TEST - IV : GENERAL AWARENESS

(with special reference to Banking Industry)

121. Recently India and Tajikistan signed six Agreements during the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting president of Tajikistan in September 2012. Who is the president of Tajikistan at present ? (1) Nursultan Nazarbayev (2) Al-Hasan Abedi (3) Emomali Rahmon (4) Taimoor bin Al-Haq (5) Almazbek Atambayev 122. In which sports India got its first medal at the London Paralympic Games 2012 ? (1) Shot-put (2) Javelin throw (3) Discuss throw (4) Mens High Jump (5) Long jump 123. Which country Topped the list of countries in the Global Competitiveness Index 2012-13 of the World Economic forum (WEF) ? (1) Mexico (2) Switzerland (3) Hong-Kong (4) UAE (5) None of these 124. Which is a type of NBFC registered with RBI ? (1) Equipment leasing Company (2) Loan Company (4) Hire-Purchase company (5) All of the above 125. Caroline Wozniacki is associated with which game ? (1) Badminton (2) Formula One (3) Lawn Tennis 126. In which year, Neil Armstrong first landed on the moon ? (1) 1967 (2) 1968 (3) 1969 (3) Investment company

(4) Golf (4) 1970

(5) Cricket (5) 1991

127. Recently in September 2012, which commission has submitted its report on illegal mining in Goa ? (1) Mihir Shah Commission (2) M B Shah Commission (3) Narsimhan Commission (4) Hedge Commission (5) None of these 128. 24 th APEC summit was recently held in which country ? (1) Singapore (2) Peru (3) China (4) USA (5) Russia

129. Reserve Bank is the banker to the (1) Co-operative Banks (2) Regional Rural Banks (3) Commercial Banks (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All 1, 2 and 3 130. Which organisation/agency publishes World Economic Outlook Report ? (1) Asian Development Bank (2) International Monetary Fund (3) Reserve Bank of India (4) World Bank (5) None of these 131. Manmohan Singh has set-up the Architecture for Cash Transfers, which consists of a National Ministerial Committee. The National Ministerial committee works under ? (1) Food and Consumer Affairs Minister (2) Prime Minister of India (3) Finance Minister (4) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission (5) None of these 132. What is the capital of Iran ? (1) Askhabat (2) Baghdad (3) Cairo (4) Tehran (5) None of these 133. Who has been recently appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan ? (1) Ashok Gehlot (2) Prem Kumar Dhumal (3) Margaret Alwa (4) B.L. Joshi (5) None of these 134. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Badminton ? (1) Deuce (2) Smash (3) Trump (4) short-leg (5) None of these 135. Which city is the Worlds most expensive city for food as per a report published by swiss bank covering 72 cities of 58 countries ? (1) Tokyo (2) Dubai (3) New-York (4) Switzerland (5) Mumbai 11

136. Who has been conferred with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award ? (1) T.K. Alex (2) S.Radhakrishnan (3) Tessy Thomas (4) D.K. Paul (5) None of these 137. Banking Ombudsman was introduced by RBI in which year ? (1) 1992 (2) 1993 (3) 1994 (4) 1995 (5) 1996 138. What is the function of NABARD ? (1) Deciding Bank Rate (2) Promotes rural banking, rural credit, agriculture and rural infrastructure (3) Ppreparing Monetary and Credit policy (4) Monitor stock exchanges of India (5) None of these 139. Which team won the ICC world T-20 Cricket championship 2012 held recently ? (1) West-Indies (2) Australia (3) Sri-Lanka (4) India (5) England 140. What is the name of the book launched by Oxford university Press on the occasion of his 143 rd birth anniversary? (1) Gandhi and his childhood (2) What motivates Gandhi ? (3) My Early life: An illustrated story (4) Gandhi and his Evolution (5) None of these 141. Who among the following was died recently who was also the founder of worlds largest dairy company Amul ? (1) P.J. Kuren (2) Verghese Kurien (3) M.S. swaminathan (4) Norman Borlaug (5) None of these 142. After a long wait, Air India, Indias airlines company got its Dreamlines Boeing 787. Boeing 787 belongs to which country ? (1) USA (2) Russia (3) France (4) U.K. (5) None of these 143. Which account is operated by Cheques only ? (1) Savings Accounts (2) Current Accounts (3) Fixed deposit Accounts (4) Recurring deposit Accounts (5) Only 1 and 2 144. Recently which state government has decided to ban gutka industry from April 2013 ? (1) Bihar (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Karnataka (5) None of these 145. Recently Government of India has increased the number of work days under MGNREGA from 100 to ? (1) 120 days (2) 125 days (3) 140 days (4) 150 days (5) None of these 146. Who is the author of the book The Casual Vacancy ? (1) G.B. Shaw (2) Salman Rusdie (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) J.K. Rowling (5) None of these 147. Who is the Railway Minister of India at present ? (1) Raghuram Rajan (2) Mukul Roy (3) C.P. Joshi (4) Murali Deora (5) Mamta Bannerjee 148. Which bank recently won the gold trophy in Niryat Bandhu awards ? (1) Bank of India (2) Canara Bank (3) SBI (4) Punjab National Bank (5) Indian Overseas Bank 149. Which Institution has declared to help Indian Government to support its scheme for universal secondary education, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) ? (1) World Bank (2) Asian development Bank (3) Reserve Bank of India (4) International Monitary fund (5) None of these 12

150. Which day is observed as International day of Non-Voilence ? (1) 24 th October (2) 2nd October (3) 10 th October (4) 26 th November (5) 25 th October 151. Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with which game ? (1) Hockey (2) Cricket (3) Football (4) Badminton (5) Lawn-Tennis 152. Expand FRBM ? (1) Financial Responsibility and Budget Management. (2) Financial Responsibility and Business Management. (3) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (4) Fiscal Responsibility and Business Management (5) None of these 153. What is the Bank Rate at present ? (1) 5% (2) 6% (3) 7% (4) 8% (5) 9% 154. Recently NATO summit was held in which city ? (1) Paris (2) New York (3) Washington (4) Chicago (5) None of these 155. Hugo chavez has been re-elected as President of which country recently ? (1) Venezuela (2) Columbia (3) Ecuador (4) Bolivia (5) None of these 156. Which country is not the member of G-4 Nations ? (1) India (2) Brazil (3) South Korea (4) Germany (5) None of these 157. Which of the following term is not used in Banking/Finance ? (1) Liquidity (2) Inflation (3) Term deposit (4) Power (5) Demand-pull 158. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is given in which field ? (1) Science and Technology (2) Sports (3) Music (4) Bravery (5) Banking sector 159. T.L. Shankar committee report deals with among the following area ? (1) Railway Safety (2) Coal sector (3)Telecommunication (4) Land Reforms (5) Banking sector 160. Nitin Gadkari is associated with which field ? (1) Play-writer (2) Businessman (3) Politician (4) Dancer (5) None of these

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