2nd September 2012 IBPS RRB General Awareness Questions

IBPS RRB GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS OF SEPTEMBER 2nd 

MORNING SESSION QUESTIONS 

1) François Hollande has been recently elected as the president of which country ? - France

2) Which among the following is the Monetary Policy of Reserve Bank of India ?

3) Functions of SEBI ?

4) Functions of Reserve Bank of India ?  ()

5) 16th Gulf Cooperation Council meeting was recently held in ? (Riyadh)

6) Hyper Inflation refers to : Experiencing very high and usually accelerating inflation

7) "Living Planet Report" is published by which Organisation ? - WWF

8) Small Micro-finance Companies in India is regulated by ? - RBI

9) India had recently stopped Importing crude Oil from which country ? -  IRAN

10) Expand the term ESFS ? - EUROPEAN FINANCIAL STABILITY FACILITY

11) Where is G-8 summit recently held ? - Maryland

12) Who is the author of the Books Target 3 billion ? - Abdul Kalam

13) Which among the following books is written by Kiran Desai - Inheritance of Loss

14) Ali Akbar Salehi who recently visited India is the ________ ? Foreign Affairs minister of Iran

15) Recently the Government of India had announced that there will no roaming and mobile number 

Portability. Under which act/Policy these things come under the ______ ?  NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY

16) What is the Current Bank Rate ?  9%

17) Rahul Bhattacharya is a famous ____  - Indian Journalist

18 ) Soumitra Chatterjee was recently awarded ____ ? - Dada Saheb Phalke Award

19 ) Okram Ibobi Singh is the Chief Minister of which Indian State ? - Manipur

20 ) Olympics is held after a gap of ? - 4 years

21) Whom Did Vishwanathan Anand defeat to become a Champion ? - Boris Gelfand

22) The IPL-2012 Final is won by ? - Kolkata Knight Riders

23) The Finals of Santosh Trophy was held in  ? - Cuttack

24 ) Moody has recently downgraded the Credit rating of Some Indian Banks, Moody is ______ 

25) Which country in helping Bangladesh in Setting of its first Nuclear Reactor ?

26 ) National Technology Day is celebrated every year on ? - 

27) 20 New works have been added to which Employment Scheme ? MGNREGS

28) One question on Pradhanmantri Adarsh Gram yojana (PAGY)

29 ) Fuctions of RBI.

30) Which country had recently test fired Hatf  missile? - Pakistan 

31) Which among the following is a Gallantry award ? - Kirthi Chakra

32) ) Who received Templeton award 2012 which is awarded in UK ? - Dalai Lama

33) Which country has shut down its last Nuclear reactor recently? - Japan

34) Who is the chairman of committee formed to fix Poverty line In India?  - C Rangarajan

35)  India recently entered into TIEA with Bahrain. What is the full form of TIEA?   - TAX 

INFORMATION EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

36) By which of the following act banks cannot invest in commodities - RBI Act 

37) Which Organization is India regulates "Self Help Groups" NABARD

38) Full Form of  IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards

39) NATO summit was held in - Chicago

EVENING SESSION QUESTIONS

1. Expand FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act

2. Currency of South Korea - WON

3. Functions of RBI

4. Organisation which regulates micro, small and medium-scale enterprises inIndia.

5. Where was the  IPL final match  held - Chennai

6. Which of the books was written by VS Naipul - A bend in the river

7. Who among the following is an actor : Sharman Joshi

8. World Population day - July 11th

9. Next SAARC summit will be held in which country -  Nepal

10. NATO Base point / Agenda  of Discussion - Afganisthan , Missile Defense

11. Prime Minister of Russia - Dmitry Medvedev

12. Who among the following has been awarded Padma Shri - Jatin Das

13. Chief Minister of UP - Akhilesh Yadav

14. Rafael Nadal is associated with which sport - Lawn Tennis

15. Loans given to self help groups are called - Micro Finance 

16.Who is  Yingluck Shinwatra - Prime Minister of Thailand

17. Maximum No. Of Branches of Private Bank - ICICI

18. RIO 20 Agenda - Sustainable Development

19. Mario Draghi who was in the news recently is ____ - President of European Central 

Bank

20. Who among the following indians has been awarded noble prize - Venkataraman 

Ramakrishnan

IBPS RRB General Awareness Questions & Answers

1. The new chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India is :

1) T.V. Raghu Nath 2) D.K. Mehrotra 3) Snigdha Nandipati 4) Rahul Bhattacharya 5) None

2. India has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic Cooperation and Joint investment aimed at boosting bilateral trade that stands at 1.7 Billion Dollars with which of the following countries :

1) Russia 2) Nepal 3) United States 4) Bahrain 5) Srilanka

3. Which of the following states has maximum forest cover area in India as per the recent India state of Forest report?

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Bihar 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Orissa 5) Madhya Pradesh

4. Which of the following countries is expected to become the 2^nd largest producer of crude steel in the world by 2015 :

1) USA 2) Russia 3) China 4) India 5) Iraq

5. The state governement which has decided to re-impose property tax on buildings including residential in the state is :

1) Tamil Nadu 2) Maharashtra 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Haryana 5) Andhra Pradesh

6. The former Egypt president Who has been awarded life sentence, for killing hundreds of protestors is :

1) Hosni Mubarak 2) Mohammad Morsi 3) Al Thani 4) Bashar Al-Assad 5) None of these

7. In order to work on health and development related issues Microsoft co-founder and co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation inked a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following states :

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Kerala 5) Karnataka

8. The first Indian writer to win Ondaatje Prize for his book – 'The sly Company of People who Care' – which is about adventures of Indian Journalist is :

1) Chetan Bhagath 2) Sidney Sheldon 3) Shobha De 4) Rahul Bhattacharya 5) Jeffery Archer

9. The state which has created a new Limca record by holding the largest guitar ensemble of the country in which 5406 guitarists participated is :

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Goa 3) Assam 4) Tripura 5) Manipur

10. The senior politician of the pakistan People's Party who has been suspended from Parliament over dual nationality is :

1) Asif Ali Zardari 2) Zillur Rahman 3) Rahman-e-sher 4) Farhan Ali 5) Rehman Malik

11. The committee which has been set by the government of India regarding the issues of merging of AirIndia and Indian airlines's staff into Air India Ltd. Is :

1) Airlines Committee 2) Air Indian Committee 3) Ajit Committe 4) Dharmadhikari Committee 5) None

12. The Indian state which has stood second in wheat procurement is :

1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Haryana 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Tamil Nadu 5) None of these

13. The country which has test fired hte nuclear-capable Hatf-VII or Babur Cruise missile with a range of 700 km is:

1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh 3) Iran 4) Iraq 5) Russia

14. One the Occasion of Environment Day, the dairy which has launched environment-friendly vans named “Kamadhenu”

that will carry homogeized toned milk in loose form to the remotest places is :

1) Vijaya Dairy 2) Jercy 3) Heritage 4) Mother Dairy 5) None of these

15. Which of the following trains was flagged off on the occasion of the Environment Day that will highight the bio-diversity zones in the country is :

1) Science Express Biodiversity Special 2) diversity exp 3) Indian bio Express 4) Bio express 5) None

16. Indian state which has become the first Nirmal Rajya that is 100% open defecation free is :

1) West Bengal 2) Sikkim 3) Tripura 4) Assam 5) Bihar

17. The sportsperson who has won the French Open Women's Singles Championship and completed a career record of winning all the Grand Slams is :

1) Victoria Azarenka 2) Serena williams 3) Venus Williams 4) Maria Sharapova 5) None

18. Indian Cricketer who won Wisden India's maiden Outstanding achievement award is :

1) M.S.Dhoni 2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Rahul Dravid 4) V.V.S. Laxman 5) Yuvraj Singh

19. The 18^th chief election commissioner of India is :

1) Hameed Ansari 2) Anushka Sharma 3) V.S. Sampath 4) sameer dadlani 5) None of these

20. India has signed 11 MoU's regarding various issues, which also includes Border Area Development with ____

1) Pakistan 2) Afganisthan 3) Nepal 4) Mynamar 5) China

21. India has signed an MoU on road transportation, safety with which of the following countries ?

1) Pakistan 2) Afganisthan 3) Russia 4) Canada 5) Japan

22. “State of emergency declared in Western Mynamar” was the news recently. Who is the president of Mynamar ?

1) Thein Sein 2) Ahmed Abdualla 3) Bashar Ali 4) Zaheerul Rahman 5) Kim Yong

23. Who was the indo-american who was convicted of insider trading ?

1) Raj Rajaratnam 2) Rajat Gupta 3) Anshu Jain 4) D.K. Joshi 5) Vikram singh

24. Who is the Chief Executive officer of Deutsche Bank who took charge recently ?

1) Anshu Jain 2) Bikram Singh 3) D.k. Joshi 4) Vs Sampath 5) Prashanth Singh

25. Who is the Navy Chief of India who will take charge in September 2012 after Nirmal Verma

1) Devendra Kumar Joshi 2) V.S. Sampath 3) Mohammad Ali 4) Chalapathi Verma 5) John Stalin

26. Who is the new egypt president who was elected in June 2012 ?

1) Bismilla Khan 2) Anshu Jain 3) Trinath Singh 4) Mohammad Morsi 5) Hosni Mubarak

27. Mehdi Hassan who was expired recently is related to which field ?

1) Shooting 2) Army 3) Acting 4) Cricket 5) Music

28. Chukkapalli Pitchaiah who passed away recently is a famous ____ ?

1) Cricketer 2) Actor 3) Badminton Player 4) Philanthropist 5) Singer

29. Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel Laureate, who expired recently is related to which among the following fields :

1) Physics 2) Economics 3) Chemistry 4) Peace Activist 5) Medicine

30. Dipankar Mukherjee who passed away recently is a famous ____

1) Peace activist 2) Cricketer 3) Actor 4) Singer 5) Parliamentarian

31. Who is the senior politician of pakistan who was suspended from Senate over Dual Nationality :

1) Habeeb-ul-Rahman 2) Rehman malik 3) Javed Ali 4) Mehdi Malik 5) Sanjay khan

32. Who was the BEML cheif who was suspended by Defence ministry of India in connection with offering bribe to General V.K. Singh.

1) Bikram Singh 2) Andy Harry 3) Yograj Singh 4) VRS Natarajan 5) V Subramanyan

33. Who among the following has won Thailand Open Grand Prix title after defeating Thailand's Ratchankok Inthanon ?

1) Saina Nehwal 2) Narain Kartikeyan 3) Jwala Gutta 4) Sania Mirza 5) Ashwini

34. Who is the Famous Chess player who was crowned World Chess Champion in Moscow ?

1) Anna zagi 2) Vera Vavilova 3) Vladimar ZigZag 4) Billy Bombard 5) Vishwanathan Anand

35. Who is the famous cricketer who took oath as a Rajyasabha Member recently ?

1) M.S. Dhoni 2) sachin Tendulkar 3) Kapil Dev 4) Bishen Singh Bedi 5) Mohammad Azharuddin

36. Who among the following has won Canadian Grand Prix ?

1) Narain Kartikeyan 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Fernado Alonso 4) Grosjean 5) Vettel

37. Who among the following has won French Open Mixed Doubles Title:

1) Bhupati-Saina 2) Paes-Sania 3) Bhupati-Sania 4) Sharapova-Federer 5) Sania-vettel

38. Who among the following has won Brazil Open Table Tennis Title ?

1) Pankaj Advani 2) Veeresh Yadav 3) Ashwini 4) Prashanth singh 5) Harmeet Desai

39. Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik - Gold Medalists in Asian Junior Wrestling Championship '12 belong to which field

1) Weightlifting 2) Tennis 3) Racing 4) Hockey 5) Wrestling

40. Who among the following has won Copenhagen Sand Art Championship – 2012 held in Denmark :

1) Rahul Bhattacharya 2) Bob Dylan 3) Bulu Imam 4) Alan Mulally 5) Sudarshan Patnaik

41. Who among the following is the chairman of Ford Motors, who was awarded USIBC Leadership Award.

1) Alan Mulally 2) Bob Dylan 3) Nathalie 4) Nathan Stalin 5) Stephen .D. Ranstad

42. Who is the isreali Scientist who won World Food Prize recently which recognises the importance of water for agricultural purposes :

1) Ibrahim Brahm 2) Capricorn West 3) Nathalie South 4) Daniel Hillel 5) Nannie King

43. Who was awarded Lifetime Achievement award by Rockfeller Foundation for his innovation in philanthropy ?

1) Anand Mahindra 2) Ratan Tata 3) Aziz Premji 4) Pitchaiah 5) Daniel Nagendra

44. Who was awarded International Peace Award Given by Gandhi Foundation along with Bulu Imam :

1) Binayak Sen 2) Vinayak Mishra 3) Shiva Thapa 4) Kartikeya Shiva 5) Parvathi Kuniyogi

45. Who is the author of the book 'The Sins of the Father' :

1) Sidney Sheldon 2) Jeffery Archer 3) Aswin Sanghi 4) Chetan Bhagat 5) Rashm singh

46. World No Tobacco Day is observed on which of the following days :

1) June 30^th 2) May 31^st 3) June 15^th 4) July 15^th 5) None of these

47. Who is the Indo-American who won 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee :

1) Prashanth 2) Chalapathi 3) Naina Singh 4) Snigdha nandipati 5) Hampi Subramanyan

48. What is the full form of HPI :

1) Hole Price Index 2) Hotel Price Index 3) Hostel Price Index 4) Haryana Price Index 5) None of these

49. Who among the following has won French Open Men' Singles Title 2012 :

1) Rafeal Nadal 2) Novak Djokovik 3) Roger Federrer 4) Andy Murray 5) Pete Sampras

50. The Asian games gold medalist who was detained by police after a complaint made alleging that she is a male is :

1) Ashwini 2) Gutta Jwala 3) Sania Mirza 4) Pinki Pramanik 5) Naina Singh

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K V GNANA KUMAR

K V GNANA KUMAR

  MBA, MA(PPM), PG Dip in IRPM, CAIIB

K V GNANA KUMAR - ADVISER DBS

30 years experience in Bank Industry (Union Bank of India - 28 and half years and one and half years in 2 other banks - Andhra bank & Indian Overseas Bank). Worked in different parts of the country in different cadres. Opted for Voluntary Retirement with 6 years left over service.

Assignments: 

• Soft Skill Trainer in various banks and other financial institutions, IFBI, OU, Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad.
• Adviser, DBS (Dynamic Banking and Academic Solutions), Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad.
• Eenadu - Prathibha - Columnist.
• Assocciated with various Bank Coaching Institutes
• Conducted Mock Interviews for 200 POs Qualified in IBPS Common Written Examination
• Free Counselling on career path.
• Latest great achievement in banking line is the coaching for internal promotion process  conducted for various bankers with 90% success .  The reason for this success is maximum questions appeared in the written test which I prepared for this coaching unto Scale III-IV(i.e.,test for Chief Manager Designation).