GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ FOR SBI PO

1. The Union Cabinet recently approved phasing out of which of the following 25-year- old bodies?

1) Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)

2) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)

3) National Housing Board (NHB)

4) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

5) None of these

2. __________ is the only Indian company (ranked seventh) to be named among the top 10 consumer financial services companies in the world on the Forbes Global List 2017.

1) HDFC Ltd

2) LIC HFL

3) Bajaj Finance

4) Reliance Capital

5) Tata Capital

3. The India’s longest river bridge – the Dhola-Sadiya – is constructed over which of the following rivers?

1) Ganga

2) Barak

3) Brahmaputra

4) Manas

5) Lohit

4. The headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP or ESCAP) is located in

1) Beijing, China

2) Tokyo, Japan

3) Bangkok, Thailand

4) Manila, Philippines

5) Hanoi, Vietnam

5. The World Thyroid Day is observed across the world on

1) 05 May

2) 15 May

3) 25 May

4) 27 May

5) 31 May

6. _________ has been appointed as the new secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

1) Kewal Kumar Sharma

2) Praveen Kumar

3) R Subrahmanyam

4) Anurag Tripathy

5) None of these

7. Which of the following international institutions will enjoy exemption from import duties under the upcoming goods and services tax (GST) regime?

1) International Monetary Fund

2) World Bank

3) UN

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3)

8. The Paytm Payments Banks is the latest to enter the payments bank space. It is offering what per cent interest on deposits in savings accounts with it?

1) 4 per cent

2) 5.5 per cent

3) 7.2 per cent

4) 6 per cent

5) 6.5 per cent

9. The govt has decided to increase fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 25 per quintal to _______for 2017-18 season beginning Oct.

1) Rs 225

2) Rs 235

3) Rs 255

4) Rs 275

5) Rs 295

10. Which of the following is NOT a popular crypto-currency in use worldwide as of now?

1) Ripple

2) Ethereum

3) Bitcoin

4) Litecoin

5) None of these

Answers:

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