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General Awareness Quiz

1. Project Tatkal, an initiative to provide doorstep services and expedite Home Loan Application (HLA) process on 3 July 2015 launched by .......
1) SBI
2) Andhra Bank
3) PNB
4) Bank of India
5) UBI

2. Union minister for environment is ..........
1) Prakash Javadekar
2) Maneka Gandhi
3) Bandaru Dattatreya
4) Thawar Chand Gehlot
5) V.K. Singh

3. ICICI launches 'Tap-n-Pay' in collaboration with ....... based on the Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology?
1) TCS
2) Microsoft
3) Infosys
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None

4. The highlight of the 'Tap-n-Pay' is .....
1) enable customers to make over-thecounter payments without using cash.
2) allows users to just tap the NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at the merchant's point-of-sale device to make payments.
3) is a prepaid account, which can be availed by customers of any bank by simply registering for it and transferring money online from any bank account.
4) it can be offered in many bank accounts.
5) All of above

5. Apprentices Protsahan Yojana (APY) aims to support one lakh apprentices during the period up to...
1) March 2017
2) March 2018
3) March 2019
4) March 2016
5) March 2020

6. RBI decided to allow AD Category-I Banks to borrow foreign currency from International / Multinational Financial Institutions on 25 June 2015. In this context, AD means ........
1) Additional
2) Add-on
3) Authorized Dealer
4) Amplified
5) None

7. Which state launched the Mhara Gaon- Jagmag Gaon scheme on 1 July 2015, aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers in a phased manner with their active participation?
1) Karnataka
2) AP
3) Haryana
4) West Bengal
5) Bihar

8. Which state became the largest producer of solar power after installing 1167 MW solar power plant, demoting Gujarat to second position?
1) Tamilnadu
2) MP
3) Rajasthan
4) HP
5) Haryana

9. 14th edition of 10 - day Indo - French joint naval exercise being conducted in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Goa is named as ........
1) Varuna
2) Indra
3) Garuda
4) Yudha Abhayas
5) None

10. UNCTAD World Investment Report says India leads in regional inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Asia. How much FDI attracted by India during 2014 as per this report?
1) $ 34 billion
2) $ 18 billion
3) $ 24 billion
4) $ 14 billion
5) $ 40 billion

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