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General Awareness (80 Questions/80 Marks)

1. The Fitch Rating Company is headquartered at 


a) New York

2. The government approved the capital infusion of Rs 6000 crore in which of the following banks?
a) Exim Bank 

3. What is the new name of the HDFC Standard Life Insurance?


c) HDFC Life Insurance

4. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) hiked the interest rate on provident fund for fiscal
year 2018-19 to what percent?
d) 8.65 %

5. The Union Government allocated Rs 48,239 crore for recapitalization of how many public sector banks
to help them sustain regulatory capital requirements.
c) 12

6. Which International Bank has rolled out its first cryptocurrency?


c) JP Morgan

7. The Tagline “The Name You Can Bank Upon” is associated with which Public sector bank?
a) Punjab National Bank

8. When was the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) incorporated as the Non-Banking Financial
Corporation?
b) 1986

9. Who is the author “Indian Fiscal Federalism”?


d) Y. V. Reddy

10. The Bank of Baroda has been merged with


b) Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank

11. What was India's rank in the 2019 Global Energy Transition Index?
c) 76th

12. India was ranked at which position in the World Happiness Report 2019?
b) 140

13. What does BRICS stands for?


a) Britain, Russia, India, China and South Africa

14. Dipa Karmakar is associated with which sports?


c) Gymnastics 

15. Who among the following was the first Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
b) C. D. Deshmukh 
16. Which country is the 193rd member of the United Nations?
d) South Sudan

17. When is the Anti-Terrorism Day observed in India?


b) 21st May 

18. Which country is not a member of G-20?


b) Denmark 

19. Which Indian state has the least literacy rate?


a) Bihar 

20. Who authored the book titled ‘Indian Parliamentary Democracy-Speaker's Perspective’?


c) Meira Kumar 

21. What is the full-form of WIPO?


d) World Intellectual Property Organisation

22. What is the literacy rate of Kerala, as per the census 2011?


a) 93.91%

23. Name the only Indian bank that has been awarded the Greenfield license by the RBI in the last two
decades?
b) Yes Bank 

24. What of the following refers to bank with no branch network, offering its services remotely through
online banking, mobile banking and through inter-bank ATM network alliances?
c) Direct bank 

25. Which of the following Banks is a Universal Bank and wholly owned subsidiary of a Financial
Holding?
a) Bandhan Bank

26. Which bank acquired Tamil Nadu-based Grama Vidiyal Microfinance to extend its rural banking
services?
c) IDFC Bank 

27. Which Bank gained the majority stake of Karaikal Port Pvt. Ltd in 2016 due to default in loan
payments.
a) Indian Bank 

28. Which of the following banks has tied up with SIDBI for World Bank’s ‘Energy Efficiency Initiative’?
a) Yes Bank 

29. Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company of which country?


b) America

30. Which country launched world’s first-ever malaria vaccine?


d) Malawi
31. Which of the following organizations hold 100 percent stake in National Housing Bank (NHB) and
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)?
b) Central Government

32. IndusInd Bank is headquartered at


b) Mumbai

33. Bajrang Punia is associated with


a) Wrestling

34. Kina is the currency of 


a) Papua New Guinea

35. Which Bank launched ‘SMESuvidha’ scheme to provide loans to GST-registered MSMEs?


c) Corporation Bank

36. Who is the 25th Governor of Reserve Bank of India?


d) Shaktikanta Das

37. International Monetary Fund reduced its annual growth forecast for India to what percent for
financial year 2019-20?
b) 7.0%

38. Which public sector bank was penalised Rs 7 crore by the RBI for non-compliance of the Income
Recognition and Asset Classification norms?
b) State Bank of India

39. Who was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank?
c) Anshula Kant

40. Where are the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?


a) Mumbai

41. Atal Pension Scheme was launched for


a) Unorganised sector workers

42. The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Yojana aims to


c) Spread awareness of welfare for girl child and women

43. Liberalisation of the Indian economy began in


c) 1991 

44. What is the full form of FDI? 


b) Foreign Direct Investment 

45. GNP is represented as:


a) GDP + Net income from abroad

46. Which factors make India a mixed economy?


a) Public & Private sector 
47. Which term is not related to economics?
d) Discharge

48. Which organisation publishes the Economic Survey?


b) Ministry of Finance 

49. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana aims to provide


a) Employment to youth of rural area

50. Which of the following defines the National income?


a) Net National Product (NNP) at Factor Cost

51. Which of the following is a feature of the Indian economy?


c) Dependence on Agriculture

52. Which method gives an estimate of India’s Poverty Line?


a) Income method

53. Which sector contributes the most to the national income?


b) Service Sector 

54. Which scheme aims to improve the rural infrastructure of India?


d) PMGSY

55. Which activity comes under the Quaternary Sector?


c) Research and Development

56. The New Industrial Policy that emphasised on the use of LPG began in
a) 1991 

57. Which state is the leading producer of Manganese?


b) Madhya Pradesh

58. Micro Credit is associated with


a) Small Loans 

59. Which is not a Money Market Instrument? 


c) Shares and Bonds

60. Which term is not related to Banking and Finance?


a) Quintals

61. IFCI stands for 


a) Industrial Finance Corporation of India

62. What is the name of the Stock Market Index of London?


c) FTSE

63. ‘I’ in IRDA stands for


c) Insurance
64. Letter ‘P’ in ‘PAN’ stands for
a) Permanent

65. Reliance Jio partnered with which organization for ‘Digital Udaan’?


d) Facebook

66. Reserve Bank of India has stopped imposing additional charges on which service from July 1, 2019?
a) RTGS and NEFT

67. Government announced merger of how many banks into four PSBs in August 2019?
b) 10

68. Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?


a) Pramod Chander Mody

69. Which Public Sector Bank launched India’s first OTP facility for ATM withdrawals?
d) Canara Bank

70. Who is the founder of digital payments company Paytm?


c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

71. The Union Cabinet recently allowed 100% FDI in mining and contract manufacturing of 
d) Coal

72. Which country hosted the 45th G7 Summit?


a) France

73. Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium has been renamed after:


a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

74. Who is the CEO of Amazon?


c) Jeff Bezos

75. Which country honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the “Order of Zayed”?
b) UAE

76. Who is the MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?


d) Dilip Asbe

77. The currency of Japan is


a) Yen

78. 52nd ASEAN Summit was held in


b) Bangkok

79. Which International Bank has been allowed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for regular banking
services in India?
a) Bank of China

80. The Union Budget 2019 allocated how much amount to boost credit in Public Sector Banks?
d) Rs 70,000 crore

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