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List of 50 Important GK Questions for Bank PO and Clerk Exams Part-IV

1).Which space programmes of India have won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science
and engineering category from the US-based National Space Society (NSS)?
a) Mars Orbiter Mission
b) GSAT MK-III
c) IRNSS
d) PSLV-23
e) GSAT-16
Answer: a
2).The World Hindi Day is observed on______.
a) 10 January
b) 14 September
c) 26 April
d) 4 February
e) 15 March
Answer: a
3).The Government of the Year award has been given to ______________ at the Central
Banking Awards for 2015.
a) Graeme Wheeler
b) Janet Yellen
c) Haruhiko Kuroda
d) Raghuram Rajan
e) None of these
Answer: d
4).Which Central bank has received the Central Banking of the Year award at the Central
Banking Awards for 2015?
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a) Federal Reserve
b) Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)
c) Bank of Japan (BOJ)
d) European Central Bank (ECB)
e) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Answer: b
5).Idukki has become Indias first remote district connected with the Hi-speed Rural Broadband
Network (NOFN). It is situated at ______.
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Maharashtra
d) Goa
e) Gujarat
Answer: a
6).On 10 January people from 11 countries walked through a 13 km- long stretch in the first
Buddha Heritage Walk in which states recently? Lord Gautam Buddha had once travelled the
stretch.
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Sikkim
c) Bihar
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: c
7).The Reserve Bank of the India (RBI) revised the Repo rate on 15 January, ______ is the
new Repo rate?
a) 7.5 per cent
b) 7.75 per cent
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c) 8 per cent
d) 7 per cent
e) None of these
Answer: b
8).The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has declared four sites in India as Adarsh
Monuments recently. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
a) Konark Sun Temple, Odisha
b) Rang Ghar, Assam
c) Vaishali- Kolhua, Bihar
d) Hazarduari Palace, West Bengal
e) Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu
Answer: e
9).Surendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of ________, he is the
first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-Majority Country.
a) Iraq
b) Bangladesh
c) Maldives
d) Pakistan
e) Indonesia
Answer: b
10).Who has clinched the FIFA world footballer of the year award, popularly called Ballon d Or
award in football?
a) Lionel Messi
b) Manuel Neuer
c) Cristiano Ronaldo
d) James Rodriguez
e) None of these
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Answer: c
11).Who has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2014 for his work
Premchand kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar Adhyayan?
a)

Kedarnath Singh

b)

Kamal Kirshore Goyanka

c)

Ashok Vajpeyi

d)

Kunwar Narayan

e)

None of these

Answer: b
12).Recently, Giorgio Napolitano resigned as the president of_______.
a)

Sweden

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

e)

None of these

Answer: c
13).The project Sandesh One is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership (PPP) programme
to develop a network of trained women entrepreneurs in the stage of _______.
a)

Gujarat

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Kerala

d)

West Bengal

e)

Assam

Answer: c
14).The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a MoU for cooperation in the area of central
banking with ____________.
a)
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b)

Bank of Japan

c)

Federal Reserve

d)

European Central Bank

e)

Swiss National Bank

Answer: d
15). Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has become the first female president of _______.
a)

Montenegro

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Slovenia

d)

Sweden

e)

Croatia

Answer: e
16).Which is the first development bank of India, which was started in 1948?
a)

Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)

b)

Export Import Bank (Exim Bank)

c)

Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)

d)

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

e)

None of these

Answer: a
17).Two suspected militants slaughtered 12 people at the office of which French magazines on
7 January?
a)

Hara-Kiri

b)

Le Charivari

c)

Le Nain Jaune

d)

Charlie Hebdo

e)

Le Rire

Answer: d
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18).Who won the mens singles title of the Chennai Open on 11 January?
a)

Aljaz Bedene

b)

Mahesh Bhupathi

c)

Leander Paes

d)

Stanislas Wawrinka

e)

Kei Nishikori

Answer: d
19).19th National Youth Festival was held in which of the following cities, that starts from 8th
January?
a)

Guwahati

b)

Aizawl

c)

Agartala

d)

Itanagar

e)

Kohima

Answer: a
20).Who is the New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
a)

Ranil Wickremasinghe

b)

Maithripala Sirisena

c)

Chandrika Kumaratunga

d)

Mahindra Rajapaksa

e)

None of these

Answer: a
21).Which is the first state in India to ban the sale of loose of cigarettes?

a)

Haryana

b)

Punjab

c)

Delhi

d)

Maharashtra
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e)

Odisha

Answer: b
22).Who is the Present chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
a)

Subbiah Arunan

b)

MYS Prasad

c)

Shailesh Nayak

d)

AS Kiran Kumar

e)

None of these

Answer: d
23).As per the new KYC norms for NBFCs, which of the following regarding full KYC updation
of individuals and entities in not correct?
a)

Low risk customers at least every eight years

b)

High risk customers at least every two years

c)

Medium risk customers at least every eight years

d)

BPL customers KYC not required

e)

None of these

Answer: d
24).According to the resolution that passed by the full United Nations General Assembly on 20
Dec 2013, the year 2015 was declared as________.
a)

International Year of Light

b)

International Year of Peace

c)

International Year of Internet

d)

International Year of Yoga

e)

None of these

Answer: a
25).In which states of India do the worlds first mangrove zoo is coming up?
a)
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Jharkhand
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b)

Tripura

c)

West Bengal

d)

Odessa

e)

Assam

Answer: c
26).Who has been voted the 2014 Asian Tour Players Player of the year?
a)

Gaganjeet Bhullar

b)

Shiv Chowrasia

c)

Jyoti Randhawa

d)

Anirban Lahiri

e)

None of these

Answer: d
27).The MSME Banking Excellence Award 2014, instituted by Chamber of India Micro Small
and Medium Enterprises, has been bagged by ________.
a)

Dena Bank

b)

Bank of India

c)

Corporation Bank

d)

Canara Bank

e)

Indian Bank

Answer: c
28).Which committee formed to suggest ways and means to raise the revenue of Indian
Railways which submitted its report on 30 December?

a)

E Sreedharan Committee

b)

DK Mittal Committee

c)

Arvind Panagariya Committee

d)

Bibek Debroy Committee

e)

None of these
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Answer: b
29).Under the Indias Make in India campaign, the United Kingdom on 10th Jan announced a
campaign to forge collaboration with Indian companies, what is the name of the campaign?
a)

United We Exceed

b)

Great Collaborations

c)

Made In UK

d)

Produce In UK

e)

None of these

Answer: b
30).Which is the first Indian State to sign a MoU with the UN energy initiative Sustainable
Energy for All (SE4ALL)?
a)

Himachal Pradesh

b)

Gujarat

c)

Jharkhand

d)

Bihar

e)

Goa

Answer: b
31).Who has taken charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited with
effect from 5 January 2015?
a)

S Narsing Rao

b)

A K Dubey

c)

Sutirtha Bhattacharya

d)

Dinesh K Sarraf

e)

None of these

Answer: c
32).How many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are there in the country at present?
a)
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b)

56

c)

64

d)

52

e)

None of these

Answer: b
33).In India, the National Consumer Rights Day is observed on which of following dates as
the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted on this day?
a)

27 December

b)

24 December

c)

21 December

d)

31 December

e)

29 December

Answer: b
34).Among the following, which terms is NOT associated with banking sector?
a)

Corporate finance

b)

Sub-prime

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Sub-standard assets

e)

syndication

Answer: c
35).Which institutions are associated with the regulation of finance-related activities in India?
a)

FMC

b)

IDBI

c)

ICERT

d)

IFFCO

e)

None of these

Answer: a
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36).After being adopted by the UN General Assembly in April 2013, the global Arms Trade
Treaty (ATT) came into force on_________.
a)

10 January 2015

b)

24 December 2014

c)

1 January 2015

d)

24 November 2014

e)

None of these

Answer: b
37).What is the Indias position out of 146 nations in the Forbes list of the best countries for
business for 2014?
a)

105th

b)

18th

c)

93rd

d)

55th

e)

None of these

Answer: c
38).Name the Konkani writer and a recent recipient of Sahitya Academy award (for the book
Manthan) who passed away recently?
a)

Madhavi Sardesai

b)

Pundalik Naik

c)

Uday Bhembre

d)

Maria Aurora Couto

e)

None of these

Answer: a
39).In IMPS, S stands for_______.

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a)

Suspension

b)

Service
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c)

Settlement

d)

Supervision

e)

System

Answer: b
40).Which Acts enables banks to reduce their non-performing assets (NPAs) by adopting
measures for recovery or reconstruction?
a)

State Bank of India Act

b)

RBI Act

c)

Banking Regulation Act

d)

SARFAESI Act

e)

None of these

Answer: d
41).Among the following terms, which is NOT related to the sports?
a)

Stalemate

b)

Spider

c)

Birdie

d)

Service

e)

None of these

Answer: e
42).Who have been conferred the nations highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, recently?
a)

Madan Mohan Malaviya

b)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

c)

Dhyan Chand

d)

All the above

e)

Only 1) and 2)

Answer: e
43).Who is the present governor of Jammu & Kashmir?
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a)

Urmila Singh

b)

Vidhyasagar Rao

c)

Kalyan Singh

d)

Mridula Sinha

e)

NN Vohra

Answer: e
44).Which institutions are formally known as the World Bank?
a)

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

b)

Asian Development Fund (ADB)

c)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

d)

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

e)

None of these

Answer: a
45).In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notification, cheques, drafts, pay
orders and bankers cheques are valid only __________ from the date of issue?
a)

Four months

b)

Three months

c)

Two months

d)

Six months

e)

Five months

Answer: b
46).To study the issue of balanced development of various regions of Maharashtra has
recommended autonomous status for vidarbha, who is the head of that Committee?

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a)

C Rangarajan

b)

Vijay Kelkar

c)

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

d)

Bimal Jalan
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e)

Duvvuri Subbarao

Answer: b
47).In which city does the eighth Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held on 17-18
October?
a)

Sydney

b)

Toronto

c)

New York

d)

London

e)

None of these

Answer: d
48).Who has been conferred with Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2014 that is the second
edition of this award instituted in 2013?
a)

Lata Mangeshkar

b)

Asha Bhosle

c)

Dilip Mangeshkar

d)

Amitabh Bachchan

e)

None of these

Answer: d
49).Credit cards are also known as _________.
a)

Silver Money

b)

Easy Money

c)

Hard Money

d)

Plastic Money

e)

Elastic Money

Answer: d
50).What is base rate?
a)
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b)

Interest rate payable on fixed deposits

c)

Interest rate payable on demand deposits

d)

Minimum interest rate fixed by banks below which they generally do not lend

e)

None of these

Answer: d
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