General Awareness for Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Mains

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General Awareness for Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Main

Preparing for Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Main Examination!! Don’t miss the GA Quiz. 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 Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Main Examinations. Not only this, but these quizzes will also prove propitious for the upcoming IBPS SO, Bihar State Co-operative Bank and other competitive examinations.

Q1. National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation will be established in ________ District instead of Bhopal.

Indore

Ujjain

Gwalior

Sehore

Vidisha

Solution:

National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation will be established in Sehore District instead of Bhopal.

Q2. The National Khadi Festival 2018 has held in ________.

New Delhi

Mumbai

Ahmedabad

Gandhinagar

Hyderabad

Solution:

The National Khadi Festival 2018 has organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to promote Khadi products. The festival was inaugurated by Union Minister for Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh in Mumbai on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti 2018.

Q3. World Animal Day is celebrated on _______.

4th October

1st October

7th October

30th September

7th September

Solution:

World Animal Day is celebrated at various parts of the world on 4th October to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe.

Q4. The First ever Regional Conference on 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice' took place at_____.

Lucknow

Bhopal

New Delhi

Dehradun

Shimla

Solution:

The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs is organising the First ever Regional Conference at Shimla on 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice' in collaboration with the Prison Department, Himachal Pradesh on October 4-5, 2018.

Q5. ADB was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution. ADB stands for-

Asian Department Bank

Asian District Bank

African Development Bank

American Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

Solution:

The Asian Development Bank or ADB was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.

Q6. NDB, formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS states. What is the full form of NDB?

New Department Bank

Nominal Development Bank

New Development Basel

New Development Bank

National Development Bank

Solution:

The New Development Bank or NDB, formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS states.

Q7. Where is the head office of ADB?

New Delhi

Vienna

Manila

Beijing

Tokyo

Solution:

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Q8. The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member committee headed by ______ to look into the aspect of jail reforms.

Nachiket Mor

H R Khan

Deepak Mohanty

Amitava Roy

A Ghosh

Solution:

The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms.

Q9. Which of the following state was ranked as the best State in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018?

Uttarakhand

Haryana

Punjab

Sikkim

Himachal Pradesh

Solution:

Haryana was ranked as the best State while Satara District of Maharashtra was ranked as the best district as per the ranking undertaken by Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018.

Q10. India’s first Global Skills Park will be established in ______?

Maharashtra

Goa

Punjab

Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka

Solution:

Global Skills Park (GSP) will be established in Madhya Pradesh, the First Multi-Skills Park in India, to enhance the quality of Technical and Vocational Education And Training (TVET) System in the State and create a more skilled workforce.

Q11. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has partnered with ______________ to launch a month-long rafting expedition "Mission Gange".

Tata Steel Adventure Foundation

Wipro Adventure Foundation

Uttarakhand government

Indian Army

ITBP Adventure Unit

Solution:

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has partnered with Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) to launch a month-long rafting expedition of a team of 40 members which will be led by the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest Ms. Bachendri Pal.

Q12. Phawngpui National Park or Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is one of the two national parks of India in which state?

Mizoram

Tripura

Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim

Meghalaya

Solution:

Phawngpui National Park or Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is one of the two national parks of India in Mizoram, the other and the larger being Murlen National Park.

Q13. Who is present President of South Africa?

Yoweri Museveni

Jacob Zuma

Cyril Ramaphosa

Nomazizi Mtshotshisa

Paul Kagame

Solution:

Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician and present President of South Africa. His tenure as President follows the resignation of Jacob Zuma.

Q14. The Ranganadi Dam is a concrete-gravity diversion dam on the Ranganadi River in-

Mizoram

Tripura

Meghalaya

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Solution:

The Ranganadi Dam is a concrete-gravity diversion dam on the Ranganadi River in Arunachal Pradesh.

Q15. Who has become the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut?

Unmukt Chand

Lokesh Rahul

Prithvi Shaw

Karun Nair

Rishabh Pant

Solution:

Prithvi Shaw has become the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut, achieving the feat aged 18 years and 329 days against Windies in Rajkot, Gujarat. Shaw broke the 59-year-old record set by AA Baig (20 years and 126 days).