General Knowledge Weekly 21/09/2015 to 26/09/2015 Set3

Q.1. Cow was declared the national animal of which country?
a) India
b) Bhutan
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
e) Malaysia

Q.2. Name the legendary sports person of India who will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the British Parliament on Jul 25.
a) Sachin Tendulkar 
b) Dhyan Chand
c) Viswanathan Anand 
d) Prakash Padukone
e) None of these

Q.3. Who has been presented with 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council (USIBC)?
a) Indra Nooyi
b) Shobhana Bhartia
c) Sunita Rao
d) Kritika Bajpai
e) 1 and 2

Q.4. The central govt has given an in-principle nod for locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time considerably. Talgo is based in
a) Spain 
b) Italy
c) Germany 
d) France
e) Japan

Q.5. Who has been conferred with DRDO’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015?
a) Swati Saxena
b) V.S. Arunachalam
c) R.K. Tripathi
d) Nalini Singh
e) Ritvik Sengupta

Q.6. Robert Lewandowski is associated with which game?
a) Golf
b) Football
c) Cricket
d) Table Tennis
e) Lawn Tennis

Q.7. Standard Chartered has revised its balance of payments (BoP) forecast for financial year 2015-16 to?
a) $64 Billion
b) $31.7 Billion
c) $48.5 Billion
d) $74 Billion
e) $25 Billion

Q.8. The relief amount being paid to families of farmers who committed suicide due to farm distress has been enhanced to ?
a) Rs. 1.5 Lakh
b) Rs. 3.75 Lakh
c) Rs.3 Lakh
d) Rs. 6 lakh
e) Rs. 4 lakh

Q.9. What is the rank of India in individuals using the Internet in 2014?
a) 155th
b) 131st
c) 142nd
d) 150th
e) 136th

Q.10. The National Broadcasting Day is observed across the country on
a) 18 Jul 
b) 23 Jul
c) 28 Jul 
d) 29 Jul
e) 30 Jul

Answers

Q.1. c) Nepal
Q.2. b) Dhyan Chand
Q.3. e) 1 and 2
Q.4. a) Spain 
Q.5. b) V.S. Arunachalam
Q.6. b) Football
Q.7. b) $31.7 Billion
Q.8. d) Rs. 6 lakh
Q.9. e) 136th
Q.10. b) 23 Jul

General Knowledge Weekly 21/09/2015 to 26/09/2015 Set2

Q.1. How much Budget has been decided to be spent on the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
a) Rs 55,000 Crore
b) Rs 20,000 Crore
c) Rs 45,000 Crore
d) Rs 5,000 Crore
e) Rs 6,000 Crore

Q.2. The SEBI has suggested the newly introduced platform ITP be used by the central govt for its disinvestment programme in unlisted PSUs. The term ITP stands for
a) Initial Trading Platform 
b) Institutional Trading Platform
c) International Trading Platform 
d) Integrated Trading Platform
e) None of these

Q.3. Who has topped Forbes Magazine's 'India top 100 rich list'?
 a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Anil Ambani
c) Dilip Shanghvi
d) Azim Premji
e) Binni Bansal

Q.4. Rajasthan government passed first-of-its-kind of legislative bill that provides __________ reservation for economically backward classes (EBCs) in educational institutes and posts under state.
 a) 5%
b) 14%
c) 15%
d) 18%
e) 20%

Q.5. Recently Lalita Prasad Sripada Sri Sai has won the Community Impact Award at the prestigious Google Science Fair. She is from which state?
 a) Kerala
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Sikkim
e) Nagaland

Q.6. The central govt along with the three state govts will soon undertake an artificial breeding programme for the critically endangered flying bird the Great Indian Bustard (GIB). These three states are
a) Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra 
b) West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra 
d) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha
e) None of these

Q.7. Who has been appointed the new Chairman of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC)?
a) Raman Agarwal
b) R.C. Gaur
c) Shreya Gupta
d) Priyanka Sheikh
e) Sudhir Chautala

Q.8. A MoU on the quick impact projects has been signed between india and which country?
a) Cambodia
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Laos
e) USA

Q.9. _________________, former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), passed away
a) N. Shrinivasan
b) Shivlal Yadav
c) Jagmohan Dalmia
d) Sharad Pawar
e) Shashank Manohar

Q.10. Who has been appointed as Additional Secretary in NITI Aayog?
 a) Mahesh Ramanujam
b) Payal Kadakia
c) Yudhvir Singh Malik
d) Zayn Khan
e) S. Subramaniam

Answers

Q.1. c) Rs 45,000 Crore
Q.2. b) Institutional Trading Platform
Q.3. a) Mukesh Ambani
Q.4. b) 14%
Q.5. b) Odisha
Q.6. c) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
Q.7. a) Raman Agarwal
Q.8. d) Laos
Q.9. c) Jagmohan Dalmia
Q.10. c) Yudhvir Singh Malik

General Knowledge Weekly 21/09/2015 to 26/09/2015 Set1

Q.1. Rajasthan has passed a bill that provides _______ reservation for Gujjars and some other communities in educational institutes and posts under the State.

a) 20%

b) 15%

c) 33%

d) 10%

e) 5%

Q.2.     According to recruitment platform MyHiringClub.com’s Worldwide IT Salary 2015 survey, for countries that pay out the best IT salaries, _______________ has topped the list.

a) UK

b) US

c) Bulgaria

d) Denmark

e) Switzerland

Q.3.     2015 Korea Open Badminton tournament was held at?

a)         Busan

b)         seoul

c)         Incheon

d)         Pyongyang

e)         Jeju City

Q.4. The Unesco has announced that Conakry will be the World Book Capital for 2017. Conakry is the capital city of

a) Ghana 

b) Sierra Leone

c) Burkina Faso 

d) Guinea

e) Benin

Q.5. Recently in its biggest ever fine SEBI imposed a penalty of __________ on PACL Ltd.

a) 10,534 crore rupees

b) 6,667 crore rupees

c) 8,000 crore rupees

d) 9,899 crore rupees

e) 7,269 crore rupees

Q.6. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has signed a MoU with Vedanta to develop and modernise how many Anganwadis in the country?

 a) 400

b) 4000

c) 300

d) 3000

e) 3667

Q.7. Which of the following has been declared as the national animal of Nepal according to its new constitution?

 a) Elephant

b) Lion

c) Cow

d) Fish

e) Deer

Q.8. Name the media firm which has announced to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson in a $1.3-billion deal?

a) Time Warner

b) The Korea Times

c) Nikkei

d) Bennett Coleman

e) HT Media

Q.9. Who has been appointed as Chairman of All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF)?

 a) Suhani Gupta

b) Nancy Rodrick

c) Sridhar GV

d) Asin Nath

e) Vishambhar Shah

Q.10. In partnership with which of the following Snapdeal has launched the country's first customized education loans offering on an e-commerce platform?

 a) Credila

b) Edu.com

c) Shiksha Mitra

d) India Education Loans Pvt. Ltd

e) 2 and 3

Answers

Q.1. e) 5%

Q.2. e) Switzerland

Q.3. b) seoul

Q.4. d) Guinea

Q.5. e) 7,269 crore rupees

Q.6. b) 4000

Q.7. c) Cow

Q.8. c) Nikkei

Q.9. c) Sridhar GV

Q.10. a) Credila

Banking Awareness 26 September 2015

Q1. The term ‘Moral suasion’ refers to

a) The banker’s duty of secrecy as regards the affairs and accounts of his customers  

b) Moral duty of a borrower to deal with only one bank

c) The advice given by Reserve bank to banks/financial institutions in the matter of their lending and other operations with the objective that they might implement or follow   

d) All

e) None

Q2. Which of the following are the reasons for dishonour of cheques, for initiation of procedding under section 138 of the Negotiable instruments act

a) effects not cleared, please present again   

b) insufficient funds

c) not arranged for   

d) exceeds arrangement

e) all of the above

Q3. On 19th July 1969, 14 banks were nationalized, these banks had deposits of more than

a) Rs 25 crore

b) Rs 50 crore

c) Rs 85 crore   

d) Rs 100 crore

e) None of these

Q4. Where the signature of the drawer of a cheque is not genuine, such a cheque is called

a) post dated cheque

b) stale cheque

c) forged cheque

d) all

e) none

Q5. Capital market refers to all the facilities and institutions arrangements for

a) borrowing

b) lending

c) medium and long term funds

d) all

e) none

Q6. A Pledge means

a) advanced against goods

b) hypothecation of goods

c) bailment of goods as security for payment of a debt or performance of a promise.

d) Open limits

e) none

Q7. Truncation of cheques means

a) scanning of the cheques and transmission of electronic image instead of physical cheque in the clearing cycle 

b) debiting of drawer’s account through internet

c) Both of the above

d) none of the above

e) (a) or (b)

Q8. What do you mean by Priority sector?

a) Priority sector means a group of activities which are to be financed on the priority

b) A group of borrowers, from whom, recovery to be made on priority basis   

c) A group of peoples, whose accounts to be opened on priority

d) all

e) none

Q9. The term ‘ways and means’ advances refer to

a) the temporary advance made to the government by its bankers to bridge the internal between expenditure and the flow of receipts of revenue

b) the advance given by the banks to the poorest of the society

c) lending made under PMRY scheme

d) All

e) None

Q10. National housing banks is wholly owned by:

a) RBI

b) Housing development finance corporation LTD.

c) Housing development boards of various states   

d) All

e) none

Answers

1. c) The advice given by Reserve bank to banks/financial institutions in the matter of their lending and other operations with the objective that they might implement or follow   

2. c) not arranged for   

3. d) Rs 100 crore

4. c) forged cheque

5. d) all

6. c) bailment of goods as security for payment of a debt or performance of a promise.

7. a) scanning of the cheques and transmission of electronic image instead of physical cheque in the clearing cycle

8. a) Priority sector means a group of activities which are to be financed on the priority

9. a) the temporary advance made to the government by its bankers to bridge the internal between expenditure and the flow of receipts of revenue

10. a) RBI

General Knowledge 25 September 2015 Set 2

Q1.  The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards to Indian citizens, has been shifted to the administrative control of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology from ______?

a)    Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

b)    Niti Aayog

c)    Ministry of Finance

d)    Ministry of Home Affairs

e)    Ministry of Urban Development

Q2. E. Sreesharan has accepted an offer from the UN to serve on ________.

a)    Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

b)    High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

c)    Advisory Board on Population

d)    Governance and public administration

e)    Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

Q3.        Standard Chartered has revised its Current Account Deficit (CAD) forecast for financial year 2015-16 to?

a)  1.1%

b)  1.3%

c)  1.4%

d)  1.5%

e)  2%

Q4. Who among the following is the new Director General of ‘The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)’?

a)    K Radhakrishnan 

b)    A Sivathanu Pillai

c)    Avinash Chander 

d)    Rajendra Pachauri

e)    Ajay Mathur

Q.5. Government has launched Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme for which of the following?

a) Senior citizens

b) People living Below Poverty Line

c) People with Disabilities

d) Poor Children

e) Widow women

Q.6. How many gold medals were won by Indian Wushu team at the Fifth International Pars Wushu Cup?

a) 2

b) 1

c) 3

d) 4

e) 5

Q7. The central govt has given an in-principle nod for locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time considerably. Talgo is based in

1) Spain

2) Italy

3) Germany

4) France

5) Japan

Q8. The National Broadcasting Day is observed across the country on

a) 18 Jul

b) 23 Jul

c) 28 Jul

d) 29 Jul

e) 30 Jul

Q9. The relief amount being paid to families of farmers who committed suicide due to farm distress has been enhanced to ?

a)            Rs. 1.5 Lakh

b)            Rs. 3.75 Lakh

c)            Rs.3 Lakh

d)            Rs. 6 lakh

e)            Rs. 4 lakh

Q10. The SEBI has suggested the newly introduced platform ITP be used by the central govt for its disinvestment programme in unlisted PSUs. The term ITP stands for

a)    1) Initial Trading Platform 

b)    2) Institutional Trading Platform

c)    3) International Trading Platform 

d)    4) Integrated Trading Platform

e)    5) None of these

Answers

Q1 – b)    Niti Aayog

Q2 – b)    High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

Q3 – d)  1.5%

Q4 – e)    Ajay Mathur

Q5 – c) People with Disabilities

Q6 – b) 1

Q7 – a) Spain

Q8 – b) 23 Jul

Q9 – d) Rs. 6 lakh

Q10. b) Institutional Trading Platform

General Knowledge Quiz 25 Set1 September 2015

Q1. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards to Indian citizens, has been shifted to the administrative control of?

a)    Ministry of Home Affairs

b)    Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

c)    Niti Aayog

d)    Ministry of Finance

e)    Ministry of urban development

Q2. Standard Chartered has revised its balance of payments (BoP) forecast for financial year 2015-16 to?

a)    $64 Billion

b)    $31.7 Billion

c)    $48.5 Billion

d)    $74 Billion

e)    $25 Billion

Q3. According to recruitment platform MyHiringClub.com’s Worldwide IT Salary 2015 survey, India was ranked 7th on the list of lowest paymasters for information technology (IT) managers.  Which country has topped the list?

a)    Thailand

b)    Vietnam

c)    Bulgaria

d)    Denmark

e)    Switzerland

Q4. Cow was declared the national animal of which country?

a)    India

b)    Bhutan

c)    Nepal

d)    Sri Lanka

e)    Malaysia

 Q5.     International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested how much amoount in six of the 10 companies that have been granted small finance bank licences?

a)    $250 million

b)    $145 million

c)    $125 milion

d)    $100 million

e)    $135 million

Q6. Name the media firm which has announced to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson in a $1.3-billion deal?

a)   Time Warner 

b)   The Korea Times

c)   Nikkei 

d)   Bennett Coleman

e)   HT Media

Q7. Name the Nobel prize winner who has won the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal recently. 

a)   Robert Brout 

b)   Francois Englert

c)   Peter Higgs 

d)   Fabiola Gianotti

e)   Tom Kibble

Q8. Name the legendary sports person of India who will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the British Parliament on Jul 25.

a)   Sachin Tendulkar 

b)   Dhyan Chand

c)   Viswanathan Anand 

d)   Prakash Padukone

e)   None of these

Q9. Who has been conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014?

a)   Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka

b)   Dr. T.V. Raman

c)   Bharat Sinha

d)   Suhail Siddiqui

e)   Dr. Kishori Nath Tripathi

Q10. Belgium created history by entering the finals of the prestigious Davis Cup for the first time in last _____________.

a)   89 years

b)   111 years

c)   100 years

d)   150 years

e)   133 years


Answer

Q1 – b

Q2 – b

Q3 - c

Q4 – c

Q5 – b

Q6 - c

Q7 - c

Q8 - b

Q9 – a

Q10 - b

Computer Knowledge Quiz 1

1. What is a device that reads and/or writes data to a disk called?
(1) Disk Tray
(2) Disk Drive
(3) Disk Chassis
(4) Disk Image
(5) Disk Mirroring

2. Which social media service is designed exclusively for sharing photos?
(1) Twitter
(2) LinkedIn
(3) Facebook
(4) Instagram
(5) Picture Manager

3. Phishing and pharming are used for what purpose?
(1) Web development
(2) Software programming
(3) Cybercrime
(4) Recycling
(5) Develop new software

4. Which of the following file formats is lossless?
(1) JPEG
(2) PNG
(3) MPEG
(4) WMV
(5) MP3

5. What social media service popularized the verbs "friending" and "unfriending?"
(1) Twitter
(2) Facebook
(3) LinkedIn
(4) MySpace
(5) Both2 and 4

6. What does an RGB value represent?
(1) Volume
(2) Resolution
(3) Color
(4) File size
(5) Text Font

7. What is the default folder used to store incoming email messages called?
(1) Mailbox
(2) Tempbox
(3) Inbox
(4) Mybox
(5) Drafts

8. Which Wi­Fi standard maxed out at 11 Mbps?
(1) 802.11a
(2) 802.11b
(3) 802.11g
(4) 802.11n
(5) 802.22a

9. What does a keylogger log?
(1) Failed authentication attempts
(2) System logins
(3) Keystrokes
(4) Crashes
(5) Hit

10. What happens when a program crashes?
(1) It deletes saved work
(2) It installs viruses on your computer
(3) It uninstalls itself
(4) It unexpectedly quits
(5) All of above


Answers:
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2 - 4
3 - 3
4 - 2
5 - 5
6 - 3
7 - 3
8 - 4
9 - 3
10 - 4