2014-11-20

Selected Important Question for SBI-PO Associates and upcoming IBPS-PO IV~ Banking Awareness and Current affairs

Guys i am uploading some banking awareness and current affairs questions these are very important for your upcoming IBPS-Clerk IV and SBI-PO associates, These questions are uploaded keeping the time diamentions in mind and for quick preparation of exam. Download the word file from the link given below.

GENERAL AWARENESS

@ Government has reconstituted how many cabinet committees? 6

@ How many cabinet committees are headed by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi? 4

@ Who is appointed as the arbitrator in Vodafone tax disputes case? RC Lahoti

@ 38th session of World Heritage Committee was held in which country? Qatar

@ Mullaperiyar dam is located in which state of India? Kerala

@ Who is M K Narayana? Last Former Governor of West Bengal

@ Who won Australian Open Super Series Title 2014? Saina Nehwal

@ In India, Fergusson College has included the category of third gender in its application forms for academic programs. It is situated in which city? Pune

@ Central Information Commission ruled that the private schools come under the provisions of which act? Right to Information

@ Kudankulam becomes India's first nuclear power plant to generate ………….. 1000 mw

@ India successfully test-fired the 290 km-range ………… supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from the country's largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata. BrahMos

@ Project Seabird phase II started in which state? Karnataka

@ Union Govt gives permission to increase the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by ……. 17 meters

@ What is Gauravi? One stop crisis centre

@ Who is appointed as the new Minister of Rural Development? M Venkaiah Naidu

@ ……….. to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015.Lithuania

@ Which country has published the world's first Modern Slavery Bill? Britain

@ Madhya Pradesh Government appointed which bollywood actress as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan? Madhuri Dixit

@ …………….won Airport Service Quality Award by Airport Council International in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region. Kolkata Airport

@ Who won French open 2014 Women single ? Maria Sharapova

@ The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating which team? Kings XI Punjab

@ A high-level forum Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths was held in ………….Washington

@ Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released a video to highlight health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption. What is the title of that video? The Price we pay

@ UNESCO has inscribed the Okavango Delta in its World Heritage Site List. In which country this delta is located? Botswana

@ Panchsheel Awards are announced by which country? China

@ The Uttar Pradesh Government enhanced the retirement age of State Election Commissioner (SEC) from 65 to how many years? 68

@ Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, Telangana celebrated its .....……....... anniversary in June 2014. 125th

@ Which state has announced 33% quota for women in police force? Gujarat

@ Name the sand artist who won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US. Sudarsan Pattnaik

@ Who has recently been appointed as new Chairman of Coal India Limited? A.K. Dubey

@ Who won the IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt? Pankaj Advani

@ Who became the first Indian to win three medals in successive ISSF Shooting World Cup ? Jitu Rai

@ Who won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for her first novel "AGirl is a Half-Formed Thing"? Eimear McBride

@ Who has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize for hisoutstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression? Salman Rushdie

@ Who has barred Indian companies from raising the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks for refinance or repayment of the Rupee loans raised from domestic banking system? RBI

@ First indigenously developed missile Astra successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa. It is a ______ missile. air-to-air

@ Which Private Sector Bank in India sets Guinness record in blood collection? HDFC Bank

@ Which Indian actor was selected by the Election Commission as its national icon for the Lok Sabha elections 2014? Amir Khan

@ What is the rank of India out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI)? 102

@ Who has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive four year term? Viktor Orban

@ Who is the Chief Justice of India at present? Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha

@ India became the ______ largest exporter of textiles in the world. This was revealed by the recent data released by UN Comtrade in Global Textiles as well as Apparel Exports. Second

@ 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels.

Who hosted the summit for the first time? European Union

@ Jayalalithaa launched _______, which follows up her government's earlier

initiatives like the subsidised 'Amma' Canteens and 'Amma' Mineral Water 'Amma' Salt

@ What is the rank of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Forbes' world's highest paid

athletes list? 22nd

@ 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 was held

from 9 to 11 June 2014 in ________. Moscow

@ India's first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) was launched in Bhopal,

Madhya Pradesh on 16 June 2014. What is the name of this One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC)? Gauravi

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@ Which prize is recognised as an international award for the most original and influential researchers or institutes in the areas of Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceuticals Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law? Tang Prize

@ Who took over as the General Officer Commanding of Army's strategic Chinar Corps ? Lieutenant General Subrata Saha

@ Who is the director-general UNESCO? Irina Bokova

@ From Where PSLV C-23 rocket was launched ? Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

@ Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which state ? Maharashtra

@ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has issued orders prohibiting research and breeding of which animal ? Sheep

@ Dr Mohan Dharia Nation Building Award is given to - Dr Raghunath Mashelkar

@ ………….expedition will bring out the passion for adventure, will, strength and is a tribute to the very essence of indomitable Air Force spirit. Kshitij-Se-Pare

@ DHVANI the target training system for Indian Army is developed by…… CSIR

@ The endeavour of Project named ……… is meant for Maritime Routes and Cultural Landscapes will position itself at macro and micro levels. Mausam

@ Who became the first female four-star admiral in US Navy? Michelle Howard

@ The headquarters of INTERPOL is in - Washington D.C

@ Tamil film director and producer, who died in Kualalampur at the age of 65 - Ramanarayanan

@ The prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 is given to -Renowned poet Kedarnath Singh

@ Who among the following is a founder-member of Manchester's Hindu Temple? Hari Dutt Seth

@ Who has won the 'Miss Marwadi Nepal 2014 title? Dakshnia Agrawal

@ Who has been named the winner of World Food Prize for his breakthrough achievement in increasing global rice production? Sanjaya Rajaram

@ Who has been appointed as "ethics adviser and ambassador" by the World Citizen Artists (WCA) to raise awareness about global issues through art? Prakash Bal Joshi

@ Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women ? Emma Watson

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@ Who among the following is Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

@ Which country has emerged as the world's largest consumer of antibiotics followed by China and the US, according to a new study which quantifies the growing alarm surrounding antibiotic -resistance. India

@ William Hague has resigned as part of an anticipated reshuffle of the Conservative-led Government ahead of a general election next year. He is the Foreign Secretary of which country? Britain

@ ___________Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer passed away. South African

@ The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in

________between October 28 and November 9 this year Goa

@ Which city will become the IT capital of Andhra Pradesh because of its

immense potential? Vijayawada

@ Which country has been allotted the first Presidentship for the first six years

of the newly constituted 100 billion US dollar development bank by the BRICS

nations in the 6th BRICS Summit? India

@ State Government of Delhi decided to set up______ Mahila Suraksha Dals

(MSDs) across the national capital. 320

@ In a bid to assist minor girls saved from child marriages which State Government

announced a cash support of Rs. 1,000 to each of them every month until they attain

18 years of age? Tamil Nadu

@ The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in the Russian city of _______. Ufa

@ At which place the India-Africa Forum will be conducted? New Delhi

@ Which country has the third-highest number of people, living with HIV, in the world? India

@ The Union Agriculture Minister of India ____launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission Radhamohan Singh

@ Who has sworn in as Gujarat Governor, recently? Om Prakash Kohli

@ Which former Indian cricket captain has been elected as the member of Laureus

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@ J. Sasikumar passed away recently. He was a _______. Malayalam filmmaker

@ Which country has topped the Global Innovation Index rankings for fourth year? Switzerland

@ Former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton visited Jabrouli

village, near Lucknow, on an awareness mission on ________. Diarrhea

@ Football player Philipp Lahm has announced his retirement from international game.

He belongs to which country? Germany

@ The 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games was held at which of the

following places? Glasgow, Scotland

@ Which country passed a law to legalise child labour for kids from age 10? Bolivia

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Who is Kaptan Singh Solanki? Governor of Haryana

@ What was the theme of the World Hepatitis Day observed on 28th July 2014? Think Again

In the 50m Pistol event, _________has secured Gold whereas his compatriot

Gurpal Singh won the silver. Jitu Rai

@ _________ was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra. Amitabh Bachchan

@ Italian _________won the 101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling. Vincenzo Nibali

@ International Tiger Day was observed on which day? 29 July

@ What is C-17 Globemaster? Aircraft

@ _____________Tim Clark clinched his second PGA Tour title. South African

@ Muhammad Fuad Masum has been elected as the seventh President of ______. Iraq

@ Who is the author of the book 'The Vijay Mallya Story'? K. Giriprakash

@ Dalbir Singh Suhag has taken over as the new Army chief. He succeeded whom? General Bikram Singh

@ Which organization from Pakistan is included in the list of prestigious Ramon

Magsaysay Awards for year 2014? The Citizens Foundation

@ In which year Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established? 1957

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