General Awareness Quiz

1. Digital Village project launched by ....... in Akodara Village in Gujarat recently.

1)Yes Bank
2) RBI
3) Corporation Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) SBI
2. On 19 January 2015, based on the cost of funds, RBI asked banks to review minimum
lending rate for every .........
1) two months
2) four months
3) two months
4) six months
5) three months
3. On 19 January 2015, ICICI Bank introduced 'icicibankpay'. It is it's.........
1) face book handle
2) credit card
3) new financial intermediary
4) new CBS module
5) twitter service
4. In the list of the Top 50 Most Valued Global Banks (in terms of market capitalization)
released by Bloomberg on 17 January 2015, which bank got first rank?
1) SBI
2) ICICI
3) BOB
4) HDFC
5) SBH
5. Union Government on 19 January 2015 prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets
with fake or duplicate IMEI. IMEI stands for ..........
1) International Mobile Equipment Identity
2) Indian Mobile Equipment Identity
3) Internal Mobile Equipment Identity
4) Interest Mobile Equipment Identity
5) None
6. Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching launched by PM on
25 December 2014 at ......
1) New Delhi
2) Allahabad
3) Varanasi
4) Gwalior
5) Jammu
7. International borders dividing the nations given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) India and China - McMahon Line
2) India and Pakistan - Radcliffe Line
3) India and Sri Lanka - Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar
4) India and Bangladesh - Durand Line
5) None
8. Baba Ramdev was appointed as the ambassador of ........
1) Uttarakhand
2) Haryana
3) Tamilnadu

4) AP
5) Telangana
9. Due to decrease in oil prices and fall of demand for gold, the Trade deficit in December 2014
narrowed to .......
1) 7.25 billion dollars
2) 11.20 billion US dollars
3) 7.50 billion US dollars
4) 9.43 billion US dollars
5) None
10. In 'AEBAS', 'B' stands for......
1) Benefit
2) Branded
3) Bombay
4) Biometric
5) Bi-monthly
11. DeitY stands for .....
1) Department of electrical & information technology
2) Department of electronics & information trade
3) Division of electronics & information technology
4) Department of electronics & information technology
5) None
12. GIAN is a short term teaching programme under which scholars abroad will be invited to
teach in India. GIAN stands for....
1) Global Invite of Academic Network
2) Global Initiative of Academic Network
3) Grand Initiative of Academic Network
4) Global Initiative of Academic Nation
5) None
13. Jal Kranti Varsh is.....
1) 2014-15
2) 2020-21
3) 2013-14
4) 2017-18
5) 2015-16
14. Which software service provider declared to spend over Rs.1,500 crore to fund innovations
in software and services in India?
1) TCS
2) Tech Mahindra
3) Infosys
4) Wipro
5) HCL
15. e-voting allowed recently for.....
1) Illeterates
2) Old age people
3) Physically handicapped persons
4) Soft ware professionals
5) NRIs
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General Awareness Quiz

1. Alexis Tsipras became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on January 26,
2015?
1) Spain
2) Poland
3) Cyprus
4) Portugal
5) Greece
2. How many persons were conferred the Padma Vibhushan award in 2015?
1) 2
2) 9
3) 5
4) 4
5) 20
3. Who was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year in January 2015?
1) Gurinder Sandhu
2) Ryan Carters
3) Sean Abbott
4) Josh Hazelwood
5) Patrick Cummins
4. Who was crowned the Miss Universe 2014 on January 25, 2015 in Miami, Florida, USA?
1) Nia Sanchez (USA)
2) Dlana Harkusha (Ukraine)
3) Migbelis Castellanos (Venezuela)
4) Paulina Vega (Colombia)
5) None of these
5. Who received Australia's Allan Border Medal in January 2015?
1) Michael Clarke
2) David Warner
3) Mitchell Johnson
4) Brad Haddin
5) Steve Smith
6. 'Project Loon' is developed by which of the following companies with the mission of
providing internet access to rural and remote areas?
1) Yahoo
2) Microsoft
3) Facebook
4) Google

5) Oracle
7. The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is situated in?
1) Anand
2) Karnal
3) Ahmadabad
4) Lucknow
5) Kolkata
8. Which State has launched 'Gauravi', a One-Stop Crisis Centre for women?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
9. World Refugee Day is observed on?
1) July 20
2) June 20
3) July 14
4) June 14
5) June 24
10. Which of the following regulates housing finance companies?
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) IRDA
4) SEBI
5) NHB
11. Michelle Howard is the first woman to achieve the rank of admiral in the Navy of ?
1) UK
2) USA
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) New Zealand
12. Which former Chief Election Commissioner is the author of the book "An Undocumented
Wonder- The Making of the Great Indian Election"?
1) Navin Chawla
2) T.N. Seshan
3) V.S. Sampath
4) N. Gopalaswami
5) S.Y. Quraishi
13. Which of the following countries issued a coin with an embedded thermometer to
commemorate the 270th death anniversary of Anders Celsius, a Swedish physicist?
1) Cook Islands
2) Fiji
3) Marshall Islands
4) Papua New Guinea
5) Solomon Islands
14. Which of the following public sector undertakings has been awarded the Navratna status?
1) Cochin Shipyard Limited
2) Goa Shipyard Limited
3) Indian Rare Earths Limited
4) Mazagaon Dock Limited
5) National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited

15. The first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for
persons who are blind is?
1) USA
2) India
3) Switzerland
4) UK
5) Finland
16. Which of the following is India's first ever indigenously built research ship?
1) Sindhu Ratna
2) Sindhu Rakshak
3) Sindhu Sadhana
4) Sindhu Garuda
5) None of these
17. Which eminent scientist was conferred the Dr Mohan Dharia Nation Building Award in
2014?
1) Raghunath Mashelkar
2) CNR Rao
3) MYS Prasad
4) Shekar Basu
5) Avinash Chander
18. The National Institute of Oceanography is located in?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Tamil Nadu
19. Balramji Das Tandon is the Governor of which of the following Indian States?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Haryana
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Mizoram
20. Mohammed Dionne has been appointed the Prime Minister of which of the following
African
countries?
1) Senegal
2) Mauritania
3) Mali
4) Guinea
5) Gambia
ANSWERS
1) 5
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
6) 4
7) 2
8) 3
9) 2
10) 5
11) 2
12) 5

13) 1
14) 5
15) 2
16) 3
17) 1
18) 2
19) 4
20) 1

General Awareness Quiz

1. Goodwill ambassador for the National games 2015 is .................
1) Dhoni
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Amitabh Bachhan
4) Amir Khan
5) None of these

2. In order to create space for banks to expand credit, RBI reduced the SLR from 22.0% to...
1) 21.75%
2) 20.0%
3) 20.5%
4) 21.5%
5) 21.0%

3. Currently, who among the following is the world's oldest monarch?

1) Queen Elizabeth II
2) Emperor of Japan
3) King of Thailand
4) Queen Victoria
5) Queen Diana

4. Which committee has submitted report on restructuring of FCI?

1) Abhijith Sen

2) M. S. Swaminathan
3) Shanta Kumar
4) Ayaesh Goya
5) Arvind Panagariya

5. World's largest vertical maze has been unveiled recently in .............

1) Taiwan
2) Tokyo
3) Dubai
4) Shanghai
5) Thailand

6. The "Tunnel of Time" is the autobiography of......

1) Rajni Kothari
2) M.S. Narayana
3) P. Chidambaram
4) R.K. Laxman
5) Amartya Sen

7. ICC has revoked the five year ban imposed on Mohammad Amir. He is the bowler in ........
1) India team
2) Bangladesh team
3) Sri Lanka team
4) Pakistan team
5) Zimbabwe team

8. Recently, a first of its kind in the world economic valuation of tiger reserves has been
conducted in India. As per the study which tiger reserves has highest annual flow benefits?
1) Corbett Tiger Reserve
2) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
3) Periyar Tiger Reserve

4) Kanha Tiger Reserve

5) None of these

9. World Cancer day observed on ..............

1) 30 January
2) 12 March
3) 4 February
4) 24 March
5) 7 April

10. Which among the following states is the site for India's first International Institute of
Music?
1) Kerala
2) Assam
3) Haryana
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Telangana

11. 45th World Economic Forum annual meeting took place in .................
1) Washington
2) New York
3) Paris
4) Davos
5) None of these

12. Board of Financial Supervision (BFS) of RBI started in ...............

1) 2001
2) 1994
3) 1998
4) 2008
5) 2000

13. Recently, which one of the following schemes of union government has entered into
Guinness book of world record?
1) MGNREGA
2) Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana
3) Swatcha Bharat Abhiyan
4) Indira Awas Yojana
5) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

14. Finance Core Banking and McCamish Insurance products are going to be launched
by ..............
1) Infosys
2) Tech Mahindra Satyam
3) TCS
4) Pantla
5) None of these

15. RBI permitted to open first Sharia based Non Banking Finance Company in .............
1) Goa
2) Jammu and Kashmir
3) Kerala
4) Odisha
5) AP

16. The bank which opened customer service point to extend financial inclusion targeting
Urban Poor?
1) Union Bank of India
2) ICICI
3) SBI
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Yes Bank

17. Who among the following has won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively at
Syed Modi International Badminton Championship?
1) Carolina Marina and P Kashyap
2) Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth
3) Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap
4) Saina Nehwal and Pullela Gopichand
5) None of these

18. The CRR is to be maintained by Commercial Bank in the form of ..........

1) Cash in hand at branches
2) Balance with other banks
3) Balance in a special account with RBI
4) Funds in the currency chest
5) Any of the above options

19. Which one of the following is a Credit Card association?

1) India Card
2) Master Card
3) SBI Cards
4) City Bank Cards
5) BOB Card

20. The United Nations general assembly has declared the year 2015 as .............
1) International Year of Seas
2) International Year of Water
3) International Awards
4) International Year of Soils
5) None of these

ANSWERS
1-2
2-4
3-1
4-3
5-3
6-4
7-4
8-3
9-3
10-1
11-4
12-2
13-2
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General Awareness Quiz - Part I

1. India financial system comprises of ...........
1) Scheduled commercial banks
2) Non-banking financial institutions
3) Urban cooperative banks
4) All of these
5) None of these

2. The "Channapatna toys" are a particular form of wooden toys that are manufactured in
which state?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Maharashtra
4) Kerala
5) Uttar Pradesh

3. Headquarters of SIDBI is located at ..........

1) Varanasi
2) Lucknow
3) New Delhi
4) Kolkata
5) Mumbai

4. The number of Foreign Banks operating in India are ...........

1) 20
2) 25
3) 28
4) 32
5) 35

5. Which of the following is an example of financial assets?

1) National Saving Certificates
2) Infrastructure bonds
3) Indira Vikas
4) Krishi Vikas
5) All of these

6. Who among the following has won the prestigious DSC Prize for Literature, one of the South
Asia's top literary awards?
1) Amrita Lahiri
2) Jhumpa Lahiri
3) Aravind Adiga
4) Amitav Ghosh
5) None of these

7. Which of the following banks has launched banking service on Twitter which allows
customers to transfer money using the social networking site, recently?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) Both 2 and 3
5) None of these

8. The Present Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate is ...............

1) 8.75%
2) 8.00%
3) 7.75%
4) 8.50%
5) None of these

9. ICC Twenty 20 World Cup 2016 will be held at .............

1) West Indies
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh
4) India
5) Australia

10. Axis Bank board reappointed ............. as the bank's managing director and chief executive
officer (MD and CEO) for a three-year period
1) Shikha Sharma
2) Arundhathi Bhattacharya
3) Usha Anantha Subramanyam
4) Vijayalakshmi R Iyer
5) None

11. The Rara Lake is the biggest lake of ...........

1) Nepal
2) Sri Lanka
3) India
4) China
5) None of these

12. Co operative Bank in India has ....... system.

1) Two tier system
2) Three tier system
3) Four tier system
4) Five tier system
5) None of these

13. Which of the following bodies promoted Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited
(STCI) jointly with the public sector banks?
1) SEBI
2) ICICI Limited
3) IDBI Limited
4) RBI
5) IRDA

14. On 19th January 2015 Reserve Bank of India asked banks to notify the Base Rate or the
minimum lending rate, at least once in every .... months based on the cost of funds.
1) Three
2) Four
3) Five
4) Six
5) None of these

15. All venture Capital funds must be register with .................

1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) Registrar of Companies
4) Either 1 or 2
5) None of these

16. According to latest tiger census report (2015), which among the following states has
recorded highest number of tigers?
1) Telangana
2) Tamilnadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Kerala
5) Karnataka

17. The Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) is a bi-nation hydropower project

between .............
1) India & Bhutan
2) India & Bangladesh
3) India & Nepal
4) India & Australia
5) None of these

18. The National Financial Switch, the largest shared automated teller machines in India, is run
by .............
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Finance Ministry
3) National Payments Corporation of India
4) Only 1 and 2
5) None of these

19. To celebrate the power of voters, the Election Commission of India has been organizing
"Matdata Mahotsava" in which city?
1) Hyderabad
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Mumbai
5) Both 2 and 3

20. India's first and only container trans-shipment terminal is in .............

1) Hyderabad
2) Mangalore
3) Ananthapuram
4) Vallarpadam
5)

ANSWERS:
1-4
2-2
3-2
4-4
5-2
6-2
7-1

None

of

these

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General Awareness Quiz

1. Who was elected the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) on December 20, 2014?
1) Jyotsna Suri
2) Harshavardhan Neotia
3) Pankaj Patel
4) Nainalal Kidwai
5) None of these
2. Which country's Parliament approved a bill to abandon its non-aligned status on December
23, 2014?
1) Switzerland
2) Ukraine
3) Japan
4) Pakistan
5) North Korea
3. Who was honored with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai on December 26, 2014?
1) Dilip Kumar
2) Asha Bhonsle
3) Amitabh Bachchan
4) Lata Mangeshkar
5) Gulzar
4. Who was sworn in as the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand on December 28, 2014?
1) Louis Marandi
2) Neelkanth Singh Munda
3) Chandra Prakash Choudhary

4) Raghubar Das
5) C.P. Singh
5. The Eurasian Economic Union will come into force on?
1) January 1, 2015
2) April 1, 2015
3) January 1, 2016
4) April 1, 2016
5) None of these
6. Antonis Samaras called for an early election on 2015 January 25. He is the Prime Minister
of?
1) Spain
2) Poland
3) Greece
4) Slovenia
5) Serbia
7. Arsia Mons is a volcano situated on the planet?
1) Saturn
2) Venus
3) Jupiter
4) Mars
5) Mercury
8. Peace Angel 2014 is a joint military exercise concluded recently between?
1) China and India
2) China and USA
3) China and Pakistan
4) China and Japan
5) China and North Korea
9. Sadbhavana Divas is celebrated on?
1) August 9
2) August 20
3) August 29
4) August 6
5) August 25
10. Chapchar Kut Festival is a spring festival celebrated in?
1) Tripura
2) Nagaland
3) Sikkim
4) Mizoram
5) Arunachal Pradesh
11. SIAM is the apex industry body associated with?
1) Automobiles
2) Software
3) Textiles
4) Shipping
5) Fertilizers
12. What is the full form of SFIO?
1) Securities Fraud Investigation Office
2) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
3) Systematic Fraud Investigation Office
4) Severe Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these

13. Which country transferred the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997?
1) USA
2) Belgium
3) UK
4) France
5) Japan
14. Which of the following institutions was set up with the aim of overall rural development in
India?
1) IDBI
2) SIDBI
3) NHB
4) DICGC
5) NABARD
15. Which of the following deals with the compilation of Index of Industrial Production?
1) National Development Council
2) Central Statistical Office
3) FICCI
4) ASSOCHAM
5) Reserve Bank of India

General Awareness : Quiz

GK QUIZ
1. Microcredit or microfinance is a novel approach to banking with the poor through Self
Help Groups or SHGs.However, the Microfinance Institutions or MFI's have now replaced
the SHGs with JLGs. what does the JLG most commonly stands for?
(1) Joint Lending Groups
(2) Joint Liability Groups
(3) Joint Local Groups
(4) Joint Lenders Groups

2. Recently, which among the following cities was in news being home to
Indian Institute of Aerospace Engineering and Management, India's first
academy to generate manpower for aviation and aerospace industries?
(1) Bhopal
(2) Dehradun
(3) Banglore
(4) Cochin

3. In which among the following states of india, the National Institute of

Mountaining and Allied Sports (NIMAS) is being set up?

(1) Uttarkhand
(2) Jammu & kashmir
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Arunachal Pradesh

4. Who among the following heads the National Integration Council in

India?
(1) President
(2) Vice President
(3) Prime Minister
(4) A retired Chief Justice Of Supreme Court

5. Where are the headquarters of Biodiversity International?

(1) Rome
(2) Geneva
(3) Paris
(4) Manila

6. The Controversial biography "Controversially Yours" is which among

the following cricketrs?
(1) Imran khan
(2) Shoaib Akhtar
(3) Shoaib Afridi
(4) Shoaib Malik

7. To get the Credit history of a company, Which among the following

should be approached?
(1) ECGC
(2) CIBIL

(3) SEBI
(4) RBI

8. The power of the commercial banks to expand deposits through

expanding their loans and advances is known as which among the
following?
(1) Capital Expansion
(2) Credit Expansion
(3) Credit Control
(4) Credit Creation

9. The Chenchu people in india have heen active in protection of Wildlife

in which among the following protected areas od India?
(1) Nagarjunasagar Srisailam(Andhra Pradesh)
(2) Simplipal(odisha)
(3) Indravati,Udanti-Siatndi(Chandigarh)
(4) Palamu(Jharkhand)

10. Majuli,the largest river island in the world is located in which among the
following states of Insia?
(1) Assam
(2) Manipur
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Nagaland

Answers
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 3
5. 1
6. 2
7. 2

8. 4
9. 1
10.. 1

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General Awareness Quiz

1. Insurance regulator IRDA had earmarked which of the following dates as Insurance Day?
IRDA came into existence on this day in 2000.
1) Apr 12
2) Apr 16
3) Apr 17
4) Apr 19
5) Apr 21
2. As per the provision in the new Companies Act, Non-Banking Finance companies (NBFCs)
have to maintain what per cent of the monies in low-interest securities or SLR-backed
instruments?
1) 5 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) 25 per cent
3. India is the world's ninth biggest military spender in the world as of now. Which of the
following countries is the largest spender?
1) Russia
2) China
3) US
4) Japan
5) Germany
4. The issue of fresh securities by an unlisted company for the first time is called
1) Exchange Traded Fund
2) Initial Public Offering
3) Rights issue
4) Follow-on Public Offering
5) None of these
5. According to the latest National Sample Survey data, which of the following states topped in
creation of new jobs in the manufacturing sector among all states during the six years
between 2004 and 2011?
1) West Bengal
2) Gujarat
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Tamil Nadu
6. RBI panel which released Draft Report on Pricing of Credit, was headed by who among the
following?
1) Urjit Patel
2) Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
3) Subir Gokarn
4) Anand Sinha
5) Harun Rashid Khan

7. Vivek Gundotra resigned as the chief of which of the following social networking ventures,
recently, after nearly eight years of service?
1) Google+
2) Orkut
3) LinkedIn
4) My Space
5) None of these
8. Consider the following statements with respect to the recent acquisition of Nokias mobile
phone business by US Software giant Microsoft.
(A) Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia's mobile phone business for $7.5billion.
(B) Nokia will continue to operate Chennai plant one of its largest manufacturing facilities on a service
contract for Microsoft.
(C) Satya Nadella is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft
(D) Nokia, headquartered is in Espoo, Germany.
Which of the above statements is/are correct in this context?
(1) Only A & B
(2) Only A, B & C
(3) Only A, C & D
(4) All the above
(5)Only B & C
9. Certificates of Deposit (CD) can be defined as a short term borrowings in the form of
promissory notes having maturity of not less than 15 days upto maximum of one year.
[Pick up the correct statement(s) which represent the features of the Certificates of Deposit]
(A) All scheduled banks (except RRBs and Co-operative banks) are eligible to issue CDs
(B) They are issued at a discount rate freely determined by the issuer and the market/investors.
(C) It helps the highly rated company in the sense they can get cheaper funds from Certificates of
Deposit rather than borrowing from the banks.
(1) Only A
(2) Only A & B
(3) Only B & C
(4) Only A & C
(5) All A, B, & C
10. What is the expanded for of the term CAGR.
1) Compounded Annual Growth Rate
2) Calculated Annual Growth Rate
3) Corresponding Annual Growth Rate
4) Corrected Annual Growth Rate
5) Comparative Annual Growth Rate
11. With the announcement of its policy statement on 1 Apr, the Reserve Bank of India shifted
to a system of announcing its policy statement _________.
1) monthly
2) bi-monthly
3) quarterly
4) Half yearly
5) None of these
12. Bank Marketing means
(1) Selling of banks
(2) Buying of banks
(3) Merger of banks
(4) Selling bank's products and services
(5) Selling various items in banks

13. Proper pricing is needed for

(1) Extra charges for extra services
(2) Levy of VAT
(3) Good customer service
(4) Putting burden on the customer
(5) Service with extra facilities
14. A lead means
(1) A Bank's marketing staff
(2) A religious leader
(3) Bank's Chairman
(4) Target customer
(5) Leash tied to a dog

1. 4)
2. 3)
3. 3
4. 2
5. 1
6. 4
7. 1
8. 2
9. 2
10. 1
11. 2
12. 4
13. 3
14. 4