Monday, August 5, 2013

Current affairs/ General awareness Questions for month july 2013


1. Which State/Union Territory has been ranked first amongst 35 States and Union Territories with regard to Financial Inclusion, according to a recent CRISIL report?
1)      Puducherry 
2)      Chandigarh 
3)       Kerala
4)      Tamil Nadu 
5)      Andhra Pradesh
2. Who launched Pilot project of crime and criminal Tacking systems?
1)      Dr. Manmohan Singh
2)      Sushil Kumar Shinde
3)      P. Chidambaram
4)       A.K Antony
5)      None of these
3. The CERC ruled out the allegation of the Association of Power Producers that state-run NTPC has abused its dominant position while signing power purchase pacts recently. Expand the acronym CERC.
1)      Central Electricity Regulatory Committee 
2)      Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
3)      Centralised Electricity Redressal Commission 
4)      Centre for Electricity Regulation and Commissioning
5)      None of these
4. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?
1)       Girija Vyas 
2)       Sudha Sharma 
3)      Kushal Singh
4)      Krishna Tirat
5)       Aruna Roy
5. The small borrowers in rural areas still prefer to take informal route for their credit needs. Which of the following is the informal route of credit?
1)      Credit cards 
2)      Debit cards 
3)      RRBs 
4)      Commercial banks 
5)       Money lenders 
6. 'An Angel in the Cockpit' is written by?
1)      Vijay Mallya
2)      Vijaypat Singhania 
3)       Kiran Bedi 
4)       Ratan Tata 
5)       None of these 
7. Who among the following is a football player?
1)       Fernando Alonso 
2)      Kimi Raikkonen 
3)      Lewis Hamilton 
4)      Sebastian Vettel 
5)      Fernando Torres 
8. A centralized database with online connectivity to branches, internet as well as ATM-network which has been adopted by almost all major banks of our country is known as?
1)       Investment Banking
2)       Core Banking
3)      Mobile Banking
4)      National Banking
5)       Specialized Banking
9. Whose signature appears on Indian Rs. 100 note? 
1)       Finance Minister 
2)      RBI Governor
3)      Finance Secretary
4)       Chairman, Planning Commission
5)      None 
10. Who is the 12th president of Pakistan?
1)      Mamnoon Hussain
2)      Gilani
3)      Nasar Hussain
4)      Ajmal Khan
5)      None of these
11. Nawaz Sharif has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a record third term. He heads which of the following political parties?
1)      Pakistan Muslim League (N)   
2)      Pakistan People’s Party           
3)      Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
4)      All Pakistan Muslim League
5)      None of these

12. The interest rate stated on a bond, note or other fixed income security, expressed as a percentage of the principal (face value) is termed as
1)      Call rate
2)      Repo rate
3)      Discount rate  
4)      Coupon rate    
5)      None of these


13. Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka after the Congress party won the state assembly elections recently?
1)      Mallikarjun Kharge     
2)      Madhusudan Mistry    
3)      Luizinho Faleiro         
4)      K Siddaramaiah
5)      None of these

14. The Capital Adequacy Framework prescribed for banks is commonly known as
1)      Basel Accord
2)      Credit Policy               
3)      KYC Norms    
4)      Monetary Policy
5)      None of these

15.  The 21st Rajiv Gandhi national Sadhbhavana Award for promotion of communal harmony and peace will be conferred on
1)      Anna hazare
2)      Menaka Gandhi
3)      Amjad Ali Kalam
4)      Praveen choudhary
5)      None of these
16. In which of the following North east states, India’s longest rail cum Road Bridge is being coming up
1)      Mizoram
2)      Nagaland
3)      Arunachal Pradesh
4)      Tripura
5)      Assam
17. Which of the following state government has decided to launch a new scheme, “Mythri” to provide monthly pension of 500 for transgender?
1)      Karnataka
2)      Tamil nadu
3)      Andhra Pradesh
4)      Maharashtra
5)      Utter pradesh
18.  Who becomes the first cricketer to hit 400 sixes in an international career?
1)      Chris gayle
2)      Shahid afridi
3)      Yuvraj singh
4)      Ijaz ahammed
5)      pollard
19. Which of the following state has become the first in country to launch video chat in prisons?
1)      Kerala
2)      Himachal Pradesh
3)      Tamil nadu
4)      West Bengal
5)      Rajasthan
20. Agricultural censes in India is being organized once in -------years
1)      One
2)      Two
3)      Three
4)      Four
5)      Five
21. According to the latest figures from world steel association which one of the following is the largest steel producer
1)      USA
2)      Russia
3)      China
4)      India
5)      South Africa
22.  World police and fire games 2013 will be held at
1)      Belfast
2)      Sochi
3)      Seol
4)      California
5)      None of these
23. Who among the following is the winner of Tour de France 2013?
1)      Martyn taylor
2)      Chris Froome
3)      Chris Harris
4)      Amstrong
5)      None of these
24. Kargil vijay divas is celebrated on
1)      June 26
2)      May 26
3)      July 26
4)      March 26
5)      July 14
25. Which of the following port has been conferred as the “major port of the year” award?
1)      Paradip port
2)      Vishaka pattanam port
3)      Kochi
4)      Manglore port
5)      None of these
26. Now-a-days Banks are selling third party products. Example of third party product is:
1)      Mutual funds
2)       Term deposits
3)      Credit cards
4)      All of these
5)      None 
27. One of the major challenges banking industry is facing these days is curbing deliberate efforts of some people to bring money earned through illegal activities in circulation. Which of the following act is passed to prevent this activity? 
1)      Payment & settlements Act
2)      Control money supply Act 
3)      Narcotics and Psychotropic substance Act
4)       Prevention of Money laundering Act
5)      None
28. Largest shareholder (in percentage shareholding) of a Nationalized bank is ?
1)      RBI 
2)      NABARD
3)      LIC
4)      Govt of India
5)       IBA
29. NEFT means?
1)       National Electronic Funds Transfer 
2)      Negotiated Efficient Fund Transfer system
3)      National Efficient Fund Transfer solution
4)       Non Effective Fund Transfer system
5)       Negotiated Electronic Foreign Transfer system.
30. Who has been appointed new Chinese Ambassador to India in January 2013?
1)      Wei Wei
2)      Xi Jinping
3)      Zhang Yan
4)      huang lee
5)       None of these
31. In a strategically significant move to counter China’s presence in the region, India has announced to upgrade Chabahar port situated in which of the following countries?
1)      Afghanistan
2)      Kazakhstan
3)      Iran                 
4)      Turkmenistan  
5)      None of these

32.  RBI opened a special liquidity window for commercial banks to meet the cash requirement of mutual funds. What is the limit of this window?
1)      34000cr
2)      24000cr
3)      3000cr
4)      25000cr
5)      None of these
33. Who among the following has became the costliest player in Indian badminton league auction
1)      Jwala gutta
2)      Kashyap
3)      Lee chong wei
4)      Saina nehwal
5)      Zhao Jian Hua
34. Recently which of the following bank has licensed to open a representative office in Myanmar
1)      EXIM bank of India
2)      Axis bank
3)      Indus lnd
4)      SBI
5)      None of these
35. Which of the following is the longest railway tunnel in Asia
1)      Taihang tinnel
2)      Pir panjal tunnel
3)      seikan tunnel
4)      seol tunnel
5)      None of these
36.  Which of the following team was defeated by India to clinch the ICC champion’s trophy 2013
1)      Srilanka
2)      England
3)      Pakistan
4)      West indies
5)      South africa
37. By whom Suresh Kalmadi lost to the Asian Athletics Association's President Election
1)      Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad
2)      Nichol Thomas
3)      wahad Ahammed
4)      Wan lung
5)      None of these

38. Nasscom appointed -----------------  the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT), as its president.
1)      P satyanath
2)      Praveen choudhary
3)      Mittal
4)      R. Chandrasekhar
5)      None of these
39. Which state was declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country?
1)      Himachal Pradesh
2)      Gujarat
3)      Assam
4)      Kerala
5)      Tamil nadu
40. The International Workshop on Green National Accounting held at
1)      Mumbai
2)      Kolkata
3)      Kochi
4)      Pune
5)      New Delhi

ANSWERS
1. 1      2.2       3.2       4.3       5. 5      6. 2      7.5       8.2       9.2       10.1     11.1     124      13.4
14.1     15.3     16.5     17.1     18.2     19.2     20.5     21.3     22.1     23.2     24.3     25.1     26.2
27.4     28.4     29.1     30.1     31.3     32.4     33.3     34. 1    35.1     36.2     37.1     38.4     39.1
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