GA Revision for IBPS Clerk Mains and Other Exams – 694

GA Revision Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains and Other exams.

1. Where is College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) situated?
   A) Pune
   B) Hyderabad
   C) Mumbai
   D) Bengaluru
   E) Kolkata
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:
   College of Agricultural Banking is an ISO 9001: 2008 Certified Training Institute of Reserve Bank of India.
   In keeping up with its developmental mandate seldom seen in the Central Banking circle across the globe, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established the Co-operative Bankers Training College (CBTC) at Pune on September 29, 1969 to train the higher level personnel of State, Central and Urban Co-operative Banks.
   
2. Where is the HQ ofSBI?
   A)Chennai
   B)Lucknow
   C)Mumbai
   D)New Delhi
   E)Kolkata
   
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   Option C
   

3. Which bank to launch OTP-based cash withdrawal at all its ATMs from January 1, 2020 onwards?
   A)Canara Bank
   B)Bank of India
   C)IDBI Bank
   D)SBI
   E)Union Bank of India
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:
   The State Bank of India (SBI) will switch to a one-time password (OTP) based cash withdrawal system at all its ATMs from January 1, 2020, onwards.
   
4. Leander Paes recently announced his retirement from which sports?
   A)Basketball
   B)Tennis
   C)Cricket
   D)Football
   E)Chess
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:
   Indian tennis legend Leander Paes announced his retirement stating that the year 2020 will be his last as a professional player. Paes, whose international career would have spanned 30 years in 2020, said that he will play a ‘few select tournaments’ in 2020 as he plans to bring down curtains on a decorated career.
   
5. Which Institute has launched country’s ‘first indigenously’ designed standing wheelchair- ‘Arise’ for assisting the specially-abled person in day to day activities?
   A)IIT Kanpur
   B)IIT Delhi
   C)IIT Madras
   D)IISc Bengaluru
   E) IIT Roorkee
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:
   In a laudable initiative, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has launched country’s ‘first indigenously’ designed standing wheelchair- ‘Arise’ for assisting the specially-abled person in day to day activities.
   
6. In which country, Mathadhis building for Shree Budhanilkantha Narayan Temple was inaugurated?
   A)Nepal
   B)Myanmar
   C)Bhutan
   D)Thailand
   E)Bangladesh
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:
   Ambassador of India to Nepal, Manjeev Singh Puri inaugurated Mathadhis building for Shree Budhanilkantha Narayan Temple at Budhanilkantha Municipality.
   
7. Which Indian cricketer has been named among Wisden cricketers of the decade?
   A)Jasprit Bumrah
   B)KL Rahul
   C)Rohit Sharma
   D)Virat Kohli
   E)Yuvraj Singh
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:
   India skipper Virat Kohli and Australian batsman Steve Smith are among the five players who are named in the Wisden cricketers of the decade on Wednesday.
   
8. Recently Abdelaziz Djerrad was appointed as PM of which country?
   A)South Sudan
   B)Uruguay
   C)Ukraine
   D)Algeria
   E)Belgium
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:
   Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed Abdelaziz Djerrad as the country’s new Prime Minister. Djerrad replaces current interim PM Sabri Boukadoum and has been tasked by the President with forming a new Cabinet
   
9. Which state government launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Aawas Yojana’ for the residents of Jhuggi Jhopri (JJ) clusters?
   A)Delhi
   B)Maharashtra
   C)Jharkhand
   D)Bihar
   E)Haryana
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:
   Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Aawas Yojana’ for the residents of Jhuggi Jhopri (JJ) clusters and said the AAP government would provide a pucca house to every citizen of Delhi.
   
10. Who will be the recipient of CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award?
    A)Krishnamachari Srikkanth
    B)Anjum Chopra
    C)VVS Laxman
    D)Saurav Ganguly
    E)Sachin Tendulkar
    
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    Former India captain and member of the 1983 World Cup – winning team Krishnamachari Srikkanth will be the recipient of this year’s prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Award given by the BCCI.
    
11. How much amount of loan will be given by Asian Development Bank for Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor power links?
    A)$451 million
    B)$234 million
    C)$457 million
    D)$786 million
    E) $750 million
    
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    The Asian Development Bank will provide a $451 million (about Rs 3,200 crore) loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
    
12. Recently Tropical Cyclone Sarai hitted which country?
    A)Ukraine
    B)Fiji
    C)Uruguay
    D)Zimbabwe
    E)Taiwan
    
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    Option B
    Explanation:
    Tropical Cyclone Sarai lashed the Pacific island nation Fiji with heavy rain and destructive winds. Packing wind gusts up to 140km/h, Sarai has brought down trees and cut power supplies while stranding thousands of holidaymakers as flights to and from Fiji were either cancelled or rescheduled.
    
13. Recently Leo Varadkar visited India.He is the current PM of which country?
    A)Zimbabwe
    B)Ukraine
    C)Iceland
    D)Ireland
    E)Thailand
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    Indian-origin Prime Minister of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, is on a visit to India. Here he visited his ancestral village in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district.
    
14. India set to cross which mark of renewable energy capacity mark in 2020?
    A)300 Gw
    B)200 Gw
    C)150 Gw
    D)100 Gw
    E) 180 Gw
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    India is set to cross the 100-Gw renewable energy capacity mark in 2020 and can make rapid strides towards the ambitious 175 Gw clean energy target by 2022 provided the government keeps a close eye on key issues and deals with those well in time.
    
15. Recently UIDAI recorded how much successful Aadhaar updates–biometric and demographic—until 27th December, 2019?
    A)450 cr
    B)325 cr
    C)300 cr
    D)331 cr
    E) 315 cr
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    In just about a decade of its implementation in 2010, registrations under the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) Aadhaar project have crossed the 125-crore mark and these many residents of India now have a 12-digit unique identification number.
    
16. The 2019 Women’s World Rapid Championship held in which city?
    A)Tokyo
    B)Moscow
    C)New Delhi
    D)Beijing
    E)Colombo
    
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    Option B
    Explanation:
    Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy has become the 2019 Women’s World Rapid Champion. She defeated China’s Lei Tingjie in a dramatic final in Moscow, Russia.
    
17. Recently announcement by PM Modi,ISRO to launch which satellite to study Sun?
    A)Astra
    B)Surya
    C)Samarth
    D)Aditya
    E)Vayu
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his last ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme of this year said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a satellite called Aditya to study the sun.
    
18. Hemant Soren recently took oath as CM of which state?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Bihar
    C)Himachal Pradesh
    D)Jharkhand
    E)Jharkhand
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren took oath as the eleventh Chief Minister of Jharkhand at a mega event in Ranchi. This is the second time that Mr Soren is being sworn in as the chief minister.
    
19. The strategically important Rabung bridge was inaugurated in which state?
    A)Arunachal Pradesh
    B)Nagaland
    C)Assam
    D)Sikkim
    E)Tripura
    
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    The strategically important Rabung bridge on the Migging-Tuting road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district was inaugurated by state Health and Family Welfare minister Alo Libang.
    
20. Recently Shadab Jakati announced his retirement from which sports?
    A)Baseball
    B)Tennis
    C)Football
    D)Cricket
    E)Golf
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    Goa spinner Shadab Jakati, who also played in the cash-rich Indian Premier League, retired from all forms of cricket. Jakati made his first-class debut in the 1998/99 season and played his last first-class game against Punjab in October 2017.