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. Muscat is the capital city of _____________.

(a) Iran

(b) Turkmenistan

(d) Uzbekistan

(e) Iraq

Q2. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has received Rs173.06 crore capital infusions from the government in the current fiscal. It Headquarters in ___________.

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Kochi

(d) Chennai

(e) New Delhi

Q3. Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) have signed an MoU to collaborate and engage in Design, Development and Execution of contemporary, State-of-Art vessels for Inland and Coastal Waterways. The USC is a/an _______________ Company.

(a) Russian

(b) American

(d) Japanese

(e) Korean

Q4. Which among the following is the theme state for this year’s 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela?

(a) Haryana

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q5. Markets regulator _______ stated that cross-holding in credit rating agencies (CRAs) will be capped at 10 percent and also decided to raise the minimum networth requirement to Rs 25 crore from the current Rs 5 crore.

(a) SEBI

(b) IRDAI

(d) NABARD

(e) SIDBI

Q6. Which among the following country is set to leapfrog Britain and France in 2018 to become the world’s fifth-largest economy in dollar terms, according to the report by Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) consultancy’s 2018 World Economic League Table?

(a) Brazil

(b) Japan

(d) China

(e) India

Q7. Bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) stood at _______________ by the end of second quarter this fiscal (2017-18), a bulk of which came from corporate defaulters, private sector banks’ NPAs were considerably low.

(a) Rs 17.24 lakh crore

(b) Rs 14.12 lakh crore

(d) Rs 7.34 lakh crore

(e) Rs 32.60 lakh crore

Q8. Sagarmala Program aims to promote port-led development in the country. The concept of Sagarmala was approved by the Union Cabinet in ______________.

(a) 2014

(b) 2016

(d) 2015

(e) 2017

Q9. What is the capital city of Rwanda?

(a) Sudan

(b) Beirut

(d) Suva

(e) Baku

Q10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently (First week of February 2018) inaugurated the first two-day Global Investment Summit has been organized in _____________.

(a) Sikkim

(b) Meghalaya

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Tripura

Q11. External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj has returned home after successful completion of the goodwill visit to ___________.

(a) Bhutan

(b) Nepal

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Myanmar

Q12. Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. The currency of Kenya is?

(a) Rund

(b) Taka

(d) Yen

(e) shilling

Q13. Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is?

(a) 543

(b) 552

(d) 402

(e) 452

Q14. Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dance. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India in which of the following state/UTs?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) New Delhi

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Chandigarh

Q15. Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) committee has decided to bestow V. Shantaram lifetime achievement Award to veteran film producer and director _____________.

(a) Aditya Chopra

(b) Subhash Ghai

(d) Shyam Benegal

(e) S.S. Rajamouli

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