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. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the chief election commissioner (CEC) of India.

(a) Nasim Zaidi

(b) Farrukh Khan

(c) Padmeshwar Shah

(d) Rupesh Goyal

(e) Om Prakash Rawat

Q2. In the 63rd Filmfare Awards 2018, who was the winner in the category of Best Director?

(a) S. S. Rajamouli

(b) Mani Ratnam

(c) Priyadarshan

(d) Rajkumar Hirani

(e) Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Q3. The founder and Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum (WEF) is _____________.

(a) Klaus Schwab

(b) Orit Gadiesh

(c) Herman Gref

(d) Angel Gurria

(e) Yo-Yo Ma

Q4. The first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) of Puducherry was recently inaugurated by ______________.

(a) Arun Jaitley

(b) Venkaiah Naidu

(c) Sushma Swaraj

(d) Ram Nath Kovind

(e) Kiran Bedi

Q5. For providing postal services, the whole country has been divided into _______ postal circles.

(a) 21

(b) 25

(c) 23

(d) 27

(e) 29

Q6. Who is present Secretary, Department of Posts & Chairperson of Postal Services Board?

(a) Meera Handa 

(b) Ananta Narayan Nanda

(c) Usha Chandra Sekhar

(d) Achla Bhatnagar

(e) Udai Krishna

Q7. Name the person who is not a member of Department of Postal Services Board?

(a) Mr Ajay Tyagi

(b) Ms Meera Handa

(c) Shri Tilak De

(d) Shri Vasumitra

(e) Ms Achla Bhatnagar

Q8. The Telangana government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clean Authority of which of the following city in connection with municipal solid waste incineration in Hyderabad?

(a) Beijing

(b) Tokyo

(c) Shanghai

(d) London

(e) New York

Q9. Who was the 1st Chief Election Commissioner of Independent India?

(a) Kalyan Sundaram

(b) Nagendra Singh

(c) SP Sen Verma

(d) Sukumar Sen

(e) T. Swaminathan

Q10. Name the Senior IPS officer who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the National Security Guard.

(a) Manjeet Chaddha

(b) Alok Kumar Verma

(c) Sudeep Lakhtakia

(d) Pradeep Jha

(e) Manoj Shukla

Q11. India’s first Garbage Festival was Organized in which of the following state?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Jharkhand

(d) West Bengal

(e) Gujarat

Q12. ‘Kyat’ is the official currency of which Asian country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Myanmar

(c) Bhutan

(d) Sri Lanka

(e) China

Q13. In which city of Punjab is the Rail Coach Factory, the passenger coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, located? 

(a) Amritsar

(b) Ludhiana

(c) Jalandhar

(d) Kapurthala

(e) Patiala

Q14. Who is the present governor of Andhra Pradesh? 

(a) V. Shanmuganthan 

(b) E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan

(c) Banwarilal Purohit

(d) Ram Nath Kovind

(e) Satya Pal Malik

Q15. What is the ranking of India among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index of World Economic Forum (WEF)?

(a) 53rd

(b) 57th

(c) 60th

(d) 59th

(e) 62nd

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