2016-03-22

Current General Awareness Questions for NDA,SSC-CGL,IBPS,RRB,CSAT,MPPSC Exams

1. Chairman of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is ……

RBI governor

Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance

Union Finance Minister

Finance Secretary

President of India

2. Central Bank of China is awaiting RBl’s reply on its application for license to open its first branch in India in Mumbai. Who is the present Governor of Central Bank of China?

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina

Zhou Xiaochuan

Haruhiko Kuroda

Glenn Robert Stevens

3. Union Government, the World Bank and which of the following states have inked a $75 million (Rs.500 cr) credit deal for the Rural Inclusive Growth Project of the state?

Andhra Pradesh

Bihar

Goa

Haryana

Jammu and Kashmir

4. In order to expedite FDI clearance process, the government enhanced FIPB’s monetary limit to approve foreign investment proposals of up to ……

Rs.3,000 crore

Rs.15,000 crore

Rs.18,000 crore

Rs.5,000 crore

Rs.10,000 crore

5. RBI announced the limits for FPI investment in government securities (G-Sec) will be raised in phases (by March 2018) to what percent of the outstanding stock?

8%

2%

5%

1%

3%

6. RBI permission necessary for the acquisition of shares or voting rights up to …….. or more of the equity capital in a private bank.

15%

10%

5%

2.50%

7.50%

7. Which of the foreign bank operating in India announced recently to shut its private banking business in the country?

American Express Banking

BNP PARIBAS

HSBC

Citibank

J P Morgan Chase Bank

8. Union Government has extended the usage criterion of the RuPay debit cards in order to avail of the in-built insurance cover. Earlier, cardholders had to use the card within 45 days prior to claim the insurance claim. This has now been extended to ………..

90 days

180 days

365 days

75 days

3 years

9. RBI granted an in-principle approval to three companies to set up and operate a new TReDS to be formed under the Payment and Settlement System (PSS) Act TReDS stands for ………

Trade Receivables Due System

Trade Return Discounting System

Trade Receivables Discounting System

Trip Receivables Discounting System

Tour Receivables Discounting System

10. On 24 Nov 2015, the three companies got license to start a new TReDS system. They are NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited (NSICL) and SIDBI, Gurgaon based Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd and ….

Andhra Bank

Bharathiya Mahila Bank

Airtel

Container Corporation India Limited

Axis Bank

11. TReDS will allow SMEs to post their receivables on the system and get them financed, bringing in much needed transparency to the trade receivable system. SME stands for ……..

Small and Modern Enterprises

Small and Middle Enterprises

Sick and Medium Enterprises

Spare and Medium Enterprises

Small and Medium Enterprises

12. RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for BBPS (Bharat Bill Payment Systems). The term NPCI stands for ……..

National Payments Company of India

National Pay Corporation of India

National Payments Corporation of India

National Payment Gateway Corporation of India

National Portal Corporation of India

13. On 3 November 2015, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an immediate release of Rs.1,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation works for the flood affected areas in …….

Assam

AP

Gujarat

Odisha

Tamilnadu

14. Which state announced ban on sale of alcohol from Apr 1, 2016?

Gujarat

Delhi

Bihar

Telangana

AP

15. Three day Cultural extravaganza Mayyazhi Mahotsavam (Fete de Mahe) kicked off on 29 November 2015 in ……..

Karnataka

Daman

West Bengal

Goa

Puducherry

16. Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry constituted a 13 member expert committee on Sanskrit headed by….

N. Gopalaswami

Prof. Ved Prakash

Amith Sha

NR Varhadpande

Jayalal Kaul

17. Mission Abaas was launched by which state to provide the affordable housing to Urban poor?

AP

MP

Odisha

West Bengal

HP

18. ‘Bill banvao, inaam pao’ is the scheme of…

Bihar

Delhi

AP

UP

Haryana

19. India’s first solar-powered court launched in Khunti district of …..

Uttarakhand

MP

Telangana

Jharkhand

Rajasthan

20. UNESCO Fellini Medal conferred on ….

International Film Festival of India

Vadakkunnathan Temple

Aqeela Asifi

Abdul Kalam

Abraham Keita

21. Who was conferred with the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) ?

Rajnath Singh

D.K.Pathak

Kiren Rijiju

Ram Lal

Rajiv B Lal

22. UNISDR established in 199 Where is its headquarters?

Geneva

Paris

Tokyo

New Delhi

New York

23. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Chairman is …..

H. S. Sachdev

D.K.Pathak

Prakash Mishra

O.P. Singh

Anil Kumar Sinha

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