Banking Awareness and Current Affairs

11 Dec 2014

Banking Awareness and Current Affairs

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1. Fiscal Deficit is-

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(1) total income less govt. borrowing

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(2) total payment less total receipts

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(3) total payments less capital receipts

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(4) total expenditure less total receipts excluding\r\nborrowing

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(5) None of these

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2. What does second C stands\r\nfor in FCCB?

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(1) Currency

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(2) Current

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(3) Convertible

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(4) Creative

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(5) None of these

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3. The country which tops the Human Development Index 2014?

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(1) Switzerland

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(2) Norway

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(3) Singapore

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(4) Denmark

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(5) None of these

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4. Cheraw, the bamboo dance, is of which Indian state?

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(1) Mizoram

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(2) Sikkim

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(3) Arunachal Pradesh

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(4) Manipur

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(5) Assam

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5. Who is the author of Midnights Children ?

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(1) V. S. Naipaul

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(2) Salman Rushdie

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(3) Chetan Bhagat

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(4) Jeet Thayll

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(5) Jhumpa Lahiri

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6. In which state of India are the Sanchi Stupas located ?

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(1) Utter Pradesh

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(2) Bihar

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(3) Madhya Pradesh

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(4) Odisha

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(5) Rajasthan

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7. The five BRICS countries agreed to set up the New\r\nDevelopment Bank (NDB) with a capitalization of $100 billion. The headquarters\r\nof the Bank will be in?

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1) Beijing

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2) Hong Kong

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3) Shanghai

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4) New Delhi

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5) Fortaleza

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8. What is the other name of National Rural Livelihoods\r\nMission (NRLM):

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(1) Aajeevika

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(2) MGNREGA

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(3) Roshini

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(4) Kiran

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(5) None of these

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9. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award 2014 is conferred\r\non _

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(1) Kapil Dev

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(2) Sunil Gavaskar

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(3) Dilip Vengsarkar

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(4) Ravi Shastri

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(5) Sachin Tendulkar

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10. Fixed Deposit Account may be opened for a minimum period\r\nof :

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(1) 7 days

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(2) 15 days

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(3) 20 days

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(4) 12 days

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(5) None of these

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11. What is the full form of PIN, a is a secret numeric\r\npassword given to all ATM users.

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(1) Permanent Identification Number

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(2) Personal Identity Number

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(3) Permanent Ideal Number

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(4) Personal Identification Number

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(5) Personal Invalid Number

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12. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are international foreign\r\nexchange reserve assets issued by-

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(1) World Bank

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(2) WTO

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(3) ADB

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(4) IFC

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(5) None of these

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13. Sebastian Vettel is associated with sports:

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(1) Swimming

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(2) Polo

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(3) Football

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(4) Chess

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(5) Formula One

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14. Scurvy is caused with\r\nwhich Vitamin Deficiency:

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(1) Vitamin A

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(2) Vitamin B

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(3) Vitamin C

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(4) Vitamin D

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(5) None of these

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15. Which among the following is the winner of Dhyanchand\r\nAward 2014?

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(1) Mahabir Prasad

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(2) Ramphal

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(3) Gurmail Singh

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(4) Rajinder Singh

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(5) Inukurthi Venkateswara Rao

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16- An account holder draws a cheque on a?

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(1) Banker of the Payee

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(2) Banker of the Drawee

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(3) Banker of the Drawer

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(4) Banker of the Endorsee

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(5) None of the above

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17- The Bank should comply and intimate the compliance of\r\nAward to Ombudsman?

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(1) Within Two Months

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(2) Within 3 months

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(3) Within one month

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(4) Within one year

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(5) None

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18- Capital adequacy is worked out based on?

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(1) Total demand and time liabilities

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(2) Net demand and time assets

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(3) Risk weighted assets

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(4) Risk weighted liabilities

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(5) None of the above

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19- Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) can be maintained in the\r\nfollowing ways?

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(1) Cash

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(2) Gold

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(3) Unencumbered approved securities

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(4) All of these

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(5) None of the above

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20- What was the deposits criteria of 14 Banks nationalized\r\non 19th July 1969?

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(1) Rs.1000 Crore

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(2) Rs. 500 Crore

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(3) Rs. 100 Crore

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(4) Rs. 50 Crore

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(5) None of the above

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21-. What are the features of selective credit control?

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(1) They distinguish between essential and non-essential\r\nuses of Bank credit

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(2) Only non-essential uses are brought under the scope of\r\nCredit Bank controls

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(3) They effect not only the lenders but also the borrowers

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(4) All the above

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(5) None of the above

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22- Which of the following are the targets for different\r\ncategories of priority sector?

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(1) Overall target 40% of net Bank credit

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(2) Agriculture loans (direct and indirect) 18%

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(3) Priority sector target for foreign Banks is 32%

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(4) All the above

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(5) None of the above

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23- Benefits in core Banking is ?

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(1) Reliable centralized data recovery

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(2) Data warehousing and data mining technologies

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(3) Integrated customer centric services

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(4) All the above

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(5)None

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24- Cheque truncation can be done by?

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(1) Using MICR data

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(2) Sending cheque by speed post

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(3) Using image processing

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(4) 1 & 3

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(5) None of the above

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25- Bank rate is decided by?

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(1) Indian bank association

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(2) Individual commercial bank

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(3) Finance ministry

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(4) Any one of the above can decide

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(5) None of the above

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26-. What is nomination?

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(1) A facility given to depositors by the Government

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(2) It confers a right to the nominee to receive payment of\r\na deposit after death of depositors

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(3) It is a process of appointing legal heir by the\r\ndepositors

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(4) It is a part of will on behalf of a depositor

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(5) None of the above

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27-. BFS- Board for Financial Supervision constituted in\r\n1994 by RBI to undertake consolidated supervision of?

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(1) Commercial Banks

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(2) Financial Institutions

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(3) Non Banking Finance Companies

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(4) All the above

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(5) None of the above

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28- One Family one Bank is the tagline of which Bank?

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(1) Bank of India

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(2) Indian Bank

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(3) Bank of Maharashtra

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(4) Union Bank of India

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(5) None of the above

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29- Research Institutions set up by Reserve Bank of India\r\nare?

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(1) IDRBT (Institute for Development and Research in Ban-\r\nking Technology), Hyderabad

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(2) IGIDR(Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research),\r\nMumbai

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(3) NIBM (National Institute of Bank Management), Pune

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(4) Only a & b

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(5) All the above

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30- Who is the Chairman of the Technical Committee formed to\r\nmake a study on improvement in Mobile Banking:

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(1) Bimal Jalan

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(2) Rahuram Rajan

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(3) B Sambamurthy

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(4) Pulak Kumar Sinha

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(5) None of the above

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31-. In NEFT E stands for –

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(1) Election

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(2) Email

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(3) Enlisted

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(4) Ecstasy

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(5) Electronic

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32- The Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) issued by\r\nbanks is offered to which of the following customers?

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1) Farmers

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2) Daily wage earners

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3) Self Help Group members

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4) Students

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5) All the customers

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33- What is the validity of Kisan Credit Card?

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(1) 1 year

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(2) 2 year

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(3) 10 years

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(4) 5 years

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(5) 3 years

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34- The Negotiable instrument is _____.

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(1) Cheque

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(2) Demand Draft

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(3) Bill of Exchange

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(4) All of the above

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(5) Deposit Slip

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35- The minimum paid up capital required for both small and\r\npayment banks is –

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(1) Rs 500 Crore

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(2) Rs 50 Crore

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(3) Rs 100 crores

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(4) Rs 200 Crore

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(5) None of these

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36-The United Nations climate summit was held in Lima\r\nstarting Dec 1. Lima is the capital city of

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1) Bolivia

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2) Peru

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3) Ecuador

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4) Paraguay

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37-Indias ace player Anirban Lahiri is associated with which\r\nof the following games?

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1) Chess

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2) Badminton

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3) Golf

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4) Snooker

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38- Which of the following films was adjudged the best film\r\nof the 45th International Film Festival of India which concluded recently in\r\nPanaji?

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1) Leviathan

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2) The Kindergarten Teacher

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3) Behaviour

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4) Ek Hazarachi Note

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5) None of theseone of these5) Chile

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39-PD James passed away recently. She was a

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1) crime novelist

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2) childrens books writer

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3) female rights campaigner

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4) child rights activist

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5) None of these

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40-The headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) is\r\nlocated in which of the following cities?

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1) Geneva

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2) Paris

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3) New York

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4) Toronto

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5) None of these

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ANS--------------1-4, 2-3, 3-2, 4-1, 5-2, 6-3, 7-3, 8-1,\r\n9-3, 10-1, 11-1, 12-5, 13-5, 14-3, 15-3, 16-3, 17-3, 18-3, 19-4, 20-4, 21-4,\r\n22-4, 23-4, 24-4, 25-5, 26-2, 27-4, 28-3, 29-5, 30-3, 31-5, 32-5, 33-5, 34-4,\r\n35-3, 36-2, 37-3, 38-1, 39-1, 40-1

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