General Awareness Questions for Syndicate Bank PO 2018

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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions

Having enough of knowledge of Current Affairs as well as the banking industry is all that is important to perform well in the General Awareness Section of any banking exam. You should know what is happening around the globe. 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 the banking examinations.

Q1. Sivan K was appointed as the 9th chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He has replaced __________.

(a) G.Madhavan 

(b) Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan

(c) K. Radhakrishnan 

(d) A.S. Kiran Kumar

(e) Udupi Ramachandra Rao 

Q2. President Ram Nath Kovind has recently inaugurated the three-day International Dharma-Dhamma conference in-

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Kathmandu

(d) Thimpu

(e) New Delhi

Q3. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a concept of ‘Virtual ID’ to further strengthen privacy and security of Aadhaar number holders. Who is the present Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of UIDAI?

(a) J Satyanarayana

(b) Nandan Nilekani

(c) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

(d) Rajesh Jain

(e) Anand Deshpande

Q4. With which of the following country, the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) signed an MoU for co-operation between industries in Gujarat and the East Asian country?

(a) South Korea

(b) Indonesia

(c) Japan

(d) Oman

(e) None of the given options is true

Q5. Which Act was framed specially to deal with Non-Performing Assets (NPA)?

(a) Banking Regulation Act 1949

(b) Foreign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) 1999

(c) Industrial Disputes Act 1947

(d) SARFAESI Act, 2002

(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. In Notice Money Market,the tenor of the transactions is from ________

(a) 2-7 days

(b) 2-14 days

(c) 2-21 days

(d) 2-28 days

(e) 2-90 days

Q7. An Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) in India is associated with-

(a) UCPDC

(b) DICGC

(c) NPA

(d) Home Loan

(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. Name the Indian-origin businessman who has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

(a) Peter Bakker

(b) Vickey Malhotra

(c) Arindam Bhattacharya

(d) Sunny Verghese

(e) None of the given options is true

Q9. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed ______________ as the ‘Chef De Mission’ for the 23rd Winter Olympic Games to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

(a) Manisder Kumar

(b) T. Venkates

(c) Harjinder Singh

(d) Manohar Vishwanath

(e) Kalpak Jian

Q10. The Ministry of Railways has launched SFOORTI App for Freight Managers which provides features for monitoring and managing freight business. What does ‘RT’ stand for in SFOORTI?

(a) Reliable Time

(b) Real Time

(c) Reliable Transport

(d) Real Transport

(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. Who is the present President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

(a) Narinder Dhruv Batra

(b) Kamal Singh

(c) Achal Kumar Dhanoa

(d) Birender Kumar

(e) Malweyn Rego

Q12. Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur in Odisha is the longest dam in India has built across which river?  

(a) Narmada

(b) Mahanadi

(c) Godavari

(d) Kaveri

(e) Ganga

Q13. ‘Kathakali’, ‘Mohiniaattam’ and ‘Thullal’ dance forms are native of which state? 

(A) Karnataka

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Odisha

(e) Kerala

Q14. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located?

(a) Assam

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) West Bengal

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

Q15. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) headquarters in ______________.

(a) Paris, France

(b) New York, USA

(c) Geneva, Switzerland

(d) Jakarta, Indonesia

(e) Beijing, China