Thursday 24 September 2015

General Awareness Questions asked in IBPS RRB and RBI Assistant Exam 2015::

General Awareness Questions asked in IBPS RRB and RBI Assistant Exam 2015::

1) Grandmaster and former world junior champion_______ won the 2015 Commonwealth Chess Championship. - Abhijeet Gupta
2) Which Company will have to take permission from the MoD while selling Lakshya abroad? - L&T
3) What is the capital city of the Ireland? - Dublin
4) Varanasi is a North Indian city on the banks of the __________in Uttar Pradesh. - Ganges
5) Who received the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award from President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of National Sports Day? - Sania Mirza
6) World Post day happens each year on __________--- , commemorating the date for the establishment of Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. - October 9
7) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations and is headquartered in ____________________ Geneva, Switzerland.
8) The rufiyaa is the currency of the __________ Maldives
9) Who is the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry? - Jayant Sinha
10) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (or MUDRA Bank) provide credit to __________ - MSME's
11) Deepika Kumari is releated to which game? - Archery
12) Lakshya missile was given by DRDO to which company for selling - L&T
13) Neyveli is a mining and power generation township in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of - Tamil Nadu
14) What is the full form CRR? - Cash Reserve Ratio
15) What is the full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio
16) Participatory Notes commonly known as P-Notes or PNs are instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors (FII) to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, _______ - SEBI.
17) The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised with effect from __________ on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948. - 1st January, 1949
18) Money laundering is the process of transforming the proceeds of __________ into ostensibly legitimate money or other assets. - crime
19) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued __________ denomination coins to commemorate International Yoga Day. - Rs.10
20) Who took over as 20th Chief Election Commissioner? - Dr. Nasim Zaidi
21) Who is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the incumbent Defence Minister of India? - Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar
22) Who is the current chief executive officer of Microsoft? - Satya Narayana Nadella
23) Kumbh Mela was held in __________ in 2015. - Nasik
24) Who will be Head Jury to Select India's Entry for Oscars 2016. - Amol Palekar
25) Which article of the constitution guarantees that all people shall be equally protected by the laws of the country? - Article 14
26) Who is an Indian politician and cabinet minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation the Union Government of India? - Uma Bharti
27) What is the capital of Sweden? - Stockholm
28) What is the currency of Italy? - Euro
29) UCO Bank's headquarters is on BTM Sarani- Kolkata
30) Veer Savarkar Airport - Port Blair
31) China Currency - Renminbi
32) Gir park is in - Gujarat
33) Aadi perukku festival of which state - Tamil Nadu
34) Constitution Article 14 - Equality before Law
35) 1 kilobyte is equal to how many bits? - 8192
36) What is the full form of AMRUT? - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
37) Which bank announced a new home loan proposition, 'Saral-Rural Housing Loan', with a special interest rate? - ICICI Bank
38) Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India Ltd for three years? - Ashwani Lohani
39) On __________ World Photography Day is observed across the world. - August 19
40) Carolina María Marín Martín is a __________ player from Spain. - badminton
41) The full form of RTGS is __________-. Real Time Gross Settlement
42) The once in 144 years event, Maha Pushkaralu, was celebrated on July 14. It was celebrated in the __________ river this time. - Godavari
43) Founder chairman of bicycle giant Hero Cycles __________ died in Ludhiana. - O P Munjal
44) Andhra Pradesh's __________ has gained the unique distinction of becoming the first district in the country with the highest number of e-toilets (461) in its schools. - Nellore
45) MSME stand for - Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
46) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced - as National Handloom Day to mark the 1905 Swadeshi movement. - August 7
47) Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on 14th September to pay tribute to the official language of India as Hindi was adopted as the official language of Constituent assembly on September 14 - 1949
48) At least 29 people were killed and over 60 injured in a stampede during the mahapushkaram, a Hindu religious bathing festival on the Godavari river bank - Andhra Pradesh
49) The Department of Posts will sell - lakh bottles of water drawn from River Godavari during the 12-day-long Pushkaralu, which is considered to be auspicious. - Seven
50) What is the currency of Greece? - Euro
51) What is Article 18(1)? - No title, not being a military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the State.
52) The Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is held every - years at Haridwar and Allahabad (Prayag). - Six
53) Veteran actor-filmmaker - has been appointed the chairman of India’s Oscar jury by the Film Federation of India (FFI), which selects the country’s official entry in the Best Foreign Film category of the prestigious Academy Awards - Amol Palekar
54) present Cash Reserve Ratio - 4 %
55) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.Its headquarters are in - New Delhi
56) Which country is marking 50 years since independence with nationwide celebrations, including a huge military parade and fireworks display that will also pay tribute to former founding leader Lee Kuan Yew on 9th August 2015 - Singapore
57) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Masdar city and took a round of the zero-carbon planned city, a first in the world. Masdar City is a planned city project in Abu Dhabi, in the - United Arab Emirates
58) Karbonn will be investing up to Rs. 800 crores on mobile devices manufacturing in the next three years. Production at Noida plant in Uttar Pradesh and - plant will start within the next two quarters. - Telangana
59) Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of the holding company of the Tata conglomerate, has acquired a stake in - a deal that is likely to bolster the Chinese phone maker's presence in the world's third-largest smartphone market. - Xiaomi Technology
60) A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the - - United States
61) author of the book "5 Year Old Billionaire"? - Onkar Kishan Khullar
62) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave ex-post facto approval to providing an additional_______ of unskilled manual work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) scheme in areas hit by drought or natural calamities - 50 days
63) capital and largest metropolis of South Korea? - Seoul
64) currency of Algeria? - Algerian dinar
65) current president and CEO of Yahoo? - Marissa Ann Mayer
66) The railways launched which mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets? - ‘utsonmobile’
67) Greece's top Supreme Court judge, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. - Vassiliki Thanou
68) The 10th World Hindi Conference was held for three days between 10 September and 12 September 2015 at the Lal Parade Ground in Madhya Pradesh. - Bhopal
69) National Sports Day in India is celebrated on the August - 29
70) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a self-help book about the development of character and discipline in life, written by a writer and leadership guru. - Robin Sharma
71) current Minister of Railways? - Suresh Prabhu
72) Full form of IPO? - Initial Public Offering
73) SEZ stand for? - Special Economic Zone
74) Who can issue CP? - Corporates, primary dealers (PDs) and the All-India Financial Institutions (FIs) are eligible to issue CP.
75) National Sports Day in India is celebrated on the August - 29
76) The capital of Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
77) The capital of Myanmar (Burma) is - Naypyidaw.
78) CAR stand for? - Capital Adequacy Ratio
79) Marissa Ann Mayer is the current president and CEO of - Yahoo!
80) Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing in the Government of India - Harsimrat Kaur Badal
81) The national capital of Malaysia is - Kuala Lumpur
82) first state of India to start olive refinery - Rajasthan
83) Country will host the next BRICS Summit in 2016? - India
84) Who is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who currently serves as the Home Minister of India? - Rajnath Singh
85) Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989? - Tim Berners-Lee
86) Kumbh Mela is held every _____ year at one of the four places rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayaga), Nashik and Ujjain. - third
87) Coins up to _______paise are called 'small coins' in India. - 50
88) Zindagi Ke Saath Bhi, Zindagi Ke Baad Bhi. Jeevan Anand is one of the best products of _________ - Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
89) ________ is the highest mountain on the European continent. - Mount Elbrus
90) 35th National Games of India, is being held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 across seven districts in _________ India. - Kerala
91) A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by _____ set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. - Charles Dickens
92) Country's second-largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank launched a ________ paperless instant loan plan for its existing customers. - 10-second
93) CTS is a cheque clearing system undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for faster clearing of cheques. What is the full form o CTS? - Cheque Truncation System
94) G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors convened for the third time under the Turkish Presidency in ----- on 4-5 September 2015. - Ankara
95) In a move that caught its competitors off guard, __________ has reduced its base rate, the benchmark to which all other lending rates are linked, by a steep 35 basis points to 9.35 per cent. - HDFC Bank
96) In line with Digital India Vision envisaged by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Minister of state(I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched ________ - the on line release of new LPG connections, through the portal mylpg.in to enable customers to register for new LPG connections online, as well as make on line payments for the same. - Sahaj
97) India and _____ signed a number of important agreements, including the double taxation avoidance treaty, and exchanged instruments of ratification on the extradition treaty inked in 2013, which provides for the legal framework for seeking extradition of fugitive offenders. - Thailand
98) Indian Coast Guard Ship 'Varaha' was gited to _________ on August 27 in Colombo. - Sri Lanka
99) Infrastructure financier IDFC intend to start with 20 branches of which 15 branches will be in tier-IV centres (population of less than 10,000). All these branches will be located in three districts of ____Khandwa, Harda and Hosangabad. - Madhya Pradesh
100) On 27 June 2015, __________officially announced his retirement from Test cricket. Kumar Sangakkara
101) Satish Dhawan Space Centre or Sriharikota Range is a rocket launch center operated by Indian Space Research Organisation. It is located in Sriharikota in __________ - Andhra Pradesh
102) Seeking to soothe the nerves of foreign investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that a high-level committee will look into the controversial issue of payment of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) by FIIs. The committee headed by justice ________ the chairman of the Law Commission. - A P Shah
103) The 15th World Championships in Athletics were held 22–30 August 2015 in ______ - Beijing, China
104) The 16th World Championships in Athletics are scheduled to be held in 2017 in __________- London, United Kingdom.
105) The 2018 Asian Games will be the 18th edition of a regional multi-sport event in Asia which is planned to be hosted by ------ from August 18 – September 2, 2018. - Indonesia
106) The 2020 Summer Olympics are planned to be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in __________ - Tokyo, Japan
107) The Haryana government appointed Bollywood actress __________ as its brand ambassador for the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign to promote the cause of the girl child. - Parineeti Chopra
108) The Islamic State militants may have destroyed a temple at the ancient ruins of _______ in Syria. - Palmyra
109) The Kamakhya Temple is situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in - Assam
110) The National Sports Day of India is dedicated to the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand on - 29th August
111) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley dedicated to the nation FedBook Selfie, India’s first Mobile App for Bank Account Opening from ------. - Federal Bank
112) What is the Capital of Hungary? - Budapest
113) What is the currency of Sweden? - Swedish krona
114) Capital of Seychelles - Victoria
115) Union Minister of steel and mines - Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
116) Head quarter of OECD- Paris, France
117) Ringgit is the currency of which country - Malaysia
118) International day of Child Girl- 11th october
119) surat is situated on river- Tapti
120) Bhupen hazarika stadium is situated at- Guwahati, Assam
121) Who was elected as the fifth President of Mauritius by members of the National Assembly -Kailash Purryag
122) Michael John Clarke is a retired international cricketer and former captain of which country - Australia
123) India recently lost a case at the WTO against which country - US
124) Dipa Karmakar is related to which sport - Gymnastics
125) Tikrit city of which country- Iraq
126) Aadi perukku festival of which state- Tamil Nadu
127) Full form od SRS- Software reuirment Specification
128) Rural scheme launched by pm in oct 11 2014- Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
129) who is ameenah Gurib?- Mauritian biodiversity scientist who serves as President of Mauritius
130) Nanda devi national park is located at- Uttarakhand
131) Vindhya nagar power plant is in which state- Madhya Pradesh
132) What does "D" stand for SDR- Drawing
133) Saral-Rural Housing Loan scheme launched by which bank- ICICI Bank
134) Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched a new mobile app 'DISHA ' to promote digital literacy in - Bihar
135) The new CEO of the technology giant as the company co-founder Larry Page announced the formation of a new umbrella firm Alphabet, of which Google will be a part - Sundar Pichai
136) Indian politician was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha - Meira Kumar
137) Sajjangarh Biological Park is located in - Udaipur, Rajasthan
138) City topped in Swacch Bharat Ranking- Mysore
139) Largest stake holder of Central Bank of India?
140) Select from the options book not written by Abdul kalam
141) Union Minister of Steel- Narendra Singh Tomar
142) OECD Headquarter - Paris, France
143) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana partial disability cover - 1 Lakhs
144) film and television institute of india- Pune
145) Saraswati Samman Winner 2014 got award for sri Ramayana in which language- Kannad
146) Committee for NABARD - Shivaraman
147) Dhanchayt video launch by? HDFC bank
148) New Member of European Union - Croatia
149) Which company installed white label ATM first in country? - Tata
150) Blue revolution is related which – fish
151) CERN member first Asian country ? Pakistan
152) China contribution in NDB - 41%
153) Commercial paper is issued by - Corporate
154) DICGC related to ? Banking
155) Egypt capital- Cairo
156) Kathakali is folk dance of -? Kerala
157) Largest producer of Rice in world? - China
158) NDB is headed by- K.V. Kamath
159) New Governor of Sikkim - Sriniwas Patil
160) Pnb headquarter- New Delhi
161) PV sindhu related to - Badminton
162) Ramanujan award given to- Amalendu Krishna
163) RBI regulate - Money Market
164) Renault Brand Ambassador- Ranbir Kapoor
165) RRB sponser bank contribution - 35%
166) Saarc head office- Nepal
167) Smart humsafar - SBI
168) State with largest area? Rajasthan
169) Thailand currency- Baht
170) The International Atomic Energy Agency's headquarters in- Vienna, Austria
171) Tomato Festival location? Spain
172) Turning point author – APJ Abdul Kalam
173) Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand ? Raghubar Das
174) World information technology summit 2018- Hyderabad
175) World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on - October 1
176) Brad Haddin related to?- Cricket
177) Kisan Vikas Patra amount? - It is Available in denominations of Rs 1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs 50,000.
178) Gaddafi Stadium is a cricket ground in - Lahore, Pakistan
179) The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on- the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. - 2 October
180) Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO, nicknamed Punter, is an - former cricketer. – Australian
181) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is available to people between 18 and 70 years of age with bank accounts. It has an annual premium of ₹12 excluding service tax, which is about -of the premium. - 14%
182) Headquarters of International Labour Organization (ILO) is established in - Geneva
183) Indian whistle-blower bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who was conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay award by the Philippines president - Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III
184) The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway in Egypt extending from Port Said to Suez and connecting the with the Red Sea. - Mediterranean Sea
185) Bhutan currency is: Ngultrum
186) India's rating in world football's Fifa ranking - 155th
187) Manas National Park is located in- Assam
188) Gugamal National Park is located- Maharashtra
189) Longest river in Asia- Yangtze River
190) Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant is located in- Andhra Pradesh
191) Most expensive city in India- Mumbai
192) Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Sanitation & Drinking Water- Chaudhary Birender Singh
193) 7th BRICS Summit was hekd in- Ufa,Russia
194) What is the maximum amount of pension in Atal Pension Yojana?- Rs. 5000
196) Mudra bank R stands for - Refinance
197) sipahijula national park- Tripura
198) transcendence book author- A p J Abdul kalam
199) Gandhi Stadium Located in state- Punjab
200) Mithali Raj related to which sport- Cricket
201) indian football player scored 50 goals- Sunil Chhetri
202) Capital of Peru- Lima
203) IRDAI head office location- Hyderabad Telangana
204) International Atomic energy Headquarter- Vienna, Austria
205) Canada Highest Civilian award- Cross of valour
206) OROP "P" stand for - Pension
207) 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra- Devendra Fadnavis
208) On behalf of which former pm modi awarded in bangladesh - Vajpayeee
209) Capital of Bihar - Patna
210) According to UN, India will surpass China's population by - 2022
211) PPP for infra development committee headed by - Vijay Kelkar
212) SBI life insurance partner - BNP Paribas Cardif
213) National Handloom Day is observed on - 7th August

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