General Awareness Quiz

101. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 Mar approved the merger of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank. The
acquisition will make Kotak Mahindra Bank the ________ largest private sector lender in the country with about 1,200
branches.
1) second 2) third 3) fourth 4) fifth 5) None of these
102. Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, a scheme to
promote savings for girl child?
1) Accounts in name of girl child can be opened in banks and post offices.
2) Half of the fund can be withdrawn for girl’s higher education and marriage after the girl attains 18 years of age.
3) An account can be opened in the name of a girl child of up to 10-year-old.
4) The scheme would mature on completion of 25 years from the date of opening of the account.
5) Deposits can be made till completion of 14 years of the girl.
103. As announced by the Finance Ministry, the investments in Sukanya Samriddhi Account, the special deposit scheme for
girl child, will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16.
1) 9.2 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
104. The investments in Public Provident Fund will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16 as announced by the Finance
Ministry.
1) 9 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9.2 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
105. The Reserve Bank of India turned 80 recently. It started its operations as a shareholders’ bank in 1935 on
1) 30 Mar 2) 31 Mar 3) 1 Apr 4) 2 Apr 5) 1 May
106. Who among the following was appointed the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
1) Sukumar Sen 2) RK Shanmukham Chetty 3) CD Deshmukh
4) Osborne Smith 5) Benegal Rama Rau
107. The govt on 1 Mar unveiled its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for 2015-2020, seeking to strengthen merchandise and
services exports with a targeted value of ________ by 2020.
1) USD 500 bn 2) USD 600 bn 3) USD 700 bn 4) USD 900 bn 5) None of these
108. Which of the following is NOT a commercial bank operating in India as of now?
1) Federal Bank 2) Royal Bank of Scotland 3) Catholic Syrian Bank
4) South Indian Bank 5) None of these
109. Who among the following has been crowned the Femina Miss India 2015?
1) Vartika Singh 2) Deeksha Kaushal 3) Tanya Hope 4) Afreen Racheal Vaz 5) Aditi Arya
110. In the term NBFC, letter ‘F’ denotes
1) Financial 2) Facilitating 3) Forwarding 4) Factoring 5) Funding
111. As per the news published in financial newspapers, the govt has scaled the steep fiscal-deficit target set for 2014-15.
The fiscal-deficit target set for 2014-15 was ________ of gross domestic product.
1) 3.9 per cent 2) 3.6 per cent 3) 4.1 per cent 4) 4.3 per cent 5) None of these
112. The health insurance business in India is regulated by which of the following institutions at present?
1) PFRDA 2) IRDA of India 3) SEBI 4) FMC 5) None of these
113. At least 70 students were massacred when Shebab Islamist group raided a university in the town of Garissa in ________
recently.
1) Somalia 2) Syria 3) Libya 4) Kenya 5) Egypt
114. Izumo is the name of the biggest warship of which of the following countries since World War II? The Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar visited the ship recently.
1) Germany 2) UK 3) Japan 4) South Korea 5) France
115. What is India’s ranking in the 2015 FM Global Resilience Index on business resilience of nations based on economic, risk
quality and supply chain factors?
1) 115th 2) 113th 3) 127th 4) 119th 5) 107th
116. The QIP is a capital-raising tool, primarily used in India and other parts of southern Asia. What is expanded form of QIP?
1) Qualified Institutional Placement 2) Quantitative Institutional Placement
3) Qualitative Institutional Placement 4) Qualified Institutional Proposal
5) None of these
117. Daniel Vettori, who announced his retirement from international cricket recently, is a cricketer of
1) Australia 2) South Africa 3) New Zealand 4) Zimbabwe 5) England
118. According to a global billionaire list by Forbes released recently, who among the following is richest woman of China at
present?
1) Zhou Qunfei 2) Chan Laiwa 3) Zhang Xin 4) Wu Yajun 5) Yang Huiyan
119. The investments in senior citizens savings scheme (SCSS) will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-16 as announced
by the Finance Ministry.
1) 9 per cent 2) 9.3 per cent 3) 9.2 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
120. As announced by the Finance Ministry, the investment in Kisan Vikas Patra will earn interest rate of ________ for 2015-
16.
1) 9.2 per cent 2) 8.7 per cent 3) 9 per cent 4) 8.3 per cent 5) 10.2 per cent
121. Iran and six world powers reached a preliminary nuclear agreement on 2 Mar in
1) Switzerland 2) Canada 3) France 4) Spain 5) Norway
122. The Centre has given six months’ more time to the states for rolling out the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The 11
states/UTs which have so far implemented the Act does not include
1) Punjab 2) Delhi 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Bihar 5) Uttar Pradesh
123. ________ of subsidised foodgrains per person per month at Rs 1-3/kg to two-thirds of the country’s population is
provisioned in the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
1) 2 kg 2) 3 kg 3) 5 kg 4) 8 kg 5) 10 kg
124. The IRDAI guidelines for ‘Registering Cancellation or Change of Nomination’ have come into effect from Apr 1, 2015.
Now, modifications in nomination in insurance policies will come at a cost of up to ________ for offline policies.
1) Rs 100 2) Rs 200 3) Rs 250 4) Rs 500 5) None of these
125. Muhammadu Buhari won presidential election in which of the following countries recently?
1) Somalia 2) Cameroon 3) Ghana 4) Nigeria 5) Liberia

Answers:
101. 3 102. 4 103. 1 104. 2 105. 3
106. 4 107. 4 108. 5 109. 5 110. 1
111. 3 112. 2 113. 4 114. 3 115. 4
116. 1 117. 3 118. 1 119. 2 120. 2
121. 1 122. 5 123. 3 124. 1 125. 4