Quiz 425: General Awareness for Banking Examinations

1.Which among the following organizations has taken up the agenda of "Business for Livelihood" for the year 2010-11?
(A)Federation of Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
(B)Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
(C)Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
(D)Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC )

2.Consider the following:
1. Reserve Bank of India
2. Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
3. Securities Exchange Board of India
4. Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
5. Life Insurance Corporation of India.
In the above, how many are considered to be financial regulators?
(A)Two
(B)Three
(C)Four
(D)Five

3.Approximately what fraction of India's GDP is contributed by the Life Insurance Corporation of India?
(A)1.84%
(B)1.97%
(C)2.45%
(D)2.16%

4.Which among the following is constituted by the President of India under Article 280 (1) of the Constitution?
(A)Planning Commission
(B)Election Commission
(C)Finance Commission
(D)Farmer's Commission

5.A public sector company wishes to bring a Public issue. Which among the following is the first authority to get an approval to be able to do so?
(A)Ministry of Finance
(B)Ministry of Commerce & Industry
(C)Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(D)Reserve bank of India

6.Which among the following country is India's biggest Trade partner?
(A)China
(B)United States
(C)UAE
(D)Saudi Arab

7.Which among the following day is observed to commemorate the signature of the Montreal Protocol?
(A)International Wildlife Conservation Day
(B)International Ozone Day
(C)World Health Day
(D)International Day for Biological Diversity

8.Which among the following has been maximum in in value for recent financial years?
(A)Non-oil Exports
(B)Oil Exports
(C)Non-oil Imports
(D)Oil Imports

9.Which among the following ministry gives Medini Puraskar every year?
(A)Ministry of Culture
(B)Ministry of Environment and Forests
(C)Ministry of Law
(D)Ministry of Finance

10.Where is located India's National Medical Library?
(A)New Delhi
(B)Jaipur
(C)Mumbai
(D)Hyderabad

11.Irrigation and Water Resources Finance Corporation (IWRFC) has been established recently under which of the following ministries?
(A)Ministry of Water Resources
(B)Ministry of Agriculture
(C)Ministry of Finance
(D)Ministry of Commerce

12.Which among the following bank was designated as the Agency for operationalisation of the Joint Investment Fund between India and Oman?
(A)State Bank of India
(B)Punjab National Bank
(C)HDFC
(D)Union Bank of India

13.Which among the following is the area of operation of Motor Pool which was created by the Government of India ?
(A)To share burden of increasing traffic on roads
(B)To share responsibility of Environment Protection
(C)To share burden of Motor Insurance
(D)To check wasteful expenditure in government vehicles

14.Who among the following is also known as "Gandhi of Bihar"?
(A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B)Babu Kunwar Singh
(C)Jayaprakash Narayan
(D)Sheel Bhadra Yagee

15.Which among the following scheme is of none of the ministries of government of India?
(A)Shiksha Sahayog Yojana
(B)Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana
(C)Rajiv Gandhi National FellowshipScheme
(D)Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme

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