chemical warfare.
2) It was established in 1997 with headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
3) It has 189 member states and currently involved in destroying Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons.
4) Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey is the present Director General of OPCW.
5) OPCW is an agency of the United Nations.
5. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to?
1) Eugene Fama (USA)
2) Lars Peter Hansen (USA)
3) Robert Shiller (USA)
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
6. Who is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature?
1) Ruth Ozeki (A Tale for the Time Being)
2) Jim Crace (Harvest)
3) Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
4) Colm Toibin (The Testament of Mary)
5) NoViolet Bulawayo (We Need New Names)
7. The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on October 14, 2013 by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). What is India's rank?
1) 118
2) 56
3) 37
4) 63
5) 78
8. The United Nations Organization declared which of the following days as the International Day of the Girl Child?
1) October 10
2) October 11
3) October 12
4) October 14
5) October 15
9. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to?
1) Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel
2) Michael Levitt and Robert Shiller
3) James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Sudhof
4) Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
5) None of these
10. On October 9, 2013 US President Barack Obama nominated which of the following women to be Chair of the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of USA?
1) Susan Rice
2) Sheryl Sandberg
3) Janet Yellen
4) Janet Napolitano
5) Melinda Gates
11. Laiki Bank was closed in 2013. It was the second largest banking group in?
1) Greece
2) Spain
3) Cyprus
4) Portugal
5) Italy
12. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is the largest exporter of major conventional arms worldwide?
1) USA
2) Russia
3) Germany
4) France
5) China
13. An elected government completed its five-year term for the first time in which of the following countries in 2013?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Italy
4) Pakistan
5) Australia
14. Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne was given the 2013 Abel Prize. This Prize is given by?
1) Belgium
2) USA
3) UK
4) Sweden
5) Norway
15. Which of the following books is not written by R.K. Narayan?
1) Swami and Friends
2) The Bachelor of Arts
3) The Guide
4) The Sword and the Sickle
5) Waiting for the Mahatma
16. Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located in Hisar district of?
1) Rajasthan
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
17. India has entered into a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Liechtenstein. This country is located in?
1) East Asia
2) West Asia
3) Europe
4) Africa
5) South America
18. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Africa: A partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialization"?
1) G20
2) ASEAN
3) African Union
4) BRICS
5) None of these
19. Akshay Urja shops are set up by the Ministry of?
1) Commerce and Industry
2) Power
3) Science and Technology
4) New and Renewable Energy
5) Petroleum and Natural Gas
20. Shanti Prayas-2 is the name of a military exercise in?
1) India
2) Sri Lanka
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) Mauritius
21. Which of the following schemes is not an employment generation scheme?
1) Food for Work scheme
2) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
3) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program
4) Mid Day Meal scheme
5) MGNREGS
22. Which of the following dams is built across Narmada River?
1) Tehri Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Hirakud Dam
4) Mullaperiyar Dam
5) Sardar Sarovar Dam
23. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is the author of?
1) The End of Poverty
2) Small is Beautiful
3) Development as Freedom
4) Towards Hunger Free India
5) Argumentative Indian
24. When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life, it is called?
1) Food Preservation
2) Food Production
3) Food Security
4) Food Distribution System
5) None of these
25. Which of the following is not included while calculating Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Life expectancy at birth
2) Per capita income
3) Literacy rate
4) Rate of migration to urban areas
5) Both 1 and 2
26. The scheme launched for the empowerment of adolescent girls in India is?
1) Prerna
2) Swabhiman
3) Sabla
4) SEWA
5) Kutir Jyothi
27. 'Key Resolve' is an annual joint military exercise between the United States and?
1) India 2) China
3) France 4) South Korea
5) United Kingdom
28. Which bank has launched an 'Incredible India Travel Card' in association with the Tourism Ministry?
1) SBI
2) HDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
29. The Petroleum Ministry has appointed a Committee to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas so as to reduce the country's import dependency by 2030. Who is its Chairman?
1) Y.V. Reddy
2) Vijay Kelkar
3) Bimal Jalan
4) D. Subba Rao
5) None of these
30. Who is the director of the award winning Hindi film 'Paan Singh Tomar'?
1) Irfan Khan
2) Anurag Basu
3) Sujay Ghosh
4) Tigmanshu Dhulia
5) Prakash Jha
31. Who won the men's singles title at the 2013 All-England Badminton Championship?
1) Chen Long
2) Lee Chong Wei
3) Zhengming Wang
4) Pengyu Du
5) None of these
32. Which of the following has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
1) Haryana
2) Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) Punjab
5) Rajasthan
33. The Government has constituted a committee of experts to prepare a blueprint for all-women bank. This panel was headed by?
1) M.D. Mallya
2) Jayshree Vyas
3) M.B.N. Rao
4) Arundhati Bhattacharya
5) Usha Ananthasubramanian
34. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
1) Raghuvamsa
2) Meghaduta
3) Kumarasambhava
4) Vikramorvasiyam
5) Ramcharitmanas
35. Which of the following schemes was launched with the aim of increasing self-reliance and autonomy of women by providing self employment?
1) STEP
2) IFAD
3) Aadhar
4) Aastha
5) None of these
ANSWERS
1.4 2.2 3.3 4.5 5.5 6.3 7.4 8.2 9.1 10.3
11.3 12.1 13.4 14.5 15.4 16.2 17.3 18.4 19.4 20.3
21.4 22.5 23.4 24.3 25.4 26.3 27.4 28.3 29.2 30.4
31.1 32.2 33.3 34.5 35.1
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAM-2013
1. Who among the
following has been elected as the new President of the Asian
Athletics Association (AAA) recently?
1) Suresh Kalmadi
2) HRH Prince Imran
3) Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad
4) Gideon Sam
5) None
2. The highlight of demand deposit is .......
1) multiple deposits
2) multiple withdrawal
3) Any time banking
4) Electronic mode of withdrawals
5) All the above
3. As per the direction of RBI on 18 March 2013, which facility provided to the customers on savings account must be discouraged?
1) Receiving post dates cheques in the case of EMI
2) Issuing of cheques
3) Issuing of Debit card
4) Auto pay
5) Issuing of passbook
4. The Savings Account can be opened by.....
1) Senior Citizen
2) Woman
3) Student
4) Billionaire
5) All the above
5. Whether Savings Account can be opened Jointly (Joint Account)?
1) No
2) Yes, with the permission from the RBI
3) Yes
4) Yes, with the special permission from the Income Tax department
5) Yes, with the special permission from Chairman of bank
6. A bank given advertisement that SWAP facility available in Savings Account. It means.....
1) the higher amounts in the account move to higher interest accounts
2) the higher amounts in the account get lower interest
3) the lower amounts in the account move to inoperative accounts
4) the higher amounts deposits not allowed in the account
5) None
7. In the opening of Savings Account (few other accounts also) bank ask to write Nominee name. Who shall be nominee?
1) Any person
2) Known person only
3) Female only
4) Close blood relation only
5) Account holder in that bank only
8. Nominee's age in the savings account ......
1) below 10 years only
2) above 8 years only
3) below 60 years only
4) any age
5) must be major in that state
9. Savings account become inoperative, if the account .........
1) amount deposited not intimating to the bank
2) amount withdrawn not intimating to the bank
3) amount deposited more than 50,000 with out intimating to bank
4) not operated at all during certain period as per the bank rules
5) None
10. Consider the following statements.
a) A person saves money from his regular income
b) He wants to save the money in an account which permits withdrawals any time with rational rate of interest
c) He also want to issue cheques in favour of others
d) He wants to use ATM card also
The most suitable account for him is?
1) Recurring account
2) Fixed deposit
3) Saving account
4) Kiddy account
5) None
11. The facts relating to the current account deficit as told by RBI on 3 May 2013 given. Locate the wrong option.
1) Current Account Deficit (CAD) as the biggest risk to Indian economy.
2) had touched a record high of 6.7 percent in the December quarter of last fiscal year
3) outlook for Advanced Economies (AEs) remains uncertain, and even if there may be no event shocks, there could well be process shocks which could result in capital outflows from emerging developing economies.
4) It said it concern over rising external debt and short-term borrowings to meet the widening CAD.
5) None
12. In a continue effort to curb the rupee volatility, which of the measure not taken by RBI on 16th July 2013?
1) RBI raised lending rates to commercial banks 2 percent to 10.25 percent
2) sale of Government of India Securities to suck up Rs.12,000 crore
3) Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate has also been increased to 10.25 percent from current 8.25 percent
4) Increased the SLR to 25% to curb the circulation of money up to Rs.1,20,000 crores
5) None
13. World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $ 100 million for the National Housing Bank on 17 May 2013. Locate the wrong option.
1) The loan was granted implementation of a low-income housing programme
2) The programme will support NHB in refinancing mortgage loans
3) The loan has been granted under the concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for 35 years
4) NHB is the regulator of Home loans given by HFC
5) None
14. Which International Monetary Organization granted $ 100 million to Jammu & Kashmir
for the development of infrastructure?
1) IMF
2) World Bank
3) ADB
4) IDA
5) None
15. $84 million granted by ... to strengthen panchayath project in Bihar on 27 June 2013.
1) IMF
2) ODA
3) World Bank
4) IFC
5) AFD
16. The early tsunami warning system has been installed recently at Rangachang situated in?
1) Lakshadweep
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Puducherry
5) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
17. The Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down on the allegations of carrying mining activities without forest clearance. These mines are situated in which of the following states in India?
1) AP
2) Jharkhand
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Odisha
18. Tahrir Square, which was in news recently, is situated in which of the following
countries?
1) Turkey
2) Syria
3) China
4) Tunesia
5) Egypt
19. Which familiar combination come under ''Demand Deposits''?
1) Fixed deposit, Current Account
2) Fixed deposit, Recurring Account
3) Saving Account, Current Account
4) Fixed deposits, Savings Account
5) None
20. India held the 16th round of border talks with which of the following countries recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) China
5) None
21. Narendra Modi has asked farmers from across the country to contribute iron blocks for construction of a huge statue of Sardar Patel at Sardar Sarovar Dam. It will be name?
1) Lauh Purush
2) Statue of Integrity
3) Statue of Sovereignty
4) Statue of Unity
5) None
22. Who among the following has been sworn in as an interim president in Egypt after the military ousted the incumbent Mohammed Morsi recently?
1) Mahdi Aakef
2) Gehad El-Haddad
3) Adly Mahmoud Mansour
4) Mohammed Badie
5) Gulam Ahmed
23. Which of the following countries has given its approval to the controversial IVF technique that would lead to the creation of babies with three parents? This technique is aimed at checking the genetic diseases.
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) UK
4) China
5) None of these
24. Which Indian woman entrepreneur, who has received UAE's prestigious 'Emirates Woman Award 2013'.
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Vandana Gandhi
4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
5) Indira Nooyi
25. The general level of prices increase over time is called .........
1) disinflation
2) deflation
3) rotation price
4) relay inflation
5) inflation
26. Sustained decrease in the average price level is called ..........
1) inflation
2) stagflation
3) round inflation
4) deflation
5) None
27. Demand-pull inflation is an inflation that results from an initial .........
1) increase the demand for Natural resources
2) increase the labour force
3) decrease in aggregate demand
4) increase in aggregate demand
5) None
28. Where the inflation of a nation increases gradually, but continually, over time is
called .......
1) polar inflation
2) grave inflation
3) creeping inflation
4) force inflation
5) None
29. 'Very rapid inflation which is almost impossible to reduce it' is called.......
1) core inflation
2) galloping inflation
3) strict inflation
4) import inflation
5) None
30. If the cost of production rise, for one reason or another, and force up the prices of finished goods and services it is called .......
1) rise inflation
2) increase inflation
3) services inflation
4) cost-push inflation
5) None
31. In its mid-quarter review of the monetary policy, announced on 17 June 2013, what reason told by RBI for the continuation of inflation in India?
1) increasing buying of gold
2) decreasing warehouse facilities
3) NRI purchases in India
4) Food prices
5) government expenditure
32. June 2013 registered how much WPI inflation?
1) 9.5%
2) 6.5%
3) 1.5%
4) 0.15%
5) 4.86%
33. On 27 June 2013, Union Government cleared the proposal of disinvestment of 7.64% stake sale in NFL. NFL means .....
1) National Fashion Limited
2) National Fine Steel Limited
3) National Ferrous Limited
4) National Frontier Limited
5) National Fertilizers Limited
34. ......... committee look in to issues relating to financial bench-marking and examine if they have become obsolete and need changes. The committee appointed by RBI on 28 June 2013.
1) Rangarajan
2) Aravind Mayaram
3) Vijay Bhaskar
4) Raghuvamsi
5) None
35. According to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, in cheque bouncing case for a cheque issued from a joint account, who can be prosecuted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act?
1) Only the person who signed the cheque
2) All the persons named in the joint account collectively
3) Any one of the individuals named in the joint account
4) Only the firm that issued the cheque and not any individual
5) None of these
36. The British Indian business tycoon Sanjeev Kapoor bought Hypo Alpe Adria bank having headquarters in .......
1) Australia
2) France
3) Germany
4) UK
5) Austria
37. As per the new strategic plan approved by World Bank, by which year the global poverty will be eradicated?
1) 2030
2) 2020
3) 2015
4) 2045
5) 2050
38. Who is the Chairman of IBPS (Institute of Banking Personal Selection)?
1) A.S.Bhattacharya
2) Deepali Pant Joshi
3) K.R.Kamath
4) Pratip Chaudari
5) D.Sarkar
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-5, 3-1, 4-5, 5-3, 6-1, 7-4, 8-4, 9-4, 10-3
11-5, 12-4, 13-3, 14-3, 15-3, 16-5, 17-5, 18-5, 19-3, 20-4
21-4, 22-3, 23-3, 24-3, 25-5, 26-4, 27-4, 28-3, 29-2, 30-4
31-4, 32-5, 33-5, 34-3, 35-1, 36-5, 37-1, 38-3
2) HRH Prince Imran
3) Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad
4) Gideon Sam
5) None
2. The highlight of demand deposit is .......
1) multiple deposits
2) multiple withdrawal
3) Any time banking
4) Electronic mode of withdrawals
5) All the above
3. As per the direction of RBI on 18 March 2013, which facility provided to the customers on savings account must be discouraged?
1) Receiving post dates cheques in the case of EMI
2) Issuing of cheques
3) Issuing of Debit card
4) Auto pay
5) Issuing of passbook
4. The Savings Account can be opened by.....
1) Senior Citizen
2) Woman
3) Student
4) Billionaire
5) All the above
5. Whether Savings Account can be opened Jointly (Joint Account)?
1) No
2) Yes, with the permission from the RBI
3) Yes
4) Yes, with the special permission from the Income Tax department
5) Yes, with the special permission from Chairman of bank
6. A bank given advertisement that SWAP facility available in Savings Account. It means.....
1) the higher amounts in the account move to higher interest accounts
2) the higher amounts in the account get lower interest
3) the lower amounts in the account move to inoperative accounts
4) the higher amounts deposits not allowed in the account
5) None
7. In the opening of Savings Account (few other accounts also) bank ask to write Nominee name. Who shall be nominee?
1) Any person
2) Known person only
3) Female only
4) Close blood relation only
5) Account holder in that bank only
8. Nominee's age in the savings account ......
1) below 10 years only
2) above 8 years only
3) below 60 years only
4) any age
5) must be major in that state
9. Savings account become inoperative, if the account .........
1) amount deposited not intimating to the bank
2) amount withdrawn not intimating to the bank
3) amount deposited more than 50,000 with out intimating to bank
4) not operated at all during certain period as per the bank rules
5) None
10. Consider the following statements.
a) A person saves money from his regular income
b) He wants to save the money in an account which permits withdrawals any time with rational rate of interest
c) He also want to issue cheques in favour of others
d) He wants to use ATM card also
The most suitable account for him is?
1) Recurring account
2) Fixed deposit
3) Saving account
4) Kiddy account
5) None
11. The facts relating to the current account deficit as told by RBI on 3 May 2013 given. Locate the wrong option.
1) Current Account Deficit (CAD) as the biggest risk to Indian economy.
2) had touched a record high of 6.7 percent in the December quarter of last fiscal year
3) outlook for Advanced Economies (AEs) remains uncertain, and even if there may be no event shocks, there could well be process shocks which could result in capital outflows from emerging developing economies.
4) It said it concern over rising external debt and short-term borrowings to meet the widening CAD.
5) None
12. In a continue effort to curb the rupee volatility, which of the measure not taken by RBI on 16th July 2013?
1) RBI raised lending rates to commercial banks 2 percent to 10.25 percent
2) sale of Government of India Securities to suck up Rs.12,000 crore
3) Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate has also been increased to 10.25 percent from current 8.25 percent
4) Increased the SLR to 25% to curb the circulation of money up to Rs.1,20,000 crores
5) None
13. World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $ 100 million for the National Housing Bank on 17 May 2013. Locate the wrong option.
1) The loan was granted implementation of a low-income housing programme
2) The programme will support NHB in refinancing mortgage loans
3) The loan has been granted under the concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for 35 years
4) NHB is the regulator of Home loans given by HFC
5) None
14. Which International Monetary Organization granted $ 100 million to Jammu & Kashmir
for the development of infrastructure?
1) IMF
2) World Bank
3) ADB
4) IDA
5) None
15. $84 million granted by ... to strengthen panchayath project in Bihar on 27 June 2013.
1) IMF
2) ODA
3) World Bank
4) IFC
5) AFD
16. The early tsunami warning system has been installed recently at Rangachang situated in?
1) Lakshadweep
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Puducherry
5) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
17. The Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down on the allegations of carrying mining activities without forest clearance. These mines are situated in which of the following states in India?
1) AP
2) Jharkhand
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Odisha
18. Tahrir Square, which was in news recently, is situated in which of the following
countries?
1) Turkey
2) Syria
3) China
4) Tunesia
5) Egypt
19. Which familiar combination come under ''Demand Deposits''?
1) Fixed deposit, Current Account
2) Fixed deposit, Recurring Account
3) Saving Account, Current Account
4) Fixed deposits, Savings Account
5) None
20. India held the 16th round of border talks with which of the following countries recently?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) China
5) None
21. Narendra Modi has asked farmers from across the country to contribute iron blocks for construction of a huge statue of Sardar Patel at Sardar Sarovar Dam. It will be name?
1) Lauh Purush
2) Statue of Integrity
3) Statue of Sovereignty
4) Statue of Unity
5) None
22. Who among the following has been sworn in as an interim president in Egypt after the military ousted the incumbent Mohammed Morsi recently?
1) Mahdi Aakef
2) Gehad El-Haddad
3) Adly Mahmoud Mansour
4) Mohammed Badie
5) Gulam Ahmed
23. Which of the following countries has given its approval to the controversial IVF technique that would lead to the creation of babies with three parents? This technique is aimed at checking the genetic diseases.
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) UK
4) China
5) None of these
24. Which Indian woman entrepreneur, who has received UAE's prestigious 'Emirates Woman Award 2013'.
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Vandana Gandhi
4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
5) Indira Nooyi
25. The general level of prices increase over time is called .........
1) disinflation
2) deflation
3) rotation price
4) relay inflation
5) inflation
26. Sustained decrease in the average price level is called ..........
1) inflation
2) stagflation
3) round inflation
4) deflation
5) None
27. Demand-pull inflation is an inflation that results from an initial .........
1) increase the demand for Natural resources
2) increase the labour force
3) decrease in aggregate demand
4) increase in aggregate demand
5) None
28. Where the inflation of a nation increases gradually, but continually, over time is
called .......
1) polar inflation
2) grave inflation
3) creeping inflation
4) force inflation
5) None
29. 'Very rapid inflation which is almost impossible to reduce it' is called.......
1) core inflation
2) galloping inflation
3) strict inflation
4) import inflation
5) None
30. If the cost of production rise, for one reason or another, and force up the prices of finished goods and services it is called .......
1) rise inflation
2) increase inflation
3) services inflation
4) cost-push inflation
5) None
31. In its mid-quarter review of the monetary policy, announced on 17 June 2013, what reason told by RBI for the continuation of inflation in India?
1) increasing buying of gold
2) decreasing warehouse facilities
3) NRI purchases in India
4) Food prices
5) government expenditure
32. June 2013 registered how much WPI inflation?
1) 9.5%
2) 6.5%
3) 1.5%
4) 0.15%
5) 4.86%
33. On 27 June 2013, Union Government cleared the proposal of disinvestment of 7.64% stake sale in NFL. NFL means .....
1) National Fashion Limited
2) National Fine Steel Limited
3) National Ferrous Limited
4) National Frontier Limited
5) National Fertilizers Limited
34. ......... committee look in to issues relating to financial bench-marking and examine if they have become obsolete and need changes. The committee appointed by RBI on 28 June 2013.
1) Rangarajan
2) Aravind Mayaram
3) Vijay Bhaskar
4) Raghuvamsi
5) None
35. According to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, in cheque bouncing case for a cheque issued from a joint account, who can be prosecuted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act?
1) Only the person who signed the cheque
2) All the persons named in the joint account collectively
3) Any one of the individuals named in the joint account
4) Only the firm that issued the cheque and not any individual
5) None of these
36. The British Indian business tycoon Sanjeev Kapoor bought Hypo Alpe Adria bank having headquarters in .......
1) Australia
2) France
3) Germany
4) UK
5) Austria
37. As per the new strategic plan approved by World Bank, by which year the global poverty will be eradicated?
1) 2030
2) 2020
3) 2015
4) 2045
5) 2050
38. Who is the Chairman of IBPS (Institute of Banking Personal Selection)?
1) A.S.Bhattacharya
2) Deepali Pant Joshi
3) K.R.Kamath
4) Pratip Chaudari
5) D.Sarkar
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-5, 3-1, 4-5, 5-3, 6-1, 7-4, 8-4, 9-4, 10-3
11-5, 12-4, 13-3, 14-3, 15-3, 16-5, 17-5, 18-5, 19-3, 20-4
21-4, 22-3, 23-3, 24-3, 25-5, 26-4, 27-4, 28-3, 29-2, 30-4
31-4, 32-5, 33-5, 34-3, 35-1, 36-5, 37-1, 38-3
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAMS
1. Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadhbhavana Award recently conferred on ......
1) Lata Mangeshkar
2) Karan Sing
3) Amjad Ali Khan
4) Abdul Kalam
5) Veerappa Moily
2. Details of Bank of Baroda given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) Bank of Baroda was established in 1908.
2) Its logo has dual ‘B’ letter forms that hold the rays of the rising sun.
3) Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad is the founder of this bank.
4) It has largest number of ATM net work in India.
5) S.S.Mundra is the present Chairman of Bank of Baroda.
3. Statements relating to Bank of Baroda given. Pick the incorrect statement.
1) Bank of Baroda head office is in Mumbai.
2) BOB Cards limited, BOB Capital Markets Ltd and Nainital Bank Limited are its subsidiaries.
3) CNBC TV18 conferred the ‘India Best Banks and Financial Institutions Awards 2012’ award on Bank of Baroda.
4) Bank of Baroda was nationalized in the year 1980.
5) It recently opened 100th overseas office in Dubai on 28th March 2013.
4. Which bank in India provides rural counseling, financial literacy and other services, are now operational in 52 centers under the name of Grameen Paramarsh Kendras?
1) SBI
2) Indian Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Bank of India
5) ICICI
5. 'India's International Bank' is the punch line of .........
1) Indian Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Indian Overseas Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) None
6. On 22 June 2013, which bank inaugurated the national pilot agri-loan factory at Himatnagar in Gujarat?
1) Andhra Bank
2) Karnataka Bank Ltd
3) ICICI
4) BOI
5) Bank of Baroda
7. Legal & General (UK), Andhra Bank and which another Indian Bank commenced a Life Insurance joint venture by name M/s India First Life Insurance Co Ltd?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Central Bank of India
4) Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank
5) Union Bank of India
8. 'Relationship beyond banking' is the punch line of ............
1) United Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) Bank of India
4) ICICI Bank
5) None
9. Bank of India head office is at Mumbai. It was nationalized in ........
1) 1955
2) 1969
3) 1980
4) 1993
5) 2000
10. Which is the first nationalized bank in India to start the fully computerized branch?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Indian Bank
3) Bank of India
4) ICICI
5) Axis bank
11. Which is the first nationalized bank in India to start ATM in 1989 in Mumbai?
1) SBI
2) SBM
3) Bank of India
4) Syndicate Bank
5) None
12. First Indian bank to open a branch outside the country, at London, in 1946 is....
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Indian Bank
4) ICICI
5) Axis Bank
13. 'Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd' is the joint venture of Union Bank of India, Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company and ..........
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) Bank of India
5) None
14. India's 4th largest Public sector bank is ...
1) State Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Indian Overseas Bank
15. Smt. V. R. Iyer is the Chairman of ......
1) Corporation Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Dena Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Allahabad Bank
16. 'ABHAY' is the credit counseling center of .........
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) IDBI
4) Indian Bank
5) HDFC
17. On 11 June 2013, RBI raised the limit for online repatriation of export proceeds to...
1) $ 20000
2) $ 15000
3) $ 40000
4) $ 5000
5) $ 10000
18. RBI made it mandatory for units in Special Economic Zones to repatriate full value of exports within..
1) 18 months
2) 6 months
3) 12 months
4) 24 months
5) None
19. On 25 June 2013 CRISIL launched a financial inclusion index. It is .......
1) Financial hub
2) Financial X
3) Financial Teller
4) Financial Pro
5) Financial Inclusix
20. As per CRISIL index on Financial inclusion which part of India is top in the financial inclusion?
1) South India
2) North India
3) West India
4) East India
5) None
21. Top three States/ Union territories in terms of financial inclusion are ...... as per CRISIL index.
1) AP, Kerala and Karnataka
2) Kerala, UP and AP
3) Puducherry, AP and Kerala
4) Goa, AP and Kerala
5) Puducherry, Chandigarh and Kerala
22. To whom the Central Govt. had given ample powers to tackle ponzi schemes?
1) RBI
2) IRDA
3) Para Military forces
4) NIA
5) SEBI
23. Rajat Gupta is accused in ..........
1) Debit card scam
2) Cricket match fixing scam
3) Insider trading scam
4) KYC scam
5) None
24. To promote marketing reforms Committee of State Ministers had given recommendations to Agriculture Minister on 3 July 2013. Locate the correct option.
1) Committee of State Ministers under the chairmanship of Harshvardhan Patil submitted the recommendations
2) Setting up of multiple and competitive marketing channels mooted
3) Independent regulatory authority to encourage private investors is urgently called for
4) Setting up of independent district level authority for registration and dispute settlement
5) All of above
25. Statements relating to IFCI given. Locate the wrong option.
1) IFCI means Industrial Finance Corporation of India.
2) It was established on 1 July 1948 under the Industrial Finance Corporation Act of 1948.
3) It provides medium and long term financial assistance to large scale industrial undertakings.
4) It was overtaken by ICICI in 2012.
5) Santosh B Nayar is the new CEO of IFCI.
26. As per the recent report published by FATF, an inter-governmental body, India has addressed shortfalls in its black money fight. Expand the term FATF.
1) Financial Action Task Force
2) Financial Activity Task Force
3) Financial Advancement Task Force
4) Financial Alternatives Task Force
5) None
27. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority) removed ....... percent investment limit on reverse repo transactions for insurance companies on 3 April 2013.
1) 20
2) 15
3) 5
4) 10
5) 50
28. The facts relating to WTO given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) World Trade Organization was established on 1 January 1995.
2) Its Headquarters is at Geneva, Switzerland.
3) European Union recently put a complaint with WTO as the recycling fee imposed by Russia solely on auto imports.
4) As per the WTO trade statistics, India's share in the global merchandise exports stood at 1.60% in 2012.
5) None
29. Share of merchandise exports in the overall GDP of India in 2011-12 is ........
1) 12.4%
2) 9.3%
3) 10.2%
4) 17.7%
5) None
30. 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held in ........ from 3-6 December 2013.
1) Beijing
2) New Delhi
3) Jakarta
4) Bali
5) Tokyo
31. 29th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (India Chapter) on 8-9 November 2013 will be hosted by which of the following Indian cities?
1) Mumbai
2) Kochi
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Delhi
32. ICC ODI world cup 2015 will be co-hosted by .......
1) India and Pakistan
2) England and Ireland
3) South Africa and Zimbabwe
4) Australia and New Zealand
5) Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
33. Aparajita Datta, the Indian wildlife biologist was conferred with Whitley award. It is also called as...
1) Green Oscar
2) White Oscar
3) Blue Oscar
4) Red Oscar
5) None
34. The Sholapur thermal power project of NTPC is facing agitation from farmers seeking higher compensation for their land. This project is situated in .............
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Bihar
5) Maharashtra
35. Recently the Union Rural Development Ministry approved Rs 4,130 cr. for the construction of rural roads in which of the following state?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Maharashtra
3) Bihar
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-3, 5-4, 6-5, 7-2, 8-3, 9-2, 10-3
11-3, 12-1, 13-4, 14-4, 15-4, 16-1, 17-5, 18-3, 19-5, 20-1
21-5, 22-5, 23-3, 24-5, 25-4, 26-1, 27-4, 28-5, 29-4, 30-4
31-2, 32-4, 33-1, 34-5. 35-3
2) Karan Sing
3) Amjad Ali Khan
4) Abdul Kalam
5) Veerappa Moily
2. Details of Bank of Baroda given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) Bank of Baroda was established in 1908.
2) Its logo has dual ‘B’ letter forms that hold the rays of the rising sun.
3) Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad is the founder of this bank.
4) It has largest number of ATM net work in India.
5) S.S.Mundra is the present Chairman of Bank of Baroda.
3. Statements relating to Bank of Baroda given. Pick the incorrect statement.
1) Bank of Baroda head office is in Mumbai.
2) BOB Cards limited, BOB Capital Markets Ltd and Nainital Bank Limited are its subsidiaries.
3) CNBC TV18 conferred the ‘India Best Banks and Financial Institutions Awards 2012’ award on Bank of Baroda.
4) Bank of Baroda was nationalized in the year 1980.
5) It recently opened 100th overseas office in Dubai on 28th March 2013.
4. Which bank in India provides rural counseling, financial literacy and other services, are now operational in 52 centers under the name of Grameen Paramarsh Kendras?
1) SBI
2) Indian Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Bank of India
5) ICICI
5. 'India's International Bank' is the punch line of .........
1) Indian Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Indian Overseas Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) None
6. On 22 June 2013, which bank inaugurated the national pilot agri-loan factory at Himatnagar in Gujarat?
1) Andhra Bank
2) Karnataka Bank Ltd
3) ICICI
4) BOI
5) Bank of Baroda
7. Legal & General (UK), Andhra Bank and which another Indian Bank commenced a Life Insurance joint venture by name M/s India First Life Insurance Co Ltd?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Central Bank of India
4) Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank
5) Union Bank of India
8. 'Relationship beyond banking' is the punch line of ............
1) United Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) Bank of India
4) ICICI Bank
5) None
9. Bank of India head office is at Mumbai. It was nationalized in ........
1) 1955
2) 1969
3) 1980
4) 1993
5) 2000
10. Which is the first nationalized bank in India to start the fully computerized branch?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Indian Bank
3) Bank of India
4) ICICI
5) Axis bank
11. Which is the first nationalized bank in India to start ATM in 1989 in Mumbai?
1) SBI
2) SBM
3) Bank of India
4) Syndicate Bank
5) None
12. First Indian bank to open a branch outside the country, at London, in 1946 is....
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Indian Bank
4) ICICI
5) Axis Bank
13. 'Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd' is the joint venture of Union Bank of India, Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company and ..........
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Punjab National Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) Bank of India
5) None
14. India's 4th largest Public sector bank is ...
1) State Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Indian Overseas Bank
15. Smt. V. R. Iyer is the Chairman of ......
1) Corporation Bank
2) Indian Overseas Bank
3) Dena Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Allahabad Bank
16. 'ABHAY' is the credit counseling center of .........
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Maharashtra
3) IDBI
4) Indian Bank
5) HDFC
17. On 11 June 2013, RBI raised the limit for online repatriation of export proceeds to...
1) $ 20000
2) $ 15000
3) $ 40000
4) $ 5000
5) $ 10000
18. RBI made it mandatory for units in Special Economic Zones to repatriate full value of exports within..
1) 18 months
2) 6 months
3) 12 months
4) 24 months
5) None
19. On 25 June 2013 CRISIL launched a financial inclusion index. It is .......
1) Financial hub
2) Financial X
3) Financial Teller
4) Financial Pro
5) Financial Inclusix
20. As per CRISIL index on Financial inclusion which part of India is top in the financial inclusion?
1) South India
2) North India
3) West India
4) East India
5) None
21. Top three States/ Union territories in terms of financial inclusion are ...... as per CRISIL index.
1) AP, Kerala and Karnataka
2) Kerala, UP and AP
3) Puducherry, AP and Kerala
4) Goa, AP and Kerala
5) Puducherry, Chandigarh and Kerala
22. To whom the Central Govt. had given ample powers to tackle ponzi schemes?
1) RBI
2) IRDA
3) Para Military forces
4) NIA
5) SEBI
23. Rajat Gupta is accused in ..........
1) Debit card scam
2) Cricket match fixing scam
3) Insider trading scam
4) KYC scam
5) None
24. To promote marketing reforms Committee of State Ministers had given recommendations to Agriculture Minister on 3 July 2013. Locate the correct option.
1) Committee of State Ministers under the chairmanship of Harshvardhan Patil submitted the recommendations
2) Setting up of multiple and competitive marketing channels mooted
3) Independent regulatory authority to encourage private investors is urgently called for
4) Setting up of independent district level authority for registration and dispute settlement
5) All of above
25. Statements relating to IFCI given. Locate the wrong option.
1) IFCI means Industrial Finance Corporation of India.
2) It was established on 1 July 1948 under the Industrial Finance Corporation Act of 1948.
3) It provides medium and long term financial assistance to large scale industrial undertakings.
4) It was overtaken by ICICI in 2012.
5) Santosh B Nayar is the new CEO of IFCI.
26. As per the recent report published by FATF, an inter-governmental body, India has addressed shortfalls in its black money fight. Expand the term FATF.
1) Financial Action Task Force
2) Financial Activity Task Force
3) Financial Advancement Task Force
4) Financial Alternatives Task Force
5) None
27. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority) removed ....... percent investment limit on reverse repo transactions for insurance companies on 3 April 2013.
1) 20
2) 15
3) 5
4) 10
5) 50
28. The facts relating to WTO given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) World Trade Organization was established on 1 January 1995.
2) Its Headquarters is at Geneva, Switzerland.
3) European Union recently put a complaint with WTO as the recycling fee imposed by Russia solely on auto imports.
4) As per the WTO trade statistics, India's share in the global merchandise exports stood at 1.60% in 2012.
5) None
29. Share of merchandise exports in the overall GDP of India in 2011-12 is ........
1) 12.4%
2) 9.3%
3) 10.2%
4) 17.7%
5) None
30. 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held in ........ from 3-6 December 2013.
1) Beijing
2) New Delhi
3) Jakarta
4) Bali
5) Tokyo
31. 29th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (India Chapter) on 8-9 November 2013 will be hosted by which of the following Indian cities?
1) Mumbai
2) Kochi
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Delhi
32. ICC ODI world cup 2015 will be co-hosted by .......
1) India and Pakistan
2) England and Ireland
3) South Africa and Zimbabwe
4) Australia and New Zealand
5) Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
33. Aparajita Datta, the Indian wildlife biologist was conferred with Whitley award. It is also called as...
1) Green Oscar
2) White Oscar
3) Blue Oscar
4) Red Oscar
5) None
34. The Sholapur thermal power project of NTPC is facing agitation from farmers seeking higher compensation for their land. This project is situated in .............
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Bihar
5) Maharashtra
35. Recently the Union Rural Development Ministry approved Rs 4,130 cr. for the construction of rural roads in which of the following state?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Maharashtra
3) Bihar
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-3, 5-4, 6-5, 7-2, 8-3, 9-2, 10-3
11-3, 12-1, 13-4, 14-4, 15-4, 16-1, 17-5, 18-3, 19-5, 20-1
21-5, 22-5, 23-3, 24-5, 25-4, 26-1, 27-4, 28-5, 29-4, 30-4
31-2, 32-4, 33-1, 34-5. 35-3
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs(IBPS -2013)
1. The
Reserve Bank of India permitted wholly owned subsidi- ary (WOS) of foreign
banks to acquire which of the following domestic banks in November 2013?
1) Government Banks
2) Private Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks
5) Both 1 and 2
2. Who took over as the Mana-ging Director and Chief Execu- tive Officer of LIC Housing Finance Limited in November 2013?
1) Anita Dongre
2) Renu Sood Karnad
3) Sunita Sharma
4) Naina Lal Kidwai
5) Chitra Ramakrishna
3. The Indian Ocean Rim Associ-ation (IORA) held its 13th Council of Ministers meeting in which of the following places on November 1, 2013?
1) New Delhi (India)
2) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
3) Perth (Australia)
4) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
5) Port Louis (Mauritius)
4. The International Hockey Fede ration (IHF) on November 7, 2013 selected which of the following countries to host the Men’s World Cup Hockey in 2018?
1) Australia 2) England
3) Netherlands 4) India
5) Argentina
5. The 12th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention will be held in which of the following cities from Janu-ary 7 to 9, 2014?
1) Jaipur
2) Kochi
3) Bangalore
4) Hyderabad
5) New Delhi
6. Who has been named the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive year by Fortune magazine? (Fortune released the list of India’s 50 most powerful businesswomen in November 2013)
1) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank)
2) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
3) Aruna Jayanthi (Capgemini)
4) Preetha Reddy(Apollo Hospitals)
5) Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE)
7. The leader of Pakistani Taliban was killed in a drone strike in November 2013. Name him?
1) Waliur Rehman
2) Husain Madani
3) Shabbir Usmani
4) Hakimullah Mehsud
5) Ubaidullah Sindhi
8. Emomali Rakhmon was re-elected as the President of which of the following countries in November 2013?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Uzbekistan
3) Tajikistan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Azerbaijan
9. “Hand-in-Hand” is a joint military exercise between India and ___?
1) China
2) USA
3) Sri Lanka
4) Singapore
5) France
10. “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace” is written by?
1) Kofi Annan
2) Ban Ki-moon
3) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
4) U Thant
5) None of these
11. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?
1) Solicitor General
2) Home Secretary
3) CBI Director
4) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
5) Secretary to the Government of India
12. “The One- Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming” was written by?
1) Norman Borlaug
2) M.S. Swaminathan
3) Masanobu Fukuoka
4) William Gaud
5) None of these
13. The first Hindu-American to become a member of the Uni- ted States House of Represen- tatives is?
1) Tammy Duckworth
2) Sunita Williams
3) Ami Bera
4) Jyothi Sengupta
5) Tulsi Gabbard
14. Which of the following is called the ‘Crossroads of the Pacific’?
1) Hawaii
2) Tonga
3) Ellice
4) Fiji
5) Nauru
15. How many states in India are coastal states?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 9
4) 10
5) 11
16. A tree’s age can be found by?
1) Measuring its height
2) Counting the number
of branches
3) Counting the number of annual rings
4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these
17. ISDN stands for?
1) Integrated Services Digital Network
2) Indian Standard Digital Network
3) Intelligent Services Digital Network
4) Integrated Services Data Network
5) None of these
18. Jayaprakash Narayan is the author of the book?
1) India Divided
2) Why Socialism
3) Discovery of India
4) India wins Freedom
5) None of these
19. Which one of the following books is written by an Indian author?
1) Harry Potter
2) Animal Farm
3) Wolf Hall
4) Beautiful Mind
5) Five Point Someone
20. Who is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)?
1) S. Ramadorai
2) K. Natarajan
3) N. Chandrasekaran
4) Cyrus Mistry
5) S.D. Shibulal
21. CPI and WPI refer to?
1) Political parties
2) Price indices
3) Poverty indices
4) Unemployment indices
5) None of these
22. Davos is famous for?
1) EU headquarters
2) ICJ headquarters
3) World Economic Forum
4) NATO members meet here every year
5) Best ski resorts in the world
23. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?
1) Poverty eradication
2) Improving maternal health
3) Universal primary education
4) Combating HIV/AIDS
5) Reducing trade barriers
24. Which of the following countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis?
1) Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland
2) Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
3) Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland
4) Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic
5) Portugal,UK,Germany,Swit- zerland
25. Bretton Woods Twins are?
1) World Bank, UNESCO
2) IMF, World Bank
3) IMF, WTO
4) World Bank, WTO
5) WTO, UNESCO
26. Barak is a surface to air missile produced by?
1) Israel
2) USA
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria
27. ‘Teratali’ is the folk dance of?
1) Punjab
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh
28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) World Wide Web–Tim Berners Lee
2) WikiLeaks – Julian Assange
3) Google –Larry Page
4) Amazon.com – Vint Cerf
5) Internet Protocol – Bob Kahn
29. Palme d’ Or award is given in the field of?
1) Soccer
2) Television
3) Movies
4) Literature
5) Environment
30. Harish Hande, a Magsaysay Award winner, is famous for?
1) RTE Act
2) RTI Act
3) MRTPC
4) Lokpal Bill
5) SELCO
31. Sanjukta Panigrahi was a famous?
1) Kathak dancer
2) Kathakali dancer
3) Manipuri dancer
4) Odissi dancer
5) Bharatanatyam dancer
32. Awards and their respective fields are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Grammy – Music
2) Booker – Literature
3) Cannes Lions – Advertising
4) Emmy – Television
5) Pulitzer – Movies
33. Department of Pharmaceuticals comes under the Ministry of?
1) Health
2) Food processing
3) Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Consumer Affairs
5) Defense
34. The main constituents of biogas are?
1) Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide
2) Methane and Carbon dioxide
3) Methane and Carbon monoxide
4) Butane and Hydrogen
5) Butane and Carbon dioxide
35. G-8 was started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them?
1) Canada
2) France
3) Italy
4) Japan
5) Russia
36. Which of the following countries does not follow Euro as currency?
1) Germany
2) Belgium
3) Switzerland
4) Portugal
5) Finland
37. The Education Innovation Fund for India (EIFI) is an initiative of?
1) IBM
2) Microsoft
3) Intel
4) Hewlett-Packard
5) Dell
38. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is located in?
1) New Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
39. GAAR will be implemented from April 2016. The purpose of GAAR is to?
1) Increase agriculture income
2) Increase rural income
3) Regulate foreign investment in agriculture
4) Check tax avoidance
5) Regulate foreign banks
40. Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize in Economics in?
1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1998
4) 2009
5) 2000
ANSWERS:
1) 2; 2) 3; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 1; 7) 4; 8) 3; 9) 1; 10) 1;
11) 4; 12) 3; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 3; 16) 3; 17) 1; 18) 2; 19) 5; 20) 3;
21) 2; 22) 3; 23) 5; 24) 2; 25) 2; 26) 1; 27) 4; 28) 4; 29) 3; 30) 5;
31) 4; 32) 5; 33) 3; 34) 2; 35) 5; 36) 3; 37) 4; 38) 3; 39) 4; 40) 3;
2) Private Banks
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) Cooperative Banks
5) Both 1 and 2
2. Who took over as the Mana-ging Director and Chief Execu- tive Officer of LIC Housing Finance Limited in November 2013?
1) Anita Dongre
2) Renu Sood Karnad
3) Sunita Sharma
4) Naina Lal Kidwai
5) Chitra Ramakrishna
3. The Indian Ocean Rim Associ-ation (IORA) held its 13th Council of Ministers meeting in which of the following places on November 1, 2013?
1) New Delhi (India)
2) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
3) Perth (Australia)
4) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
5) Port Louis (Mauritius)
4. The International Hockey Fede ration (IHF) on November 7, 2013 selected which of the following countries to host the Men’s World Cup Hockey in 2018?
1) Australia 2) England
3) Netherlands 4) India
5) Argentina
5. The 12th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention will be held in which of the following cities from Janu-ary 7 to 9, 2014?
1) Jaipur
2) Kochi
3) Bangalore
4) Hyderabad
5) New Delhi
6. Who has been named the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive year by Fortune magazine? (Fortune released the list of India’s 50 most powerful businesswomen in November 2013)
1) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank)
2) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
3) Aruna Jayanthi (Capgemini)
4) Preetha Reddy(Apollo Hospitals)
5) Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE)
7. The leader of Pakistani Taliban was killed in a drone strike in November 2013. Name him?
1) Waliur Rehman
2) Husain Madani
3) Shabbir Usmani
4) Hakimullah Mehsud
5) Ubaidullah Sindhi
8. Emomali Rakhmon was re-elected as the President of which of the following countries in November 2013?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Uzbekistan
3) Tajikistan
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) Azerbaijan
9. “Hand-in-Hand” is a joint military exercise between India and ___?
1) China
2) USA
3) Sri Lanka
4) Singapore
5) France
10. “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace” is written by?
1) Kofi Annan
2) Ban Ki-moon
3) Boutros-Boutros Ghali
4) U Thant
5) None of these
11. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?
1) Solicitor General
2) Home Secretary
3) CBI Director
4) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
5) Secretary to the Government of India
12. “The One- Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming” was written by?
1) Norman Borlaug
2) M.S. Swaminathan
3) Masanobu Fukuoka
4) William Gaud
5) None of these
13. The first Hindu-American to become a member of the Uni- ted States House of Represen- tatives is?
1) Tammy Duckworth
2) Sunita Williams
3) Ami Bera
4) Jyothi Sengupta
5) Tulsi Gabbard
14. Which of the following is called the ‘Crossroads of the Pacific’?
1) Hawaii
2) Tonga
3) Ellice
4) Fiji
5) Nauru
15. How many states in India are coastal states?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 9
4) 10
5) 11
16. A tree’s age can be found by?
1) Measuring its height
2) Counting the number
of branches
3) Counting the number of annual rings
4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these
17. ISDN stands for?
1) Integrated Services Digital Network
2) Indian Standard Digital Network
3) Intelligent Services Digital Network
4) Integrated Services Data Network
5) None of these
18. Jayaprakash Narayan is the author of the book?
1) India Divided
2) Why Socialism
3) Discovery of India
4) India wins Freedom
5) None of these
19. Which one of the following books is written by an Indian author?
1) Harry Potter
2) Animal Farm
3) Wolf Hall
4) Beautiful Mind
5) Five Point Someone
20. Who is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)?
1) S. Ramadorai
2) K. Natarajan
3) N. Chandrasekaran
4) Cyrus Mistry
5) S.D. Shibulal
21. CPI and WPI refer to?
1) Political parties
2) Price indices
3) Poverty indices
4) Unemployment indices
5) None of these
22. Davos is famous for?
1) EU headquarters
2) ICJ headquarters
3) World Economic Forum
4) NATO members meet here every year
5) Best ski resorts in the world
23. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?
1) Poverty eradication
2) Improving maternal health
3) Universal primary education
4) Combating HIV/AIDS
5) Reducing trade barriers
24. Which of the following countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis?
1) Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland
2) Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
3) Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland
4) Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic
5) Portugal,UK,Germany,Swit- zerland
25. Bretton Woods Twins are?
1) World Bank, UNESCO
2) IMF, World Bank
3) IMF, WTO
4) World Bank, WTO
5) WTO, UNESCO
26. Barak is a surface to air missile produced by?
1) Israel
2) USA
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Syria
27. ‘Teratali’ is the folk dance of?
1) Punjab
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Uttar Pradesh
28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) World Wide Web–Tim Berners Lee
2) WikiLeaks – Julian Assange
3) Google –Larry Page
4) Amazon.com – Vint Cerf
5) Internet Protocol – Bob Kahn
29. Palme d’ Or award is given in the field of?
1) Soccer
2) Television
3) Movies
4) Literature
5) Environment
30. Harish Hande, a Magsaysay Award winner, is famous for?
1) RTE Act
2) RTI Act
3) MRTPC
4) Lokpal Bill
5) SELCO
31. Sanjukta Panigrahi was a famous?
1) Kathak dancer
2) Kathakali dancer
3) Manipuri dancer
4) Odissi dancer
5) Bharatanatyam dancer
32. Awards and their respective fields are given below. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Grammy – Music
2) Booker – Literature
3) Cannes Lions – Advertising
4) Emmy – Television
5) Pulitzer – Movies
33. Department of Pharmaceuticals comes under the Ministry of?
1) Health
2) Food processing
3) Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Consumer Affairs
5) Defense
34. The main constituents of biogas are?
1) Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide
2) Methane and Carbon dioxide
3) Methane and Carbon monoxide
4) Butane and Hydrogen
5) Butane and Carbon dioxide
35. G-8 was started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them?
1) Canada
2) France
3) Italy
4) Japan
5) Russia
36. Which of the following countries does not follow Euro as currency?
1) Germany
2) Belgium
3) Switzerland
4) Portugal
5) Finland
37. The Education Innovation Fund for India (EIFI) is an initiative of?
1) IBM
2) Microsoft
3) Intel
4) Hewlett-Packard
5) Dell
38. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is located in?
1) New Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai
39. GAAR will be implemented from April 2016. The purpose of GAAR is to?
1) Increase agriculture income
2) Increase rural income
3) Regulate foreign investment in agriculture
4) Check tax avoidance
5) Regulate foreign banks
40. Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize in Economics in?
1) 1990
2) 1995
3) 1998
4) 2009
5) 2000
ANSWERS:
1) 2; 2) 3; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 1; 7) 4; 8) 3; 9) 1; 10) 1;
11) 4; 12) 3; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 3; 16) 3; 17) 1; 18) 2; 19) 5; 20) 3;
21) 2; 22) 3; 23) 5; 24) 2; 25) 2; 26) 1; 27) 4; 28) 4; 29) 3; 30) 5;
31) 4; 32) 5; 33) 3; 34) 2; 35) 5; 36) 3; 37) 4; 38) 3; 39) 4; 40) 3;
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