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. The government has recently issued an alert on the spread of new malware named __________, that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them.

(a) Bits Ransomeware

(b) Locky Ransomware

(c) Lockhead Ransomeware

(d) Key Ransomeware

(e) Teach Us Ransomeware

Q2. Name the Hockey India coach who has been sacked from the national coach post after a string of unimpressive outings at the international level.

(a) Mike Yeo

(b) Jeff Jackson

(c) Mike Schafer

(d) Roelant Oltmans

(e) Wayne Gretzky

Q3. How many banks of the BRICS Bank Cooperation Mechanism have agreed to establish credit lines in the national currencies and cooperate on credit ratings?

(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 5

(d) 2

(e) 7

Q4. Name the minister who has been appointed as the Union Railway Minister after being inducted into the Union Cabinet.

(a) Suresh Prabhu

(b) Nirmala Sitharaman

(c) Arun Jaitley

(d) Ananth Kumar

(e) Piyush Goyal

Q5. Fiscal policy is concerned with which of the following?

(a) Public revenue and Expenditure

(b) Issue of Currency

(c) Export-Import

(d) Population Control

(e) Education for all

Q6. In which of the following types of banking, there is a direct execution of the transaction between a bank and its consumers?

(a) Retail Banking

(b) Universal Banking

(c) Virtual Banking

(d) Unit Banking

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. Loans against the security of shares, debentures and bonds should not exceed the limit of Rupees ____________ per individual if the securities are held in physical form. 

(a) two lakhs

(b) five lakhs

(c) ten lakhs

(d) fifteen lakhs

(e) twenty lakhs

Q8. After the Reshuffle in the cabinet, who was given the Defence Ministry?

(a) Nirmala Sitharaman

(b) Manohar Parrikar

(c) Jagat Prakash Nadda

(d) Anant Geete

(e) Raj Nath Singh

Q9. Nepal has signed a _____________ UN assistance package for 2018-2022 to lay out the country’s development strategy for the next five years.

(a) USD 700 million

(b) USD 750 million

(c) USD 635 million

(d) USD 650 million

(e) USD 760 million

Q10. Name the Player who has become the first wicketkeeper in world cricket to effect 100 stumpings in One Day Internationals (ODIs).

(a) Mushfiqur Rahim

(b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(c) Sarfraz Ahmed

(d) Kamran Akmal

(e) Kumar Sangakkara

Q11. The 9th BRICS Summit has concluded in Xiamen, China with the group of leaders of the five countries. What is the theme of the 9th BRICS Summit?

(a) Partnership for Secure Future

(b) Together Against Terrorism

(c) Stronger Partnership for a better future

(d) None of The Given Themes is true

(e) Sustainable Development for Better Future

Q12. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in….

(a) 1961

(b) 1991

(c) 1981

(d) 1971

(e) 2001

Q13. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as….

(a) Guruji

(b) Mahamana

(c) Gurudev

(d) Netaji

(e) Mahatma

Q14. Oscar Awards are conferred annually by…?

(a) Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA

(b) Government of United States

(c) Hollywood Foreign Press Association

(d) Only (a) and (b)

(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. In the recent Cabinet Reshuffle, four Minister of States has been promoted to the Cabinet Minister. Who of the following is not among them?

(a) Dharmendra Pradhan

(b) Piyush Goyal

(c) Nirmala Sitharaman

(d) Manoj Sinha

(e) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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