General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, UPSC, SSC and other Competitive Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper for Competitive Exams

1) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) located at ....................also funding by RBI.

1. Kolkata
2. Bhopal
3. Nasik
4. Mumbai
5. Kanyakumari

2) Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) at..................

1. Gurgaon
2. Jalandhar
3. Chennai
4. Hyderabad
5. Mumbai

3) Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a yearly report published by the................

1. World Bank
2. World Economic Forum
3. Asian Development Fund
4. Reserve Bank of India
5. International Monetary Fund

4) RBI on 19 June 2014 asked the banks to disclose sector-wise advance from on the recommendations of ................

1. Rangarajan
2. Chakravarthi
3. Nachiket Mor
4. Damodaran
5. None

5) Thomas Cup related to ..............

1. Men Kabaddi
2. Women Kabaddi
3. Men Squash
4. Women Sqash
5. Men Badminton

6) India suffered loss to which nation in Thomas Cup Recentlly ? (Japan is the winner of Thomas Cup).

1. Korea
2. Singapore
3. China
4. Malaysia
5. Indonesia

7) Thomas Cup founded in ....................

1. 1952
2. 1999
3. 1981
4. 2000
5. 1949

8) Uber Cup related to Women's badminton. Uber Cup 2014 held at.......

1. New Delhi
2. Hong Kong
3. Beijing
4. Canberra
5. None

9) In the World top five nations in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology capacity, India's rank is...................

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
5. None

10) Floyd Mayweather Jr. is an American sports man declared as the highest paid athelete by Forbes. He is famous.............

1. Boxer
2. Golf Player
3. Baseball Player
4. Tennis Player
5. None of the Above

11)  SAARC Monsoon initiative Programme National Working Group meet was organised on 20 June 2014 at...................

1. Hyderabad
2. New Delhi
3. Mathura
4. Bhopal
5. Mumbai

12) Air India has formally become part of the .............global airlines.

1. Star Alliance
2. Lufthansa
3. Cathay Pacific
4. Pan America
5. None

13) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of UNO. Its headquarters is in ...................

1. Paris
2. Wahington
3. Geneva
4. Rome
5. Vienna

14) UNESCO was established in...............

1. 1946
2. 1974
3. 1696
4. 2000
5. 1901

15) Irina Bokova is the head of UNESCO. She belongs to ..................

1. Iran
2. USA
3. Russia
4. Bulgaria
5. None

16) Ancient Pyu Cities got UNESCO heritatage status on 22 June 2014. It is in ................

1. Myanmar
2. Sri Lanka
3. Cambodia
4. India
5. None

17) Bulgaria capital is Sofia and its currency is..................

1. Dollar
2. Lev
3. Euro
4. Lira
5. Peso

18) List of Dams given. Which combination is wrongly matched one ?

1. Polavaram - Andhra Pradesh
2. Sardar Sarovar Dam - Arunachal Pradesh
3. Baglihar - Jammu & Kashmir
4. Idukki - Kerala
5. Khadakwasla - Maharastra

19) An important source of capital formation in India has been ..........

1. Household savings
2. Public Sector savings
3. RBI savings
4. Government revenue surpluses
5. Corporate savings

20) A.K. Dubey was appointed as the head of Coal India Limited. Where is its head office ?

1. Kolkata
2. Chennai
3. Hyderabad
4. Pune
5. New Delhi

Important Links:

• General Awareness Practice Set 2
• General Awareness Practice Set 3
• Expected Banking Awareness Practice Paper