General Awareness Bits for APPSC Groups / IBPS / SBI Exams

1. Which of the of the following prizes/ Which given for excellence awards is not  in the field of literature?
1) Nobel Prize
2) Man Booker Prize
3) Kalinga Prize
4) Pulitzer Prize

2. Tax proceeds are distributed between the Center and the states on the basis of the recommendations of the....?
1) Planning Commission
2) Finance Commission
3) National Development Council
4) Parliamentary Affairs Committee

3. The Banking Ombudsman?
1) fixes the rates of interest for loans
2) is in charge of bank loans
3) Resolves complaints of customers
4) Issues licenses for new bank branches

4. A non-performing asset is?
1) Cash balance with RBI
2) Cash balance with commercial banks
3) An asset that ceases to generate income
4) Call money

5. Kisan Divas (Farmers' Day) is celebrated on?
1) March 23
2) June 23
3) December 23
4) September 23

6. Which organization is responsible for empowering Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in India?
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SIDBI
4) SEBI

7. Which of the following is not a public sector undertaking?
1) SIDBI
2) ECGC
3) SEBI
4) Axis Bank

8. Which of the following is not the Traditional function of RBI?
1) Issue of Currency Notes
2) Banker to the Government
3) Subsidies to people
4) Banker to Bank

9. Which Paper Currency denomination not issued by RBI?
1) Rs.5
2) Rs.10
3) Rs.1
4) Rs.100

10. Rs.1 paper currency issued by
1) RBI
2) SIDBI
3) Government of India
4) Indian Banks Association

11. Base Rate is the minimum rate of interest that a bank is allowed to charge from its;customers. Unless mandated by the government, RBI rule stipulates that no bank can offer loans at a rate lower than Base Rate to any of its customers. Banks in India have switched to Base Rate system from...
1) CRR
2) SLR
3) BPLR
4) CAR

12. Find the incorrect pair?
1) Indian Institute of Science -Bangalore
2) Indian School of Business -  Hyderabad
3) Birla Institute of Technology and Science -- Pilani
4) All India Institute of Medical Sciences  -- Mumbai

13. Flag bearer from India in the 2016 Rio Olympics
1) Sania Mirza
2) Saina Nehwal
3) Abhinav Bindra
4) Viswanathan Anand

14. Vijay Rupani is the new Chief Minister of
1) Assam
2) Kerala
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) None of these

15. UNO observes 2016 as International Year of
1) Rice
2) Wheat
3) Pulses
4) Water

16. Find the odd man out?
1) Sahitya Akademi Award
2) Jnanpith Prize
3) Saraswati Samman
4) Kalinga Prize

17. Find the wrong pair? (Country and Capital)
1) Algeria Algiers
2) Bhutan Thimphu
3) Croatia Zagreb
4) Denmark Amsterdam

18. Find the wrong pair? (Country and Currency)
1) Nigeria Naira
2) Bangladesh Dinar
3) Sweden Krona
4) Norway Krone

19. Find the wrong pair? (Country and President)
1) Afghanistan -- Ashraf Ghani
2) Bangladesh --  Abdul Hamid
3) Iran  -- Hassan Rouhani
4) Pakistan  -- Nawaz Sharif

20. Fine the wrong pair? (Country and Prime Minister)
1) Canada --  Theresa May
2) Italy --  Matteo Renzi
3) New Zealand  -- John Key
4) Russia --  Dmitry Medvedev