General Awareness for IBPS PO Main


1. Which of the following private sector lenders has acquired BSS Microfinance in an all-cash deal for Rs 139.2 cr?
1) Federal Bank
2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) IDFC Bank

2. The High Court in which of the following states recently decided to set aside the state govt’s anti-liquor law terming it illegal?
1) Kerala
2) Gujarat
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan
5) Nagaland

3. The Union Govt appointed R Subramania Kumar as Executive Director (ED) of state-owned Indian Overseas Bank. The Indian Overseas Bank is headquartered in
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Kochi
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai

4. The 2016 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meet was held recently in
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Jaipur
4) Kochi
5) Panaji

5. Syed Shamsul Haq passed away recently. The noted short-story writer, novelist, playwright and a very popular poet was from
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Indonesia
4) Malaysia
5) Iran

6. Annu Rani is associated with which of the following sports? She broke her own national record recently.
1) Javelin throw
2) Archery
3) Shooting
4) Boxing
5) Weightlifting

7. The world’s first child with genes from three people was born to a couple in which of the following countries recently?
1) UK
2) Switzerland
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) Mexico

8. Prof Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured with the 29th Moortidevi Award 2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam. He is an eminent author of
1) Tamil
2) Assamese
3) Bengali
4) Malayalam
5) Telugu

9. Who among the following has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
1) Hormusji N Cama
2) Bodhisatva Ganguli
3) Riyadh Mathew
4) Jaideep Bose
5) Sanjoy Narayan

10. The International Translation Day is observed every year on
1) 16 Sep
2) 21 Sep
3) 29 Sep
4) 30 Sep
5) 01 Oct

Answers--------
  • 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
  • 3) Bihar
  • 4) Chennai
  • 1) New Delhi
  • 2) Bangladesh
  • 1) Javelin throw
  • 5) Mexico
  • 5) Telugu
  • 3) Riyadh Mathew
  • 4) 30 Sep

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