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. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the opening ceremony of the Al Jana-driyah festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was the __________ edition of this festival.

(a) 34th

(b) 45th

(c) 18th

(d) 32nd

(e) 19th

Q2. The Maldives president has recently declared a state of emergency in the country. What is the capital city of Maldives?

(a) Male

(b) Gale

(c) Copenhagen

(d) Asmara

(e) Roseau

Q3. Which of the following state government has signed an MoU with Cab-hailing startup Ola to pilot an app-based river taxi service?

(a) Tripura

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) West Bengal

(e) Assam

Q4. Name the person who was sworn in as the 16th Chairman of the Federal Reserve for a four-year term.

(a) Janet Yellen

(b) Alan Greenspan

(c) Jerome H Powell

(d) Ben Bernanke

(e) Paul Volcker

Q5. Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts can be closed after completion of-

(a) 21 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 18 years

(d) 10 years

(e) 32 years

Q6. What is the interest rate of Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts as on 01st January 2018?  

(a) 8.5% Per Annum

(b) 8.3% Per Annum

(c) 8.1% Per Annum

(d) 8.7% Per Annum

(e) 8.9% Per Annum

Q7. The objectives of setting up of payments banks will be to further financial inclusion by providing-

(a) Small savings accounts

(b) Payments/remittance services to migrant labour workforce, 

(c) Low income households

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. Name the airport of India that has recently set record with 980 flights in 24 hours and became the busiest Single-Runway airport in the world.

(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport

(b) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

(c) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

(d) Goa International Airport

(e) Indira Gandhi International Airport

Q9. Which of the following State government in association with UNICEF has launched massive door to door campaign DASTAK to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanise Encephalitis (JE) disease in the state?

(a) Haryana

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Uttarakhand

Q10. _____________ and the United Nations World Food Program signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement committing an unprecedented $370 million dollars to WFP over the next four years. The contribution for the period 2018-2021 is the biggest ever made by a donor within a WFP Strategic Partnership Agreement.

(a) Denmark

(b) Iceland

(c) France

(d) India

(e) Sweden

Q11. Maybank Championship was held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a/an ____________ Tournament.

(a) Ice Skating

(b) Ice Hockey

(c) Golf

(d) Shooting

(e) Wrestling

Q12. Sushma Swaraj is current External Affairs minister in Narendra Modi government. Her constituency Situated at? 

(a) Bhopal (M.P)

(b) Varanasi (U.P)

(c) Patna (Bihar)

(d) Jalandhar (Punjab)

(e) Vidisha (M.P)

Q13. Capital of Albania is? 

(a) Tirana

(b) Vienna

(c) Luanda

(d) Yerevan

(e) Manama

Q14. Jim Corbett National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Orissa

(c) West Bengal

(d) Karnataka

(e) Manipur

Q15. In which of the following state the President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav of Lord Gomateshwara?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Goa

(c) Karnataka

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Tamil Nadu

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