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. The Centre has given a year extension to ______________ as the Chairman of State Bank of India, first time in the history of the country's largest lender.

(a) Urjit Patel

(b) KV Kamath

(d) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(e) SS Mundra

Q2. Which among the following countries has officially postponed the 8-nation SAARC summit 2016 , after 5 countries dropped out of it?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Pakistan

Q3. Every year 1st October is observed as International day of Older Persons (IDOP). This year (2016), the theme is......?

(a) Take a Stand Against Ageism

(b) Raise Awareness About Issues

(d) Old is Best Friend

(e) None of the above

Q4. Which of the following Airports has been awarded as "Best Tourist Friendly Airport" under the category for "State Annual Excellence Awards (2015-16)" by Andhra Pradesh Tourism?

(a) Vijayawada Airport

(b) Sri Sathya Sai Airport

(d) Cuddapah Airport

(e) Tirupati Airport

Q5. Name the bank whose tagline is 'Good people to grow with' and its headquater is situated at Chennai?

(a) Indian Bank

(b) Indian Overseas Bank

(d) Canara Bank

(e) Andhra Bank

Q6. Recently, Essar Mahan power plant 600 MW unit at Mahan project has resumed commercial production after a gap of 17 months. In which state the plant is located?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Maharashtra

Q7. Recently, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval to Kudermukh National Park and Rajaji National Park for being declared as tiger reserves. In which state/s these national parks are located?

(a) Maharashtra and Uttarkhand respectively

(b) Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh respectively

(d) Karnataka and Uttarkhand respectively

(e) Madhya Pradesh and Uttarkhand respectively

Q8. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. The Headquaters of UNWTO is situated at?

(a) London, United Kingdom

(b) Vienna, Austria

(d) Geneva, Switzerland

(e) Madrid, Spain

Q9. How much Allocation for rural sector in the Union budget 2016-17?

(a) 26,765 crore

(b) 10,765 crore

(d) 87,765 crore

(e) None of the above

Q10. The Government has decided to raise the Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) investment in Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) from present 5 per cent to ...........?

(a) 10 per cent

(b) 15 per cent

(d) 25 per cent

(e) 30 per cent

Q11. Which among the following cities has been conferred with the title of the 'Cleanest Tourist Destination' in India by the Ministry of Tourism?

(a) Agartala, Tripura

(b) Gangtok, Sikkim

(d) Nagpur, Maharashtra

(e) Dispur, Assam

Q12. The Centre has constituted a four-member Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) under the Chairmanship of..........?

(a) Amardeep Singh Bhatia

(b) GS Yadav

(d) Ajay Tyagi

(e) Unni krishnan

Q13. Who had became the first Indian to complete the Spartathlon, widely described as the "world's toughest race"?

(a) Priyesha Deshmukh

(b) Annu Rani

(d) Kieren Dsouza

(e) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Q14. MICR Code is printed on cheques and they let cheque processing, easy. MICR stands for?

(a) Magnetic Inkpot Character Region

(b) Management Ink Character Recognition

(d) Magnetic Ink Clear Recognition

(e) Magnetic Incharge Character Revision

Q15. Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple, also known as Baba Baidyanath dham and it is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Shiva. It is located in which of the following states?

(b) Jharkhand

(e) Uttar Pradesh