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Friday, September 21, 2012

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS KNOWLEDGE CAPSULES


1. The limit of overseas investment in government bonds/securities has been raised from $15 billion to
a) $20 billion 

b) $25 billion
c) $30 billion 

d) $35 billion
e) None of the above


2. According to Investment Report 20123 the total FDI inflow in India in 2011 stood at
a) $67 billion 

b) $87 billion
c) $52 billion 

d) $78 billion
e) None of the above


3. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, India ranks at
a) 42nd 

b) 36th 
c) 56th
d) 53rd 

e) 62nd

4. Which country tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012?
a) Sweden 

b) Singapore
c) Netherland 

d) Switzerland
e) None of the above


5. The World Bank Group have entered into an agreement with which among the following industrial bodies to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC) to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development?
a) Industrial Development Bank of India
b) Indian Industries Association
c) Confederation of Indian Industry
d) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
e) None of the above


6. The country’s first indigenously designed microwave imaging satellite, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation on April 26, 2012. Which of the following statments about RISAT-1 is/are correct?
1 The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-19 was used to launch RISAT-1.
2 It has cloud penetrating capability and can imaging even without sunlight.
3 The RISAT-1 is an advanced C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite working in 5.35 Giga Hertz frequency.
4 It was launched from Sriharikota located in Rajasthan.
a) 1 and 2 only 

b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2and 3 only 

d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4


7. Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Expert Committee on GAAR for examining issues on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?
a) Sudhir Gupta 

b) C. Rangarajan
c) N. Rangachary 

d) Parthasarathi Shome
e) None of the above


8. Which of the followings scheme(s) is/are launched by Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)?
1 Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
2 Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)
3 Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)
a) Only 1 

b) Only 2 
c) Only 3
d) 2 and 3 only 

e) All 1, 2 and 3

9. Name the person who took oath as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan recently?
a) Yusuf Raza Gilani
b) Makhdoom Shahbuddin
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
e) None of the above


10. Which country became a major non-NATO ally of the United States recently?
a) Japan 

b) Israel
c) Pakistan 

d) Newzeland
e) Afghanistan



 




11. Jim Yong Kim who assumed the World Bank presidency recently, is the _____ president of the World Bank Group.
a) 12th 

b) 13th 
c) 14th 
d) 15th
e) None of the above


12. A highly controversial book ‘Beyond the Lines’ is an autobiography written by
a) Aravind Adiga 

b) Salman Rushdie
c) Kuldip Nayyar 

d) Khushwant Singh
e) Taslima Nasreen


13. Which of the followings recommendations were made by National Commission for Women (NCW) in concern to the proposed amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961?
1 Amendment to definition of Dowry
2 Provision for registration of lists of gifts received at the time of marriage.
3 Penalties for non-maintenance of lists of gifts received at the time of the marriage.
4 Protection officers appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 to carry out the duties of the Dowry Prohibition Officers.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only 

b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 4 only 

d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4


14. An e-TDS return should be filed under ________ of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
a) Section 206 

b) Section 205
c) Section 208 

d) Section 192
e) None of the above


15. The e-TDS prepared by the deductor has to be submitted at
a) TIN Facilitation Centres
b) TAN Facilitation Centres
c) PIN Facilitation Centres
d) PAN Facilitation Centres
e) None of the above


16. Which is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume/market value?
a) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
b) London Stock Exchange (LSE)
c) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
d) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
e) None of the above


17. FBI’s two-year investigation project called Ghost Click was aimed to uncovered a network of
a) Rogue DNS Servers
b) Rogue FTP Servers
c) Rogue Proxy Servers
d) Rogue HTTP Servers
e) None of the above


18. Internet’s phone book is :
a) ISP b) FTP c) TCP d) DNS e) Gopher
19. A collection of infected computers under the control of one or more attackers is:
a) Bolnet 

b) Botnet
c) Spybot 

d) Intranet
e) Web spider


20. Which country ranks at the top in Bt.Cotton cultivation (Area wise)?
a) USA 

b) Britain
c) Russia 

d) China
e) India


21. According to the ILO, a worker under the following age is a child labourer:
a) 14 years 

b) 15 years
c) 16 years 

d) 17 years
e) None of the above


22. The largest share (nearly 60 percent) of child labourers is found in
a) Mining Sector 

b) Service sector
c) Industrial sector 

d) Agricultural sector
e) Construction and contracting sector


23. In which year, ILO establishes the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)?
a) 1990 

b) 1991 
c) 1992
d) 1994 

e) None of the above

24. Alan Isaac has recently been elected as new President of
a) ICC 

b) WWF 
c) AITA
d) FIFA 

e) FIDE

25. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Cricket?
a) LBW 

b) DRS 
c) Duck
d) Cow Corner 

e) None of above

26. Which of the following banks removes minimum balance stipulations for Saving Bank accounts recently?
a) SBI 

b) PNB 
c) OBC
d) HDFC 

e) ICICI

27. Which of the following statements correctly define the meaning of reverse repo rate?
a) The rate at which apex bank RBI lends money to commercial banks.
b) The rate at which the apex bank RBI borrows money from commercial banks.
c) The amount of funds that the commercial banks have to keep with the RBI.
d) The rate at which apex bank RBI allows finance to commercial banks.
e) None of the above


28. Which is the name of new air station opened by Indian Navy at Campbell bay recently, to keep an eagle eye on China’s strategic moves in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
a) INS Baaz 

b) INS Eagle
c) INS Garuda 

d) INS Prahar
e) None of the above


29. The government of India has decided to permit a citizen of Pakistan or any entity incorporated in Pakistan to make investments in India under government route. Pakistani citizens and companies will be allowed to invest in all sectors other than
a) Space 

b) Defence
c) Atomic Energy 

d) Both (a) & (c)
e) All (a), (b) & (c)


30. According to the latest edition of Forbes magazine, which of the following oil and gas companies became the world’s most profitable company in 2011?
a) ONGC 

b) Areva
c) Aramco 

d) Gazprom
e) ExxonMobil


31. Which computing giant has recently posted its first ever loss since becoming a public company 26 years ago?
a) IBM 

b) Apple 
c) Google
d) Facebook 

e) Microsoft

32. Which city ranks at the top in India City Competitiveness Report-2012, compiled by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) recently?
a) Delhi 

b) Mumbai
c) Chennai 

d) Banglore
e) Hyderabad


33. A Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission for suggesting revisions to
a) SABLA Operational Guidelines
b) MGNREGA Operational Guidelines
c) JNNURM Operational Guidelines
d) Swavalamban Operational Guidelines
e) None of the above


34. India’s first ever bio toilets developed by DRDO, has been launched in which of the following States?
a) Bihar 

b) Kerala 
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan 

e) Odisha

35. India’s largest industrial solar power plant became operational in
a) Punjab 

b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan 

d) Maharashtra
e) None of the above


36. The Andmans and Nicobars are separated by
e) Coco Channels 

b) Great Channles
c) Ten Degree Channles 

d) Duncan Passage
e) None of the above


37. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission was launched by the Indian government in
a) 2008 

b) 2009 
c) 2010 
d) 2011
e) None of the above


38. Shri Pranab Mukherjee took oath as India’s ________ president.
a) 13th 

b) 14th 
c) 15th
d) 16th 

e) None of the above

39. Who administers the oath of office to the president of India?
a) Prime Minister
b) Lok Sabha Speaker
c) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
d) Chief Justice of India
e) None of the above


40. Who won the first gold medal of the 2012 London Olympic Games?
a) Yu Dan 

b) Yi Siling
c) Katrina Emmons 

d) Sylwia Bogacka
e) None of the above


41. India’s flag- bearer at opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games was
a) Sushil Kumar 

b) Gagan Narang
c) Leander Paes 

d) Saina Nehwal
e) None of the above


42. Google Fibre, an ultra-high speed internet service offers
a) 10Mbps download and upload speeds
b) 100Mbps download and upload speeds
c) 500Mbps download and upload speeds
d) 1Gbps download and upload speeds
e) None of the above


43. The annual Amarnath yatra to Holy Amarnath Cave is organized every year by the
a) Tamilnadu State Government
b) Jammu & Kashmir State Government
c) Maharashtra State Government
d) Karanatka State Government
e) None of the above


44. Amarnath Yatra is a pride for Hindu devotees who have faith in
e) Lord Vishnu 

b) Lord Krishna
c) Lord Shiva 

d) Lord Brahma
e) None of the above

45. Which of the following statements is/are correct about ‘Amarnath yatra’?
1 A person cannot take Amarnath Yatra without taking the permission from Government of India.
2 A prior Amarnath Yatra registration is must.
3 Helicopter can be used to go Amarnath Cave.
a) Only 1 

b) Only 2 
c) Only 3 
d) 1 and 2 Only 
e) All 1, 2 and 3

ANSWERS:
1-a; 2-a; 3-c; 4-d; 5-c; 6-c; 7-d; 8-e; 9-d; 10-e;
11-a; 12-c; 13-e; 14-a; 15-a; 16-c; 17-a; 18-d; 19-b; 20-e;
21-b; 22-d; 23-a; 24-a; 25-e; 26-a; 27-b; 28-a; 29-e; 30-d;
31-e; 32-a; 33-b; 34-e,
35-a; 36-c; 37-a; 38-a; 39-d; 40-b

41-a; 42-d; 43-b; 44-c, 45-e; 

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