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Reserve Bank Of India Grade 'B' Officers Exam, December
2011 General Awareness Solved Paper
1. Some time we see a reference of "Least Developed Country" in the economic journals/papers
etc. Which among the following is one of the parameters on the basis of which a country in
economic parlance, is labelled "Least Developed"?
1) Frequent changes in monetary/fiscal policies
2) No change in the Government in last ten years as general elections did not take place
3) Low Per Capita Income of a specified level and instability in agricultural /industrial production
4) Huge losses due to natural disasters resulting in displacement of people in majority
5) Scarcity of trained/skilled manpower in the country
2. Which of the following statements about the Indian Economy in the last decade is not correct?
1) The economy of India is the fourth largest in the world with GDP of about 4 trillion US $ at
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
2) Agriculture which was a major concern for the growth of the economy is now growing at an
average of 7% per annum
3) A strong Balance of Payment (BOP) position in recent years has resulted in a comfortable
stock of the foreign exchange reserves
4) India has emerged as a global leader in software and business process outsourcing
5) Indian economy has shown a remarkable average GDP growth of 6.8% during last ten years
3. Who among the following is very closely associated with the day-to-day functioning of the
Reserve Bank of India?
1) Dr. Subir Gokarn
2) U.K.Sinha
3) Dr. Kaushik Basu
4) Mr. Narendra Jadhav
5) None of these
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4. Census in India was conducted recently (2011). In the eyes of the economists and policy
makers, India's demographics are very much favourable to growth. Which of the following
statements is not in conformity with the traditional demographic characteristics of India and its
relation with growth?
1) India is a young country with low dependency ratio
2) More and more Indian youth under the age of 30 are getting better health care and access to
quality technical education
3) The so called middle class of India is happy as they have better housing and earning facilities
4) More employment opportunities and resultant financial freedom have made young women folk
to pursue single life and delay marriage
5) Indian youth are now biggest consumers of luxurious goods, they spend discretionary income
and enjoy the associated status
5. Some policy makers and thinkers are of the opinion that the notorious Satyam Scandal of
2009 has proved a blessing in disguise for India, as it intensified the call in the country for
1) Stronger police force
2) Faster legal proceedings and effective judiciary
3) Greater Accounting Transparency and Corporate Governance
4) Better employer-employee relationship and active participation of employees in managerial
functions
5) All of these
6. Frequent changes in the cost of which of the following commodities at international levels,
push inflation upwards?
1) Vegetables
2) Foodgrains
3) Petroleum Products
4) Milk
5) All of these
7. Indian Parliament in the year 2005 passed Special Economic Zones Bill which gave birth to
hundreds of SEZs in the country. How do these SEZs help in the growth of the Indian Economy?
1) SEZs attract significant foreign direct investment from overseas and MNCs
2) SEZs give a far better price for land to the farmers and others who sell their land for the same
3) Production in SEZs is done for local consumption only and is supposed to tame inflation in the
country
4) Banks in India are allowed to give loans to SEZs liberally as the interest rate on such loans is
decided to be 5% higher than the normal interest rates
5) All of these
8. In economic terms, the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country
in a given year is known as
1) GNI
2) GDP
3) Inflation
4) PPP
5) Wealth of a Nation
9. Which of the following is one of the indicators of Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Life expectancy at birth
2) Total cost of the agricultural land with a family
3) Total area of the agricultural land with a family
4) Availability of perennial source of water for irrigation
5) Nature of employment, casual/permanent or semi-permanent
10. Which of the following is one of the measures of economic growth of a country?
1) Volume of Direct Investment made by foreign countries
2) Number of companies listed on the Stock-Exchanges
3) Gross domestic product of the Nation
4) Number of foreign nationals working in a country
5) All of these
11. What is the contribution of agricultural sector in total GDP of India? About
1) 10%
2) 24%
3) 38%
4) 40%
5) 60%
12. What is the contribution of Service Sector in total GDP of India?
1) 10%
2) 14%
3) 18%
4) 26%
5) None of these
13. In India, the National Income is measured on the basis of
1) Flow of goods only
2) Number of employed youth only
3) Volume of tax collected per annum
4) Earning of people working in PSUs and Govt. jobs
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5) All of these
14. Which one of the following measures of Fiscal Reforms, has Govt. of India adopted?
1) Bringing down fiscal deficit to a particular level by an Act of Law
2) Fixing higher rate of growth
3) Allocation of more funds to job-oriented schemes
4) Allocation of more funds to provide education to children who are 6-14 years of age
5) None of these
15. 'Green House Gases' are responsible mainly for
1) Growth of livestock population
2) Volume of foreign trade
3) Quality of agro products in a country
4) Industrial Development of a nation
5) Global warming
16. Which of the following in India is implemented in all the districts of the country for providing
100 days employment to those willing to do manual jobs in rural areas?
1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
2) Bharat Nirman
3) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
4) Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
5) All of these
17. Which of the following is a Social Development programme launched by the Govt. of India for
school children?
1) Bharat Nirman
2) ASHA
3) Kutir Jyoti
4) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
5) Aadhar Yojana
18. Which of the following economic concept is categorised on the basis of Current Account or
Capital Account or both?
1) Balance of payment
2) Value of the foodgrain stock of a country
3) Gross National Product (GNP)
4) Gross National Income (GNI)
5) Total collection of Direct Taxes in a year
19. Which of the following Acts is/was introduced for the purpose of sustainable growth?
1) Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
2) Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Act
3) Foreign Exchange Management Act
4) Banking Regulation Act
5) Prevention of Money Laundering Act
20. 'IAEA' is an organisation which functions in the area of
1) Prevention of Money Laundering
2) Control of Foreign Direct Investment
3) Nuclear Energy
4) World Trade
5) Promoting International understanding among the nations
21. As reported in newspapers, China has raised objection on India's presence in South China
Sea alongwith Vietnam. Both the nations are engaged in which of the following activities in the
sea?
1) Fishing
2) Exploring minerals
3) Exploring oil fields
4) Disposal of electronic waste
5) Disposal of nuclear waste
22. Which of the following is the purpose of introducing 'Know Your Customer' norms by the
banks?
1) To bring more and more people under the banking net
2) Identifying people who do not pay Income Tax
3) To ensure that the money deposited in banks has come from genuine sources
4) To ensure whether the money deposited in the bank is of an Indian or a foreign national
5) None of these
23. Which of the following organisations is established mainly to promote Micro, Small &
Medium industrial sector in India?
1) NABARD
2) SIDBI
3) IDBI Bank
4) EXIM Bank
5) All of these
24. As reported in newspapers, the Market Borrowings of the Union Govt. have gone up in 2011-
12 (up to September 2011). What is the main reason for the same?
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1) Fixing very high target of growth
2) Lower than budgeted collection of the revenue
3) Lower than expected flow of foreign investment
4) RBI's reluctance in giving fresh loans to the Govt. of India for developmental projects
5) Consistent revision in the limit of the Ways and Means Advances given to the Govt. of India by
the RBI
25. "Core Industries Witness lower growth in last few months"__ was the news in some major
newspapers recently. This means the performance of which of the following is not taken into
accounts for the same?
1) Steel
2) Cement
3) Coal
4) Gem & Jewellery
5) Crude oil
26. "Centre brings the curtain down on DEPB scheme"___ was the news recently. What is the
full form of the term DEPB?
1) Developmental Enterprises Promotion Board
2) Duty Entitlement Pass Book
3) Duty Enforcement & Promotion Board
4) Development, Export & Procurement Bureau
5) Deportation and Enforced Prevention Bureau
27. India recently entered into an agreement to purchase LNG from some East Asian
Nations. This is the part of India's initiative in the direction of
1) Look East policy
2) Switch over to LNG
3) Business with Most Favourated Nations only
4) Convention on Supplemental Compensation (CSC)
5) New Business : New Partners Scheme
28. As per recent reports the Coal Ministry of India has allocated certain coal blocks
to four NTPC Thermal Power Plants in four states. Which of the following states
is not among these four states?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Gujarat
29. The Meet of the Finance Chiefs of G-7 countries was held in September 2011 in
1) London
2) Tokyo
3) Paris
4) Marseille
5) Vienna
30. Which of the following organisations has given a warning to the nations of the world that there
may be increased risk to global financial stability in the world?
1) World Bank
2) World Trade Organisation
3) Asian Development Bank
4) International Monetary Fund
5) United Nations Organisation
31. Which of the following is considered Non Tax Revenue of the Govt. of India as projected in the
Union Budget?
1) Income Tax
2) Customs Duty
3) Service Tax
4) Corporate Tax
5) Dividends & Profits
32. What does the letter 'M' denote in the abbreviated term 'MRTP', an act which was applicable
in India till recently?
1) Money
2) Moral
3) Minimum
4) Monopolies
5) Market
33. Which of the following is a popular women's Empowerment Programme in India?
1) ASHA
2) Swabhiman
3) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
4) Bharat Nirman
5) Self Help Group
34. We know that the Industrial Sector plays an important role in the development of India. Which
sectror does not come under Industrial Sector?
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1) Mining
2) Manufacturing
3) Banking
4) Utilities
5) Construction
35. Who among the following is one of the Deputy Governors of the RBI?
1) U.K.Sinha
2) Ranjan Mathai
3) Dr. Subir Gokarn
4) Dr. M.S. Ahluwalia
5) None of these
36. What does the term 'AAY' denote which is the short form of a Social Scheme launched by
the Govt of India?
1) Anthyodaya Awas Yojana
2) Asian Awas Yojana
3) Anthyodaya Anna Yojana
4) Area Anthyodaya Yojana
5) None of these
37. Which of the following organisations of women in India will be arisen out of the confluence of
three movements - labour movement cooperative movement and women's movement based on
Gandhian Philosophy?
1) TISCO
2) SHG
3) AMUL
4) SEWA
5) Gramin Bank
38. The Second Green Revolution being planned in India will be launched basically in
Eastern/North Eastern states and will be based on production of
1) Sugarcane
2) Jute
3) Bamboo
4) Vegetables
5) Paddy
39. Which of the following factors has now put a check on Migration of Agricultural Labourers
from one place to another in India?
1) Lack of irrigation facilities
2) Low productivity of land
3) Single crop cultivation
4) Higher wages and availability of employment
5) Launch of MGNREGA and availability of employment opportunities locally
40. Which of the following Acts helps a bank in its day-to-day activities?
1) Competition Act
2) Negotiable Instruments Act
3) Hindu Marriage Act
4) Hindu Succession Act
5) NRI Act
41. Lack of access to financial services is technically known as
1) Financial instability
2) Financial inclusion
3) Financial stability
4) Financial exclusion
5) Poverty
42. Which of the following is not one of the major functions of the National Bank for Agricultural
and Rural Development (NABARD)?
1) Acting as a regulator for cooperative banks and RRBs
2) Extending assistance to the government and others in matters relating to rural development
3) Providing refinance to lending institutions in rural areas
4) Acting as a coordinator in the operations of rural credit institutions
5) Review of monetary & credit policy
43. As we all know Banks in India are required to maintain a portion of their demand and time
liabilities with the Reserve Bank of India. This portion is called
1) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
2) Cash Reserve Ratio
3) Bank Deposit
4) Reverse Repo
5) Government Securities
44. Banks in their daily business face various kinds of risks. Which of the following is one such
major risk?
1) Customer risk
2) Reputation
3) Goodwill risk
4) Protection risk
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45. Which of the following schemes was launched by the RBI in 2004 under which Govt. of India
dated Securities/Treasury Bills could be issued to absorb surplus/ durable liquidity?
1) RTGS
2) External Commercial Borrowing
3) Market Stabilisation Scheme
4) High Value Clearing Scheme
5) Pre-paid Payment Instrument Facility
46. How much amount (in Rs. Crores) was allocated for raising credit to the farmers in the Union
Budget 2011-12?
1) Rs. 4,75,000
2) Rs. 5,75,000
3) Rs. 6,75,000
4) Rs. 7,75,000
5) None of these
47. What does the letter 'M' denote in the name 'MFI' as used in financial sector?
1) Mini
2) Monetary
3) Micro
4) Mega
5) Multiple
48. The Govt. of India has created a women's Self Help Group Development fund so that it can
reduce their interest burden. What is the size of the fund?
1) Rs. 100 crore
2) Rs. 200 crore
3) Rs. 250 crore
4) Rs. 400 crore
5) Rs. 500 crore
49. Which of the following is not a programme launched by the Govt. of India?
1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
2) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
3) Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
4) National Rural Livelihood Mission
5) Jeevan Anand Yojana
50. Which of the following schemes is launched to provide prenatal and postnatal care to mother
and child?
1) National Mission for Protein Supplements
2) Initiative on Vegetable Clusters
3) Promotion of Nutri Cereals
4) Jan Mitra Yojana
5) Janani Suraksha Yojana
51. Which of the following statements is TRUE about International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
1) IMF provides ways and means funds to member countries
2) IMF is an agency of the World Bank and is situated in Prague
3) IMF makes all the rules and regulations in relation to the world trade between the nations
4) On becoming member of the IMF, countries get finance as temporary balance of payment
needs
5) IMF is an organisation floated by the members of NATO and caters to the need of those
countries only
52. The bank rate is
1) Free to fluctuate according to the forces of demand and supply
2) Set by the RBI
3) Set by the RBI as directed by the Union Ministry of Finance
4) Set by RBI as advised by the Indian Banks Association
5) Set by Government of India on the recommendation of the Planning Commission
53. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Banking & Finance?
1) Special Drawing Rights
2) Affirmative Defence
3) Civil Procedure
4) Informed Consent
5) Question of Fact
54. Which of the following is one of the Millennium Development Goals fixed by the United
Nations Organisation (UNO)?
1) Develop a global partnership for development
2) Develop new varieties of food grains which can ensure bumper crops
3) To ensure that population does not increase in least developed countries at an alarming rate
4) Develop measures to avert deadly Hurricanes/ Tsunamies etc., in an effective way
5) Ensure that a Global Economy is developed where all nations can participate according to
their strengths
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2) France
3) USA
4) Greece
5) Russia
56. By which of the following months Goods and Services Tax (GST) is to be implemented in
India?
1) April 2015
2) April 2014
3) April 2013
4) April 2012
5) June 2012
57. India recently completed negotiations with 16 countries for entering into a 'TIEA'. TIEA
denotes which of the following?
1) Tax India Exchange Account
2) Tax Information Exchange Agreement
3) Total Information Exchange Accord
4) Terminal Issue & Exchange Agreement
5) Tax Issues & Export Agreements
58. Famous Sardar Sarovar Dam is built across which of the following rivers?
1) Ganga
2) Tapti
3) Krishna
4) Narmada
5) Sutlej
59. Which of the following is not a Credit Rating Agency?
1) Credit Analysis & Research Ltd (CARE)
2) Lintas India Pvt. Ltd.
3) Moody's Investors Service
4) Standard & Poor's
5) Fitch Ratings
60. Who among the following is the President (Chief) of the World Bank at present?
1) Peter Thomson
2) Goran Hadzic
3) Robert B. Zoellick
4) Alan Greenspan
5) Z. Zang
61. Which of the following issues was/is an issue in World Trade Organisation on which India and
few other countries were having all toghter different views than the developed countries?
1) Subsidies and Government procurement policy
2) G M varieties of certain crops
3) Making Yuan as major trade currency
4) Special treatment to NATO countries
5) All of these
62. Who among the following is the Head of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council,
reconstituted recently?
1) Isher Ahluwalia
2) Dr. Kaushik Basu
3) V. Krishnamurthy
4) G. M. Rao
5) None of these
63. Which of the following Nations is a member of G-8?
1) New Zealand
2) Libya
3) China
4) South Sudan
5) Canada
64. Dr. Manmohan Singh recently addressed UN General Assembly. Which of the following was
the major issue which he emphasised in his speech?
1) Usefulness of multilateral lending agencies like IMF and World Bank in the present context
2) WTO's efforts to introduce more and more GM crops in the market
3) Democratic rights in gulf countries
4) Mechanism to control oil prices in the world
5) Need of strong Indo China relations
65. Which of the following is called "Robinhood Tax" and was in news during recent Summit of G-
20 nations?
1) Excise Duty
2) VAT
3) Goods & Services Tax
4) Tobin Tax
5) None of these
66. The Approach Paper of 12th Five-Year Plan got approval of the Union Cabinet recently. Which
of the following is added for the first time in Approach Paper?
1) Growth Rate and mechanism to achieve it
2) Corruption, Transparency and Governance
3) Strengthening of Agriculture Sector
4) Periodical Review of Monetary Policy by the Govt. and not by RBI
5) All of these
67. A huge reserve of gas was explored recently in Northern Rashidpur Gas Fields of
1) Bhutan
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Pakistan
5) Afghanistan
68. Which of the following agencies recently conducted a Pollution Survey of various cities
across the world and found out that cities in India, Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia are the most
polluted cities in the world?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) Asian Development Bank
4) World Trade Organisation
5) UNESCO
69. The Central Banks of five developed countries recently came together and decided to provide
unlimited dollar loans to banks in their areas. What was the purpose of the same?
1) To prevent China from becoming a bigger lender than the world Bank
2) Ease growing tensions in the Euro zone's financial sector
3) To reinstate USA's credit rating at AAA level from the downgraded AA+ level
4) To create an emergency pool of dollars to provide instants help to any country in case of need
5) None of these
70. Which of the following is a payment and settlement system used by the banks in India?
1) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
2) Real Time Gross Settlement
3) Forward Rate Agreements
4) Central Depository Service
5) Negotiated Dealing System
71. 'Federal Reserve' is the Central Bank of which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) Britain
3) Canada
4) Australia
5) USA
72. The Y.H. Malegam committee which submitted its report a few months back was set up to
report on further improvement of functioning of
1) Micro Finance Institutions
2) Stock Exchanges in India
3) Cooperative Banks
4) Regional Rural Banks
5) Foreign Banks having offices in India
73. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India recently got appointed as External
Auditor of which of the following organisations/agencies?
1) World Bank
2) Bank of America
3) UNESCO
4) IAEA & WIPO
5) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
74. 'Special Drawing Rights' are the rights of countries provided by
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) Federal Reserves
5) None of these
75. Indian citizens are allowed to invest overseas freely except in
1) Sri Lanka
2) UK
3) Bangladesh
4) Nepal
5) Pakistan
76. Who among the following represented India in the first South Asia Forum meeting held in
September 2011?
1) Dr. Manmohan Singh
2) Pranab Mukherjee
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3) Kamal Nath
4) Anand Sharma
5) Sonia Gandhi
77. Which of the following schemes is launched by the Govt. of India to make Indian cities free
from hutments and slums?
1) Indira Awas Yojana
2) Rajiv Awas Yojana
3) Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana
4) Central Rural Sanitation Programme
5) None of these
78. Which of the following is the largest producer of chemical fertilisers in the world?
1) India
2) USA
3) Mexico
4) Russia
5) China
79. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the programme launched by the Govt. of
India for developing desert areas?
1) DRDA
2) CAPART
3) DDP
4) IRDP
5) DWCRA
80. Who among the following are the two economists who got Nobel Prize in 2011 for their
contribution in Economics?
1) Thomas J. Sargent & Christopher A. Sims
2) Peter A. Diamond & Thomas J. Sargent
3) Christopher A. Sims & Dale T. Mortensen
4) Olliver O. Willamson & Amartya Kumar Sen
5) None of these
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51-4, 52-2, 53-1, 54-1, 55-4, 56-4, 57-2, 58-4, 59-2, 60-3,
61-1, 62-3, 63-5, 64-3, 65-4, 66-2, 67-2, 68-?, 69-2, 70-2,
71-5, 72-1, 73-4, 74-2, 75-5, 76-?, 77-2, 78-5, 79-3, 80-1.
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL
BANK EXAMS
1. Who took over as the Chairman, Chief of Staffs Committee (CoSC) on 2014 July 30?
1) Arup Raha
2) R.K. Dhowan
3) D.K. Joshi
4) Bikram Singh
5) None of these
2. The Citizens Foundation is one of the six winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards for the
year 2014. It is a non-profit organization in ___
1) China
2) Pakistan
3) Indonesia
4) Philippines
5) Singapore
3. Who won the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling championship on 2014 July 27?
1) Jean-Christophe Peraud
2) Chris Froome
3) Vincenzo Nibali
4) Alberto Contador
5) Mark Cavendish
4. The most successful all rounder of modern day Cricket Jacques Kallis has announced his
retirement from all formats of international Cricket. He played for which of the following countries?
1) Australia
2) West Indies
3) New Zealand
4) South Africa
5) England
5. Who assumed office as the 7th President of Iraq on 2014 July 24?
1) Ayad al- Samarrai
2) Usama al- Nujayfi
3) Kosrat Rasul Ali
4) Barham Salih
5) Fouad Massoum
6. Who was appointed as Maharashtra's horticulture ambassador in July 2014?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Shah Rukh Khan
3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Sachin Tendulkar
7. 'The Lives of Others' has been long listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2014. It is a
novel written by:
1) AmitavGhosh
2) Cyrus Mistry
3) Neel Mukherjee
4) Jeet Thayil
5) Rahul Bhattacharya
8. Who took over as the new Army Chief on 2014 July 31?
1) Philip Campose
2) Dalbir Singh Suhag
3) V.K. Singh
4) N.A.K. Browne
5) None of these
9. World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on which of the following days?
1) August 1
2) August 2
3) July 28
4) July 30
5) July 31
10. India has over 40 million Hepatitis B infected patients, second only to?
1) China
2) Pakistan
3) USA
4) Nigeria
5) Algeria
11. Which of the following financial institutions announced installing of 3,000 ATMs and 1.35 lakh
micro- ATMs by September 2015?
1) Reliance Capital
2) Bajaj Finance
3) Sriram Capital
4) India Post
5) LIC Hosing Finance
12. Google India marked Sarojini Naidu's 135th birthday with a doodle on which of the following
days of 2014?
1) February 13
2) February 12
3) February 14
4) February 15
5) February 17
13. Nobel Laureate Baruch Samuel Blumberg's birthday is observed as?
1) World Health Day
2) World AIDS Day
3) World Tuberculosis Day
4) World Malaria Day
5) World Hepatitis Day
14. Which of the following committees suggested financial sector reforms in India?
1) Chellaiah Committee
2) S.S. Tarapore Committee
3) Bhagwati Committee
4) Narsimham Committee
5) None of these
15. Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization are the aims of?
1) Land Reforms
2) Economic Planning
3) Economic Reforms
4) Socialism
5) None of these
16. Nhava Sheva is the largest container port in India. It is situated in which of the following
States?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Gujarat
17. Nhava Sheva port is also known as?
1) Jawaharlal Nehru port
2) Indira Gandhi port
3) Rajiv Gandhi port
4) Mahatma Gandhi port
5) None of these
18. Which of the following is not correct?
1) MSP-Minimum Support Price
2) NGT - National Green Tribunal
3) PIL - Public Introduced Litigation
4) BSF - Border Security Force
5) CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
19. Which of the following deals with extinct organisms?
1) Archaeology
2) Palynology
3) Phylogeny
4) Paleontology
5) Philology
20. 'CEPI' stands for?
1) Council of Environmental Pollution of India
2) Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index
3) Centre for Environmental Pollution in India
4) Centre for Environmental Pollution and Industries
5) None of these
21. The Union Public Service Commission submits its annual report to the?
1) Prime Minister
2) President
3) Vice President
4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
5) Home Minister
22. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
1) Pakistan
2) Cambodia
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) Maldives
23. The Central Rice Research Institute is located in?
1) Jhansi
2) Meerut
3) Cuttack
4) Bhopal
5) Rajahmundry
24. AGMARK, which is employed on agricultural products in India, is related to?
1) Processing
2) Quality
3) Packaging
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
25. The National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research is located in?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mumbai
3) Bhopal
4) Kolkata
5) New Delhi
26. The apparatus used for detecting lies is known as?
1) Pyrometer
2) Seismograph
3) Polygraph
4) Gyroscope
5) Periscope
27. The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage is located in?
1) Hyderabad
2) Ahmadabad
3) Bangalore
4) Faridabad
5) Karnal
28. Which of the following is measured by the sling Psychrometer?
1) Pressure
2) Humidity
3) Temperature
4) Wind velocity
5) Wind direction
29. Which of the following crops requires water logging for its cultivation?
1) Cotton
2) Tea
3) Coffee
4) Mustard
5) Paddy
30. The International Rice Research Institute is located in which of the following countries?
1) India
2) Mexico
3) China
4) Philippines
5) Japan
31. The rate of interest at which the Reserve Bank of India lends short term funds to the
commercial banks is called?
1) Repo rate
2) Reverse repo rate
3) Baserate
4) Prime lending rate
5) Marginal standing facility
32. Which of the following countries does not belong to the Balkan Peninsula?
1) Kosovo
2) Macedonia
3) Montenegro
4) Bosnia and Herzegovina
5) Ukraine
33. Kunchikal waterfall is located in which of the following States?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Goa
5) Maharashtra
34. Pench National Park is situated in which of the following States?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Jharkhand
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Odisha
35. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of banking/ finance?
1) Hedge
2) Premium bonds
3) Commercial paper
4) Blue chip companies
5) Wobbe index
36. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Hiroshima Day - August 6
2) World Human Rights Day - December 10
3) World Forestry Day-March21
4) International Day of Happiness - March 20
5) Nagasaki Day - August 8
37. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections were held in how many phases?
1) Seven
2) Eight
3) Nine
4) Ten
5) Six
38. Which of the following is the mascot for the 17th Asian Games to be played in September
2014?
1) Seal
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2) Bear
3) Dolphin
4) Hare
5) Elephant
39. Who is the author of the book "Footlights" which was published in February 2014?
1) Khushwant Singh
2) Charlie Chaplin
3) Princess Diana
4) Ronald Reagan
5) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40. A team of 34 foreign scientists have spotted the footprints of dinosaurs at Thaitat village in
which of the following districts of Rajasthan in January 2014?
1) Kota
2) Karauli
3) Sikar
4) Jaisalmer
5) Udaipur
ANSWERS:
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 4; 7) 3; 8) 2; 9) 3; 10) 1;
11) 4; 12) 1; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 3; 16) 3; 17) 1; 18) 3; 19) 4; 20) 2;
21) 2; 22) 2; 23) 3; 24) 2; 25) 5; 26) 3; 27) 4; 28) 2; 29) 5; 30) 4;
31) 1; 32) 5; 33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 5; 36) 5; 37) 3; 38) 1: 39) 2; 40) 4.
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BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES EXAM
1. Concept of "Service Area Approach" is now applicable only for:
a) Crop Loans
b) SHGs
c) Government Sponsored Schemes
d) NABARD refinance schemes
e) None of these
2. The rate at which banks can barrow from the central bank at an elevated rate against govt.
securities during the time of tight cash is termed as ___
a) bank rate
b) base rate
c) marginal standing facility
d) repo rate
e) reserve repo rate
3. External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) are part of?
a) Current Account
b) Capital Account
c) Balance of Payment
d) Either a or b
e) None of these
4. Which of the following term is used in the field of banking and finance?
a) Refurbished
b) Collateral
c) Corridor
d) Quintessential
e) None of these
5. The central Government has taken some significant steps to revitalize RRBs. One of the
following is not such a step?
a) Made SARFAESI Act applicable to RRBs
b) Emitted RRBs for Branch Expansions
c) RRBs can undertake Insurance Business
d) Permitted RRBs to accept NRI Deposits
e) None of these
6. Government of India re-appointed Shri Harun Rashid Khan as the Deputy Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India, for a further period of:
a) One year with effect from 4 July 2014 or until further orders
b) Three years with effect from 4 July 2014 or until further orders
c) Six months with effect from 4 July 2014 or until further orders
d) Two years with effect from 4 July 2014 or until further orders
e) None of these
7. KYC guidelines are framed on the basis of four core components. Which of the following is
not a core component?
a) Customer Acceptance Procedure
b) Monitoring of Transactions
c) Customer Identification procedure
d) Risk Management
e) Management of Operational Risk
8. Whose approval is required for appointment of a foreign exchange dealer by a bank?
a) RBI
b) IBA
c) The Ministry of finance
d) Discretion of the bank
e) None of the above
9. The Currency of LAOS is?
a) Rigo
b) Krona
c) Kip
d) Kyat
e) None of these
10. Bharathiya Mahila Bank first branch in Madhya Pradesh was inaugurated in Indore by the
Additional Secretary Finance, Government of India. Identify him/her.
a) B P Joshi
b) Anitha Subramanyan
c) Snehlata Srivastava
d) Shikha Singh
e) None of these
11. Which one of the following is not an authorized means of banking transactions for the people
in India?
a) Mobile
b) Online
c) Phone
d) Visiting Individually
e) Video Conferencing
12. What is the limit for foreign direct investment (FDI) for investment in the equity of private
banks in India?
a) 25 percent
b) 49 percent
c) 51 percent
d) 74 percent
e) None of these
13. As per the RBI norms, bank's direct exposure to the capital market should not exceed ____
of the net worth of the bank.
a) 10 percent
b) 20 percent
c) 30 percent
d) 40 percent
e) None of these
14. Capitalization of Reserves is carried out by issue of _____ to the existing shareholders
a) additional shares
b) bonus shares
c) incentives
d) Both a and c
e) None of these
15. Which of the following measures is/ are being taken to ensure Financial Inclusion in India?
a) Initiation no - frills account
b) Providing banking service at doorstep through business correspondents
c) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
16. Which of the following in NOT a regularity authority in India?
a) SEBI
b) IRDA
c) SIDBI
d) RBI
e) None of these
17. The headquarters of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is
located in ____
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmadabad
d) Hyderabad
e) None of these
18. Which of the following is a banking related term?
a) Creditor (Lender)
b) Base Rate (will be fixed by banks)
c) Cash credit (a running loan account sanctioned to a borrower
d) Dishonor (Cheque bouncing for any reason)
e) All of the above
19. When a bank finances international business, it is called ____
a) Retail banking
b) Core banking
c) Trade finance
d) Micro finance
e) None of these
20. Banks provide which of the following products to make instant loan facility available to the
farmers?
a) Kisan Credit Card
b) Crop Loan Scheme
c) Krishi Bima Yojana
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
21. The Act enacted to help the government in managing its budgeted finance and fiscal deficit is
called ____
a) Banking Regulation Act
b) Negotiable Instrument Act
c) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
d) Foreign Exchange Management Act
e) Competition Act
22. Government and the RBI are making all efforts to extend banking facilities to all the villages in
the country through which of the following programmes?
a) PURA
b) Pradhan Mantri Swaojgar Yojna
c) Pradhan Mantri Aadarsh Gram Yojna
d) Financial Inclusion
e) None of these
23. NAV (Net Asset Value) is a term generally associated with ____
a) Banks
b) Mutual Funds
c) Credit Societies
d) Merchant Bankers
e) None of these
24. Which of the following is not a private bank functioning in India?
a) HDFC Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) IDBI Bank
e) None of these
25. Authorized Dealers for foreign transactions are appointed by:
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Government of India
c) Individual Banks
d) FEDAI
e) None of these
26. What is/are the reason(s) for some banks for opening their subsidiaries?
1. Home loan business
2. To sell insurance policies
3. To control online operation or Internet banking business
Choose the correct answer.
a) Only (1)
b) Only (2)
c) Only (3)
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
27. Which of the following organisations maintains the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
(RIDF) in India?
a) RBI
b) NABARD
c) SIDBI
d) LIC
e) None of these
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28. Off shore Banking Unit is a ___
a) unit which is situated in Foreign Country
b) unit which is situated in Special Economic Zone and deals in foreign currency only
c) unit which is actively participating in lending foreign currency loans and in joint ventures
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
29. Teaser Rates are related to which
of the following types of loans?
a) Home loans
b) Personal loans
c) Auto loans
d) Reserve mortgage loans
e) Crop loans
30. Remittance under the Guarantee Bond Scheme can be accepted from:
a) Only Associated Banks
b) Only Nationalized Banks
c) Only Foreign Banks
d) All Scheduled Banks and Cooperative Banks
e) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1) c 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) d 7) e 8) a 9) c 10) c
11) e 12) d 13) b 14) b 15) d 16) c 17) b 18) e 19) c 20) a
21) c 22) d 23) b 24) d 25) a 26) d 27) b 28) b 29) a 30) d
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES EXAM
1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act was passed in....
1) 1985
2) 1991
3) 2001
4) 1961
5) 2002
2. To provide insurance of deposits and guaranteeing of credit facilities, Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) was established. Its headquarters is at......
1) Hyderabad
2) Kolkata
3) Pune
4) Bangalore
5) Mumbai
3. Authorised capital of DICGC is Rs.50 crore, which is fully issued and subscribed by ....
1) RBI
2) SBI
3) LIC
4) State government of Maharashtra
5) NABARD
4. The bank covered by the Deposit Insurance Scheme of DICGC is .....
1) Public sector banks
2) Private Sector banks
3) Foreign banks
4) Co-operative banks as defined in Section 2(gg) of the DICGC Act
5) All of the above
5. Insurance cover of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation limited to.....
1) Rs.1,000
2) Rs.5,000
3) Rs.50,000
4) Rs.1,00,000
5) None
6. The deposits covered under the DICGC Act.....
1) Savings Account
2) Current Account
3) Fixed Deposit
4) Recurring Deposit
5) All of the above
7. The deposits not covered under DICGC Act is.....
1) Deposits of Central/ State governments
2) Inter-bank deposits
3) Any amount due on account of and deposit received outside India
4) Deposits of foreign governments
5) All of the above
8. Premium to be paid for insurance of bank deposits under Deposit Insurance and Credit
Guarantee Corporation currently......
1) Deposits in rupees rounded to thousands X0.05 / 100
2) Deposits in rupees rounded to thousands X1.00 / 100
3) Deposits in rupees rounded to thousands X0.50 / 100
4) Deposits in rupees rounded to thousandsX02.00/ 100
5) None
9. Under DICGC Act, the insured bank is required to remit premium not later than the last day of
May and each year.....
1) November
2) December
3) October
4) July
5) None
10. The concept of insuring deposits kept with banks received attention for the first time in the
year 1948 after the banking crises in....
1) Karnataka
2) AP
3) Delhi
4) Ahmedabad
5) Bengal
11. Which committee supported the insuring of banking deposits in 1950?
1) Hilton-Young commission
2) C.Ranga Rajan Committee
3) Rural Banking Enquiry Committee
4) V.K.Rao committee
5) None
12. The present Chairman of DICGC ....
1) H.R. Khan
2) R. Gandhi
3) Dr. Nachiket M. Mor
4) K.C. Chakravarthy
5) Urjith Patel
13. Insurance covered under the DICGC....
1) only principle amount deposit
2) only interest accrued on principle
3) principle and interest accrued for the first three months on principle
4) both principle and interest
5) interest accrued first year only
14. Who pay the insurance premium to cover the Rs.1 lakh bank deposits?
1) Customer
2) Guardian of the customer
3) Bank
4) Nominee of the customer
5) None
15. To which bank Arun Jaitley allocated a sum of Rs.200 crores to NABARD for setting up of
mega food parks on 18 July 2014?
1) SBI
2) RBI
3) SIDBI
4) Yes Bank
5) NABARD
16. YES Bank, which international money transfer company launched an online money transfer
service with instant deposits to NRI customer accounts with any bank in India....
1) Rupay
2) Instant Pay
3) Voltaire
4) Pay tell
5) Transfast
17. Which of the following option is correct?
1) RBI kicked off a pilot project on 10 June 2014 that will allow a few mobile payment providers to
test cash withdrawal facilities for a small portion of their semiclosed mobile wallet users.
2) In it sender and beneficiary's wallet will be seeded with Aadhaar number.
3) When the money transfer happens, the receiver, who does not have a bank account, can walk
to a mRUPEE outlet and receive the cash after authenticating his identity with the biometric
(finger print scanning).
4) Tata Teleservices' mobile wallet paymentbased service mRUPEE is one of the eight
participants in the RBI pilot project.
5) All of the above
18. By mid June 2014, Bank credit grew at ........ percent year-on-year to Rs.60,90,030
crore.
1) 18.25
2) 13.88
3) 11.25
4) 19.25
5) 21.25
19. The RBI granted banking licences to IDFC and microfinance institution Bandhan Micro
Finance Institute. The in-principle approval granted will be valid for a period of ...... completely
with the requirements.
1) 6 months
2) 9 months
3) 12 months
4) 15 months
5) 18 months
20. The debit card can be used for....
1) Make Point of Sale (POS) purchase
2) Withdraw cash at ATM
3) Online shopping
4) 1 & 3 only
5) All of the above
21. The Government of India has authorized the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue debt
instruments up to a ceiling of ...... under the Market Stabilization Scheme (MSS) for the fiscal
2014-15.
1) Rs.20,000 crore
2) Rs.30,000 crore
3) Rs.40,000 crore
4) Rs.70,000 crore
5) Rs.50,000 crore
22. On 16 July 2014, which company has emerged as the country's top Non- Performing Asset
(NPA) after it has failed to repay loans of over Rs.4,000 crore borrowed mainly from state-owned
banks?
1) India Cement
2) Morgan Stanley
3) Videocon
4) Jet Airlines
5) Kingfisher
23. On 15 June 2014, the central government said only five States had fully implemented the
National Food Security Act, 2013. They are Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and
......
1) AP
2) West Bengal
3) Tamilnadu
4) Kerala
5) Punjab
24. Which nation has third highest number of HIV - infected people as the report given on 17 July
2014 UNAIDS, the United Nations programme on HIV / AIDS?
1) South Africa
2) Nigeria
3) India
4) USA
5) None
25. Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports said on 25 July 2014 that the government
till now released Rs.144 crore to Assam for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
following a Supreme Court directive in 2006. The minister name is....
1) Sarbananda Sonowal
2) Uma Bharathi
3) V.K.Singh
4) Nirmala Sitharaman
5) None
26. ....... became the first Indian company to exceed Rs.5 lakh crore in market capitalization
on 23 July 2014.
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) Tech Mahindra
4) Sincom
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5) None
27. Union Government constituted a core group to work out a detailed action plan to eradicate
the dreaded vector-borne disease, Kala Azar by .....
1) 2015
2) 2020
3) 2019
4) 2018
5) None
28. Inter-island air service operation in Andaman and Nicobar connecting Port Blair and Car
Nicobar. What is the capital of Andaman-Nicobar islands?
1) Kavaratti
2) Itanagar
3) Gangtok
4) Port Blair
5) None
29. ......... appointed as the Governor of Haryana on 25 July 2014.
1) K.S. Solanki
2) Balram Das Tandon
3) Keshari Nath Tripathi
4) E.L. Narasimhan
5) None
30. Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated on....
1) 26 July
2) 26 June
3) 26 May
4) 26 April
5) None
31. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) on 26 June
2014?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) David Boon
3) N. Srinivasan
4) Jeff Boycott
5) None
32. President of International Cricket Council (ICC).....
1) Mustafa Kamal
2) David Boon
3) Sanath Jayasurya
4) Anil Kumble
5) None
33. 'Great Sport Great Spirit' is the motto of....
1) Olympic Committee
2) International Cricket Council
3) Indian Olympic Committee
4) Winter Olympic Games
5) None
34. Where is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC)?
1) Kolkata
2) Durban
3) Dubai
4) Lords
5) Sydney
35. Indian Grand Prix Formula One Championship won by .......
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Mark Weber
3) Daniel Ricciardo
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) None
ANSWERS:
1-4, 2-5, 3-1, 4-5, 5-4, 6-5, 7-5, 8-1, 9-1, 10-5
11-3, 12-5, 13-4, 14-3, 15-5, 16-5, 17-5, 18-2, 19-5, 20-5
21-5, 22-5, 23-5, 24-3, 25-1, 26-2, 27-1, 28-4, 29-1, 30-1
31-3, 32-1, 33-2, 34-3, 35-4.
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES EXAM
1. Which country will host the IBSA Summit in 2015?
1) India
2) Brazil
3) South Africa
4) Singapore
5) Australia
2. Who won the German Grand Prix car racing on July 20, 2014?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Nico Rosberg
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Fernando Alonso
5) Daniel Ricciardo
3. The five BRICS countries agreed to set up the New Development Bank (NDB) with a
capitalization of $100 billion. The headquarters of the Bank will be in?
1) Beijing
2) Hong Kong
3) Shanghai
4) New Delhi
5) Fortaleza
4. Who was declared the winner of Indonesia's Presidential election on July 22, 2014?
1) Prabowo Subianto
2) Jusuf Kalla
3) Fauzi Bowo
4) Joko Widodo
5) None of these
5. The first President of the New Development Bank (NDB) shall be from?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) China
4) South Africa
5) India
6. Who was appointed the Brand Ambassador of Telangana State in July 2014?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) V.V.S. Laxman
3) Sania Mirza
4) Gagan Narang
5) None of these
7. Who won his first British Open Golf title of his career on July 20, 2014?
1) RoryMcIlroy
2) Rickie Fowler
3) Sergio Garcia
4) Adam Scott
5) Marc Leishman
8. Who is the Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games in
Glasgow on July 23, 2014?
1) Abhinav Bindra
2) Yogeshwar Dutt
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Vijay Kumar
5) Saurav Ghosal
9. Environmentalist and social activist Chandi Prasad Bhatt is associated with which of the
following movements?
1) Save Silent Valley
2) Narmada Bachao Andolan
3) Save Kudremukh
4) Chipko movement
5) Sarvodaya movement
10. The President Pranab Mukherjee awarded the International Gandhi Award for the year 2013
on February 15, 2014 to?
1) Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre
2) Guocheng Zhang
3) Ela Gandhi
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
11. Eminent Hindi writer Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for the Vyas Samman for 2013
for his book?
1) Dhool Paudho Par
2) Abhi Bilkul Abhi
3) Vyomkesh Darvesh
4) Yahan Se Dekho
5) None of these
12. Renaud Lavillenie established a new pole vault indoor world record by clearing 6.16 meters on
February 15, 2014. He is a Olympic champion from?
1) Russia
2) France
3) Spain
4) Ukraine
5) Germany
13. Chandi Prasad Bhatt is the founder of which of the following organizations?
1) Barefoot College
2) Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti
3) Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
4) Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh
5) None of these
14. Who became only the second cricketer to hit a triple century and a century in the same Test
match on February 7, 2014?
1) Joe Root
2) Alastair Cook
3) Mahela Jayawardane
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Michael Clarke
15. Who became the first captain to have participated in four one day international tied matches
in January 2014?
1) George Bailey
2) Alastair Cook
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Graeme Smith
5) AB de Villiers
16. Amar Kant, Jnanpith Award winner in 2009, passed away on February 17, 2014. He was a
writer in which of the following languages?
1) Urdu
2) Hindi
3) Sanskrit
4) Odia
5) Kannada
17. Sudhir Mahato died on January 22, 2014. He was the former deputy Chief Minister of?
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Haryana
18. Telugu film actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao passed away on January 22, 2014. He won the
Dada Saheb Phalke award in?
1) 1986
2) 1987
3) 1988
4) 2009
5) 1990
19. Euthanasia or mercy killing is legal in which of the following countries?
1) Netherlands
2) Belgium
3) Luxembourg
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
20. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of
Management-Bangalore (IIMB) in February 2014?
1) Chanda Kochhar
2) Nainalal Kidwai
3) Mallika Srinivasan
4) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
5) Vineeta Bali
21. Yale University released the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), ranking 178
countries.
Which country topped the list?
1) Switzerland
2) Luxembourg
3) Australia
4) Singapore
5) Czech Republic
22. What is India's rank at the 2014 Environmental Performance Index?
1) 77
2) 155
3) 118
4) 73
5) 148
23. Which country finished at the bottom of the 2014 Environmental Performance Index with
178th rank?
1) Afghanistan
2) Lesotho
3) Haiti
4) Mali
5) Somalia
24. South Sudan's government and rebels signed a ceasefire agreement on January 23, 2014 in
Addis Ababa, the capital city of?
1) Somalia
2) South Sudan
3) Sudan
4) Angola
5) Ethiopia
25. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa visited India in February 2014. He is the King of which of the
following
countries?
1) Kuwait
2) Saudi Arabia
3) United Arab Emirates
4) Oman
5) Bahrain
26. The University of Cumbria is the first public university in the world to accept the digital
currency bitcoin for tuition fees. This university is in?
1) UK
2) USA
3) Australia
4) Mexico
5) Canada
27. Erlan Abdyldaev visited India in February 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) Turkmenistan
2) Kyrgyzstan
3) Kazakhstan
4) Uzbekistan
5) Ukraine
28. The Union Government has set up an expert committee to study and examine the demand of
a separate Bodoland State to be carved out of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) Nagaland
4) Assam
5) Arunachal Pradesh
29. To study the demand of a separate Bodoland State, the government has set up a one-man
expert
committee of former Union Home Secretary?
1) V.K. Duggal
2) R.K. Singh
3) Naresh Chandra
4) G.K. Pillai
5) Madhukar Gupta
30. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill, 2014 was passed by the Lok Sabha on?
1) February 13
2) February 16
3) February 15
4) February 17
5) February 18
31. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill, 2014 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on?
1) February 18
2) February 19
3) February 20
4) February 21
5) February 22
32. Which of the following committees had recommended setting up of the Equal Opportunities
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Commission
(EOC) for minorities?
1) Justice Sachar Committee
2) Justice Ranganath Mishra Committee
3) Justice Sri Krishna Committee
4) Justice J.S. Verma Committee
5) None of these
33. The Green India Mission aims to improve and increase India's diminishing forest cover. What
is the total expenditure envisaged for this scheme in the 12th fiveyear plan period?
1) Rs 21,000 crore
2) Rs 15,000 crore
3) Rs 13,000 crore
4) Rs 46,000 crore
5) Rs 27,000 crore
34. The Union Government will provide what percent of the funds for implementing the Green India
Mission scheme in the north eastern states?
1) 50 percent
2) 75 percent
3) 100 percent
4) 90 percent
5) 60 percent
35. Who is the author of the book "Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant"?
1) Soli Sorabjee
2) Prashant Bhushan
3) Ram Jethmalani
4) Shanti Bhushan
5) A.G.Noorani
36. The National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) is a new central public
sector
enterprise under the Ministry of?
1) Home Affairs
2) Overseas Indian Affairs
3) Corporate Affairs
4) Law and Justice
5) None of these
37. World Autism Awareness Day is observed every year on?
1) June 2
2) July 2
3) August 2
4) April 2
5) May 2
38. In the event of a bank failure, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
(DICGC) protects bank deposits that are payable in India. Which of the following types of
deposits are insured by the DICGC?
1) Deposits of foreign governments
2) Deposits of central/state governments
3) Inter bank deposits
4) All 1, 2 and 3
5) None of the above
39. What is the currency of Colombia?
1) Colon
2) Sucre
3) Euro
4) Peso
5) Franc
40. QIP is a capital raising tool. QIP stands for?
1) Qualified Initial Proposal
2) Qualified Institutional Proposal
3) Qualified Initial Placement
4) Qualified Institutional Placement
5) None of these
ANSWERS:
1) 1; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 3; 7) 1; 8) 4; 9) 4; 10) 4;
11) 3; 12) 2; 13) 4; 14) 4; 15) 3; 16) 2; 17) 1; 18) 5; 19) 5; 20) 4;
21) 1; 22) 2; 23) 5; 24) 5; 25) 5; 26) 1; 27) 2; 28) 4; 29) 4; 30) 5;
31) 3; 32) 1; 33) 3; 34) 4; 35) 3; 36) 5; 37) 4; 38) 5; 39) 4; 40) 4.
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES EXAM
1. Anand Kumar was given which of the following awards in 2014?
1) Saraswati Samman
2) Krishi Karman Award
3) International Gandhi Award
4) Gandhi Peace Prize
5) None of these
2. Which country became the 18th member of Eurozone on 2014 January 1?
1) Estonia
2) Lithuania
3) Latvia
4) Slovenia
5) Bulgaria
3. Who is the Chairman of the committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small
Businesses and Low-Income Households?
1) Urjit Patel
2) Nachiket Mor
3) Anand Sinha
4) P.J. Nayak
5) R. Gandhi
4. Who among the following is not a Padma Bhushan award winner in 2014?
1) Leander Paes
2) P.Gopichand
3) K. Radhakrishnan
4) Ruskin Bond
5) B.K.S. Iyengar
5. Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy Cricket for the seventh time by defeating which of the
following teams in the final in January 2014?
1) Maharashtra
2) Punjab
3) Kerala
4) Mumbai
5) Baroda
6. Which of the following global majors is headed by an Indian?
1) Google
2) Yahoo!
3) Facebook
4) Microsoft
5) WhatsApp
7. How many languages in India have got classical language status at present?
1) 3
2) 2
3) 6
4) 4
5) 5
8. Who became the youngest Prime Minister of Italy in February 2014?
1) Enrico Letta
2) Silvio Berlusconi
3) Manuel Valls
4) Matteo Renzi
5) None of these
9. Which of the following is the capital city of Poland?
1) Lisbon
2) Warsaw
3) Prague
4) Bratislava
5) Pristina
10. Which country hosted the Winter Olympics in February 2014?
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3) Ireland
4) Netherlands
5) Russia
11. Ramesh Agarwal of India won which of the following awards in 2014?
1) Goldman Environmental Prize
2) Tang Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Abel Prize
5) Marconi Prize
12. Which country will host the Asian Games from 2014 September 19 to October 4?
1) China
2) South Korea
3) India
4) Thailand
5) Vietnam
13. Luis Guillermo Solis became the President of which of the following countries in May 2014?
1) Colombia
2) Portugal
3) Costa Rica
4) Brazil
5) Chile
14. Dalbir Singh Suhag will become India's next?
1) Army Chief
2) Navy Chief
3) Air Force Chief
4) Attorney General
5) None of these
15. The 3rd BIMSTEC Summit was held in March 2014 in which of the following cities?
1) New Delhi
2) Bangkok
3) Colombo
4) Nay Pyi Taw
5) Kathmandu
16. Which film won the Best Film award at the 86th Oscars in March 2014?
1) The Great Beauty
2) 12 Years A Slave
3) The Hunt
4) The Broken Circle
5) American Hustle
17. Crimea was seceded from which of the following countries in March 2014?
1) Georgia
2) Belarus
3) Ukraine
4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan
18. Which of the following teams won the Santosh Trophy Football in March 2014?
1) Kerala
2) Railways
3) Karnataka
4) Sikkim
5) Mizoram
19. Arjun Bahadur Thapa is the new Secretary General of which of the following organizations?
1) BIMSTEC
2) SAARC
3) ASEAN
4) IBSA
5) None of these
20. Who is the inaugural winner of the Genesis Prize in May 2014?
1) Tomas Halik
2) BarackObama
3) Angela Merkel
4) Michael Bloomberg
5) Bill Clinton
21. Rajiv Mathur is the new?
1) CBI Director
2) IB Director
3) Chief Information Commissioner
4) Attorney General
5) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
22. The Finance Commission is constituted every?
1) Five years
2) Two years
3) Three years
4) Ten years
5) Four years
23. To look into the issue of black money a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is constituted which
is headed by?
1) Justice A.K. Patnaik
2) Justice M.B. Shah
3) Justice P.C. Ghose
4) Justice Kurian Joseph
5) None of these
24. What is the present Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)?
1) 22%
2) 22.5%
3) 23%
4) 23.5%
5) 24%
25. The Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) holders will be allowed a maximum of
how many withdrawals in a month?
1) Ten
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four
5) Five
26. Jitan Ram Manjhi became the new Chief Minister of which of the following States in May
2014?
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Bihar
4) Meghalaya
5) Manipur
27. Who is the author of the book 'Gandhi Before India'?
1) Bipan Chandra
2) Romila Thapar
3) Kushwant Singh
4) Ramachandra Guha
5) None of these
28. Which of the following States does not have a woman Chief Minister at present?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Tamil Nadu
4) West Bengal
5) Himachal Pradesh
29. On 2014 May 21 the Bharatiya Mahila Bank was included in the second schedule to the
Reserve bank of India Act, ___
1) 1935
2) 1937
3) 1934
4) 1949
5) 1950
30. Which of the following bowlers won the purple cap in the Indian Premier League 7 season?
1) Mohit Sharma
2) Sunil Narine
3) Ravindra Jadeja
4) Sandeep Sharma
5) Mitchell Johnson
31. World Food Day is observed every year on?
1) July 18
2) October 16
3) October 18
4) September 18
5) August 9
32. Madhuri Dixit has been appointed the brand ambassador for Mamta Abhiyaan campaign by
which of the following States?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Bihar
33. Vishal Sikka will become the next Chief Executive Officer of which of the following IT majors?
1) Wipro
2) TCS
3) Cognizant
4) Infosys
5) HCL
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34. Uma Bharati is the UnionCabinet Minister for?
1) Consumer Affairs
2) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
3) Women and Child Development
4) Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation
5) None of these
35. Who is the Solicitor General of India at present?
1) Harish Salve
2) Rohinton Nariman
3) Ranjit Kumar
4) Gopal Subramaniam
5) Ram Jethmalani
36. Who amongst the following is the founder of Amazon.com?
1) Steve Jobs
2) Steve Ballmer
3) Mark Zuckerberg
4) Bill Gates
5) Jeff Bezos
37. The 2014 Men's World Cup Hockey was won by Australia. Which team did it defeat in the
final?
1) Netherlands
2) India
3) Argentina
4) Spain
5) Germany
38. The 49th Jnanpith Award was given in June 2014 to an author of which of the following
languages?
1) Telugu
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Malayalam
5) Tamil
39. How many countries are the members of the World Trade Organization?
1) 158
2) 159
3) 160
4) 161
5) 162
40. Novak Djokovic defeated which of the following players to win the 2014 Wimbledon men's
singles title?
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Andy Murray
3) Stanislas Wawrinka
4) Roger Federer
5) David Ferrer
ANSWERS:
1) 5; 2) 3; 3) 2; 4) 5; 5) 1; 6) 4; 7) 3; 8) 4; 9) 2; 10) 5;
11) 1; 12) 2; 13) 3; 14) 1; 15) 4; 16) 2; 17) 3; 18) 5; 19) 2; 20) 4;
21) 3; 22) 1; 23) 2; 24) 2; 25) 4; 26) 3; 27) 4; 28) 5; 29) 3; 30) 1;
31) 2; 32) 3; 33) 4; 34) 4; 35) 3; 36) 5; 37) 1; 38) 2; 39) 3; 40) 4;
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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAM
1. RBI has permitted the NBFC-ND to act as Business Correspondents of banks with an aim of
spreading financial inclusion on 24th June 2014. NBFC-ND stands for?
1) Non Banking Finance Company at New Delhi
2) Non Banking Finance Company Non- Drawer
3) Non-deposit Non Banking Finance Company
4) New Director Non Banking Finance Company
5) None
2. On 1st July 2014, which committee submitted the report on Data and Information Management
in RBI?
1) Anand Sinha
2) H.R. Khan
3) Arundhathi Bhattacharya
4) Rakesh Mohan
5) D.K. Mohanty
3. Largest domestic issuer of overseas bond is?
1) PNB
2) SBI
3) BOI
4) IOB
5) ICICI
4. RBI was formed on the recommendations of .......... commission.
1) Kelkar
2) Curzon
3) Hilton -Young
4) Minto-morley
5) None
5. Hamara Khaata Hamara Swabhimaan (Our Account Our Pride) scheme to provide the No frill
accounts to poor announced by?
1) Indian Banks Association and SBI
2) RBI and IBA
3) Indian Banks Association and Ministry of Finance
4) SBI and IDBI
5) Ministry of Finance and World Bank
6. Banks usually share the information of CIBIL at the time of giving credit to the borrowers. CIBIL
stands for?
1) Core Inform Bureau (India) Limited
2) Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited
3) Consumer Information Bureau (India) Limited
4) Credit Information Board (India) Limited
5) Collective Information Bureau (India) Limited
7. In the term 'EMI'. E means ....... (This term used in loans).
1) Ebb
2) Engine
3) End
4) Equated
5) None
8. Savings account cannot be opened by?
1) Teacher
2) House Wife
3) Farmer
4) Person doing Money Laundering
5) Person doing more than two businesses
9. What is the condition for a bank to be called
a 'Scheduled Bank'?
1) Its business has crossed Rs.1000-cr mark.
2) Its branch network is over 100.
3) It is included in the second schedule of the RBI Act.
4) It complies with all the above conditions.
5) None
10. PJ Nayak Committee submitted its report to the RBI on 24th May 2014, has mention about
the dual regulation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as they are regulated by the RBI as well as
the .........
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3) Ministry of Law
4) Ministry of Home Affairs
5) None of above
11. Regarding Indian Currency the statements relating to RBI given. Pick the incorrect one?
1) It issues Rs.2 and above paper currency till Rs.1000 paper currency now .
2) It was given power to issue the paper currency denomination up to Rs.10,000.
3) It issues Rs.1 also .
4) Coins Mint by Government of India
5) It acts as the Government's agent for issue and distribution of coins.
12. MICR cheques are familiar these days. In MICR, first three digits say the city name or district
name and next three digits say?
1) branch code
2) bank license code
3) bank name
4) bank head office name
5) None
13. Present CRR is .......
1) 4%
2) 22.5%
3) 8%
4) 7%
5) 9%
14. Union Budget for 2014-15 proposes REITS for infrastructure projects to reduce pressure on
banking system. REITs stands for?
1) Real Estate Investment Trusts
2) Real Estate Innovation Trusts
3) Real Estate Infrastructure Trusts
4) Real Estate Industrial Trusts
5) None of these
15. Which scheme introduced to help in generating awareness and improving the efficiency of
delivery of welfare services meant for women with an initial corpus of Rs.100 crore in the Union
Budget 2014-15?
1) Beti Bachao, Beti Badhao Yojana
2) Beti Bachao, Beti Banhao Yojana
3) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
4) Beti Padhao, Beti Jaman Yojana
5) None
16. First indigenous Anti-Submarine Warship (ASW) joined Indian Naval Ship on 12th July 2014.
It is .......
1) INS Kamorta
2) INS Sindur
3) INS Konkan
4) INS Lakor
5) None
17. FIFA suspended which nation from all international football competitions on 9th July 2014,
alleging the government interference is more in that nation's food ball federation?
1) Nigeria
2) Brazil
3) Switzerland
4) Sweden
5) Norway
18. Rammasun, the strong typhoon attacked large parts of the ............ on 15th July 2014?
1) India
2) Egypt
3) Philippines
4) Italy
5) None
19. 6th BRICS Summit held on 15-16 July 2014 at .......
1) Fortaleza, Brazil
2) Ufa, Russia
3) New Delhi, India
4) Beijing, China
5) None
20. BRICS development bank will be having headquarters at?
1) New Delhi
2) Shanghai
3) Brasilia
4) Johannesburg
5) Moscow
21. India and which nation decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation on 8 July
2014. This nation's foreign secretary of state William Hague visiting India for this purpose.
1) USA
2) Bulgaria
3) New Zealand
4) UK
5) Germany
22. In the education schemes, MDMS stands for?
1) Mid Day Maintenance Scheme
2) More Day Meal Scheme
3) Mid Dull Meal Scheme
4) Mid Day Meal Scheme
5) None
23. On 11th July, 2014, Supreme Court ordered Union Government to bring wages under
MGNREGS on par with minimum wages existing under different states. MGNREGS stands for?
1) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Group Scheme.
2) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guild Scheme.
3) Mahatma Gandhi National Rozgar Employment Guarantee Scheme.
4) Millennium Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
5) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
24. Who was awarded with the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013?
1) Dalia lama
2) Barack Obama
3) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
4) Shianzo Abe
5) None
25. Keshari Nath Tripathi took oath as the Governor of?
1) West Bengal
2) UP
3) Odisha
4) Meghalaya
5) None
26. New state formed recently ........
1) Purvanchal
2) Haritha Pradesh
3) Kodagu
4) Telangana
5) Bodo land
27. Who was elected as the 10th president of Israel on 10th June 2014 succeeding Shimon
Peres?
1) Benjamin Netanyahu
2) Francis Holliand
3) Reuven Ruby Rivlin
4) Joe Baden
5) None
28. FIFA 2014 foot ball cup won by ...
1) Germany
2) Italy
3) France
4) USA
5) None
29. Which Indian Ace Tennis Player and Cara Black of South Africa were ranked careerbest fifth
in the latest WTA Doubles Rankings?
1) Rushmi Chakravarthi
2) Ankita Bhambri
3) Sania Mirza
4) Manisha Malhotra
5) None
30. On 10th July 2014, UNO released World Urbanization Prospects report. As per it the most
populous city in the world is Tokyo having 38 million populations. Which city got second rank
having 25 million population?
1) New York
2) Milan
3) Jakarta
4) Ottawa
5) New Delhi
31. 'Land Belongs to the Future - Let's Climate Proof It' is theme of World Day to Combat
Desertification. The World Day to Combat Desertification observed on ........
1) 10th June
2) 17th June
3) 1st July
4) 10th May
5) 10th July
32. Who releases first Encyclopedia on Hinduism, edited by Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji of the
Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh?
1) Abdul Kalam
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) Narendra Modi
5) None
33. Thailand capital is?
1) Kuala Lumpur
2) Hanoi
3) Canberra
4) Colombo
5) Bangkok
34. Which nation allows dual citizenship for the children of immigrants on 3rd July 2014?
1) USA
2) Canada
3) Germany
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4) France
5) Italy
35. Swami and His Friends, Grand Mother's Tale, A Tiger for Malgudi, The Man-eater of Malgudi,
A Horse and Two Goats, The Bachelor of Arts are the books of ........
1) Mulk Raj Anand
2) Raja Rao
3) Vivekananda
4) R.K. Narayan
5) None
36. Flipkart, India's largest e-retailer, on 22 May 2014 acquired the country's biggest fashion
portal?
1) Myntra
2) Snapdeal
3) Amazon
4) e-bay
5) None
37. CCEA headed by .......
1) Commerce Minister
2) Finance Minister
3) Prime Minister
4) President of India
5) None
38. Marylebone Cricket Club XI on 5th July 2014 won the match played to celebrate 200- years
(bi-centenary of Lord's Cricket Ground on 5th July 2014. The team led by?
1) Steve Waugh
2) Kapil Dev
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Shen Warne
5) None
39. Chief Ministers combination given. Locate the wrong option.
1) Assam - Tarun Gogoi
2) Haryana - Bhupinder Singh Hooda
3) Jharkhand - Raman Singh
4) Manipur - Ibobi Singh
5) Meghalaya - Mukul Sangma
40. Pension scheme for farmers and scheme to air-lift doctors to remote areas introduced on 5th
June 2014 by?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Odisha
3) HP
4) Delhi
5) Kerala
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-5, 3-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-2, 7-4, 8-4, 9-3, 10-1
11-3, 12-3, 13-1, 14-1, 15-3, 16-1, 17-1, 18-3, 19-1, 20-2
21-4, 22-4, 23-5, 24-3, 25-1, 26-4, 27-3, 28-1, 29-3, 30-5
31-2, 32-3, 33-5, 34-3, 35-4, 36-1, 37-3, 38-3, 39-3, 40-1
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Highlights of the Union Budget 2014-15
Here are the highlights of the Budget 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley.
Fiscal deficit
Accepts fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP for 2014/15
Fiscal deficit seen at 3.6 percent of GDP in 2015/16
Finance Minister says: "We cannot spend beyond our means"
Tax-to-GDP ratio must be raised
Growth
Aims for sustained growth of 7-8 percent in the next 3-4 years
Finance minister says he is bound to usher in policies for higher growth, lower
inflation
Taxation
Aims to approve goods and services tax by end of this year
Will not change rules on retrospective taxation
All pending cases of retrospective tax for indirect transfers to be examined by
a high-level committee before action is taken
Proposes changes in transfer pricing mechanism
Extends 5 percent withholding tax on corporate bonds until June 30 2017
Income tax exemption limit raised by Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh and for senior
citizens to Rs 3 lakh
Government expects Rs 9.77 lakh crore revenue crore from taxes
Long term capital gain tax for mutual funds doubled to 20 per cent; lock-in
period increased to three years
Excise duty on footwear reduced from 12 per cent to 6 per cent
Net effect of direct tax proposals is revenue loss of Rs 22,200 crore
Tax proposals on indirect tax front would yield Rs. 7,525 crore
Investment
Raises limit on foreign direct investment in defence sector from 26 per cent to
49 per cent; raises FDI limit in insurance sector to 49 percent
Earmarks Rs 7000 Crore to create 100 "smart cities"
Will provide the necessary tax changes to introduce real estate investment
trusts and infrastructure investment trusts
Proposes Rs 4000 crore for affordable housing through national housing bank
and extends tax incentives for housing loans
Exemption limit for investment in financial instruments under 80C raised to Rs
1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.
Investment limit in PPF raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh
Foreign direct investment
Raises limit on foreign direct investment in defence sector from 26 percent to
49 percent
Raises FDI limit in insurance sector from 26 percent to 49 percent
Spending
Capital outlay for defence raised by 50 billion rupees over interim budget
Earmarks Rs 7000 crore to create 100 "smart cities"
Proposes Rs 5000 crore for warehousing capacity; 100 billion rupees of
private capital for start-up companies; and 378 billion rupees of investment in
national and state highways
Rs 4000 crore for affordable housing proposed through national housing bank
and extends tax incentives for housing loans
Proposes Rs 8000 crore for rural housing scheme
Subsidies
Plans to make food and petroleum subsidies more targeted
Rural job-guarantee scheme, which provides 100 days of paid employment a
year, will become more focused on asset creation
Proposes Rs 8000 crore for rural housing scheme
Agriculture
Will focus on achieving 4 growth per year in agriculture
Proposes a long-term rural credit fund with an initial corpus of Rs 5000 crore
Rs 100 crore for development of organic farming
Social sector
Pension Scheme to be revived for a year (Aug 15-14) for citizens above 60
Rs 50,548 crore for SC welfare schemes.
Rs 32,387 crore for ST welfare schemes.
Infrastructure
Earmarks Rs 500 crore for 24x7 uninterrupted power in all homes
Rs 100 crore for metro projects in Lucknow and Ahmedabad
Rs 2,037 crore set aside for Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called
'Namami Gange'
Rs 200 crore for world-class sports stadium in Jammu and Kasmir
Trade Facilitation Centre in Varanasi Handloom and Crafts Museum
Rs 1000 crore to enhance rail connectivity in the Northeast
Rs 2250 crore for the development and modernization of the border
infrastructure
A project on the river Ganga called 'Jal Marg Vikas' for inland waterways
between Allahabad and Haldia; Rs 4,200 crore set aside for the purpose
War memorial to be set up along with a war museum; Rs 100 crore set aside
for this
Rs 7,060 crore for setting up 100 Smart Cities
Education
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Five more IIMs to be opened in HP, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan
Five more IITs in Jammu, Chattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Four more AIIMS like institutions to come up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal,
Vidarbha in Maharashtra and Poorvanchal in Uttar Pradesh
Tourism
E-Visas to be introduced at 9 airports
Finance Minister says tourism helps in job creation and e-visas will encourage
more tourists to visit India
A provision of Rs 500 crore for five tourism sector.
Banking
Deduction limit on interest on loan for self-occupied house raised to Rs 2 lakh
from Rs 1.5 lakh.
Set aside Rs 11,200 crore for PSU banks capitalisation
Government in favour of consolidation of PSU banks
Government considering giving greater autonomy to PSU banks while making
them accountable
PSUs to invest to over Rs 2.47 lakh crore this fiscal
Others
Earmarks Rs 200 crore for Sardar Patel statue
Proposes Rs 150 crore for improving women safety
LCD, LED TV become cheaper
Cigarettes, pan masala, tobacco, aerated drinks become costlier
Government proposes to launch Digital India' programme to ensure broad
band connectivity at village level
Rs 100 crore scheme to support about 600 new and existing Community
Radio Stations
Rs 150 crore for Communication facilities in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Rs 188 crore for disaster preparedness in Puducherry
Rs 3,600 crore for providing safe drinking water
North-stop 24-hour channel is proposed to be introduced
Farmer TV channel will be launched for the benefit of farmers.
Rs 200 crore to make Delhi a world class city for social welfare and Rs 500
crore for energy
Kisan Vikas Patra to be reintroduced, National Savings Certificate with
insurance cover to be launched
'Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya New Teachers Training Programme' launched
with initial sum of Rs 500 crore
Government provides Rs 500 crore for rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri
migrants
Indian Custom Single Window Project to be taken up for facilitating trade
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Railway Budget 2014-15 Highlights
Union Railways Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Rail Budget in the Parliament 8 July,
2014.
Here are the highlights:
Grateful to honourable PM Narendra Modi ji for having given me this
opportunity and for entrusting me with this responsibility
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom
It gives me immense pleasure to present my first Railway Budget flooded with
suggestion for new trains, new railway lines
We now target to become the largest freight carrier in the world
Indian railways carry only 31% of the total freight in the country. It is a
challenge we have to face
5 lakh crore required each year for the next ten years for ongoing projects
alone
23 paisa lost per passenger per km in 2012-13
Social obligation of Railways in 2013-14 was Rs. 20,000 crore
Focus on sanctioning projects rather than completing them
The more projects we add the thinner we spread our resources
I can get claps from this house by announcing many new projects but that
would be rendering injustice to the struggling organization
The fare revision was tough but a necessary decision - it will bring Indian
Railways an additional revenue of 8,000 crores
Indian Railways carries more than the entire population of Australia in a day
Populist projects and mismanagement have brought Railways to point of
funds crunch
This state of affairs in railways needs immediate course correction
Gross traffic receipts in 2013-14 was Rs. 1.3 lakh crore, operating ratio was
94 per cent
Indian Railways spent Rs. 41,000 crore on laying of 3,700 km of new lines in
last 10 years
Need to explore alternative sources of resource mobilisation and not depend
on fare hike alone
Large part of the budget outlay to go to safety projects
Maximum financial outlays for projects slated for completion in this area itself
High priority areas - safety, cleanliness, passenger amenities and capacity
augmentation
Future projects to be financed on public-private partnership model
Plans to attract investment from domestic and foreign players in
infrastructure; focus to be on aggressive indigenisation
FY15 Total Expenditure Pegged At Rs.1.49 lakh crore
FY15 total receipts pegged at Rs.1.64 lakh crore
Propose to hike budgetary plan outlay to Rs.47,650 crore
FY15 passenger fare revenue pegged at Rs.44,600 crore
Pre-cooked meals by reputed brands, focus on cleanliness and passenger
feedback
Outsource cleaning activities at 50 major stations, separate housekeeping
wing for cleanliness and sanitation
CCTVs to be used for monitoring cleanliness
RO Drinking water at stations and trains
Corporates encouraged to adopt stations for better maintenance and upkeep
17,000 Railway Protection Force personnel to be available soon
Introduction of women RPF constables, coaches meant for women to be
escorted for greater safety
Bullet train:
Indian Railways on course to fulfill its long cherished dream. I propose a Bullet
train on the Ahmedabad - Mumbai sector
Higher speed for existing trains will be achieved by upgrading the present
network
23 projects underway in North-East. Propose to allocate higher funds than
previous year for these projects
New Trains and Extended Trains in Rail Budget 2014
58 new trains, including five new 'Jansadharan' trains and an equal number of
premium group of trains have been proposed in the Rail Budget presented by
railway minister Sadananda Gowda on 8 July, 2014.
The new trains include six AC Express trains, 27 Express trains, eight
passenger trains, two Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) services and 5
Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) services besides extension of 11 existing
trains.
Jansadharan Trains
(1) Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via Surat
(2) Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
(3) Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express
(4) Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan Express via Motihari
(5) Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
Premium Trains
(1) Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium AC Express
(2) Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC Express
(3) Secunderabad-- Hazrat Nizamuddin Premium AC Express
(4) Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
(5) Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
AC Express Trains
(1) Vijayawada-NewDelhiAPExpress (Daily)
(2) LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
(3) Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
(4) Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
(5) Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
(6) Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
(1) Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly) via Varanasi
(2) Ahmedabad- Chennai Express (Bi-weekly) via Vasai Road
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(3) Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily)
(4) Bengaluru -Shimoga Express (Bi-weekly)
(5) Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Kota
(6) Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
(7) Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri-weekly) via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi
(8) Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a week)
(9) Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express (Daily)
(10) Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity Express (Daily)
(11) Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express (Weekly)
(12) Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly) via Nagpur
(13) Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express (Weekly)
(14) Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly)
(15) Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Darbhanga
(16) Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Bi-weekly)
(17) Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express (Weekly)
(18) Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly) via Balharshah
(19) Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
(20) New Delhi -Bhatinda Shatabdi Express (Bi-weekly)
(21) New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
(22) Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
(23) Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly)
(24) Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly)
(25) Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly)
(26) Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) Express (Weekly)
(27) Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)
Passenger Trains
(1) Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
(2) Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily) via Alnavar
(3) Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
(4) Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger (Daily)
(5) Hatia-Rourkela Passenger
(6) Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
(7) Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger (Daily)
(8) Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger(Daily)
MEMU services
(1) Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week (3Pairs)
(2) Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
DEMU services
(1) Bengaluru -Neelmangala (Daily)
(2) Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via Ballia
(3) Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
(4) Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)
(5) Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)
Extension of Run of Existing Trains
(1) 22409/22410 Anand Vihar Sasaram Garib Rath Express to Gaya
(2) 12455/12456 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Sriganganagar Express to Bikaner
(3) 15231/15232 Gondia Muzaffarpur Express to Barauni
(4) 12001/12002 New Delhi Bhopal Shatabdi Express to Habibganj
(5) 54602 Ludhiana-Hissar Passenger to Sadulpur
(6) 55007/55008 Sonpur-Kaptanganj Passenger to Gorakhpur
(7) 55072/55073 Gorakhpur-Thawe Passenger to Siwan
(8) 63237/63238 Buxar-Mughalsarai MEMU to Varanasi
(9) 63208/63211 Jhajha-Patna MEMU to Jasidih
(10) 64221/64222 Lucknow Hardoi MEMU to Shahjahanpur
(11) 68002/68007 Howrah-Belda MEMU to Jaleswar
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