General Awareness Quiz for SBI Associates Clerks - Set 19

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1. Who is the present Chairman of Co-Operative APEX bank NABARD ?
1. M. S. Raghavan
2. Harsh Kumar Banwala
3. Siddhardh Bira
4. K. R. Kamath
5. None of these
2. United Nations General Assembly designated October 31st as a __________ 
1. World Monkeys Day
2. World Television Day
3. World Cities Day
4. World Football Day
5. World Women Health Day
3. How many countries participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup ?

1. 32
2. 36
3. 28
4. 40
5. 42
4. The United Nations has declared the year 2014 as ?
1. The International Year of Family Farming
2. The International Year of Co-operation 
3. The International Year of Sparrows
4. The International Year of Breast Cancer
5. The International Year of Hand Washing
5. The World Chess Championship began at sochi on 7th November 2014. India's Vishwanathan Anand takes on defending champion Magnus Carlsnen. He is from which country ?
1. Russia
2. Norway
3. Sweden
4. Canada
5. China
6. Name the Indian acid attack victim who has won the prestigious International Woman of Courage Award from the US First Lady Michelle Obama for successfully leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India ? 
1. Sonali Mukherjee
2. Laxmi
3. Anu Mukherjee
4. Late Preeti Rathi
5. Uma Mohanthi 
7. We often read about decreasing or increasing different rates and ratios by the RBI certain basis points. One basis point is equal to which of the following ?
1. 1%
2. 0.1%
3. 0.01%
4. 0.001%
5. 0.0001%
8. India has developed Indigenous artillery gun, which is said to the improved and indigenous version of the Swedish Bofors. The name of the gun is ?
1. Indra
2. Tejas
3. Dhanush
4. Akash
5. Nirbheek
9. Which movie won the "Best Feature Film Award" at 61st National Film Awards - 2014 ?
1. Shahid
2. Ship of Theseus
3. Fandry
4. Bhaag Milka Bhaag
5. None of these
10. On 6th October 2014 Facebook has completed its purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to  $22 billion (£13.7 billion) in cash and stock in the firms biggest ever acquisition. Who is the founder WhatsApp ?
1. Sachin Bansal
2. Jan Koum
3. Jeff Bezos
4. Ken Kutaragi
5. None of these
11. Saina Nehwal on 29th June 2014, won the women's singles title at the Australian Super Series Badminton by defeating 
1. Bae Yeon Ju
2. Garolia Marin
3. Wang Yihan
4. Carolina Marin
5. None of these
12. Who among the following has been appointed as the first woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ?
1. Archana Ramasundaram
2. Archana Roy
3. Priyanka Agarwal
4. Preeti Chauhan
5. None of these
13. "Carbon Credit" is concerned with which one of the following international sensitive issues ?
1. Deforestation
2. Contract Farming
3. Rural Infrastructure 
4. Diamond Trading
5. Protection of Environment 
14. Suborto Cup is associated with ?
1. Cricket
2. Football
3. Hockey
4. Chess
5. None of these
15. Sachin Tendulkar is a member of which house ?
1. Lok Sabha
2. Rajya Sabha
3. Vidhan Sabha
4. Tendlya Sabha
5. None of these
16. Who among the following is the head of the committee constituted to examine the current monetary policy framework ?
1. Urjit Patel 
2. Chetan Ghate
3. P J Nayak
4. Rupa Nitsure
5. None of these
17. Which of the following cities has won the bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games ?
1. Madrid
2. Tokyo
3. Istanbul
4. Durban
5. None of these
18. Popular digital platform ESPN cricinfo has recently announced the launch of a 100 day countdown to the ICC World Cup 2015.  This is scheduled to be jointly hosted by which of the following countries ?
1. India and Australia 
2. India and New Zealand
3. South Africa and Australia 
4. Australia and New Zealand
5. New Zealand and South Africa
19. The first non African Country to be found among the world's poorest nation is ?
1. Afghanistan
2. Indonesia
3. Kazakistan
4. Malaysia
5. Nepal
20. According to C. Rangarajan Committee report on poverty, what percentage of Indian Population lives below the poverty line ?
1. 30.5%
2. 29.5%
3. 28.5%
4. 31.5%
5. None of these 

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