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. Prime Minister has been inaugurated the first phase of Mission Bhagirath programme, a flagship programme to supply drinking water to each household in Gajwel Assembly constituency in which of the following states?

(b) Kerala

(d) Telangana

(e) Maharashtra

Q2. Which of the following states government has launched an online service for consumers to apply for low-tension service connections recently?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(e) Rajasthan

Q3. Which country has launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite?

(b) Russia

Q4. Minimum pension for retired central government employees is increased by 157.14 per cent from the previous Rs. 3,500, following the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. What is the amount of pension to be paid to the retired employees now?

(a) Rs 9,000

(b) Rs 5,000

(d) Rs 11,000

(e) Rs 17,000

Q5. Kerala Tourism has rolled out a promotional campaign in ____________ targeting Arab travellers and showcasing the state's backwaters and waterfalls on taxis plying in the bustling metropolis, with the onset of the outbound tourism season in the Middle East.

(a) Sharjah

(b) Fujairah

(d) Abu Dhabi

Q6. Shillong is a hill station in northeast India and capital of the state of?

(a) Manipur

(b) Tripura

(d) Meghalaya

(e) None of the above

Q7. Monetary policy is the process by which monetary authority of a country generally controls the supply of money in the economy by its control over interest rates in order to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth. Monetary policy is regulated by which organisation in India?

(a) Finance Ministry

(b) NITI Aayog

(d) Prime Minister Office

(e) State Bank of India

Q8. Financial markets for the buying and selling of long-term debt or equity-backed securities is called?

(a) Trade Market

(b) Capital Market

(d) Money Market

(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the following states has launched a new website of the state Home department to enable the differently-abled persons to see and hear the website?

(a) Kerala

(b) Rajasthan

(d) Odisha

Q10. A nine-member Kathakali dance troupe has performed first time in Egypt. The Kathakali dance troupe was a part the 14th Summer Festival organized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Kathakali is a complex art belongs to which state?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q11. The Union Government has set an inflation target of how much percent for the next five years with a range of plus/minus 2 % for the next five years under the monetary policy framework agreement with the Reserve Bank?

Q12. The Ministry of Railways has signed an agreement with the _____________ government for formation of a joint venture (JV) company for focussed resource mobilisation, implementation and monitoring of critical rail projects recently in Aug'2016.

(a) Chhatisgarh

(d) Gujarat

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q13. GDP growth has accelerated to how much by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in budget session for FY 2016-2017?

(a) 7.1 per cent

(b) 7.6 per cent

(d) 7.2 per cent

(e) None of the above

Q14. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. Headquarter of NATO is?

(a) New York,USA

(b) London,UK

(d) Tokyo,Japan

(e) Brussels,Belgium

Q15. Syndicate Bank is one of the oldest and major commercial banks of India.What is the tagline of Syndicate Bank?

(a) A tradition of trust

(b) India's International Bank

(d) Your faithful and Friendly Financial Partner

(e) None of the above