GA Revision for Upcoming Exams Set 8

GA Revision Questions for upcoming SBI PO Main 2017, BoB PGCBF, NIACL Assistant Main, Dena Bank PO PGDBF and other upcoming exams

1. Recently President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades was on visit to India. How many agreements did India and Cyprus sign on his visit?
   A) 2
   B) 3
   C) 4
   D) 5
   E) 6
   
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   Option C
   Some Extra:
   4 Agreements. [air services, cooperation in merchant shipping, Agriculture and Culture Education]
2. IIT Kharagpur has signed an agreement with which technology giant to make computers understand Bengali Language?
   A) Microsoft
   B) TCS
   C) HCL
   D) Google
   E) Facebook
   
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   Option D
3. Which bank has become the first Indian bank to tie up with Earthport Plc to enable faster outbound cross-border payments?
   A) Axis Bank
   B) Yes Bank
   C) HDFC Bank
   D) ICICI Bank
   E) State Bank of India
   
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   Option A
4. Which bank has signed an MoU with Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to operationalise the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)?
   A) State Bank of India
   B) Yes Bank
   C) UCO bank
   D) Canara Bank
   E) Punjab National Bank
   
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   Option D
   Some Extra:
   HEFA – authorised capital Rs. 2,000 crore
5. Who is the CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE)?
   A) Arun M Kumar
   B) Vikram Limaye
   C) Hemant Bhargava
   D) Ajay Tyagi
   E) Sandeep Jajodia
   
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   Option B
   
6. Who has won the US India Business Council (USIBC) award?
   A) Chanda Kochhar
   B) Dr. Arvind Sinha
   C) Hari Sankar Rout
   D) A.V. Narasimha Murthi
   E) N Chandrababu Naidu
   
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   Option E
7. What amount of money has the central government approved to treat Cataract Patients?
   A) Rs 515 crore
   B) Rs 745 crore
   C) Rs 756 crore
   D) Rs 576 crore
   E) Rs 786 crore
   
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   Option C
8. Who is the author of novel “The Underground Railroad”?
   A) Mike McCormeck
   B) Ruskin Bond
   C) Colson Whitehead
   D) Stuart Blackburn
   E) Michael Western
   
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   Option C
   Some Extra:
   He won 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for the novel.
9. Who has won the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Award by Japan?
   A) Rahul Bajaj
   B) Mahabaleshwar Sail
   C) Anshumali Shrivastava
   D) Ashwani Kumar
   E) Raghu Rai
   
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   Option D
10. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017/
    A) Shahid Afridid
    B) Rahul Dravid
    C) Saurav Ganguly
    D) Sachin Tendulakr
    E) V.V.S Laxman
    
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    Option D
11. National Children’s Film Festival organized by CFSI was hosted by which state?
    A) Telangana
    B) Andhra Pradesh
    C) Maharashtra
    D) Karnataka
    E) Kerala
    
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    Option B
    Some Extra:
    Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
12. RBI will reduce the settlement time of NEFT from hourly batches to half hourly batches effective from which date?
    A) June 1, 2017
    B) July 1, 2017
    C) June 10, 2017
    D) July 10, 2017
    E) May 31, 2017
    
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    Option D
    Some Extra:
    • RBI will introduce additional 11 settlements at half-hour intervals will be introduced with effect from July 10, 2017 in NEFT taking total number of half hourly settlement batches during the day to 23.
13. Which of the following will provide payment processing solutions to Airtel Payments Bank?
    A) VISA
    B) Citigroup
    C) UnionPay
    D) Mastercard
    E) Vertizon
    
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    Option D
14. Who has won the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 award?
    A) Cristiano Ronaldo
    B) N’Golo Kante
    C) Lionel Messi
    D) Zlatan Ibrahimović
    E) Neymar
    
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    Option A
15. Where is the headquarters of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) located?
    A) Geneva, Switzerland
    B) Athens, Greece
    C) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    D) Lausanne, Switzerland
    E) Paris, France
    
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    Option E
16. Gannavaram airport is located in which state?
    A) Telangana
    B) Andhra Pradesh
    C) Odisa
    D) Kerala
    E) Tamil Nadu
    
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    Option B
    Some Extra:
    To be renamed “NTR Amaravati International Airport”)
17. Yuki Bhambri is related to which sports?
    A) Tennis
    B) Shooting
    C) Cricket
    D) Hockey
    E) Badminton
    
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    Option A
    
18. In which year Rs 5,000 note was demonetized in India?
    A) 1946
    B) 1972
    C) 1978
    D) 1968
    E) 1962
    
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    Option C
    Some Extra:
    1978- Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000
    1946- Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000
19. What is the present Interest rate on Kisan Vikas Patra?
    A) 7.7%
    B) 7.6%
    C) 7.5%
    D) 8.0%
    E) 7.9%
    
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    Option B
    Some Extra:
    7.6%; Maturity : 113 months(amount becomes double)
20. What is the full form of IIN (Issued by NPCI)?
    A) Initial Identification Number
    B) Identification Index Number
    C) International Identification Number
    D) Institution Identification Number
    E) Initial Index Number
    
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    Option D
    Some Extra:
    This number identifies the bank to which the customer has mapped his/her Aadhaar number. Each bank would be issued a unique Institution Identification Number (IIN) NPCI.