TEST - IV : GENERAL AWARENESS (with special reference to Banking Industry)

121. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Secretary General of Rajya Sabha? (1) P. J. Kurian (2) Shumsher K Sheriff (3) Shishir Kumar (4) V. K. Agnihotri (5) Amit Goel 122. Blogger is a blogging service operated by: (1) Facebook (2) Microsoft (3) Google (4) Twitter (5) Yahoo 123. The Postal Department has applied to the RBI for a license to start a ? (1) Mutual fund (2) Bank (3) NBFC (4) General Insurance Company (5) Life Insurance Company 124. The 1600 km-long Western Ghats range passes through all of the following states except which one of the following? (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Karnataka (5) Goa 125. Who among the following is the 14 year old Pakistani girl attacked by Taliban for her opposition to Taliban restrictions on woman education? (1) Safeena Bi (2) Safia Bibi (3) Fatima Begum (4) Malala Yousufzai (5) Saima Waheed 126. The Prithvi-II, the missile was successfully test-fired from Odisha. (1) surface-to-surface (2) surface-to-air (3) air-to-surface (4) air-to-air (5) None of these 127. According to the latest forecast of International Monetary Fund, the global growth for the 2013 ? (1) 3.4 percent (2) 3.6 percent (3) 3.8 percent (4) 4.0 percent (5) 4.2 percent 128. Which among the following has celebrated its 80th anniversary on 8th October, 2012? (1) Indian Army (2) Indian Navy (3) Indian Air Force (4) Indian Coast Guard (5) RAW 129. Latest Hindi Movie Barfi has been nominated as Indias entry in the foreign film category of for the next year? (1) Asianet Film Awards (2) Venice Film Festival (3) Cannes Film Festival (4) Oscar awards (5) Golden Globe awards 130. Hugo Chavez has been re-elected as President of which among the following countries recently? (1) Brazil (2) Ecuador (3) Bolivia (4) Venezuela (5) Colombia 131. Under the new liberalised visa agreement signed between India and Pakistan, for whom visa on arrival is provided? (1) persons of 50+ years of age (2) persons of 55+ years of age (3) persons of 60+ years of age (4) persons of 65+ years of age (5) persons with physical disability 132. According to the first Provisional Report of the ambitious All India Survey on Higher Education (AISH(5), the overall Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the country stands at ? (1) 16.3 percent (1) P. J. Kurien (2) 17.8 percent (2) C.P. Narayanan (3) 18.0 percent (3) M. P. Achuthan (4) 18.8 percent (4) K.N. Balagopal (5) 19.4 percent (5) P. Rajeev 133. Who among the following was elected Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on August 21, 2012? 134. Which are the first two Indian banks allowed to open branches in Pakistan in August 2012? (1) HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank (3) ICICI Bank and Bank of India (5) EXIM Bank and Indian Overseas Bank 12 (2) SBI and HDFC Bank (4) SBI and Bank of India

135. Lt. General Ranbir Singh was appointed as Director General of which paramilitary force in August 2012? (1) Border Security Force (2) Central Reserve Police Force (3) Indo Tibetan Border Police (4) Rashtriya Rifles (5) Assam Rifles 136. Who among the following was conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2012 in August 2012? (1) Saina Nehwal (2) Mary Kom (3) Yogeshwar Dutt (4) Gagan Narang (5) Sushil Kumar 137. Which of the following is the highest award among the gallantry awards announced on August 15, 2012? (1) Ashoka Chakra (2) Kirti Chakra (3) Shaurya Chakra (4) Sena Medal (5) Mahavir Chakra 138. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technologies is based at: (1) Mumbai (2) Bangalore (3) Hyderabad (4) Chennai (5) Gurgaon 139. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi was in news for his appointment to which of the following commission? (1) Central Information Commission (2) Central Vigilance Commission (3) Election Commission (4) Law Commission (5) Finance Commission 140. How many ATM withdrawals per month are allowed to Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account holders according to a RBI notification on August 10, 2012? (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) 6 141. Recently who among the following Bollywood actress has been appointed as UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS? (1) Priyanka Chopra (2) Sushmita Sen (3) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (4) Kareena Kapoor (5) Vidya Balan 142. The T. L. Shankar committee report deals with which among the following area? (1) Sugar (2) Telecommunications (3) Land reforms (4) Railway safety (5) Coal sector 143. Who among the following was appointed as new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in August 2012? (1) Poonam Kishore Saxena (2) K.V. Chowdary (3) Sudha Sharma (4) R. K. Tewari (5) S.S. Rana 144. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar laid the foundation stone of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM) at on October 7, 2012. (1) Bhopal (2) Nagpur (3) Raipur (4) Lucknow (5) Kochi 145. Which of the following built the Indian Coast Guards Samudra Paheredar commissioned in July 2012? (1) L&T Shipbuilding (2) ABG Shipyard (3) Mazagaon Dock (4) Hindustan Shipyard (5) Garden Reach Shipbuilding 146. Who among the following was crowned Miss World 2012 in the contest organised in August 2012? (1) Esonica Veira (2) Wen Xia Yu (3) Sophie Moulds (4) Jessica Kahawaty (5) Malaika Mushandu 147. Which of the following declared house sparrow as its State Bird in August 2012? (1) Goa (2) Gujarat (3) Odisha (4) Delhi (5) Haryana 148. Which countrys parliament appointed Mohammed Magarief as its president in August 2012? (1) Ethiopia (2) Algeria (3) Libya (4) Tunisia (5) Morocco 13

149. Which of the following has launched the Sagarbandhu project to improve livelihood opportunities of fishermen in Gujarat? (1) ONGC (2) Adani (3) Tata Power (4) Maruti Suzuki (5) Pipavav Shipyard 150. Which neighbouring country announced an end to more than four decades of media censorship in August 2012? (1) Nepal (2) Bhutan (3) Myanmar (4) Sri Lanka (5) Bangladesh 151. Where was the Global Nutrition Meet organised in August 2012? (1) Paris (2) London (3) Geneva (4) New Delhi (5) Beijing 152. In which states capital was the Organisation to Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus) launched in August 2012? (1) Odisha (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Kerala (4) Karnataka (5) Andhra Pradesh 153. With which country has India conducted the INDRA-2012 joint counter-terrorism exercise in August 2012? (1) Vietnam (2) Mongolia (3) France (4) Russia (5) Kazakhstan 154. The government on August 24, 2012 decided to increase its stake in to 55.57 per cent by converting optionally convertible debentures (OCD) into equity. (1) NABARD (2) SIDBI (3) IFCI (4) NHB (5) IRTC 155. A double decker train between Delhi and which of the following destinations was launched on August 24, 2012? (1) Chandigarh (2) Kolkata (3) Bhopal (4) Jaipur (5) Pune 156. India became the first country in the world to introduce national standards for organic with the launch of the Indian Standards for Organic on July 30, 2012. (1) Foods (2) Farming (3) Textiles (4) Medicines (5) Construction 157. Who among the following is ranked No. 1 in the Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women list released by the Forbes magazine in August 2012? (1) Hillary Clinton (2) Dilma Rousseff (3) Michele Obama (4) Angela Merkel (5) Christine Lagarde 158. In which of the following weight categories did Mary Kom win a bronze medal in boxing at the London Olympic Games in July-August 2012? (1) 51 Kg Flyweight (2) 56 Kg Bantamweight (3) 60 Kg Lightweight (4) 64 Kg Welterweight (5) 75 Kg Middleweight 159. Former RBI Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath was appointed as Chairperson of which of the following organisations on August 1, 2012? (1) National Housing Bank (2) National Securities and Depositories Ltd (3) Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (4) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corpo- ration of India (5) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Ltd 160. Lance Armstrong, who was in news recently, for facing a life ban for doping, is well-known for his association with which sport? (1) Weightlifting (2) Boxing (3) Cycling (4) Athletics (5) Swimming

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