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GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Which of the following political parties in Pakistan is headed by Nawaz Sharif?
1) Pakistan People's Party

2) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

3) Pakistan Muslim League (N)

4) Awami National Party

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5) None of these

2. Who was elected Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in May 2013? (He
will succeed Pascal Lamy on September 1, 2013)
1) Romano Prodi

2) Roberto Azevedo

4) Peter Mandelson

5) Angel Gurria

3) Leon Brittan

3. Enrico Letta became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on April 28,
2013?

1) Greece

2) Cyprus

3) Italy

4) Poland

5) Portugal

4) 7.25%

5) 6.25%

4. With effect from May 3, 2013 what is the repo rate?

1) 7%

2) 7.75%

3) 8%

5. Which of the following statements is not correct?

1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was set up in 1956 with its central office in
Mumbai.

2) D.K.Mehrotra is the present Chairman of LIC.

3) General Insurance Corporation of India is the sole reinsurer.

4) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) regulates insurance industry.

5) The headquarters of IRDA is in Mumbai.

6. Typhoon Bopha, a tropical cyclone, hit the island of Mindanao recently. This island is in?
1) Japan

2) Philippines

3) Vietnam

4) Indonesia

5) Malaysia

3) Painter

4) Economist

5) Lawyer

7. Jagdish Bhagwati is a famous?

1) Scientist

2) Sculptor

8. Who recommended multimember set up for Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)?
1) C. G. Somaiah 2) Vinod Rai 3) V. K. Shunglu 4) Vijay Kelkar 5) T.N.Chaturvedi
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9. Who is the author of the book 'Women of Vision'?

1) Preeti Shenoy

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Alam Srinivas

4) Ravinder Singh

5) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

10. Who appoints Banking Ombudsman?

2) SBI

3) Government of India

4) RBI

5) Concerned Banks

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1) ECGC

11. Invisible Export means export of?

1) Prohibited goods

2) Restricted goods

4) Consumer goods

5) None of these

3) Services

12. 'Lolita' is a novel written by?

1) Leo Tolstoy

2) Vladimir Nabokov

4) James Joyce

5) Nikolai Gogol

3) Anton Chekhov

13. The term MIST has been coined to describe the next tier of large emerging economies.
Which country is not a member of MIST?
1) Mexico

2) Indonesia

3) South Korea

4) Turkey

5) Thailand

14. Which is the first Indian company to trade on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in
February 2013?
1) TCS

2) Infosys

3) Wipro

4) HCL

5) Polaris

15. A non-performing asset is?

1) Cash balance with RBI

2) Cash balance with commercial banks

3) An asset that ceases to generate income

4) Call money

5) None of these

16. Which of the following terms is associated with Cricket?

1) Forehand

2) Rook

3) Mid court

4) Bouncer

5) Bishop

17. The holidays for the banks are declared as per?

1) RBI Act

2) Banking Regulation Act

3) Negotiable Instruments Act

4) Companies Act

5) None of these

18. Interest on savings bank deposits is fixed by the?

1) RBI

2) Depositors

4) Government of India

5) None of these

3) Respective banks

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19. According to the guidelines issued by RBI for entry of new banks what per cent of branches
of new bank should be set up in unbanked rural areas with population up to 9,999?
1) 5%

2) 4%

3) 16%

4) 25%

5) 20%

20. Which organization is responsible for empowering Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in

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India?
1) RBI

2) NABARD

3) SIDBI

4) SEBI

5) EXIM Bank

21. Muhammad Yunus is associated with which of the following concepts in the field of
Banking?

1) Retail banking

2) Internet banking

4) CBS

5) RTGS

3) Micro credit

22. Which country won the 34th edition of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne
in December 2012?
1) Australia

2) Netherlands

3) Pakistan

4) India

5) Germany

23. What is the full form of CTS?

1) Cheque Testing System

2) Cheque Transfer System

3) Cheque Tracking System

4) Cheque Truncation System

5) Cheque Transaction System

24. Mount Tongariro, a volcano, erupted recently. It is in?

1) Italy

2) Argentina

3) Japan

4) Zambia

5) New Zealand

25. The Xayaburi Dam is proposed to be built on the Lower Mekong River in which of the
following countries?
1) Cambodia

2) Laos

3) Vietnam

4) Myanmar

5) Thailand

26. Which state government is constructing an assembly building at Gairsain and hold at least
one session of the House every year?
1) Jharkhand

2) Bihar

3) Uttarakhand

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Uttar Pradesh

27. Mykola Azarov was re-elected to the post of Prime Minister of which of the following
countries recently?
1) Belarus

2) Ukraine

3) Georgia

4) Kazakhstan

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5) Kyrgyzstan

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28. The Great Dividing Mountain Range or the Eastern Highlands is located in?
1) Europe

2) Asia

3) South America

4) Australia

5) North America

29. Which of the following books is written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?

2) Voice of Conscience

4) The Hindu View of Life

5) India Divided

3) Ignited Minds

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1) My Presidential Years

30. Recurring accounts can be best canvassed among?

1) Traders

2) Farmers

3) Minors

4) Agriculture laborers

5) Salaried persons

31. The interest below which a bank is not expected to lend to customers is called?
1) Bank rate

2) Repo rate

3) Discount rate

4) Base rate

5) Prime Lending Rate

32. The national income of a country divided by the total population is called?
1) Purchasing power

2) Per capita income

4) Rate of inflation

5) None of these

3) Exchange value

33. Fast Breeder Test Reactors are used in the field of?
1) Space Research

2) Civil Aviation

4) Medical Science

5) Shipping

3) Atomic Energy

34. What should be the minimum age of a person to become the President of India?
1) 25 years

2) 30 years

3) 35 years

4) 40 years

5) 50 years

35. Normally banks accept fixed deposits for a maximum period of?
1) 3 years

2) 5 years

3) 10 years

4) 20 years

5) None of these

36. The objective of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms is?

1) To give boost to bank deposits

2) To safeguard bank advances

3) To monitor transactions of suspicious nature

4) Both 1 and 2

5) None of these

37. A customer can approach banking ombudsman if he/she does not get satisfactory response
to the grievance from the bank within how many days?
1) 10 days

2) 15 days

3) 20 days

4) 30 days

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5) 60 days

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38. Which of the following books was written by Dominique Lapierre?

1) A New World

2) City of Joy

4) Living History

5) A Suitable Boy

3) Two Lives

39. Which of the following will set up core banking infrastructure for regional rural banks?
2) IBA

3) NABARD

4) SIDBI

5) SBI

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1) RBI

40. Which of the following is not a public sector undertaking?

1) SEBI

2) SIDBI

3) ECGC

4) BHEL

5) Axis Bank

KEY
1) 3

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

5) 5

6) 2

7) 4

8) 3

9) 3

10) 4

11) 3

12) 2

13) 5

14) 2

15) 3

16) 4

17) 3

18) 3

19) 4

20) 3

21) 3

22) 1

23) 4

24) 5

25) 2

26) 3

27) 2

28) 4

29) 4

30) 5

31) 4

32) 2

33) 3

34) 3

35) 3

36) 3

37) 4

38) 2

39) 3

40) 5

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