GA for NIACL AO Main | 25th January 2019

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GA for NIACL AO Main 2018-19:

Preparing for NIACL AO Main and Karnataka Bank PO Examinations!! Don't miss the GA Quiz. One section that can help you bagging graceful marks in these examinations is General Awareness, that comprises of numerous sections like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Here is the quiz on General Awareness that is being provided by Adda247 to help you ace graceful marks in Karnataka Bank PO and NIACL AO Exam 2018-19.

Q1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a ______rupees commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

1000

100

150

Solution:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a 100 rupees commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, which falls on 25th December, is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’.

Q2. Burundi has declared the country’s new political capital. Name the city.

Gitega

Ngozi

Kabegi

Isale

Ruyigi

Solution:

Burundi declared the small central city of Gitega the country’s new political capital, in line with a presidential promise, made a decade ago.

Q3. The Reserve Bank of India has shortlisted six major IT companies, including TCS, Wipro and IBM India, to set up a wide-based DPCR. What does C stands for in DPCR?

Clearing

Corporate

Corporation

Credit

Cheque

Solution:

The Reserve Bank of India has shortlisted six major IT companies, including TCS, Wipro and IBM India, to set up a wide-based digital Public Credit Registry (PCR) for capturing details of all borrowers and wilful defaulters.

Q4. Who among the following has been elected as the president of the Archery Association of India?

Uday Shankar Rao

WV Raman

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Pranab Das

B V P Rao

Solution:

B V P Rao has been elected as the president of the Archery Association of India in the polls held under a High Court-appointed administrator. Rao, who represented Archery Association of Assam, beat Rupak Debroy of Tripura at the elections held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

Q5. The __________________________ has the responsibility of administering the functions of currency management, a core function of the Reserve Bank in terms of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

Derivative of Currency Management

District of Currency Management

Department of Currency Management

Department of Currency Manager

Department of Current Management

Solution:

The Department of Currency Management has the responsibility of administering the functions of currency management, a core function of the Reserve Bank in terms of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Currency management essentially relates to issue of notes and coins and retrieval of unfit notes from circulation.

Q6. SDDS is an International Monetary Fund standard to guide member countries in the dissemination of national statistics to the public. SDDS stands for-

Special Data Dissemination Service

Special Data Dissemination Standard

Special Data Dissemination System

Special Durable Dissemination Standard

Simple Data Dissemination Standard

Solution:

Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) is an International Monetary Fund standard to guide member countries in the dissemination of national statistics to the public.

Q7. ______________ is responsible for discharging certain core traditional central banking functions, viz., acting as bankers to the Government and banks and managing public debt of both, central and state governments.

CDBS

FISIM

DEIO

ECGC

DGBA

Solution:

The Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA) is responsible for discharging certain core traditional central banking functions, viz., acting as bankers to the Government and banks and managing public debt of both, central and state governments. It is also responsible for maintenance of the Reserve Bank's internal accounts and compilation of its weekly and annual accounts.

Q8. Legendary singer Dipali Borthakur passed away. She was also popularly referred to as the____________.

Nightingale of Manipur

Nightingale of Tripura

Nightingale of North-East

Nightingale of Assam

Nightingale of Meghalaya

Solution:

Legendary Assamese singer Dipali Borthakur popularly referred to as the “Nightingale of Assam” passed away. She was 77. Borthakur had been suffering from a motor neuron disease for the last four decades.

Q9. Which state assembly has passed a bill which recommends life imprisonment for those involved in mob violence if it results in the death of a person?

Tripura

Manipur

Delhi

Meghalaya

Karnataka

Solution:

The Manipur Assembly has passed a bill which recommends life imprisonment for those involved in mob violence if it results in the death of a person. Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who also holds charge of the Home department, moved the ‘The Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Bill, 2018’ in the state Assembly.

Q10. National Consumer Day is celebrated every year on ____.

24th December

22nd December

28th December

25th December

23th December

Solution:

Every Year 24th December is observed as National Consumer Day with a specific theme in India.

Q11. Name the top three performing states under the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).

Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Karnataka

Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Goa

Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi

Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Solution:

Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh were the top three performing states under the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).

Q12. Who is the present President of Ireland?

Theresa May

Nicola Sturgeon

Ruth Davidson

Michael D Higgins

Tony Blair

Solution:

Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician who has served as the 9th President of Ireland since November 2011.

Q13. What is the currency of Rwanda?

Dirham

Ruble

Dinar

Franc

Peso

Solution:

Rwandan franc is the currency of Rwanda.

Q14. The Ukai Dam has constructed across the Tapti River, is the second largest reservoir in-

Manipur

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Solution:

The Ukai Dam, constructed across the Tapti River, is the second largest reservoir in Gujarat after the Sardar Sarovar.

Q15. What is the theme for the National Consumer Day 2018?

Complaints and Quickly Disposal

Quickly Disposal of Complaints

Handle the Consumer Complaints

Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints

Consumer Is Everything

Solution:

Every Year 24th December is observed as National Consumer Day with a specific theme in India. This year the National Consumer Day is celebrated with the theme “Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints”.