General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains

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General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains 2018

Preparing for IBPS PO 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 IBPS PO Main Examination. Not only this, but these quizzes will also prove propitious for the upcoming Canara Bank PO, IBPS Clerk Main, and other competitive examinations.

Q1. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inaugurated the first Assembly of the ______________ in New Delhi.

National Financial Reporting Agency

IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting

RE-Invest (Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet and Expo).

International Solar Alliance

None of the above option is true

Solution:

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inaugurated the first Assembly of the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi. The same event also marked the inauguration of the second IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting, and the 2nd Global RE-Invest (Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet and Expo).

Q2. Justice Ranjan Gogoi has sworn-in as new Chief Justice of India. He is the _______ CJI.

46th

45th

70th

56th

32th

Solution:

Justice Ranjan Gogoi is the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and will retire on November 17, 2019.

Q3. Who has been named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Youth Olympic Games 2018?

Manav Thakkar

Saurabh Chaudhary

Manu Bhaker

Lakshya Sen

Vinesh Phogat

Solution:

Teenage shooting star Manu Bhaker was named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Youth Olympic Games.

Q4. Which country was hosted 3rd Youth Olympic Games in October 2018?

Japan

Argentina

Brazil

South Korea

India

Solution:

3rd Youth Olympic Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 6-18.

Q5. The government has set up a four-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by trade minister Suresh Prabhu to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whether to continue with or withdraw from the 16-member RCEP negotiations. What is the full form of RCEP?

Random Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Regional Composition Economic Partnership

Regional Comprehensive Economic Preparation

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Regional Comprehensive Economic Profit

Solution:

The government has set up a four-member group of ministers (GoM) headed by trade minister Suresh Prabhu to advise prime minister Narendra Modi on whether to continue with or withdraw from the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.

Q6. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed an MoU with _____________ for getting Long Term Unsecured Loan of Rs 25000 crore for 10 years with 3 years of moratorium on repayments.

SBI

NABARD

PNB

SIDBI

ICICI Bank

Solution:

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed an MoU with the State Bank of India (SBI) for getting Long Term Unsecured Loan of Rs 25000 crore for 10 years with 3 years of moratorium on repayments. This is the SBI’s highest long-term unsecured loan to any entity.

Q7. NABARD has sanctioned Rs 772 crore for eight water projects in the rural areas of-

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

Punjab

Haryana

Solution:

According to the state Minister for Public Health Engineering Banwari Lal, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 772 crore for eight water projects in the rural areas of Haryana.

Q8. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has entered into a bancassurance deal with ___________________, this corporate agency agreement will enable distribution of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance products through the bank’s network of 2,129 branches across the country.

Indian Overseas Bank

Vijaya Bank

Corporation Bank

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

Solution:

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has entered into a bancassurance deal with Vijaya Bank. This corporate agency agreement will enable distribution of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance products through the bank’s network of 2,129 branches across the country.

Q9. Which Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar -based transactions through its micro ATM tablets?

HDFC Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Yes Bank

ICICI Bank

Axis Bank

Solution:

Axis bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar -based transactions through its micro ATM tablets. This is being run as a pilot project in 8 branches of rural Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

Q10. The Union Government has unlocked green funds worth over Rs ______________ crore to increase the country’s forest cover.

Rs 10,000 crores

Rs 54,000 crores

Rs 66,000 crores

Rs 30,000 crores

Rs 21,000 crores

Solution:

The Union Government has unlocked green funds worth over Rs 66,000 crore to increase the country’s forest cover. The fund is an accumulated amount of money, which user agencies have been depositing as compensation for diverting forest land for non-forest purposes, including industries and infrastructure, since the past 10 years.

Q11. Name the bank/organisation, which has signed a multilateral cooperation agreement with member development banks of BRICS to undertake “collaborative research” in distributed ledger/blockchain technology.

Exim Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India

State Bank of India

ICICI Bank

Small Industries Development Bank of India

Solution:

Exim Bank of India has signed a multilateral cooperation agreement with member development banks of BRICS to undertake “collaborative research” in distributed ledger/blockchain technology.

Q12. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation. Who is present President of Myanmar?

Win Myint

Prayut Chan-o-cha

Moon Jae-in

Shinzo Abe

Xi Jinping

Solution:

Win Myint is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who is serving as the 10th President of Myanmar since 30 March 2018.

Q13. What is the capital city of Indonesia?

Jakarta

Bandar Seri Begawan

Manila

Phnom Penh

Vientiane

Solution:

Jakarta is Capital of Indonesia.

Q14. Who is the current Chief Minister of Karnataka?

Pinarayi Vijayan

Edappadi K Palaniswami

K Chandrashekar Rao

N Chandrababu Naidu

HD Kumaraswamy

Solution:

H D Kumaraswamy is an Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is a former President of the Karnataka State Janata Dal and son of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda.

Q15. In which city India’s first, National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank (NWGRB) was inaugurated at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology’s (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) facility?

Nagpur

Kolkata

New Delhi

Hyderabad

Chennai

Solution:

National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank (NWGRB) was inaugurated at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology’s (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) facility in Hyderabad, Telangana. It is India’s first genetic resource bank where the genetic material will be stored for posterity which will further the cause of conservation of endangered and protected animals.