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. Who among the following was awarded the ‘Times Power Women of the Year 2017’- Pune for Global PR?

(a) Shabnam Asthana

(b) Chanda Kochhar

(c) Roshni Nadar Malhotra

(d) Kiran Mazumdar

(e) Shobhana Bhartia

Q2. American multinational conglomerate, Alphabet Inc. has appointed ___________ as the new board chairman of the company.

(a) Sergey Brin

(b) Eric Schmidt

(c) Larry Page

(d) Lewis McCardy

(e) John L. Hennessy

Q3. Name the India’s leading squash player who had recently jumped five places to No. 14 to become the highest ranked Indian in the latest Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings.

(a) Joshna Chinappa

(b) Dipika Pallikal Karthik

(c) Saurav Ghosal

(d) Harinder Pal Sandhu

(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. India has defeated ____________ to lift the Under 19 World cup 2018.

(a) West Indies

(b) Pakistan

(c) New Zealand

(d) Australia

(e) England

Q5. The World Bank has committed ____________ loan to India for the STRIVE project for skill development.

(a) Rs 800 crore

(b) Rs 1300 crore

(c) Rs 2300 crore

(d) Rs 3800 crore

(e) Rs 1700 crore

Q6. Who is present President of World Bank?

(a) Jim Yong Kim

(b) Takehiko Nakao

(c) Jin Liqun

(d) Roberto Azevedo

(e) Pascal Lamy

Q7. The dimension of the new Rs 10 banknote will be-

(a) 56 mm x 136 mm

(b) 63 mm x 123 mm

(c) 71 mm x 142 mm

(d) 67 mm x 166 mm

(e) 74 mm x 183 mm

Q8. Namibia was recently in the News due to lack of food for its army. What is the Capital of Namibia?

(a) Gaborone

(b) Lusaka

(c) Cape Town

(d) Windhoek

(e) Luanda

Q9. In the Under 19 World cup 2018, ______________ was declared Player of the Tournament.

(a) Manjot Kalra

(b) Shubman Gill

(c) Prithvi Shaw

(d) Jonathan Merlo

(e) Jason Sangha

Q10. Gregory Gaultier is currently at No. 1 Position in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings. He is from which country?

(a) Germany

(b) Russia

(c) Denmark

(d) France

(e) Croatia

Q11. The Centre unveiled the contours of the ______________ scheme, which seeks to ensure the flow of clean money to political parties, without revealing the donors’ names.

(a) Property Bonds

(b) Electoral Bonds

(c) Membership Bonds

(d) Leadership Bonds

(e) None of the given options is True

Q12. Dharoi Dam is in which of the following state? 

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Bihar

(d) Karnataka

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Q13. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Odisha

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Gujarat

(e) Karnataka

Q14. What is the Currency of Saudi Arabia? 

(a) Marka

(b) Riyal

(c) Leone

(d) Koruna

(e) Tala

Q15. The Centre has recently approved an MoU between India and _____________ to improve public transport in the country.

(a) Singapore’s transportation authority

(b) Switzerland’s transportation authority

(c) London’s transportation authority

(d) Russian transportation authority

(e) American transportation authority

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