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General Awareness Questions for SBI PO Mains 2017

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This is the high time to pace up your preparations for Upcoming SBI PO Exams. Subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, and English are important for the preparation of your exams but the subject the really comes in your way as a big challenge is General Awareness. As you know General Awareness is the very important section in the SBI PO Mains exam. 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. State-run gas company Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) has signed a time-swap deal with a trader company Gunvor to sell some of its US Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the Indian firm tries to ease the burden of its costly foreign LNG supplies. Gunvor is ______________ based company.

(a) Austria
(b) Switzerland
(c) Japan
(d) Australia
(e) Denmark

Q2. The Indian Navy has successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile for the first time from an indigenously built ______________.
(a) Charlie class submarine
(b) Arihant class submarine
(c) Sindhughosh class submarine
(d) Kalvari class submarine
(e) Chakra class submarine
Q3. Name the district of Himachal Pradesh that has recently got approval to be its second capital. 
(a) Shimla
(b) Solan
(c) Dharamshala
(d) Bilaspur
(e) Kullu
Q4. Angel Gurria is the present Secretary General of which of the following international organisations?
(a) IDA
(b) OECD
(c) WTO
(d) UNESCO
(e) ISI
Q5. NPCI is an umbrella organisation for all retail payments system in India. It was set up with the guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). What does NPCI stand for-
(a) National Payments Corporation of Industry
(b) National Payments Council of India
(c) Nominal Payments Corporation of India
(d) National Payments Corporation of India
(e) National Product Corporation of India 

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Q6. In which among the following years NPCI was incorporated-
(a) December 2008
(b) January 2006
(c) April 2010
(d) July 2012
(e) None of the above
Q7. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is the world’s oldest international financial organisation. BIS was established on-
(a) 26th May 1961
(b) 01st October 1949
(c) 14th February 1914
(d) 21st August 1945
(e) 17th May 1930
Q8. Name the Indian University that has won the annual Visitor’s Award for the ‘Best University’ 2017.
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru University
(b) Banaras Hindu University
(c) University of Hyderabad
(d) King Georges Medical University
(e) University of Delhi
Q9. Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) handed over three of its products namely Weapon Locating Radar (WLR), NBC Recce vehicle and NBC Drugs for induction into the Indian Army in a formal function. What is the name of Weapon Locating Radar (WLR)?
(a) DISHA
(b) NIRBHIK
(c) KIRAN
(d) MOHANTO
(e) SWATHI
Q10. Name the person, who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of state-run telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), recently.
(a) J S Deepak
(b) Sandeep Jajodia
(c) Atul Tyagi
(d) P K Purwar
(e) Mohan Parawar

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Q11. The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have recently signed a technology transfer agreement with which one of the following Indian Companies for manufacturing High Nitrogen Steel (HNS).
(a) Essar Steel
(b) Bhushan Steels Ltd.
(c) Jindal Stainless Ltd.
(d) SAIL
(e) TATA Steels
Q12. Parimarjan Negi is a __________ Grandmaster from India, a former Asian and Indian champion. He achieved the GM title at the age of 13 years and 142 days in 2006.
(a) Chess
(b) Football
(c) Tennis
(d) Badminton
(e) Golf
Q13. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) is an autonomous apex statutory body which regulates and develops the insurance industry in India. It was constituted by an act known as Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act in?
(a) 1982
(b) 1999
(c) 1990
(d) 1992
(e) None of the above
Q14. United India Insurance Company Limited (UIIC) was incorporated as a Company on 18th February 1938. General Insurance Business in India was nationalised in 1972. Where is the headquarter of UIIC?
(a) Kolkata
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Pune
(e) Chennai
Q15. Which of the following banks is not merged with SBI in April 2017? 
(a) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 
(b) State Bank of Travancore 
(c) State Bank of Mysore 
(d) Axis Bank
(e) None of the above

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