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General Awareness Quiz for APPSC / TSPSC / RRB / SSC / SBI Clerks and Other Competitive Exams

1. Who is appointed as the 24 th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in place of Mr. Raghuram

Rajan?
a) H.R. Khan
b) N.S. Vishwanathan
c) R. Gandhi 
d) S.S. Mundra
e) Urjit Patel
2. Which is the other bank that will be merged with SBI besides its five subsidiary banks?
a) City Union Bank
b) Karur Vysya Bank
c) South Indian Bank
d) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
e) IDBI

3. Grameen Bank and Micro Credit are associated with which person?
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Bill Gates 
c) Md. Yunus
d) Aung San Su Ki
e) Acharya Vinobha Bhave
4. Many a time we read a term MSS in relation to banking transactions. What is the full form of MSS?
a) Money Stabilization Scheme
b) Market Stabilization Scheme
c) Maturity and Standardization Service
d) Money Stabilization Service
e) None of the above

5. Govt. has proposed to assist the Start-ups through ___ deduction of profits for 3 out of 5 years for startups set up during April 2016 to March 2019.
a) 40% 
b) 60% 
c) 80%
d) 25% 
e) 100%

6. In banking parlance there are certain terms like Demand Deposits and Term Deposits. Term Deposits include:
a) Fixed deposits
b) Recurring deposit ) Time liabilities portion of saving bank deposits
d) SDR (Short Term Deposits)
e) All of the above

7. To open the account of a public charitable trust, the key document required is:
a) Permission of Charity Commissioner
b) Permission of Local Authority
c) Permission of Court of Law
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

8.India was ranked 67th at the 2016Rio Olympics. Which is the other country that was also ranked 67th?
1) Bulgaria
2) Venezuela
3) Mexico
4) Lithuania
5) Mongolia

9.The 13thedition of the SouthAsian Games will be held in2018 in which of the following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) Sri Lanka
5) Maldives

10.LAMITYE 2016 is a joint military training exercise between Indian Army and the Army of:
1) Maldives
2) France
3) Sri Lanka
4) Seychelles
5) Japan
11.”Setu Bharatam” is a central gov-ernment program that aims atmaking all National Highways railway level crossing free by the year:
1) 2019 2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) 2025

12.The Mesabi Iron Range is the chief iron ore mining district in:
1) Brazil
2) USA
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) Kenya
13.Who was appointed as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal in March 2016?
1) Justice Permod Kohli
2) Justice Arun Tandon
3) Justice A.K. Mittal
4) Justice Ajay Tewari
5) Justice Jaswant Singh
14.”The High Mountains of Portugal” is a 2016 novel written by:
1) David Mitchell
2) Yann Martel
3) Graham Swift
4) Jerry Pinto
5) None of these

15. In banking terminology the word “Co – obligant” means:
a) A person who has guaranteed the account of another person(s)
b) A person who has executed an indemnity bond in a bank’s favour
c) A person who has assumed obligations of contract jointly with other person(s)
d) A person/ business undertaking opening a documentary letter of credit
e) None of the above
16. Which of following is the first such company of the country which offers services for the resolution of Non – performing assets upon acquisition from bankers?
a) CIBIL 
b) ARCIL
c) ECGC 
d) CRISIL

e) IDFC
17.Indian Institute of Millets Rese-arch (IIMR) is a premier agricultural research institute located in:
1) Hyderabad
2) Cuttack
3) Bangalore
4) Chennai
5) Nagpur
18.The National Deworming Day is observed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on:
1) March 5
2) March 10
3) February 5
4) January 25
5) February 10


19.Andrew Holness is the present Prime Minister of:
1) Antigua
2) Barbados
3) Dominica
4) Saint Lucia

5) Jamaica

20.Martin Crowe died on March 3,2016 at the age of 53. He was the greatest batsman of?
1) West Indies
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
5) None of these

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