35 GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PREPARING COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

35 GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PREPARING COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

1. Khushwant Singh last book: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous

2. Which state recently became the first state to observe Child Protection Day?- Assam

3. Expand CRAR?- Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio

4. Who is maximum contributor of NPA in Indian banks

5. Lower limit of transactions in RTGS-2 lakh

6. NECS Full form: National Electronic and Clearing Service

7. MICR full form: Magnetic ink character recognition

8. Chairman of FPSB (Financial Planning and Standard Board ) – B.N Srikrishna

9. Sunil Gavaskar interim President of: BCCI

10. OSCAR Best Film: 12 Years A Slave

11. Award Given by President on 8th March: Stree Shakti Puraskar

12. World two heritage one in Himachal and one in which state: Gujarat — Rani ki vav (Queen’s stepwell) — and the Great Himalaya National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh.

13. What is NECS: National Electronic and Clearing Service

14. Who initiated and started IMPS system: NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India)

15. Which state topped the recently released “Economic Freedom of the States of India” Report 2013?- Gujarat

16. Srilanka won Asia Cup 2014 cricket tournament defeating which country?- Pakistan

17. Who won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013?- Chandi Prasad Bhatt

18. Which cricketer was recently named as the brand ambassador of Canara Bank?- Shikhar Dhawan

19. Which sportsperson won Padma Bhushan 2014?- Leander Paes

20. Which is the First Indian Private Sector Bank to Set up a Branch in China recently in Shanghai?- Axis Bank

21. Finance Ministry has recently decided to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in which bank this fiscal? -State Bank of India

22. China has recently launched its first free trade zone in which city? – Shanghai

23. Which bank has won the Golden Peacock Award for excellence in corporate governance 2013? – Canara Bank

24. Author of the book India at Risk?- Jaswant Singh

25. RBI has in April 2014 decided to grant banking licence to which among the following?- IDFC

26. NATO summit 2014 will be held in?- Wales, UK

27. What is the objective of removing pre 2005 notes?- to stop counterfeit

28. Which bank in March 2014 introduced its own card which is aimed at helping farmers access liquidity round-the-clock?- Axis Bank

29. . Input and output of main frame computer- Terminal

30. Which is not peripheral devices – motherboard

31. Fastest printer: Laser

32. Group of computer connected is called: Network

33. Unsolicited email is called: Spam

34. What is GUI: Graphical User Interface

35. Which computer performs complex calculations quickly: Electronic Computer