Important Points about Insurance Companies ::
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA:
-Established in- 1956
-Head Office- Mumbai...
-Chairman- S.K.Roy
GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA:
-Established in- 1972
-Head Office- Mumbai
-Chairman- K Sanath Kumar
NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:
-Established in- 1906
-Head Office- Kolkata
-Chairman- Rajesh Aggarwal
ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:
-Established in- 1947
-Head office- New Delhi
-Chairman- A.K.Saxena
UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:
-Established in- 1938
-Head office- Chennai
-Chairman & MD- Milind A.Kharat
NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED:
-Established in-1919
-Head office- Mumbai
-Chairman & MD- G.Srinivasan
500+ General Awareness Question with special reference to Banking Industry for IBPS 2015 of NIACL,UIICL,NICL & LIC AAO 2015 :~
1. NATO headquarters - Brussels
2. National Youth Day personality -Swami Vivekanand
3. J.P Nadda - Health Minister
4. Madan Mohan Malviya newspaper - Hindustan Times
5. Gyan Sangam Retreat held in - Pune
6. National Health Day - April 7
7. AB de villers fastest 150 against in ODI against - West Indies
8. Tax abolished in Budget 2015 - Wealth Tax
9. CNG train route besides Rewari- Rohtak: Rewari and Bikaner
10. Economic Survey 2015-16 prepared by - Aravind Subramaniam and team
11. NITI Aayog vice-chairman: Arvind Panagriya
12. T-20 world cup 2016 venue: India
13. Iraq capital: Baghdad
14. Latest Euro member: Lithuania
15. First chairmanship in New Development Bank: India
16. Foreign Secretary - S. Jaishankar
17. Headquarters of UNICEF - New York
18. World Cup Venue – Australia & New Zealand
19. Ramdev Baba Ambassador of which state- Haryana
20. Banks borrow money from RBI at which rate- Repo Rate
21. Payment bank on whose recommendation- Nachiket More Committee
22. Card less started by which bank- ICICI
23. Largest stock exchange- New York
24. Swift started by which country- Brussels
25. Who refused to received Bronze medal- Sarita Devi
26. NITI Ayog head- PM Modi
27. Expenditure commission head- Bimal Jalan
28. Payment bank amount needed-100cr
29. Head of committee on banking license – Bimal Jalan
30. Small banks startup capital- 100Cr
31. First Post office ATM – Chennai
32. Chairman of 7th pay commission-Ashok Kumar Mathur
33. Till now how many applications received for payment banks? 41
34. First post office ATM in india - Chennai
35. Highest Milk productivity is in which state of India? - Punjab
36. Player who got highest value in IPL 7 auction?- Yuvraj
37. State with highest GDP?
38. Who sign 1 rupees note? Finance Secretary
39. DBTL scheme started by govt for LPG subsidy - PAHAL
40. Amount of Over Draft Facility under Jan Dhan Yojana - Rs 5000
41. World Cup Teams - 14
42. First player to score century form India against Pak in WC - Kohli
43. Amount doubles under Kisan Vikas Patra - 100 months
44. Ceiling Amount under KVP - No ceiling
45. Who replaced Leila Samson - Prahlaj Niklani
46. WTO member - 160
47. Which Indian scheme registered in Guinness Book of World Record - Jan Dhan Yojana
48. Under 17 FIFA World Cup hosting country - India
49. Nobel prize for economics 2014 - Jean Tirole
50. Maximum cancer cases is in which state of India - Punjab
51. Indian Company with max turnover as per fortune 500 - IOCL
52. EMI full form - Equated Monthly Installment
53. Who appoints ombudsmen - RBI
54. MacMohan line divides which countries? - India and China
55. Which is used by banks in their daily routine working and transactions? Negotiable
instruments Act
56. Arun Jaitley is a Rajya sabha member from which state? Gujarat
57. NABARD full form. - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
58. Which is fastest channel for transferring money - - RTGS
59. Largest iron ore mine in world - Carajás Mine, Brazil
60. Which is most profit making PSU company in INDIA - ONGC
61. Naira is the currency of which country? Nigeria
62. Location of Headquarters of WTO and IAEA - Geneva & Vienna.
63. Which is the following is the non - institutional credit - Trade Credit
64. IFRS full form - International Financial Reporting Standards
65. Nehru Trophy with which game - Football
66. NDB full form - New Development Bank
67. Least populous state in India as per census 2011 - Sikkim
68. Godavari Pushkaralu is organised in which state? - Andhra Pradesh
69. Corporate Social Responsibility committee headed is by - Anil Baijal
70. Ajinke Rahane and Raidu related to which game? - Cricket
71. S. Jaishankar is appointed as? - Foreign Secretary
72. Whom did Saina Nehwal defated in Syed Modi Grand trournament? Caroline Marin
73. Chillika lake is in which state of India? Orissa
74. World Food Program is in? Rome
75. Recently who Received Padma Vibhushan award?
76. Malaysian currency - Ringgit
77. Next I20 Matches Will be held on which Country - India
78. World Social Justice Day - 20 February
79. Orapa, largest diamond mine is in which place? - Botswana
80. Savio cup held in which place? Maharashtra
81. Durga Prasad IAS cadre officer is the head of? CRPF
82. Who regulates mutual funds? SEBI
83. Cheque which is not crossed is called – Open cheque
84. Zimbabwe President - Robert Mugabe
85. Currency of Japan - Japanese Yen
86. Cricket World Cup 2019 – England and Wales
87. Chao lake is – China
88. Harsimrat Kaur Badal is MP of - Bathinda
89. Baht current of which country - Thailand
90. Where are the head quarters of UNICEF? - New York
91. When do we observe army day? - 15th January
92. Water week started from - 13th January in context with Ganga Rejuvination Plan
93. Who is the current Defence minister of India? - Manohar Parikar
94. Jim Corbett national park is situated in which state? - Uttarakhand
95. Denmark capital - Copenhagen
96. Which is the Country having maximun gold mines - China
97. Which was the most warmest year ever? - 2014
98. Which were the two new earth like planets discovered? - Kepler 438-b and Kepler 442-b
99. What is the currency of China? - Yuan
100. Rbi cut in repo rate by how much? - 25 basis points
101. There were few questions related to Census 2011
102. Capital of Canada - Ottawa
103. Bhutanese currency - Ngultrum
104. CEO of NITI aayog - Sindhushree Khullar
105. Who is Shinzo Abe - Japenese Prime Minister
106. Who among the following was one of the previous RBI governors? - Y V Reddy
107. Who amng the following is not in the ex officio's list in NITI - 5 ministers were given
(Members of NITI Aayog Arun jaitely, Rajnath Singh, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh)
108. PK movie director - Raj Kumar Hirani
109. World water day - 22nd March
110. Minister of Road Transport and Highways - Nitin Gadkari
111. World Environment Day is observed on - 05 June
112. Author of "God of small things" - Arundhati Roy
113. WU-14 is launched by- China
114. Speed of Computer is measured in- Hertz
115. New chief of RAW - Mr. Rajinder Khanna
116. Headquarter of International Maritime
Organization (IMO) is situated at - London, UK.
117. Strait time person of the year - Narender Modi
118. Wular Fresh lake in which state of India - Jammu and Kashmir
119. Name of boxer recently banned - Sarita Devi
120. Bandhavgarh National Park is in which state - Madhya Pradesh
121. 1 question from Fiscal Deficit
122. Chairman of Niti Ayog - PM Narendra Modi
123. Currency Philippines - Philippine peso
124. Brazil capital - Brasilia
125. Sarita devi which sports - Boxing
126. RBI doesn't control which one of them? ICICI
Prudential
127. America Canada line - Parallel line
49
128. Who won Nobel Prize in micro
economics? -
Amartya Sen
129. Fort aguada which state - Goa
130. IMF provides loan to whom?
Only Member
Countries
131. Next G 20 Summit - Istanbul,
Turkey
132. New chief of IB - Dineshwar
Sharma
133. Fresh water lake in U.S.A - Lake
Superior
134. Purpose of monetary policy?
135. 1 question on which of the
following is not a Credit
rating agency of india?
136. Which is regulator of commodity
market - FMC
137. Cancer day - 4th February
138. Internet users in India in December 2014 - 300 Million
139. Founder of self help groups who won Nobel Prize for this? Mohammad Yunus
140. 1 question on NPA
141. CASA related to?
142. Anirudh jagannath is the PM of which country? - Mauritius
143. Fao headquarters - Rome, Italy
144. Urban development union minister - Venkaiah Naidu
145. According to 2011 census female ratio per 1000 males in Haryana? - 879
146. Confucious prize was awarded to whom? - Fidel Castro
147. Dandi kutir is established in which place recently? - Gandhinagar
148. Wandering in many worlds is autobiography of whom? - V. R. Krishna Iyer
149. Barak Obama wife name - Michelle Obama
150. CVV FULL FORM - Card Verification Value
151. PAKISTAN CURRENCY - Pakistani Rupee
152. BSBDA A/C FULL FORM - Basic Savings Bank Account
153. Dramatic decade authour? - Pranab Mukherjee
154. IMF headquaters - Washingaton D.C.
155. NITI Ayog vice chairperson - Arvind Panagariya
156. Who is Punkaj mishra - Writer
157. National voters day - 25th January
158. Argentina capital - Buenos Aires
159. Greece currency - Euro
160. BSF Foundation day -1 December
161. RBI regulate which sector - Banking
162. Sachin autobiography - Playing It My Way
163. 2011 highest urban population state - Maharastra
164. 1 = 1024 kb
165. Dong fong missile strike range - Max.550 kms
166. UNISCO Headquater - Paris
167. Roger Federer related to which sport - Tennis
168. Where SAARC summit - Khatmandu,Nepal
169. Summer Olympics venue - China
170. Japan give award - Dr.Manmohan Singh
171. Hudhud affect which coast - Visakhapatnam
172. Bharatnatyam start from which state - Tamil Nadu
173. Agni4 range - 3,000 – 4,000 km
174. Australia capital - Canberra
175. Afghanistan Currency - Afghan Afghani
176. National Youth Day - 12th January
177. 2018 Commonwealth Game - Gold Coast, Australia
178. PMJDY payment card - Rupay
179. Small and Payment bank need how much Capital for startup - 100 Crore
180. Recently people of 13 country make march and pray for world peace in which state - Bihar
181. In india recently Bio fuel Train started from - Rohtak to Rewari
182. External Affair Minister - Smt. Sushma Swaraj
183. Recently Gyan Sangam Held in Pune For what Purpose - Banking Reform
184. APEC summit 2014 venue - Beijing
185. Chief Economic advisor to GOI - Arvind Subramanian
186. Switzerland beat whom to win Davis cup - France
187. Anaemia is caused by deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin B12
188. Bihu dance is related to which state - Assam
189. International court of justice HQ - The Hague
190. Prize given to Raghuram Rajan recently - Governer of the Year in Central Banks awards
191. News paper name of recent france attack - Charlie Hebdo
192. Highest mortality rate in infants state - Odisha
193. CBI New Director - Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha
194. Venue of 19th national youth festival - Guwahati, assam
195. Indian Navy day is observed on - 4th December
196. Chile capital is – Santiago
197. First Vistara airlines started from - Delhi to Mumbai
198. Highest Carbon di Oxide emiision country in world - China
199. PAHAL scheme is related to - DBT of LPG
200. What is the currency of Spain - EURO
201. One life is not enough book is authored by - Natwar Singh
202. Ways and means of railways committee head - DK Mittal
203. Vice chairman of niti ayog - Arvind Pangariya
204. Canada's central bank name - Bank of Canada
205. Health insurance minimum capital - 100 Crore
206. Payment bank minimum paid up capital - One Lakh
207. In CP, C stands for - Commercial
208. Anirban lahiri is related to which sport - Golf
209. Anand defeated whom to win London classics - Michael Adams
210. Where is Dr. Samir Ali bird sanctuary? - Goa
211. BIS head quarter is situated at - Basel, Switzerland
212. Union minister for steel, Labour and mines - Narendra Singh Tomar
213. Who is not a regulator - IBA (among the options)
214. Market regulator of index futures - SEBI
215. UNEP headquarters - Nairobi, Kenya
216. Largest company in terms of revenue - IOCL
217. John O' Keefe won Nobel for - Medicine
218. Climate change summit held at - Lima, Peru
219. UIIC's largest shareholder - Central government
220. Gandhi setu connects which places? - Patna and Hajipur
221. Union minister for heavy industries - Anant Geete
222. Ankita raina belongs to which sport - Tennis
223. PIO fulform - Person of Indian Origin
224. Mission Indradhanush covers how many diseases? - 7
225. Next NATO summit place? - Warsaw
226. Abu Dabhi tennis championship winner? - Andy Murray
227. Patrick Modiano got novel in which field? - Literature
228. Population of female a/c to census? - 586.46 million
229. Vienna is the capital of? - Austria
230. ILO headquarter - Geneva
231. Minimum capital required for white label ATMs' - 100 Crore
232. NITI ayog chairman - Narendra Modi
233. Commodity market regulator - FMC
234. DICGC is owned by - RBI
235. Vanbandhu kalyan yojna is for - Tribal peoples
236. 3rd Sunday of January is celebrated in memory of - Martin Luther King Jr.
237. Why RBI increse interest rates - To increase liquidity
238. Line b/w India & Pakistan - Radcliffe
239. National Education Day - 11th November
240. Portugese currency - Euro
241. Law minister - Dr. Sadananda Gowda
242. NITI AYOG replaces what? Planning Commission
243. Author of "And then One day" - Nasserudin Shah
244. Age not applicable for open savings a/c - 10yrs
245. IRDA - Statutory Body
246. Rama Setu - Palk Strait (Sri Lanka)
247. Maharastra Governor presented Yash Chopra award to whom - Amitabh Bachchan
248. Sansad adharsh Scheme
249. Valdmir Putin visited - India
250. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana
251. Grammy Awards related to - Music
252. LIC Health insurance
253. Chemistryy nobel prize - Willian Moerner, Erik Betzig & Stephen W. Hell
254. NATO full form - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
255. WTO headquarter - Geneva, Switzerland
256. Small and payment bank paid up capital - 100 Crore
257. National education day whose birth day - Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
258. Central bank of China named as Peoples Bank of China
259. In CAR, A stands for - Adequacy
260. To prevent money laundering –AML
261. Author of dramatic decade -
Pranab Mukerjee
262. NOTE printed 2005 extended up
to - June 30 2015
263. Capital of Germany - Berlin
264. Indian external affairs minister -
Sushma Swaraj
265. ING Vyasa bank merged with
which Bank- Kotak
Mahindra
266. Governenc Day celebrated on the
birthday of - Atal
Bihari Vajpayee
267. Maitri project is in association
with India and ? -
France
268. World Consumer Rights Day -
15th March
269. Indian science congress held at -
University of
Mumbai
270. 2018- Common wealth game
venue - Gold Coast
271. J. Gutta is associated with which
game? - Badminton
272. Share of TATA Sons in Vistara -
51%
273. Angara-A5 rocket launch by
which country - Russia
274. 2015 World cup cricket
ambassador - Sachin
Tendulkar
275. Satpura Ranges lies from -
Gujarat to Madhya
Pradesh
276. Full form of NITI - National
Institute for
Transforming India
277. Monthly composite index started
by which bank -
SBI
278. Sole re-insurance company of
India - GIC
279. Nikkei Stock Exchange is of
which country – Japan
280. What does A stands for in WMA -
Advance
281. What is the full form of NBFC -
Non Banking
Financial Company
282. International Mountain day - 11th
January
283. Who is the Union Minister of
Rural Development,
Panchayati Raj, Sanitation & Drinking
Water? - Ch.
Birender Singh
284. Noble prize literature award -
Patrick Modiano
285. Canada capital - Ottawa
286. Oman currency - Riyal
287. Who were the first siblings to
scale seven tallest
peaks in 7 continents? - Tashi,
Nungshi Malik
288. Who was the 14th PM of India?-
Dr. Manmohan
Singh
289. Dramatic decade written by? - Dr.
Pranab
Mukherjee
290. Ritu Rani belongs to which
sports? - Hockey
291. Nalanda University is in which
state? - Bihar
292. Which is the Largest River after
Ganga in India -
Godavari
293. Who wrote "the NAMO story" -
Kingshuk Nag
294. World Energy Comservation day
is celebrated on ? -
14 December
295. NRE mein R stands for ? -
Resident
296. On question on sansad adarsh
gram yojna ?
297. Venue of SAARC summit 2014? -
Kathmandu
298. One ques on PMJDY?
299. NAV fullform ? - Net Asset Value
300. One question on GDP ?
301. Capital of combodia ? - Phnom
Penh
302. Currency of Germany ? - Euro
303. Forward market commission is
which type of body? -
Statutory
304. Big Cinemas is now owned by ? -
Carnival Group
305. NICL max share owned by
whom ? - Govt. of India
306. “Good Governance Day”
celebrated on whose
birthday ? - Atal Bihari Vajpayee and
Madan
Mohan Malviya
307. Headquater of Interpol? - Lyonn,
France
308. “Ebola” named after whom ? - A
river in Democratic
Republic of Congo
309. PV Sindhu defeated which player
recently to win
Macau Open? - Kim Hyo Min
310. Nobel Prize in Economics? - Jean
Tirole
311. IT minister in Cabinet of
Ministers? - Ravi Shankar
Prasad
312. Defence minister - Manohar
Parikar
313. FIBA is related to which sports?
Basketball
314. When is "Human Rights Day"
observed? 10 Dec
315. Ongc dealt with which company
for New Zealand oil
and gas search mission - Chevron
316. Neft full form - National
Electronic Fund Transfer
317. Census 2011 India’s population is
what % of total
population? 17.5
318. Ing vysa insurance new name?
Exide Life insurance
319. JK rowling has written a book
with another
name,name of that writer - Robert
Galbraith
320. Pfrda which type of
organisation ? Regulatory Body
321. Telengana is bordered by how
many states?
322. Meaning of equity share.
323. Currency of Greece - Euro
324. Capital of Germany - Berlin
325. Great Himalaya National Park is
situated at? Kullu,
Himachal Pradesh
326. Snooker champion: Mark Selby
327. Satellite launched by china in
association with which
country - US
328. Pune university named as Savitri
Bai Phule
University
329. Global partner of ICC Cricket
World Cup 2015 - MRF
330. Lifetime chievement award to
which singer recently
- Asha Bhisle
331. Headquater of International
Labour Organisation -
Geneva
332. Which Australian opener cricketer
completed 1000
runs in 2014 - David Warner
333. Asean summit held at? Nay Pyi
Taw, Myanmar
334. 'G' in GST stands for? Goods
335. Which country has highest
literacy rate - Russia
336. Commercial paper valid for - 1
year
337. Bank sale insurance -
Bancassurance
338. Some Technical questions asked
in Specialist Section:
339. Three resistance of 8 ohm in
series,their total
resistance - 24 ohm
340. If we add one more resistance in
parallel
arrangement, then effect on current
increase,
decrease, remain same?
341. Carnot cycle efficiency depends
on - Temperature
342. Second law of thermodynamics
defines - Entropy
343. Work in free expansion process -
Zero
344. Two force of 3 and 4 N are acting
perpendicular to
each other than their resultant force -
5N
345. Transformer works on -
Electromagnetic Principle
346. Main gases responsible for green
house effect - CO2
and CO
347. Chlorofluorocarbon releases
which gas,harmful for
ozone layer - Chlorine
348. Seamless tube making process –
Extrusion
349. Asian of the year 2014 - Narendra
Modi
350. In Kisan Vikas Patra, money to
be doubled in? 100
months
351. Brazil Olympic 2016 mascot -
Vinicius
352. Vishwanathan defeated whom to
win in London
Championship? Michael Adams
353. ECGC full form? Export Credit
Guarantee
Corporation of India Ltd.
354. Kouron Space Station in? French
Guinea
355. Ireland Capital? Dublin
356. Euro 2016 venue? - France
357. Deodhar trophy is related to?
Cricket
358. Bhuwaneshwar Kumar is related
to? Cricket
359. World Snooker Championship
venue? Crucible
Theatre (UK)
360. Khajurao is situated at? MP
361. UN Food Program Headquarter? -
Rome, Italy
362. Indira gandhi peace prize 2014? -
ISRO
363. Hockey championship runner up?
Pakistan
364. BRICS Bank Headquarters -
Shanghai, China
365. FAO Headquarters - Italy, Rome
366. French Republic Currency - Euro
367. Antodya Diwas - 25th September
368. PWD Day - Dec 3
369. Pillars of BASEL - II - Market
Discipline
370. IRDA is what type of regulatory
body? Statutory
Body
371. Bond Market is also known as -
Debt Market
372. ARCIL is which type of
company? - Asset
Reconstruction Company
373. Which manufacturer installed the
world's tallest
hybrid wind generator turbine at
Gujarat recently? -
Suzlon Energy
374. BHEL has recently commissioned
a hydro power
project in which African country? -
Rwanda
375. Union Minister for Chemicals and
Fertilizers? -
Ananth Kumar
376. International Anti-Corruption
Day? - December 9
377. Which among the following is the
Partner of SBI Life
Insurance? - BNP Paribas
378. An enterprise with investment in
plant and
machinery will be considered micro
enterprise if it
does not exceed the limit of? -Rs. 25
lakh
379. Name the textile business group
of Reliance Group? -
Vimal
380. Along with May-Britt Moser and
Edvard I. Moser who
shared Noble Prize in Medicine 2014? -
John
O'Keefe
381. In BSBDA Account, no extra
charge levied if balance
is maitained above? -Rs. 50,000
382. Which is the first State to acheive
100% financial
inclusion under PMJDY? - Kerala
383. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana government aims
to cover 2,500 villages by which year?
– 2019
384. Protests named "Umbrella
Revolution" recently held
in which country? - Hong Kong
385. Which is the sole reinsurance
company in the Indian
insurance market? - General Insurance
Corporation of India
386. Govt recently announced that the
crisis-ridden
National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
would have to
merge with its holding company
named? - Financial
Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL)
387. IMPS full form? - Immediate
Payment Service
388. Headquarters of Financial
Stability Board? - Basel,
Switzerland
389. Tata Power has recently signed a
share purchase
agreement with Ideal Energy Project
(IEPL) to
acquire the latter’s 540-MW thermal
power plant in
which state?- Maharashtra
390. Word CTS-2010 is related with? –
Cheque
391. Which state has highest rural
population in India as
per Census 2011? - Uttar Pradesh
392. Kisan Vikas Patra is not in which
among the
following denominations? - Rs.500
393. Name the Digital Life Certificate
for Pensioners
launched by Prime Minister recently? -
Pramaan
394. G20 Summit 2014 was held at? -
Australia
395. Capital of Chile? - Santiago
396. Currency for Republic of
Colombia? - peso
397. Paypal is which type of
company?- Payment company
398. Name the foreign-exchange
agreement between two
institutions to exchange aspects? -
Currency swap
399. When we open a website first
page is called?
page
400. Which of the following is Web
Browzer?
Explorer
401. To move text we use? - Cut &
Paste
402. Author of the recently released
book "Not just an
Accountant"? - Vinod Rai
403. To save a file with a new name
we use which option?
- Save as
404. Which of the following is function
key? - F3
405. Kissan credit card validity? - 5
years.