IBPS Clerk Mains and Exam 2016: General Awareness Quiz

In order to help in your preparation of General Awareness (with special reference to banking industry), here the banking team of jagranjosh is providing GA quiz for IBPS clerk Mains and other upcoming bank exams. Candidates are advised to go through the below quiz.

1. The Indian Oil Corporation recently announced how much discount on petrol and diesel fuel purchases, if the payment is made using digital means? 

a) 0.25 percent

b) 0.50 percent

c) 0.75 percent

d) 1.00 percent

e) None of these

2. Which Indian Celebrity has been appointed as the newest Global Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Priyanka Chopra  

c) Aamir Khan

d) Deepika Padukone

e) None of these

3. Which multilateral agency halted two concurrent processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty?

a) World Bank Group    

b) International Monetary Fund    

c) Asian Development Bank

d) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank

e) None of these

4. Name the country that in December 2016 demonetised its biggest banknotes. 

a) Venezuela

b) Zimbabwe

c) Cuba

d) Nigeria

5. The helpline number which will be launched by the government to promote digital payments?

a) 14444   

b) 15555   

c) 16666   

d) 17777   

e) 19999

6. Who won the 2016 Women’s Asia Cup T20?  

a) India

b) Pakistan

c) Bangladesh

d) Sri Lanka

e) None of the above

7. Which Indian district became the first to pay wages to tea garden workers through individual bank accounts? 

a) Aurangabad

b) Kurnool

c) Nellore

d) Darjeeling

e) Hailakandi

8. Who will succeed Justice TS Thakur as Chief Justice of India?

a) Justice JS Khehar

b) Justice Anil R Dave

c) Justice Madan Lokur

d) Justice Ranjan Gogoi

9. What is the full form of CKYCR?

a) Central KYC Records Registry

b) Central KYC Register

c) Centralised KYC Register

d) Central KYC Records

e) Other than those given as options

10.   What is the full form of MUDRA, has been set up by the Govt of India?

a) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency

b) Major Units Development and Refinance Agency

c) Micro Units Division and Regulation Agency

d) Micro Units Development and Regulating Agency

e) None of these