Banking related General Awareness FOR CLERKS/PO
Banking
related General Awareness FOR CLERKS/PO
121. With a view to strengthening
economic engagement India and the 10-nation ASEAN have decided
to ink a free trade agreement in services and investments in December
2013 in
a) Bali b)
Vientiane c) Jakarta
d) Phnom Penh e) Kuala
Lumpur
122. The maiden Global Slavery Index,
compiled by the Perth-based Walk Free Foundation ranking 162 countries, has
ranked which of the following countries on top?
a)
China b) US c) South
Korea d)
India e)
Brazil
123.World
Osteoporosis Day is observed on which of the following dates every year?
a) 18 Oct b) 20 Oct
c) 22 Oct d)
24 Oct e)
None of these
124. Which of the following financial organizations
has announced to close its retail broking and depository businesses in India
recently?
a)
HSBC
b) Standard Chartered c) JP Morgan
d)
Barclays e) None of these
125. India has launched its ambitious
pension scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana, for over five
million overseas workers employed in which of the following countries?
a) Saudi Arabia b)
Bahrain c)
Kuwait d)
Qatar e)
UAE
126. The RBI is planning to introduce
one billion pieces of currency notes in polymer or plastic on a trial basis in
the denomination of
a) 
5 b)
10 c)
20 d)
50
e) None of these
5 b)
10 c)
20 d)
50
e) None of these
127. Which of the following teams won
the 30th Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament Trophy for the record
10th time recently?
a) India Oil, Delhi
b) Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi
c) ONGC, Delhi
d) Indian Air Force, Delhi
e) Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai
128. The proposed Bangladesh-China-
India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor aims to connect China’s Kunming city
with which of the following Indian cities with a highway running through
Bangladesh and Myanmar?
a) Kolkata b) Guwahati
c) Dispur d) Darjeeling e) None of these
129. India’s ace cueist Aditya Mehta
lost to who among the following in the final of the Indian Open snooker tournament
after becoming the first Indian ever to reach the final of a major ranking
event?
a) Robbie Williams b) Ding Junhui c)
Alan McManus
d) Shaun Murphy e)
None of these
130.
Who among the following has won the Macau Open squash women’s singles title
recently?
a) Rachel Grinham b)
DipikaPallikal c) Nicol David
d) Natalie Grinham e)
None of these
131. The Banking Ombudsman is a senior
official tasked with redressing customer complaints against deficiency in
certain banking services and is appointed by the
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Ministry of Finance
c) Indian Bank’s Association
d) High Court of each state
e) None of these
132. India Post has joined hands with
which of the following exchanges to offer international electronic money
transfer?
a) Wall Street Exchange
b) UAE Exchange
c) Xpress Money Services Ltd
d) Economic Exchange Centre
e) None of these
133. The Union Govt has decided to bring
which of the following across India under the core banking solution system to
cover more people from rural areas?
a) Microfinance institutions
b) Post offices
c) Co- operative societies
d) NBFCs
e) None of these
134. Apollo Tyres of India has lost a
bid for dismissal of Cooper Tire’s lawsuit seeking to force a $2.5-bn takeover
by the former. Cooper Tire is based in
a) UK b) US c) France d)
Germany e)
None of these
135. The United Nations has elected five
new non-permanent members to the Security Council recently. Which of the following countries is not among
these five countries?
a) Iraq
b) Chile c) Nigeria d) Chad
e) Saudi Arabia
136. The ambitious National Food
Security Act of India aims to provide subsidized food grain to what per cent of
the total population of the country?
a)33 per cent b) 45 per
cent ) 67 per cent d) 74
per cent
e) None of these
137. Who among the following has been
appointed the new chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (
CERC)?
a)
Aftab Alam b)
Rahul Khullar c) Swatanter Kumar
d) Gireesh B Pradhan e)
None of these
138.
Who among the following has been given the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award
recently?
a) Amitabh Bachchan b)
Shyam Benegal c) Lata Mangeshkar
d) Dilip Kumar e) None of these
139. As announced by the Union Rural
Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, which of the following states would be the
biggest beneficiary of the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?
a) Odisha b)
Bihar c)
Jharkhand d) Uttarakhand
e) None of these
140. The newly launched A4AI group aims
to drive down the cost of broadband Internet access in developing
countries. The term A4AI stands for
a) Alliance for Alternative Internet
b) Alliance for advance Internet
c) Alliance for accredited Internet
d) Alliance for Affordable Internet
e) None of these
141. As per the recently released data
by the telecom regulator TRAI, what is the telecom subscriber base in India at
present?
a) 85.11 cr b) 90.44 cr c)
102 cr d) 104 cr e) None of these
142.What is the current Marginal
Standing Facility (MSF) rate after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced it
by 25 bps recently (29 Oct 2013)?
a) 8.50 per cent b) 8.75
per cent c) 9.00 per cent
d) 2.25 per cent e) None of these
143. The Maven mission of the US space
agency NASA is aimed to explore which of the following planets?
a) Mercury b)
Jupiter c) Mars
d) Venus e)
None of these
144. After the introduction of a
negative list for comprehensive taxation of services sector in Jul 2012 the
govt has power to tax all services, except the _______ services included in the
list.
a) 19
b)
11 c)
13
d) 17 e)
None of these
145. Which of the following will not be
considered a valid proof of identity while opening an account with a bank?
a) PAN Card b) Driving Licence c)
Electricity Bill
d) Voter ID e) None of these
146. The Supreme Court has ruled that in
the case of bounced cheques, courts cannot impose a fine of more than ______
the amount.
a) Twice
b) Thrice c) Four times d) Five times
e) None of these
147. The Police Commemoration Day is
observed on which of the following dates every year to mark the martyrdom of
police personnel killed at Hot Springs in Ladakh in 1959 while thwarting a
Chinese attack?
a) 20 Oct b) 21 Oct c) 22 Oct
d) 25 Oct e)
None of these
148. Which of the following countries
hosted the 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN)
recently?
a) Nepal b)
Bangladesh c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar e)
None of these
149. India has signed a border defence
cooperation agreement with which of the following countries recently?
a) Pakistan b) China c)
Bangladesh
d) Myanmar e) None of
these
150. The Civil Aviation Minister Ajit
Singh inaugurated India’s tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at which of
the following International Airports recently?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
International Airport
b) Indira Gandhi International Airport
c) Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport
d) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
e) None of these
151. The Cabinet has cleared the
proposal for construction of a 15-km tunnel at Zojila pass involving investment
of 9,090 cr to ensure undisrupted round-the
–year connectivity. The tunnel will be
constructed in
9,090 cr to ensure undisrupted round-the
–year connectivity. The tunnel will be
constructed in
a) Sikkim b) Assam c)
Himachal Pradesh
d)
Jammu and Kashmir e) None of these
152. Which of the following Indian women
has been ranked fourth on the Fortune’s women business
leaders list for 2013?
a) Naina Lal Kidwai b) Shikha Sharma c)
Chitra Ramkrishna
d) Chanda Kochhar e) None of these
153. The Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund (RIDF) is maintained by which of the following banks?
a)
Reserve Bank of India b) State Bank of
India c)
NABARD
d)
Central Bank of India e) None of these
154. According to the latest report on
gender equality issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently, India stands
at which of the following positions among 136 nations?
a) 132
b) 121 c)
101
d) 92
e) None of these
155. Malaysian telecom major Maxis
Berhad has pumped in more than 6000 cr into the Indian firm in
which it owns a 74 per cent equity stake.
Name the wireless telephone operator in which it owns the stake.
6000 cr into the Indian firm in
which it owns a 74 per cent equity stake.
Name the wireless telephone operator in which it owns the stake.
a) MTS b)
Aircel c)
Videocon
d) Uninor e)
None of these
156. The BCCI decided to terminate which
of the following teams, leaving the IPL an eight-term affair for the time
being?
a) Chennai Super Kings b)
Pune Warriors c) Rajasthan Royals
d) Sunrisers Hyderabad e)
None of these
157.Who
among the following has authored the book titled Bankerupt?
a) Ravi Subramaniam b)
Anees Salime c) Sumati Bagrath
d) Husain Haqqani e) None of
these
158.
Who among the following has won the Indian Grand Prix Formula One championships
recently?
a) Fernando Alonso b) Leis Hamilton c)
Sebastian Vettel
d) Mark Webber e) None of these
159. The St Jude Storm, which left
thousands of homes without power and hundreds of flights grounded, hit which of
the following countries recently?
a) US
b) China c)
Britain
d) Japan e) None of these
160.
Rajendra Yadav, who passed away recently, was a
a) Music director b) Renowned Hindi writer c)
Environmentalist
d) Cartoonist e) None of these
ANSWERS
121.a 122.d 123.b
124.a 125.e 126.b 127.b 128.a 129.b 130.b
131.a 132.a 133.b 134.b 135.a 136.c 137.d 138.c 139.b 140.d
141.b 142.b 143.c 144.d 145.c 146.a 147.b 148.a 149.b 150.c
151.d 152.d 153.c
154.c 155.b 156.b 157.a
158.c 159.c 160.b
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