General Awareness Quiz for SBI Associates Clerks - Set 17

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1. Which of the following is a global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations ?
1. IMF
2. IDA
3. UNO
4. WTO
5. UNESCO
2. Excise duty is the tax levied on ___________ ?
1. Production of Goods
2. Import of Goods
3. Sale of Goods
4. Profits on Sale of Goods
5. Income from other sources
3. A very Severe Cyclonic Storm caused extensive damage to the city of Visakhapatnam and the neighbouring districts of Vizianagaram and Srikakulam of Andhra Pradesh recently. Name it ?
1. Phailin
   
2. Hudhud 
3. BOB 06
4. Fanoos
5. Lehar
4. A tax based on the value of the property / product is called ______________
1. Fringe benefit tax
2. Value Added Tax
3. Minimum Alternative Tax
4. Turnover Tax
5. Ad Valorem Tax
5. It is mandatory to quote the following identification number on all large value financial transactions 
1. PAN Number
2. Voter ID
3. PIN
4. Ration Card Number
5. Phone Number
6. Which of the following is an American Multinational Retailer corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores ?
1. Big Bazar
2. Wal mart
3. Alstom
4. More
5. Spencer's
7. Which of the following teams won the Santosh Trophy 2014 football tournament recently ?
1. Railways
2. Mizoram
3. Punjab
4. Kerala
5. None of these
8. The armies of India and which of the following countries carried out a joint disaster relief operation named "Surya Kiran" in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand recently ?
1. Myanmar
2. Nepal
3. China
4. Bangladesh
5. Japan
9.  India has emerged as the fourth-largest country to grow biotech or genetically modified (GM) crops. Which of the following countries is the largest grower of GM crops as of now ?
1. Brazil
2. Canada
3. USA
4. Spain
5. Portugal
10. The NRIs while investing in the equity of a company cannot buy more than prescribed percentage of the paidup capital of that company. What is the prescribed percentage ?
1. 2%
2. 3%
3. 4%
4. 5%
5. 6%
11. Who is the author of the book "Women of Vision" ?
1. Ravinder Singh
2. Preeti Shenoy
3. Amish Tripathi
4. Durjoy Dutta
5. Alam Srinivas
12. Invisible Export means export of _____________
1. Services
2. Prohibited Goods
3. Restricted Goods
4. Goods as per OGL list
5. Other than those given as options
13. The Holidays for the Banks are declared as per ______________
1. Reserve Bank Act
2. Banking Regulation Act
3. Negotiable Instruments Act
4. Securities and Exchange Board of India act
5. Companies act
14. A non-performance asset is ____________
1. Money at call and short notice
2. An asset that ceases to generate income
3. Cash balance in till
4. Cash balance with RBI
5. Balance with other banks
15. RBI has released its guidelines for entry of new banks in the private sector in the month of February 2013. One of the norms is at least a prescribed percentage of branches of new bank should be set in unbanked rural centres with a population of up to 9,999 people. What is the percentage of such branches prescribed in the norms ?
1. 10%
2. 15%
3. 18%
4. 25%
5. Other than these given options
16. SRI technology is practiced for the cultivation of ?
1. Fruits
2. Vegetables
3. Flowers
4. Rice
5. None of these
17. The Society for World wide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) operates a worldwide financial messaging network which exchanges messages between banks and other financial institutions. It is established as a cooperative society under the law of which of the following countries ?
1. Spain
2. Belgium
3. France
4. Germany
5. Sweden
18. Which of the  following is not a banking related term ?
1. SWIFT
2. CAMELS
3. CRR
4. CAR
5. STRIPS
19. The Union Government of India on February 28th, 2014 has increased the number of workdays from 100 days to 150 days under the MGNREGA scheme for ?
1. below poverty rural households
2. SCs and STs
3. Tribals with Forest rights
4. All who are enrolled in the scheme
5. None of these
20. Central Government's Nirbhaya Fund is related to ?
1. Child ortality
2. Public Healthcare
3. Public Transport
4. Women Safety
5. Women Empowerment

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