General Awareness Quiz for IBPS PO Mains 2016

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General Awareness section is of 40 marks and you’ll be given 20 minutes in IBPS PO Mains exam 2016, which are quite sufficient but don’t be tempted to take chances by compromising your accuracy and marking wrong answers. To prepare general awareness you can follow the quizzes we’ll be giving you in these 25 Days along with preparing from Capsules and Study Notes. In these 25 Days you’ll get daily quizzes for Banking Awareness, Financial Awareness,Economics, Current Affairs and Static on Bankersadda which will help you practice daily and prepare General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains. Q1. To curb illegal and unauthorised pooling of funds by unscrupulous firms, the Reserve Bank of India launched a website, which will help people obtain information about entities allowed to collect deposits. What is the address of portal?

(a) sachet.rbi.org.in

(b) cheque.rbi.org.in

(d) sampark.rbi.org.in

(e) None of the above

Q2. Ministry of Urban Development has approved an investment of how much crore in augmenting water supply, sewerage networks, drainage, urban transport and public and green spaces in urban areas in 8 States and UTs under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for the current financial year?

(a) Rs. 8,702 crore

(b) Rs. 4,404 crore

(d) Rs. 15,276 crore

(e) Rs. 10,404 crore

Q3. Rajasthan's Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje laid the foundation of 14 projects worth Rs 2,229 Crore of which of the following cities and will be a 'wonder city' in next two years?

(a) Jodhpur

(b) Bikaner

(e) Udaipur

Q4. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and which of the following countries?

(a) South Sudan

(e) Bhutan

Q5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a committee to look at the various facets of household finance in India and to benchmark India’s position vis-à-vis both the peer countries and advanced countries. The Committee will be chaired by.......?

(a) Vijay Kelkar

(b) Deepak Mohanty

(d) Bibek Debroy

(e) Dr. Tarun Ramadorai

Q6. Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.What is currency of Somalia?

(a) Somali Yen

(b) Somali shilling

(d) Somali Ruble

(e) Somali Dollar

Q7. How much rural population in India accordingly by census 2011?

(a) 93.3 crore

(b) 73.3 crore

(d) 23.3 crore

(e) None of the above

Q8. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was formed in December 1985. It is an organization of south Asian countries which country is not include them?

(b) Bangladesh

(e) Sri Lanka

Q9. United Nations Day is devoted to making known to peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations Organization. United Nations Day celebrated as on?

(a) 10th December

(b) 02nd October

(d) 14th April

(e) 24th October

Q10. Which rate is the short term borrowing rate at which RBI borrows money from banks?

(b) Repo Rate

(d) Base Rate

(e) Reverse Repo Rate

Q11. Retail company Future Group has tied up with mobile payments and commerce platform ___________ to enable Paytm users to shop for Big Bazaar merchandise on the online marketplace and get it delivered to their homes.

(a) Freecharge

(b) Google Wallet

(d) Google Wallet

(e) None of the above

Q12. Who was elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently?

(a) Sachin Tendulkar

(b) Nita Ambani

(d) Abhinav Bindra

(e) N Srinivasan

Q13. Which of the following banks has launched ‘KBL POS Manager’ mobile app to provide ease and convenience for its point-of-sale (POS) merchant establishments.

(a) Karnataka Bank Ltd

(b) Karur Vysya Bank

(d) State Bank of India

(e) Axis Bank

Q14. 'The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961' (DICGC Act) and 'The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation General Regulations, 1961' framed by the Reserve Bank of India. Where is the headquarter of DICGC?

(a) Kolkata

(b) New Delhi

(d) Chennai

(e) Gurgaon

Q15. Government and it set up which Group in 1975. On the basis of this committee’s recommendations, a Regional Rural Banks Ordinance was promulgated in September 1975, which was replaced by the Regional Rural Banks Act 1976?

(a) Narasimham Working Group

(b) Rangarajan Working Group

(d) Bimal Jalan Working Group

(e) None of the above