General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017

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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions

This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the reality comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the banking exams. So we are here to provide you very handy Quiz on General Awareness that will cover Current Affairs, Static Awareness, and Banking Awareness topics. Attempt the quiz with your best effort and try to score as much as you can.

Q1. Union Health Minister has launched the Test and Treat policy for providing treatment to patients suffering from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Who is the present Union Health Minister?

(a) Dr Harsh Vardhan

(b) Radha Mohan Singh

(c) Bandaru Dattatreya

(d) DV Sadananda Gowda

(e) Jagat Prakash Nadda

Q2. “Bhilar” has become India’s first ‘book village’ where tourists and locals can come and read books, magazines, newspapers stacked at 25 premises. “Bhilar” is located in ________________.

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Karnataka

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Gujarat 

Q3. Which among the following states has organized the country’s first transgender one-day athletic meet in which 132 participants from 12 districts participated?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Assam

(c) Kerala

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Bihar

Q4. Internationally renowned sand artist ________________ has won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand art Championship.

(a) Rahul Arya 

(b) Sudarsan Pattnaik

(c) Nitish Bharti 

(d) Harish Rawat

(e) None of the given options is true

Q5. FSDC was set up by the Government as the apex level forum in-

(a) September 2002

(b) January 2016

(c) March 2012

(d) July 2005

(e) December 2010

Q6. What is the currency of Japan?

(a) Baht

(b) Yuan

(c) Renminbi

(d) Yen

(e) Rupee

Q7. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was observed ‘Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day’ on 02nd May 2017 at various places in the river’s basin states to spread awareness and ensure public participation in the programme. Uma Bharti is present Union Water Resources Minister. she is present Member of Parliament (MP) from which constituency? 

(a) Vadodara, Gujarat

(b) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

(c) Bhilwara, Rajasthan

(d) Purnea, Bihar

(e) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

Q8. International Labour Day, also known as International Worker’s Day or May Day is observed globally on ____________.

(a) 2nd May

(b) 1st May

(c) 30th April

(d) 29th April

(e) 3rd May

Q9. Name the F1 driver who recently won the Russian Grand Prix after a tense final few laps as he was chased down by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

(a) Lewis Hamilton

(b) Narayan Kartikey

(c) Michael Schumacher

(d) Valtteri Bottas

(e) Roberto Bonomi

Q10. Which of the following is not a type of cheque issued by an individual?

(a) Bearer Cheque

(b) Crossed Cheque

(c) Order Cheque

(d) Savings Cheque

(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO has co-organized the World Press Freedom Day’s main event and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony in _________________.

(a) Geneva, Switzerland

(b) New York, USA

(c) Jakarta, Indonesia

(d) Barcelona, Spain

(e) Saint John, Canada

Q12. Which of the following Indian state has recently become the first state to switch to the January-December financial year from the existing April-March cycle?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Odisha

(d) Tripura

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q13. The World Press Freedom Day was observed recently by UNESCO. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO?

(a) Peter Thomson

(b) Ban Ki-moon

(c) Antonio Guterres

(d) Irina Bokova

(e) Juan Somavía

Q14. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is in-

(a) Geneva 

(b) Paris 

(c) Brussels

(d) Washington

(e) Vienna

Q15. The symbol of Reserve Bank of India is- 

(a) Capital of Asokan Pillar 

(b) Kuber with a purse of money 

(c) Tiger before a Palm tree 

(d) A dog sitting in a defensive state 

(e) None of the given options is true

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