general awareness

Q1. Wal-Mart India has appointed _____________ as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President.

(a) Manohar Mittal

(b) Sudev Bansal

(c) Sameer Srivastava

(d) Devendra Chawla

(e) Shruti Bhanwala

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. WalMart India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has appointed Devendra Chawla as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President.

Q2. Which of the following herbal products manufacturing company has recently collaborated with Google and Facebook, for the first time for Online Advertisement Push?

(a) Dabur

(b) Himalaya Ltd.

(c) Patanjali Ayurved Ltd

(d) Surya Herbal Ltd.

(e) Bliss Ayurveda

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Patanjali Ayurved Ltd., the manufacturer of the herbal product founded by yoga guru Baba Ramdev collaborates with Google and Facebook, Patanjali is for the first time investing in advertisements tailored for online audiences.

Q3. Name the Private lender which has recently raised interest rates on savings bank account for large balance above Rs 1 crore to 5%?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) Karnataka Bank

(d) Kotak Mahendra Bank

(e) Karur Vysya Bank

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Karnataka Bank has raised interest rates on savings bank account for large balance above Rs 1 crore to 5% while for small balances below Rs 1 lakh, the bank has reduced it to 3%. Earlier the private bank was charging 4% irrespective of the amount in the account.

Q4. In which of the following state Aadi Perukku Festival was celebrated recently?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Odisha

(d) Kerala

(e) Andhra Pradesh

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Aadi Perukku Festival was Celebrated recently in Tamil Nadu. The Aadi perukku festival was celebrated with religious fervour in the towns of Mettur, Poolampatti etc situated on the banks of River Cauvery.

Q5. What is the maturity period for senior citizen savings scheme?

(a) 3 years

(b) 1 years

(c) 2 years

(d) 5 years

(e) 4 years

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. There shall be only one deposit in the account in multiple of INR.1000/- maximum not exceeding INR 15 lakh in senior citizen savings scheme. Maturity period is 5 years.

Q6. The Overseas Principal should obtain necessary authorization from the Reserve Bank of India under the provisions of which Act to commence/ operate a payment system?

(a) Reserve Bank of India Act–1934

(b) Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act– 1970

(c) Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules, 1949

(d) Payment and Settlement Systems Act (PSS Act), 2007

(e) None of the given options is true

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Overseas Principal should obtain necessary authorization from the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Reserve Bank of India under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act (PSS Act), 2007 to commence/operate a payment system.

Q7. ___________ is a quick and easy way of transferring personal remittances from abroad to beneficiaries in India.

(a) MTSS

(b) NEFT

(c) RTGS

(d) NPCI

(e) SWIFT

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS) is a quick and easy way of transferring personal remittances from abroad to beneficiaries in India. Only inward personal remittances into India such as remittances towards family maintenance and remittances favouring foreign tourists visiting India are permissible.

Q8. For which of the following city, Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI to develop high- yielding rice varieties?

(a) Varanasi

(b) Kolkata

(c) Chennai

(d) Bengaluru

(e) New Delhi

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI in Varanasi to develop high- yielding rice varieties.

Q9. A new representative body USISPF is being set up to enhance business relations between India and US. What does 'F' stands for in USISPF?

(a) Factory

(b) Function

(c) Frame

(d) Fund

(e) Forum

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. A new representative body US- India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is being set up to enhance business relations between India and US.

Q10. Which of the following state government has initiated the process of inducting Indian women team cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur as a DSP in the state police?

(a) Haryana Government

(b) Rajasthan Government

(c) Uttar Pradesh Government

(d) Punjab Government

(e) Odisha Government

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Punjab government has initiated the process of inducting Indian women team cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur as a DSP in the state police. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed the state Director General of Police (DGP) Suresh Arora to complete the necessary formalities for her appointment as DSP.

Q11. NCLT has recently approved the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and Telenor India. What does 'T' stands for in NCTL?

(a) Technology

(b) Tribunal

(c) Terminal

(d) Technical

(e) Telecom

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and Telenor India. Airtel would take over its spectrum in all seven circles — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), UP (West) and Assam.

Q12. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Odisha

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Gujarat

(e) Karnataka

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Construction on the plant began on 31 March 2002.

Q13. What is the Currency of Bhutan? 

(a) Marka

(b) Manat

(c) Ngultrum

(d) Dong

(e) Tala

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Ngultrum is the currency of Bhutan. It replaced the rupee in 1974. It is subdivided into 100 chhertum. The Ngultrum is currently pegged to the Indian rupee at par.

Q14. Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/Bharatpur National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Rajasthan

(c) West Bengal

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Gujarat

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Formerly known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, the Avifauna sanctuary is located in Rajasthan. Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary (or Bharatpur National Park) was created around 250 years ago and was named after a Shiva temple located within the forest by the Rajput King Maharaja Suraj Mal. Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary was announced as a bird sanctuary in 1971 and is famous for housing over 230 species of birds.

Q15. Name the Senior bureaucrat who was recently appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).

(a) Mohammad Mustafa

(b) Amit Kulkarni

(c) Asraf Parvez

(d) Raja Mehta

(e) Sandeep Kumar

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Senior bureaucrat Mohammad Mustafa was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).

SSC MTS 2017 Re Exam Dates

SSC MTS 2017 Exam Dates

SSC MTS 2017 Paper 1 was scheduled on 30th April 2017. But as the paper was leaked, SSC cancelled the scheduled exam and re-scheduled it from 16th September to 31st October 2017 through Online Mode of Examination.

Serial Number	Activity	Dates
1	Online Registration Process	31st december2016-30th January 2017
2	Admit Card	September 2017
3	Commencement of Paper-1 exam	16th Sep to 31st Oct 2017
4	Result of Paper-1	NA
5	Admit card for descriptive test	NA
6	Commencement of Descriptive Test	NA
7	Final Result	NA

                      SSC MTS (Multi-Tasking Staff) Re Exam will be conducted first time in ONLINE Mode from 16th September to 31st October 2017 by the Staff Selection Commission. So, SSC has released the Practice Test for SSC MTS 2016-17 Exam.
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Syllabus for IBPS RRB 2017 Exam

Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. Earlier students used to have a mindset of ignoring the complex puzzles, thereby solving the other questions that were comparatively easy. But to their dismay, this strategy won’t be working anymore as so many questions from the other topics like directions, etc. are being asked in the form of puzzles only. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming exam of IBPS RRB is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. Following is the syllabus of Reasoning Ability for IBPS RRB 2017 Examination:

• Puzzles 
• Seating Arrangements 
• Direction Sense
• Blood Relation
• Syllogism
• Order and Ranking
• Coding-Decoding
• Machine Input-Output
• Inequalities
• Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
• Data Sufficiency
• Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Statement & Conclusion, Argument and Cause & Effect)

Worried regarding what was asked in the reasoning section of RRB Office Assistant and Officer Scale-I exam last year!! So here the complete analysis of reasoning section of  RRB Exam 2016. 

Topics	Office Assistant Prelims 2016	Office Assitant Mains 2016	Officer Scale-I Prelims 2016	Officer Scale-I Mains 2016
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	10	20	10	20
Blood Relation, Direction Sense	5
Syllogism	5	5	5	6
Coding-Decoding		5		1
Inequalities	5		5
Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series	5			3
Data Sufficiency		5
Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)				8
Miscellaneous( Ranking, Direction Sense, Blood Relation, etc.)	10	5	15	2

Quantitative Aptitude

This section has always been giving the aspirants heebie-jeebies when they appear for any examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section too will be making your blood run cold. As per the analysis of previous examinations, the questions asked in this section are calculative and very time consuming. Data Interpretation and topics from arithmetic section make it hard for one to deal with the section as easily as any other section. The level of questions asked in the previous year RRB Examination was moderate to difficult as most of the questions asked were from arithmetic section that almost every aspirant broke out in a cold sweat. Following is the syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB 2017 Examination:

• Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
• Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
• Number Series
• Approximation and Simplification
• Data Sufficiency
• Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns).

So this was the syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB Exam and here are the details of the questions asked in quantitative aptitude section of  IBPS RRB 2016 Exam.

Topics	Office Assistant Prelims 2016	Office Assistant Mains 2016	Officer Scale-I Prelims	Officer Scale-I Mains
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)	5	10	15	15
Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)/ Simplification	10	5	5	5
Number Series	5		5	5
Approximation and Simplification	5
Data Sufficiency		5
Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)	15	20	10	15

English Language

The questions asked in this section can be easily handled if your basics are clear. Sometimes, even those who can communicate very well in English, fail to perform to the best of their ability in competitive exams. Instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Following is the syllabus of English Language for IBPS RRB 2017 Examination:

• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Fillers
• Sentence Errors
• Vocabulary based questions
• Sentence Improvement
• Jumbled Paragraph 
• Word Usage
• Phrase/Connectors
• Paragraph related question (Para connectors, para completion, para restatement, paragraph inference, para fillers)

Following were the number and type of questions asked in English Language Section of IBPS RRB 2016 Exam:

Topics	Office Assistant Mains 2016	Officer Scale-I Mains 2016
Reading Comprehension	15	15
Cloze Test (odd one out)	10	10
Sentence Fillers	5	5
Sentence Errors	5	5
Jumbled Paragraph	5	5

General Awareness

So much is happening around the globe every day that unless you keep yourself abreast of these updates you cannot adjust yourself to deal with the GA section of any exam smoothly and easily. The questions asked in last year's General Awareness Section were mainly based on Banking Awareness, Static Awareness, and Current Affairs. Unless one knows the historical background or the geographical location of the events reported, they will convey little of value of importance. In short, one must bring to the reading of newspapers an educated mind, an informed judgment, and an essentially critical understanding, if they are to serve any purpose in the forthcoming competitive examinations.

• Banking and Insurance Awareness 
• Financial Awareness 
• Govt. Schemes and Policies 
• Current Affairs 
• Static Awareness 

Computer Knowledge

Computer Knowledge is a subject, many students are already familiar with. With practice and the right approach this is surely a section which can fetch you those much easily attainable marks. To score well in this section you need to know some technical aspect and proper definitions. An important point for you to consider is that this section has good cut off in most examinations. Computer Knowledge or Awareness is a vast subject with each topic as a subject in itself. It is important for you to know what to study and how much to study for banking examinations. This is the syllabus of Computer Knowledge for IBPS RRB 2017 Exam:

• History and Generation of Computers 
• Introduction to Computer Organisation 
• Computer Memory 
• Computer Hardware and I/O Devices 
• Computer Software 
• Computer Languages 
• Operating System 
• Computer Network 
• Internet 
• MS Office Suit and Short cut keys 
• Basics of DBMS 
• Number System and Conversions 
• Computer and Network Security 

Banking Awareness

Q1. Interest on the savings bank accounts is compounded ____?

(a) Daily

(b) Yearly 

(c) Quarterly 

(d) Half-yearly

(e) All of the above

Q2. The Head of Reserve Bank of India is?

(a) Chief Executive Officer 

(b) Managing Director 

(c) Chief Banking Officer 

(d) Governor

(e) Other than the given options

Q3. Who supplies interest-charts for different maturities and for different rates of interest?

(a) IBA

(b) RBI

(c) Government of India

(d) IBRD

(e) Other than the given options

Q4. Rates of Interest on deposits are determined by ____?

(a) IBA 

(b) Ministry of Finance 

(c) The Bank Itself

(d) Government of India

(e) Other than the given options

Q5. Current account becomes dormant when there are no withdrawals for the last _____?

(a) 3 months

(b) 6 months

(c) 24 months

(d) 12 months 

(e) Other than the given options

Q6. One rupee notes bear the signature of..........?

(a) Governor of Reserve Bank of India

(b) Prime Minister of India

(c) President of India

(d) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Government of India)

(e) Other than the given options

Q7. Mortgage is a..............?

(a) security on movable property for a loan given by a bank

(b) security on immovable property for a loan given by a bank

(c) concession on immovable property for a loan given by a bank

(d) facility on immovable property for a loan given by a bank

(e) security on immovable property for a deposit received by a bank

Q8. In terms of Section 5(1) (5) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, a ‘banking company’ means any company which-

(a) accepts deposits from the public

(b) undertakes lending of money

(c) transacts the business of banking in

(d) All of the above

(e) Other than the given options

Q9. Which of the following is not a negotiable instrument? 

(a) Cheque

(b) Pay order

(c) Bill of Exchange

(d) All of the above are negotiable instruments

(e) Other than the given options

Q10. Under the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) mechanism, loan assets of banks have been categorized. Which one of the following statements is not correct? 

(a) Assets belonging to Standard and Sub-Standard category come under category I

(b) Assets belonging to Doubtful category come under category II

(c) Assets belonging to Doubtful and Loss categories come under Category II

(d) Out of total Loan Assets, 90 per cent is Standard and Sub-standard and Doubtful is 10 per cent this lot comes under   Category I

(e) Other than the given options

Q11. These days Banks are offering Loans against Property? Under which business segment, this activity may be categorized? 

(a) Corporate Banking  

(b) Personal Banking

(c) Merchant Banking 

(d) Portfolio Management-Services 

(e) Other than the given options

Q12. What do we mean by “ECB” in financial terms?

(a) Essential Commercial Borrowings     

(b) Essential Credit & Borrowings  

(c) External Credit & Business 

(d) External Commercial Borrowings

(e) Other than the given options

Q13. “Currency Swap” is an instrument to manage ____?

(a) Currency Risk 

(b) Interest Rate Risk     

(c) Currency and Interest Rate Risk 

(d) Cash Flows in different currencies

(e) All of the above 

Q14. “Plastic Money” denotes ________?

(a) Bearer cheque

(b) Credit card

(c) Demand Draft   

(d) Traveller’s cheque

(e) Gift cheque

Q15. RBI has recently introduced Cheque Truncation System, which means that ______?

(a) Physical movement of a cheque is stopped between banks and instead an electronic image be exchanged for clearance of funds   

(b) The physical movement of a cheque for clearance of funds be made more secure 

(c) Issue of cheques to customers be made more secure by introducing more enhanced security features 

(d) A new technology to process payments between Banks exclusively  

(e) Other than the given options

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(d)
S3. Ans.(a)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(c)
S6. Ans.(d)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(c) 
S11. Ans.(b)
S12. Ans.(d)
S13. Ans.(d)
S14. Ans.(b)

S15. Ans.(a)