General Awareness Mcqs

General Awareness Mcqs



1. The food and agriculture organization (FAO) is a wing/ agency of the
1) World bank
2) United nations organization
3) Asian development bank
3) Ministry of agriculture, Govt of India
4) None of these




Answers-2(United nations organization)



2. Which of the following is not associated with climate change and /or global warming?
1) Basel norms
2) Bali meet 2007
3) Copenhagen conference
4) kyoto protocol
5) Bangkok meet in 2009




Answers-1 ( Basel norms )





3. Dada sahib phalke award is given for exemplary work in the field of ?
1)Literature
2) music
3) films
4) sports
5) none of these





Answers:3( films )



4. Which of the following terms is not used in economics?
1) Exogenous
2) Depreciation
3) Deep market
4) Zero Sum Game
5) Handedness







Answers:5 (Handedness)


5. In MICR, C stands for ?
1) code
2) colour
3) computer
4) character
5) none of these




Answers:-4 (character)



6. Which key is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task?
1) function
2) control
3) arrow
4) space bar
5) none of these




Answers:-2



7. In an information system, alphanumeric data normally takes the form of ?
1) sentences and paragraphs
2) numbers and alphabetical characters
3) graphic shapes and figures
4) human voice and other sounds
5) none of these




Answers:-2




8. The head office of the world trade organization is located in …..
1) Nepal
2) India
3) Japan
4) Australia
5) none of these





Answers:5



9. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of sports?
1) Kalidas Samman
2) shanty Swarup Bhatnagar award
3) Jnanpith award
4) Arjuna award
5) Bharat Ratna




Answers:4



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10. Which of the following trophies/ cups is associated with the game of cricket?
1) Davis cup
2) Agha khan cup
3) Nehru Trophy
4) Durand Cup
5) Duleep Trophy






Answers:-5


11. OCR stands for….
1) optical character recognition
2) optical CPU recognition
3) optimal character rendering
4) other character restoration
5) none of these



Answers:-5



12. A Tuple is a ?
1) Column of a table
2) tow-dimensional table
3) row of a table
4) key of a table
5) none of these





Answers:3


13. Which of the following is a popular programming language for developing multimedia
web pages, websites, and web-based applications?
1) COBOL
2) Java
3) BASIC
4) Assembler
5) None of these





Answers:2



14. To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a …..
1) terminal
2) node
3) desktop
4) handheld
5) none of these






Answers:1


15. Which of the following menu types is also called a drop-down menu?
1) fly-but
2) cascading
3) pop-up
4) pull-down
5) none of these



Answers:3




16. A collection of interrelated records is called a ?
1) management information system
2) spreadsheet
3) database
4) text file
5) none of these







Answers:-3


17. What is the full form of ‘ULIP’, the term which was in the news recently?
1) universal life & investment plan
2) unit loan & insurance plan
3) universal loan & investment plan
4) uniformly loaded investment plan
5) unit linked insurance plan







Answers:5


18. Which of the following is not a function of a bank?
1) providing project finance
2) selling mutual funds
3) deciding policy rates like CRR, repo rate/ SLR etc
4) settlement of payments on behalf of the customers
5) all of these are functions of a blank








Answers:-3

19. “saraswati samman” is an award given for excellence in the field of
1) sports
2) social service
3) literature
4) nuclear power
5) none of these




Answers:-3



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20. ‘Heavy water’ is used in which of the following fields?
1) Thermal power
2) cement
3) iron & steel
4) nuclear power
5) none of these





Answers:4 (nuclear power)




21. Which of the following is a horticulture crop?
1) Paddy
2) wheat
3) Mango
4) Bajra
5) none of these







Answers:3


22. Shanti Swarup bhatnagar Award is given for excellence in the field of ?
1) Literature
2) music
3) sports
4) science & technology
5) none of these








Answers:-4

23. Govt normally does not announce the minimum support price (MSP) of ?
1) Wheat
2) Paddy
3) Sugarcane
4) Jute
5) All of these






Answers:-4


24. Indus water treaty is a pact on sharing of river water between India and ?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Nepal
4)Afghanistan
5) Myanmar







Answers:-2

25. Which of the following is the full form of the abbreviation ‘IFRS’ as used in corporate/
finance sector?
1) Indian financial reconciliation standards
2) Interpretation & Formal reporting systems
3) International financial reporting standards
4) International financial reporting system
5) None of these








Answers:-3

26. Which of the following is NOT a civilian Award given by the govt of india?
1) Sahitya Akademi Award
2) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
3) Padma shri
4) Bharat Ratna
5) Kirti chakra









Answers:-5

27. Which of the following is the full form of ‘SOFA’, a term used frequently in
international politics?
1) status of forces agreement2) statement of formal alliances
3) strategic & foreign alliances
4) soviet forum of allied forces
5) none of these





Answers:-1


28. The world ‘No Tobacco Day’ is observed on which of the following days?
1) 13th may
2) 31st may
3) 18th June
4) 30th June
5) none of these





Answers:-2



29. The computer monitor is which type of device?
1) input
2) output
3) processing
4) software
5) none of the above





Answers:-2

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30. How many options does a binary choice offer?
1) one
2) two
3) three
4) it depends on the amount of memory in the computer
5) none of the above







Answers:-2


31. RAM is …………. 
1) Volatile, temporary
2) A keyboard
3) A monitor
4) A mouse
5) None of the above







Answers:-1



32. A program that coverts a high-level language source file into a machine-language file
is called a?
1) translator
2) assembler
3) compiler
4) linker
5) none of the above








Answers:-1


33. Applications are often referred to as ?
1) data file
2) executable files
3) system software
4) personal calculations
5) none of the above







Answers:2

34. A directory within a directory is called ?
1) mini directory
2) Junior directory
3) Part directory
4) Sub Directory
5) None of the above








Answers:4

35. The first computers were programmed using ?
1) assembly language
2) machine language
3) spaghetti code
4) source code
5) none of the above





Answers:2



36. A device that is connected to the motherboard is …………
1) called an external device
2) called an adjunct device
3) called a peripheral device
4) must connect using ribbon cable
5) none of the above






Answers:3



37. ‘Sub Prime lending ‘ is a term applied to the loans made to?
1) those borrowers who do not have a good credit history
2) those who wish to take loan against the mortgage of tangible assets
3) those who have a good credit history and are known to bank since 10 years
4) those borrowers who are most preferred customers of the bank
5) none of these





Answers:1



38. Basel –II norms are associated with which of the following aspects of the banking
industry?
1) risk management
2) manpower planning
3) retirement benefits for the employees
4) corporate governance
5) none of these





Answers:1


39. What is meant by “Underwriting “, the term frequently used in financial sector?
1) undervaluation of the assets
2) the act of taking on a risk for a fee
3) giving a guarantee that a loan will not become a bad loan
4) The act of permission to float an IPO
5)None of these




Answers:2

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40. Which of the following is not a banking /finance –related term ?
1) Credit wrap
2) EMI
3) Held to Maturity
4) Exposure limit
5) Diffusion






Answers:5

41. What is Forex ?
1) It is buying of foreign currency
2) It is selling of foreign currency
3) It is buying of one currency and selling of another currency.
4) It is simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another currency.
5) none of these







Answers:4


42. Expand the term FLCC ?
1) Financial literacy and credit counseling
2) financial literacy communication centre
3) financial literacy communication centre
4) fiscal literacy and credit counseling
5) none of these






Answers:4


43. What is a fiscal deficit ?
1) It is a gap between the values of exports and imports
2) It is a gap between exports and imports minus external borrowings
3) It is a gap between total expenditure and total receipts of the govt
4) It is a gap between total receipts minus external borrowings.
5) None of these






Answers:5


44. The biggest public sector undertaking in the country is ?
1) Iron & Steel plants
2) Road ways
3) Railways
4) Airways
5) None of these







Answers:5


45. Which of the following is not a part of the scheduled banking structure in India?
1) Money lenders
2) Public sector banks
3) Private sector banks
4) Regional rural banks
5) State co-operative banks





Answers:1



46. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operation. What is the full form of
the letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’ ?
1) Core
2) Credit
3) Continuous
4) Complete
5) none of these







Answers:1

47. Expand the term BCBS?
1) Bank’s committee on banking supervision
2) Basel committee on banking supervision
3) bank’s commission on banking supervision
4) Basel commission on banking supervision
5) none of these








Answers:4


48. Which of the following is the primary source of energy in India?
1) Hydel power
2) Natural Gas
3) Coal
4) Naphtha
5) Non-conventional energy








Answers:-3


49. Which of the following is not a member of BASIC?
1) India
2) China
3) South Africa
4) Brazil
5) Indonesia







Answers:-5

50. What does the letter ‘M’ depict in the term SME as used in the financial world?
1) Maximum
2) Medium
3) Mercantile
4) Mutual
5) Ministry



Answers:2 (Medium )





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