CAT -10 Canara Bank PO General Awareness for Bank exams

1. What is the repo rate currently?
a) 5%
b) 6%
c) 5.25%
d) 3.75%

2. Repo rate is -
a) Rate at which banks transfer funds transfer
b) Repurchase Obligation
c) Rate at which banks maintain their depoists with RBI
d) Rate at which banks lends to RBI

3. What is the currency of South Africa?
a) Renminbi
b) Yuan
c) Dollar
d) Rand

4. NBFC stands for -
a) New Banking Finance Company
b) Non Banking Finance Company
c) Non Banking Finance Corporation
d) None of these

5. GDP presents the growth of the country. It stands for -
a) Gross Domestic Product
b) Gross Dpreciating Product
c) Gross Domestic Production
d) Gross Domestic Preview

6. Ela bhatt, who was  chosen for Niwano Peace Prize, is the founder of
a) Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
b) Self Help Group (SHG)
c) Self Employed Rural People Association
d) None of these

7. SDR, a reserve currency, is related to the which financial institution?
a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) G-20
d) WHO

8. India has given a $ 1 billion line of credit to which country -
a) Nepal
b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Bangladesh

9. Which of the following is true?
a) Arjuna Awards - Sports
b) Man Booker Prize - literature
c) Moorti Devi Award - literature
d) All are true

10. Who is president of Costa Rica?
a) Stephan Harper
b) Laura chinchilla
c) Viktor Yanukovych
d) Kevin Rudd

11. Viktor Yanukovych has been elected as the President of -
a) Australia
b) Zimbawe
c) South Africa
d) Ukraine

12. Recently Rajya Sabha passed a women reservation bill. what is the reservation provided in this bill?
a) 23%
b) 33%
c) 43%
d) 53%

13. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in -
a) London
b) Brazil
c) Rio De Janeiro
d) Russia

14. The winner of IPL 2010 is -
a) Chennai Super Kings    
b) Mumbai Indians
c) Kolkata Knight Riders
d) Rajsthan Royals

15. Who is chairman of 13th finance commission?
a) vijay kelkar
b) P V Reddy
c) K G balakishan
d) Y V Reddy

16. On which date, Earth day is observed?
a) 22 April
b) 23 April
c) 24 April
d) 25 April

17. Base rate is going to be implemented from -
a) 1 july 2009
b) 1 july 2010
c) 2 July 2010
d) 1 July 2011

18. Which of the following person is not  related to literature?
a) Arvind Adiga
b) Kiran Desai
c) Amitav Ghosh
d) M F Hussain

19. Wadi Project is related to -
a) Tribal Development
b) justifying the numbers of OBCs
c) welfare schemes for only SC/STs
d) infrastructure Development

20. Mithali Raj is associated with which sport -
a) Cricket
b) Hockey
c) Football
d) Squash

21. Which country is not playing International cricket?
a) pakistan
b) Ireland
c) South Africa
d) China

22. Fund allocated for drought mitigation in the Bundelkhand region in the Budget 2010-11 is -
a) 12000 Crore
b) 1400 Crore
c) 1200 Crore
d) 1000 Crore

23. Banking services provided to rural people at affordable costs is termed as -
a) Financial Inclusion
b) Financial Assistance
c) Financial Help
d) Financial drive

24. Which of the following term is not related to banking and finance?
a) Deposits
b) NPA
c) RBI
d) Cell fusion

25. India and  Bangladesh 1,310 megawatt coal-fired power plant is proposed to be set up at -
a) Chalna            
b) Tamil nadu
c) Chennai
d) Kaddpa

26. which of the following commission recommended to cut fiscal deficit to 3% of the GDP by the end of fiscal year 2013-14
a) 13th Finance Commission
b) Narasimha commission
c) Election Commission
d) 12th Finance Commission

27. Recently which country celebrated the Rabindranath Tagore birthday except India?
a) USA
b) Singapore
c) China
d) Pakistan

28. Which country showed objections on the meeting of Dalai Lama and Barack Obama?
a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) India
d) China

29. Which of the following books are written by R K Narayan?
a) The Financial Expert
b) The World of Nagaraj
c) The Rediscovery of India
d) Both a and b

30. Who won the best male actor in 55th Film fare awards?
a) Abhishek Bachchan
b) Saif Ali Khan
c) Shahrukh Khan
d) None of these

31. Which of the following cup is not related to Cricket?
a) Scindia Gold cup
b) C. K. Naydu Trophy
c) Rothman's Trophy
d) Benson and Hedges

32. Recently India passed a  constitutional provisions for reserving seats for women candidates under Women Reservation Bill. Which of following country
also provides such provision?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Both a and b
d) China

33. Which of the following represents the financial position of a company?
a) Balance sheet
b) Profit and loss account
c) Trading Account
d) Cash Flow statement

34. Which of following country is facing debt crisis?
a) Greece
b) Singpore
c) Russia
d) France

35. Which of the following is Rural health scheme?
a) NREGA
b) IAY
c) NRHM
d) JNNURM

36. Which of the following term is used in Hockey?
a) Penalty Corner
b) Bullish
c) Banana Ball
d) free kick

37. The terms 'Bull' and 'Bear' is related to -
a) SEBI
b) Insurance Sector
c) Mutual Funds
d) Stock market