General Awareness Quiz for SBI PO

1. What is the currency of New Zealand?

1) Euro

2) Dollar

3) Pound

4) Rand

5) Peso

2. Who among the following in India is empowered to prorogue (discontinue a session without dissolving it) a session of the Parliament?

1) President

2) Prime Minister

3) Lok Sabha Speaker

4) Vice President

5) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

3. The Department of Post has allotted a new pin code to the Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the Income Tax department in Bengaluru. What is the new pin code?

1) 560100

2) 560200

3) 560500

4) 560560

5) 560600

4. The 126th birth anniversary of who among the following was observed recently (14 Apr) across the country?

1) Bhagat Singh

2) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

3) Chandra Shekhar Azad

4) Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

5) Syama Prasad Mukherjee

5. The RBI’s revised PCA framework to cut risk for banks with weak balance sheets will be effective from Apr 1, 2017. Here, the term PCA stands for

1) Prior Corrective Action

2) Preferred Corrective Action

3) Preemptive Corrective Action

4) Prompt Corrective Action

5) None of these

6. What is India’s ranking on the KPMG International’s global “Through the looking glass” report, a global transparency index on healthcare systems?

1) 6th

2) 9th

3) 15th

4) 22nd

5) 31st

7. The Union Ministry of Agriculture has selected which state for the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for commendable increase in food grains production?

1) Haryana

2) Punjab

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Bihar

8. Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as whole time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) recently. The present chairman of IBBI is

1) Devender Kumar Sikri

2) US Paliwal

3) Chandan Sinha

4) NS Vishwanathan

5) Madhusudan Sahoo

9. Which of the following state govts has announced the launch of “Durga Vahini” – police squads that would aim to stop harassment of women on public spaces?

1) Punjab

2) Haryana

3) Jharkhand

4) Gujarat

5) Rajasthan

10. The police department of which state has initiated ‘Tare Zameen Par’ program to encourage children in naxal-affected areas to lead happy lives?

1) Odisha

2) West Bengal

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Jharkhand

Answers:

1. 2
2. 1
3. 3
4. 2
5. 4
6. 5
7. 3
8. 5
9. 2
10. 5