Thursday, November 6, 2014

Banking Awareness Quiz

1. In the recently concluded Asian games, with which of the following partner India's Sania Mirza won the gold medal in the mixed doubles?
1) Horia Tecau
2) Mahesh Bhupathi
3) Saketh Myneni
4) Rohan Bopanna
5) None of these


2. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Ashok Chakra upon K Prasad Babu posthumously on 65th Republic Day. He was a Sub- Inspector in Greyhounds in the state of...
1) Odisha
2) Jharkhand
3) Bihar
4) West Bengal
5) Andhra Pradesh

3. In which of the following states, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) in first week of September 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to setup India's first of its kind Coral Garden?
1) Gujarat
2) Odisha
3) Telangana
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh

4. Parliament of Iraq on 8 September 2014 approved a new government headed by a person as Prime Minister. Who is that person to head the government as Prime Minister?
1) Haider-al-abadi
2) Osama − al− Zuferi
3) Abdul Kjader
4) Hoshyar Zubedi
5) None

5. McKinsey India Chairman 'Adil Zainulbhai' has been appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI) for a period of...
1) 5 years
2) 2 years
3) 4 years
4) 3 years
5) 6 years

6. World observed "International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer 2014" on..
1) September 16
2) September 12
3) September 17
4) September 20
5) September 22

7. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) exempts winners of which of the following awards/ games from paying income tax on cash or other rewards given by the govt?
1) Ramon Magsaysay award
2) Olympics
3) Commonwealth games
4) All the above
5) None of these

8. The Supreme Court has laid down 12 guidelines for authorities in dealing with death-row prisoners recently. Which of the following is NOT true in this regard?
1) All the required documents/ records should be sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in one stroke.
2) The rejection of mercy plea by the President should be communicated to prisoners in
writing.
3) There should be a gap of 30 days between receipt of communication of rejection of
mercy petition and execution date.
4) The post-mortem of death convicts after their hanging has been made obligatory.
5) None of these

9. Kaushik Basu is going to be the second Indian after Amartya Sen to head?
1) Indian Economic Association
2) Indian Civics Association
3) Indian Economic Council
4) Economic association of India
5) None

10. The Arvind Mayaram panel is considering redefining overseas inflow. As per the proposal, any individual investment above 10 percent of the paid-up capital in a listed company will be treated as which of the following?
1) Foreign Direct Investment
2) Foreign Portfolio Investment
3) Qualified Foreign Investors
4) Foreign Institutional Investment
5) None


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

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