Awareness

ISBT Awareness for all banking PO,Clerk,IBPS PO,Railway,SSC,IAS,OAS Exams

Q501.

India's oldest performing musician Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan and the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2013 and Sangeet Natak Akademi award passes away at the age of 107. He was associated with which field ?

1)	Hindustani classical vocalist	2)	Carnatic classical vocalist
3)	Dhrupad Voclist	4)	Kawali Song
5)	None of these

Q502.

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana was approved by the Union Cabinet,recently.Which of the following statement is correct ? A) This scheme has the solution to problems the farmers face. B) It envisages a uniform premium of only 2 % to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops and 1.5 % for Rabi crops.  C) The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5 %. D) There is no upper limit on government subsidy for this scheme.

1)	Only A & B are correct	2)	Only A ,B & C are correct
3)	Only B,C & D are correct	4)	All A,B,C and D are Correct
5)	None of these

Q503.

Among the eight states -Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telengana which state become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May,2016 ?

1)	Haryana	2)	Gujarat
3)	Karnataka	4)	Punjab
5)	None of these

Q504.

World's cheapest smartphone” Freedom 251” launched at Rs 251.Which company has manufactured this  mobile phone ?

1)	Vivo	2)	Ringing Bells
3)	Nokia	4)	Micromax
5)	None of these

Q505.

The 12th edition of the South Asian Games, South Asia’s biggest being held from February 5th-16th, 2016, co-hosted by two state of India. Which of the following are the two states ?

1)	Assam and Meghalaya	2)	Assam and Manipur
3)	Assam and Mizoram	4)	Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
5)	None of these

Q506.

Former United Nations secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at a hospital in Cairo at the age of  93. Which of the following is true ?

1)	He was former Egyptian Defence minister.	2)	Boutros-Ghali was the first Arab to serve as UN chief
3)	He took office in 1992 at a time of increasing influence for the world body following its decisive role in the Gulf War, serving afour-year term.	4)	In 2005, he was named president of Egypt’s human rights council, a body created by then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
5)	None of these

Q507.

The world's second biggest grower in wheat India is expected to rise by 8.42 % to 93.82 million tonnes in the 2015-16 crop year despite facing drought and warmer winter. Which country is the No.1 what producer in the world ?

1)	USA	2)	China
3)	Australia	4)	Ukraine
5)	None of these

Q508.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has introduces hackathon for developers to come up with digital payment products . Who is the present chairman of NPCI ?

1)	Nandan Nilekani	2)	Balachandran M
3)	AP Hota	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q509.

The Government of India has unveiled the first-ever policy for the country’s capital goods sector which envisages creation of 21 million additional jobs by------ year.

1)	2018	2)	2020
3)	2022	4)	2025
5)	Nine of these

Q510.

The government is considering to increase the foreign investment limit in public sector banks to 49 % from ------ with a view to attract overseas inflows.

1)	16%	2)	18%
3)	20 %	4)	24%
5)	None of these