General awareness Questions for GIC/RBI/IBPS PO/CLERK CWE III SET:-04

1.    Recently who among the following has been appointed as the new Judge of the prestigious US court of Appeals? (1) Sashi Kant Sharma     (2) Bobby Jindal(3) Srikanth Srinivasan   (4) Avinash Chander (5) None of these

2.    Recently Indo – Swiss Bilateral meeting was held, with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. A bilateral meeting was held in____?(1) New Delhi(2) Geneva(3) Basel   (4) Mumbai(5) None of these

3.    Who among the following has appointed as the new Chairman of the LIC (Life Insurance Cooperation of India)?

(1) Deepak Singh (2) Kaushak Saxena(3) Thomas Mathew  (4) D.K. Mehrotra(5) None of these

4.    Recently which among the following organization approved a concessional loan of $ 100 million for the National Housing Bank (NHB) for the implementation of a low income housing programme?(1) RBI (2) Govt. of India(3) World Bank  (4) ADB(5) IMF

5.    Recently Union Cabinet has approved key changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aiming to eradicate poverty in villages by empowering women and ensuring that they shall avail loans up to Rs. three lakh at an interest rate of _____per cent per annum?(1) 5%       (2) 3% (3) 6%      (4) 7%(5) None of these

6.    Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chief CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)?

(1) Poonam Saxena      (2) Rishi Mathur (3) Viviek Agarwal   (4) Sudha Sharma(5) None of these

7.    Recently Indian National Defence University (INDU) is being set up at ___?(1) Gurgaon  (2) Pune  

 (3) Lucknow       (4) Mumbai(5) None of these

8.    Name the 3rd anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette which was launched in Kolkata?(1) Vaibhav  

(2) Sudarshani(3) Kiltan (4) Chetak(5) None of these

9.    Recently Sajjan Singh Kothari was in news. He is a ____?(1) New Lokayukta of Rajasthan(2) Governor of Goa

(3) Governor of Utrakhand(4) New Lokayukta of Goa(5) None of these

10.  Which among the following country has won the Sudirman Cup In Badminton?(1) India (2) China(3) Malaysia (4) South Korea(5) None of these

11. The monetary assistance under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), the housing scheme for the poor, giving priority to the scheduled castes, tribes and minorities has been raised by what amount? a) 25000 rupees

b) 35000 rupees c) 15000 rupees d) 30000 rupees

12. Name the first Indigenous developed Rotavirus Vaccine of India. a) Rotavacb) Rotacid       c) Rotovac

d) Rotomid

13. The Union Government on 15 May 2013 had set up an expert Committee under the supervision_____ to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states.     a) Bharat Ramaswami   b) Raghuram G Rajan

c) Najeeb Jung  d) Nirija G Jayal

14. The government on 13 May 2013 approved new guidelines for the Indira Awas Yojna Scheme for rural poor. Which of the following statements about the newly issued guidelines are true?
I. Building Toilets has been made compulsory under the Indira Awas Yojna.
II. Manual scavengers freed bonded labourers and tribal groups will be given preference in allotments.
III. The allocation for each dwelling unit was increased from 45000 rupees to75000 rupees.
IV. In Maoist-affected and hilly regions, the allocation would now be 75000 rupees from the existing 48500 rupees. Landless labourers which were given 10000 rupees for buying land would now be given 20000 rupees.
a) All the statements are true     b) Only statement I is true           c) Only statement II are true      d) Only statements II and III true

15. Union Government of India on 16 May 2013 revised the criteria for creamy layer of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 4.5 lakh rupees to _____ lakh rupees to avail benefits of reservations in government jobs and admissions to central educational institutions.a) 6.5 lakh         b) 5.7 lakh           c) 12 lakh             d) 6 lakh

16. The Union Cabinet on 6 May 2013 had cleared important changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission _____ in a major boost to the roll out of the women’s self help group model across the country?

 a) Khadyaan   b) Sukhoslam      c) Jeevan Suraksha         d) Aajeevika

17. The Union government keeping into consideration the widening trade gap, had set up a six-member inter-ministerial committee in the last week of April 2013 under the chairmanship of _____ to suggest measures for enhancing MSME exports. a) R S Gujral  b) Sumit Bose  c) Madhav Lal  d) S R Rao

18. Which of the following statements about the roles and duties will the six member committee on trade-gap is true?
I. The committee will suggest short and long term measures to enhance exports from MSME sector.
II. It will submit its recommendations by mid-May 2013.
III. The other members of the committee include Commerce Secretary S R Rao, Revenue Secretary Sumit Bose, MSME Secretary Madhav Lal, Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Takru and Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan.
IV. None of these statements are true
a) Statements IV is true                b) Statements I, II, and III are true          c) Statements I and II are true

d) Statements II and III are true 

19. The Union Cabinet of India on 1 May 2013 approved the launch of the ___________ Mission to reduce rates of infant mortality, maternal mortality and for universal access to reproductive health care.          a) National Urban Health Mission                b) National Maternity Management Mission      c) National Infant and Mother Mortality Mission    d) Universal Access To Reproductive Health Care Mission

20. The recently proposed National Urban Health Mission is will implemented in how many cities of towns across the country?       a) 999  b) 779           c) 949   d) 786

21. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) under the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh approved 11000 crore Rupees project on 1 May 2013 for modernisation of ______?   a) Delhi police    b) Central paramilitary forces.   c) Black Commando Force               d) Indian Army 

22. Yahoo, in the month of May 2013, redesigned the Flickr photo-sharing service by offering which facility to its users?                a) New app for Android devices   b) Redesigned user-interface c) 1 TB storage without levying any fee   d) New Activity Feed

23. Morgan Stanley on 20 May 2013 signed an agreement to sell its Indian wealth management unit to which company?                a) Bajaj Alliance               b) Mahindra and Mahindra        c) Muthoot Finance        d) Standard Chartered

24. Which cricketer’s face and signature were engraved on limited edition gold coins of Valuemart Gold and Jewels?  a) Chris Gayle        b) Sachin Tendulkar      c) Ricky Ponting              d) Don Bradman 

25. Where is Morgan Stanley, the American multinational financial services corporation headquartered? 
a) New York      b) Las Vegas       c) Canada            d) Texas

26. How many limited edition gold coins with Sachin Tendulkar’s face and signature engraved on them were launched on 13 May 2013 by Valuemart Gold and Jewels on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya?             a) 34000
b) 50000  c) 200000    d) 100000

27. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking forward to lease out the historic launch pad in Florida. For what purpose was this launch pad used? 
a) For the first moon mission and by the Atlantis Shuttle 
b) By the Kennedy Space Centre commercial purposes
c) For carrying the astronauts to distant destinations
d) For International Space Station purposes 

28. Name the only satellite of Ecuador that collided with the Russian rocket debris which was launched 30 years ago. a) Kryasor               b) Peaguo           c) None of these               d) Pegaso (Pegasus)

29. The University Science Instrumentation Centre at Mangalagangotri and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for what purpose?       a) Research on volcanic activities

b) Research on radioactivity      c) Research on uranium activities            d) Research on power production

30. Which Russian Capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other animals returned from a month’s long mission in Orbit on 19 May 2013?           a) Orenburg Capsule      b) Kryasor          c) Bion-M craft d) None of these 

31. Astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory discovered a cluster of _____ clouds between our two nearby galaxies- Triangulum (M33) and Andromeda (M31).  a) Carbon                b) Sulphur  c) Nitrogen d) Hydrogen 

32. The Union Cabinet of India on 1May 2013 approved major changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) with the objective of removing poverty in rural areas by empowering women. Approximately, 25 lakh Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) will be given bank loans at an interest rate of ____ percent? a) 7 %b) 6 %   c) 7.2 %  d) 6.8 % 

33. The Union Government of India on 8 May 2013 approved _______ policy with an aim to create a secured Computing environment across the country?    a) Computing Policy of India     b) National Cyber Policy 

c) National Policy of Computing              d) National Cyber Security Policy

34. The Minister for Women & Child Development, Krishna Tirath on 9 May 2013 launched the World Bank assisted___________. The aim of the programme is improvement of child development and nutritional outcomes for children in selected districts having higher proportional of child under nutrition.
a) ICDS Systems Nutrition Improvement Project 
b) ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project 
c) ICDS Systems Strengthening for the Nutrition Improvement Project 
d) ICDS Nutrition Improvement Project 

35. Ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution introduced amendments in the National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha on 9 May 2013 and placed the amended Bill for consideration and passing by the House. Which of the following statements related to the Bill are true?
I. The Government decided to move certain amendments to the Bill Based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
II. These amendments seek to make the framework of the proposed legislation simpler, provide more flexibility to States/UTs in its implementation and to address some of the concerns raised by them.
III. Protection of entitlements under Targeted Public Distribution System:The entitlement of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households, which constitute poorest of the poor will, however, be protected at 35 kg per household per month.
IV. Statement I and II are only true        

a) Statement I, II and III are true             b) Statement IV is true  c) Statement I and II are only true   d) Only statement I is true

36. India has revised its earlier interpretation of the bilateral visa agreement with which of the following countries recently? Now, citizens of that country will need valid medical visas for treatment in Indian hospitals. 1) SriLanka 2) Bhutan 3) Maldives 4) Bangladesh 5) none

37. who among the following has won the AICF-AAI Chess Cup recently? 1) Viswanathan Anand 2) Anton Korobov 3) Vladimir Kramnik 4) Levon Aronian 5) Magnus Carlsen

38. Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar is associated with which of the following games ? He has clinched a gold medal in a national level championship of the game recently. 1)Wrestling 2)Shooting 3)Badminton 4)Archery 5)none

39. Which of the following statements is/are correct with the respect of Arjuna award?

1)The Arjuna award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.

2)Yuvraj Singh (cricket), Sardar Singh (hockey) & Deepika Pallikal (squash) are among the sports persons awarded with Arjuna Award 2012. 3)Arjuna award is the country’s highest sporting honour. 4) Only1)&2)   5) Only1)&3)

40. Which of the following statements is/are correct about South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)?

1) The SAFTA Agreement was signed on 6^th Jan. 2004 during 12^th SAARC Summit held in Islamabad, Pakistan.

2) SAFTA requires all the participating countries to reduce customs duties of all traded goods to zero by the year 2012.  3) Afghanistan, as the 8^th member state of the SAARC, has also ratified the SAFTA protocol.   4) Only 1 & 3

5) Only 2 & 3

41. “A contract sold by an insurance company designed to provide payments to the policy holder at specified

Intervals , usually after retirement” is technically called a/an 1) Periodic Pay Plan 2) Annuity Plan 3) Jeevan Nidhi Plan 4) Jeevan Akshay Plan 5) none

42. The tax levied on manufacture or production of goods is called 1) Value Added Tax 2) Customs Duty 3) Sales Tax 4) Excise Duty 5) none

43. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of Golf Co-operation Council (GCC)? 1) UAE 2) Bahrain 3) Saudi Arabia 4) Kuwait 5) All are members

44. The sources of revenue of the state governments are 1) entertainment tax 2) land revenue 3) excise duty on intoxicants 4) Only 1 & 2  5) All 1, 2 & 3

45. FIDE is an international organization which acts as the governing body of international competition of

1) Formula One 2) Football 3) Baseball 4) Chess 5) none

46. The government has rolled out Direct Transfer of Benefits in to beneficiaries accounts effective from Jan.1,

2013. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the scheme?

1) Initially the system will roll out in 20 districts Covering seven schemes.

2) Subsidies relating to cooking gas (LPG), kerosene, diesel, food & fertilizers are included In the first phase.

3) Total 26 schemes are to be covered under this scheme in phased manner. 4) Only 1 & 2          5) Only 1 & 3

47. “The amount on a life insurance policy that is payable to the beneficiary when the annuitant passesaway” is Technically known as 1) Additional Benefit 2) Death Benefit 3) Endorsement 4) Flat Benefit 5) none

48. In which of the following states police have decided to prepare a database of people involved in land grabbing, habitual exploitation of women, local toughies & communal elements ? 1) Delhi 2) Bihar 3)Uttar P 4) MP 5) none

49. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has banned the elite Mohun Bagan football club from the I-League for two years for 1) abandoning a match mid-way against East Bengal   2) Refusing to play the scheduled match against Dempo Sports Club        3) not adhering to its promise to select only Indian players 4) Irresponsible behavior by its players on the field       5) None

50. Name the archer who has won seven medals in the women’s recurve section at the 33^rd Senior National

Archery Championships that concluded in Chennai recently? 1) Jhano Hansda 2) Deepika Kumari 3) Vrushali Gorle 4) Ritul Chatterjee 5) Dola Banerjee

Answers :- 1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (4) 6. (4) 7. (1) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (b) 14 (a) 15 (d) 6 lakh 16 (d) 17 (a) 18 (b) 19 (a) 20 (b) 21 (b) 22 (c)  23 (d) 24 (b) 25 (a) 26 (d) 27 (a) 28 (d) 29 (b) 30 (c) 31 (d) 32 (a) 33 (d) 34 (b) 35 (a) 1)3 2)2 3)2 4)4 5)4 6)2 7)4 8)5 9)5 10)4 11)5 12)2 13)3 14)1 15)2