IDBI Executive Examination – 2016-17
Held On 8-1-2017
General Awareness
1. The ‘Durabnd Cup’ is associated with the game of –
(A) Baseball
(B) Football
(C) Basketball
(D) Tennis
(E) Badminton
2. ‘Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)’ which manufacturers variety of heavy equipment, such as earth moving, transport and mining equipment is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking headquartered in-
(A) Dhanbad, Jharkhand
(B) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(C) Hyderabad, Telangana
(D) Pimpi, Maharashtra
(E) Bengalurur, Karnataka
3. The ‘National Museum of Natural History’ (NMNH) a museum focusing on nature, which in April 2016 was destroyed in a massive fire with its entire collection, is located in-
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) New Delhi
(D) Hyderabad
(E) Mumbai
4. The ‘GDR’ represents ownership of an underlying number of shares of a foreign company and is used to invest in companies from developing markets by investors in developed markets. The alphabet ‘G’ in the abbreviation ‘GDR’ stands for-
(A) Global
(B) Group
(C) Guaranteed
(D) General
(E) Genuine
5. The official currency of the ‘Kingdom of Denmark’ is known as-
(A) Dansih Krona
(B) Danish Korana
(C) Danish Kuna
(D) Danish Krone
(E) Danish Kroon
6. Coach Bishweshwar Nandi is associated with the sport of –
(A) Football
(B) Badminton
(C) Cricket
(D) Hockey
(E) Gymnastics
7. ‘Harika Dronavalli’ is associated with the game of-
(A) Chess
(B) Tennis
(C) Cricket
(D) Boxing
(E) Athletics
8. ‘Frank-Walter Steinmeier’ has been recently (February 2017) elected as the new President of
(A) France
(B) Switzerland
(C) Scotland
(D) Germany
(E) Belgium
9. The ‘UN International Day of Non-Violence’ is observed every year on-
(A) 24th October
(B) 22nd October
(C) 2nd October
(D) 16th October
(E) 25th October
10. The Central Committee on Economic Affairs has recently (February 2017) approved a Rs 5723.72 crore 900 MW hydro power project to be set up in Sankhuwasabha district of-
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Myanmar
(E) Bangladesh
11. The Government of India had earlier demonetized high-value currency notes in-
(A) January 1976
(B) November 1976
(C) August 1977
(D) January 1978
(E) January 1977
12. According to the recent report by ‘New World Wealth Report’ the richest city in India is-
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Delhi
(D) Kolkata
(E) Hyderabad
13. The ‘Keibul Lamjao National Park’ is a national park situated in the Indian State of-
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Sikkim
(C) Manipur
(D) Nagaland
(E) Mizoram
14. A currency note which is wholly or partly washed, shrunk, altered or indecipherable is known as a-
(A) Forged banknote
(B) Soiled banknote
(C) Obliterated banknote
(D) Mutilated banknote
(E) Imperfect banknote
15. The ‘Pushkar Lake’ is situated in the Indian State of-
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Haryana
(D) Punjab
(E) Gujarat
16. The recently announced ‘Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY)’ 2017 offers 8 per cent per annum guaranteed rate of return for a period of –
(A) 13 years
(B) 5 years
(C) 15 years
(D) 12 years
(E) 10 years
17. The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a facility of exchange of specified bank notes (SBNs) to give an opportunity to Indian citizens and non-resident Indian (NRI) citizens who were abroad during November 8, 2016 to December 30, 2016. The facility is ‘NOT’ available to Indian citizens resident in-
(A) Singapore
(B) Bangladesh
(C) China
(D) Mauritius
(E) Sri Lanka
18. The ‘Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport’ is situated in the Indian City of-
(A) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
(B) Raipur, Chhattisgarh
(C) Vadodara, Gujarat
(D) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(E) Nagpur, Maharashtra
19. Which of the following has established in 1928 as the first printing press for bank notes in India ?
(A) Indian Security Press (ISP), Nasik
(B) Currency Notes Press (CNP), Nasik
(C) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Notes Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), Mysore
(D) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Notes Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), Salboni
(E) Bank Notes Press (BNP), Dewas
20. The Indian Life Insurance Company ‘Aviva India’ is a joint venture between Aviva pic, a British insurance company and the Indian conglomerate –
(A) Tata Group
(B) L and T Group
(C) Dabur Group
(D) TVS Group
(E) HDFC Group
21. The ‘Salal Hydroelectric Power Station’ is situated on river Chenab in the Indian State of-
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(E) Punjab
22. According to the “Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of liabilities) Ordinance 2016” the specified bank notes have ceased to be the liabilities of the Reserve Bank of India with effect from-
(A) March 21, 2016
(B) November 8, 2016
(C) December 30, 2016
(D) November 9, 2016
(E) December 31, 2016
23. The ‘Atal Pension Yojana (APS) is a scheme focused on workers in the-
(A) Financial Sector
(B) Industrial Sector
(C) Mutual Fund Industry
(D) Corporate Sector
(E) Unorganized Sector
24. Indian multinational steel making company ‘Tata Steel Limited’ is headquartered in-
(A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(B) Kolkata, West Bengal
(C) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
(D) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(E) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
25. The ‘National Bal Swachhta Mission’ is a part of the nationwide sanitation initiative of Swachh Bharat Mission’. It has been initiated by-
(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(B) Ministry of Urban Development
(C) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(D) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
(E) Ministry of Women and Child Development
26. Which of the following books is authored by bestselling author Chetan Bhagat ?
(A) A Suitable Bay
(B) A Unsuitable Bay
(C) Two Lines
(D) The Girl of My Dreams
(E) One Indian Girl
27. The number of times a unit money exchanges hands during a unit period of time of known as-
(A) Velocity of circulation of money
(B) Face of circulation of money
(C) Transactions velocity of money
(D) Income velocity of money
(E) Momentum of circulation of
28. ‘Eugene Carmen’ who recently died at the age of 82 years was a former-
(A) US Spacecraft Commander of Apollo 17
(B) American World War-II Veteran
(C) American Advocate for Human Rights
(D) American Football Player and Politician
(E) New Zealand long Distance Runner
29. A third-party administrator (TPA) is an organization associated with the claim settlement process in the –
(A) Exchange markets
(B) Insurance industry
(C) Commodity market
(D) Mutual fund industry
(E) Other than those given as options
30. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines to banks, customers can change up to 20 pieces of soiled currency note over the counter, free of charge upto a maximum value of-
(A) Rs 28,000
(B) Rs 5,000
(C) Rs 25,000
(D) Rs 15,000
(E) Rs 18,000
31. India and Bangladesh have recently (February 2017) signed a MoU for the sustainable development of ‘Sylhet City’ with financial aid from India. The metropolitan city is an ancient and historically vibrant city and had been a part of the former Indian province of-
(A) West Bengal
(B) Manipur
(C) Tripura
(D) Assam
(E) Meghalaya
32. The ‘Currency Chests’ are store-houses where bank notes and rupee coins are clocked on behalf of-
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Public Sector Banks
(C) Commercial Banks
(D) Scheduled Banks
(E) Reserve Bank of India
33. According to the findings of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) the percentage of rural households in which the main earning family member makes less than Rs 5,000 per month (or Rs 60,000 annually) was found to be around-
(A) 65 per cent
(B) 75 per cent
(C) Other than those given as options
(D) 60 per cent
(E) 85 per cent
34. The UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘The Mahabodhi Vihar’ is situated in the Indian State of-
(A) Odisha
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
(E) Chhattisgarh
35. Shri Sunder Lal Patwa has recently (January 2017) been posthumously awarded with the Padma Vibhushan for his contribution in the field of-
(A) Public Affairs
(B) Spiritualism
(C) Art music
(D) Science
(E) Engineering
36. The Reserve Bank of India has adopted ‘star’ series numbering system for replacement of the-
(A) Defectively printed banknotes
(B) Altered and shrunk banknotes
(C) Washed and mutilated banknotes
(D) Dirty and soiled banknotes
(E) Fake and forged banknotes
37. The Section 2 of ‘The Coinage Act, 2011’ clarifies that the term ‘Coin’ does ‘not’ include-
(A) Postal order or ‘p-money’ isued by any bank or post office
(B) Postal order or ‘p-money’ issued by any bank or post office
(C) Commemorative coin issued by Reserve Bank of India
(D) Coins made of any other material stamped by Government
(E) Coins made of any metal
38. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently (February 2017) unveiled a mammoth 112 feet Lord Shiva bust of ‘Adiyogi’ Lord Shiva in the city of-
(A) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(B) None of those given as options
(C) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(D) Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala
(E) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
39. The United Nations Organization has declared the year 2017 as the International year for –
(A) Soils
(B) Family Farming
(C) Sustainable Tourism for Development
(D) Pulses
(E) Light-based Technologies
40. According to recent report of ‘Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’ (SIPRI), during the period 2012 to 2016 the largest importer of weapons in the world is-
(A) China
(B) UAE
(C) Pakistan
(D) Saudi Arabia
(E) India
41. The Indian Coins are minted at the four Indian Government Mints, which of the following is ‘not’ one of them ?
(A) India Government Mint, Nasik (Maharashtra)
(B) India Government Mint, Hyderabad (Telangana)
(C) India Government Mint, Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
(D) India Government Mint, Kolkata (West Bengal)
(E) India Government Mint, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
42. The ‘Brabourne Cricket Stadium’ is situated in the Indian State of –
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Telangana
(D) Karnataka
(E) West Bengal
43. The Reserve Bank of India has been vested with the sole rights to issue banknotes in India by virtue of Section 22 of-
(A) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
(B) The Banking Regulation Act, 1949
(C) The Coinage Act, 2011
(D) The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
(E) The Banking Companies Act, 1949
44. India recently successfully launched 104 satellites through Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite launch vehicle-
(A) ‘PSLV-37’
(B) ‘PSLV-C 34’
(C) ‘PSLV-C 33’
(D) ‘PSLV-C 35’
(E) ‘PSLV-C 36’
45. The public sector non-life insurance company ‘The Oriental Insurance Company Limited’s is headquartered in-
(A) Kolkata
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
(E) New Delhi
46. ‘Damascus’ is the capital and one of the most populous cities of-
(A) Republic of Turkey
(B) Republic of Yemen
(C) Islamic Republic of Syria
(D) System Arab Republic
(E) Sultanate of Oman
47. In terms of the current provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 there cannot be banknotes in denominations higher than-
(A) Rs 8,000
(B) Rs 10,000
(C) Rs 7,500
(D) Rs 2,000
(E) Rs 5,000
48. According to a recent report of the global telecom body ‘GSM Association’ and Boston Consulting Group by 2020 the size of the ‘Digital Payments Industry’ in India is expected to be-
(A) USD 650 billion
(B) USD 750 billion
(C) USD 500 billion
(D) USD 850 billion
(E) USD 900 billion
49. ‘The Hitavada’ is the largest selling broadsheet English daily newspaper of Central India. It was founded in 1911 by Social Reformer-
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(E) Nanaji Deshmukh
50. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has recently (January 2017) approved reducing the government’s stake in the five PSU general insurance corporation from 100% to-
(A) 49%
(B) 75%
(C) 85%
(D) 65%
(E) 51%
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