General / Financial Awareness Quiz for SBI Clerks and PO Exams 2016

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Hi friends, I am Shravan Varma Gadiraju. Here I am sharing General and Financial Awareness Quiz taken from news papers for upcoming SBI Clerical and Probationary Officers Exams 2016. Happy Reading :)

1. The highlights of second Bi-monthly mone-tary policy statement, released on 7 June 2016 given. The wrong statement is?
1. Kept the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.5%.
2. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRP) unchanged at
3. The reverse repo rate under the LAF wil remain unchanged at 6.0%.
4. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rat and the Bank Rate at 7.0% unchanged.
5. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) increased to 22.25%. 
2. Which bank launched India's first intentionally-listed certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world a London Stock Exchange on 8 June 2016?
1. SBI
2. ICICI
3. Axis Bank
4. Corporation Bank
5. HDFC 
3. Which International Monetary Organization and the Union Government signed the Loan Agreement for $200 million to upgrade 176 Kilometres of State roads in Jharkhand on 3 June 2016?
1. IBRD
2. IDA
3. ADB
4. AFD
5. NDB 
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in . 
1. 1966
2. 1945
3. 1969
4. 1984
5. 1921 
5. Fighting poverty in Asia and the Pacific' is the punch line of __________
1. ADB
2. World Bank
3. IMF
4. IDA
5. USAID 
6. ADB headquarters located in __________ 
1. Manila (Philippines)
2. Washington D.0 (USA)
3. Shanghai (China)
4. Beijing (China)
5. Basel (Switzerland) 
7. President of ADB is __________ 
1. Takehiko Nakao of Japan
2. Jim Yong Kim of USA
3. K.V. Kamath of India
4. Jin Uquin of China
5. Jeins Weidman of Germany 
8. ADB approved $100 million loan for a highway project in Pakistan, marking its first co-financing with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 10 June 2016. Where is the headquarters of AIIB?
1. Beijing
2. Washington
3. New Delhi
4. Dhaka
5. Tokyo 
9. On 7 June 2016, ADB granted $120 million to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in __________ 
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Punjab
3. Tamilnadu
4. Maharashtra
5. Odisha 
10. On 18 April 2016, the Asian Development Bank clears $300 million loan for upgradetion of roads in which state?
1. MP
2. Rajasthan
3. Telangana
4. Jammu and Kashmir
5. Uttar Pradesh 
11. Inaugural ADB Conference on Economic Development (ACED) opened in  __________
1. Tokyo
2. Singapore
3. Kuala Lumpur
4. Hong Kong
5. New Delhi 
12. Which foreign bank has announced on 19 May 2016 to halve its branches in the country to 26 as customers shift to digital alternatives?
1. Royal Bank of Scotland
2. BNP Paribas
3. HSBC
4. American Express
5. Bank of America 
13. Who was appointed as the head of Pay Revision Committee by the UGC to suggest on pay revision of academic staff of Universities and Colleges on 10 June 2016 ?
1. Prof Ante
2. Prof M.Venkatachalam
3. Prof VS Chauhan
4. Prof K. Ramanatham
5. Prof. U.R.Rao 
14. On 4th May 2016, the Union Cabinet approved MoU between RBI and the Central Bank of UAE on co-operation on currency swap agreement. Who is the present governor of Central Bank of UAE?
1. Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
2. Faze! Kafir
3. Mohibullah Safi
4. Dr. Azeema Adam
5. Sultan Bin Naseer AL-Suwaidi 
15. The list of Central Banks in the world given. The correct combination is . 
1. Afghanistan - Da Afghanistan Bank
2. Pakistan - State Bank of Pakistan
3. Nepal - Nepal Rostra Bank
4. China - People's Bank of China
5. All of the above are correct 

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