General Awareness Questions for IBPS PO Mains 2016 |

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General Awareness section is of 40 marks and you’ll be given 20 minutes in IBPS PO Mains exam 2016, which are quite sufficient but don’t be tempted to take chances by compromising your accuracy and marking wrong answers. To prepare general awareness you can follow the quizzes we’ll be giving you in these 25 Days along with preparing from Capsules and Study Notes. In these 25 Days you’ll get daily quizzes for Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness,Economics, Current Affairs and Static on Bankersadda which will help you practice daily and prepare General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains.

Q1. Centre has sanctioned nearly how much crore to Uttar Pradesh as assistance for the recent drought situation in the state?

(a) Rs. 8820 crore

(b) Rs. 1020 crore

(d) Rs. 2560 crore

(e) Rs. 1800 crore

Q2. Name the state which has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NTPC and NHPC for setting up Hydro Engineering College in the state?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Punjab

(d) Odisha

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q3. Which state government has launched ‘Pashudhan Bima Yojana’ recently?

(a) Bihar

(b) Chhatisgarh

(d) Haryana

(e) Assam

Q4. Cuba, a large Caribbean island nation under communist rule, is known for its white-sand beaches, rolling mountains, cigars and rum. The capital city of Cuba is?

(a) Yaren

(b) Port Louis

(d) Havana

(e) None of the above

Q5. The CELS ratings or CAMELS rating is a supervisory rating system originally developed in the U.S. to classify a bank’s overall condition.What is mean of M in CAMELS?

(a) Management Quality

(b) Member Acadamy

(d) Margin Association

(e) None of the above

Q6. Valmiki National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the West Champaran district of?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Kerala

(d) Uttrakhand

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q7. Centre government has decided to organise a Make in India conference at which of the following cities in December this year (2016)?

(a) Patna, Bihar

(b) Kolkata, West Bengal

(d) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(e) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q8. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off the maiden broad gage train service between which two stations recently?

(a) Guwahati to New Delhi

(b) Imphal to New Delhi

(d) Aizol to New Delhi

(e) Gangtok to New Delhi

Q9. Name the country which hosted the Kabaddi World Cup 2016?

(a) Japan

(b) Canada

(d) India

(e) USA

Q10. Which state tourism has bagged six National Tourism awards for 2014-15 in the marketing category for states?

(a) Kerala

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Rajasthan

Q11. The private-sector banks in India represent part of the Indian banking sector that is made up of both private and public sector banks. How many Private-sector banks working in India as on/of 01st October 2015?

(a) 56

(b) 27

(d) 26

(e) None of the above

Q12. Name the organization which is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. Overseen by 173 shareholder nations, aims to reduce poverty by providing loans (called “credits”) and grants for programs that boost economic growth, reduce inequalities, and improve people’s living conditions.

(a) IMF

(b) IBRD

(d) ADB

(e) None of the above

Q13. Export-Import Bank of India is the premier export finance institution in India, established in which year under the Export-Import Bank of India Act?

(a) 1949

(b) 1982

(d) 1956

(e) 1988

Q14. Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has launched ‘Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh’, with the theme ‘green cover for a happy living’, by planting saplings at Sunkollu village under Nuzividu mandal in Krishna district. The objective of the mission is to increase the green cover in the state to 50 per cent by the year………?

(a) 2029

(b) 2022

(d) 2035

(e) 2019

Q15. Name the senior IRS officer, who has set to be appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairperson?

(a) Aruna Sundarajan

(b) Sushil Chandra

(d) Shambhu Singh Yadav

(e) AK Mital