TEST - IV : GENERAL AWARENESS

(with special reference to Banking Industry)

121. Which country will host the Cricket world cup in 2015? (1) Australia & Newzeland (2) England (3) Sri Lanka (4) South Africa (5) None of these 122. What is the interest subsidy on rupee export credit given to exporters from small scale sectors? (1) 0.5% (2) 1.0% (3) 1.5% (4) 2.0% (5) None of these 123. Recently Indias top woman archer has won silver in the World Cup championship in Tokyo. (1) Deepika Kumari (2) Laishram Bombayla Devi (3) Chekrovolu Swuro (4) Aparna Popat (5) Geeta Kapoor 124. Recently Indian Railways has launched , which tracks Indian Railways passenger trains traffic in real time. (1) RailAdhar (2) RailRadar (3) RailSarani (4) RailTime (5) None of these 125. Taslima Nasreen is a well-known: (1) Singer (2) Writer (3) Painter (4) Journalist (5) Film Director

126. Which of the following is not among the four components of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana? (1) Urban Slum Livelihood Programme (2) Urban Self Employment Programme (3) Urban Women Self-help Programme (4) Urban Wage Employment Programme (5) Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor 127. The finance ministry introduced a new rating index called CRIS. What does CRIS stand for? (1) Capital Rating Index for Securities (2) Capital Rating Index for Sovereigns (3) Competitive Rating Index for Sovereigns (4) Comparative Rating Index for Securities (5) Comparative Rating Index for Sovereigns 128. India is negotiating for which of the following with the European Union? (1) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (2) Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) (3) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) (4) Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) (5) Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) 129. Bimal Julka committee and Shilabhadra Banerjee committee in banking refer to which of the following issues? (1) Merger of weak banks into stronger ones (2) Guidelines on Business Correspondents (3) Recruitment of trainee officers (5) Monitoring of NBFCs (4) Printing of currency notes

130. Sachal Swasthya Seva is a rural mobile healthcare programme launched by which Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE)? (1) ONGC (2) NTPC (3) SAIL (4) IOC (5) CIL 131. Which of the following international news magazine has declared its closure by December 2012 ? (1) TIME (2) The Economist (3) Forbes (4) News Week (5) None of these 132. Who is the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature? (1) Mo Yan (2) Seamus Heaney (3) Tomas Transtromer (4) Kenzaburo Oe (5) Derek Walcott 14

133. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. South Sudan is the 193rd country recognised by the United Nations (UN). II. Number of UN member countries from Africa has risen to 54 with the creation of South Sudan. III. Petroleum is the major natural resource in South Sudan (1) I and II only (2) II only (3) II and III only (4) I and III only (5) I, II and III 134. Which neighbouring country last year lifted a state of emergency imposed 28 years ago? (1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar (3) Bangladesh (4) Nepal (5) Bhutan 135. Banks use Business Correspondents (BCs) for: (1) Tax collection (2) Financial inclusion (3) Industrial development (4) Branch expansion (5) Disbursing govt subsidies 136. Which of the following is/are sold below market price to consumers in India? (1) Kerosene (2) Diesel (3) LPG (4) All the above (5) None of the above 137. Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY) envisages replacement of incandescent bulbs with . (1) Solar powered lighting (2) Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) (3) Light-emitting diode (LED) (4) Renewable sources of lighting (5) All the above 138. Which of the following is a government-owned construction company? (1) Hindustan Construction Company (2) National Housing Bank (3) National Buildings Construction Corporation (4) All the above (5) None of the above 139. Which of the following is a private sector bank? (1) Oriental Bank of Commerce (2) Karur Vysya Bank (3) Indian Bank (4) Corporation Bank (5) All the above 140. Which para-military force was given the permission to reserve five per cent posts for women recently? (1) ITBP (2) Rashtriya Rifles (3) BSF (4) CRPF (5) Assam Rifles 141. A Timeless Mind is a recently released book on: (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) JRD Tata (3) Swami Vivekananda (4) Jamnalal Bajaj (5) Rabindranath Tagore 142. Yadgir district of Karnataka was in news for discovery of rich deposits of which of the following? (1) Silver (2) Thorium (3) Copper (4) Uranium (5) Zinc 143. Which company is the supplier of coaches to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation? (1) RCF, Kapurthala (2) Scomi of France (3) Bombardier of Canada (4) Siemens of Germany (5) Mitsui of Japan 144. The Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) is not operational in . (1) Assam (2) Nagaland (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Mizoram (5) Meghalaya 145. CAMELS rating refers to which of the following? (1) Capital markets (2) Banks (3) Insurance companies (4) Real estate companies (5) Credit rating agencies 146. Monazite is a rich source of which nuclear fuel? (1) Thorium (2) Uranium (3) Plutonium (4) Molybdenum (5) None of the above 15

147. The defence production project code-named Project- 75 refers to which of the following? (1) Transport aircraft (2) Submarines (3) Tanks (4) Aircraft carrier (5) Radars 148. TRIFED is a government organisation working for: (1) expansion of banking services in tribal areas (2) creating awareness about government sponsored development schemes (3) improving educational facilities in tribal areas (4) marketing of products made in tribal areas (5) upgrading healthcare facilities in tribal areas 149. What is CGS Rani Abbakka? (1) Corvette (2) Fleet Tanker (3) Minesweeper (4) Sail Training Ship (5) Inshore patrol vessel 150. Recently Union Cabinet has approved the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) document. The plan period aims to achieve annual average economic growth rate of ? (1) 8.0 percent (2) 8.2 percent (3) 8.4 percent (4) 8.6 percent (5) 8.8 percent 151. My Unforgettable Memories is an autobiography of which Chief Minister? (1) Sheila Dixit (2) Mayawati (3) J. Jayalalithaa (4) Mamata Bannerjee (5) None of the above 152. XBRL stands for which of the following? (1) Excellent Business Response Language (2) Extensible Business Reporting Language (3) External Business Recording Language (4) Exterior Business Response Language (5) Examination Business Reporting Language 153. The Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo (TTK) Road is known as India- Friendship Road. (1) Myanmar (2) Nepal (3) Bhutan (4) Bangladesh (5) None of the above 154. Which state has the highest slum population in India according to Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry? (1) Maharashtra (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal (5) Tamil Nadu 155. European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN is based at in Switzerland. (1) Lausanne (2) Zurich (3) Geneva (4) Berne (5) Basel 156. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has renamed Corporate Social Responsibility as which of the following? (1) Responsible Business (2) Corporate Responsiveness (3) Business Obligation (4) Responsible Corporates (5) Business Responsiveness 157. e-Zameen, a project that authenticates sale of immovable property and reduces time for registration of a sale deed, is an initiative of which state government? (1) Gujarat (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (5) Andhra Pradesh 158. Genome Valley is in: (1) Bangalore (2) Hyderabad (3) Kochi (4) Chennai (5) Pune 159. Which public sector metals company owns 49% stake in Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat? (1) MIDHANI (2) SAIL (3) Rare Earths Ltd. (4) NALCO (5) MMTC 160. What is the new foreign investment limit for in Terrestrial Broadcasting & FM radio as per new FDI policy norms? (1) 26% (2) 33% (3) 49% (4) 51% (5) 74%

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