General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Exam

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General Awareness Questions for IBPS PO/Clerk Exam | 30th August 2018

General Awareness for IBPS RRB PO/Clerk: 30th August 2018

Preparing for NIACL Assistant and IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Examination!! Don’t miss the GA Quiz. One section that can help you bagging graceful marks in these examinations is General Awareness, that comprises of numerous sections like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Here is the quiz on General Awareness that is being provided by Adda247 to help you ace graceful marks in IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Examinations. Not only this, these quizzes will also prove propitious for the upcoming NIACL Assistant Exam.

Q1. PhonePe has partnered cab aggregator Ola that will allow riders to book rides using the former’s payment platform. PhonePe is owned by _____________.

Paytm

Flipkart

Amazon

Google

Facebook

Solution:

Flipkart-owned PhonePe has partnered cab aggregator Ola that will allow riders to book rides using the former’s payment platform. With this partnership, users can enjoy the ease of using their preferred ride-sharing app from within PhonePe while being assured of the reliability and integrity of their payments.

Q2. Name the country that hosted the European Union Film Festival (EUFF) 2018.

Germany

Italy

France

India

Spain

Solution:

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) has concluded in New Delhi at the Siri Fort Auditorium. With a selection of 24 latest European films from 23 EU Member States, this years' film festival brings some unusual stories for the world cinema enthusiasts.

Q3. President Ram Nath Kovind left on a three-nation visit to which of the following 3 countries in June 2018?

Greece, Suva and Malaysia

Spain, Suriname and Italy

Greece, Suriname and Cuba

Spain, Italy and Cuba

Suva, Indonesia and Malaysia

Solution:

President Ram Nath Kovind has visited three-nation visit to Greece, Suriname and Cuba.

Q4. The Chief Minister of which of the following state met World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC to seek assistance for a Multimodal Transport Corridor and the Rural Livelihood Project?

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Kerala

Solution:

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC to seek assistance for a Multimodal Transport Corridor and the Rural Livelihood Project which aims to provide sustainable livelihood enhancements in 10,000 villages in the state.

Q5. How many banks were first nationalised?

Solution:

14 banks were first nationalised in 1969.

Q6. When was the seconds phase of nationalisation done?

1969

1968

1985

1980

1973

Solution:

A second dose of nationalisation of 6 more banks in 1980.

Q7. How many banks were in second phase of nationalisation?

Solution:

6 banks were nationalised in 1980.

Q8. Name the Global Rating agency that has announced that ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have inequalities in their risk control mechanisms and has revised down its outlook on the latter to negative on sour assets worries.

Fitch

Moody's

CRISIL

Egan-Jones Rating Company

European Rating Agency

Solution:

Global Rating agency Fitch has announced that ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have inequalities in their risk control mechanisms and has revised down its outlook on the latter to negative on sour assets worries.

Q9. Name the Senior journalist and writer who had passed away recently (June 2018) at the age of 79.

Vikram Chandra

Adiraju Venkateswara Rao

Prabhu Chawla

Vinod Dua

Biju Govind

Solution:

Senior journalist and writer Adiraju Venkateswara Rao passed away. He was 79. Rao worked in different Telugu and English newspapers. He also authored several books.

Q10. Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari released a book ‘Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops’. This book has been published by- ___________.

SIDBI

IRDAI

NABARD

SEBI

RBI

Solution:

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari released a book ‘Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops’ published by NABARD in a function at New Delhi.

Q11. Name the NASA's record-breaking astronaut who retired recently after a 22-year-long career.

Sunita Williams

Peggy Whitson

Andrew J. Feustel

Scott Kelly

Serena Aunon-Chancellor

Solution:

NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired after a 22-year-long career. Whitson, who joined NASA as a researcher in 1986, has spent more time off Earth than any other American, totalling 665 days over three International Space Station missions.

Q12. The Tuirial Dam is an earth fill and gravity dam with 74m height across the Tuirial river near Kolasibin in the Indian state of-

Assam

Mizoram

Sikkim

Nagaland

Manipur

Solution:

The Tuirial Dam is an earth fill and gravity dam with 74m height across the Tuirial river near Kolasibin the Indian state of Mizoram.

Q13. The Gumti dam is built across the Gumti river in near Dumbur in the state of-

Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim

Tripura

Nagaland

Manipur

Solution:

The Gumti dam is built across the Gumti river in near Dumbur in the state of Tripura with a 30-meter height to generate 8.6 MW power.

Q14. The Umiam Dam is constructedacrosss the Umiam river in which state?

Arunachal Pradesh

Meghalaya

Tripura

Nagaland

Manipur

Solution:

The Umiam Dam is constructedacrosss the Umiam river stream near to capital Shillong in Meghalaya with a height of 27.5 m. Umiam Dam project was the first Dam build in the North-east region of India.

Q15. Who is the present Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?

Peter Nick

Robert Lightfoot

Scole Kidman

Jim Bridenstine

None of the given options is true

Solution:

NASA was founded in 1958. Jim Bridenstine is the 13th Administrator of NASA.