General Awareness Quiz - Set 12

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1. Which of the following private banks announced EMI facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value transactions into easy installments on 19th August 2014 ?
1. ICICI Bank
2. Axis Bank
3. HDFC Bank
4. Indusland Bank
5. Yes Bank
2. Which senior congress leader took over as the new chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 20th August 2014 ?
1. Kamal Nath
2. K. V. Thomas
3. Mallikarjun Kharge
4. A. K. Antony
5. Jairam Ramesh
3. U. R. Ananthamurthy recently died. He won the 1994 Jnanpith Award for writings in which of the following languages ?
1. Telugu
2. Tamil
3. Kannada
4. Malayalam
5. Marathi
4. Who was elected as the Chairman of the Indian Bank's Association (IBA) for 2014-15 ? (He succeeds K. R. Kamath)
1. Rakesh Sethi
   
2. C. V. R. Rajendran
3. S. S. Mundra
4. T. M. Bhasin
5. R. K. Dubey
5. Who bagged India's first medal in the second Youth Olympic Games by winning  a silver in the Men's 77 kg weightlifting category in Nanjing, China on 22nd August 2014 ?
1. Maymon Poulose
2. Mitrhra Varun
3. Lalu Taku
4. Ragala Venkata Rahul
5. None of these
6.  The world's first Hindu eco temple Shree Swaminarayan Mandir was opened in which of the following cities ?
1. Angkor Wat
2. New Delhi
3. London
4. Chicago
5. New York
7. Who won the men's singles title at the 44th All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis championship in New Delhi ?
1. Soumyajit Ghosh
2. Sanil Shetty
3. Sarthak Gandhi
4. G. Sathiyan
5. Sourav Saha
8. Who won the women's singles title at the 44th All India inter institutional table tennis championship ?
1. Poulomi Ghatak
2. Pooja Sahasrabudhe
3. Mousmi Paul
4. Madhurika Patkar
5. Nikhat Bhanu
9. The Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF) has been announced by ?
1. Public Sector Banks Association
2. SEBI
3. SBI
4. RBI
5. Government of India
10. An unclaimed deposit is one wherein an account is not operated for ?
1. Six Months
2. One Year
3. Two Years
4. Ten Years
5. Five Years
11. The Hindustan Motors suspended the production of which of the following cars in May 2014 ?
1. Morris Oxford
2. Ambassador
3. Contessa
4. Land Rover
5. None of these
12. With which of the following is the term "Pre-Shipment finance"  related ?
1. Farm Credit
2. Consumer Credit
3. Export Credit
4. Industrial Credit
5. None of these
13. Recapitalization in public sector banks is done to meet the ?
1. CASA ratio
2. Capital Adequacy Norms
3. Ratio of NPAs
4. Credit to Deposit Ratio
5. None of these
14. Mukul Rohatgi has recently been appointed as the new ?
1. Chief Information Commissioner 
2. Chief Vigilance Commissioner 
3. Solicitor General
4. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
5. Attorney General
15. Which country suspended $10 million contribution to the Commonwealth secretariat over alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka ?
1. UK
2. India
3. Bangladesh
4. New Zealand 
5. Canada
16. Who is the Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office at present ?
1. Queen Elizabeth II
2. Kamlesh Sharma
3. Mahinda Rajapaksa
4. David Cameron
5. Tony Abbott
17. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is well known for his contributions to Bangladesh's ?
1. Agro credit sector
2. Consumer credit sector
3. Housing finance sector
4. Micro credit sector
5. Retail credit sector
18. Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the goodwill ambassador for the 35th National Games to be held in ?
1. Manipur
2. Jharkhand 
3. Kerala
4. Goa
5. Maharashtra
19. The United Nations and the International Olypmic Committee (IOC) have signed a historic agreement in April 2014 to use the power of sports to promote ?
1. World trade and commerce
2. Peace and development
3. Literacy and awareness
4. Peaceful uses of nuclear technology 
5. None of these
20. Public Sector Banks and their CMDs are given. Pick the mismatched pair
1. Punjab National Bank - K. R. Kamath
2. UCO Bank - Arun Kaul
3. Oriental Bank of Commerce - S. L. Bansal
4. Indian Bank - T. M. Bhasin
5. Bank of India - Rajeev Rishi

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