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General Awareness Questions for Banking Exams

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This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming IBPS Exams. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the reality comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the banking examsSo we are here to provide you very handy Quiz on General Awareness that will cover Current Affairs, Static Awareness, and Banking Awareness topics. Attempt the quiz with your best effort and try to score as much as you can.


Q1. As per the recent announcement of the government, from May 1, 2017, petrol and diesel prices were changed every day in sync with international rates first in five cities. Which of the following city is not among them?
(a) Puducherry
(b) Vizag
(c) Udaipur
(d) Lucknow
(e) Jamshedpur

Q2. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu has recently announced the re-launch of a scheme for uplifment and all-round development of people belonging to the Backward Classes. What is the name of that scheme?
(a) Adarana Scheme
(b) Aradhya Scheme
(c) Bandhan Scheme
(d) Utkarsh Scheme
(e) Utthaan Scheme

Q3. The pink patrol cars called the ‘Pink Hoysalas’ and the Suraksha mobile phone app was launched recently as part of an effort to improve the safety and security of women in which of the following cities?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Chandigarh
(e) New Delhi

Q4. The World Bank has recently approved a $375 million loan to India’s first inland water transport fairway National Waterway 1 (NW1) project. This project is based on which one of the following Rivers?
(a) Brahmaputra River
(b) Beas River
(c) Ganga River
(d) Godavri River
(e) Yamuna River

Q5. Malala Yousafzai has recently become the youngest Nobel Prize laureate to address parliament of which of the following countries?
(a) Australia
(b) Germany
(c) Spain
(d) Malaysia
(e) Canada

Q6. ________ is a cheque rather an amount of cheque, which is above the balance available in the account of the payer.
(a) Travellers cheque
(b) Multicity Cheque
(c) Mutilated Cheque
(d) Over Draft
(e) Bad Debts

Q7. A cheque for a fixed amount that may be cashed or used in payment abroad after endorsement by the holder’s signature is known as ___________
(a) Travellers cheque
(b) Multicity Cheque
(c) Mutilated Cheque
(d) Crossed Cheque
(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. India and Prime Minister of which country have started a partnership aimed at increasing cooperation in sports, in the presence of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Myanmar
(c) Germany
(d) Australia
(e) Malaysia

Q9. What was the name of India’s first ever micro-drama festival that was held recently in New Delhi.
(a) Thespis
(b) Taapsi
(c) Ankulrama
(d) Thanes Hare
(e) Mospesis

Q10. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the new MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank Ltd.
(a) Kailash Krishnamurthy
(b) M Venkataraman
(c) R Vimal Shankar
(d) B P Malhotra
(e) M M Subrahmanya

Q11. Name the regulatory Body of India that has recently launched a web portal for insurers that will allow them to register and sell policies online.
(a) IRDAI
(b) SEBI
(c) RBI
(d) EPFO
(e) SIDBI

Q12. Kudremukh National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state? 
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Meghalaya

Q13. World Red Cross Day is observed on which of the following date? 
(a) May 01st
(b) April 05th
(c) May 08th
(d) March 28th
(e) March 23rd

Q14. Which of the following country is not a member of OPEC? 
(a) India
(b) Nigeria
(c) Indonesia
(d) Kuwait
(e) Angola

Q15. 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


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