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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