Thursday, 30 July 2015

Different type of ATMs

1.On site ATM -within the premises of bank

2.Off site ATM - Outside the bank premises

3.White Label ATM - Provided by NBFC

4.Green Label ATM - Provided for Agricultural
Transaction

5.Orange Label ATM - Provided for Share
Transactions

6.Yellow Label ATM - provided for E-commerce

7.PINK label ATM---women banking

8.BROWN label ATM-- ATM are those Automated Teller Machines where hardware and the lease of the ATM machine is owned by a service provider--but cash management and connectivity to banking networks is provided by a sponsor bank .

An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine] (ATM, American, Australian, Singaporean, Indian, Maldivian, Hibernoand Sri Lankan English), also known as an automated banking machine (ABM, Canadian English), cash machine, cashpoint,cashline, or colloquially hole in the wall (British and South African English), is an electronic telecommunications device that enables the customers of a financial institution to perform financial transactions, particularly cash withdrawal, without the need for a human cashier, clerk or bank teller.

Sunday, 19 July 2015

110 Questions of General Awareness for SBI PO Mains and RBI Assistant 2015

1. ________ assumed charge as the new Chief Election Commission on 19 Apr and will serve until Jul 2017.
1) Nasim Zaidi 2) Shashi Kant Sharma 3) TK Viswanathan 4) SY Quraishi 5) VS Sampath
2. The Govt barred foreign funds for which of the following NGOs and froze its bank accounts for alleged norms violation
and anti-national activities recently?
1) Justice and Care 2) The Hope Foundation 3) Digital Green
4) Greenpeace 5) None of these
3. In a recent operation named ‘Operation Rahat,’ India evacuated around 5,600 people including foreign nationals from
which of the following countries?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Nigeria 4) Yemen 5) Kenya
4. The World Meteorological Day is annually held on
1) 21 Mar 2) 23 Mar 3) 27 Mar 4) 28 Mar 5) 31 Mar
5. Murty S Kambhampati, who has been chosen for the prestigious US presidential award for excellence in the field of
science, mathematics and engineering mentoring, is a professor of
1) physics 2) chemistry 3) biology 4) mathematics 5) None of these
6. The Greek govt, recently, claimed nearly USD 303 bn from which of the following countries in war reparation for atrocities
and looting during the World War II?
1) France 2) UK 3) Germany 4) Japan 5) None of these
7. The concept of a Bank Investment Company (BIC) that would dislodge the govt’s ownership in public sector, was
suggested by
1) PJ Nayak Committee 2) Deepak Mohanty Committee 3) Rakesh Mohan Committee
4) A Vaidyanathan Committee 5) Usha Thorat Committee
8. PM Narendra Modi launched MUDRA bank on 8 Apr. The govt plans to set up the bank as a ________ body.
1) statutory 2) advisory 3) voluntary 4) private 5) None of these
9. The Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Forum presented international award for women’s empowerment in the South
and Southeast Asia category to ________ in its summit in Addis Ababa.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh 3) Nepal 4) India 5) Maldives
10. Name the women shuttler from India who created history, becomes first Indian woman player to become World No. 1
recently.
1) Jwala Gutta 2) PV Sindhu 3) Saina Nehwal 4) Ashwini Ponnappa 5) None of these
11. India has decided to fast-track purchase of Rafale jets from France to meet IAF’s critical operational necessity. Now, the
number of jets to be purchased in flyaway condition will be
1) 18 2) 36 3) 54 4) 72 5) None of these
12. Richie Benaud, the celebrated ‘voice of cricket’, died at the age of 84 recently. He was the former captain of
1) New Zealand 2) West Indies 3) Australia 4) South Africa 5) England
13. Paris, the capital and most populous city of France, is situated on the bank of
1) Seine River 2) Danube River 3) Swan River 4) Rhine River 5) Elbe River
14. The UN body UNESCO is headquartered in
1) Paris 2) Milan 3) Toronto 4) New York 5) Geneva
15. As announced by the French President Francois Hollande during PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the country,
France will invest ________ in India.
1) 1 billion euros 2) 2 billion euros 3) 4 billion euros 4) 8 billion euros 5) 12 billion euros
16. ________ agreements were signed between India and France and three announcements were made during PM Narendra
Modi’s first visit to the country on 10 Apr.
1) 11 2) 15 3) 13 4) 16 5) 17
17. Megha-Tropiques is a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate
change jointly launched by India’s ISRO and CNES of
1) Germany 2) Australia 3) France 4) Canada 5) US
18. France will help in the development of three smart cities in India. These three smart cities will include
1) Pune and Jaipur 2) Pondicherry and Nagpur 3) Lucknow and Nasik
4) Allahabad and Ajmer 5) Visakhapatnam and Kochi
19. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on
1) 7 Apr 2) 12 Apr 3) 22 Apr 4) 23 Apr 5) 25 Apr
20. The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in which of the following cities in the end of 2015?
1) Tokyo 2) Kyoto 3) Manila 4) Doha 5) Paris
21. Which of the following teams won the Azlan Shah Cup hockey title on 12 Apr?
1) Canada 2) Australia 3) Malaysia 4) New Zealand 5) South Korea
22. The govt has notified a new 18-point set of rules for state governors. Now, the governors will have to stay in their
respective states for at least ________ days in a year.
1) 292 2) 300 3) 250 4) 320 5) None of these
23. As per the news recently published in newspapers, Islamic State group is destroying ancient ruins of Nimrud city which
is located in
1) Syria 2) Iraq 3) Libya 4) Kenya 5) Jordan
24. India finished at which of the following positions in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh
(Malaysia) on Apr 12?
1) Second 2) Third 3) Fourth 4) Fifth 5) None of these
25. Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank
in doubles recently. She achieved the feat after winning WTA Family Circle Cup with her partner
1) Martina Hingis 2) Cara Black 3) Roberta Vinci 4) Sara Errani 5) None of these
26. Jitu Rai is associated with which of the following games. He won a bronze in the World Cup of the game in Changwon
(Korea) recently?
1) Archery 2) Shooting 3) Boxing 4) Wrestling 5) Weightlifting
27. Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar, who passed away recently, was the former
1) Air Chief Marshal 2) Chief of Army Staff 3) Chief of Naval Staff
4) first Director General of BSF 5) None of these
28. Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, is situated on the bank of
1) Tigris River 2) Spree River 3) Nile River 4) Rhine River 5) Denube River
29. The govt has received a total upfront payment of over ________ from telecom players against the spectrum sold during
the recent auction?
1) Rs 29,200 cr 2) Rs 11,300 cr 3) Rs 28,800 cr 4) Rs 32,300 cr 5) None of these
30. The book “A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold” is the autobiography of who among the
following Indian players?
1) Deepika Kumari 2) Mary Kom 3) Laishram Sarita Devi 4) Abhinav Bindra 5) Saina Nehwal
31. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released the English translation of the book “Suleiman Charitra” recently. This
book was originally written in Sanskrit by who among the following?
1) AND Haksar 2) Kalyana Malla 3) Sri Lal Sukla
4) Ravuri Bharadhwaja 5) Bhalchandra Nemade
32. India signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with which of the following countries recently which would enable India to
make use of world’s latest technology for projects like development of waterways and multi-modal hub?
1) Germany 2) France 3) US 4) Japan 5) China
33. Which of the following US states on 9 Apr passed a bill that would allow nitrogen gas as an execution method?
1) Oklahoma 2) Kentucky 3) Georgia 4) California 5) Arizona
34. Which of the following banks is set to become the first Indian bank whose mobile banking application (app) will be
available in Apple Watch to be launched soon in India?
1) HDFC Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) AXIS Bank 4) SBI 5) Bank of India
35. Hannover Fair in Germany, where India was a partner country this year, is said to be one of the world’s largest ________
fairs.
1) educational 2) cultural 3) industrial 4) defence 5) None of these
36. Which of the following countries has put off the third phase of its Nitaqat scheme meant to increase the percentage of
local employees in the industries and businesses?
1) Iran 2) Saudi Arabia 3) UAE 4) Jordan 5) Kuwait
37. Who among the following has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC)?
1) Rajalakshmi Devaraj 2) Arun Kumar Jha 3) Amardeep Singh Cheema
4) N Ramachandran 5) None of these
38. India has been designated to chair the ninth meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council.
The meeting is scheduled to be held in Jun in
1) New Delhi 2) Doha 3) Abu Dhabi 4) London 5) None of these
39. South Korea’s capital city Seoul was declared the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015 in this year’s competition. Which of the
following cities was named India’s Earth Hour Capital?
1) Coimbatore 2) Pune 3) Rajkot 4) Thane 5) New Delhi
40. The National Safe Motherhood Day is observed on which of the following dates?
1) 31 Mar 2) 2 Apr 3) 7 Apr 4) 11 Apr 5) 12 Apr
41. What is the current fiscal’s disinvestment target (through PSU stake sale) set by the govt? The govt has shortlisted
about 12 PSUs for the purpose.
1) Rs 28,500 cr 2) Rs 41,000 cr 3) Rs 38,000 cr 4) Rs 34,000 cr 5) None of these
42. According to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which of the following banks leads in mobile banking transactions
as of Jan 2015?
1) Canara Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) Axis Bank 4) State Bank of India 5) ICICI Bank
43. Which of the following banks in India acquired the diamond/jewellery financing business of Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS) recently?
1) Yes Bank 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank 3) ICICI Bank
4) IndusInd Bank 5) None of these
44. The Nobel laureate Gunter Grass, who died recently, was known as the voice of memory of
1) France 2) Canada 3) Germany 4) Italy 5) Spain
45. According to the World Bank, which of the following countries has topped the global remittances in 2014 receiving USD
70 bn?
1) Nigeria 2) Mexico 3) China 4) Philippines 5) India
46. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of in India in FY 2017-18?
1) 7 per cent 2) 7.5 per cent 3) 8 per cent 4) 8.5 per cent 5) 9 per cent
47. Ri Su Yong, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) North Korea 2) South Korea 3) Vietnam 4) Cambodia 5) Cuba
48. India to be world’s third largest economy by 2030 is projected by the US Department of Agriculture. As per the current
macroeconomic projections for 2015, India stands at ________ spot in the world.
1) fourth 2) fifth 3) sixth 4) seventh 5) eighth
49. Uttar Pradesh govt on 8 Apr 2015 conferred Sahitya Shiromani Samman on
1) Uday Pratap Singh 2) Vibhuti Narain Rai 3) Gopaldas Neeraj 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3)
50. The Chinese Grand Prix formula one was won by who among the following on 12 Apr?
1) Torro Rosso 2) Kimi Raikkonen 3) Sebastian Vettel 4) Nico Rosberg 5) Lewis Hamilton
51. The senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was on 14 Apr given a three-month extension as the chairman of the
1) TRAI 2) SEBI 3) FMC 4) IRDAI 5) PFRDA
52. Who among the following is the present chairman of the telecom regulator TRAI? The race for the next TRAI chief is on
as the incumbent chairman retires in May.
1) UK Sinha 2) Rahul Khullar 3) Nripendra Misra 4) Shashi Kant Sharma 5) Pulok Chatterji
53. India and Canada have inked 13 agreements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada recently. Who is the present
PM of Canada?
1) Peter MacKay 2) Stephen Harper 3) Elizabeth May 4) Thomas Mulcair 5) None of these
54. Julie Bishop, who visited New Delhi recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) England 2) Canada 3) Australia 4) Spain 5) Italy
55. The central govt is moving towards sealing a land boundary agreement (LBA) with which of the following neighbouring
countries at present?
1) Myanmar 2) Nepal 3) Bhutan 4) China 5) Bangladesh
56. As per news published in financial newspapers, the Finnish network gear maker Nokia is in process to acquire Alcatel-
Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is based in
1) France 2) US 3) Germany 4) Sweden 5) None of these
57. The 30 first responder bike ambulances were launched in which of the following cities on 14 Apr as a part of muchawaited
two-wheeler ambulances?
1) Chennai 2) Bengaluru 3) Mumbai 4) Bhopal 5) Ahmedabad
58. India has inked a deal with which of the following countries recently through which Cameco Corporation will supply
3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for $254 mn?
1) France 2) Germany 3) Canada 4) Japan 5) None of these
59. Saina Nehwal on 28 Mar became the first woman badminton player from the country to be ranked number one in the
world. She is the second Indian player to achieve this feat, after legendary
1) Prakash Padukone 2) Vijay Amritraj 3) Syed Modi 4) U Vimal Kumar 5) Pullela Gopichand
60. Name the batsman who hit the first century of the eighth edition of IPL recently.
1) Dwayne Smith 2) Dwayne Bravo 3) Michael Hussey 4) Brendon McCullum 5) Chris Gayle
61. India on 16 Apr successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile Agni-III from Wheeler
Island off Odisha coast which has a strike range of more than
1) 500 km 2) 700 km 3) 1500 km 4) 3000 km 5) None of these
62. Russia has signed a deal with which of the following countries to sell sophisticated S-300 air defense systems recently?
1) Iran 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Pakistan 4) China 5) Cuba
63. Yuki Bhambri is associated with which of the following games?
1) Squash 2) Tennis 3) Badminton 4) Hockey 5) None of these
64. Which of the following world leaders has written a profile of PM Narendra Modi, titled ‘India’s reformer-in-chief’, for
TIME Magazine recently?
1) Xi Jinping 2) Barack Obama 3) Stephen Harper 4) David Cameron 5) Tony Abbott
65. The TIME magazine on 16 Apr released a list of the world’s 100 most influential people compiled by TIME’s editors which
has only four people from India. Who among the following is NOT one of them?
1) Chanda Kochhar 2) Satya Nadella 3) Vikram Patel 4) Arvind Kejriwal 5) Narendra Modi
66. The govt has changed the name of the tourist visa on arrival scheme following requests from various quarters. What is
the new name of the scheme effective from 15 Apr?
1) free tourist visa 2) ready tourist visa 3) Saral tourist visa 4) e-tourist visa 5) None of these
67. The UN Security Council has imposed an arms embargo on the Houthi rebels which are active in
1) Pakistan 2) Afghanistan 3) Yemen 4) Ukraine 5) None of these
68. PM Narendra Modi visited Canada recently. This was the first stand-alone bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to
Canada in ________ years.
1) 12 2) 22 3) 34 4) 42 5) 51
69. Vladimir Makei, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following countries?
1) Belarus 2) Ukraine 3) Kazakhstan 4) Tajikistan 5) None of these
70. The 16th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women MPs since the first election in 1952. What is the number of woman
MPs in the present (16th) Lok Sabh?
1) 31 2) 42 3) 54 4) 61 5) 73
71. Who among the following Indian crickets was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus
Sports Academy in Shanghai recently?
1) Rahul Dravid 2) MS Dhoni 3) Kapil Dev 4) Sachin Tendulkar 5) None of these
72. The state-owned power equipment maker BHEL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian
company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in
1) Kazakhstan 2) Kyrgyzstan 3) Tajikistan 4) Uzbekistan 5) None of these
73. Who among the following has been appointed as new Indian Ambassador to France?
1) Arun Kumar 2) Vijay Gokhale 3) Ashok K Kantha 4) Mohan Kumar 5) None of these
74. Stanislav Gross, who died recently, was the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) Slovenia 2) Croatia 3) Czech Republic 4) Venezuela 5) None of these
75. Name the Indian scientist and co-creator of element 117 who wasawarded Hevesy Medal Award 2015 on 12 Apr.
1) SS Katiyar 2) Susanta Lahiri 3) Lakshmi Kantam 4) VN Krishnamurthy 5) None of these
76. Surya Bahadur Thapa died on 16 Apr. He was the former ________ of Nepal.
1) Prime Minister 2) President
3) Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal 4) Founder of the Communist Party of Nepal
5) None of these
77. India has officially reversed its long-standing position regarding Montreal Protocol. This protocol is associated with
1) Phasing out of nuclear arms 2) Destruction of chemical weapons 3) Convention on Diplomatic Relations
4) Protection of the Ozone Layer 5) None of these
78. As revealed by the telecom regulator TRAI recently, India ranks below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in broadband penetration.
What is India’s ranking in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) access, its use and its skills in the
world presently?
1) 166th 2) 129th 3) 92nd 4) 78th 5) 67th
79. Seeking to overcome the hurdles in interlinking of rivers, the Centre has constituted a ‘Task Force’ which will be chaired
by
1) BN Navalawala 2) Rajendra Singh 3) Murli Manohar Joshi
4) Uma Bharti 5) None of these
80. D Jayakanthan, who died recently, was a Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi Awards winner and a renowned writer of
1) Kannada 2) Tamil 3) Hindi 4) Assamese 5) Malayalam
81. Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the ambitious 3,000 km-long Economic Corridor with which of the following
countries during his maiden visit to the country recently?
1) Sri Lanka 2) Myanmar 3) Pakistan 4) Bangladesh 5) Nepal
82. A Parliamentary panel has recommended that all medicines should be available in the market at affordable cost. Currently,
drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed prices of ________ formulation packs.
1) 460 2) 481 3) 497 4) 509 5) None of these
83. Bidyut Chakraborty, who passed away recently, was a renowned ________ filmmaker.
1) Assamese 2) Bengali 3) Odia 4) Hindi 5) None of these
84. ________ has bought the telecom equipment business of Alcatel-Lucent in an all-share deal recently.
1) ZTE 2) Huawei 3) Ericsson 4) Nokia 5) None of these
85. Japanese pharma giant, Daiichi Sankyo, is selling its 8.9% stake worth Rs 22,610 crore in which of the following pharma
companies to exit India?
1) Sun Pharmaceuticals 2) Paras Pharmaceuticals 3) Virani Pharma
4) Cadila Pharmaceuticals 5) None of these
86. The Indian embassy in Yemen has been shifted to which of the following countries in view of the worsening situation in
Yemen’s capital Sana’a?
1) Ethiopia 2) Egypt 3) Djibouti 4) Eritrea 5) Somalia
87. ________ launched the construction of its first nuclear power plant in Mersin province recently.
1) Spain 2) Turkey 3) Egypt 4) Cuba 5) None of these
88. Name the Indian Navy’s new and biggest destroyer put to the sea recently. It has enhanced its capacity to operate in
nuclear, biological and chemical atmosphere.
1) INS Visakhapatnam 2) INS Kanyakumari 3) INS Cochin
4) INS Kolkata 5) None of these
89. Which of the following state govts has accorded the Cabinet Minister status to Baba Ramdev recently? He is also the
state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
1) Punjab 2) Haryana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 5) Delhi
90. The Union govt on 13 Apr notified the National Judicial Appointments Commission law. The notification brings into
immediate effect the NJAC Act, 2014, and the ________ Constitution Amendment Act.
1) 91st 2) 93rd 3) 95th 4) 99th 5) 100th
91. The govt has clarified that foreign funds investing through countries with which India has a tax treaty will be exempt
from payment of MAT. The term MAT stands for
1) Minimum Advance Tax 2) Minimum Alternate Tax 3) Minimum Aggregate Tax
4) Minimum Avoidable Tax 5) None of these
92. ________ is an instrument issued by registered foreign FIIs to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian
stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator Sebi.
1) Participatory Note 2) Commercial Paper 3) Treasury Bill 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3)
93. Pakistan and China signed a total of ________ agreements after Xi Jinping held talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
during his maiden visit to Pakistan recently.
1) 11 2) 51 3) 21 4) 31 5) None of these
94. Who among the following scored most runs (547) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
1) Martin Guptill 2) Brendan Taylor 3) AB de Villiers 4) Kumar Sangakkara 5) None of these
95. Who among the following took most wickets (22) in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?
1) Mohammed Shami 2) Morne Morkel 3) Umesh Yadav 4) Mitchell Starc 5) None of these
96. Every year, which of the following days is celebrated as the national Panchayat Raj Day in India?
1) 20 Apr 2) 21 Apr 3) 24 Apr 4) 26 Apr 5) 30 Apr
97. The Nasdaq Composite index on 23 Apr closed at an all-time high since 2000 at 5,056.06. It is the market index most
closely associated with technology stocks and is based in
1) US 2) China 3) Japan 4) France 5) Germany
98. Hindi writer Bhisham Sahni, along with 11 cultural icons, will be commemorated by the central govt in 2015 and 2016 as
per news published in newspapers. Which of the following is his landmark work on partition?
1) Tamas 2) Ajatshatru 3) Kankal 4) Rashmirathi 5) Agnirekha
99. The Indian-American Vivek Murthy was sworn in as the Surgeon-General in which of the following countries on 22 Apr?
He is the youngest (37) ever in-charge of the countries public health.
1) UK 2) Spain 3) Canada 4) South Korea 5) US
100. The Bandung Conference, the large-scale Asian–African conference, was held in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) China 4) South Africa 5) Brazil
101. The RBI has overhauled the priority sector lending targets and now banks have to lend what per cent of their credit to
small and marginal farmers, defined as farmers having less than two hectares of land?
1) 8 per cent 2) 7.5 per cent 3) 10 per cent 4) 12 per cent 5) 9 per cent
102. Which of the following countries has been ranked on top in the 2015 World Happiness Report? It is the third annual
report that seeks to quantify and explain happiness in 158 countries.
1) Canada 2) Norway 3) Denmark 4) India 5) Switzerland
103. Armenia marked the centenary of the Ottoman massacre of up to 1.5 million people on 24 Apr. The capital city of Armenia
is
1) Yerevan 2) Zagreb 3) Tbilisi 4) Baku 5) None of these
104. 25 Apr is commemorated every year as
1) World Malaria Day 2) World AIDS Day 3) World Tuberculosis Day
4) World Typhoid Day 5) World Diarrhea Day
105. In an overhaul of the priority sector lending targets, the RBI has said that foreign banks with less than 20 branches will
have to lend ________ of their net credit to the priority sector. They have to do so by the end of fiscal year 2020.
1) 20 per cent 2) 31 per cent 3) 40 per cent 4) 42 per cent 5) 45 per cent
106. Calbuco volcano erupts in which of the following countries recently for the first time in more than 42 years?
1) Australia 2) Cameroon 3) Chile 4) Argentina 5) Spain
107. India on 9 Apr delivered three Cheetal helicopters to which of the following countries? These are unarmed choppers and
have a utility role.
1) Sri Lanka 2) Nepal 3) Bangladesh 4) Afghanistan 5) Myanmar
108. After a long gap (36 years), a private member’s Bill was on 24 Apr passed by the Rajya Sabha. This private bill moved by
Tiruchi Siva (DMK) seeks to protect the rights of
1) tribals on the land 2) transgenders 3) juvenile offenders
4) mentally retard people 5) None of these
109. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on
1) 12 Apr 2) 22 Apr 3) 23 Apr 4) 25 Apr 5) 26 Apr
110. The govt has allowed retirement fund body EPFO to invest what per cent of its corpus in exchange traded funds
recently?
1) 2 per cent 2) 3 per cent 3) 5 per cent 4) 8 per cent 5) 10 per cent


Answers: 1. 1 2. 4 3. 4 4. 2 5. 3
6. 3 7. 1 8. 1 9. 2 10. 3
11. 2 12. 3 13. 1 14. 1 15. 2
16. 5 17. 3 18. 2 19. 2 20. 5
21. 4 22. 1 23. 2 24. 2 25. 1
26. 2 27. 1 28. 1 29. 4 30. 4
31. 2 32. 3 33. 1 34. 1 35. 3
36. 2 37. 2 38. 3 39. 4 40. 4
41. 2 42. 2 43. 4 44. 3 45. 5
46. 3 47. 1 48. 5 49. 5 50. 5
51. 3 52. 2 53. 2 54. 3 55. 5
56. 1 57. 2 58. 3 59. 1 60. 4
61. 4 62. 1 63. 2 64. 2 65. 4
66. 4 67. 3 68. 4 69. 1 70. 4
71. 4 72. 1 73. 4 74. 3 75. 2
76. 1 77. 4 78. 2 79. 1 80. 2
81. 3 82. 4 83. 1 84. 4 85. 1
86. 3 87. 2 88. 1 89. 2 90. 4
91. 2 92. 1 93. 2 94. 1 95. 4
96. 3 97. 1 98. 1 99. 5 100. 2
101. 1 102. 5 103. 1 104. 1 105. 3
106. 3 107. 4 108. 2 109. 2 110. 3

Sunday, 12 July 2015

MS Excel Shortcut Keys

Shortcut
Description
F2
Edit the selected cell.
F3
After a name has been created F3 will paste names.
F4
Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
F5
Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.
F7
Spell check selected text or document.
F11
Create chart from selected data.
Ctrl + Shift + ;
Enter the current time.
Ctrl + ;
Enter the current date.
Alt + Shift + F1
Insert New Worksheet.
Alt + Enter
While typing text in a cell pressing Alt + Enter will move to the next line allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
Shift + F3
Open the Excel formula window.
Shift + F5
Bring up search box.
Ctrl + 1
Open the Format Cells window.
Ctrl + A
Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl + B
Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I
Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K
Insert link.
Ctrl + S
Save the open worksheet.
Ctrl + U
Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + 1
Change the format of selected cells.
Ctrl + 5
Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl + P
Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing.
Ctrl + Z
Undo last action.
Ctrl + F3
Open Excel Name Manager.
Ctrl + F9
Minimize current window.
Ctrl + F10
Maximize currently selected window.
Ctrl + F6
Switch between open workbooks or windows.
Ctrl + Page up
Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Page down
Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Tab
Move between Two or more open Excel files.
Alt + =
Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl + '
Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
Ctrl + Shift + !
Format number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $
Format number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + #
Format number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + %
Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^
Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @
Format number in time format.
Ctrl + Arrow key
Move to next section of text.
Ctrl + Space
Select entire column.
Shift + Space
Select entire row.
Ctrl + -
Delete the slected column or row.
Ctrl + Shift + =
Insert a new column or row.
Ctrl + Home
Move to cell A1.
Ctrl + ~
Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.

Thursday, 2 July 2015

English (Correct use of prepositions)

Some correct use of prepositions

1. Abound with trees
2. Abstain from liquor
3. According to the report
4. Accused of corruption
5. Accordance with practice
6. Accustomed to the habit
7. Acquaint with foreign culture
8. Admit to school
9. Adverse to growth
10. Afraid of snakes
11. Associate with criminals
12. Ashamed of the failure
13. Apprised of the situation
14. Allegation against his
involvement
15. Attribute to low production
16. Bereft of compassion
17. Beset with evil
18. Beware of dogs
19. Boast of his abilities
20. Busy with his work
21. Compatible with the new
technology
22. Comply with the direction
23. Compliment on the occasion
24. Conscious of the weakness
25. Cope with the change
26. Debar from the exam
27. Delight in music
28. Deprive of his rights
29. Derive from situation
30. Dissociate from the decision
31. Devoid of commonsense
32. Endowed with talent
33. Engage in debate
34. Entrust to him
35. Fed up with delay
36. Focus on the problem
37. Grapple with the mystery
38. Indifferent to the needs
39. Infest with rats
40. Insensible to the wants
41. Insist on the point
42. Intoxicate with liquor
43. Involve in the case
44. Jealous of his success
45. Jeer at the players
46. Jump at the opportunity
47. Lure into danger
48. Long for success
49. Noted for his gifts
50. Owing to difficulties
51. Plead for the underdog
52. Prefer tea to coffee
53. Pleased with his achievements
54. Priority to social development
55. Probe into the murder
56. Proud of her success
57. Remand to custody
58. Sail for the Gulf
59. Satisfied with her performance
60. Sentenced to death
61. Sue for the fault
62. Superior to foreign goods
63. Susceptible to error
64. Sympathise with the family
65. Sympathy for the victim
66. Tamper with the records
67. Vote for the candidate
68. Wait for the decision
69. Wish for her presence
70. Wonder at the development
71. Wink at a girl

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

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

General Awareness Quiz

01. Murli Deora, who died recently, was a veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Union
1) Commerce and Industry Minister 2) Petroleum Minister 3) Railway Minister
4) Home Minister 5) None of these
02. Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country’s finest ________dancers.
1) Kathak 2) Odissi 3) Kuchipudi 4) Kathakali 5) Bharatanatyam
03. Who among the following is set to be appointed as the next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
1) Markenday Katju 2) Altamas Kabir 3) Aseem Trivedi 4) Gyan Sudha Misra 5) CK Prasad
04. Chuck Hagel has quit as US ________recently.
1) Secretary of State 2) Secretary of the Treasury 3) Defense Secretary
4) Commerce Secretary 5) None of these
05. Which of the following women players from India has been named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia
region?
1) Jwala Gutta 2) Mary Kom 3) Sania Mirza 4) Saina Nehwal 5) None of these
06. The SAARC Summit held in Nepal on 26-27 Nov was ________summit of the group.
1) 15th 2) 18th 3) 19th 4) 20th 5) 21th
07. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Commonwealth Science Congress held after a gap of 50 years in
________on 25 Nov.
1) Chennai 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Bengaluru 5) None of these
08. Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?
1) Low-cost pension scheme 2) Group health insurance 3) Women empowerment
4) Saving girl child 5) None of these
09. Which of the following countries is planning to build the world’s largest sea wall to try and prevent its capital city from
disappearing under rising sea levels? It is expected that half the city will be below sea level by 2030.
1) Malaysia 2) Indonesia 3) Iran 4) Singapore 5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?
1) France 2) Switzerland 3) South Korea 4) UK 5) None of these
11. What is the deadline set by the govt to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
1) Apr 2016 2) Mar 2016 3) Jan 2016 4) Sep 2015 5) None of these
12. The pension fund regulator, PFRDA expects the funds under management to reach Rs 1 lakh cr by the end of this fiscal
for the Swavalamban Yojana. Who among the following is the chairman of PFRDA?
1) Shashi Kant Sharma 2) Hemant G Contractor 3) M Damodaran
4) CB Bhave 5) Chitra Ramkrishna
13. It is expected that oil prices could plunge to $60 a barrel if OPEC does not agree on a significant output cut. Which of the
following countries is NOT a member of OPEC?
1) Libya 2) Syria 3) Indonesia 4) Kuwait 5) Venezuela
14. Which of the following private power firms has bought Avantha Group’s 600 MW power plant at Korba for Rs 4,200 cr
to become the largest private sector power utility in the country?
1) Reliance Power 2) Tata Power 3) JSW Power 4) Adani Power 5) None of these
15. India’s S Sarjubala and Saweety, who won silver medals at the 8th World Women’s Championships recently, are associated
with
1) Archery 2) Boxing 3) Wrestling 4) Weightlifting 5) None of these
16. Jack Ma visited India recently as part of a business delegation. He is the founder of
1) Amazon 2) ebay 3) Alibaba 4) Xiaomi 5) None of these
17. Iran and world powers missed a deadline to clinch a landmark nuclear deal. What is the new deadline set for Iran nuclear
deal?
1) 1 Jan, 2015 2) 1 Mar, 2015 3) 1 Apr, 2015 4) 1 Jun, 2015 5) 1 Jul, 2015
18. The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2014, passed recently in the Lok Sabha amend law on
1) CBI chief’s appointment 2) Status of Delhi police 3) Security of the Parliament
4) Security of MPs and their families 5) None of these
19. India is likely to sign an agreement soon for conducting a feasibility study for setting up a 1,700-km-long high-speed rail
line between New Delhi and Chennai with
1) France 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) China 5) None of these
20. Which of the following aviation manufacturers delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India recently? The
aircraft is part of a contract of eight planes awarded in 2009.
1) United Aircraft Corporation, Russia 2) Dassault Aviation, France
3) Boeing, US 4) Airbus, EU
5) None of these
21. The pension scheme floated by the govt called Swavalamban Yojana, is mainly for the
1) organised sector 2) unorganised sector 3) students
4) widows and handicapped 5) None of these
22. Phillip Hughes, the international cricketer who sustained head injury during a domestic match and succumbed to the
injury recently, belonged to
1) England 2) Australia 3) New Zealand 4) South Africa 5) None of these


Answers: 01. 2 02. 1 03. 5 04. 3 05. 3
06. 2 07. 4 08. 1 09. 2 10. 2
11. 1 12. 2 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2
16. 3 17. 5 18. 1 19. 4 20. 3
21. 2 22. 2 23. 4

Saturday, 27 June 2015

General Awareness Quiz

1. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held at Yanqi Lake, about 50 km north east of Beijing. This
was ________APEC summit.
1) 11th 2) 12th 3) 21st 4) 22nd 5) None of these

2. The RBI has announced a new set of norms for NBFCs mandating a huge increase in the minimum ‘net owned fund’
requirement from earlier Rs 25 lakh to ________by 2017 in a phased manner.
1) Rs 50 lakh 2) Rs 75 lakh 3) Rs 1 cr 4) Rs 2 cr 5) Rs 5 cr

3. The SFIO submitted the final report on Saradha scam to the Corporate Affairs Ministry recently. Expand the term SFIO.
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office 2) Scam and Fraud Investigation Office
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office 4) Serious Fraud Investigation Organisation
5) None of these

4. The first ever state of the art institute of livestock management and entrepreneurship of North East is being set up in
which of the following states?
1) Assam 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Mizoram 4) Tripura 5) Manipur

5. The PM Narendra Modi invited ASEAN nations to invest in India while interacting with them on the sidelines of ASEAN
summit in Myanmar. ASEAN is a bloc of ________ small and medium economies.
1) 9 2) 10 3) 12 4) 21 5) 22

6. The National Education Day in observed on the birth Anniversary of Mulana Abul Kalam Azad which falls on
1) 6 Nov 2) 10 Nov 3) 11 Nov 4) 14 Nov 5) 16 Nov

7. The 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will begin in Goa from 20 Nov. Which of the following countries will
be the focus country of this year?
1) Japan 2) Germany 3) China 4) Vietnam 5) Australia

8. The Minister of Minority Affairs launched the Maulana Azad National Academy for skills (MANAS) in New Delhi, on
the 125th birth Anniversary of Mulana Abul Kalam Azad. Who among the following is the Minority Affairs Minister at
present?
1) MJ Akbar 2) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 3) Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
4) Najma Heptulla 5) None of these

9. India and which of the following countries have successfully test-fired a jointly developed long range surface to air
missile (LRSAM) recently? The multi-role missile has a range of 70 km and has sea-skimming capability and could take
on anti-ship function too.
1) US 2) Brazil 3) Japan 4) Israel 5) None of these

10. Who among the following has been elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly?
1) Ganpatrao Deshmukh 2) Haribhau Bagde 3) Jiva Pandu Gavit
4) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 5) Eknath Shinde

11. Who among the following Indian cricketers has become the quickest cricketer in history to reach 6000 runs in ODI?
1) Yuvraj Singh 2) Suresh Raina 3) Virat Kohli
4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 5) None of these

12. Who among the following batsmen has become the world’s only cricketer to hit two double centuries as of now?
1) Ravindra Jadeja 2) Shikhar Dhawan 3) Rohit Sharma 4) Virat Kohli 5) Suresh Raina

13. The names disclosed by the Supreme Court in connection with the IPL match fixing probe includes who among the
following? The Mudgal Committee submitted its report in this case recently.
1) Sunder Raman 2) N Srinivasan 3) Gurunath Meiyappan
4) Only 2) and 3) 5) All 1), 2) and 3)

14. Which of the following is the capital city of Myanmar? It hosted ASEAN Summit recently.
1) Naypyidaw 2) Manila 3) Hanoi 4) Beirut 5) None of these

15. After ‘Make In India’ campaign, the govt is all set to launch ‘Served from India’ campaign. The services sector constitutes
________share of the country’s GDP as of now.
1) 37 per cent 2) 43 per cent 3) 57 per cent 4) 63 per cent 5) 77 per cent

16. After RBI’s approval, banks like SBI, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank have started charging customers for using home ATMs
more than five times a month with effect from 1 Nov. It is NOT applicable in which of the following cities?
1) Kolkata 2) Chennai 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai 5) None of these

17. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar’s President on 11 Nov on the sidelines of ASEAN summit. Who among
the following is the current president of Myanmar?
1) Min Aung Hlaing 2) Thein Sein 3) Shwe Mann 4) Than Shwe 5) Aung San Suu Kyi

18. The govt has launched GIS based decision support system to expedite forest clearance for development projects in New
Delhi. GIS stands for
1) Geographical Information System 2) Geological Information System
3) Graphical Information System 4) Geothermal Information System
5) None of these

19. Who among the following is NOT among the 19 Americans who will on 24 Nov receive Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the country’s highest civilian honour for their “extraordinary contributions”?
1) Meryl Streep 2) Stephen Sondheim 3) Tom Brokaw 4) Stevie Wonder 5) None of these

20. According to current regulations for banks, an asset is classified as non-performing when it remains overdue for how
many days?
1) 30 2) 60 3) 90 4) 120 5) 180

21. Which of the following fighter aircrafts grounded following a crash in Pune has been cleared for flying recently?
1) Sukhoi-30s 2) Mirage 2000 3) MiG-29M 4) Jaguar 5) None of these

22. Six infrastructure projects in India figure among the 100 most innovative infrastructure investments in the world. Which
of the following is one among them?
1) Delhi Metro 2) Yamuna Expressway
3) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) 4) Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project
5) All the above

23. One out of three companies that raised funds via QIP route in the recent past have seen their stocks underperform the
markets. Expand the term QIP.
1) Qualified Institutional Placement 2) Qualified Institutional Package
3) Quantitative Institutional Placement 4) Qualitative Institutional Placement
5) None of these

24. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the long-pending proposal of which of the following banks
to hike foreign holding in the bank to 74 per cent recently?
1) ICICI Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) Federal Bank 4) HDFC Bank 5) None of these

25. Name the spacecraft launched by the EU Space Agency which has successfully landed on a comet for the first time in
space history.
1) Discovery 2) Philae 3) Curiosity 4) Phoenix 5) None of these

26. Which of the following state govt’s has made voting compulsory in elections to local bodies recently attracting widespread
controversy?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Kerala 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Gujarat 5) Rajasthan

27. CRY is an international organisation associated with
1) animal rights 2) child rights 3) climate change 4) citizen’s rights 5) None of these

28. As revealed by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently, India is the third largest passport issuing country
in the world. Which of the following countries holds the top position in this regard?
1) Japan 2) China 3) Malaysia 4) Indonesia 5) Philippines

Answers: 1. 4 2. 4 3. 3 4. 1 5. 2
6. 3 7. 3 8. 4 9. 4 10. 2
11. 3 12. 3 13. 5 14. 1 15. 3
16. 5 17. 2 18. 1 19. 5 20. 3
21. 1 22. 5 23. 1 24. 4 25. 2
26. 4 27. 2 28. 2