General Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS, UPSC, SSC Exams

General Awareness Practice Paper 

1) Which of the following term is used in the field of economics ?

1. Absolute zero
2. Molecular Equation
3. Zero Point energy
4. Balance of Payment
5. Mass Defect

2) Which of the following schemes is launched to make cities in India slum-free ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
2. Bharat Nirman
3. Rajiv Awas Yojana
4. Indira Awas Yojana
5. None of these

3) Which of the following is NOT the name of the currency of a country ?

1. Rand
2. Pound
3. Dinar
4. Eucador
5. Dollar

4) Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in .........?

1. 2002
2. 2005
3. 2007
4. 2010
5. 2009

5) Many times we read the term "ECB" in news papers. What is the full form of "ECB" ?

1. Essential Commercial Banking
2. European Credit Borrowing
3. External Credit For Business
4. External Commercial Borrowing
5. None of these

6) What is meant by financial inclusion ?

1. Making available banking services at an affordable cost
2. Opening Savings Accounts in Rural areas without any deposit
3. Opening any type of account without introduction
4. Distributing money through rural branches
5. Distribution wages through bank accounts

7) Golden revolution refers to the development of which of the following agricultural products ?

1. Oilseeds
2. Pulses
3. Horticultural products
4. Cereals
5. Fodder

8) Which programme was launched by Govt of India to improve irrigation facilities in rural India ?

1. Annapurna Scheme
2. National Social Assistance Programme
3. Integrated Rural Development Programme
4. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
5. National Watershed development programme

9) What is money laundering ?

1. Conservation of assets into cash
2. Conservation of illegally obtained money into accountable money
3. Conservation of cash into gold
4. Conservation of gold into cash
5. None of these

10) We come across the term "PPP" in financial news now a day's. What does "PPP" represent ?

1. Personal Per capita Power
2. Private Public Partnership 
3. Per capita Potential for Purchases
4. Present Potential for Purchases
5. Pure purchase parity

11) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan has appointed a committee to review Parliament security under the chairmanship of whom of the following ?

1. Satyapal Singh
2. R.K. Singh
3. Harish Chandra
4. Karia Munda
5. Sukudev Rana

12) Which of the following Bills has recently been passed in the Parliament giving more powers to SEBI to stringently deal with the fraudulent scheme involving financial investment by small traders ?

1. Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014
2. SEBI (Amendment) Bill, 2014
3. Customer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2014
4. Stock Exchange (Amendment) Bill, 2014
5. Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2014

13) The government has recently launched a scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for students belonging to the notified minority communities. What is the name of this scheme ?

1. Padho Pardesh
2. Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn )
3. Nai Roshini
4. Nalanda Project
5. Education Abroad

14) RBI has issued draft guidelines for implementation of Unified Bill Payment System, an "anytime anywhere bill payment" system. What is the name of this system ?

1. Unified Bill Payment System (UBPS)
2. Union Bill Payment System (UPBS)
3. Bharat Bill Payment Services (BBPS)
4. Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
5. National Bill Payment System (NBPS)

15) Construction work of the world's tallest railway bridges has begun at Noney. Noney is situated in which of the following States ?

1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Punjab
4. Manipur
5. Jammu & Kashmir

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