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General Awareness Question Paper of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. (OICL) Assistant EXAM 2015
1. Which of the following private sector lender recently launched a 10-second paperless instant loan plan in which pre-approved loan amount will be available 24x7 to its existing customer?
- 1) HDFC Bank
- 2) Federal Bank
- 3) Yes Bank
- 4) IndusInd bank
- 5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
2. Which of the following nations recently became the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund?
- 1) Italy
- 2) Norway
- 3) Greece
- 4) Czech Republic
- 5) Sweden
3. The Web Portal 'Participatory Guarantee System' has recently launched by the Government of India for the benefit of
- 1) Press and Media Persons
- 2) Corporates and Business Houses
- 3) Elected Representatives and Politicians
- 4) Farmers and Agriculturists
- 5) Technocrats and IT Professionals
4. The 'Ranthambore National Park' is situated in the Indian State of
- 1) Madhya Pradesh
- 2) Rajasthan
- 3) Gujarat
- 4) Haryana
- 5) Uttar Pradesh
5. State Bank of India has recently launched a 'RuPay Platinum Debit Card' in association with
- 1) MasterCard International
- 2) National Payments Corporation of India
- 3) American Express Company
- 4) Visa Inc.
- 5) MasterCard Worldwide
6. Asia's largest Tulip garden is situated in
- 1) Bhutan
- 2) China
- 3) Japan
- 4) India
- 5) Singapore
7. India's National Solar Mission target for 2022 has been revised to
- 1) 75,000 Megawatts
- 2) 1,00,000 Megawatts
- 3) 50,000 Megawatts
- 4) 60,000 Megawatts
- 5) 80,000 Megawatts
8. The venue of the G-20 Summit in November 2015 is 'Antalya' in
- 1) Germany
- 2) Turkey
- 3) Poland
- 4) China
- 5) Australia
9. The 'National Investment and Infrastructure Fund' (NIIF) proposed in the Union Budget 2015-16 to spur India's infrastructure development is modelled on 'Temasek', the investment vehicle of
- 1) Japan
- 2) China
- 3) Singapore
- 4) Switzerland
- 5) France
10. The official currency and legal lender of the 'French Republic' is
- 1) Euro
- 2) Pound
- 3) Peso
- 4) Franc
- 5) Zloty
11. 'IDFC' has recently been permitted by RBI to set up a new bank in the private sector. The alphabet 'I' in the abbreviation 'IDFC' stands for
- 1) Institutional
- 2) Industrial
- 3) Indian
- 4) Infrastructure
- 5) International
12. The Alps are the most highest and extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in
- 1) South America
- 2) Africa
- 3) Europe
- 4) Asia
- 5) Australia
13. Shri Oommen Chandy is the Chief Minister of the Indian state of
- 1) Kerala
- 2) Jharkhand
- 3) Goa
- 4) Manipur
- 5) Karnataka
14. The 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' is observed every year on the
- 1) 26th June
- 2) 26th July
- 3) 24th August
- 4) 29th July
- 5) 24th June
15. The virtual giant images of Buddhas of Bamiyan which have recently been resurrected using 3D laser light projection technology are situated 230 km northwest of
- 1) Tehran, Iran
- 2) Damascus, Syria
- 3) Kabul, Afghanistan
- 4) Baghdad, Iraq
- 5) Peshawar, Pakistan
16. JNPT is set to build the country's major port on fully reclaimed land off the dahanu coast in Palghar district of
- 1) Gujarat
- 2) Kerala
- 3) Goa
- 4) Maharashtra
- 5) Karnataka
17. The autonomous apex statutory body which is responsible for regulating and development of the insurance industry in India is
- 1) RBI
- 2) SEBI
- 3) PRFDA
- 4) GIC Re
- 5) IRDAI
18. The Reserve Bank of India has recently notified government's decision to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to
- 1) 49 per cent
- 2) 26 per cent
- 3) 41 per cent
- 4) 39 per cent
- 5) 51 per cent
19. 'Otaf Pooley' who recently passed away at the age of 101 was a well known
- 1) British Political Figure
- 2) British Actor-Writer
- 3) Composer and Guitarist
- 4) British Economist
- 5) Humanist and Philanthropist
20. Indian Railways has recently renamed the Haridwar Mail as 'Yogi Express'. It commutes between 'Haridwar' and
- 1) New Delhi
- 2) Amritsar
- 3) Ahmedabad
- 4) Kolkata
- 5) Allahabad
21. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is situated near the river Kali in the Indian State of
- 1) Karnataka
- 2) Maharashtra
- 3) Telangana
- 4) Kerala
- 5) Goa
22. Ten year old 'Shubham Jaglan' from Haryana is associated with
- 1) Badminton
- 2) Golf
- 3) Boxing
- 4) Hockey
- 5) Tennis
23. Which of the following Caribbean Premiere League (CPL or CPLT20) team is owned by Shahrukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.?
- 1) ST. Lucia Zouks
- 2) Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
- 3) Jamaica Tallawahs
- 4) Guyana Amazon Warriors
- 5) Barbados Tridents
24. The 'Federal reserve' is the central banking system of
- 1) UAE
- 2) UK
- 3) European Union
- 4) Russian Federation
- 5) USA
25. According to a statistical review of World Energy released recently, the world's biggest oil producer in 2014 was
- 1) China
- 2) Russia
- 3) Iran
- 4) USA
- 5) Kuwait
26. India and Bangladesh have recently operationalised the Land Boundary Agreement (LB(1) between both nations. Under the agreement, 111 border enclaves will be transferred to Bangladesh in exchange ___________ enclaves will become part of India.
- 1) 161
- 2) 51
- 3) 91
- 4) 31
- 5) 61
27. The capital of the Union Territory of 'Andaman and Nicobar Islands' is
- 1) Car Nicobar
- 2) Port Cornwallis
- 3) Great Nicobar
- 4) Port Blair
- 5) Mayabunder
28. The 'fishing cat' is the state animal of the Indian state of
- 1) Telengana
- 2) West Bengal
- 3) Odisha
- 4) Bihar
- 5) Uttarakhand
29. 'CNX Nifty', also called 'Nifty 50' is the benchmark stock market index of
- 1) Singapore Stock Exchange
- 2) Colombo Stock Exchange
- 3) National Stock Exchange
- 4) New York Stock Exchange
- 5) Bombay Stock Exchange
30. Britain's Pearson has recently announced to sell 'Financial Times', one of the world's premier business newspapers to
- 1) Germany's Axel Springer, SE
- 2) Sun Times Media Group, USA
- 3) Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, India
- 4) New York Times Company, USA
- 5) Japanese Media Group, Nikkei
31. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) which is a major space research centre of ISRO is situated in the Indian state of
- 1) Gujarat
- 2) Karnataka
- 3) Kerala
- 4) Maharashtra
- 5) Tamil Nadu
32. Under the 'Housing for All by 2022' programme recently launched by the Government of India it is envisaged to construct by 2022 as many as
- 1) 3.5 crore houses
- 2) 2.5 crore houses
- 3) 2 crore houses
- 4) 4 crore houses
- 5) 3 crore houses
33. Which of the following is a government backed Life Insurance scheme?
- 1) PMSBY
- 2) PMJJBY
- 3) PMKVY
- 4) PMJDY
- 5) PMSSY
34. With a view to provide concessional finance to identified MSME sectors, the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has recently set up a 'Make in India' fund worth
- 1) Rs. 1500 crore
- 2) Rs. 2500 crore
- 3) Rs. 100 crore
- 4) Rs. 1000 crore
- 5) Rs. 500 crore
35. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India. In 1990 the award was conferred upon a person who was not of Indian origin, namely
- 1) Mother Teresa
- 2) Boutros Boutros Ghali
- 3) John F Kennedy
- 4) Nelson Mandela
- 5) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
36. The 64th Senior National Volleyball Championship 2016 shall be held in January 2016 in the Indian state of
- 1) West Bengal
- 2) Gujarat
- 3) Maharashtra
- 4) Punjab
- 5) Karnataka
37. India's first permanent sporting venue 'Brabourne Stadium' is situated in
- 1) Kanpur, UP
- 2) Kolkata, WB
- 3) Patna, Bihar
- 4) Mumbai, Maharashtra
- 5) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
38. The five nation BRICS group recently signed an agreement to create a USD 100 billion pool of foreign-exchange reserves to help each other, India's contribution to the pool is
- 1) USD 32 Billion
- 2) USD 30 Billion
- 3) USD 26 Billion
- 4) USD 22 Billion
- 5) USD 18 Billion
39. Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan who is the speaker of Lok Sabha since 2014, represents the
- 1) Khnadwa Parliamentary Constituency
- 2) Bhopal Parliamentary Constituency
- 3) Indore Parliamentary Constituency
- 4) Ujjain Parliamentary Constituency
- 5) Kanpur Parliamentary Constituency
40. Who among the following car makers recently launched its new premium sales channel under the Brand name NEXA?
- 1) Tata Motors Limited
- 2) Maruti Suzuki India Limited
- 3) Audi India Private Limited
- 4) Porsche India Private Limited
- 5) Chevrolet Sales India Private Limited