Frequently asked questions of Static Awareness for IBPS RRB Mains 2017

Prepare Static Awareness G.K. Questions for upcoming banking recruitment exams with this questionnaire of most expected and frequently asked static awareness question for IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk 2017, IBPS RRB, other banking and insurance exams.

Q1. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in almost 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. The headquarter of UNDP is located in?

(a) Paris, France

(b) Nairobi, Kenya

(c) Vienna, Austria

(d) Zurich, Switzerland

(e) New York, USA 

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) Bengaluru 

(d) Hyderabad

(e) New Delhi

Q3. World Teachers’ Day, following the adoption of the “Recommendation concerning the status of teachers” in 1994 by the UNESCO is celebrated on?

(a) 05th September

(b) 05th October 

(c) 24th October

(d) 02nd October

(e) 31st October 

Q4. Jwala Gutta is a left-handed international _____________ player from Hyderabad, India.

(a) Tennis

(b) Cricket

(c) Badminton 

(d) Chess

(e) Football 

Q5. Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) is a major public sector bank in India. Where is the headquarter of BOM?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Kolkata

(c) Chennai

(d) Pune 

(e) New Delhi   

Q6. Which of the following sports is not included in Olympics?

(a) Tennis

(b) Golf 

(c) Shooting

(d) Boxing

(e) None of the above

Q7. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay. This is award not given in which field?

(a) Government Service

(b) Public Service

(c) Community Leadership

(d) Journalism

(e) Medicine 

Q8. Who is the present Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Government of India?

(a) Ravishankar Prasad

(b) Jitendra Singh

(c) Rajiv Pratap Rudy 

(d) Dharmendra Pradhan

(e) Giriraj Singh

Q9. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq, with the signing of an agreement in September 1960. Where is headquarter of OPEC?

(a) Vienna, Austria

(b) Tehran, Iran

(c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(d) Tripoli, Libya

(e) Kuwait City, Kuwait

Q10. Canada is a sovereign state in the northern part of North America. Who is present Prime Minister of Canada?

(a) Justin Trudeau 

(b) Malcolm Turnbull

(c) Ranil Wickremesinghe

(d) Najib Razak

(e) Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli

Q11. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called  

(a) Strait 

(b) Peninsula 

(c) Cape 

(d) Isthmus 

(e) None of these

Q12. India adopted the Five-Year Plans from  

(a) France 

(b) Former USSR

(c) America 

(d) England 

(e) China

(a) Kushal Das

(b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Ramamurthy

(d) John Grisham

(e) Khushwant Singh

Q14. Who has been appointed World Bank’s new president?  

(a) Jim Yong Kim 

(b) Robert Zoellick  

(c) Ban-Ki-Moon 

(d) Lumen Daraj 

(e) Paul Wolfowitz

Q15. Vande Mataram is a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1882 novel _________________.

(a) Kapalkundala

(b) Durgeshnandini

(c) Anandamath

(d) Krishna Charitra

(e) Many threads of Hinduism

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