General Awareness Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 2016 |

Q1. Name the person, who is a former head of EU humanitarian affairs and vice-president of the European commission, has been appointed chief executive of the World Bank?

(a) Kristalina Georgieva

(b) Jason McCracken

(d) Abdelilah Benkirane

(e) Other those the given options

Q2. In which among the following cities the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held from November 20 to November 29, 2016?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Goa

(d) Chennai

(e) Mumbai

Q3. Which country has won the Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy by beating arch-rivals Pakistan 3-2 in the final in Malaysia?

(a) Nepal

(b) Thailand

(d) China

(e) Japan

Q4. Name the person, who is Spain’s acting prime minister and leader of its center-right Popular Party, was re-elected after winning a parliamentary vote?

(a) Jose Luis

(b) Rodriguez Zapatero

(d) Mariano Rajoy

(e) Aznar Lopez

Q5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October 2016 paid rich tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 141st birth anniversary. The day is being celebrated as…………………?

(a) National Single Day

(b) National Defence Service Day

(d) National Voters Day

(e) National Unity Day

Q6. Who is Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev?

(a) President of Russia

(b) Prime Minister of Russia

(d) Prime Minister of UK

(e) None of the above

Q7. World Population day is an annual event observed on which of the following days every year that seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989?

(a) July 01

(b) July 19

(d) June 12

(e) July 11

Q8. NEER is the unadjusted weighted average value of a country’s currency relative to all major currencies being traded within an index or pool of currencies. NEER stands for?

(a) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

(b) Nominal Effective Essential Rate

(d) Nominal Effective Exchange Ratio

(e) None of the above

Q9. The trade in short-term loans between banks and other financial institutions are called?

(a) Capital Market

(b) Financial Market

(d) Trade Market

(e) None of the above

Q10. What is the tagline of Chennai headquarter Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)?

(a) Pure Banking Nothing Else

(b) The name you can Bank Upon

(d) Your Tech friendly bank

(e) Good people to grow with

Q11. The week in which 31st October 2016, the birthday of late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls is observed as Vigilance Awareness Week. What has been chosen as the theme for Vigilance Awareness Week this year by the Commission?

(a) Servants in the Ministries/Departments/Central Public Sector Enterprises/Public Sector

(b) The observance of the Vigilance Awareness Week has commenced

(d) Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating Corruption

(e) Other those the given options

Q12. Which among the following states has been topped the all-India ranking in State-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings released by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Telangana

(d) Both (a) and (c)

(e) Both (a) and (b)

Q13. The new law to prohibit benami transactions will come into effect from ____________ Parliament had passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb black money.

(a) 01st April, 2017

(b) 01st January, 2017

(d) 01st December, 2016

(e) 01st September, 2017

Q14. Which state has launched paddy cultivation in Aranmula Puncha near Cochin?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(d) Karnataka

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q15. Which among the following states is the top State in the implementation of agricultural reforms and offers the best environment for doing agri-business, according to an assessment by the Niti Aayog?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Maharashtra

(d) Kerala

(e) Uttar Pradesh