General Awareness Quiz for SBI PO 2015-16 – Set 3



Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is the third set of SBI PO 2015-16 General Awareness Quiz.

1. Recently, PM
Narendra Modi inaugurated ________ bank’s first ever branch in _______.
(a) ICICI, Beijing
(b) Axis, Guangzhou
(c) ICICI, Guangzhou
(d) Axis, Shanghai
(e) None of these
2. Accra is the
capital city of _________.
(a) Algeria
(b) Ghana
(c) Angola
(d) Morocco
(e) Libya
3. The Union
Government recently launched Kayakalp Award Scheme for which purpose?
(a) To improve cleanliness in Public Health Facilities
(b) To improve entrepreneurship in Minorities Communities
(c) To create awareness and develop Public Places
(d) To improve cleanliness in Rural Districts
(e) None of the above
4. Consortium
Advances refer to
(a) Multiple advances
(b) Joint financing by more than one bank
(c) Financing of consignment business
(d) Concurrent borrowing
(e) None of these
5. Which Bank
recently partnered with Apollo Hospitals to launch Medical Prepaid Cards?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) HSBC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Canara Bank
(e) State Bank of India
6. Which payment
portal recently tied up with State Bank of India to enable cross-border
transactions?
(a) PrePaid
(b) PayPal
(c) PayTM
(d) UnionPay
(e) OxiCash
7. Which country will
host the 2016 NATO Summit?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Russia
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Poland
(e) Portugal
8. Along with
Snapdeal, which other E-commerce company signed MoU with State Bank of India
for seller financing purpose?
(a) Flipkart
(b) EBay
(c) Amazon
(d) PayPal
(e) Both A and D

9. Balance of payment
Includes-
(a) Visible Trade
(b) Invisible Trade
(c) Debts
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
10. A letter of
credit has to be produced by-
(a) An importer
(b) An exporter
(c) Shipping company
(d) Both A and B
(e) None of these
11. Mrinal Datta
Chaudhuri who recently passed away, was an eminent–
(a) Theatre Artist
(b) Author
(c) Journalist
(d) Both B and C
(e) None of these
12. How much credit
did World Bank recently approve for improvement of Primary School Teachers in
Bihar state?
(a) $1 bn
(b) $100 mn
(c) $700 mn
(d) $250 mn
(e) $200 mn
13. What is India’s
rank in First Environmental Democracy Index which was recently published?
(a) 42nd
(b) 12th
(c) 24th
(d) 29th
(e) 102nd
14. What is the
currency of Costa Rica?
(a) Costa Rican Dollar
(b) Costa Rican Riyal
(c) Costa Rican Peso
(d) Costa Rican Colon
(e) Costa Rican Lira
15. Which one of the
following is not a qualitative credit control measure of the RBI?
(a) Open Market operations
(b) Fixing margin requirements
(c) Credit rationing
(d) Variable Interest rates
(e) None of the above
16. Which
Indian-origin cop recently won the Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year 2015?
(a) Hardeep Singh Sandhu
(b) Rajdeep Dhami
(c) Chad P Gehani
(d) Sandip Verma
(e) None of them
17. Which Indian
state to host Paragliding World Cup 2015?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Himachal Pradesh
18. Sandi Bird
Sanctuary is located in which state?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Telengana
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Bihar
(e) Uttar Pradesh
19. Which of the
following is not a primary function of a bank?
(a) Facilitating import of goods
(b) Issuing Bank Drafts
(c) Granting Loans
(d) Selling Gold / Silver Coins
(e) None of these
20. International
Tiger Day is celebrated on _______.
(a) 29th of May
(b) 21st of August
(c) 29th of July
(d) 22nd of June
(e) 1st July

Some None of these Answers:
1. ICICI Bank in Shanghai
11. Economist
16. Harkeert Singh Saini



Winners of this Quiz:


1. Dreamer/Ruchi / Kalpan
2. Avishek
3. Priyanka/Megha/Sakshi


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