BANKING RELATED GENERAL AWARENESS -- IBPS CLERKS MAIN -- PART TWO
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Researchers from Manipal University and
Giessen from _____ discovered four new atomic nuclei to be added to nuclei
charts.
Germany
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As per recent study, population of
marine creatures have declined by how many percent since 1970?
49%
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Which country has launched its
newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket Long March-6?
China
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Shane Watson announced retirement from
Test cricket. He belongs to which country?
Australia
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Asian Boxing Championships 2015 held in
which country?
Thailand
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Lewis Hamilton from _____ won Italian
Grand Prix 2015.
England
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Levan Aronian of _____ won Sinquefield
Cup International Chess Tournament at St. Louis (USA).
Armenia
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_____ won BuchiBabu Memorial Trophy by
defeating Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Districts (TNCA) XI.
Mumbai
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“30 Women in Power” has been written by
whom?
Naina
Lal Kidwai
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“Globalisation, Democratization and
Distributive Justice” has been authored by _____
Mool
Chand Sharma
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_____ acquired Silicon Valley-based
startup Reduce Data, a programmatic display advertising platform.
Snapdeal
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_____ General Insurance tied up with
Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) for sale of Insurance products through Over 430
branches of Kerala Based Catholic Syrian Bank.
ICICI
Lombard
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Reserve Bank of India will issue coins
of _____ denomination to commemorate golden jubilee (50th) year of Indo-Pak War
1965.
5
rupees
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
bought 15% stake in which country’s second-largest oil firm Rosneft for about
1.35 billion USD?
Russia
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With which UN-based organization for
Digitization of Payments and to promote financial inclusion programme Pradhan
Mantri Jan-DhanYojana (PMJDY).
Better
Than Cash Alliance
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Who has been honoured with the lifetime
achievement award at the Forbes India Leadership Awards, 2015?
RC
Bhargava
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Which state govt. has launched the
Digitised NFSA Ration Card recently?
Odisha
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Which city will host 13th World Spice
Congress?
Ahmedabad
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Which state has imposed the Drought
Tax?
Madhya
Pradesh
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Who inaugurate the National Conference
on Human Trafficking?
Rajnath
Singh
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Union Government decided to provide
additional _____ of unskilled manual work in the financial year 2015-16 in
drought-hit areas under MGNREGA scheme.
50
days
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India and Cambodia signed _____ MoUs.
two
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NGT passed slew of directions to prevent
pollution in River _____
Yamuna
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Navtej Sarna has been appointed as the
new High Commissioner to the _____
United
Kingdom
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How many agreements were signed between
India and Germany?
18
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The male and female literacy rate in
rural areas was _____ and _____ respectively in India.
79.1
percent, 60.6 percent
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Who launched Indian Railway Knowledge
Portal?
Minister
of Railways
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Who has organised the Indo-German
Summit 2015 in Bengaluru?
NASSCOM
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The Union Government declared the
National Socialist Council of _____ an unlawful organisation. (NSCN-K)
Nagaland-Khaplang
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Mulayam Singh Yadav inaugurated the 660
MW first unit of the _____ Power
Generation
Company Ltd. Lalitpur
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Which state government declared that it
will develop Gurgaon as a smart city?
Haryana
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The Odisha Government decided to
implement _____ sub-schemes for empowerment of transgenders.
five
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World’s highest terrestrial Research
and Development centre has been established in which Indian state?
Jammu
& Kashmir
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Which state Government increased the
pension given to the ex-servicemen or widows of soldiers who took part in World
War I and World War II.
Haryana
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In how many districts the second phase
of Mission Indradhanush has been launched?
352
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Governor of _____ V. Shanmuganathan was
appointed as the Governor of Manipur.
Meghalaya
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Who has launched a Citizen Portal?
Naveen
Patnaik
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Who chaired the first meeting of the
National Sagarmala Apex Committee held in New Delhi?
Nitin
Gadkari
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NPA stands for -
Non-Performing
Assets
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Ashish Bahuguna is the Chairman of the
food regulator_____
FSSAI
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Flipkart appointed Sriram Venkataraman
as its _____
Chief
Financial Officer
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Twitter announced _____ as its
permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Jack
Dorsey
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated
how many Pakistan-China Friendship Tunnels?
five
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Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the
29th Prime Minister of which country?
Australia
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Sharif Ismail sworn in as Prime
Minister of which country?
Egypt
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Michel Kafando was reinstated as the
President of which country?
Burkina
Faso
Banking
and Financial Awareness
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RBI inked an agreement with which bank
on exchange of supervisory information?
Nepal
Rastra Bank
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Meena Hemchandra is the Executive Director
of _____
RBI
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in
principle approval to how many entities to set up small finance banks?
10
entities
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RBI giving nod to how many entities for
launching Payments Banks?
11
entities
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has
entered into an agreement with _____
InSite
Vision
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Expand FMC-
Forward
Markets Commission
· Reserve
Bank of India cancelled license of _____ due to several irregularities and ignoring
financial rules and regulations.
Sahara
India Financial Corporation Limited
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Which bank has launched ‘Design Your
Own Loan’ scheme?
HDFC
Bank
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Blackstone Group LP repurchased the
India-based BPO operations of the which country’s Serco Group Plc?
UK’s
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launched
a significant financial inclusion initiative in which city?
Varanasi
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As per a statement by Railways Minister
Suresh Prabhu, World Bank will provide aid of _____ to Railways for completing
ongoing infrastructural projects.
$30
billion
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Hero Cycles has acquired _____ to
strengthen its fast-growing premium cycling segment in India.
Firefox
Bikes
· Indra
Nooyi and Shobhana Bharatia have been presented with the 2015 Global Leadership
Award of the _____
US
Business Council.
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Shobhana Bharatia is the chairman of
which group?
Hindustan
Times Group
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Central Board of Trustees enhanced
Insurance benefits under Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme for EPF
members from 3,60,000 to Rs _____ during 208th meeting of Central Board of
Trustees in Hyderabad?
6,00,000
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SEBI imposed a penalty of _____ on PACL
for illegal and fraudulent mobilisation of funds from the public.
Rs.7,269.5
crore
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Committee headed by _____ recommended to
amend section 115JB of Income-tax Act to clarify the inapplicability of MAT
(Minimum Alternate Tax) provisions to FIIs/FPIs for period prior to 01.04.2015.
A.P.
Shah
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NDTV Convergence signed a strategic deal
with the _____ content recommendations engine Taboola.
US-based
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Which state has started scheme for
adoption of wild animals in zoos and deer parks?
Haryana
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Seychelles was admitted as the _____
Member of WTO in April 2015.
161st
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The government received 638
declarations of black money and assets abroad worth _____
Rs.3,770
crore
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Who has launched ‘Access to Clean
Cooking Energy and Electricity - Survey of States Report’.
Piyush
Goel
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European Union has imposed a
provisional anti-dumping duty of up to_____ on imports of water and sewage
pipes from India.
31.2
percent
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Which company was selected as member of
the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index-2015.
Wipro
Limited
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Qualcomm announced that it will invest
what amount for Indian start-ups?
150
million US dollars
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SEBI was set up in _____ as a
non-statutory body for regulating the securities markets.
1990
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India signed a 123.51 million US dollar
loan agreement with _____
Asian
Development Bank
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Which bank registered the highest
increase in gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in percentage terms against
total loans in the 2014- 15 fiscal year?
UCO
Bank
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Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
is expected to take _____ stake in the TAPI project.
10
percent
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Indirect Tax Revenue Collections
increased to Rs. 2,63,089 crore during April-August 2015 from Rs.1,92,677 crore
in April-August 2014 ( _____ up).
27%
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Ashok Vemuri resigned from his position
of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of _____ and Tata Trusts launched a
scholarship programme to educate Indian students in Android development in
collaboration with Udacity for offering 1000 scholarships.
Google
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According to World Bank which state
emerged as number 1 state in terms of ease of doing business in India?
Gujarat
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With which country’s central bank RBI
inked an agreement on exchange of supervisory information?
Nepal
Rashtra Bank
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What is the amount allocated for Shyama
Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)?
Rs.5142.08
crores
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How many entities have got RBI’s
approval to set up Small Finance Banks?
10
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How many channels will be provided to
cable operators through HITS digital broadcasting platform?
more
than 500
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What is OECD’s world growth forecast
for the year 2015?
3.0%
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What is the rank of India in the Global
Innovation Index 2015?
81st
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How much amount has been allocated to
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)?
Rs.45,000
crore
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What is Standard Chartered’s Current
Account Deficit (CAD) forecast for India for the FY 2015-16?
1.5%
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Who has been appointed the new Chairman
of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC)?
Raman
Agarwal
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With which country India has signed a
MoU on energy security, climate change and clean energy?
US
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In its biggest ever fine SEBI imposed a
penalty of _____ on PACL Ltd.
7,269
crore rupees
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Government has launched Swavlarnban Health
Insurance Scheme for _____
People
with Disabilities
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Who has topped Forbes Magazine’s ‘India
top 100 rich list’?
Mukesh
Ambani
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Who has been appointed as Additional
Secretary in NITI Aayog?
Yudhvir
Singh Malik
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
comprises of how many broad goals?
17
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Which state Government won highest
capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during
the financial year 2014-15?
Punjab
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Who is appointed as President of
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)?
Vinod
Dasari
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Who has been appointed as Finance
Secretary replacing Rajiv Mehrishi?
Ratan
P Watal
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SEBI provisioned fine of Minimum Rs. _____
for companies without a woman director on board.
50000
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_____ launched RE60 quadricycle named
Qute at a free-on-board (FoB) cost of 1.35 lakh).
Bajaj
Auto
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Which financial institution has
organized MUDRA credit camp in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada District for those
setting up small business units?
Syndicate
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