General Awareness Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 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. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has laid foundation stones for more than 100 projects  worth _______________ in Nalanda district as part of his state-wide “Vikas Samiksha Yatra”.

(a) Rs 900 crore

(b) Rs 500 crore

(c) Rs 1000 crore

(d) Rs 700 crore

(e) None of the given options is true

Q2. Name the bank that has entered into an agreement with state-run National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) for utilizing the latter’s Information Utility Services.

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) Allahabad Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Syndicate bank

(e) Punjab National Bank

Q3. Name the Indian oil company that has placed orders for another 400-km of pipeline of the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga natural gas pipeline project that will take the fuel to eastern India.

(a) ONGC

(b) SAIL India

(c) GAIL India

(d) IOCL

(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. State-run Bank of India has received capital infusion of Rs. 2,257 crore from the government. The head office of Bank of India is in ____________.

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) Kolkata

(d) New Delhi

(e) Hyderabad

Q5. Who amongst the following is the regulator in the financial system of the country?

(a) OIC

(b) SEBI

(c) CRISIL

(d) TRAN

(e) CERC

Q6. Which Bank has launched instant credit cards enabling its savings account customers to get a credit card instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner recently?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) Bank of Baroda

(e) HDFC Bank

Q7. Private sector lender IDFC Bank has partnered with digital payments company Zeta, to launch ‘IDFC Bank Benefits’. It is a payment solution for corporates that digitizes employee spends and claims, making the process simple, real-time and paperless. Where is the head office of IDFC Bank?

(a) Chennai

(b) New Delhi

(c) Jaipur

(d) Kolkata

(e) Mumbai

Q8. As per the PM of India, on this republic day (26th January 2018), leaders of how many ASEAN countries will be the Chief guest?

(a) 6

(b) 7

(c) 8

(d) 9

(e) 10

Q9. Which among the following country has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains in a bid to reduce accidents?

(a) China

(b) Pakistan

(c) India

(d) Nepal

(e) South Africa

Q10. France’s Audrey Azoulay is the ____________ Director General of UNESCO.

(a) 14th

(b) 9th

(c) 13th

(d) 11th

(e) 15th

Q11. Name the leader who has been recently appointed the President of Indian Council of Cultural Relations.

(a) Sukesh Kamte

(b) Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

(c) Arvind De Silva

(d) Prakash Ojha

(e) Sameer Srivastava

Q12. Idamalayar (Edamalayar) Hydroelectric Power Project is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 75 MW located at?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Bihar

(e) Kerala

Q13. Anjali Bhagwat is a professional Indian?

(a) Cricketer

(b) Footballer

(c) Shooter

(d) Wrestler

(e) None of the given options is true

Q14. International Yoga Day or simply Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on……….. and was declared to be internationally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

(a) June 21st

(b) October 24th

(c) December 10th

(d) March 08th

(e) April 25th 

Q15. Which among the following team have created history by winning the Ranji Trophy for the first time in history?

(a) Vidarbha

(b) Delhi

(c) Tripura

(d) Railways

(e) Mumbai

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