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Banking and financial Awareness Previous Year Questions

Q 81. International Day of Non-violence is observed on the birth day of ________.

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Sonia Gandhi
(e) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (e)

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Q 82. The National Stock Exchange is located in ______.

(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
(e) Bangalore
Ans: (b)

Q 83. Which of the following is not a public sector company ?

(a) HPCL
(b) BPCL
(c) BHEL
(d) Gillette
(e) All of these
Ans: (d)

Q 84. Which of the following States is among the North East States of India ?

(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Punjab
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
(e) Rajasthan
Ans: (d)

Q 85. Which of the following is a mineral?

(a) Isabgol
(b) Camphor
(c) Tobacco
(d) Nickel
(e) Jute
Ans: (d)

Q 86. Which of the following is the name of a Scientific Instrument ?

(a) Plasma
(b) Pascal
(c) Radiation
(d) Lactometer
(e) Adrenal Cortex
Ans: (d)

Q 87. Which of the following terms is used in the game of Chess ?

(a) Checkmate
(b) Hoops
(c) Stroke
(d) Heave
(e) Deuce
Ans: (a)

Q 88. The World Refugee Day is observed on

(a) 20 June
(b) 21 June
(c) 22 June
(d) 23 June
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q 89. The Woody Island is located in which of the following sea?

(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Bay of Bengal
(c) South China Sea
(d) Red Sea
(e) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q 90. Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to France. What is capital of Corsica?

(a) Paris
(b) Ajaccio
(c) Zagreb
(d) Hawana
(e) Damascus
Ans: (b)

Q 91. Festival ‘Sahabat India’ is celebrated in which of the following countries ?

(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Indonesia
(d) Malaysia
(e) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q 92. Father of Green Revolution in India is ______.

(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) Verghese Kurien
(d) MS Swaminathan
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 93. Bharat Ratna’ is the highest civilian award of the country. The award was started by formal President of India Rajendra Prasad on 2nd January, 1954.The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of_______ in a particular year.

(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Ten
(d) Three
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 94. Banaras Hindu University is a public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Established in 1916 by?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q 95. ‘Karagam’ is a most popular folk dance form that is accompanied by the music. The villagers in praise of the rain goddess “Mari Amman” and river goddess “Gangai Amman perform this dance as a part of their custom .In this dance, balancing of water pot on the head is done beautifully. Karagam is the folk dance of which state of India?

(a) Rajasthan
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Maharashtra
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q 96. The headquarters of the European Molecular Biology Organisation are located in which city?

(a) Geneva
(b) Berlin
(c) Paris
(d) Heidelberg
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 97. Which company has been rated as the world’s most powerful brand in IT Services?

(a) Tata Consultancy Services
(b) IBM
(c) Capgemini
(d) Accenture
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q 98. Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. The currency of Kenya is?

(a) Rund
(b) Taka
(c) Ruble
(d) shilling
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 99. The Rock Garden also known as Nek Chand’s Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957 located at?

(a) New Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Chandigarh
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 100. The International Olympic Committee is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in?

(a) Switzerland
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) India
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

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