Banking related general awareness -- J one 14
General awareness
(with
Special Reference to Banking Industry)
141.Consider the following with respect to the recent path
breaking verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) about the functioning of
bureaucrats:
(A) The SC suggested that Parliament
must enact a law to regulate postings, transfers and disciplinary action
against bureaucrats.
(B) The civil servants should not act on verbal orders
given by political executives and all actions must be taken by them on the basis
of written communication.
(C) It asked the Centre and all State govts along with
Union Territories to issue directions within three months for providing fixed
tenure to civil servants.
(D) The bench has suggested constituting Civil Services
Board at the centre and State-levels.
Which of the above statements is/are correct in the
context of the recent verdict?
a) All the above
b) Only (A) and (B) c) Only
(B) and (C)
d) Only (A), (B) and (C)
e) Only (B), (C), and (D)
142.The book vanity Bagh
has been authored by
a) Anees Salim b) Husain Haqqani c) Sumati Bagrath
d) Kaveri Ponappa
e) None of these
143.The four Public Sector Enterprises have been awarded the
Turnaround Awards for 2013 by the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises
(BRPSE) recently. Which of the following
PSUs in not among them?
a) SAIL Refractory Unit
b) National Project Construction Corporation Limited
c) National Film Development Corporation Limited
d) Bharat Coking Coal Limited
d) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
144.Which of the following countries has emerged as the
most attractive investment destination in the world in a global survey of
leading consultancy firm EY recently?
a) US b)
China c) Indonesia d) India e) South Africa
145.The panel headed by who among the following has
suggested that diesel prices should be hiked by 
5 per litre, kerosene by 4 per litre and cooking gas (LPG)
rated by 250 per cylinder immediately to cut
fuel subsidy bill by 72,000 cr?
5 per litre, kerosene by 4 per litre and cooking gas (LPG)
rated by 250 per cylinder immediately to cut
fuel subsidy bill by 72,000 cr?
a) K Kasturirangan
b) Kirit S Parikh
c) Abhijit Sen
d) Narendra jadhav e) B K Chaturvedi
146. Which of the districts in Kerala has become the first
district in the country where every family owns a piece of land?
a) Kozhikode
b) Kottayam c) Kannur d) Kollam e)
Kasargod
147. Name the Indian who has been elected to the United
Nation Board of Auditors, garnering the largest number of votes among
contenders.
a) Prashant Bhushan b) N Gopalaswami c)
Vinod Rai
d) Shashi Kant Sharma
e) None of these
148.The Supreme Court upheld the appointment of UK Sinha
as the chairman of which of the following regulators recently?
a) IRDA b) PFRDA c)
CERC d) SEBI e)
None of these
149. Which of the following cities has got the world’s
first publicly accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency,
bitcoins, for any official currency?
a) Toronto b) London c) New York d) Vancouver e)
None of these
150.India and which of the following countries has signed
a treaty for transfer of sentenced prisoners languishing in jails in the two
countries?
a) Chile
b) Cuba c)
Vietnam d) Croatia e)
None of these
151.Yuki Bhambri is associated with which of the following
games?
a) Hockey b) Squash
c) Tennis d) Badminton
e) None of these
152.Who among the following has won the 2013 Singapore
Grand Prix Formula One Championship recently?
a) Sebastian Vettel b)
Lewis Hamilton c) Mark
Webber
d) Fernando Alonso
e)
None of these
153.The country’s first all-women bank Bharatiya Mahila
Bank was launched on 19 Nov, which is the birth anniversary of
a) Indira Gandhi b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit c) Annie Besant
d) Sarojini Naidu e) None of these
154. As per the reports published in the financial
newspapers recently, India’s core sector grew by 8 per cent in the month of
September, highest in last 11 months. Which
of the following is not included in the eight core sector industries?
a) Cement b) Automobiles
c) Electricity
production d) Steel e) Crude oil
155.The four-member advisory committee set up by the
Reserve Bank of India to vet the new bank licence applications is expected to
complete the process in early 2014. Who
among the following is heading the committee?
a) Bimal Jalan b) Nachiket Mor c) D Subbarao
d) C Rangarajan e) Y Venugopal Reddy
156.Consider the following statements with respect to the
recently launched India’s first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).
(A) It
was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
(B) India’s
indigenous launch vehicle PSLV C25 carried the MOM.
(C) After
launch, the satellite is expected to go around the Earth for 20-25 days, before
embarking on a nine-month voyage to the red planet.
(D) India’s
1000-cr MOM mission is the third in
the world, after the US and Russia.
1000-cr MOM mission is the third in
the world, after the US and Russia.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a)Only
(A) and (B) b) Only (B) and (C) c) Only (A), (B) and (C)
d) Only (B), (C)
and (D) e) All (A), (B), (C)
and (D)
157.Which of the following terrorists, the head of
Pakistan Taliban, was killed recently in the drone attack by the US in
Pakistan?
a) Abu Anas al-Libi
b) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
c) Hakimullah Mehsud d) Khan Syed Mehsud e) None of these
158. Which of the following Indian batsmen scored a double
century, only third in the ODIs till date, in the recently concluded
India-Australia ODI series?
a) Virat Kohli b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni c)
Rohit Sharma
d) Shikhar Dhawan e)
None of these
159. Nirupama Rao bid farewell to her diplomatic career
recently. She last served as India’s
envoy to which of the following countries?
a) US b) Sri Lanka c)
China d) Brazil e) None of these
160.In which of the following countries have 152 soldiers
been sentenced to death for 2009 mutiny in one of the world’s biggest-ever mass
criminal trials recently?
a) Sri Lanka b) Egypt
c) Bangladesh d)
Indonesia e) None of these
161. Indian soldiers participated in a 10-day anti-terror
exercise codenamed ‘Hand-in-Hand 2013’ with the soldiers of which of the following
countries recently?
a) US
b) Russia c) Israel d)
China e) None of
these
162.A new rule brought in by the ICC in the ODI matches
made ways for huge individual and team scores in the recently concluded
India-Australia series. What is the
rule?
a) Having five fielders inside the circle at any point of
time.
b) Having five fielders outside the circle at any point of
time.
c) Having four fielders inside the circle at any point of
time.
d) Having four fielders outside the circle at any point of
time.
e) None of these
163.What is the term used for the goods that are used in
producing other goods, rather than being bought by consumers?
a) White goods
b) Brown Goods c)
Capital Goods
d) Utility goods e) None of these
164. Consider the following with respect to RBIs decision to
allow foreign banks to buy local lenders:
(A) The
RBI has proposed wholly-owned subsidiary route for foreign banks, as compared
to existing branch model.
(B) Currently,
foreign investors can hold up to 100% of a bank’s stake both through foreign
direct investment as well as portfolio investment, but no single entity can own
more than 5% stake in a local bank.
(C) The
initial minimum paid-up voting equity capital for a wholly-owned subsidiary is
pegged at 500 crore for new entrants.
500 crore for new entrants.
(D) The
priority sector lending requirement is kept at par with domestic banks, which
is 40 % of net adjusted bank credit (of previous year).
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a)All
the above b)
Only (A) and (C)
c) Only (B) and (D)
d) Only (A), (C)
and (D) e) Only (B),
(C) and (D)
165.Consider the following with respect to the govt’s
approval for the launch of a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme
(IPDS) for textile Sector.
(A) The
scheme has been launched to address the environmental concerns faced by textile
units.
(B) The
scheme has been launched with a total cost of 1000 crore in the 12th
plan.
1000 crore in the 12th
plan.
(C) Under
the scheme, four to six brownfield projects and three to five greenfield projects
would be set up.
Which of the above is NOT correct in this regard”?
a) Only
(A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) Bothe (A) and (B)
e) None of these
166.As per the figure released by the Union ministry of
communication and information technology, which of the following states in
India has the lowest overall teledensity in the country (just 34. 33)?
a) Bihar b)
West Bengal c) Uttar Pradesh d) Odisha e) None of these
167.Which of the following is the first country in South
Asia to approve the cultivation of genetically modified food crops with
approving the commercial cultivation to transgenic Bt brinjal?
a) India b)
Bangladesh c) Pakistan d) Myanmar e)
None of these
168.The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has got
its first female managing director (MD) recently. Who is she?
a) Vinita Bali b)
Usha Ananthasubramainan c)
Usha Sangawan
d) Usha Thorat e)
None of these
169.The Parliament of which of the following counties has
passed a new anti-terror bill that toughens punishment for terrorism and
requires terrorists relatives to pay for the damages caused in attacks?
a) France b)
UK c) Australia d) Russia e) None of these
170.Which of the following countries has created a Social
Happiness ministry in an attempt to coordinate all the programmes created to
alleviate poverty?
a) Venezuela b)
Bhutan c)
Cuba d)
Norway e) Spain
171.Six major central banks have announced to convert
their “temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangement” into standing
arrangements to deal with future global financial strains. Which of the following banks is NOT among
them?
a) Bank of England b)
European Central Bank c) US Federal
Reserve
d) Reserve Bank of India e)
The Bank of Japan
172. India suspended a two- decade-old tax benefits pact with
which of the following countries recently, saying the European nation has “not
been providing” information to authorities here that are trying to track down
black money?
a) Croatia b)
Cyprus c) Belgium d) Austria e) None of these
173.Which of the following is correct with respect to the
recent policy review ( 29 Oct 2013) of the RBI?
a) It allowed banks to pay interest on
fixed deposits and bank accounts on a monthly or fortnightly basis not
mandatory.
b) The RBI is in process to make the inflation index linked
to the consumer price inflation (CPI).
c) The RBI advised the banks not to levy charges on SMS
alert.
d) All the above
e) Only a) and b)
174.What is India’s current ranking in the list of 189
countries in the ease-of-doing-business report released by the World Bank
recently?
a) 85 b)
110 c)
130 d) 134 e) None of these
175. India has developed a new tactical missile named
‘Pragati’ with a range of 60-170 km. The
missile will be offered to friendly countries and was on display at a defence
exhibition in South Korea recently. It is
a
a) Surface-to-air missile
b) Surface-to-surface missile
c) Air-to-surface missile
d) Air-to-air missile
e) None of these
176.What is the current repo rate after the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) raised it by 25 bps recently (29 Oct 2013)?
a) 7.00 per cent b)
7.25 per cent c) 7.50 per cent d) 7.75 per cent e) None of these
177.The US govt is likely to slap a fine of $35 million (219 crore) on which of the following
Indian information technology companies over charges of inappropriate use of
visitor visa for business purposes?
219 crore) on which of the following
Indian information technology companies over charges of inappropriate use of
visitor visa for business purposes?
a) Wipro b)
Infosys c) Tech
Mahindra d)
TCS e) None of
these
178. The Shyamal Sen Commission probing the collapse of
the Saradha collective investment scheme controversy has put the size of the
scam at __________
a) 1,200 crore b) 1,620 crore c)
2,060 crore
1,200 crore b) 1,620 crore c)
2,060 crore
d) 2,206 crore e)
None of these
2,206 crore e)
None of these
179. Which of the following telecommunication companies is
in process to raise its 64 per cent equity stake in its Indian unit to 100 per
cent investing 10,141 cr?
10,141 cr?
a) Sing Tel
b) Sistema c) Maxis d)
Vodafone e) None of these
180. The United Nations General Assembly, for the 22nd
year in a row, has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US economic embargo
against _________ recently.
a)
Venezuela b) Cambodia c) Cuba d) Croatia e)
None of theseANSWERS
141.a 142.a 143.e 144.d 145.b 146.c 147.d 148.d 149.d 150.c
151.c 152.a 153.a 154.b 155.a 156.c 157.c 158.c 159.a 160.c
161.d 162.a 163.c 164.d 165.b 166.c 167.b 168.c 169.d 170.a
171.d 172.b 173.e 174.d 175.b 176.d 177.b 178.c 179.d 180.c
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