General Awareness Question -- Part 6

 General Awareness Question -- Part 6

Some Most Important General Awareness Question -- Part 6

1. Which of the committee has given its recommendations on “Financial inclusions”?

Ans. Rakesh Mohan committee

2. The ratio of the cash reserves that the banks are required to keep with RBI is known as?

Ans. Statutory liquidity ratio

3. Which amongst the following is called as mother of deposits?

Ans. savings bank

4. What do you mean by yellow revolution?

Ans. oil seeds and pulse production

5. The currency of IMF is known as ?

Ans. SDR (Special Drawing Rights)

6. Which Indian power company acquired AES Saurashtra Windfarms, a subsidiary of US-based AES Corp, which owns a 39.2 MW wind energy farm in Gujarat in Oct 2013?

Ans. Tata Power

7. Who has been awarded the Asian Business Leaders Award 2013 for his “impressive business credentials” and service to society by London-based Asia House in July 2013?

Ans. Azim Premji

8. Which country has topped the global chart of remittances with a whopping USD 71 billion in remittances in 2013?

Ans. India

9. Who took over charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on 1 October 2013?

Ans. S. Varadarajan

10. Japan-based Line Corporation, a provider of instant messaging service, has roped in which Bollywood actress as its brand ambassador for India in Oct 2013?

Ans. Katrina Kaif

11. What is the normal duration of Hockey game ?

Ans. 70 Minutes

12. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations ?

Ans. Ham Radio

13. Who is the founder of 'The Washington Post' Newspaper?

Ans. Stilson Hutchins

14. Headquarters of Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) is in?

Ans. London

15. Headquarters of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is in?

Ans. Montreal

16. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ?

Ans. AK Antony

17. The population of which BRICS nation crossed 200 million mark recently?

Ans. Brazil

18. Which IIM of the country recently launched a first-of-its-kind management development programme on Islamic Banking and Finance?

Ans. IIM, Kashipur

19. Who was appointed as the new Chairperson of the National School of Drama (NSD) Society on 19 August, 2013?

Ans. Ratan Thiyam

20. Who was appointed as the new Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 17 August, 2013?

Ans. Dilip Trivedi