General Awareness quiz for SBI PO

1. The Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the state govt of which state recently signed an MoU for the development of the Deoghar Airport in Deoghar district?

1) Bihar

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Uttarakhand

4) Jharkhand

5) Chhattisgarh

2. During 2016-17 India became a net importer of electricity. India exports electricity to

1) Nepal

2) Bangladesh

3) Myanmar

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3)

3. Which bank has launched a unique credit card ‘Unnati’ for which any customer with a balance of at least Rs 25,000 in his/her savings account with the bank would be eligible?

1) HDFC Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) SBI

5) Bank of Baroda

4. The banks in India are pushing PoS installations to boost digital transactions. Here, the term PoS stands for

1) Point-of-Sale

2) Point-of-Source

3) Point-of-Satisfaction

4) Point-of-Security

5) None of these

5. The Insurance Regulatory and Development authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 20 lakh on ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company on various charges. The IRDAI is headquartered at

1) Mumbai

2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad

4) Bengaluru

5) New Delhi

6. The state-run power producer NTPC recently commissioned 55 Mega Watt (MW) of Bhadla Solar Power Project in

1) Gujarat

2) Rajasthan

3) Karnataka

4) Tamil Nadu

5) Haryana

7. The United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres has appointed David Beasley to head the World Food Programme (WFP) which is headquartered at

1) New York

2) London

3) Paris

4) Geneva

5) Rome

8. ____________ has been inducted into the international advisory board of global think-tank the Atlantic Council.

1) Sunil Mittal

2) Ratan Tata

3) Gautam Adani

4) Anil Ambani

5) KM Birla

9. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) recently confirmed Kalinga Stadium as the host of the Men’s Hockey World League Final in Dec 2017. The stadium is situated in

1) Patna

2) Lucknow

3) Bhubaneswar

4) Bhopal

5) Chandigarh

10. India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin received Garfield Sobers Trophy for being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. Who among the following Indian cricketers has/have also won the trophy?

1) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Rahul Dravid

3) Virat Kohli

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

Answers –

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