General Awareness Questions for Syndicate Bank PO 2018

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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions

Having enough of knowledge of Current Affairs as well as the banking industry is all that is important to perform well in the General Awareness Section of any banking exam. You should know what is happening around the globe. One section that can help you bagging graceful marks in these examinations is General Awareness, that comprises of numerous sections like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Here is the quiz on General Awareness that is being provided by Adda247 to help you ace graceful marks in the banking examinations.

Q1. Name the Basketball Hall of Famer and two-time NBA champion who passed away, recently.
(a) George Mikan
(b) Jo Jo White
(c) John Wooden
(d) Bob Cousy
(e) Tom Heinsohn

Q2. India Ratings and Research has projected the country’s economic growth to improve to _____________ in 2018-19.
(a) 7.2 percent
(b) 7.3 percent
(c) 6.9 percent
(d) 7.1 percent
(e) 6.8 percent

Q3. An MoU was signed between Government of India and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to enhance import and export performance. Who is the President of CII?
(a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
(b) Uday Kotak
(c) Shobana Kamineni
(d) Aditya Puri
(e) Naushad Forbes

Q4. The government appointed _____________ as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL).
(a) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj
(c) S Selvakumar
(d) Malweyn Rego
(e) Mahesh Sharma

Q5. Which of the following is mainly used by the banks in order to meet their temporary requirement of Cash on a daily basis?
(a) Commercial Paper
(b) Certificate of Deposit
(c) Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligations (CBLO)
(d) Call Money
(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. ___________ is a voluntary market body for the bond, money and derivatives markets.
(a) RBI
(b) SEBI
(c) IRDAI
(d) FIMMDA
(e) UIDAI

Q7. Cheque which is truncated during the course of clearing cycle is called __________
(a) Stale Cheque
(b) Mutilated Cheque
(c) Self Cheque
(d) Truncated Cheque
(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. Facebook has appointed outgoing American Express CEO ____________ to its board, making him the first African-American to be on the board.
(a) Kenneth Chenault
(b) Alan Clark
(c) Bruce Hemphill
(d) Markus Jooste
(e) Mike Brown

Q9. Amplus Energy Solutions announced entering into a pact with private sector lender _______________ for strategic tie-up to co-finance projects in the solar energy space in India.
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Karnataka Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Yes Bank

Q10. The four mints operationalized in India are located in ___________________.
(a) Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
(b) Kolkata, Noida, Chennai, and Mumbai
(c) Kolkata, Noida, Hyderabad, and Lucknow
(d) Kolkata, Noida, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
(e) Pune, Noida, Hyderabad, and Mumbai

Q11. Name the state that has become the first state in the country that has come out with a public cloud policy, virtually mandating its departments to shift their data storage onto the cloud.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Kerala

Q12. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated? 
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q13. What is the name of bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna? 
(a) Rabindra Setu
(b) Vidyasagar Setu
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(d) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
(e) None of the above

Q14. ‘Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state? 
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal
(e) Maharashtra

Q15. Name the instant messaging platform that has rolled out a feature that connects small businesses with customers.
(a) Snapchat
(b) LiveChat
(c) WhatsApp
(d) Hike
(e) Imo