GK Quiz: General Awareness

Ques.1. The KM Chandrasekhar Committee is associated with which of the following?

1) Standardising and unifying the rules regarding foreign investments into the capital markets     

2) Standardising and unifying the rules regarding domestic investments into the capital markets  

3) Standardising and unifying the rules regarding Indian investments into the foreign capital markets

4) Standardising and unifying the rules regarding fund collection by chit fund companies from public

5) None of these

Standardising and unifying the rules regarding foreign investments into the capital markets

Ques.2. The govt has launched a placement linked skill development scheme, Roshini, targeting 50,000 rural men and women in 24…………………. districts of the country.

1) Draught-hit

2) Naxal-hit

3) Most backward

4) Tribal

5) None of these

Naxal-hit

Ques.3. Which of the following organisations release annual “Doing Business” report that ranks 185 countries by aggregating 10 different indicators?

1) IMF  

2) World Bank

3) The US Federal Reserve

4) ADB

5) None of these

World Bank

Ques.4.  Which of the following days is observed as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking?

1) Jun 21           2) Jun 23

3) Jun 24           4) Jun 26

5) None of these

June 26

Ques.5. Expand the term NSDL as used in financial parlance.    

1) National Super Depository Limited

2) National Securities Depository Limited

3) National Securities Depot Limited 

4) National Shares Depository Limited

5) None of these

National Securities Depository Limited

Ques.6. What do you mean by ‘white ATMs’?     

1) ATMs owned by banks         

2) ATMs owned by non-bank agencies

3) ATMs owned by foreign banks

4) ATMs installed inside a business establishment

5) None of these

Atm owned by non banking agencies

Ques.7. Consider the following statements with respect to Pir Panjal rail tunnel inaugurated recently and identify the correct statement(s):

1) The 11-km long tunnel connects the Bichelri valley in Jammu with Qazikund in Kashmir.

2) This tunnel runs 2.5 km below the Jawahar tunnel.

3) Built at a cost of Rs 800-crore, it is the longest rail tunnel in India.

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3)

All of above

Ques.8. The RBI will not entertain any claim in respect of a note, which is alleged to have

1) stolen

2) lost

3) wholly destroyed

4) All the above

5) None of these

All of above

Ques.9. Which of the following states/UTs has been ranked on top in the recent financial inclusion index released by the rating and analysis agency CRISIL?

1) Gujarat

2) Kerala

3) Chandigarh

4) Puducherry

5) None of these

Puducherry

Ques.10. Which of the following instruments cannot be endorsed?         

1) A bank draft 

2) A promissory note

3) A fixed deposit receipt

4) A cheque

5) None of these

A fixed deposit receipt