OBJECTIVE GENERAL AWARENESS FOR SBI PO -- thanks KUNDANJI

General Awareness for SBI PO/PGDBF (Based on New Pattern)
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1. Who among the following has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India?
1) Madan B Lokur
2) Ranjan Gogoi 
3) Jasti Chelameswar
4) JS Khehar
5) Dipak Misra

2. Which of the following teams won the 2016 Indian Super League (ISL)?
1) Kerala Blasters
2) Atletico de Kolkata
3) Chennaiyin FC
4) FC Goa
5) Delhi Dynamos FC

3. _________ has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 for a record third time.
1) Stan Wawrinka
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Andy Murray
4) Roger Federer
5) Novak Dokovic

4. The Assam govt has appointed who among the following as the brand ambassador of the State’s tourism for two years?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Mary Kom
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Deepika Padukone

5. The world's first cloned goat bearing superfine Cashmere wool 
was born in which of the following countries recently?
1) UK
2) Japan
3) Australia
4) Canada 
5) China

6. Name the batsman who scored triple ton in the 5th Test match between India and England played in Chennai.
1) Karun Nair 
2) Murali Vijay 
3) Ravindra Jadeja
4) Ravichandran Ashwin
5) Virat Kohli

7. The taxi-hailing service Uber has announced a partnership with which of the following phone makers that will help customers book a cab without downloading the application?
1) InFocus
2) Samsung
3) Nokia
4) Micromax
5) Xiaomi

8. The retirement fund body EPFO has decided to lower the interest on EPF deposits for the current fiscal (FY17) to
1) 8.80 per cent
2) 8.75 per cent
3) 8.65 per cent
4) 8.55 per cent
5) 8.25 per cent

9. The International Mountain Day is observed every year on
1) 09 Dec
2) 10 Dec
3) 11 Dec
4) 18 Dec
5) 20 Dec

10. India won the 5-match Test series against England recently. Who among the following was declared the man of the series?
1) Ravichandran Ashwin
2) Parthiv Patel
3) Virat Kohli
4) Ravindra Jadeja
5) Shikhar Dhawan

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Banking & Economic Awareness for SBI PO

1. We read in the newspapers that the RBI works for the state governments as a banker as per agreement signed between the RBI and these state governments. At present, which of the following is the ONLY state in India which has not yet signed any such agreement with the RBI?

1) Manipur

2) Sikkim

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Kerala

5) Nagaland

2. The OLTAS system is related to which of the following?

1) Reserve Bank of India

2) Department of Telecommunications

3) Income Tax Department

4) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

5) Ministry of Foreign Affairs

3. Consider the following currency notes:

(A) Rs 10

(B) Rs 5

(C) Rs 2

(D) Rs 1

At present, which of the above is/are being printed?

1) Only (A)

2) Only (A) and (B)

3) Only (A), (B) and (C)

4) All (A), (B), (C) and (D)

5) None of the above

4. Which of the following is the highest denomination of which RBI can issue a note?

1) Rs 1000

2) Rs 5000

3) Rs 10,000

4) Rs 20,000

5) Rs 50,000

5. Which of the following states of India is best known for the cultivation of saffron?

1) Sikkim

2) Assam

3) Jammu and Kashmir

4) Meghalaya

5) Goa

6. Centurion Bank of Punjab was taken over by which of the following banks?

1) ICICI

2) IDBI

3) HDFC

4) SBI

5) PNB

7. Kutir Jyoti scheme is related to which of the following?

1) Rural housing

2) Rural electrification

3) Rural education

4) Rural industries

5) Rural sanitation

8. Consider the following:

(A) Growth rate of the economy

(B) Replacement demand

(C) Reserve stock requirements

(D) Budget allocations to various departments

Which of the above are used by the RBI to estimate the demand for banknotes?

1) Only (A) and (B)

2) Only (A), (B) and (C)

3) Only (B) and (C)

4) Only (A), (B) and (D)

5) All (A), (B), (C) and (D)

9. Consider the following:

(A) Currency printing

(B) Currency replacement

(C) Currency distribution

Which of the above is/are the functions of “Currency Chests”?

1) Only (A) 2) Only (A) and(B)

3) Only (B) and (C) 4) Only (C)

5) All (A), (B) and (C)

10. Consider the following:

(A) Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Account (Banks) Scheme [FCNR (B) Account]

(B) Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account Scheme [NRE Account]

(C) Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee Account Scheme [NRO Account]

The individuals or entities of Bangladesh/Pakistan nationality/ownership can open which of the above accounts?

1) Only (A)

2) Only (A) and (B)

3) Only (A) and (C)

4) All (A), (B) and (C)

5) None of these

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