General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017

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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions

General Awareness is a very important section in the banking exams so pace up your preparation with G.K. Questions and Answers. So 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 General Awareness quiz with your best effort and try to score as much as you can.

Q1. Name the state that has recently declared the year of 2017 as e-Pragati year, a flagship program will help the government to make real-time governance.

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Telangana

Q2. In which of the following continent, President Ram Nath Kovind has maked his first foreign trip?

(a) Asia

(b) Africa

(c) Antarctica

(d) North America

(e) South America

Q3. For the first time, India holds joint trade and investment show with which of the following two countries in New Delhi?

(a) US and Turkey

(b) US and Iran

(c) US and Afghanistan

(d) Iran and Afghanistan

(e) Japan and Iran

Q4. What is the position of India in the world in the number of nuclear reactors being installed, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017?

(a) Third

(b) Fifth

(c) Fourth

(d) Tenth

(e) Ninth

Q5. Which of the following Act provides provisions for the regulation of credit information companies?

(a) Companies Act, 1956

(b) Credit Information (Companies Regulation Act, 2005)

(c) Information Technology Act, 2000

(d) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. __________ are certificates issued by banks that have overreached their priority sector lending targets.

(a) Commercial Papers

(b) Certificate of Deposits

(c) Treasury Bills

(d) Priority Sector Lending Certificates

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. How many types of PSLCs can be issued by the Banks?

(a) Four

(b) Five

(c) Six

(d) Eight

(e) Ten

Q8. The joint exercise has been recently started between Special Forces of Pakistan and Russia Armies. The Joint exercise has been named as _________________.

(a) Russak 2017

(b) PAKIA V

(c) Razia VI

(d) DRUZBA 2017

(e) Shaheen V

Q9. The 7th ASEM (Asia–Europe Meeting) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held recently in ______________.

(a) China

(b) South Korea

(c) Indonesia

(d) Japan

(e) Oman

Q10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently launched Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or ‘Saubhagya’, to supply 24/7 electricity supply to poor households. What is the total outlay for the scheme?

(a) Rs 18,000 crore

(b) Rs 23,300 crore

(c) Rs 16,320 crore

(d) Rs 25,560 crore

(e) Rs 12,230 crore

Q11. PM Narendra Modi has recently reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to guide him on economic issues. The Council will be headed by _______________.

(a) Arvind Pangaria

(b) Bimal Anand

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) Archit Sahu

(e) Bibek Debroy

Q12. In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using waste especially rags and broken ceramics? 

(a) Chandigarh

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Gandhinagar

(d) Hyderabad

(e) Pune

Q13. Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state? 

(a) Karnataka

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Telangana

(e) Odisha

Q14. Who among the following is also known as ‘Bhartiya Kokila’ (The Nightingale of India)? 

(a) Sarojini Naidu

(b) Lata Mangeshkar

(c) Indira Gandhi

(d) M.S.Subbulakshmi

(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. Which of the following state Government has recently launched ‘Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna’ scheme for pregnant women?

(a) Odisha

(b) Karnataka

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Gujarat

(e) Rajasthan

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