General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) Quiz 2017

1   1. Who won the prestigious Allan Border Medal, Australian cricket's greatest individual honor, on January 23, 2017?

1.  

1.       David Warner

2.       Steve Smith

3.       Mitchell Starc

4.       Shane Watson

5.       Aaron Finch

        

2. Who has been appointed as the new Director of India's premier anti corruption agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ?

1.       Alok Verma

2.       Anil Sinha

3.       B.S. Bassi

4.       Rupak Kumar Dutta

5.       Satish Mathur

                

3. The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Yogesh Agarwal in connection with the Rs.900 crore loan default case on January 23, 2017. Yogesh Agarwal is the former Chairman of which of the following public sector banks?

1.       Indian Bank

2.       Indian Overseas Bank

3.       IDBI Bank

4.       Bank of Baroda

5.       Punjab National Bank

            

4. Saurabh Duggal is the author of the book "Akhada". It is the authorized biography of :

1.       Bisweshwar Nandi

2.       P. Gopichand

3.       Raj Kumar Sharma

4.       Mahavir Singh Phogat

5.       None of these

    

5. Former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla took charge as Non-Executive Chairman of which of the following private banks in October 2016 ?

1.       Kotak Mahindra Bank

2.       DCB Bank

3.       Bandhan Bank

4.       IDFC Bank

5.       Yes Bank

6. Which of the following has implemented National Automated Clearing House (NACH) ?

1.       NABARD

2.       SBI

3.       NPCI

4.       SEBI

5.       BSE

           

7.   MCLR is a banking term in which the letter "L" stands for :

1.       Liquidity

2.       Lending

3.       Loss

4.       Limited

5.       None of these

           

8. Which of the following banks has launched "Project Ananya", a digital transformation program ?

1.       Corporation Bank

2.       Vijaya Bank

3.       Canara Bank

4.       Syndicate Bank

5.       State Bank of India 

                

9. Wular Lake, one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia, is situated in :

1.       Himachal Pradesh

2.       Uttarakhand

3.       Jammu and Kashmir

4.       Arunachal Pradesh

5.       Rajasthan               

10. Which of the following days is observed every year on July 28 ?

1.       World Environment Day

2.       World Cancer Day

3.       World Diabetes Day

4.       World Hepatitis Day

5.       World Population Day

          

11. Seven Indian companies have made it to the latest Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest corporations in terms of revenue. Which company is ranked highest among Indian firms ?

1.       Indian Oil Corporation

2.       Reliance Industries

3.       Tata Motors

4.       State Bank of India

5.       Bharat Petroleum             

12. Which company topped the 2016 Fortune Global 500 list ?

1.       State Grid

2.       Wal-Mart

3.       China National Petroleum

4.       Exxon Mobil

5.       Volkswagen

  

13. Which of the following banks has launched "Mingle", a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users ?

1.       ICICI Bank

2.       Axis Bank

3.       State Bank of India

4.       Bank of Baroda

5.       HDFC Bank

14.Which of the following financial institutions is based in Basel, Switzerland ?

1.       IBRD

2.       IDA

3.       IMF

4.       BIS

5.       BBB        

15. Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu is a harvest festival mainly celebrated in the State of :

1.       West Bengal

2.       Rajasthan

3.       Odisha

4.       Arunachal Pradesh

5.       Assam    

16 The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has established the Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy (IIPE) at :

1.       Gandhinagar

2.       Vadodara

3.       Vishakhapatnam

4.       Chennai

5.       Mumbai

            

17.Which of the following is a scheme designed to provide continuous power supply to the entire rural India ?

1.       DDUGJY 

2.       PMFBY

3.       PMJDY 

4.       JNNURM

5.       PMJJBY 

               

18.  The Atal Pension Yojana is administered by the :

1.       IRDAI

2.       SEBI

3.       NABARD

4.       PFRDA

5.       None of these             

19. Which of the following crops are plantation crops ?

1.       Wheat and Red gram

2.       Rice and Maize

3.       Tobacco and Cotton

4.       Coconut and Rubber

5.       Tomato and Apple

          

20. The National Institute of Hydro-logy has its headquarters at :

1.       Roorkee

2.       Belgaum

3.       Jammu

4.       Bhopal

5.       Srinagar

ANSWER 


1. 1.      David Warner
1. 1.     Alok Verma
3. 3.       IDBI Bank
4. 4.       Mahavir Singh Phogat
5. 5.       Yes Bank
6. 3.       NPCI
7. 2.       Lending
8. 4.       Syndicate Bank
9. 3.       Jammu and Kashmir
10. 4.       World Hepatitis Day
11. 1.       Indian Oil Corporation
12. 2.       Wal-Mart
13. 3.       State Bank of India
14. 4.       BIS
15. 5.       Assam    
16. 3.       Vishakhapatnam
17. 1.       DDUGJY (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoyi Yojana)
18. 4.       PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory and development authority)
19. 4.       Coconut and Rubber
20. 1.       Roorkee