General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB Mains 2016 |

Q1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, DC of 189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty. Who is the present MD of IMF?

(a) Roberto Azevedo

(b) Christine Lagarde

(d) Jim Yong Kim

(e) Ban Ki Moon

Q2. Austria is a German-speaking country in Central Europe, characterized by its mountain villages, baroque city architecture, Imperial history and rugged alpine terrain. Where is the capital of Austria?

(a) Vienna

(b) Canberra

(d) Paris

(e) None of the above

Q3. Union Petroleum Minister ____________ launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in Maharashtra on 07th October, 2016 to provide free LPG connections to BPL households.

(a) Dharmendra Pradhan

(b) Jitendra Singh

(d) Rajnath Singh

(e) Arun Jaitley

Q4. How much amount has approved under HRIDAY scheme for improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities recently?

(a) Rs.320 crore

(b) Rs.114 crore

(d) Rs.1000 crore

(e) Rs.520 crore

Q5. Which among the following day has observed annually on 08th October across India?

(a) International Day of Non-Violence

(b) International Day for Older Persons

(d) National Youth Day

(e) United Nations Day

Q6. Which currency has saw a sudden collapse in intra-day trade, plunging over 6% to $1.1841 in two minutes, to hit a fresh 31-year-low in second week of October 2016?

(a) Euro

(b) Dollar

(d) Pound

(e) Taka

Q7. Life Insurance Corporation is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment company headquartered in Mumbai. LIC founded in which year?

(a) 1934

(b) 1949

(d) 1921

(e) 1969

Q8. Union Bank of India is one of the largest government-owned banks of India. What is the tagline of Union Bank of India?

(a) The Name you can Bank upon

(b) Tradition of trust

(d) Relationship beyond banking

(e) Good People to Bank with

Q9. Doordarshan, public service broadcaster and _________ have entered into an agreement for transmission of four Gyan Darshan educational channels.

(a) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIP)

(b) Delhi University (DU)

(d) Oxford University

(e) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

Q10. BBPS is an integrated bill payment system which will offer interoperable bill payment service to customers online as well as through a network of agents on the ground. BBPS stands for?

(a) Bharat Bill People Service

(b) Bharat Bench Payment System

(d) Bench Bill Payment Service

(e) Bharat Bill Payment System

Q11. __________ is an electronic mode of payment/receipt for transactions that are repetitive and periodic in nature.

(a) ECS

(b) RTGS

(d) ATM

(e) None of the above

Q12. Which among the following state government has organised the traditional state festival of ‘Bathukamma’, the event attended by about ten thousand women, found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Odisha

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Karnataka

Q13. Who has appointed as China’s new ambassador to India by Chinese President Xi Jinping?

(a) Wang Qishan

(b) Luo Zhaohui

(d) Le Yucheng

(e) Jiang Zemin

Q14. World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. The theme for this year (2016) is…………?

(a) Innovation, Integration and Inclusion

(b) The Posts in Many Countries

(d) Invest Inequality and Injustice

(e) None of the above

Q15. The MICR Code is a numeric code that uniquely identifies a bank-branch participating in the ECS Credit scheme. How many digits are there in this Code?

(a) Two

(b) Sixteen

(d) Eleven

(e) Five