IBPS PO Mains Exam 2016: GK Quiz -3

IBPS is all set to conduct Mains examination on 20th November.  Here the banking team of jagran josh is providing sample questions of General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry that will be useful for the candidates appearing for IBPS PO Mains examination 2016.

1. Which bank launched home loan overdraft facility for salaried customers?

a) State Bank of India  
b) ICICI Bank  
c) Axis Bank  
d) HDFC Bank
e) None of these  

2. Which Ministry recently signed MoU with LinkedIn to create jobs for students?

a) Ministry of Human Resource Development  
b) Ministry of Women and Child Development  
c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  
d) Ministry of Small Medium Enterprises
e) None of these

3. Who of the following was appointed as the brand ambassador of Swachh Rail Mission?

a) Bindeshwar Pathak
b) Kailash Satyarthi  
c) Amitabh Bachchan
d) Sachin Tendulkar   
e) None of these

4. Which bank launched home loan overdraft facility for salaried customers?

a) State Bank of India
b) ICICI Bank  
c) Axis Bank  
d) HDFC Bank  
e) None of these

5. Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of South Korea recently?

a) Yim Jong-yong  
b) Jung Youn-kuk  
c) Kim Byong-joon  
d) Choi Soon-sil   
e) None of these

6. When is the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict was observed globally?

a) 4 November
b) 5 November
c) 6 November
d) 7 November
e) None of these
 
7. The United States of America recently lifted economic sanctions on which country?

a) Cuba
b) Mexico
c) Myanmar
d) Israel  
e) None of these

8. M. Venkaiah Naidu recently released the book titled Modi’s Midas Touch in Foreign Policy. Who is the author of the book?

a) Surendra Kumar
b) Brijesh Mehta
c) Venkaiah Naidu
d) Arun Jaitley  
e) None of these

9. Juan Manuel Santos was bestowed with the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. He is the President of which country?

a) Venezuela
b) Suriname
c) Colombia
d) Aruba
e) None of these

10. Name the country who’s Parliament passed a bill that seeks to curb murders in the name of honour.

a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Bhutan  
e) None of these

11. Name the department that was set up by Union Finance Ministry to streamline government borrowings and better cash management with the overall objective of deepening bond markets.

a) Debt Management Cell
b) Department of Debt Management
c) Cell for management of debt  
d) None of the above  
e) None of these

Note: The Debt Management Cell, to be housed at the RBI's Delhi office, is an interim arrangement and will be upgraded to a statutory Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) in about two years.

12. Who was recently selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN Secretary-General?

a) Ban Ki-moon
b) Antonio Guterres
c) Angela Merkel
d) R. Rajan
e) None of the above

13. RBI in its 4th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17 reduced the Repo rate by what basis point?

a) 15
b) 20
c) 25
d) 30  
e) None of these

Note: The policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) was reduced by 25 basis points from 6.5 percent to 6.25 percent with immediate effect.

14. Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board?

a) MS Sahoo
b) Rajeev Sharma
c) S Sivakumar
d) Ravi Kumar    
e) None of these

15. Who of the following will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017?

a) Angela Merkel
b) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan  
c) Vladimir Putin
d) Theresa May  
e) None of these

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