GK Quiz: General Awareness for bank PO Examinations

Ques.1.  Which of the following committees was appointed to look into the integration and harmonization of wage, salary, etc of employees of erstwhile companies, Air India and Indian Airlines?

1) Dharmadhikari Committee

2) Kirit Parikh Committee

3) Varadharajan Committee

4) Ram Mohan Committee

5) None of these

Dharmadhikari Committee

Ques.2. Which of the following in not included in the eight core sector industries in India?

1) Crude oil

2) Automobiles

3) Cement

4) Steel

5) Fertilizers

Automobiles

Ques.3. Which of the following pairs of ratios/rates is NOT correctly matched?   

1) CRR – 4 per cent

2) Repo rate – 7.25 per cent

3) SLR – 24 per cent

4) Bank rate – 10.25 per cent

5) None of these

SLR - 24 percent Note: Now it is 24.5 percent

Ques.4. The Air India had constituted Dholakia Committee for which of the following purposes? The recommendations of the committee have been sent for the immediate implementation.

1) Increasing competitiveness

2) Restructuring domestic and international fares

3) Cost cutting

4) Ceasing domestic operations

5) None of these

Cost cutting

Ques.5. The govt has approved Planning Commission's proposal to merge the 147 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and bring it down to ……………across various sectors for effective implementation and monitoring of the 12th Five Year Plan.

1) 90

2) 80

3) 66

4) 50

5) None of these

66

Ques.6. Divij Sharan and Purav Raja are associated with which of the following games?  

1) Badminton    2) Tennis

3) Squash         4) Billiards

5) None of these

Tennis

Ques.7.  Which of the following terms is directly associated with the functioning of the RBI?

1) Initial Public Issue

2) Education Loans

3) Loan Against Property

4) Open Market Operations

5) None of these

Open market operations

Ques.8. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has approved the inclusion of East Rennell in the list of endangered sites. This largest raised coral atoll in the world is situated in which of the following countries?

1) Greenland

2) Iceland

3) Finland

4) Solomon Islands

5) None of these

Solomon Islands

Ques.9.  Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the recommendations made by a govt panel headed by economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram regarding raising foreign investment limits in various sectors?

1) The FDI ceiling in the defence sector be raised to 49 percent under the government approval route.

2) The FDI limit in multi-brand retail be raised to 74 percent under the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).

3) The FDI limit in telecom sector be raised to 100 percent under the FIPB route and retaining of 49 percent FDI under automatic route.

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3)

All of above

Ques. 10. Who among the following has been elected as the 12th President of Pakistan?

1) Nawaz Sharif

2) Mamnoon Hussain

3)Raza Rabbani

4)Sikander Mirza

5) None of these

Mamnoon Hussain

Ques.11. “Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan’’ is planned to be completed by which of the following years?

1) 2015

2) 2020

3) 2022

4) 2025

5) None of these

2022

Ques. 12. On which of the following dates “Global Tiger Day” is observed?

1) July 28

2) July 27

3) July 29

4) July 30

5) July 26

July 29

Ques.13. Which of the followings have developed India’s first Hydrogen- Powered Fuel Cell bus?

1) ISRO and Tata Motors

2) Tata Motors and Ford

3) ISRO and HAL

4) HAL and Tata Motors

5) None of these

ISRO and TATA Motors

Ques.14. In which of the following Northeast states, India’s longest railcum- road bridge is being coming up?

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Tripura

3) Manipur

4) Assam

5) None of these

Assam

Ques.15. The 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award for promotion of communal harmony and peace has been conferred on___?

1) Amjad Ali Khan

2) A P J Kalam

3) Irom Sharmila

4) Veerendra Hegde

5) None of these

Amjad Ali Khan