General Awareness Questions for SBI Clerk 2018: 12th March 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. The National Productivity Council observed the National Productivity Day (NPD) on _______________.
(a) 15 February
(b) 18 February
(c) 10 February
(d) 12 February
(e) 13 February

Q2. The 13th edition of the National ‘A’ Chess Championship for the blind was organized recently by All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB). AICFB was established in ____________.
(a) 1991
(b) 1997
(c) 1981
(d) 1986
(e) 1977

Q3. Which of the following city’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently launched the first tests of the world’s first autonomous pods at the World Government Summit?
(a) Riyadh
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) Dubai
(d) Jerusalem
(e) Mumbai

Q4. The Institute of Directors organized its 12th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in _____________. 
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kolkata
(e) Chennai

Q5. Japan has been found to have the best structure of production in the Geneva-based World Economic Forum or WEF’s first ‘Readiness for the future of production report’ and is followed by South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, the US, Sweden, Austria and Ireland in the top 10. WEF was established in-
(a) 1982
(b) 1945
(c) 1971
(d) 1944
(e) 1956

Q6. In the financial year 2016-17, total FDI of US $ 60.08 billion has been received, which is an all-time high. The Cabinet chaired by ______________ has approved amendments in FDI Policy and further liberalized few of the policies of FDI. 
(a) Arvind Subramanian
(b) Urjit Patel
(c) Hasmukh Adhia
(d) Arun Jaitley
(e) Narendra Modi

Q7. Paytm has set up a new entity called Paytm Money Ltd that will offer investment and wealth management products and will invest close to ____________ upfront in the new entity.
(a) $20 million
(b) $10 million
(c) $30 million
(d) $05 million
(e) $1 million

Q8. Ministry of Tourism has compiled monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) & FTAs on e- Tourist Visa on the basis of Nationality-wise, Port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI). The growth rate in FTAs in January 2018 over January 2017 was ____________. 
(a) 9.5%
(b) 9.8%
(c) 7.6%
(d) 7.1%
(e) 8.4%

Q9. World Radio Day is observed annually on _______________.
(a) 15 February
(b) 12 February
(c) 19 February
(d) 13 February
(e) 09 February

Q10. Power and New and Renewable Energy Ministry has recently organized a three-day International Conference on Operations and Maintenance ‘Indian Power Stations 2018’ in _______________.
(a) Kochi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Guwahati
(d) New Delhi
(e) Raipur

Q11. World Radio Day was observed recently across the World. The theme for WRD 2018 is _______________.
(a) Radio and Sports
(b) Youth and Radio
(c) Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Radio
(d) Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster
(e) Radio is You

Q12. Asian Games (2018) will be hosted by __________________. 
(a) Bhutan
(b) Indonesia
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Philippines
(e) Nepal

Q13. FIFA world cup 2018 will be hosted by which country? 
(a) Spain
(b) Brazil
(c) Russia
(d) Argentina
(e) France

Q14. Men Hockey World Cup 2018 will be held in _______________________. 
(a) Germany
(b) Australia
(c) Egypt
(d) India
(e) Pakistan

Q15. The Gevora Hotel in has recently set its name in the Guinness Book of World Records to become the “world’s tallest hotel”. This Hotel is situated in which city?
(a) New York
(b) Dubai
(c) Geneva
(d) Muscat
(e) Paris

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