Pre Examination Training for SC/ST and Minority Candidates: General and Financial Awareness - Set 3

S.No Question Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Answer

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1 Which of the following is world's first QR on Card ConQR MasterQR CardQR DigiQR FinQR 1
Programme launch by Mastercard & BFSL?

2 ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’ is launched by ICICI bank State Bank of India Kotak Mahindra HDFC Bank BoB 1
bank

3 Recently launched The ‘Yes Essence’ will provide Women Senior Citizens Economically Youth Both 2& 3 1
preferentially-priced loans and healthcare benefits to Weaker Section
____

4 Winner of women’s singles title in the Australian Open Serena Williams Naomi Osaka Jennifer Brady Sofia Kenin None of the above 2
2021?

5 Recently, to mark the celebrations of International Her Circle Women Circle She Circle My Circle Lady Circle 1
Women’s Day, Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita
Mukesh Ambani launched a digital platform named

6 In which of the following countries the Indian Army Bangladesh Nepal France Britain Russia 1
will participate in Multinational Military Exercise
namely Shantir Ogroshena-2021?

7 Which company acquired Akash Educational Services Unacademy Vedantu Byjus Shaw Academy Allen 3
Ltd.?

8 Recently, SBI inked a loan agreement for $1 Billion JPMorgan Chase & Japan Bank of Bank of America HSBC Standard Chartered 2
from which of the following banks Co. International Bank
Cooperation
9 One of the Bank recently took a initiative that will be SBI@EASE BOB@EASE PNB@EASE AXIS@EASE HDFC@EASE 3
based on "banking-on-the-go" model. The name of the
initiative given by the bank is_______

10 Where is the headquarters of the Asian Development China Philippines Indonesia Vietnam India 2
Bank?
11 How many stocks are there in National stock exchange 20 30 50 75 100 3
(NSE)?

12 Which Insurance Company has announced the launch ICICI Lombard Metlife SBI Life TATA AIG HDFC Life 5
of India's first life insurance chatbot in collaboration
with Haptik, (India's largest chatbot platform)?

13 The money a commercial bank needs to preserve in Cash Reserve Ratio Statutory Liquidity Marginal Standard Liquidity Liquidity Ratio 2
the form of cash, or gold or Gsecs/Bonds before Ratio Facility Adjustment Facility
providing credit to their own customers is known as

14 What is financial inclusion? To provide a To provide a 100 To provide banking To ensure that all None of the above 3
permanent days job to all services to all those financial
employment to the those who are in living in remote transactions
unemployed need of a job areas amounting Rs.
5,000/- and above
are done through
banks.

15 Recently, RBI gets approval of printing plastic notes of Rs 10 Rs 20 Rs 50 Rs 100 Rs 200 1

denomination

16 Which Bank in India has partnered with Payjo for Axis bank IndusInd bank Kotak Mahindra Yes bank RBL Banks 4
artificial intelligence solutions?

17 Which country is hosting FIFA World Cup 2022 Brazil Qatar France Germany England 2
Tournament?

18 Fino Paytech(a payment Bank) has inked a deal with Bank of Baroda HDFC Bank Kotak Mahindra Axis bank ICICI bank 5
which of the following bank to distribute insurance bank
products?

19 What is the Full form of ASBA? Allotment Application Allotment Application None of the above 2
supported by supported by supported by bank supported by bank
blocked account blocked account account account
20 Which batsman becomes the third batsman to hit six Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant Pollard Johny Bairstow Ben stokes 3
sixes in an international over of cricket?

21 The world's most powerful super computer is____ Kiana Pikachu Apche Fugaku Indiana 4

22 Name the author of book "The Accidental Prime Shashi Tharoor Sanjaya Baru Tavleen Singh Siddarth Singh Sagarika Ghose 2
Minister"

23 How much financial assistance is provided to the Rs 2000 per year Rs 5000 per year Rs 6000 per year Rs 10000 per year Rs 12000 per year 3
farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana?

24 Full form of "CTS" Clear Traffic Cheque Truncation Clearing Transit Cash Transit Cash 2
System System System System Transportation
System
25 The Union Budget 2021-22 was presented by Ms Nirmala Mr Narendra Modi Mr Rajnath Singh Mr Amit Shah None of the above 1
Sitharaman
26 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed an State bank of India Kotak Mahindra IndusInd Bank HDFC Bank BoB 4
external professional IT firm to conduct a special audit Bank
of the IT infrastructure of ____________because the
bank had an outage in its internet banking, mobile
banking and payment utilities in the last 2 years

27 Recently, Exim bank announced to grant USD 400 Sri Lanka Myanmar Maldives Nepal Bangladesh 3
million financial assistance to __________ as Line of
Credit effective from 28th January 2021.

28 One of the banks recently introduced a new account PNB TRENDY BOB TRENDY SBI TRENDY AXIS TRENDY IOB TRENDY 5
for the customers in the age band of 21 to 38 years
with the name

29 The LEI is a 20 digit number which will be used to Law Enforcement Legal Entity Index Legal Entity Law Enforcement None of the above 3
uniquely identify parties to financial transactions Identifier Identifier Index
worldwide. "LEI" stands for

30 ‘AURA’ credit card is recently launched by Axis bank BoB Federal Bank Kotak Mahindra RBL Bank 1
Bank
31 What is the current policy repo rate (April 2021) 4.00% 3.35% 3.50% 4.25% 4.35% 1
32 New leader of opposition after vacation of post by Digvijay Singh Shashi Tharoor Rahul Gandhi P Chidambaram Mallikarjun Kharge 5
Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha is_____

33 Which of the following company seeks approval from Indiabulls Housing Muthoot Finance Mannapuram Piramal Group HDFC 4
NCLT to acquire DHFL? Finance Finance

34 Who is appointed as Chairperson of AIBA Champion Michael Philip Mary Kom Umar Kremlev Shiming Zou Jong Hyang Ri 2
and Veterans Committee. Carruth

35 The world's largest cricket stadium is in____ Kolkata Sydney Delhi Ahmedabad Melbourne 4

36 Name the famous politician who was banned on Amit Shah Donald Trump Justin Trudeau Narendra Modi Angela Merkel 2
Twitter and other social media platforms recently?

37 GoI has approved the closure of which of the following BSNL Scooters India Western Coalfields BPCL None of the above 2
loss making state owned PSU company? Limited Limited

38 What is the name of the India’s longest suspension Gagan Bridge Mahatma Bridge Akash Bridge Gandhi Bridge Maitri Bridge 5
bridge built in Leh by Indian Army?

39 What is the full form of LIBOR? London London London Interbank London Interbank None of these 4
International Bank International Bank Offered Ratio Offered Rate
Offered Ratio Offered Rate

40 __________ became only the second India woman Smriti Mandhana Mithali Raj Harmanpreet Kaur Jhoolan Goswami Deepti Sharma 1
player to win an ICC award.

41 Which body regulates Mutual Funds in India? RBI NABARD AMFI IRDA SEBI 5

42 Interests payable on savings bank accounts in India is regulated by regulated by state regulated by RBI regulated by MoF not regulated 5
___ central govt. govt.

43 Who is the author of "Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Dalai Lama Shashi Tharoor Sudha Murthy Arundhati Roy Amish Tripathi 1
Whole World"

44 NSE to set up IBX (International Bullion Exchange) in Gujrat Maharashtra New Delhi Karnataka Tamilnadu 1
____
45 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a 5 member Revathy Iyer T N Manoharan Shyamala Gopinath Hemant Contractor B Mahapatra 3
committee to evaluate applications for Universal
Banks and Small Finance Banks. The committee is
headed by

46 Recently, ______is re-elected as President of the David Haggerly Narinder Dhruv Thomas Bach Erick Thohir Sebastian Coe 3
International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a tenure of Batra
4 years

47 Who among the following received Sahitya Academy Arundhati Mani Shankar M Veerappa Moily Rupchand Hansda Harish Meenakshi 1
Awards 2020 for the English poetry collections called Subramaniam Mukhopadhyay
‘When God is a Traveller’.

48 Which of the following is the world's happiest country Bhutan New Zealand Italy Finland Mauritius 4
as per World Happiness Report 2021?

49 According to a study released by the defence website 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 3
Military Direct, what is India's rank in Ultimate Military
Strength Index?

50 An MoU was signed between which two states to MP-Chhattisgarh MP-Maharashtra MP-UP UP-Rajasthan UP-Bihar 3
implement the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project?