General Awareness Questions for Canara 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. India has joined which of the following agreement on the establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan?

(a) ONOR Agreement

(b) Ashgabat Agreement

(d) India-Gulf Cooperation Council Agreement

(e) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Agreement

Q2. The 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela has begun recently in Haryana. This year ___________ is the Partner Nation of the crafts mela.

(a) Azerbaijan

(b) Turkmenistan

(d) Kyrgyzstan

(e) Switzerland

Q3. The 7th India Energy Congress was held recently in ___________.

(a) Mumbai

(b) Pune

(d) Chennai

(e) Kolkata

Q4. Name the Magahi writer who has been honoured with this year’s Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award.

(a) Shesh Anand Madhukar

(b) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

(d) Sagram Singh Yadav

(e) Manoj Shukla

Q5. What is the Maximum investment limit in joint account of Post Office MIS Account?

(a) Rs 6.00 lakh

(b) Rs 4.50 lakh

(d) Rs 9.00 lakh

(e) Rs 1.50 lakh

Q6. What is the silent features of Post Office MIS Accounts?

(a) Account can be opened by cash/Cheque and in case of Cheque the date of realization of Cheque in Govt. account shall be date of opening of account.

(b) Nomination facility is available at the time of opening and also after opening of account.

(d) All of the above are silent features of Post Office MIS Accounts

(e) Account can be opened in the name of minor and a minor of 5 years and above age can open and operate the account.

Q7. Interest can be drawn through auto credit into savings account standing at same post office, through PDCs or ECS./In case of MIS accounts standing at CBS Post offices, monthly interest can be credited into savings account standing at any CBS Post offices. CBS stands for-

(a) Core Balance Solutions

(b) Core Banking Solutions

(d) Core Banking Service

(e) Common Banking Solutions

Q8. Name the country that has become the first low-income country to provide universal eye care for its 12 million populations.

(a) Uganda

(b) Lesotho

(d) Yemen

(e) Rwanda

Q9. Name the Senior-most Indian Information Service (IIS) officer who was appointed Director-General of Sports Authority of India (SAI).

(a) Rahul Bhatnagar

(b) Neelam Kapur

(d) Sukriti Sachan

(e) Manoj Tyagi

Q10. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed _____________ as the Chef-de-Mission for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia.

(a) Narinder Dhruv Batra

(b) Rajeev Mehta

(d) Vikram Singh Sisodia

(e) Prakash Malhotra

Q11. The five-time World Champion MC Mary Kom claimed the gold medal in the India Open International Boxing tournament in New Delhi. She defeated _______________.

(a) Kallia Kourouni

(b) Nina Meinke

(d) Diana Garcia

(e) Verena Kaiser

Q12. Name of the parliament of Vietnam is……

(a) National Assembly

(b) Congress

(d) House of Assembly

(e) National Parliament

Q13. Kodasalli Dam is in which of the following state?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Jammu and kashmir

(e) Karnataka

Q14. Headquarter of New Development Bank (NDB) is in which of the following city?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Beijing

(d) Shanghai

(e) Rio de Janeiro

Q15. Name the country that has made a record by opening the world’s longest zip line, measuring 2.83 km in length and had set a Guinness World Record.

(a) Denmark

(b) United Arab Emirates

(d) Norway

(e) Switzerland

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