Banking Pathway: General Awareness Quiz

1. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was renamed as ‘Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’  in

1) 2011 

2) 2012

3) 2013 

4) 2014

5) None of these

2. The ICC Board, during its Annual Conference in Barbados, on 27 Jun made some changes regarding ODI cricket matches. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?

1) The batting Powerplays in the last ten overs of an innings in ODIs scrapped.

2) The mandatory requirement of having two fielders in catching position in the first ten overs scrapped.

3) All ‘no balls’ and not just over stepping by the bowlers will result in a free hit in both ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.

4) The rule changes will come into effect for series starting on or after Jul 5.

5) None of these

3. The Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on 24 Jun launched the country’s first modernised anganwadi centre at Hasanpur village in

1) Sonepat, Haryana 

2) Faridabad, Haryana

3) Lucknow, UP 

4) Patna, Bihar

5) Jodhpur, Rajasthan

4. The Uttar Pradesh govt has renamed the Lucknow Zoological Garden after who among the following?

1) Chandrashekhar Azad 

2) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

3) Ashfaqulla Khan 

4) Ram Prasad Bismil

5) None of these

5. The Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has indicated that India could move towards abolishing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This section is related to

1) prohibition of Child Marriage 

2) prohibition of Child Labour

3) homosexuality 

4) dowry

5) None of these

6. The UN, on 25 Jun, announced a release of emergency aid of $25 million for relief efforts in which of the following crisis-torn countries?

1) Nigeria 

2) Libya

3) Yemen 

4) Kenya

5) Iraq

7. The metro rail service commenced in which of the following cities on 29 Jun? The 28-year-old driver, A Preethi, drove the first metro rail trip of the city. 

1) Bengaluru 

2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad 

4) Kochi

5) Panaji

8. The JSW Steel has sought shareholders' approval to raise Rs. 4,000 cr through QIP. What does the term QIP stands for?

1) Qualified Industrial Placement 

2) Qualified International Placement

3) Qualified Institutional Purchase 

4) Qualified Institutional Placement

5) None of these

9. Who among the following are the winners of the women’s doubles title of the 2015 Canada Open badminton tournament?

1) Chan Kaka Tsz Ka and Yuen Sin Ying 

2) Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto

3) Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek 

4) Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa

5) None of these

10. Terrorist attacks in three nations on 26 Jun left several people dead and triggered panic across continents. These three countries were

1) France, Kuwait and Tunisia 

2) Italy, Kuwait and Syria

3) France, Iran and Kenya 

4) Israel, Indonesia and Tunisia

5) None of these