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. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the list of nine new Smart Cities. Which among the following is not one of them?

(a) Silvassa

(b) Diu

(c) Moradabad

(d) Panaji

(e) Kavaratti

Q2. India has joined the Australia Group export control regime and has become the _____________ Member of that Group.

(a) 45th

(b) 43rd

(c) 40th

(d) 36th

(e) 32nd

Q3. President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled a book on heartfulness techniques and principles titled ‘The Heartfulness Way’. This book is authored by ____________.

(a) Jhumpa Lahiri

(b) Amish Tripathi

(c) Kamlesh D. Patel

(d) Preeti Sheno

(e) Vikram Chandra

Q4. Indian Naval Ship Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy’s largest ship and its sole aircraft carrier was formally affiliated to the Indian Army’s highly-decorated ______________ Regiment.

(a) Bihar

(b) Punjab 

(c) 11 Gorkha Rifles

(d) Madras

(e) Kumaon

Q5. Person named in the instrument to whom or to whose order the money is to be paid is known as-?

(a) Drawer

(b) Drawee

(c) Payer

(d) Payee

(e) Receivable

Q6. National Housing Bank (NHB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the central bank (RBI) was established in 1988 under the-

(a) National Housing Bank Act, 1987

(b) National Housing Bank Act, 1988

(c) National Housing Bank Act, 1986

(d) National Housing Bank Act, 1985

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. The Banking Ombudsman Scheme was introduced under __________ of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by RBI with effect from 1995.

(a) Section 25A

(b) Section 35A

(c) Section 45A

(d) Section 15A

(e) Section 55A

Q8. Name the Famous Cartoonist who passed away passed away recently at the age of 86.

(a) R. K. Laxman

(b) Mario Miranda

(c) Abu Abraham

(d) Chandi Lahiri

(e) Aseem Trivedi

Q9. Banking finance company AU Small Finance Bank has signed an MoU with LIC to offer PMJJBY Scheme. What does ‘JJ’ Stands for in PMJJBY?

(a) Jeevan Jigyasa

(b) Jeevan Jagran

(c) Jeevan Josh

(d) Jeevan Janani

(e) Jeevan Jyoti

Q10. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has recently celebrated its __________ Raising Day.

(a) 15th

(b) 10th

(c) 13th

(d) 18th

(e) 9th

Q11. According to a census by the Reserve Bank of India, name the country that was the largest source of foreign investment in India.

(a) Singapore

(b) Mauritius

(c) UK

(d) USA

(e) Japan

Q12. Which city, founded by Udasi Sikhs Guru Ram Rai, is capital of Uttarakhand?

(a) Almora

(b) Dehradun

(c) Haridwar

(d) Roorkee

(e) Nanital

Q13. Which ocean is popularly known as the ‘Herring Pond’?

(a) Arctic Ocean

(b) Indian Ocean

(c) Atlantic Ocean

(d) Pacific Ocean

(e) None of the above

Q14. Idukki Dam in Kerala is built across which river?

(a) Kaveri

(b) Vaigai

(c) Pamba

(d) Periyar

(e) Ganga

Q15. Who is the present Director General of National Disaster Response Force?

(a) R K Jain

(b) Sanjay Kumar

(c) Ravi Joesh Kokku

(d) Rajiv Jain

(e) Pramod Singh

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