General Awareness : Sample Questions For Various Examinations

General Awareness Sample Questions

IAS/PSC/Banking Exams

Q.1.As per the decision taken by the Govt. of India now the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the districts of India.This means it will now be applicable to about:

• 200 districts
• 400 districts
• 500 districts
• 626 districts

Q.2. Which of the following is the amount of insurance cover provided to the workers of the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana ?

• Rs. 10,000
• Rs. 20,000
• Rs. 30,000
• Rs. 40,000

Q.3. Which of the following banks has taken over the Centurion Bank of Punjab ?

• ICICI Bank
• IDBI Bank
• HDFC Bank
• AXIS Bank

Q.4. Unique Identification Authority of India will set up data base for:

• Identity and biometrics details of Indian residents
• Identity and biometrics details of Indian citizens 
• Identity and biometrics details of person’s residents in India or visiting India 
• All the above

Q.5. The biggest Public Sector undertaking in the country is:

• Iron and steel plants
• Roadways 
• Railways 
• None of these

Q.6. Which of the following is Horticulture Crop?

• Paddy
• Wheat
• Mango
• Bajara

7. Which of the following nation is considered the originator of the concept of Micro Finance?

• India
• Bangladesh
• South Africa
• USA

Q.8. Very often we read in news papers about 3G or 3rd Generation technology. This is a set of standards used for which of the following purposes ?

• To combat climatic changes
• Production of Nuclear Energy
• Film Production
• Mobile Telecommunications

Q.9. What is the full form of ‘ULIP’, the term which was in the news recently ?

• Universal Life and Investment Plan
• Unit Loan and Insurance Plan
• Universal Loan and Investment Plan
• Unit Linked Insurance Plan

Q.10. The main function of I. M. F. is to:

• Finance investment loans to developing countries
• Act as a private sector lending arm of the World Bank
• Help to solve balance of payment problems of member countries
• Arrange international deposits from banks

Q.11. The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as:

• Balance of trade
• Balance of payment
• Balanced terms of trade
• All the above

Q.12. Invisible Export means export:

• Services
• Prohibited goods
• Unrecorded goods
• Goods through smuggling

Q.13. ‘Indira Gandhi Canal’ which is around 450 km long provide irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states ?

• Punjab
• Haryana
• Madhya Pradesh
• Gujarat
• Rajasthan

Q.14. The rate of MAT has been increased from the present 15% to 18% with effect from April 2010. What is the full form of MAT?

• Maximum Alternate Tax
• Minimum Alternate Tax
• Minimum Affordable Tax
• Maximum Affordable Tax

Q.15. RBI has asked banks to make a plan to provide banking services to all villages having a population upto 2000.This directive issued by RBI will fall in which of the following categories ?

• Plan for Financial Inclusion
• Efforts to meet the targets of Priority Sector Lending
• Extension of Relief Packages to the Farmers
• Plan for opening more rural branches
• None of these

Q.16. Which of the following is not a part of the scheduled banking structure in India ?

• Money Lenders
• Public Sector Banks
• Private Sector Banks
• Regional Rural Banks
• State Cooperative Banks

Q.17. The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by–

• The concerned bank
• RBI
• Indian Banks Association
• Government of India
• Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

Q.18. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operation. What is the full form of the letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’ ?

• Core
• Credit
• Continuous
• Complete
• None of these

Q.19.In the year 2010,Commonwealth Games were organized in which of the following countries?

• China
• South Africa
• Canada
• Brazil
• India

Q.20. Which of the following metals is used for generation of nuclear Energy by most of the Nuclear Power Plants

• Zinc
• Platinum
• Uranium
• Nickel
• None of these

Q.21. Many a time we read a term ‘PPP’ in financial dailies/ magazines. What is the full form of the same as used in financial world ?

• Public Per Capita Power
• Per Capita Potential Purchases
• Purchasing Power Parity
• Present Purchasing Power
• None of these

Q.22. The recent press report indicates that one of the Economies of the world took over another Economy in GDP terms to gain number Two, ranking at world level. Which one of the following country is that ?

• Japan
• China
• Germany
• Australia 
• India

Q.23. Which of the following villagers received first lot of UID numbers ?

• Vaijapur in Maharashtra
• Bedkihal in Karnataka
• Tembhli in Maharashtra
• Navagam in Gujarat
• None of these

Q.24. The highest weight in the revised Wholesale Price Index, implemented from September 2010 is given to which of the following item ?

• Fuel
• Food items
• Manufactured items
• Primary Articles
• All of these

Q.25. Which one of the following is a driving force influencing the industrial growth of an economy?

• Economic Factors only
• Investment only
• Innovation/Market Base only
• Only 1 and 2
• All 1, 2 and 3