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The Commission would hold a re-examination for 433 candidates of Patna Centre due to administrative reasons, who appeared on 19th May, 2013 in the Morning Shift from Patna Central School, Block-B, Sudarshan Vihar, Patna (432 candidates) and one candidate bearing Roll No. 3206560090 of another venue. All these candidates have been informed of the re-exam through SMS on their mobile phones.

The Re-examination would be held on 11/08/2013 (Sunday) at RAJKIYA SANSKRIT COLLEGE BLOCK-A, ROAD NO.-4 KAJIPUR, PATNA, from 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon (Reporting time 9:15 AM). The Admission Certificates have been dispatched through post. Duplicate Admission Certificates can be downloaded from the link given below. Click Here to View list click here to download call letter

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BANKING AWARENESS MCQ FOR GIC/RBI/RRB-2/ IBPS PO-3/CLERK-3/SBI CLERK SET-02

1. Who has the sole right to mint coins in India?(1) RBI(2) MMTC(3) Government of India(4) SBI(5) Department of Post
2. Whose signature appears on coins?(1) President of India (2) RBI governor(3) Finance Secretary(4) RBI deputy governor(5) Coins do not bear the signature
3. Government of India withdrawn coins of denomination of 25 paise and below from circulation with effect from.....?(1) 30 July 2011(2) 30 June 2011(3) 30 June 2012(4) 30 June 2010(5) 1 June 2013
4. Who was appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (AD(B) by the Board of Governors at New Delhi on 27 April 2013?(1) Jim Yong Kim(2) Christine Legarde(3) Takehiko Nakao(4) Mario Draghi(5) None
5. To whom the world bank granted a concessional loan of $100 million for the implementation of low-income housing scheme?(1) HDFC(2) ICICI(3) SBI(4) RBI(5) National Housing bank
6. On 4 April 2013, K.H.Muniyappa, the Minister of State (Independent Charg(e) of the Ministry of Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises (MSM(E) given the statement. His statement does not include.....(1) MSME sector contribute 9% of GDP(2) It accounts for around 45% of the manufacturing output(3) It contributes 36% of total value of exports(4) The sector has been growing consistently above 10% for the last five years(5) The sector will be removed from the Priority Sector lending
7. Who was appointed as the chairman to suggest the measures for enhancing MSME exports recently?(1) Ratan TATA(2) Abhijith Sen(3) R.S.Gujral(4) Montek Singh Ahluwalia(5) Anand Sinha
8. The Indian Life Assurance Companies Act was the first statutory measure to regulate life business in India. It was passed in ......?(1) 1925(2) 1956(3) 1947(4) 1934(5) 1912
9. Union government put the export target of ...... billion for the current financial year 2013- 14?(1) $ 325(2) $ 360(3) $ 300.6(4) $ 450(5) $ 150
10. Under whose chairmanship, the Group of Ministers (GoM)was set up to make a law to provide for the independence of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and its functional autonomy?(1) Chidambaram(2) Ranjith Sinha(3) Alok Joshi(4) Bikram singh(5) S.A.Ibrahim
11. Union government on 17 April 2013 declared to enhance the installed capacity of renewable energy of 25,0000 MW to 55,000 MW by .......?(1) 2017(2) 2018(3) 2019(4) 2025(5) 2017
12. Which Indian origin writer received the inaugural Physics journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics(IOP) and the science and Technology Facilities Council in Washington?(1) Abdul kalam(2) Raja Ramanna (3) Anil Ananthaswamy (4) Kasturi Rangan(5) C.R.Rao
13. Which nation joined as a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 26 April 2013?(1) India(2) USA (3) Turkey(4) UK(5) Israel
14. 45th session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May 2013 at?(1) Mumbai(2) Kolkata(3) Pune(4) New Delhi(5) None
15. Factoring means?(1) business of buying trade debts at a discount and making a profit when debt is realized
(2) giving loans to factories by the commercial banks at concessional rates(3) banning the banks not to give loans to factories at lower rate of interest(4) buying of customers assets whenever he did default in the payment of money
(5) None
16. Track, Lane, Hurdles, Shot-put, Discuss Throw, Hammer Throw, Triple Jump, High Jump are the terms used in?(1) Chess(2) Volley Ball(3) Foot Ball(4) Cycling(5) Athletics
17. Youngest player to play an English County match is?(1) Hanuma Vihari(2) TM Srivastava(3) Phiillips Rod(4) Tim Mody(5) Matthew Fisher
18. The Present Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is?(1) 24%(2) 27%(3) 20%(4) 28%(5) 23%
19. Stagflation means?(1) Low inflation combined with high unemployment and slow economic growth(2) Persistent high inflation combined with high employment and fast economic growth(3) Low inflation combined with high employment rate and fast paced economic growth(4) Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and slow economic growth(5) None of above
20. Consider the following statements?

i) Roshni is the skill development scheme launched on 7 June 2013 by the ministry of Rural Development
ii) It aims to provide training and employment to youth in the 10-35 years age group
iii) It was launched in 24 Naxal-affected districts
iv) It is a 100-crore project and is funded by union and state governments, with the union providing 75% of the funding
Which of the above statements is/are correct?(1) ii iii(2) ii iv(3) i ii iii iv(4) ii(5) None
21. India's sixth commodity exchange which started its operations on 19 April 2013?(1) NSE(2) MCX(3) NMCE
(4) UCX (5) ACE
22. Construction of country's first fully private Greenfield airport commenced in?(1) Gaya (Bihar)(2) Pune (Maharashtra) (3) Karaikal (Puducherry)(4) Sivaganga (Tamilnadu)(5) Somnath (Gujarat)
23. Where is the head office of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority?(1) Kolkata(2) Mumba(3) Hyderabad(4) Chennai(5) Delhi
24. The correct statement is?(1) During the visit of Man Mohan singh in Thailand, a sapling of the sacred bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya given as a gift to Thailand king Bhumibol Adulyadej(2) $ 5.2 billion humanitarian fund will be given by UNO to Syria(3) World's largest concentrated solar power plant launched by UAE by name Shams I(4) From 1 April 2013, Myanmar allowed the circulation of private newspapers after 50 years(5) All of above
25. Pick the wrong combination?(1) Chief Election Commissioner- Satyendra Mishra(2) Chief of the Naval Staff-Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi(3) Minister of Commerce and Industry- Anand Sharma(4) Chief Minister of Karnataka - Siddaramaiah(5) UPSC Chairman - D.P.Agarwal
26. Who was re-elected as the chairman of IBA(Indian Banks Association) for the 2013-14 tenure?(1) Chanda Kocchar(2) Urjith Patel(3) K.R.Kamath(4) Aravind Mayaram(5) None
27. On 13 June 2013, RBI slapped fine on new generation private banks. The main reason is for?(1) not opening of No Frill accounts for BPL families(2) not opening of ATM in onsite premises as promised by Finance minister in the budget(3) not issuing new currency notes to customers(4) giving of advertisements about personal loans in news papers(5) violating rules of KYC (Know Your Customer)
28. Leaf turns Yellow: the Sufis of Awadh released by Hamid Ansari. It was edited by?(1) Hashim Amir Ali(2) Muzaffar Ali (3) Gulam Nabi Azad(4) Taslima Nasreen(5) None
29.USSD stands for?(1) Unstructured Supplementary Service Data(2) Universal Supplementary Service Data
(3) Unstructured Standard Service Data(4) Unstructured Supplementary Service Dairy(5) Unstructured Supplementary Stolen Data
30. World Oceans day celebrated on?(1) 8 April(2) 8 May(3) 8 June(4) 8 February(5) 8 January
31. Pages stained with blood, Ramayana from Ganga to Brahmaputra, Melodies and Guns, The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, The shadow of Kamakhya, The Man from Chinnamasta are the works of?(1) Indira Goswami(2) Nehru(3) Gandhi(4) Sarojini Naidu(5) Chetan Bhagath
32. In which country Bank of Baroda opened its 100th overseas branch on 28 March 2013?(1) USA(2) UK(3) South Africa(4) Dubai(5) Australia
33. Savings account become inoperative, if?(1) cash deposited in another branch not intimated to the parent branch
(2) amount withdrawn by ATM exceeds Rs.50,000(3) net banking done on 31st of the month(4) not operated at all during certain period as per the bank rules(5) None
34. Lakulish Yoga University is the first Yoga university in India, inaugurated on 23 May 2013 at?(1) Mumbai(2) Ahmadabad(3) New Delhi(4) Patna(5) Haridwar
35. Which global rating agency revised India's sovereign credit outlook from negative to stable on 12 June 2013?(1) S&P(2) CRISIL(3) Fitch(4) Moody(5) ICRA
36. 117th Constitutional Amendment bill relates to?(1) SC, ST reservation in promotions(2) Lokpal and Lokayukta
(3) Goods and services Tax(4) increase the retirement age of high court judges(5) change of the entry of Oriya Language to Odiya in the 8th Schedule of Constitution of India

37. Assom Ratna Award for the year 2012 conferred on?(1) Indira Goswami (known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami)(2) Surendranath Medhi (known by his pen name Saurav Kumar Chaliha)(3) Tarun Gogoi (Chief minister of Assam)(4) Janaki Ballav Patnaik (Governor of Assam)(5) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (President of the Asom Gana Parishad)
38. The International Workshop on Green National Accounting held on 5 April 2013 at?(1) Mumbai(2) Kolkata(3) Kochi(4) Pune(5) New Delhi

39. RBI known as lender of last resort because: (1) It has to meet the credit need of citizens to whom no one else is willing to lend (2) Banks lend to go to RBI as a last resort (3) It comes to help banks in times of crisis (4) All of the above (5) None 
40. These days RBI uses Selective credit control measures rather infrequently because of: (1) Deregulation of functions (2) Autonomy given to banks (3) Comfortable liquidity (4) Reasonable inflation level (5) All the above 

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

BANKING AWARENESS MCQ FOR GIC/RBI/RRB-2/ IBPS PO-3/CLERK-3/SBI CLERK SET-01

1. Banks in our country normally publicize that additional interest rate is allowed on retail domestic term deposits of?(a) Minors (b) Married Women(c) Senior citizens ((d) Government Employees (e) Rural residents
2. When the rate of inflation increases?(a) Purchasing power of money increases (b) Purchasing power of money decreases (c) Value of money increases((d) Purchasing power of money remains unaffected(e) Amount of money in circulation decreases
3. A centralized database with online connectivity to branches, internet as well as ATM-network which has been adopted by almost all major banks of our country is known as?(a) Investment Banking (b) Core Banking 
(c) Mobile Banking((d) National Banking (e) Specialized Banking
4. Which of the following is NOT considered a money market instrument?(a) Treasury Bills (b) Repurchase Agreement 

(c) Commercial Paper ((d) Certificate of Deposit (e) Shares and Bonds
5. Which of the following is necessary while opening deposit accounts in banks?(a) Will (b)Registration (c)Nomination 

(d) Indemnity (e) Guarantee
6. Which of the following is not a banking term? (a) Letter of credit (b) MIBOR (c) Factoring services ((d) Entry load 

(e) None of these 
7. Which of the following organizations issue the rules of global trade? (a) IMF (b) World Trade Organization (c) Foreign trade (d) G-20 (e) None 
8. One single statement that depicts the financial position of a Bank and / or Business enterprise at a given point of time is called: (a) Statement of product details (b) Foreign exchange(c) Balance Sheet ((d) Balance of payment (e) Trading and Manufacturing account 
9. The Reverse Mortgage scheme is launched to give benefit to which of the following groups of society? (a) Persons below 60 yrs (b) Senior Citizens (c) Unemployed youth ((d) Orphans (e) All
10. One of the major challenges banking industry is facing these days is curbing deliberate efforts of some people to bring money earned through illegal activities in circulation. Which of the following act is passed to prevent this activity? (a) Payment & settlements Act (b) Control money supply Act (c) Narcotics and Psychotropic substance Act ((d) Prevention of Money laundering Act(e) None
11. Which of the following scheme is not meant for investment purposes?(a) National saving certificate (b) Infrastructure bonds (c) Mutual funds ((d) Letter of credit (e) None of these 
12. Basel norms which are important regulatory stipulations are meant for which sector? (a) Insurance (b) Banking (c) Micro finance ((d) Pension funds (e) None 
13. Systematic investment Plans relates to:(a) Mutual Funds (b) Life Insurance Companies (c) Commercial Banks (d) Post office savings schemes (e) None
14. Euro money is the official currency of?(a) NATO (b) UN (c) European ((d) Germany and England (e) None of these 
15. Which of the following is an example of cash less purchase? (a) Debit card (b) Credit card (c) ATM withdrawal (d) All of the above (e) None
16. Whose signature appears on Indian Rs. 100 note? (a) Finance Minister (b) RBI Governor (c) Finance Secretary 

(d) Chairman, Planning Commission (e) None 
17. While discussing investments there is a mention of short term government security. What is this investment? (a) Debenture (b) Mutual funds (c) Treasury bill ((d) Share (e) None of these 
18. NBFCs are an important part of the Indian financial system. what is meant by this term? (a) New Banking Financial Companies (b) Non Banking Financial Companies (c) Neo Banking Financial Confederation (d) Non banking Fiscal Companies
19. Banking loan against property requires the asset to be free from encumbrances. What does it mean? (a) The asset to be free from any liability (b) The asset to be properly registered (c) The property to be fully constructed (d) The asset should not have multiple owners (e) None 
20. RBI stipulates a healthy mix of CASA in the business figures of banks. What is CASA? (a) Customer Analysis and Savings Pattern (b) Cost Appreciation and selling Analysis (c) Current Account and saving Account (d) Credit and savings Aggregate (e) None of these 
21. Which one of the following is not an electronic banking delivery channel?(a) Mobile Vans((d) Mobile Phone Banking (c) Internet Banking (d) Tele Banking  (e) ATM
22. The Rate at which the domestic currency can be converted into foreign currency and vice-versa is known as the ____

(a) Exchange rate (b) MIBOR (c) Inter bank Call money rate ((d) Base rate (e) LIBOR
23. Now-a-days Banks are selling third party products. Example of third party product is:(a) Mutual funds (b) Term deposits(c) Credit cards ((d) All of these (e) None 
24. Electronic Clearing Service in banks can be availed only by:(a) Individuals (b) Corporates (c) Senior Citizens (d) All of these (e) None
25. Indian Commercial Banks are categorized into: (a) Public sector Banks (b)Foreign Banks (c) Private Sector Banks (d) All of the above (e) None 
26. Regional Rural Banks have been set up with the basic objectives of:(a) Providing credit to semi - urban & urban population (b) Providing deposits facilities to farmers  (c) Providing credit & deposit facilities to rural areas (d) providing credit, deposit and other banking facilities to people in rural areas (e) None
27. _____ is raised in capital markets (a) Funds through long term securities(b) Long term loans through Govt. securities (c) medium term loans (d) Short - term instruments(e) None
28. Interest on Government secu-rities on fixed basis is known as: (a) Bank rate (b) Coupon (c) Prime Lending Rate (d) Bench mark PLR (e) None
29. __ was not nationalized in 1969: (a) Punjab National Bank(b) Oriental Bank of commerce (c) Bank of Baroda (d) Union Bank of India (e) None
30. In the first round 14 major banks with a liability base of ____ were nationalized: (a) 10 crore or more 
(b) 20 crore or more (c) 50 crore or more (d) 100 crore or more (e) None
31. _____ do not attract TDS: (a) Fixed deposits (b) Reinvestment deposits(c) NRO SB (d) NRO FDR (e) Recurring deposits 
32. SLR is maintained as a percentage of:(a) Time liabilities (b) Demand liabilities(c) Time and Demand liabilities (d) Gross time and demand liabilities  (e) Net demand and time Liabilities 
33. The maximum Statutory Liquidity Ratio to be maintained by banks is_____: (a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 35% 
(d) 40% (e) None
34. CRR funds are kept by the Banks in ____: (a) Cash in hand at branches (b) Balance with other banks 
(c) Balance in a special Account with RBI (d) Funds in the currency chest (e) None
35. An increase in CRR by RBI leads to: (a) Decrease in deposit (b) increase in deposit (c) Increase in lendable resources (d) Decrease in lendable resources (e) None
36. When RBI reduce the CRR it results into: (a) Decrease in deposit (b) increase in deposit (c) Increase in lendable resources (d) Decrease in lendable resources (e) None
37. What is meant by development Oriented banking? (a) Infrastructure financing (b) Extending loans to States, which are undevelopment (c) Taking up the task of develo-pment of the economy by providing support to under privileged sections of the society (d) All the above (e) None
38. Principal functions of SIDBI: (a) Promotion of SSI (b) Finance of SSI (c) Development of SSI(d) All the above (e) None 
39. ____ heads and conducts the affairs of RBI: (a) Central Board (b) local board (c) Regional board (d) All of the above (e) None
40. RBI Provides ____ for meeting day - to - day receipt and expenditure mismatch to both Central and State Governments. (a) treasury bills (b) Ways and Means advance (c) date and securities (d) All the above (e) None

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

General awareness Questions for GIC/RBI/IBPS PO/CLERK CWE III SET:-019

Q. 1 Name the Telugu writer who was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012.1) R Ananthamurthy 2) Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja3) Jayakanthan 4) JM Sali5) None of these

Q. 2 The recent CAG reports point out several performances and financial anomalies in Kol Dham Hydro Electric Power Project. The project belongs to1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Uttarakhand3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Meghalaya5) None of these

Q. 3 As per the data released by the Ministry of Rural Development recently, job generation under the MNREGA scheme has _______ over the years.1) increased 2) declined3) remained constant 4) mixed trend5) None of these

Q. 4 Which of the following statements is/are not correct about National Population Register (NPR)?

1) It is a project of home ministry. 2) It is a substitute for Aadhar (UID).3) It collects identity through three biometrics photographs, fingerprints and iris impression.4) All the residents above five years of age have to be enrolled mandatorily. 5) It will be used for identification and providing target groups access to government schemes and social sector benefits.

Q. 5 Name the player who became the first bowler to take three hat-tricks in the Indian Premier League (IPL). 1) Yuvraj Singh 2) Rohit Sharma 3) Amit Mishra 4) Praveen Kumar5) None of these

Q. 6 Indian cinema will complete its journey of 100 years on May 3 this year. India's first silent feature film "Raja Harishchandra" was screened on May 3, 1913 at 1) Coronation Theatre 2) Majestic Cinema 3) Prabhat Studios 4) Bombay Talkies 5) Wadia Movietone

Q. 7 Rohinton Nariman, who resigned from his post recently, was the 1) Advocate General of Delhi 2) Solicitor General of India 3) Attorney General of India 4) Assistant Solicitor General of India 5) None of these

Q. 8 For the first time since 2006, Spain crashed out of the first round of the Davis Cup recently. Which of the following countries has defeated Spain in the world group tie? 1) Sweden 2) France 3) Canada 4) Japan 5) None of these

Q. 9 Although the Union Cabinet approved a proposal for FDI in insurance to 49 per cent. The current percentage of FDI in India 1) 0 per cent 2) 26 per cent 3) 74 per cent 4) 49 per cent 5) None of these

Q. 10 Name the only women chief election commissioner of India, who died on April 17 1) Rama Devi 2) Leela Seth 3) Fathima Beevi 4) Anna Chandy 5) None of these

Q. 11 Which of the following politicians of India has been named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world in its annual list of global achievers? 1) Pranab Mukherjee 2) P Chidambaram 3) Jairam Ramesh 4) Sushma Swaraj 5) Manmohan Singh

Q. 12 Name the woman officer who was appointed Special Director General of the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF on April 18. This is the first time a woman officer is occupying the second top post in the hierarchy of the force. 1) Kiran Bedi 2) Nisha Priya Bhatia 3) Anjali Gupta 4) Aruna Bahuguna 5) None of these

Q. 13 Which of the following state’s Rural Management and Development Department has bagged the prestigious Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2011-12? 1) MP 2) Sikkim 3) Bihar 4) Assam 5) Guajarat

Q. 14 The Olympic gold medalist, Britain's Chris Hoy has announced his retirement from the sport on April 19. He was associated with the- 1) Hockey 2) Swimming 3) Cycling 4) Shooting 5) Weightlifting

Q. 15 Union Cabinet on April 18 approved the proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent,

benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government. Earlier, it was 1) 50 per cent 2) 68 per cent 3) 72 per cent 4) 78 per cent 5) None of these

Q. 16 According to United Nations report, Indian economy is likely to grow in 2013 at 1) 5 per cent 2) 5.5 per cent 3) 6.2 per cent 4) 6.4 per cent 5) 8 per cent

Q. 17 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved allocation of enhanced funds to the tune of Rs 12,000 crore as a special plan under the Backward Region Grant Fund for the 12th five year plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) against Rs 5,600 crore in the previous plan for 1) UP 2) Bihar 3) MP 4) Jharkhand 5) None of these

Q. 18 What is the limit of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at present in private banks in India? 1) 26% 2) 49% 3) 100% 4) 74% 5) None of these

Q. 19 P V Sindhu is associated with which of the following games? 1) Tennis 2) Badminton 3) Golf 4) Shooting 5) Wrestling

Q. 20 World Heritage day is observed on 1) 18 April 2) 19 April 3) 22 April 4) 27 April 5) None of these

Q. 21 The is a situation of a political storm in India over the leakage of report that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram get a clean chit in the draft JPC report on 2G scam. The panel is chaired by who amongst the following? 1) Yashwant Sinha 2) PC Chacko 3) J P Agarwal 4) Murli Manohar Joshi 5) None of these

Q. 22 Who amongst the following has written the book titled ‘Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry In The Indo- Pacific’? 1) Ira Pande 2) C Raja Mohan 3) Sunil Janah 4) Amish Tripathy 5) None of these

Q. 23 Which of the following Indian cities, after a long gap of 25 years, will host the four-day 44th World Trade

Centre General Assembly? The event will see over 300 global experts, policymakers, industrialists and marketing gurus. 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Kolkata 4) Bangalore 5) None of these

Q. 24 The veteran cricketer Mike Denness passed away recently. He belonged to which of the following countries? 1) South Africa 2) New Zealand 3) Australia 4) England 5) None of these

Q. 25 Ahead of his 40th birthday, the wax statue of Sachin Tendulkar has been unveiled at which of the following cricket grounds recently? 1) Lords 2) Eden Gardens 3) Sydney 4) The Oval 5) Melbourne

Q. 26 A Sivathanu Pillai has been given the Padma Bhushan award by President Pranab Mukherjee recently. The distinguished scientist is the chief of which of the following programmes? 1) Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme 2) BrahMos Aerospace 3) Agni-V 4) K-15 5) None of these

Q. 27 For the effective implementation of policies and programmes chartered out in the 12th Five Year Plan, planning commission has come with a new initiative, IBIN. What is the full form of the same? 1) India Backbone Initiative Network 2) India Broader Implementation Network 3) India Backbone Implementation Network 4) India Broad-based Implementation Norms 5) None of these

Q. 28 Which of the following state governments has decided to expand the network of web enabled Online Treasury Information System in the State to seven more districts in addition to existing two districts? 1) Haryana 2) Punjab 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) None of these

Q. 29 Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated who amongst the following to storm into the last-eight stage in the women’s singles category in Badminton Asia Championships at Taipei recently? 1) Eriko Hirose 2) Shixian Wang 3) Juliane SCHENK 4) LI Xuerui 5) None of these

Q. 30 Name the country which has launched a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures aboard its famed Soyuz rocket recently? This is an effort to study the effects of long flights on living organisms. 1) China 2) US 3) France 4) Russia 5) None of these

Q. 31 The International Mother Earth Day is observed on which of the following dates? 1) April 20 2) April 21 3) April 22 4) April 23 5) None of these

Q. 32 Ms Shakuntala Devi passed away recently at a Bangaluru hospital following respiratory problems. She was a distinguished ______. 1) Mathematical genius 2) Sitar Maestro 3) Classical Dancer 4) Social Activist 5) None of these

Q. 33 Name the Chinese province which was hit by a powerful earthquake recently. The authorities are continuing a massive rescue operation after the earthquake killed at least 188 people and left more than 11,000 others injured. 1) Yunnan 2) Sichuan 3) Guangdong 4) Shandong 5) Zhejiang

Q. 34 About 185 people were killed and several others wounded during fierce clashes between the Boko Haram militants and the state military. These militants are active in which of the following countries? 1) Cameroon 2) Benin 3) Ghana 4) Nigeria 5) None of these

Q. 35 Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect of European Union’s (EU) latest stand on Syria? 1) The EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss issues related to easing the oil embargo against Syria to help the rebel opposition. 2) The 27-nation bloc had slapped a ban on investments in Syrian oil in September 2011, followed by a ban on imports of oil in December. 3) Exports of crude provided up to one third of Syria’s revenues and EU used to buy nearly 95 percent of the Syrian crude. 4) All the above 5) None of these

Q. 36 The five-day event, 8th World Chambers of Congress, is being held in which of the following cities? This is the year’s biggest international gathering of chamber and business leaders being held for the first time in the West Asia. 1) Abu Dhabi 2) Qatar 3) Muscat 4) Manama 5) None of these

Q. 37 Who amongst the following has won the Monte Carlo Masters men’s singles title recently? 1) Novak Djokovic 2) Rafael Nadal 3) Andy Murray 4) Roger Federer 5) None of these

Q. 38 Who amongst the following has won the women’s race of the London Marathon held recently amid tight security arrangements? 1) Priscah Jeptoo 2) Atsede Baysa 3) Yukiko Akaba 4) Edna Kiplagat 5) None of these

Q. 39 Cheteshwar Pujara is the only Indian batsman to figure in the ICC’s latest Test rankings retaining number seven position. Who amongst the following holds the top position amongst the batsmen? 1) AB de Villiers 2) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 3) Hashim Amla 4) KC Sangakkara 5) None of these

Q. 40 Name the veteran politician and parliamentarian who has been elected unopposed as the new President of Bangladesh? 1) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad 2) Abdul Hamid 3) Fakhruddin Ahmed 4) Muhammad Yunus 5) None of these

Q. 41 The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to provide Z-category security to which of the following Indian industrialists recently? 1) Ratan Tata 2) Mukesh Ambani 3) Anil Ambani 4) Navin Jindal 5) None of these

Q. 42 Name the Nigerian President who has set up a committee to investigate the possibility of granting a general amnesty to militants from the group known as Boko Haram. 1) Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2) Goodluck Jonathan 3) Umaru Musa 4) Muhammadu Buhari 5) None of these

Q. 43 Who amongst the following has won the men’s section of London Marathon held recently? 1) Feyisa Lilesa 2) Ayele Abshero 3) Emmanuel Mutai 4) Tsegaye Kebede 5) None of these

Q. 44 Which of the following countries has topped the list of countries receiving remittances according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief? 1) Nigeria 2) Mexico 3) Philippines 4) China 5) India

Q. 45 Which of the following Indian automakers has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Indian Multinational of the Year’ award at the AIMA Managing India Awards 2013? 1) Tata Motors 2) Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd 3) Hero Moto Corp 4) Bajaj Auto Ltd 5) None of these

Q. 46 Consider the following statements with respect to Jagdish Saran Verma, who passed away recently, and choose the correct sentence(s):1) He served as the 27th Chief Justice of India. 2) He headed the three member committee to suggest improvement in criminal law to tackle crime against women. 3) He was the first chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority. 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2)

Q. 47 Lalgudi Jayaraman, who passed away recently, was a legendary 1) violinist 2) guitarist 3) flute player 4) tabla palyer 5) None of these

Q. 48 Name the person who has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (CCI) recently? 1) Ratan Tata 2) Anil Agrawal 3) Sunil Bharti Mittal 4) Ravi Ruia 5) None of these

Q. 49 National Panchayati Raj Diwas is observed on which of the following dates to mark the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, which institutionalised Panchayati Raj. 1) April 21 2) April 22 3) April 23 4) April 24 5) None of these

Q. 50 The name of PV Sandhu is associated with which of the following games? 1) Cricket 2) Tennis 3) Badminton 4) Billiards 5) None of these

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General awareness Questions for GIC/RBI/IBPS PO/CLERK CWE III SET:-018

Q. 1 Name the new 5500 horse power state-of-the-art freight train engine, designed by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, and manufactured by Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, which is the most powerful engine till date and will be inducted in Indian Rail soon. 1) Arjun  2) Bhim 3) Angad  4) Virat 5) None of these 

Q. 2 Which of the following films won the best film award in recently concluded Mumbai Film Festival in newly introduced ‘India Gold’ category for Indian feature films? 1) Shahid  2) Chariots of Fire’ 3) Aqui Y Alla  4) Miss Lowly 5) None of these 

Q. 3 Name the leading gold financing company of the country which has been given Golden Peacock Award for ‘Excellence in Corporate Governance’ for the year 2012 in London. 1) Muthoot Fincorp  2) Muthoot Finance Ltd 3) Manappuram Finance  4) HDFC Gold Loan 5) None of these 

Q. 4 Name the ace driver of Red Bull team of Formula One race who recently won second edition of Indian Grand Prix. 1) Sebastian Vettel  2) Michael Schumacher 3) Mark Webber  4) Fernando Alonso 5) None of these 

Q. 5 Which of the following Formula One team had decided to continue sporting the Italian navy’s flag on their cars in support of their two marines charged with homicide in Kerala? 1) Scuderia Ferrari  2) Red Bull Racing 3) McLaren  4) Lotus 5) None of these 

Q. 6 Name the Magsaysay Award winner and member of National Advisory Council who has been appointed as the chairman of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). 1) Deep Joshi  2) Dr Yogendra K Alagh 3) Prof. G S Gupta  4) I C Srivastava 5) None of these 

Q. 7 India and Spain inked five pacts during the visit of Spanish king who was on a four-day visit to India accompanied by a business delegation. Name the king. 1) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  2) Akihito

3) Juan Carlos I  4) Lee Myung-bak 5) None of these 

Q. 8 Norway’s telecom company Telenor which ended its partnership with Unitech, has now partnered with which of the following companies to form a new joint venture? 1) Sun Pharma  2) Lakshdeep Investment and Finance 3) Sun TV Network  4) Weizmann Forex 5) None of these 

Q. 9 Which of the following Indian actresses launched her latest international single In My City? 1) Kareena Kapoor  2) Priyanka Chopra 3) Ishita Arun  4) Sridevi 5) None of these 

Q. 10 Jaspal Bhatti passed away recently in a road accident. He was a famous 1) singer  2) movie critic 3) composer  4) satirist 5) None of these 

Q. 11 Name the person who is all set to become party head of the Chinese Communist Party and will replace Hu Jintao as the president next year. 1) Zhang Dejiang  2) Xi Jinping 3) Yu Zhengsheng  4) Li Keqiang 5) None of these 

Q. 12 Name the late presenter of BBC who has been alleged to sexually abuse several people during his career which has shaken the broadcaster. 1) Jimmy Savile  2) George Entwistle 3) Peter Rippon  4) Mark Thompson 5) None of these 

Q. 13 Who recently won the French Open Super Series women’s singles in Paris defeating Saina Nehwal of India? 1) Ratchanok Inthanon  2) Li Han 3) Sapsiree Taerattanachai  4) Minatsu Mitani 5) None of these 

Q. 14 Name the hurricane which hit the US East Coast recently causing extensive destruction overnight in which several people have been reported dead and millions left without electricity. 1) Camille  2) Sandy 3) Alma  4) Donna 5) None of these 

Q. 15 Recently DMRC has been awarded with which of the following awards? 1) Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance  2) Golden Peacock Award for Climate Security 3) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award  4) Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility 5) Japanese award for Most Innovative Development Project 

Q. 16 The Union government has asked all mobile operators offering smartphone services of which of the following companies to implement the interception solution by December 31 to enable security agencies to check misuse of the encrypted service? 1) Apple  2) Google 3) Microsoft  4) BlackBerry 5) None of these 

Q. 17 Reliance Industries owned Infotel Broadband Services Ltd is all set to launch its fourth generation technology based broadband services in which of the following cities? 1) Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata  2) Delhi, Mumbai and Jamnagar 3) Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai  4) Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad 5) None of these 

Q. 18 The line asserted by the US as the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has triggered a fresh war of words between the two neighbours. Which of the following lines separates these two nations? 1) Redcliff Line  2) McMohan Line 3) Durand Line  4) Maginot Line 5) None of these

Q. 19 Name the former Premier of Italy whom a court of the country has convicted of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison. 1) Lamberto Dini  2) Massimo D'Alema 3) Romano Prodi  4) Silvio Berlusconi 5) None of these 

Q. 20 ICC recently gave its seal of approval to which of the following new format of test matches announcing new playing conditions for Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals? 1) Day-night Test matches  2) Three day Test matches 3) Limited over Test matches  4) Four day Test matches 5) None of these

Q. 21 Which of the following world’s two leading English language publishing houses has announced to merge recently? 1) Penguin-Ransom  2) Penguin-HarperCollins 3) Ransom-HarperCollins  4) Penguin-Elsevier 5) None of these 

Q. 22 Who is the writer of the recently published book Return to India? 1) Javid Chaudhury  2) Arvind Verma 3) R Nagraj  4) Shoba Narayan 5) None of these

Q. 23 After the recent cabinet reshuffle who has assumed the charge of the Railway Ministry which has returned to Congress party after 17 years? 1) C P Joshi  2) Pawan Kumar Bansal 3) S Jaipal Reddy  4) Jitendra Singh 5) None of these 

Q. 24 Union government has recently approved Reliance Industries to further develop its which of the following largest oil and gas producing block? 1) Panna-Mukta oilfield  2) Mangala Area 3) KG-D6  4) Tapti fields 5) None of these

Q. 25 Home Ministry has recently cleared the India-Pakistan cricket series. This series will be played between the two teams in December-January in 1) India  2) Pakistan 3) both the countries  4) a third country to be decided later 5) None of these 

Q. 26 In its second quarter review of the monetary policy, RBI cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points to fix it at 1) 4.25 per cent  2) 4.50 per cent 3) 4.75 per cent  4) 4.00 per cent 5) None of these 

Q. 27 Haldia port has been in news in recent days. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding its present crisis? 1) Cargo handling company at the port, HPT wrote KoPT seeking more cargo allocation as it was suffering losses due to lack of cargo.  2) After KoPT not committing more cargo, HPT laid off 275 workers following which workers launched an agitation against HPT. 3) TMC MP Suvendu Adhikari who is taking up cause of laid off workers is said to own port’s only other cargo firm.  4) All the above are correct 5) None of the above is correct 

Q. 28 It has been decided to invite Sultan of Oman as the chief guest for the Republic Day parade next year. Name the Sultan of Oman. 1) Tunku Mahmud  2) Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem 3) Qaboos bin Said Al Said  4) Hassanal Bolkiah 5) None of these 

Q. 29 Which of the following cyclones hit Tamil Nadu coast recently bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds? 1) Nilam  2) Onil 3) Laila  4) Agni 5) None of these 

Q. 30 High court in Rwanda sentenced the leading opposition leader Victoire Ingabire to eight years in prison recently. She has been accused of 1) conspiring to harm the country through war and terror.  2) minimising the 1994 genocide that tore the nation apart. 3) trying to mend the constitution of the country in favour of Hutus.  4) Only 1) and 2) 5) Only 1) and 3)

Q. 31 Which of the following companies is all set to buy filmmaker George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd and its ‘Star Wars’ franchise for $4.05 billion with a promise to release a new film of the series in 2015? 1) Warner Brothers  2) 20th Century Fox 3) Walt Disney  4) Sony Motion Pictures 5) None of these

Q. 32 The board of directors of IDBI Bank has approved the merger of which of the following corporations with the bank which is subject to regulatory and shareholders’ approval? 1) Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited  2) Unit Trust of India 3) Sharekhan Limited  4) India Infoline Limited 5) None of these 

Q. 33 What is India’s current rank according to the fifth edition of the Financial Development Report of World Economic Forum released recently? 1) 40th  2) 36th 3) 32nd  4) 30th 5) None of these

Q. 34 Which of the following Indian players will get Polly Umrigar Award at the BCCI Annual Award ceremony in which Sachin Tendulkar will be awarded for his 100th international century? 1) R Ashwin  2) M S Dhoni 3) Gautam Gambhir  4) Virat Kohli 5) None of these 

Q. 35 Which of the following Japanese broking firm has been fined with record $2.5 million in the wake of an insider trading scandal? 1) Daiwa  2) Nomura 3) Yamaichi  4) Nikko 5) None of these

Q. 36 Taking in account a commercial bank, which of the following cannot be the source of its borrowing?

1) Capital  2) Cash reserves with RBI 3) Call Money  4) Fixed deposits by customers 5) None of these

Q. 37 With which of the following cards the risk is highest for the issuing banks? 1) Dabit Cards  2) Credit Cards 3) ATM Cards  4) Travel Cards 5) All the above 

Q. 38 Name the noted poet and filmmaker who received the 27th Indira Gandhi award for national integration from Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the death anniversary of the late Prime Minister. 1) Javed Akhtar  2) Gulzar 3) Vikram Seth  4) Charanjeet Makar 5) None of these 

Q. 39 Which of the following is a snooker player who represents/represented India in international events? 1) Geet Sethi  2) Pankaj Advani 3) Vikram Seth  4) Subhash Agarwal 5) All the above

Q. 40 Who among the following is Cabinet Secretary of Government of India at present? 1) Ajit Kumar Seth  2) Upendra Tripathi 3) L. C. Goyal  4) Alok Rawat 5) None of these 

Q. 41 Which of the following states started a week-long festival named ‘Rajyotsava’ recently to mark the 12th year of its formation? 1) Uttarakhand  2) Chhattisgarh 3) Jharkhand  4) Delhi 5) None of these

Q. 42 The Supreme Court of India started hearing against the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President on the petition of which of the following persons? 1) Ram Jethmalani  2) Rajnath Singh 3) P A Sangma  4) Agatha Sangma 5) None of these

Q. 43 Which of the following terms is not used in the game of cricket? 1) Leg bye  2) Kidney Punch 3) Overthrow  4) Timed out 5) None of these 

Q. 44 Under the Legal Metrology Amendment Rules 2012 the Union Government has made it mandatory for a manufacturer to pack items in 1) any size  2) in small sizes only 3) in big sizes only  4) prescribed standard sizes only 5) None of these 

Q. 45 The first ever ‘World Economic Forum on India’ to be organized in Gurgaon will be participated by

1) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former British premier Gordon Brown  2) Federal Minister of Pakistan Farzana Raja and former cricketer Imran Khan 3) Only 1)  4) Only 2) 5) Both 1) and 2)

Q. 46 Which of the following is a film directed by late Yash Chopra, the last film directed by him? 1) Ek Tha Tiger  2) Dhoom 3 3) Jab Tak Hai Jaan  4) Veer-Zaara 5) None of these 

Q. 47 Which of the following is the rate at which the domestic currency can be converted into foreign currency and also the vice-versa? 1) Base rate  2) Exchange rate 3) Repo rate  4) Inter-bank call money 5) None of these 

Q. 48 Travel solution provider major Thomas Cook (India) has partnered with which of the following companies to provide travel card? 1) Visa Card  2) National Payment Corporation of India (RuPay) 3) MasterCard Worldwide  4) OneDebit 5) None of these 

Q. 49 Which of the following companies has become the latest entrant in the Indian smartphone market which is the world’s second largest personal computer manufacturer? 1) Acer  2) Lenovo 3) Hewlett-Packard  4) HTC 5) None of these 

Q. 50 The 9th summit of 48-member Asia-Europe meeting will be held at which of the following places in which External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will participate? 1) Berlin  2) Perth 3) Dhaka  4) Laos 5) None of these 

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