GENERAL AWARENESS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Which of the following is one of the core functions of the Reserve Bank of India ?(A) To act as Tax collector of the Govt. of India
(B) Work as Banker to the Banks
(C) Help in finalization of the Union Budget
(D) Participate in annual meetings of the various financial institutes world wide
(E) None of these
Ans: (B)


2. Which of the following tools is used frequently by the RBI to control credit and monetary situations of the markets in the country ?(A) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)(B) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
(C) Balance of Trade
(D) Forward Rate Agreements
(E) Electronic Clearing Service
Ans: (A)
3. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) launched with a corpus of Rs. 1000 crore will help which of the following groups of society ?(A) Bank Employees
(B) Central and State Government Employees
(C) Workers of the unorganized sectors(D) War widows
(E) Women employees engaged in textile industry
Ans: (C)

Banking GK

1. Which Bank is called Apex Bank?
1) Development Bank of India
2) NABARD
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) SBI
5) EXIM Bank

2. First Indian appointed as the Governor of Reserve bank of India ......
1) Sir C. D. Deshmukh
2) Sir Benegal Rama Rau
3) M. Narasimham
4) Dr. C. Rangarajan
5) Shanmugam Chettiar

3. Which among the following banks has more ATMs?
1) Union Bank of India
2) ICICI
3) State Bank of India
4) HDFC
5) Syndicate Bank

4. ICICI Bank made an agreement with ECO bank to extend the banking regulations on 15th October 2012. ECO bank original base is in...
1) Asia
2) North America
3) South America
4) Africa
5) None

5. Vostro Account means .....
1) An account maintained by Indian bank in foreign country with dollars
2) An account maintained by foreign bank in India in Indian Rupees
3) An account maintained by foreign bank in India in Foreign Currency
4) An account maintained by Indian bank in foreign in Indian Rupees
5) An account blocked by RBI

6. Which among the following terms not used in Banking?
1) Pay Order
2) Garnishee
3) Emission
4) Lien
5) Crossing

7. In the acronym WEF, 'E' stands for .....
1) Exchange
2) Eternal
3) Existence
4) Economic
5) Exit

8. Which state decided to provide an allowance of Rs. 1,000 a month to housewives in households whose annual incomes are less than Rs. 3 lakh on 2nd October 2012?
1) Maharashtra
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Kerala
5) Tamilnadu

9. The Base Year of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) is...
1) 2011
2) 2010
3) 2008
4) 2012
5) 2001




10. The recent Sports/games options given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) Novak Djokovic of Serbia won Shanghai Rolex Masters Championship
2) Woman T 20 world Cup winner is Australia
3) Japanese Grand Prix won by Sebastian Vettel
4) ICC World Twenty 20 cup lifted by West Indies
5) None



ANSWERS:

1-3; 2-1; 3-3; 4-4; 5-2; 6-3; 7-4; 8-3; 9-5; 10-5;

banking general knowledge,

1.Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

(A) Assam
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Karnataka

Ans: (A)

2.'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Ans(c)

3.Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?

(A) Kolkata
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Lucknow
Ans(A)

4.What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?

(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohyet
Ans(D)

5.Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?

(A) C.V. Raman
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Homi J. Bhabha
(D) Narinder Singh Kapany

Ans(D)