Saturday, September 20, 2014

General Awareness Quiz

1. What are "merit goods"?(1) Information technology-related hardware
(2) Infrastructure for higher education
(3) Goods which are essential for society as a whole
(4) Electronic goods
(5) None of these


2. What is the meaning of exit policy?
(1) Government's withdrawal from industrial enterprises
(2) A drive to push out private companies from infrastructure industries
(3) Closing down the sick and inefficient industries
(4) Export-import policy
(5) None of these

3. Wages paid to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been linked with
(1) Wholesale Price Index
(2) Consumer Price Index for Agricultural
(3) Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers
(4) Food inflation
(5) Dearness allowance of the Central Government Employees

4. Currency Swap is an instrument to manage
(1) currency risk
(2) interest rate risk
(3) currency and interest rate risk
(4) cash flows in different currencies
(5) All of the above

5. "Sub-prime" refers to
(1) lending done by banks at rates below PLR
(2) funds raised by the banks at sub-Libor rates
(3) group of banks which are not rated as prime banks as per Banker's Almanac
(4) lending done by financing institutions including banks to customers not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards
(5) All of the above

6. Euro Bond is an instrument
(1) issued in the European market
(2) issued in Euro Currency
(3) issued in a country other than the country of the currency of the Bond
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

7. Money Laundering normally involves:
(1) placement of funds
(2) layering of funds
(3) integration of funds
(4) All of (1), (2) and (3)
(5) None of (1), (2) and (3)

8. The IMF and the World Bank were conceived as institutions to
(1) strengthen iniemational economic co-operation and to help create a more stable and prosperous global economy.
(2) IMF promotes international monetary cooperation.
(3) The World Bank promotes long term economic development and poverty reduction.
(4) All of 1, 2, and 3
(5) None of 1, 2 and 3

9. Which is the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ?
(1) Reliance
(2) TCS
(3) HCL
(4) Infosys
(5) None of these

10. Which of the following is considered an informal method of getting credit/finance?
(1) Internet banking
(2) Branch visits
(3) Going to moneylenders
(4) Telebanking
(5) All of these


ANSWERS
1. 3
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4
5. 4
6. 3
7. 4
8. 4
9. 4
10. 3

 

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