1. Exclusive………………
General Awareness
2013
(For Bank exams)

2. Just a Second………
Few words about Exclusive General Awareness PPP
 Questions Compiled from various Pages in Fb
 Eye Catching Presentation
 Helpful to remember facts easily
 Prepared from examination point of view
 Learner Friendly

3. Although no one can go back and make a
brand new start , anyone can start from now
and make a brand new ending

4. MAY 3rd
1
WORD PRESS FREEDOM
DAY is celebrated on?

5. Listen the complaints of the
customer related to banking
issues
2
What does a Banking
Ombudsman do?

6. U.K.Sinha
3
SEBI Chairman?

7. Charles Dickens
4
Author of ‘’A tale of two
cities”

8. Rathnakar Bank
5
Who purchased the
business of Royal Bank Of
Scotland?

9. BANKING AWARENESS
O Headquarter of the Reserve Bank of
India is located in which city? –
Mumbai
O The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
provides funds to countries mainly to
fulfill which obligation?
To
overcome balance of payment (BoP)
problems of temporary and short-term
nature
O Which are the two public sector banks,
in which union govt. has its full stake
(100% ownership)?
A)
Punjab and Sind Bank B) United Bank
of India (UBI)

10. Sujatha Singh
6
New Foreign Secretary Of
India?

11. Uttarakhand
7
Corbett National Park is
situated in?

12. Krishnakumar Natarajan
8
Recently appointed
Chairman of NASSCOM?

13. Megan Young
9
Miss World 2013

14. Norway
10
As per Human
Development Report 2013
which Country ranks at
top?

15. BANKING AWARENESS
 Which was the first public sector bank to
come out with the voluntary retirement
scheme (VRS) for its employees?
Punjab National Bank – PNB (in 2000)
 It was announced in the Union Budget
2013-14, that all public sector banks would
have ATMs at all of their branches.What is
the deadline for implementation of this
announcement?
31 March, 2014

16. Fixed Income Money Market
Dealers Association
11
Fullform of FIMMDA?

17. Hockey
12
„‟Bharath Chetri „‟ is
related to?

18. Bosnia
13
Sarajevo is the Capital of?

19. Israel
14
Shekkel is the currency
of?

20. 136
15
HDI index of rank of
India?

21. BANKING AWARENESS
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to
come out with polymer (plastic) currency notes in
near future. Of how much denomination the first
set of polymer notes will be? – Rs. 10
O 4) What is the meaning of Green Banking
Channel? – It is a concept of paperless banking to
augment environment conservation through
paperless banking transactions, which are also
faster than conventional transactions

22. Abenomics
16
Prime Minister of Japan
„Shinjo Abe‟ advocated an
economic policy known
as?

23. Croatia
17
28th member of EU
(European Union) ?

24. Taxation of Biotechnology &
Pharmacy sector
18
Purpose of appointment of
Rangachary committee?

25. Canara Bank
19
Which Bank won the
“Golden Peacock Award”
for excellence in corporate
governance in 2013?

26. Geneva
20
Head Quarters of WHO?

27. BANKING AWARENESS
O Which is the only banking institution of
the country in which 100% stake is held by
the RBI? – National Housing Bank(NHB)
O 2) What is Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s
deadline for Indian commercial banks to
avail chip-based debit and credit cards
for all their customers who do
international transactions? – 30 June 2013

28. Rituparno Ghosh
21
The famous Director and
Actor who recently passed
away

29. V.S.Sampath
22
Present Chief Election
Commissioner

30. Copenha Gue
23
Capital of Denmark

31. Salman Rushdie
24
Author of “Midnight
Children”

32. Vinton Cerf
25
Father of Internet

33. HAVE A BREAK

34. You are
the sky;;;;;
Everything
else-its
just the
weather….
So stay
cool 

35. Rajasthan
26
Ghoomar Dance belongs
to?

36. South Korea
27
At present which country
has a female President?

37. Badminton
28
Uber Cup is related
to?

38. Sushil Kumar Shinde
29
Present Home
Minister

39. Brazil
30
Summer Olympics 2016
will be held in?

40. BANKING AWARENESS
O Which country was the largest recipient of
remittances from the World Bank during
2012 as per announcements made by the
bank on 20 April 2013?
– India
O How much increment in dearness
allowance (DA) for central govt.
employees was approved by the Union
Cabinet on 18 April 2013? – 8%

41. Tennis
31
Leander Adrean Peas is
associated with?

42. Krishna
32
The “Almatti Dam”has
been constructed across
which river?

43. Karan Thapar
33
Who won the International
Press Institute Award for
excellence in journalism?

44. Japan
34
Recently which Nation has
unveiled “LZUMO” the
largest warship after
World war 2nd?

45. Vidhya Balan
35
Best Actress at 14th IIFA
(International Indian Film
Acadamy) 2013 held in
Macau?

46. BANKING AWARENESS
O RBI came up with its annual
monetary policy statement on 3 May
2013. What was the economic growth
rate proposed for the Indian economy
for the current fiscal of 2013-14 in this
statement? – 5.7% (In comparison
the growth rate during 2012-13 was at
decade’s lowest level of 5%)

47. Sunil Soni
36
Director General of BIS
(Bureau Of Indian
Standards) ?

48. Mutthaiah Muralidaran
37
The only cricketer to claim
over 500 wickets in tests
and one day
Internationals?

49. Kathmandu (Nepal)
38
Head Quarters of
SAARC?

50. 1700
39
Approximately how many
FII‟s (Foreign Institutional
Investors) are registered
in India as on April 2013?

51. Boost big ticket investments &
untangle red-tapism
40
The Cabinet Committee
on Investments has been
set up to?

52. BANKING AWARENESS
O What was the projected growth rate for Indian economy
for 2013-14 as suggested recently by the Prime
Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)? – 6.4%
O 8) RBI Governor D. Subbarao on 9 May 2013
highlighted a tool for dealing with the probable shortage
of cash in the Indian economy. Which tool is this, which
could be utilized as and when situation demands? Open
Market Operations – OMO

53. National Assembly and Senate
41
Pakisthan Parliament

54. Raghuram Rajan & Luigi
Zingales
42
“Saving Capitalism from
the Capitalists” – Author?

55. Tilangana
43
The new 29th state of
India?

56. Hemanth Soren
44
New Chief Minister of
Jarkhand

57. M.M.Kaushik
45
New Coach of Indian
Hockey team male?

58. BANKING AWARENESS
O State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ)
plans to open how many new branches in
the current fiscal, which is the golden
jubilee year of the bank? – 100
O How many cooperative banks failed in 201213, resulting in credit insurance company
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation (DICGC) paying nearly Rs. 160
crore to depositors? – 13

59. 63
46
Rank of India in Global
Hunger Index?

60. S.K Roy
47
The new MD of LIC?

61. Jaypee Cement
48
Ultratech took over which
cement company in
Gujarat?

62. Central Bank of China
49
Largest Forex Reserve
Central Bank 2013?

63. K.M.Chandrashekar
50
The Govt formed a panel after many
ex-servicemen returned their medals
to protest the rejection of their “ONE
RANK ONE PENSION” demand..Who
is heading this Pannel?

64. There is no real ending . It’s just the
place where you stop the story….

65. Compiled by
Maya Kamath
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Thank you 