General Awareness Questions for RBI Grade B 2017

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. Name the cricketer who has recently become an acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gulf Oil India just for a day.

(a) Virat Kohli

(b) Virender Sehwag

(c) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Rahul Dravid

(e) M S Dhoni

Q2. Name the company that has recently become the seventh entity to receive a final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a payments bank.

(a) Vodafone M-Pesa

(b) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd

(c) Bharti Airtel Payment System

(d) Reliance Payment System

(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. Cabinet has recently signed an MoU on Cooperation in the field of Mass Media between India and __________________.

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Malaysia

(c) Japan

(d) Bhutan

(e) Myanmar

Q4. According to the new report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), 2016 India’s travel and tourism sector rank ____________ in the world in terms of its total contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

(a) 3rd

(b) 5th

(c) 9th

(d) 7th

(e) 6th

Q5. ___________ is vested with the responsibility of conducting monetary policy. 

(a) RBI

(b) SBI

(c) NABARD

(d) SIDBI

(e) Finance Ministry

Q6. In which year the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934 was amended to provide a statutory basis for the implementation of the flexible inflation targeting framework?

(a) May 2013

(b) May 2014

(c) May 2015

(d) May 2016

(e) May 2012

Q7. Which scheme/act has enables an expeditious and inexpensive forum to bank customers for resolution of complaints relating to certain services rendered by banks?

(a) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

(b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(c) Securitization Act 2002

(d) FEMA 

(e) Banking Ombudsman Scheme

Q8. Which of the following Indian state has decided to provide a one-time grant of Rs 21,000 to all those families whose third girl child was born after August 24, 2015, under the ‘Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti’ scheme?

(a) Punjab

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Haryana

(d) Bihar

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q9. India has recently decided to set up a 240 million pound fund to finance clean energy projects with which of the following country?

(a) Japan

(b) UK

(c) Malaysia

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Russia

Q10. IDBI Bank has reduced interest rates, ranging from 50 to 75 basis points, on retail term deposits (RTD). MD and CEO of IDBI Bank is __________.

(a) Chanda Kocchar

(b) Shikha Singh

(c) Suman Roy

(d) Mahesh Kumar Jain

(e) Devendra Rawat

Q11. As per the new report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2016 which country has topped in the world in terms of its total contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

(a) Norway

(b) Sweden

(c) USA

(d) Switzerland

(e) Denmark

Q12. International Literacy Day is observed on which one of the following days every year?  

(a) 8th September

(b) 18th March 

(c) 28th March 

(d) 18th September 

(e) 28th September 

Q13. The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has been recently incorporated as a Public Limited Company under the Department of Posts with ________ GOI equity.

(a) 50%

(b) 100%

(c) 74%

(d) 25%

(e) 49%

Q14. Who is the author of the book Long Walk to Freedom?

(a) Nelson Mandela

(b) Louis Fischer

(c) Aung Sang Su Kyi

(d) Mao Tse Tung

(e) Mahatma Gandhi

Q15. IBA adopts a consultative approach to give its views on any issue pertaining to the banking sector. What is the meaning of “I” in IBA?

(a) International

(b) Institute

(c) Investment

(d) Indian

(e) Increase