General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017

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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions

This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the reality comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the banking exams. 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. Eminent personality Raees Khan died recently. He was famous ______________.

(a) Classical Singer

(b) Kathak Dancer

(c) Sitar Player

(d) Shehnai Player

(e) Music Director

Q2. Name the country that has been unanimously elected as the President of UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations Organization.

(a) China

(b) Chile

(c) Japan

(d) India

(e) Sri Lanka

Q3. Name the Database Company that has recently signed an MoU with the Government of Jharkhand to improve cloud-based citizen services and to make Jharkhand an attractive destination for start-ups.

(a) Microsoft

(b) Oracle

(c) IBM

(d) SAP

(e) QuickHeal

Q4. India’s growth is expected to rebound to ________ percent in the 2017-18 fiscal and ________ percent in 2018-19 after disruptions caused by demonetization, as per the IMF (International Monetary Fund) report, respectively.

(a) 7.2 and 7.7

(b) 7.1 and 7.6

(c) 7.0 and 7.8

(d) 7.3 and 7.4

(e) 7.0 and 7.3

Q5. In it, a worldwide recognized identification code used at the time of international credit transfer between banks and also when there is an exchange of messages between banks.

(a) IFSC Code

(b) SWIFT Code

(c) NEFT Code

(d) BIS Code

(e) FCRA Code

Q6. DIPP is the nodal agency in the field of foreign investments in India. What is the full form of DIPP?

(a) Department of Industry Policy and Promotion

(b) Department of Innovation Policy and Promotion

(c) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

(d) Department of Industrial Policy and Partnership

(e) Department of Internet Pulse and Partnership

Q7. The letter ‘R’ denotes which word in the term IFRS?

(a) Restructuring

(b) Reporting

(c) Recognizing

(d) Remote

(e) Recurring

Q8. World Red Cross Day is observed every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of ______________, the founder of the Red Cross as well as the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

(a) Martin Luther King-I

(b) Mark Lunger

(c) Henry Dunant

(d) Jack Dinarthy

(e) Osman Waghar

Q9. India has recently organized a cultural festival in Egypt to mark the 156th birth anniversary of ___________________.

(a) S. Radhakrishnan

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) G. K. Gokhale

(e) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Q10. Pro-European centrist leader ____________ has been elected as President of France.

(a) Nikolas Sarkozy

(b) Socker Yosera

(c) Abraham Sarfez

(d) Emmanuel Macron

(e) Steven Ambrose

Q11. Banking on the Government’s drive to promote cash-less economy, which of the following cash back portal has tied up with YES Bank to launch card-linked offers as part of its loyalty programme for both offline and online shoppers?

(a) Paytm.com

(b) Cashkaro.com

(c) Paisabazar.com

(d) Naptol.com

(e) Bookmyshow.com

Q12. India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City entered into an agreement with Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) to collaborate on efforts for Skill Development in the field of International Financial Services & Regulations. GIFT stands for-

(a) Gujarat Investment Finance-Trip

(b) Gujarat Import Fund-Transfer

(c) Gujarat Income Finance-Track

(d) Gujarat International Finance-Tec

(e) Gujarat Incumbent Finance-Tec

Q13. Which one of the following bank has become the first lender to classify Videocon Industries as a ‘bad loan’?

(a) Dena Bank

(b) Yes Bank

(c) IDBI Bank

(d) Syndicate Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

Q14. India and Russia has recently agreed to work closely in various sectors, including security, nuclear energy, and disaster management. Who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia?

(a) Dmitry Medvedev

(b) Dimitry Rogozin

(c) Olga Golodets

(d) Mikhail Abyzov

(e) Pavel Kolobkov

Q15. What was the Purpose of setting up Narasimhan Committee-2?

(a) Efficiency and productivity

(b) Banking reform process

(c) Export of IT sector

(d) Fiscal Reform process

(e) None of the given options is true

General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017 (Solutions)

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