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650 General Awareness Questions asked various competitive Exams 2016

1. Who was the 1st batsman to score century in ODI debut ? – K.L Rahul 2. Venue of India’s 500th cricket Test macth ? – Kanpur 3. Heart of Asia summit held in which city ? – Amristar 4. Which Indian Cricketer to be inducted into MCC ? – Anjum Chopra

5. First to launch cyber police stations in all districts? – Maharashtra 6. Costliest railway station located in ?- New York

7. Brand ambassador of PNB? – Virat Kohli 8. Venue of common wealth 2018? – Australia

9. Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2017 venue? – Bangalore

10. Companies have to share how many % of profit for social work – 2%

11. In a first which state imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food? – Kerala

12. First Indian IOC member ? – Nita Ambani 13. Which bank has recently shutdown its operation in India ? – RBS

14. Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 ?- Jacky Chan

15. First Payment Bank – Airtel , Rajasthan

16. M. Balamuralikrishna associated with which field? – Music

17. How many time demonetization occur in India Since 1935 ?

– 3(1946, 1978, and 2016)

18. Brand Ambassador of Switzerland Tourism? – Ranveer Singh

19. UIDAI Helpline number – 1947

20. 2016 Tata Literature’s Lifetime Achievement Award ? – Amitav Ghosh

21. World television day observed? – 21 November 22. Who is thepresident of All India Football Federation (AIFF) ? – Praful Patel 23. Dada Saheb Falke Award for Best Actress 2016 ?- Priyanka Chopra

24. What is the name of the first robot used by city bank? – Lakshmi 25. RFID stands for ?- Radio-Frequency Identification

26. World Economic Freedom Index 2016 topped by ? – Hong Kong

27. Global business optimism index? – Indonesia

28. India Posts Payments Bank will have how much Government equity?

– 100%

29. First World Conference on Tourism for Development held in ? – Beijing

30. Ruins of Ancient city of Abydos, dating back approx. 7000 years, found in

? – Egypt

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31. MDR stands for ? – Merchant Discount Rate 32. India’s First railway university to come up in ? – Gujarat 33. Israel President – Reuven Rivlin

34. South Africa President – Jacob Zuma

35. Fiedel castro politician from – Cuba

36. APEC summit 2016 theme – Quality Growth and Human Development 37. ‘Wealth of Nation’ book Author – Adam smith

38. World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2017 topped by – New Zealand

39. UPI is launched by – National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) 40. GST Slab structure – 4 tier Structure 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%

41. Dada sahab Phalke 2016 awardee – Manoj Kumar 42. Jnanpith Award Winner – Raghuveer Chaudhari 43. No.1 ranked in ATP Tennis Ranking – Andy Murray

44. China Open super series Badminton Championship – P.V Sindhu

45. Capital of Zambia – Lusaka

46. Capital of Lithuania – Vilnius 47. Periyar national park – Kerala

48. January 9 – NRI DAY

49. Pushkar festival related to – Rajasthan

50. 2018 ASIAN Games – Jakarta, Indonesia

51. Tialong 4 satellite launched by – China

52. Noble prize 2016 in literature – Bob Dylan 53. Airtel payment bank is in which state – Rajasthan

54. Kabaddi world cup 2016 final , India defeated– Iran

55. FDI investment in white label ATMs – 100%

56. Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation – D. V. Sadananda Gowda

57. Economics Nobel prize for – Contract theory(Oliver Hart Bengt

and Holmström)

58. Walt Disney 2016 – 45th anniversary

59. Companies to spend at least how much of their profits every year on

corporate social responsibility (CSR) – 2%

60. DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) – 76,000 crore

61. VERIZON acquired YAHOO for – $4.83bn

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62. Cricketer Tony coizer was radio commentator – West indies cricket team

63. Dilma rousseff – Former President of Brazil 64. Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG – PAHAL scheme 65. Full form of BPL – Bankers Professional Liability

66. Full form of CRY organization? – Child Rights and You

67. Full form of P-notes ? – Participatory notes

68. How many currency printing press places are in India ? – 4

69. Jaitapur Power Plant – Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra

70. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2016 – Juan Manuel Santos

71. PIN full form – Personal Identification Number 72. Section-122 related to – GST

73. Swachh Bharat short film award winner- Murga

74. What does Basel norm related to? – Banking

75. Which city is known as the golden city of India? – Amritsar 76. Who issues coins in India ? – Government of India

77. World economic freedom index India rank – 112

78. World’s tallest and longest glass bridge opens in – China

79. Yoga day celebrated on – 21 June

80. Chambal river flows from Madhya Pradesh to – Rajathan

81. CHOGM 2018 meeting – United Kingdom

82. Gobind Sagar Dam – Himachal Pradesh

83. Highest Populated State – Uttar Pradesh

84. Himansh highest altitude research center – Himachal Pradesh

85. Hubble space Telescope – NASA

86. Hurricane Matthew hits – Haiti 87. King Bhumibol Abduladez paased away – Thailand

88. LIGO lab outside USA – Maharashtra

89. Mogadishu is the Capital of – Somalia

90. Mother Absolute Affection brand ambassador – Madhuri Dixit 91. Noble prize in economics 2016 – Olive Hart and Bengt Holmstorm

92. One Rupee Note bears signature of – Finance Secretary

93. Pawan Kumar Chamling is the CM of – Sikkim

94. PMJDY – Financial Inclusion

95. River of Sorrow – Damodar River

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96. Universal Children’s Day – 20th November 97. Valmiki National park – Bihar 98. Which Shooter declared as Champions of champions – Jitu Rai 99. Worlds Diabetes day 2016 Theme – Eyes on Diabetes

100. What is the full form of DAY – NRLM? – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission

101. Number of medals won by India in 2016 Rio Olympics – 2

102. Capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent 103. Currency of South Korea – Won

104. All women SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention on credit up to Rs

3 lakh at 7 per cent per annum.

105. PM Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) with the stated

purpose of constructing two crore houses for the urban poor by 2022

106. The National Literacy Mission (NLM) is a nationwide program started by

Government of India in 1988.

107. EFTPOS, E stands for? Electronic (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of

Sale)

108. Khaliko Pul was CM of? Arunachal Pradesh

109. According to RBI annual report, what is near-report gross value added

(GVA) for 2016-17? 7.6%

110. Author of ‘One Indian Girl’? Chetan Bhagan

111. Bhavanisagar dam in which state? Tamil Nadu

112. Venue of NATO Summit 2017? Belgium (Brussels)

113. Dalai Lama has been given the honorary citizenship of which city of

Italy? Milan

114. First International Conference on Voter Education held where? New Delhi , India

115. Ratan Watal Committee set up for what? Digital payments

116. Corporation Bank Headquarter? Mangalore

117. BSDBA withdrawal and transfer limit? Rs10,000 in a month

118. Grama Vidiyal Microfinance acquired by? IDFC Bank

119. Indravati national park in which state? Chhattisgarh

120. Rs 10,000 currency notes were introduced in 1938. They were demonetized

in year? 1978

121. Bermuda triangle in which ocean? North Atlantic Ocean

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122. Antiwerp Diamond Bank headquartered in? Belgium

123. Haima typhoon hit Guangdong province of? China

124. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 6 October 2016 released the Report of

the Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch

Authorisation Policy. The Group is chaired by? Lily Vadera

125. Which of these banks is not regulated by RBI? State Bank of Sikkim

126. Nobel Prize 2016 given to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holstein in which field of

Economics? Contract Theory

127. In Monetary Policy committee how many members are appointed by

RBI? 3 (other 3 by Govt.)

128. Sheikh Zayed Stadium? Abu Dhabi, UAE

129. OPEC headquarter? Vienna, Austria

130. Joint Military Exercise of India & China named as Sino India Corporation

2016 held in? Ladakh

131. Nassau is the capital of? Commonwealth of the Bahamas

132. Peoples Resurgence Justice Alliance (PRJA) party launched by? Irom Sharmila

133. Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) effective from? April 1, 2016

134. MasterCard’s new program in Europe, authentication by? Selfies

135. Mobile Money Identifier (MMID)? – 7 digit number 136. Capital of Denmark – Copenhagen

137. World Food Day – 16th October 138. Prathama Bank Headquarters- Moradabad, UP

139. ICICI Bank launches ‘Smart Vault’, a fully automated locker

140. PMJJBY (Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana) premium amount – Rs. 330

141. Urjit Patel – 24th governor of RBI

142. Before designated to Governor of RBI what was the position of Urijit

Patel – Deputy Governor of RBI

143. Head Quarters of Indian Bank – Chennai 144. Bandhan Bank Headquarters – Kolkata, West Bengal 145. In UPI, I stands for – Interface (Unified Payments Interface)

146. Kakrapar Dam is situated – Gujarat 147. Lisbon is capital of – Portugal

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148. Currency of South Africa – South African Rand

149. ECGC is funded by – Government of India

150. In SMFS first S stands for – Structured(Structured Financial Messaging

System)

151. MUDRA is the subsidiary of – SIDBI

152. Currency of Denmark – Krone

153. Barak 8 was jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI),

India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)

154. “Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai” is the tagline of – Bandhan Bank

155. ICRA rating agency formed by – IFCI

156. JP Morgan Chase Headquarters – USA

157. Coins can be issued up to the denomination of – Rs. 1000

158. FSB stands for- Financial Stability Board

159. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport – Nagpur, Maharashtra

160. Deaf fund associated with – Banking Regulation Act, 1949

161. “At the Close of Play” is the autobiography of the former Australian

cricketer Ricky Ponting

162. In IFSC code the last six digits identify the bank branch

163. Great Victoria desert located in – Australia

164. To detect Fraud – CRISIL (Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited)

165. The umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India

– National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) 166. The 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in- Venezuela

167. Mudra bank highest loan limit (Tarun) – 10 lakhs

168. RRB Committee – Narasimman Committee

169. NACH Debit is the product of NPCI

170. RRB banks state capital – 15%

171. Gurudongmar Lake – Sikkim

172. World Food Programme – Italy, Rome

173. Patagonian desert continent – South America

174. Notes which are in pieces and/or of which the essential portions are missing

can also be exchanged. – Mutilated notes

175. Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya – Chhatisgarh

176. Kakrapar Atomic Power Station – Gujarat

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177. International Day of Democracy, 15 September Theme 2016

– Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 178. Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project – Madhya Pradesh

179. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Tech(IDBRT)

– Hyderabad. 180. Blackbuck National Park- Velavadar Gujarat 181. Deepa Malik – Athlete Shot put 182. CRISIL, India’s first credit rating agency

183. IDBI Head Quarters – Mumbai. 184. Niche Marketing- Nachiket Mor 185. 24th Oct- United Nations Day

186. Risk related to personal Account- Credit risk

187. First stock exchange issue IPO- BSE

188. IMPS full form- Immediate Payment Service

189. First talking ATM- Union Bank of India

190. ICICI Bank introduces software robotics

191. Tarapur Atomic Power Station – Maharashtra

192. IFSC Total digits – 11

193. Credit history of the borrower is recorded by CIBIL

194. Environment Ministry has given green nod to the Rs 4640.88 crore Kiru

hydroelectric power project in J&K

195. India’s Weather Satellite INSAT-3DR- an advanced meteorological (weather observation) satellite

196. Devendra Jhajharia related to – Javelin throw

197. Loktak lake – Manipur 198. Mount Harriet Park – Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

199. “The bank that begins with ‘U’” tagline – United Bank of India

200. Committee related to poverty line – Arvind Panagariya committee

201. WHO HQ – Geneva

202. Six machine autobiography of – Chris Gayle

203. PIN – Personal Identification Number 204. Mashreq Bank Headquarters– Dubai 205. Anupriya patel constituency – Mirzapur 206. Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units (CGFMU) – PMMY

207. First Private Bank to issue Indian Gold Coins – Federal Bank

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208. The oldest or first asset reconstruction company in the country – ARCIL

209. Which state launches ‘CM Scooty scheme’ – J&K

210. Mortgage And its Various Types – Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 .

211. NACH replace ECS,Payment Systems

212. Export Credit Insurance provider – ECGC

213. CTS-2010 standards for clearing through CTS for faster realisation. 214. Claude Lila Parulekar – Animal rights activist 215. NPCI –National Payments Corporation of India

216. Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography

217. Indian Overseas Bank Headquarters – Chennai 218. RTGS – Real-Time Gross Settlement 219. Equitas starts Small Finance Bank Headquarters – Chennai 220. BCSBI – Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

221. Engineers Day – September 15

222. MSME Regulator –SIDBI

223. Syndicate Bank Headquarters – Manipal 224. Which Bank introduces software robotics – ICICI

225. Myanmar Capital – Naypyi Daw

226. Federal Bank launches FederalSkill Academy at – Coimbatore

227. Bandhan bank Headquarters – Kolkatta, West Bengal 228. RBI launches ‘Sachet’ portal to check illegal money collection.

229. Jammu & Kashmir Bank CEO – Parvez Ahamad

230. IFSC Code – 11 digits

231. SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon

232. Deputy General manager of IMF – David Lipton

233. BCCI CEO – Rahul Johri 234. Doha Bank & Centrum Sign Strategic Tie-Up

235. Kudankulam Nuclear Plant located in – Tamilnadu

236. World Bank, AIIB approve Rs 6,325 crore for Pune metro project.

237. Buddy App – SBI

238. Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was renamed Deen Dayal Antayodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM).

239. Bombay High Court Chief Justice – Manjula Chellur 240. BSNL, Microsoft to offer end-to-end solutions for enterprise customers

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241. CBDT launches ‘e-nivaran’ facility to resolve income tax grievances.

242. United States spotted at the top of the medal tally, with 116 medals

243. China has world’s longest bullet train network

244. India approves $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways.

245. Deepa Malik who won the silver medal in Rio Paralympices related to

– Shotput 246. Banks can publish photo of only – wilful defaulters

247. RBL acquires 10% Stake in – Utkarsh Finance Services

248. Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai, who served as Governor of States, including

Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana, passed away – Indian chemist and politician

249. Jio Money Wallet – Reliance

250. The maximum value of any pre-paid payment instrument cannot

exceed Rs 1,00,000. 251. Shishu – Maximum loan amount is Rs.50,000.[Kishor – Maximum loan

amount is Rs.5 lakh, Tarun – Maximum loan amount is Rs.10 lakh]

252. Monetary policy committee members – Chetan Ghate, professor at Indian

Statistical Institute, Pami Dua, director at Delhi School of Economics and

Ravindra Dholakia, professor at IIM-Ahmedabad.

253. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic

medal with her bronze medal finish in Women’s freestyle 58 kg category

254. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Country’s first repository on tigers.

255. Hindi Diwas – September 14

256. A micro enterprise is an enterprise where investment in plant and

machinery does not exceed – Rs. 25 lakh

257. HRD Minister – Prakash Javadekar 258. The Goods and Services Tax Bill or GST Bill, officially known as The

Constitution (One Hundred Twenty second Amendment) Bill, 2014,

proposes a national Value added Tax to be implemented in India from 1 April 2017.

259. Kotak Mahindra Bank acquires BSS Microfinance. 260. RBI has set a deadline of March 31, 2017, for banks to put in place a

mechanism to report cyber attacks immediately.

261. Union HRD ministry has decided to appoint Canara Bank as the promoter

for setting up of Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)

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262. Limit in Priority Sector Adjust Net Bank credit – 40%

263. IRCTC, SBI sign MoU on promotion of rail ticketing activities

264. Inter-bank borrowing ceiling for Small finance bank – No Limit 265. Nobel peace prize 2016 – Juan Manuel santos

266. NASSCOM tiesup with social network website to promote Startups –

Facebook

267. Under Deen dayal Antyodaya Yojana, The SHGs will also get additional

interest subvention of 3% on prompt payment.

268. State Bank of India (SBI) started an intra-bank portal where employees

could register their requests for transfers

269. “World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision” : World population to

hit 8.5bn by 2030

270. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two

gold medals at the Paralympics.

271. Gionee to set up manufacturing plant in Faridabad

272. World Bank President – Jim Yong Kim

273. GSAT-18 successfully launched by Ariane-5 VA-231 from Kourou, French

Guiana

274. ET Awards for corporate excellence company – Kotak Mahindra Bank

275. Bankruptcy & Insolvency 2016 Board headed by – MS Sahoo

276. Reliance Jio Money ties up with – Federal Bank

277. Rajasthan becomes first state to approve sewage & waste water policy

278. UCO Bank to raise Rs 270 crore via share sale to LIC. 279. Soiled note – means a note which, has become dirty due to usage and

also includes a two piece note pasted together wherein both the pieces

presented belong to the same note, and form the entire note.

280. Who is the present Chairman of Synoptic? Mohammed AlMandil 281. What is the full form of S4A? Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of

Stressed Assets

282. Committee for E-Commerce? Amitabh Kant Committee

283. Rio Olympics Indian contingent sponsored by? Amul 284. Vyaas Samman 2015? Sunita Jain

285. Which Indian got silver in Rio Olympics badminton? P. V. Sindhu

286. Reliance tie up with which bank? Federal Bank

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287. UP Govt announces Rani lakshmi Bai Award for which Rio Olympics

Winner? Sakshi Malik

288. What is the full form of BSBDA? Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account 289. FICCI Head Quarter? New Delhi 290. UEFA 2016 Winner? Real Madrid

291. Small Bank maximum loan amount? Rs 25 lakhs

292. Highest medals in Rio Olympics? United States

293. Which of the following is the SBI social networking app? SBI Mingle

294. Renewable Bond also known as? Clean Renewable Energy Bonds

295. Head Quarter of New Development Bank located at? Shanghai 296. Kanchenchunga National Park located at? Sikkim, India

297. Which team won the Durand Cup 2016? India

298. UPI app Empower launched by which bank? Canara Bank

299. RBI Sachet used for which purpose? To check illegal money collection

300. Who got the title UEFA footballer of the year? Cristiano Ronaldo

301. Hanif Mohammad, who died recently had played for which

country? Pakistan

302. 2016 Wimbledon winners in women singles? Serena Williams

303. Tarun Ramadorai from which University? University of Cambridge

304. First roof top solar plant in which state? Kerala

305. Isalimic bank headquarters located at? Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

306. SmartUp app launched by which bank? HDFC Bank

307. World Humanitarian Day Theme – One Humanity

308. HRD Minister – Prakash Javadekar 309. Kawai Tiger Reserve – Telangana

310. Integrated Criminal Justice System – Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

311. Bronze medal winner Wrestler in RIO Olympics – Sakshi Malik

312. Mingle App – SBI 313. Domestic Systemically Important Banks – Too Big To Fail 314. Reliance Payment Bank & SBI Promotion Share – 70 : 30

315. IPPBL full form – India Post Payment Bank Limited

316. Avanti Micro Finance is going to start by – Vijay Kelkar, Ratan Tata ,Nandan Nilakeni

317. Monaco Garndprix Winner – Lewis Hamilton

318. Household finance committee – Tarun Ramdorai

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319. Border Security Committee – Madhukar Gupta

320. First Bank to issue Green Bond in London Stock Exchange-Axis Bank

321. Among the Options Who Cannot issue Soverign Gold Bond Schemes

– Insurance Companies

322. In MSME in Medium Enterprise Investment in Plant & Machinery from 5

Crores does not exceed to – 10 Crores

323. SBI Current Managing Director – Dinesh Kumar Khara

324. In a Year BSBDA Total Credits does not exceed – Rs. 1 Lakh

325. BSBDA Account can hold Maximum – One

326. World First Self Driving Taxi Launched by – Singapore

327. RBI initiate to curb illegal Deposits – Sachet 328. What is the name for Rupee Denominated Bonds for offshore Countries

– Masala Bonds

329. Interest rates on Medium & Long Term Period in Gold Monetisation Scheme

decided by – Central Government 330. Which of the following neighbour country recently passed bill in Parliament

to convert Constitutional Assembly – Srilanka

331. AIIB issued first Loan to Four Countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tajikistan

332. Book titled “The Sleep of Revolution” Author – Arianna Huffington

333. Among the options of SBI Associates which is not Merging with SBI – State Bank Of Saurashtra

334. Government Set Inflation rate target for Next 5 Years – 4%.

335. New Development bank Headed by – KV Kamath

336. Islamic Development Bank Launches first branch in India –Ahmedabad

337. APJ Abdul Kalam Award 2016 – P Shanmugam

338. International Chamber Commerce Chairman – Sunil Mittal 339. BSNL ties up with which company to offer IT Solutions – Microsoft 340. UNESCO World Heriatge Site Status in July 2016 – Nalanda Mahavihara

341. First State to approve Goods and Services Tax (GST) – Assam

342. As Per UNCTAD Investment Report India Ranks in FDI – 10th

343. Forbes World Biggest 200 Companies How many Indian Companies

– Seven

344. RBI Launched Structured Asset Scheme – S4A 345. IOC Committee – Nita Ambani

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346. Corporation Bank HQ – Mangalore

347. Which of the following bank is headquartered in Kolkata? – United Bank of India

348. How many digits in IFSC code – 11 digits

349. An account becomes dormant if a customer does not initiate transactions

such as withdrawal of cash at a branch or automated teller machine (ATM),

payment by cheque, transfer of funds through Internet banking, phone

banking or ATMs in – 24 months

350. AML full form – Anti-money laundering (AML)

351. UPI – I stands for –Interface

352. MICR – M stands for Magnetic

353. Bandhan bank is – Scheduled Commercial Bank

354. Koyana Dam – Maharashtra

355. Mohiniattam – Kerala

356. Gurdial Singh Rahi – Punjabi writer 357. October – 5 – World Teachers Day

358. Banwarilal Purohit – Governor of Assam

359. 24*7 real time money transfer – IMPS

360. 10 year old account holder is not eligible to get – Credit card

361. White label ATM, “Money Spot” owned by Prizm Payment Services

362. The Narmada originates from which Plateau ? Amarkantak plateau

363. Rani Jhansi Marine National Park – Andaman and Nicobar Islands

364. kamala hassan received Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur from which

country? – France

365. Mudra bank is – Micro Finance Institution

366. PMMY loan maximum limit – 10 lakh

367. Reliance industries payment bank ties up with SBI

368. Who is the India’s Flag-bearer at Closing Ceremony at Summer Olympics

2016? – Sakshi Malik

369. Indian Film Festival – Melbourne, Australia

370. English Weekly Newspaper, Mahratta is started by? Gopal Krishna Gokhale

371. Reserve Bank of India has grant “in-principle” approval to 10 applicants to set up small finance banks

372. India’s first small bank located in – Jalandhar

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373. One Indian Girl – Chetan Bhagat 374. National Automated Clearing House (NACH) is a centralised clearing

system launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

375. Mutual Funds in India are governed by the Securities Exchange Board of India

376. RRB’s Central Government Share – 50%

377. First high orbit remote sensing satellite – Gaefon 4 – China

378. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

379. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a

subsidiary of – Reserve Bank of India. 380. Short-term finance repayable on demand, with a maturity period of one to

fourteen days or overnight to fortnight – Call Money

381. Global Gender Gap Report released by – WEF

382. Payment Bank does not offer – RD & FD

383. Retail Banking also known as – Consumer Banking

384. Integrated Test Range (ITR) – Chandipur, Odisha

385. IFSC code first 4 digit represents – Bank

386. Brazil capital – Brazilia

387. Durand cup related to which game – Foot Ball 388. Vijaya Bank HQ – Bengaluru

389. Manas National Park – Assam

390. Sakshi Malik named ambassador for ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ – Haryana

391. IRDAI HQ – Hyderabad

392. October 2 – International Day of Non-Violence

393. BRICS Film Festival 2016 – New Delhi 394. First Small bank – Capital Local Area Bank (CLAB)

395. The Indus River originates near the Mansarovar Lake in the Tibetan plateau

396. Syndicate bank HQ – Manipal 397. Gopichand – Indian Badminton Coach

398. Pension Regulatory Authority – PFRDA

399. Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) – Integrated Bill Payment System

400. Which one of the following is not money market? – Bonds & Debentures

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401. Kesari News Paper –Bal Gangadhar Tilak

402. Fastest Money Transfer – RTGS

403. Jeddah based Islamic Bank branch in India – Ahmedabad

404. Who becomes first Indian captain to hit double hundred outside India

– Virat Kohli 405. Suresh Prabhu flags off Delhi-Agartala ‘Tripura Sundari Express’. 406. A new home loan scheme dedicated to the Army and defence personnel of

the nation by SBI – Shaurya Home Loan

407. Lokesh Rahul related to – Cricket 408. 111-km-long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line

409. Kotak Mahindra HQ – Mumbai 410. SAARC youth Summit 2016 – Pakistan

411. Capital of Canada – Ottawa

412. NITI Aayog inks pact with US EIA to set up portal on energy data

413. Autobiography of Sania Mirza – Ace against Odds

414. Full form of IFSC – Indian Financial System Code

415. NACH full form – National Automated Clearing House

416. Mahim Bora, an Indian writer and educationist from which state – Assam

417. Srisailam Dam – Andhra Pradesh. 418. IOM – International Organization for Migration

419. Amitabh Kant – CEO, NITI Aayog

420. Ringgit currency of – Malaysia

421. Vodafone m-pesa tied up with – ICICI

422. Vembanad lake – Kerala

423. Sultan Azlan cup related to – Hockey

424. PMKVY associated with – Skill development 425. Worst male-female ratio in Census 2011 – Haryana

426. Maputo-captial of – Mozambique

427. Ngultrum-currency of – Bhutan

428. YES Bank HQ – Mumbai 429. NICL HQ – Kolkata

430. SIDBI HQ – Lucknow

431. Ghatampur Thermal power plant in which state – Uttar Pradesh

432. Water metro project in which city – Kochi 433. Aadiperukku festival celebrated in which state – Tamil Nadu

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434. Keibul Lamjao National Park located in – Manipur 435. Sex ratio of 1084/1000 in which state – Kerala

436. Banks that joined SWIFT- ICICI & Axis Bank

437. Ease of Doing business by – World Bank

438. Long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, for the common

man –Antyodaya express

439. International Court of Justice HQ –Hague

440. Amount allocated to Kaushal Vikas Yojana – Rs 12000 crore

441. Maitree is a joint exercise between India and Thailand

442. Desert Eagle is a joint exercise between India and UAE

443. Head of Committee on change of financial year – Shankar Acharya

444. Head of committee on doubling farmers income by 2022 – Ashok Dalwai 445. Head of committee on regulatory issues regarding financial technology and

digital banking – Sudarshan Sen

446. Head of committee on alternatives of pellet guns – TVSN Prasad

447. Rewa Thermal Power plant located in – Madhya Pradesh

448. Operation Sankat Mochan – Sudan

449. Reverse Repo operations are for – Absorbing liquidity in the market 450. In NTDL – D stands for Demand

451. SBI privilege loan caters to – Government employees

452. Bradbourne stadium location – Mumbai 453. Theme of World Hepatitis day 2016 – ELIMINATION

454. Green Rail corridor – Tamil Nadu

455. Green Highway mission launched by Nitish Gadkari in New Delhi 456. Constituency of SS Ahluwalia – Darjeeling

457. SBI life insurance is Joint venture between SBI and BNP Paribas Cardiff 458. The seventh and final member of IRNSS constellation – IRNSS-1G

459. Hopman cup is related to – Tennis

460. Atal Innovation tinkering labs – Intel India

461. Blue mormon – first state butterfly of – Maharashtra

462. 122 Constitutional Amendment Bill unanimously adopted-related to

– Goods and Services Tax

463. City compost brand ambassador – Amitabh Bacchan

464. Book titled “Who moved my interest rate” – D Subbarao

465. Pt. Lacchu Maharaj is renowned for- Tabla

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466. Indhradhanush mission – immunisation of children

467. SBI Balasena initiative taken up in which UT- Pondicherry

468. Head of Joint Parliamentary committee on Land Aquisition bill – Ganesh Singh

469. Himayat – skill development program in J&K

470. Andy Murray related to – Tennis

471. 2016 Olympics flag bearer Indian contingent- Abhinav Bindra

472. Novascotia bank HQ – Toronto, Canada

473. Canberra capital of – Australia

474. Mahabodhi temple in – Bihar 475. Mission Bhagiratha in – Telangana

476. SAARC interior ministers meet at Islamabad

477. 2016 kabaddi world cup in – India

478. Head of committee on household savings – Tarun ramadorai 479. Man who knew infinity- film based on – Ramanujan

480. Micro finance insitutions are regulated by – RBI

481. Lakhwar Dam on yamuna river in state- Uttarakhand

482. SWAYAM initiative – Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform

483. SMERA is a – Credit rating agency

484. Defence aircraft Y20 by – China

485. World tourism day – September 27

486. World’s most expensive train station opens in New York

487. Which Bank launches wealth management service for start-ups – SBI

488. Fund for Start up India –Rs. 10000 crore

489. BMB’s initial capital – Rs. 1,000 crore

490. WB: India will now be called ‘lower-middle income’ 491. Committee for applying 7th pay commission – Justice A.K Mathur 492. Aadhar Card Enrolment Crosses 1 Billion Mark

493. CKYCR full form – Central KYC Records Registry

494. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Maximum deposit- Rs 1.5 lakhs

495. Which company relaunches ESOP Scheme After 13 Years- Infosys 496. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) capital amount –$100 bn. 497. Book titled, “My journey from cancer to near death” – Anita Moorjani 498. UEFA Euro 2016 Venue – France

499. First spice museum in India – Kochi

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500. Four member committee in desirability and feasibility of new financial year

is headed by – Dr. Shankar Acharya

501. Full form of P2P – Person-to-Person payments

502. Full form of MUDRA – Micro Units Development Refinance Agency

503. ‘World’s largest’ single rooftop solar plant opened at Amritsar 504. Opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games –5th August 505. World’s first 17-inch, 2-in-1 laptop is launched by – Dell 506. State Bank of India launches social media banking platform – ‘SBI

Mingle’ 507. Which state imposes 14.5% ‘fat tax’ on junk food – Kerala

508. Aadhaar ID saving Indian govt about – $1 billion per annum

509. Who became first Indian female gymnast to qualify for Rio Olympics – Dipa Karmakar

510. Total architecture of postal payments bank is of Rs. 800 crore

511. Faloudi in which state – Rajasthan

512. Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari – Gujarati Writer, 51st Jnanpith Award winner

513. GOI restricted travel to – Libya

514. Book titled “Between the Assassinations” by – Aravind Adiga

515. IPL 2016 winner – Sun risers Hyderabad

516. WB – Largest remittances receiving country in 2015 – India

517. G7 Countries – United States,Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom

518. Wimbledon doubles women winner 2016 – Venus Williams and Serena Williams.

519. Noisiest city in India – Mumbai 520. Production cost of One rupee note stood at – Rs. 1.48 per note. 521. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial name – Shantivan(Meaning – Garden of

Peace)

522. G7 Summit 2016 Venue – Japan

523. Who has emerged as the ‘most generous Indian’ in the Hurun India

Philanthropy List 2015 – Azim Premji 524. Length of world’s longest rail tunnel,twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel opens

in Switzerland – – 57km (35-mile)

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525. Who receives the Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement

Award? Sunil Bharti Mittal 526. Which is the first country to adopt a ban on deforestation? Norway

527. What is the full form of OROP – One Rank One Pension

528. What is the full form of IFSC – Indian Financial System Code

529. MCLR full form – Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate

530. CASA full form – Current Account, Savings Account (CASA)

531. E-motor insurance policy by- Telangana

532. SEBI chairman – UK Sinha

533. Anti-Terrorism day – 21st May

534. Display variant debit card by- Axis Bank

535. Which bank issues world’s first Masala bond listing in London Stock

Exchange(LSE) – HDFC

536. Which state government plants over 5 crores saplings in a day – Uttar Pradesh

537. Which state recorded its highest-ever temperature – Rajasthan – 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 degrees Fahrenheit).

538. Committee members in desirability and feasibility of new financial

year- Four 539. Yakshagana dance — Karnataka

540. Mount Everest 1st woman — Junko Tabei 541. World bank with which bank solar roof top programme – SBI

542. NACH launched by – NPCI

543. In 2015, top state in FDI — Maharashtra

544. Maximum loan amount in Mudra yojana– 10 lakh

545. Talcher TPS — ODISHA

546. First mobile bank by which bank – DBS

547. Maputo is capital of — Mozambique

548. NATO summit 2016 — Warsaw, Poland

549. Panel for desirability and feasibility of new financial year

— Sankaracharya

550. Census 2011 – % of rural households having no literate adults alive 25 yrs

— 62℅

551. BMG merge with– SBI

552. Madhavrao scindia cricket ground— Rajkot

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553. Lakhwar dam on which river — Yamuna,Uttarkhand

554. India 1st defence communication network —Defence Communication Network (DCN)

555. HPCA cricket stadium in? Himachal Pradesh

556. Ahmedabad on which river bank? Sabarmati 557. Gopinath bordoloi stadium in? Assam

558. Umaid bhavan palace in which state? Rajasthan

559. Wular lake in which state? Jammu and Kashmir 560. Currency of Israel? Shekel 561. KSE-100 index? Karachi Stock Exchange. 562. Federal is the central bank of which country? the USA

563. Valmiki park in which state? Bihar 564. Gobi desert located? China and southern Mongolia

565. Chabahar port in which country? Iran

566. Chinnar bioreserve? Kerala

567. SCORES is redressal portal of? SEBI

568. Phnom Pehn capital of? Cambodia

569. Indonesia currency? Rupiah

570. Malabar exercise between India US and? Japan

571. Nova Scotia bank hq? Toronto, Canada

572. Amar Mahal Palace in? Madhya Pradesh

573. AIIB initial corpus? 100 billion dollar 574. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna premium? 330

575. July 17 – International Justice Day

576. Author of the book “Test of My Life”? Yuvraj Singh

577. Gurudongmar Lake 17800 feet highest lake in world in state? Sikkim

578. Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at? Mumbai 579. SETU program of govt. for? starups and self employement 580. Yangaon stock exchange started it’s operations in country? myanmar 581. Barbati stadium is at? Cuttack, Odisha

582. Which is the first state to launch Open Data Portal? Sikkim

583. First asian country to reach Mars? India

584. Kanha tiger reserve? MP

585. Lima is capital of? Peru

586. Vidhyanchal thermal power plant? madhya pradesh

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587. NHB is fully owned subsidary of? RBI

588. Raja bhoj air port situated at? MP

589. July 18 observed as? Nelson Mandela International Day

590. Srikanth Kidambi is associated with? badminton

591. Currency of Philippines? Peso

592. Paradip Port? Odisha

593. Kaziranga National Park is Located at – Assam

594. International Anti-Corruption Day – December 9

595. “BBB” related to Indra dhanush stands for – Bank Board Bureau

596. Reserve Bank has asked banks to pay interest on savings banks account

on – quarterly basis or shorter duration

597. Alternate Executive Director of IMF – Sunil Sabharwal 598. SBI and four other banks have got license to open branches in which of the

following countries recently – Myanmar 599. Headquarters of IRDAI – Hyderabad

600. According to OECD report what is the expected India’s Economic Growth in

next fiscal year – 7.5%

601. Which of the following state has announced new schemes for Transgender

– Odisha

602. Who beats Novak Djokovic to win first Italian Open title – Andy Murray

603. Venue of G7 Summit – Japan

604. Basel City is in – Switzerland

605. National Film Awards 2016 best actor – Amitabh Bachchan

606. RBI slaps Rs.1-crore fine on State Bank of Travancore for violation of its

instructions, among other things, on reporting of data to – Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC).

607. CRISIL downgrades ratings of 8 PSBs. Which of the following banks is not

one among them?

608. 8 PSBs are: Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Syndicate Bank and UCO Bank.

609. According to Basel III HQLA stands for – High-Quality Liquid Assets

610. Third party Atms related to – White label ATM

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611. Which university has announced a postgraduate annual scholarship worth

Rs 1 crore in the name of former President APJ Abdul Kalam to Indian

students from the next academic year – University of South Florida

612. New Scheme revival of Power Distribution – Uday scheme

613. Indradhanush initiative related – To revamp Public Sector Banks

614. Rupee-denominated bonds are called as – Masala bonds

615. In Fasal Bima Yojana “SAO” stands for – Seasonal Agricultural Operational

616. Raman Magsaysay Award is named after which country’s president

– Philippines President 617. Head Quarters of Capital Local Area Bank – Jalandhar 618. Asia’s largest underground railway station has been opened in city of

Shenzhen – China

619. Total Service tax after including Krishi Kalyan Cess @ 0.5% is – 15%

620. Mrinalini Sarabhai related to – Indian classical dancer 621. Gyan Sangam’s second edition held in – Gurgaon(Gurugram)

622. ASBA full form – Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)

623. MCLR stands for Marginal Cost of funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)

624. ICICI partnered with which entity for Payment Bank – FINO Paytech

625. Which of the following is not a part of World Bank? – IMF

626. World Bank Group Agencies: International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC),

International Development Association (IDA), International Centre for

Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID),International Centre for

Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Multilateral Investment

Guarantee Agency (MIGA),

627. INS Kadmatt commissioned by Indian Navy Chief RK Dhowan in

– Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

628. Indian basket ball player selected in NBA – Satnam Singh. 629. 2016 South Asian Games – India

630. In BASEL Norms, LCR stands for – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

631. Gyan Sangam’s second edition held in – Gurgaon(Gurugram)

632. Winner of Italian Tennis Open women singles– Serena Williams

633. National Science Day – Feb 28

634. 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner – Associated Press

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635. BASEL Norms to be implemented in India by –March 31, 2019. 636. Shatrujeet exercise concluded in – Rajasthan

637. Youngest player to reach 10,000 – Alastair cook

638. White label ATM registerd under which act – Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act 2007

639. Academy award for Best movie – Spotlight 640. Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards – Kangana Ranaut 641. Airport operates on solar energy – Cochin Airport 642. Which bank has got license to open branches in Myanmar – SBI

643. A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under

the Companies Act, 1956

644. RBI slapped 100 crore fine on State Bank of Travancore

645. Machia Biological Park recently inaugurated in Rajasthan

646. The dishonour of a cheque under the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 is

an offence punishable with imprisonment or with fine or both

647. First women umpire for world t20 is of which country? NEWZEALAND

648. Bandipur national park is in? Karnataka

649. Capital of greece? Athens

650. Headquarter of FIFA? Zurich

651. Gachibowli indoor stadium? Andhra Pradesh

652. National Institute of Mental health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS) Located

in? Bangalore

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