General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017

This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains. 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 exams. 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 quiz with your best effort and try to score as much as you can.

Q1. NASA has launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space Station can communicate with Earth. In which year NASA was established?

(a) 1945

(b) 1979

(c) 1951

(d) 1958

(e) 1969

Q2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country grew by 37 percent to USD _________ during the first quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal. 

(a) USD 56.1 billion

(b) USD 10.4 billion

(c) USD 43.2 billion

(d) USD 34.3 billion

(e) USD 25.6 billion

Q3. The board of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has given ‘in-principle’ approval to acquire government’s 51 (point) 11 percent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Registered Office & Corporate Headquarters of HPCL is in- 

(a) Nagpur

(b) New Delhi

(c) Kolkata

(d) Chennai

(e) Mumbai

Q4. A digital police portal under the CCTNS project, which aims to create a national database of crimes and criminals has launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. What is the meaning of “T” in CCTNS?

(a) Tracking

(b) Trafficking

(c) Travelling

(d) Terminating

(e) Transporting

Q5. After the merger of Associates of SBI, the total customer base of the bank reaches _____ crore. 

(a) 41 crore

(b) 37 crore

(c) 34 crore

(d) 47 crore

(e) 53 crore

Q6. Name the person, who is present Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?

(a) B Sriram 

(b) Rajnish Kumar 

(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(d) Dinesh Kumar Khara 

(e) PK Gupta 

Q7. After the merger of Associates of SBI, nearly _________ ATMs across the country.

(a) 63,000 ATMs

(b) 47,000 ATMs

(c) 51,000 ATMs

(d) 59,000 ATMs

(e) 42,000 ATMs

Q8. Keeping up its tradition of naming its Android upgrades with delectable desserts, _________ has launched its version 8.0 of the operating system as Android Oreo.

(a) Infosys

(b) Yahoo

(c) Google

(d) Dell

(e) Apple

Q9. Which of the following company will invest about Rs 52,000 crore in expanding Paradip refinery in Odisha and setting up petrochemical complex after the Odisha State Government agreed to restore part of tax incentives?

(a) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

(b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

(c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

(d) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

(e) Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

Q10. Name the person, who has sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu recently?

(a) C Vidyasagar Rao

(b) O Panneerselvam

(c) Edappadi K Palanisamy

(d) V K Sasikala

(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. NABARD has sanctioned a loan assistance of nearly _______________ to the Rajasthan government for the creation of rural infrastructure in the state under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). 

(a) Rs 2,300 crore

(b) Rs 5,350 crore

(c) Rs 1,350 crore

(d) Rs 4,730 crore

(e) Rs 3,210 crore

Q12. Which city is also known as the Temple City of India?

(a) Bhubaneswar

(b) Mathura

(c) Rishikesh

(d) Haridwar

(e) Bhagalpur

Q13. Singur dam is in which of the following state? 

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Bihar

(d) Karnataka

(e) Telangana

Q14. Baku is the capital city of which country? 

(a) Azerbaijan

(b) Kazakhstan

(c) Kyrgyzstan

(d) Uzbekistan

(e) Afghanistan

Q15. Name the player, who becomes the second Indian woman footballer to win the Arjuna Award?

(a) Margaret Devi

(b) Sangita Basfore

(c) Panthoi Chanu

(d) Oinam Bembem Devi

(e) Sasmita Malik

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