GK QUIZ: For Bank Exams

Ques.1.  Expand the term IPAB.

1) Intellectual Property Application Board

2) Intellectual Property Authorisation Board

3) Intellectual Property Appellate Board 

4) International Property Appellate Board

5) None of these

Intellectual Property Appellate Board

Ques.2. Who won the 2013 German Grand Prix Formula One championships?     

1) Kimmi Raikkonen       2) Fernando Alonso

3) Sebastian Vettel        4) Lewis Hamilton

5) None of these

Sebastian Vettel

Ques.3. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), which is set to be launched into water soon and is slated to become operational by 2018, will be rechristened as

1) INS Vikrant   

2) INS Viraat

3) INS Vikramaditya      

4) INS Veer

5) None of these

INS Vikrant

Ques.4.  A UN report has revealed that despite widespread poverty in the country, India is on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by

1) 2014

2) 2015

3) 2018

4) 2020

5) None of these

2015

Ques.5. Which of the following nations is planning to launch satellites to monitor the world's oceans to counter piracy and monitor the movements of ships?

1) US    2) Japan

3) China            4) India

5) None of these

Japan

Ques.6.  The Union Rural Development Ministry approved Rs 4,130-cr for the construction of rural roads in which of the following states recently?

1) Uttarakhand  

2) Maharashtra

3) Bihar

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) None of these

Bihar

Ques.7. The Solapur thermal power project of NTPC is facing agitation from farmers seeking higher compensation for their land. This project is situated in

1) Maharashtra 

2) Karnataka

3) Gujarat         

4) Bihar

5) None of these

Maharashtra

Ques.8.  Which of the following countries is the world's biggest consumer of sugar?      

1) China            2) US

3) Indonesia      4) India

5) None of these

India

Ques.9.  The govt has decided to raise the import duty on sugar from 10 per cent to what per cent? The move is aimed at discouraging overseas buying amid a drop in local prices due to ample supplies.

1) 12 per cent    2) 13 per cent

3) 14 per cent    4) 15 per cent

5) None of these

15 Percent

Ques.10.  MS Raghavan has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following banks recently?

1) Bank of Baroda        

2) IDBI Bank

3) Canara Bank

4) Allahabad Bank

5) None of these

IDBI Bank

Ques.11.  According to figures compiled by ‘The Banker’ magazine, ICBC has become the biggest bank in the world in terms of balance sheet strength. This bank belongs to which of the following countries?

1) South Korea  2) China

3) Singapore     4) Brazil

5) None of these

China

Ques.12. At present, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandates banks to apply interest on deposits at      intervals.

1) daily                2) monthly

3) quarterly        4) yearly

5) None of these

Quarterly

Ques.13. The book titled ‘Shoes of the Dead’ is written by who among the following?     

1) Ravinder Singh          2) Kota Neelima

3) Khaled Hosseini        4) Amish Tripathi

5) None of these

Kota Neelima

Ques.14. The new UN Millennium Development Goals report for 2013 has revealed that the poverty rate in India declined from 49 per cent in 1994 to  ……………in 2010.

1) 25     2) 33

3) 35     4) 43

5) None of these

33

Ques.15.  As per the provisions of the new National Food Security Act, the pregnant women and lactating mothers will receive maternity benefit of

1) Rs 2000        2) Rs 4000

3) Rs 6000        4) Rs 8000

5) None of these

Rs. 6000