General Awareness Questions for Canara Bank PO 2018 |

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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. What is the rank of India in the list of the cheapest country to live or retire, according to a recent survey of 112 countries by GoBankingRates?
(a) 2nd
(b) 10th
(c) 15th
(d) 6th
(e) 8th

Q2. Oxford Dictionaries has chosen ____________ as the Hindi word of 2017.
(a) Mitron
(b) Notebandi
(c) Gau-Rakshak
(d) Padmavati
(e) Aadhaar

Q3. Rating agency CRISIL has revised its outlook on 18 public sector banks (PSBs) from ___________________ after the government announced bank-wise capital infusion and reform plans.
(a) Stable to Negative
(b) Negative to Critical
(c) Negative to Stable
(d) Critical to Negative
(e) Stable to Positive

Q4. Armies of India and ______________ have begun a six-day-long military exercise named ‘VINBAX’ in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
(a) Vanuatu
(b) Vietnam
(c) Venezuela
(d) Vatican City
(e) None of the given option is true

Q5. Each subscriber under APY shall receive a Central Government guaranteed minimum pension of-
(a) Rs. 2000 per month
(b) Rs. 3000 per month
(c) Rs. 4000 per month
(d) Rs. 1000 per month
(e) Rs. 5000 per month

Q6. What is the Minimum Amount for opening of account that can be retained of Post Office Time Deposit Account?
(a) INR 200/.
(b) INR 1000/.
(c) INR 1200/.
(d) INR 1500/.
(e) INR 2000/.

Q7. What is the interest rate of Post Office 5 years Time Deposit Account (As on 01st January 2018)?
(a) 7.7%
(b) 7.3%
(c) 7.4%
(d) 7.1%
(e) 7.9%

Q8. Name the Bollywood playback singer who will be given the ‘Yash Chopra Memorial Award’ for his/her contribution to the Indian cinema.
(a) Rekha
(b) Lata Mangeshkar
(c) Amitabh Bachchan
(d) Asha Bhosle
(e) Shah Rukh Khan

Q9. The Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG) headed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced that five members of parliament (MPs) selected for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards. Who among the following is not one of them?
(a) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(b) Dinesh Trivedi
(c) Banwari Lal Purohit
(d) Najma A Heptulla
(e) Hukumdev Narayan Yadav

Q10. Name the Indian-American Adobe CEO who has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the newly formed US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum.
(a) Shantanu Narayen
(b) Sharath Kamal
(c) Kamlesh Mehta
(d) Pramod Shukla
(e) John Rego

Q11. The Asian Development Bank and the Indian Government have signed a 250 million dollar loan to finance the construction of over 6 thousand 2 hundred kilometres all-weather rural roads in 5 states under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Which one of the following state is not among them?
(a) Assam
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
(e) West Bengal

Q12. Summer Olympic 2020 will be held in which country?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Philippines
(d) Indonesia
(e) Australia

Q13. Winer Olympics Pyeong Chang, South Korea will be held in which year?
(a) 2020
(b) 2018
(c) 2022
(d) 2024
(e) 2019

Q14. Common Wealth Games 2018 will be held in which country?
(a) Bhutan
(b) China
(c) Philippines
(d) Indonesia
(e) Australia

Q15. Environment Minister Harshvardhan launched a 2.8 PetaFlop capacity high-performance computer system named ____________.
(a) Pratyush
(b) Mihir
(c) Pentagraph
(d) Mahatva
(e) Utkarsh

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