CAT -16 Central Bank of India General Awareness

1. Which of the following falls in the range of GDP growth predicted by RBI for 2010-11?
a) 7%
b) 7.5%
c) 6.9%
d) 8%
e) None of these

2. Recently famous Vinda Karandikar has passed away? He was -
a) Cine Actor
b) Journalist
c) Poet
d) Sportsperson
e) None of these

3. Which of the following agency/regulatory body provides banking licence to private companies?
a) Registrar of companies
b) SEBI
c) IIBF
d) IBA
e) None of these

4. Indus treaty was signed between India and -
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Bhutan
e) None of these

5. Indira canal gives water to -
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Nepal
e) None of these

6. Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, has recently recived which of the following -
a) khel ratna award
b) Bharat Ratna
c) Dronacharya award
d) Arjuna award
e) Mother Teresa Award for 2010

7.Which of the follwing books are written by Kiran Desai?
a) The White Tiger
b) The Financial Expert
c) Two States
d) The Inheritance of Loss
e) None of these

8. Surijit Pattar is a poet in which language -
a) Hindi
b) Bengali
c) Punjabi
d) Marathi
e) None of these

9. In oscar awards 2010, Sandra Bullock has won -
a) Best Actress
b) Best Director
c) Best Production
d) Best Singer
e) Best Playback Singer

10. Who is the chairman of 19th law commission?
a) P.V.Reddi
b) k G Balakrishnan
c) Gyan Sudha Mishra
d) S H Kapadia
e) None of these

11. Which of the following words are not banking/finance words?
a) Provision coverage Ratio
b) Bank Rate
c) Commodification
d) Derivative
e) Stock

12. Which of the following cups are related to hockey?
a) Durand cup
b) Santosh Trophy
c) Ranji Cup
d) Rangaswamy cup
e) None of these

13. Insurance products sold by banks in their branches is called
a) bancassurance
b) General Insurance
c) Life Insurance
d) Financial Inclusion
e) None of these

14.We ofter read term NAV while dealing in mutual funds or Ulip linked investment plans. What is NAV?
a) Nominal Asset Value
b) Net Asset Value
c) Nominal Acid Valuation
d) Nominal Asset Valuation
e) None of these

15. Recently India has signed an agreement to import LNG from which country?
a) Australia
b) Mongolia
c) Iran
d) Qatar
e) Turkmenistan

16. ADAG companies are called -
a) Hinduja Group
b) Textile Companies
c) Reliance Companies
d) Aditya Birla Group
e) None of these

17. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is a reserve currency issued by which of the following organisation?
a) World Bank
b) International Monetary Fund
c) International Labor Ogranisation
d) World Health Ogranisation
e) Asian Development Bank

18. Which of the following won the Hockey world cup 2010?
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Newzealand
d) Australia
e) France

19. Which of the following toxic gases are emanated from the waste water?
a) Methane
b) H2SO4
c) So2
d) Helium
e) Nitrogen

20. What is Bank rate?
a) The rate at which Bank transfer funds to RBI
b) Interest rate charged by central bank on loans and advances to control money supply in the economy and the banking sector
c) Rate at which banks maintain their funds with RBI
d) None of these

21. Which of the following is used in cricket?
a) Love
b) Penalty corner
c) No Ball
d) None of these

22. Which of the following regulates the foreign investments?
a) SEBI
b) RBI
c) Ministry of finance
d) Ministry of commerce and industry
e) None of these

23. 34th national games will eb held in -
a) kerla
b) Punjab
c) Chennai
d) Jharkhand
e) Chhatisgarh

24. India's ONGC has got approval for two Nigerian deep water blocks, OPL-279 and OPL-285. What is OPL?
a) Oil Privatisation league
b) Oil Purification Lease
c) Oil Production License
d) Oil Prospecting License
e) none of these

25. Where was food security declarations signed by BRIC nations?
a) Brasilia
b) Moscow
c) Davos
d) Geneva
e) None of these

26. Who is the author of book 'Solo'?
a) Gurcharan Das
b) Amitav Ghosh
c) Rana dasgupta
d) Cheten Bhagat

27. When is World Water day observed?
a) March 22
b) March 23
c) March 24
d) March 25