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1 Class Test General Awareness-80 Name: Roll No.: 1. What does letter U denotes in the term MUDRA? 1) Units 2) Urban 3) Ultra 4) Unorganised 5) Undertaking 2. The RBI has imposed penalties of Rs 2 cr each on Allahabad Bank and UCO Bank for violation of the Banking Regulation Act. Both the banks are headquartered at 1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 5) Lucknow 3. The International Tiger Day or Global Tiger Day is celebrated annually on 1) 15 Jul 2) 18 Jul 3) 28 Jul 4) 29 Jul 5) 30 Jul 4. Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, was a social activist and an eminent 1) singer 2) dancer 3) author 4) filmmaker 5) None of these 5. The Union Cabinet has approved raising the foreign shareholding limit in Indian stock exchanges to 1) 05 per cent 2) 10 per cent 3) 15 per cent 4) 20 per cent 5) 25 per cent 6. India has inked a $1.1-bn deal for procuring four long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, Poseidon-8I, from 1) Russia 2) Israel 3) Sweden 4) France 5) US 7. The Union Cabinet has approved Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between India and Cambodia to boost trade and business. The currency of Cambodia is 1) Cambodian riel 2) Cambodian krona 3) Cambodian ringgit 4) Cambodian pound 5) Cambodian dollar 8. The football club East Bengal has announced that this year s Bharat Gaurav award (Pride of India) will be conferred on 1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Mary Kom 3) Sania Mirza 4) Milkha Singh 5) Baichung Bhutia 9. The World Hepatitis Day is observed on 1) 15 Jul 2) 18 Jul 3) 28 Jul 4) 29 Jul 5) 30 Jul 10. The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of a new AIIMS at which of the following places under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)? 1) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 2) Bhatinda, Punjab 3) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 4) Imphal, Manipur 5) Agartala, Tripura 11. The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has raised $1 bn via a 10-year bond. The present Chairman and Managing Director of the bank is 1) Yaduvendra Mathur 2) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 3) J Hari Narayan 4) TS Vijayan 5) Upendra Kumar Sinha 12. Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale was recently sworn in as the new Chief Justice of 1) Madras High Court 2) Patna High Court 3) Gauhati High Court 4) Allahabad High Court 5) Delhi High Court 13. Which of the following states has proposed to enforce no helmet, no petrol rule in the state? 1) Karnataka 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra 4) Kerala 5) Tamil Nadu 14. The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed across the world on 1) 15 Jul 2) 18 Jul 3) 28 Jul 4) 30 Jul 5) 31 Jul 15. What is the full form of the term CAGR as used in banking/finance? 1) Consolidated Annual Growth Rate 2) Compound Annual Growth Rate 3) Corrected Annual Growth Rate 4) Corresponding Annual Growth Rate 5) None of these Javed R. Siddiquee (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-80) / 1

2 16. The central govt has decided to organise a Make in India conference in which of the following cities in Dec 2016? 1) Patna 2) Lucknow 3) Bengaluru 4) Chennai 5) Bhubaneswar 17. The newly released book titled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been authored by 1) John Tiffany 2) Jack Thorne 3) JK Rowling 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 2) 18. Yuriko Koike was recently elected as the first woman governor of the Japanese prefecture 1) Osaka 2) Hiroshima 3) Kyoto 4) Tokyo 5) Nagoya 19. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairperson? 1) AK Jain 2) Atulesh Jindal 3) Rani Singh Nair 4) Najib Shah 5) Hasmukh Adhia 20. The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) has conferred its Lifetime Achievement Award on 1) Sam Balsara 2) Piyush Pandey 3) Srinivasan K Swamy 4) Prasoon Joshi 5) None of these 21. Who among the following won the 2016 Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto? 1) Kei Nishikori 2) Novak Djokovic 3) Rafael Nadal 4) Andy Murray 5) Roger Federer 22. Narsingh Yadav, who was cleared of all charges by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), is an Indian 1) boxer 2) weightlifter 3) wrestler 4) archer 5) shot putter 23. The NTPC recently commissioned a 50 MW capacity solar photovoltaic power project of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I at Anantapuramu in 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Karnataka 4) Kerala 5) Maharashtra 24. Which of the following teams won the fourth edition of STAR Sports-ProKabaddi League? 1) Jaipur Pink Panthers 2) Telugu Titans 3) Patna Pirates 4) Puneri Paltan 5) Bengaluru Bulls 25. The 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One was won by 1) Daniel Ricciardo 2) Fernando Alonso 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Nico Rosberg 5) Lewis Hamilton 26. The Mohun Bagan FC recently conferred club s highest decoration Mohun Bagan Ratna (jewel) on Indian Footballer 1) Robin Singh 2) Sunil Chhetri 3) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 4) Jeje Lalpekhlua 5) Syed Nayeemuddin 27. Which state has been selected for the All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015? 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Odisha 4) West Bengal 5) Punjab 28. Which country will host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup scheduled to be held in Oct 2016? 1) Canada 2) Australia 3) UK 4) India 5) US 29. The Union Railway Ministry recently flagged off the maiden broad gage train service from Agartala (Tripura) to Delhi. The train is named 1) Tripura Samridhhi Express 2) Tripura Sampark Express 3) Tripura Sutra Express 4) Tripura Sundari Express 5) None of these 30. The Union Govt has constituted a committee for effective development and coordination of Central Govt s programme. It will be known as 1) DISHA 2) MONITOR 3) DRISHTI 4) ATAL 5) NIGAH 31. The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to establish the NIT in which state as an institute of national importance? 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Gujarat 4) Tamil Nadu 5) West Bengal 32. Who among the following won the 2016 Rogers Cup title in the women s single category? 1) Madison Keys 2) Serena Williams 3) Agnieszka Radwanska 4) Simona Halep 5) Angelique Kerber 33. What is the full form of the term CBDT as used in banking and finance? 1) Central Board to Decide Taxes 2) Central Board of Direct Taxes 3) Central Board to Derive Taxes 4) Central Board of Discreet Taxes 5) None of these 2 / Javed R. Siddiquee (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-80)

3 34. The Andhra Pradesh govt has signed an MoU with which country to develop a food value chain in the state? 1) Mauritius 2) UK 3) Japan 4) US 5) South Korea 35. The severe tropical typhoon Nida made landfall in which of the following countries recently? 1) Cambodia 2) North Korea 3) China 4) Pakistan 5) Iran 36. Global software major Oracle India recently announced corporate citizenship collaboration with which of the following banks? 1) SBI 2) PNB 3) HDFC Bank 4) Axis Bank 5) ICICI Bank 37. The Ministry of MSME recently launched a performance and credit rating scheme. What does the first M denote in the term MSME? 1) Micro 2) Medium 3) Medical 4) Manufacturing 5) Milk 38. Which of the following countries will host the 7th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC)? 1) China 2) Brazil 3) Russia 4) US 5) India 39. Translator and artist Anita Gopalan was recently awarded with the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for her English translation of Hindi novel Simsim by 1) BG Verghese 2) NN Vohra 3) Sunil Khilnani 4) Ashwin Sanghi 5) Geet Chaturvedi 40. The Supreme Court recently held that former are not entitled for govt accommodation for lifetime. 1) Governors 2) Presidents 3) Prime Ministers 4) Union Ministers 5) Chief Ministers 41. Air Marshal S Neelakantan recently assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of 1) Southern Air Command 2) Northern Air Command 3) Eastern Air Command 4) Western Air Command 5) None of these 42. has been appointed as Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 1) Sanjay Kumar Srivastava 2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha 3) Swashpawan Singh 4) Bhaskar Khulbe 5) Omita Paul 43. will host its annual India Economic Summit on Oct 6-7 in New Delhi under the theme Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation. 1) World Economic Forum 2) World Bank 3) IMF 4) ADB 5) WTO 44. Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to approve sewage and wastewater policy? 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra 4) Sikkim 5) Rajasthan 45. The Parliament has approved the establishment of six new IITs across the country. Which of the following is NOT one of them? 1) Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) 2) Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) 3) Dharwad (Karnataka) 4) Palakkad (Kerala) 5) None of these 46. Which of the following banks recently introduced Privilege Home Loan for govt employees and Shaurya Home Loan for Defence Personnel with pensionable service? 1) PNB 2) SBI 3) HDFC Bank 4) ICICI Bank 5) Axis Bank 47. Which insurance firm and Alibaba group have agreed to engage in a global strategic partnership to explore opportunities to distribute insurance products and services? 1) Metlife 2) Aviva 3) AXA 4) LIC of India 5) Max Life 48. The BHEL recently commissioned the second 500 MW thermal unit at Marwa Thermal Power Station in Janjgir-Champa district of 1) Jharkhand 2) West Bengal 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Odisha 5) Maharashtra 49. Who among the following has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal? 1) Sher Bahadur Deuba 2) Madhav Kumar Nepal 3) Khadga Prasad Oli 4) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 5) Baburam Bhattarai Javed R. Siddiquee (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-80) / 3

4 50. Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American Ahmed Zewail passed away recently. He was a renowned 1) Physicist 2) Biologist 3) Chemist 4) Economist 5) Literate 51. The SAARC Home Ministers meet was held recently in 1) Islamabad 2) Dhaka 3) Colombo 4) Kabul 5) Thimphu 52. The Union Cabinet has approved the transfer of 12 acres of National Textile Corporation, Indu-6 Mill land for the construction of a memorial of BR Ambedkar to the govt of 1) Gujarat 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Rajasthan 53. The govt recently approved the signing of new Air Services Agreement between India and Lao People s Democratic Republic. The capital city of Lao PDR is 1) Vientiane 2) Nassau 3) Yerevan 4) Luanda 5) Tirana 54. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan recently launched Sachet- a web portal to curb illegal 1) sale of insurance policies 2) sale of fixed deposits 3) collection of personal loans 4) sale of housing loans 5) collection of deposits 55. The committee set by the RBI to look at the various facets of household finance in India will be chaired by 1) US Paliwal 2) DK Mohanty 3) NS Vishwanathan 4) Tarun Ramadorai 5) Urjit R Patel 56. The govt has approved an investment of Rs 4,404 cr for development in urban areas in 8 States and UTs under AMRUT scheme. What does letter T denote in the term AMRUT? 1) Transition 2) Transport 3) Transformation 4) Tourism 5) Technology 57. Who among the following has authored the book titled Grassroots Innovation? 1) Jairam Ramesh 2) Anil K Gupta 3) Rana Ayyub 4) Perumal Murugan 5) Akhil Sharma 58. Who among the following has been chosen for the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award? 1) Ila Arun 2) Sukhwinder Singh 3) Shubha Mudgal 4) Kailash Kher 5) Uma Mohan 59. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to add which of the following sports in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? 1) Baseball-Softball 2) Surfing 3) Climbing Sports 4) Skateboard 5) All the above 60. Who among the following was elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently? She became the first Indian woman to join the prestigious sports body. 1) Chanda Kochhar 2) PT Usha 3) Anju Bobby George 4) Tina Ambani 5) Nita Ambani 61. What was India s medal tally at the London 2012 Summer Olympics? 1) six 2) five 3) four 4) three 5) eight 62. The govt has set an inflation target of what per cent for the next five years? 1) 2 per cent 2) 2.5 per cent 3) 3 per cent 4) 4 per cent 5) 5 per cent 63. Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima recently on 1) 2 Aug 2) 3 Aug 3) 4 Aug 4) 5 Aug 5) 6 Aug 64. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has announced a cash award of for the gold medal winning athlete in the Rio Olympics. 1) Rs 10 lakh 2) Rs 20 lakh 3) Rs 25 lakh 4) Rs 30 lakh 5) Rs 50 lakh 65. How many countries are participating in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics? 1) 206 2) 201 3) 188 4) 182 5) Mahim Bora passed away recently. He was a Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi winner and a noted litterateur of 1) Bengali 2) Assamese 3) Telugu 4) Tamil 5) Malayalam 67. The former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai recently stepped down from the board of which of the following banks? 1) IDFC Bank 2) Bandhan Bank 3) Federal Bank 4) Kotak Mahindra Bank 5) YES Bank 4 / Javed R. Siddiquee (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-80)

5 68. The public sector bank, Corporation Bank, recently launched group credit life insurance scheme of LIC of India. The bank is headquartered in 1) Kochi 2) Bengaluru 3) Chennai 4) Mangalore 5) Hyderabad 69. The first two-day meet under the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for Northeast India was held recently in 1) Agartala 2) Itanagar 3) Aizawl 4) Imphal 5) Guwahati 70. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Gujarat? 1) Ramanlal Vora 2) Saurabh Patel 3) Vijay Rupani 4) Nitin Patel 5) Amit Shah Answers (GA-80) A complete book on Banking and Financial Awareness for BANK PO/CLERK exams A PRIMER on BANKING & FINANCE by Javed R Siddiquee Javed R. Siddiquee (HO.: C-37, Ganesh Nagar, Delhi) (GA-80) / 5 Price: `230

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