General Awareness Questions for IBPS RRB Mains 2016

Q1. Centre has decided to open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras by .............?

(a) January, 2018

(b) December, 2016

(d) March, 2017

(e) None of the above

Q2. Government has approved nine highway projects of 414 kilometer at an estimated cost of Rs 2600 crore. These projects are not related to which state?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Telangana

Q3. Which among the following country's forces launched an operation to retake a northern town Sherqat from Islamic State terror group recently?

(d) Saudi Arabia

Q4. Which city is set to become Odisha's second smart city?

(a) Sambalpur

(b) Balasore

(e) Cuttack

Q5. Brazil, officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. What is the currency of Brazil?

(b) Dollar

Q6. Andhra Bank is a medium-sized public sector bank of India, with a network of 2803 branches. Where is the headquarter of Andhra Bank?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Chennai

(d) Kolkata

(e) Hyderabad

Q7. The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in which of the following state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q8. MUDRA Bank is a public sector financial institution in India. It provides loans at low rates to micro-finance institutions and non-banking financial institutions which then provide credit to MSMEs. MUDRA stand for?

(a) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency

(b) Minimum Units Development and Refinance Association

(d) Micro Union Development and Refinery Agency

(e) None of the above

Q9. Guinness World Records granted the inaugural award for smallest national flag to the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at Waterloo for the flag measuring 1.178 micrometres in length. It is invisible without the aid of an electron microscope. Quantum Computing (IQC) institute located at which country?

(b) Canada

(d) Russia

(e) France

Q10. Which among the following banks has provides ‘customised loan repayment facility to farmers’?

(a) DCB Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(d) Bank of Baroda

(e) IDFC Bank

Q11. Which Bank and Paytm have entered into a tie-up to make available financing on two-wheelers booked on the latter's platform?

(a) Axis Bank

(b) IndusInd Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Bandhan Bank

Q12. As we all know Govt. of India collects tax revenue on various activities in the country. Which of the following is a part of the tax revenue of the Govt.?

I. Tax on Income

II. Tax on Expenditure

III. Tax on property of Capital Asset

IV. Tax on Goods and Services

(a) Both I and III only

(b) Both II and IV only

(d) Either I or II

(e) None of the above

Q13. We very frequently read about Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in newspapers. These SEZs were established with which of the following objectives?

I. To attract foreign investment directly

II. To protect domestic market from direct competition from multinationals

III. To provide more capital to agriculture and allied activities

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Q14. Many times we read about Future Trading in newspapers. What is Future Trading?

I. It is nothing but a trade between any two stock exchanges where in it is decided to purchase the stocks of each other on a fixed price throughout the year

II. It is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell an underlying asset in the future at a predetermined price

III. It is agreement between Stock Exchanges that they will not trade the stocks of each other under any circumstances in future or for a given period of time

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Q15. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a viability gap funding/partial capital grant of how much crore for GAIL (India) Ltd’s 2,539-km long Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra (JHBDPL) natural gas pipeline?

(a) Rs 2,100 crore

(b) Rs 3,200 crore

(d) Rs 10,257 crore

(e) Rs 5,176 crore