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1. India Post has launched Instant Cash in Oct 2013. Instant Cash is an instant electronic money transfer service launched in partnership with which company?

A) Wall Street Exchange

Moneygram

C) National Stock Exchange

D) Western Union 

2. Which of the following dam has celebrated its 50th Anniversary in Oct 2013?

A) Bhakra dam

KSR Dam

C) Sardar Sarovar Dam

D) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 

3. Which of the following Indiant districts has been termed as the first zero-landless district in the country in Oct 2013?

A) Alappuzha

Ernakulam

C) Kannur

D) Kollam 

4. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of India’s largest bank, State Bank of India in Oct 2013?

A) Nishi Vasudeva

Shubhalakshmi Panse

C) Arundhati Bhattacharya

D) Archana Bhargava 

5. “World Polio Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 29-Oct

18-Oct

C) 21-Oct

D) 24-Oct 

6. Which IPL team won the Champions League Twenty-20 title held in Oct 2013?

A) Rajasthan Royals

Trinidad & Tobago

C) Mumbai Indians

D) Chennai Super Kings 

7. SEBI and FIPB have approved Jet-Etihad deal in Oct 2013. As a part of the deal, Etihad will acquire __________ stake in Jet Airways to Etihad.

A) 51%

24%

C) 49%

D) 76% 

8. Who has been ranked as India’s richest women as per the latest Forbes list published by the magazine in Oct 2013?

A) Indu Jain

Anu Aga

C) Savitri Jindal

D) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 

9. Indian mobile phone maker Micromax has roped in which Hollywood star as its brand ambassador to expand in the overseas market in Oct 2013?

A) Russell Crowe

Christian Bale

C) Hugh Jackman

D) Robert Downey Jr. 

10. Which organization won the Nobel peace prize 2013 (announced in Oct 2013)?

A) European Union

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

C) UNICEF

D) Red Cross 

Answers…

1 Ans) Wall Street Exchange

2 Ans) Bhakra dam

3 Ans) Kannur

4 Ans) Arundhati Bhattacharya

5 Ans) 24-Oct

6 Ans) Mumbai Indians

7 Ans) 24%

8 Ans) Savitri Jindal

9 Ans) Hugh Jackman

10 Ans) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Question Answers

1. Who is known as Modern Bhoja ?

Answer: Krishnadeva Raya

2. Who started Shudhi Movement ?

Answer: Dayananda Saraswathy

3. Which Pakistan President signed the Tashkent Agreement ?

Answer: Ayub Khan

4. Which Substance is known as Philosopher's wool ?

Answer: Zinc Oxide

5. Which Vitamin helps in the absorption of Calcium ?

Answer: Vitamin D

6.Who discovered Rh Factor ?

Answer: Karl Landsteiner (the same person discovered Blood Group)

7. Who wrote the book Harmonies of World ?

Answer: Kepler

8. Where is the Headquarters of Amnesty International ?

Answer: London

9. Which is the shortest River in the world ?

Answer: Roe

10. The image formed on the Retina of the human eye is ________ ?

Answer: Real and inverted

11.Who discovered Microphone ?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

12. Myopia (Short sightedness) can be corrected by using a _______ lens ?

Answer: Concave

13. Hypermetropia (Long sightedness) can be corrected using a _________ ?

Answer: Convex lens

14. Erg is the unit of _____?

Answer: Work

15. Dyne is the unit of ______ ?

Answer: Force

16. Poise is the unit of _______ ?

Answer: Viscosity of fluid

17.Which cricketer has the nick name Haryana Hurricane ?

Answer: Kapil Dev

18. Who is the law Adviser of the central Government ?

Answer: Attorney General

19. Which is the acid present in tomato ?

Answer: Oxalic acid

20. Which disease is also known as Hansen's disease ?

Answer: Leprosy

21. Who gave the Pacific Ocean its name ?

Answer: Magellan

22.Which state has large number of cinema theater in India?

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

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1. Famous Folk Singer of Pakistan who died recently ?

Answer :- Reshma 

2. Highest Award of Japan ?

Answer :- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star 

3. Which Indian-AmericanDemocratic Party Nominee won the New Jersey assembly poll ?

Answer :- Raj Mukherji 

4. The typhoon that hit Vietnam and Philippines recently in October ?

Answer :- Typhoon Nari 

5. The typhoon that hit Philippines and kills 10,000+ people recently in November ?

Answer :- Typhoon Haiyan 

Question Answers

1. name the fastest super computer in india ?

Ans: Saga220 

2. saga 220 is developed by ______?

Ans: vikram sarabhai space centre 

3. First super computer from India ?

Ans: PARAM 8000 

4. Lisp is a programing language related to _________?

Ans: Artificial intelligence 

5. Father of Artificial intelligence who was died on 2011 ?

Ans: John McCarthy 

6. What is the nationality of linus torvalds ?

Ans: Finland 

7. Name the first supercomputer ?

Ans: Cray-1

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1. who is the current loksabha speaker ?

ans: Meira Kumar

2. Who is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

ans: pj kuryan

3. who is the current rajya sabha chairman ?

ans: Mohammad Hamid Ansari

4. america is in which part of the world?

Ans: in Northern hemisphere

5.how many members are in europian union?

ans: 28 members

6. Who became the first player to win four successive ballon d'or awards ?

Answer: Lionel Mess

7. how many member in IMF.?

Answer: 188 Members

8. Who is known as the father of Indian Cricket ?

Answer: Renjith Singh

9. 2013 republic day guest

Answer: King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

10. name of protein in milk

Answer: casein

11.Which element has no nutron?

Answer: Hydrogen

12. Kalinga Prize is related to ___?

Answer: Popularization of Science

13.silent valley biosphere is in

Answer: palakad,kerala

14. Zindagi Ka Karvan' book is an autobiography of

Answer: Former prime minister chandrasekhar

15.who is the current nawab of patudi?

Answer: Saif Ali Khan

16. which is the biggest land locked country in the world??

Answer: Kazakhstan

17.who is the president of world bank?

Answer: Dr. Jim Yong Kim

18.present us secretary of state?

Answer: John Kerry

19.present chairman of ISRO

Answer: Radhakrishnan

20.current indian men's hockey coach ?

Answer: M. K. Kaushik

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1) Who took charge as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Sep 2013?

(A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

(B) Raghuram Rajan

(C) D Subbarao

(D) Kaushik Basu 

Ans. (B) Raghuram Rajan 

2) Which global tech company acquired Finish mobile maker Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.4 billion euros in September 2013?

(A) Google

(B) Microsoft

(C) Apple

(D) Blackberry 

Ans. (B) Microsoft 

3) Ronald Coase, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1991, passed away in Sep 2013. He won Nobel prize in which category?

(A) Chemistry

(B) Phusics

(C) Economics

(D) Medicine 

Ans. (C) Economics 

4) India’s Core sector growth stood at __________ in July 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).

(A) 2.1%

(B) 3.1%

(C) 3.8%

(D) 4.5% 

Ans. (B) 3.1% 

5) Who published a book named “How Not to Make Money” in Sep 2013?

(A) Chetan Bhagat

(B) Raj Kundra

(C) Ravinder Singh

(D) None of These 

Ans. (B) Raj Kundra 

6) India’s unemployment rate stood at _________ in 2012-13

(A) 4.9%

(B) 4.7%

(C) 5.3%

(D) 3.6% 

Ans. (B) 4.7% 

7) The Reserve Bank recently announced a 13-member committee in Sep 2013 to frame a “clear and detailed” vision for financial inclusion/deepening

across the country. The committee is headed by ____________.

(A) Bimal Jalan

(B) C. Rangarajan

(C) Nachiket Mor

(D) Urijit Patel 

Ans. (C) Nachiket Mor 

8.) PepsiCo Inc. has appointed whom to the position of Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) in Sep 2013?

(A) Indra K. Nooyi

(B) Sanjeev Chadha

(C) Saji Cherian

(D) Deepak Khanna 

Ans. (B) Sanjeev Chadha 

9) Reserve Bank of India has formed an expert committee for examining

its Current Monetary Policy Framework in Sep 2013. Who will

head the committee?

(A) C. Rangarajan

(B) Bimal Jalan

(C) Urjit Patel

(D) Y. Venugopal Reddy 

Ans. (C) Urjit Patel 

10) The current account deficit stood at ______ of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter (April-June) of current financial year 2013-14 as per the data published in Sep 2013.

(A) 5.1%

(B) 4.5%

(C) 4.9%

(D) 4.6% 

Ans. (C) 4.9%

Question Answers

Ques 1. What is RTGS ?

Ans. Real Time Gross Settlement.

Ques 2. What is NEFT ?

Ans. National Electronic Fund Transfer.

Ques 3. Is there any minimum / maximum amount for RTGS transactions?

Ans. The RTGS system is primarily meant for large value transactions. The minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is ` 2 lakh. There is no upper ceiling for RTGS transactions.

Ques 4:What is IFSC code?

Ans :The Indian Financial System Code. IFSC is alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a bank-branch

Ques 5: How many character does IFSC code have?

Ans : 11 character code

Ques 6: What is IMPS ?

Ans : IMPS is Immediate Payment Service and it is commonly known as Interbank Mobile Payment Service.

Question Answers

Ques 1 : India's Mars mission will be launched by vehicle ?

Ans : PSLV-C25.

Ques 2: Full form of PSLV ?

Ans : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Ques 3 : Human Rights Day?

Ans : December 10.

Ques 4 : These are ATMs which are not owned by banks but by private ATM provider ?

Ans : White Label ATM(WLA)

Ques 5 : Head quarters of International Court of Justice(ICJ) ?

Ans : The Hague.

Ques 6 :The rate at which Banks borrow from the RBI?

Ans : Repo Rate.

Ques 7: How many application does RBI receives for issuing banking licences?

Ans : 26.

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Q 1. What is the full form of “CORE” in Core banking Solution?

A. Centralized Online Realtime Exchange.

Q 2. Which is the most safest card among Visa card , Master card and Maestro Card?

A. Maestro Card

Q 3. Which bank launched the Rupay card for the first time?

A. Bank of India 

Q 4. What is the currency name of IMF?

A. SDR (Special Drawing Rights) 

Q 5. Expand FATF and what does it mean?

A. FATF: Financial Action Task Force, it is used to put a hold on money supply to terrorist.

Q 6. What is the initial capital requirement of any Public sector company to register in SEBI?

A. Five Lacs

Q 7. What is the full form of FII?

A. Foreign Institutional Investor.

Q 8. What is Term Money?

A. Money which is borrowed from one bank to another for more than 15 days.

Q 9. G-20 meeting in 2014 is going to held in which country ?

A. Brisbane, Australia.

Q 10. How many member does Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has?

A. Twelve Members.

Q 11. Which committee recommended NABARD and when was NABARD established?

A. NABARD is recommended by Shiv Raman Committee and is established in 1982.

Q 12. Who is also known as Banker for the Bank?

A. RBI.

Q 13. Which scheme is related to Financial Inclusion?

A. Swabhiman Scheme. 

Q 14. Who is the Chairperson of National Advisory Council (NAC)?

A. Sonia Gandhi.

Q 15. Name the central Bank of United States of America?

A. Federal Bank.

Q 16. What is the minimum and maximum fund transfer limit in National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT)?

A. Their is no such limit of money transfer in NEFT.

Q 17. Which company rolls out with first White Label ATM?

A. Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd.

Q 18. Expand MGNREGA and what is it meant for?

A. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), this scheme is meant for job guarantee to rural Indians.

Question Answers

Q.The most appropriate measure of a country's economic growth is its ?

ANS. Gross Domestic Product(GDP)

Q. A nickname 'seven-sisters' has been given in India to -?

ANS. Seven North-Eastern States

Q. P.V. Sindhu was recently in news, associated with which of the following sports?

ANS. Badminton

Q. Hasan Rouhani was recently in news as new president of which country?

ANS. Iran

Q. Confirmation of the presence of Higgs boson will justify -?

ANS. The mass of the fundamental particles

Q. Raghuram Rajan is the ________ Governor of RBI?

ANS. 23rd

Q. Where the headquarters of OPCW, the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2013 is located ?

ANS. The Hague

Q. Which company recently purchased Nokia Mobile Company ?

ANS. Microsoft

Question Answers

General awareness for banking exams.

What is the full form of FIMI ?

Ans:- Federation of Indian mineral industries .

What is the full form of EEZ ?

Answer: - Exclusive Economic zone 

Where is "Preah Vihear Temple" situated ?

Answer:- Preah Vihear Temple is situated at Thailand - Cambodian boarder .

Agenda21 is related to _____________?

Answer: - Earth Summit ( Rio Summit on 14 June 1992)

What is the full form of WPI ?

Answer: Whole Sale Price Index

Members of Shanghai cooperation organization are?

Answer: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Who is the author of the book "Room of many colors" recently published ?

Answer:- Ruskin Bond

International Day of Disappeared ?

Answer:- August 30 

June 8 is celebrated as world ocean day 

FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 20, 1924

What is the full form for NEFT ?

Answer: National Electronic Fund Transfer

[ibps PO Exam 2011]

Different types of bank accounts ?

Answer:

Fixed or terms deposit

Savings deposit

Current deposit or current a/c

Recurring deposit