General Awareness Questions for RBI Grade B 2017

Dear Readers,

This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming RBI Grade B. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the really comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the RBI Grade B. 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. Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has tabled the Economic Survey 2016-17 in Parliament budget session. The survey projects the economy to grow in the range of ___________ to __________ in the next fiscal year 2017-18 in the post-demonetisation year. 
(a) 6.00% to 6.75%
(b) 6.25% to 6.50%
(c) 6.50% to 7.00%
(d) 6.75% to 7.50%
(e) None of the given options is true

Q2. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi?
(a) Alok Verma
(b) Amulya Patnaik
(c) Satish Mathur
(d) Javeed Ahmed
(e) BS Bassi

Q3. In which among the following city/cities India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has kicked off its operations by rolling out pilot services recently?
I. Raipur
II. New Delhi
III. Ranchi
IV. Patna
V. Nagpur
(a) Only I and II
(b) Only III
(c) Only IV
(d) Only III and V
(e) Only I and III

Q4. Quebec City, where several people were killed and wounded in a shooting at a mosque recently, is situated in-
(a) Canada
(b) Syria
(c) Libya
(d) France
(e) Qatar

Q5. Vijaya Bank is a medium-sized Public Sector Bank with presence across India. It is one of the nationalised banks in India. What is the tagline of Vijaya Bank?
(a) The Name you can bank upon
(b) Tradition of trust
(c) A friend you can bank upon
(d) The Banker to Every Indian
(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. Incorporated as a Public Sector Bank under the Department of Posts with __________ GOI equity, IPPB has launched on January 30th, 2017 in Ranchi and Raipur with the objective of being present in all corners of India by the end of the year.
(a) 26%
(b) 49%
(c) 51%
(d) 74%
(e) 100%

Q7. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. Where is the headquarter of UNIDO?
(a) Paris, France
(b) New York, USA
(c) Vienna, Austria
(d) London, UK
(e) Tokyo, Japan

Q8. Punjab National Bank is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company. It is a state-owned corporation based in New Delhi. Who is the present MD and CEO of PNB?
(a) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(b) Shikha Sharma
(c) Rakesh Sharma
(d) Sunil Mehta
(e) Usha Ananthasubramanian

Q9. The LIBOR is among the most common of benchmark interest rate indexes used to make adjustments to adjustable rate mortgages. LIBOR stands for?
(a) London Interbank Offered Rate
(b) Labour Interbank Offered Region
(c) London Interbank Order Rate
(d) London International Offered Rate
(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. Latvia is a country on the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Estonia known for its strong national identity, diverse culture, modern cities and landscapes ranging from wide beaches to dense, sprawling forests. Capital city of Latvia is?
(a) Damascus
(b) Havana
(c) Bandar Seri Begawan
(d) Riga
(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. The Idukki Dam is a double curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills Kuravan and Kurathi in which of the following state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Gujarat

Q12. NABARD has hailed the increased focus on irrigation and dairy sectors in the Budget which has hiked the corpus of long-term irrigation fund by another Rs 20,000 crore, taking the total fund size to how much amount?
(a) Rs 60,000 crore
(b) Rs 50,000 crore
(c) Rs 30,000 crore
(d) Rs 40,000 crore
(e) None of the given options is true

Q13. Name the Operation, which has been launched by Income Tax Department to verify the cash deposited in the banks during November 09th to December 30th 2016?
(a) Operation Clean India
(b) Operation Clean Commerce
(c) Operation Clean Economy
(d) Operation Clean Cash
(e) Operation Clean Money

Q14. Name the organisation, which mission is Promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural prosperity through effective credit support, related services, institution development and other innovative initiatives?
(a) SEBI
(b) RBI
(c) SIDBI
(d) NABARD
(e) FICCI

Q15. At the instance of Government of India Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was constituted a committee to review the arrangements for institutional credit for agriculture and rural development (CRAFICARD) on 30 March 1979, under the Chairmanship of-
(a) V K Malhotra
(b) C Rangarajan
(c) B Sivaraman
(d) Hilton Young
(e) None of the given options is true

General Awareness Questions for RBI Grade B 2017 (Solutions)