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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. The Country celebrated its 69th Republic Day on 26th January in Rajpath, New Delhi. The Heads of how many ASEAN countries were the chief guests at Republic Day?

(a) 8

(b) 9

(d) 11

(e) 12

Q2. The President has recently approved the Padma awards for 85 individuals. Ghulam Mustafa Khan awarded Padma Vibhushan in the field of ______________.

(a) Literature & Education

(b) Art (Music)

(d) Art (Painting)

(e) Others (Spiritualism)

Q3. Name the defence personnel of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who has posthumously received India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.

(a) Arvind Parikh

(b) Abhay Bang

(d) Jyoti Prakash Nirala

(e) Arup Kumar Dutta

Q4. In the recently announced Padma Awards 2018, which of the following sports personalities were awarded with Padma Bhushan?

(a) Both (b) and (d)

(b) Pankaj Advani

(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(e) Both (c) and (d)

Q5. OBOPAY has announced that the company has secured a licence for PPI from RBI to operate a semi-closed loop wallet in the country. What is the meaning of “I” in PPI?

(a) Initial

(b) International

(d) Instrument

(e) Investment

Q6. Sectoral regulator IRDAI has issued regulations for insurance firms to carry out offshore business from Gujarat-based GIFT International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). Where is the headoffice of IRDAI?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Hyderabad

(d) Chennai

(e) Kolkata

Q7. The Indian economy will expand by __________ in 2017-18, according to the new data of the government’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) in January 2018.

(a) 6.1%

(b) 6.3%

(d) 6.9%

(e) 6.5%

Q8. Name the veteran Banker who has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).

(a) Shikha Sharma

(b) Chanda Kochhar

(d) Aisha De Sequeira

(e) Usha Ananthasubramanian

Q9. The original constitution of India was handwritten by ____________.

(a) Prem Behari Narain Raizada

(b) B. N. Rau

(d) Durga Das Basu

(e) Frank Anthony

Q10. Name the city that has become the first Indian Metro to get a Floating Market.

(a) Chennai

(b) Mumbai

(d) Kolkata

(e) Panaji

Q11. Name the state government that has launched the release of benefits under ‘Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana’ (MGSVY) aimed at the inclusive growth of the distressed sections of the society.

(a) Haryana

(b) Rajasthan

(d) Gujarat

(e) Sikkim

Q12. Name of the parliament of Vietnam is……

(a) National Assembly

(b) Congress

(d) House of Assembly

(e) National Parliament

Q13. Kodasalli Dam is in which of the following state?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Jammu and kashmir

(e) Karnataka

Q14. Headquarter of New Development Bank (NDB) is in which of the following city?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Beijing

(d) Shanghai

(e) Rio de Janeiro

Q15. The Ministry of Finance has announced that Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks will offer social security scheme named ____________ to their subscribers.

(a) Digital India Yojana

(b) Atal Pension Yojana

(d) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

(e) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

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