General Awareness Questions for SBI PO

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As we all know SBI PO is here and we are ready with the 80 days plan in which we provide you daily quizzes on new pattern questions with different topics that will help you to go through this exam.

So, here we are with the General Awareness Questions which will help you in SBI PO mains.

Q1. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has passed away recently. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the former president of which country?

(d) Saudi Arabia

(e) None of the given options is true

Q2. EPFO has made Aadhaar Card mandatory for its about 50 lakh pensioners and around four crore subscribers. EPFO stands for?

(a) Employees' Product Fund Organisation

(b) Employees' Provident Financial Organisation

(d) Essentials' Provident Fund Organisation

(e) Employees' Provident Fund Organisation

Q3. Reigning Olympic and world 800m champion and world record holder, David Rudisha is the International Event Ambassador for the 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 15 2017. David Rudisha belong to which country?

(a) South Africa

(d) Uganda

(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. The Bank of India (BOI) has reduced its interest rates on retail loans, including home and vehicle loan recently. The bank earlier reduced its minimum lending rates or marginal cost of funds based lending rates (MCLR) by up to 90 basis points. Where is the headquarter of BOI?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Gurugram

(d) Mumbai

(e) Kolkata

Q5. As per the existing policy, the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks is fixed at a certain percentage of their NDTL. What is full form of NDTL?

(a) New Demand and Tenure Liabilities

(b) Net Demand and Time Liabilities

(d) Net Duration and Total Liquidity

(e) New Deposits and Term Liquidity

Q6. Which of the following rates signals the RBI’s long-term outlook on interest rates?

(a) Repo rate

(b) Reverse repo rate

Q7. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Indian government. ISRO headquarter is located in?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Chennai

(d) Bengaluru

(e) Hyderabad

Q8. The International Day of Older Persons is observed on?

(a) 02nd October

(b) 24th October

(d) 31st October

(e) 01st October

Q9. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza won the 2017 Brisbane International women's doubles title recently with her partner

(a) Barbora Strycova

(b) Elena Vesnina

(d) Ekaterina Makarova

(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) is an annual event organised by the Ministry of External Affairs. It is being organised since-

Q11. According to growth projection released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), agriculture, forestry and fishing sector is likely to show a growth of ____ during 2016-17.

Q12. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd, recently?

(a) Kumar Sharadindu

(b) Ashok Reddy

(d) Anil Bajwa

(e) None of the given options is true

Q13. Indian state Manipur is sometimes called as Kangleipak or Sanaleibak. Manipur is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma lies to its east. Meetei, Kuki, Naga, and Pangal people live here who speak Sino-Tibetan languages. Where is the capital of Manipur?

(a) Imphal

(b) Aizwal

(d) Guwahati

(e) Kohima

Q14. Himachal Pradesh is a state in North India. It is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west, Haryana on the south-west, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east. Who is the incumbent (27th) Governor of Himachal Pradesh?

(a) Dr. Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir

(b) Nirbhay Sharma

(d) Shriniwas Patil

(e) Acharya Dev Vrat

Q15. Core Banking Solution is used for connecting all branches of a bank. What is the full form of CORE in Core Banking Solution?

(a) Centralized Online Real-time Exchange

(b) Centralized One-platform Real-time Exchange

(d) Centralized Online Real-time Exports

(e) Centralized One-time Real-time Exchange