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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Assistant Online Exam 2015 held on 01.08.2015.


1. According to the recent survey conducted by global property consultant Jones Lang LaSafe (JLL), the only Indian city which is amongst the top 20 technology rich cities in the world is ......................

  • 1) Mumbai
  • 2) Gurgaon
  • 3) Hyderabad
  • 4) Bengaluru
  • 5) Pune


2. The Atal Pension Yojana is a saving scheme which has recently been launched by the Government of India. The scheme is open to anyone who has attained the age of ...................

  • 1) 25 years
  • 2) 18 years
  • 3) 21 years
  • 4) 14 years
  • 5) 16 years


3. European Union recently gave in principle approval for 86 billion euro package to the near bankrupt country .....................

  • 1) Greece
  • 2) Austria
  • 3) Poland
  • 4) Albania
  • 5) Belarus


4. The Mandela International Day is observed every year on ........................

  • 1) 18th May
  • 2) 28th July
  • 3) 18th July
  • 4) 25th July
  • 5) 18th June


5. India-born former Google Chief Executive Nitesh Arora has recently been appointed as the President and COO of Japan's telecommunication giant .......................

  • 1) Nifty Corporation
  • 2) Nippon Communications
  • 3) Chaka Denwa
  • 4) Tuka Communications
  • 5) Southbank Corp


6. The nine day Rath Yatra of the idol of Lord Jagannath is held in the pilgrim town of ...................

  • 1) Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
  • 2) Puri, Odisha
  • 3) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
  • 4) Haridwar, Uttarakhand
  • 5) Madurai, Tamil Nadu


7. Which of the following Indian towns has recently (July 2015) joined the global bandwagon of UNESCO 'Cities of Music' under the Creative Cities Network?

  • 1) Varanasi
  • 2) Kolkata
  • 3) Mysore
  • 4) Agra
  • 5) Kanpur


8. The 'Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana' (VKY) is aimed at improving the infrastructure and human development indices of the .......................

  • 1) Weaker sections of the society
  • 2) Labourers and daily wage earners
  • 3) Minority Communities
  • 4) People living below poverty line
  • 5) Tribal population


9. The UNSC is one of the six organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international .........................

  • 1) Monetary Cooperation
  • 2) Economic and Social Progress
  • 3) Peace and Security
  • 4) Industrial development
  • 5) Trade and Commerce


10. The tamed 'Potala Palace' once the seat of Dalai Lama is now a museum and World Heritage Site. It is situated in .................

  • 1) Lhasa, China
  • 2) Tokyo, Japan
  • 3) Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 4) Chamdo, China
  • 5) Phnom Penh, Cambodia


11. Who amongst the following is the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Government of India?

  • 1) Arvind Subramanian
  • 2) Jagdish Bhagwat
  • 3) Raghuram Rajan
  • 4) Bibek Debroy
  • 5) Rajiv Mehrishi


12. The Mutual Fund Industry in India started in 1963 at the initiative of the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India with the formation of

  • 1) HDFC Asset Management Company Limited
  • 2) Unit Trust of India (UTI)
  • 3) IDBI Asset Management Ltd.
  • 4) Peerless Mutual Funds
  • 5) SBI Mutual Fund


13. On his first visit to Central Asian countries, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently visited 'Tashkent', the capital city of ......................

  • 1) Kazakhstan
  • 2) Uzbekistan
  • 3) Turkmenistan
  • 4) Kyrgyzstan
  • 5) Tajikistan


14. The most populous State of India as per 2011 census is ....................

  • 1) Bihar
  • 2) Maharashtra
  • 3) Uttar Pradesh
  • 4) Andhra Pradesh
  • 5) West Bengal


15. Andy Murray and Roger Federer are associated with the game of .....................

  • 1) Tennis
  • 2) Badminton
  • 3) Football
  • 4) Volleyball
  • 5) Basketball


16. The ELSS provides an option for investment that is eligible for tax benefits under section BOC of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The alphabet 'E' in the acronym ELSS stands for .....................

  • 1) Exchange
  • 2) Essential
  • 3) Economic
  • 4) Exclusive
  • 5) Equity


17. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 was awarded to

  • 1) Unaccustomed Earth
  • 2) The Lowland
  • 3) Noontide Tall
  • 4) A God in Every Stone
  • 5) The Mirror of Beauty


18. For its initiative and achievements in the field of environment, the Union Minister of study for Environment, Prakash Javadekar recently presented the Golden Peacock environment management award to Krishnapatnam Port situated in the Indian State of .......................

  • 1) Tamil Nadu
  • 2) Andhra Pradesh
  • 3) Kerala
  • 4) Karnataka
  • 5) Other than those given as options.


19. M.S. Vishwanathan, who recently died at the age of 88 was a well known .................

  • 1) Music Director and Composer
  • 2) Fiction and Children's author
  • 3) Historian and educator
  • 4) Film Director and screen-writer
  • 5) Physicist


20. FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 was won by ................

  • 1) USA
  • 2) Chile
  • 3) Germany
  • 4) Italy
  • 5) Japan


21. An ancient Buddhist garden dating back to over 1,200 years to the period of the Tang Dynasty (618AD - 907AD) has recently (July 2015) been discovered in ...................

  • 1) India
  • 2) Japan
  • 3) Myanmar
  • 4) China
  • 5) Bangladesh


22. The official currency of Bangladesh is .................

  • 1) Rupee
  • 2) Lisa
  • 3) Rupiah
  • 4) Taka
  • 5) Baht


23. The objective of the recently launched Pradhan Mantri Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Yojana is to encourage especially ......................

  • 1) Big infrastructural projects
  • 2) Small and Medium enterprises
  • 3) Other than those given as options
  • 4) Social and cultural activities
  • 5) Small Banks


24. The first Indian bank to provide Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) facility on purchases made on its debit cards is ........................

  • 1) ICICI Bank
  • 2) State Bank of India
  • 3) Union Bank of India
  • 4) IDBI Bank
  • 5) Punjab National Bank


25. India has recently (June 2015) signed a historic land boudary agreement with .....................

  • 1) Bangladesh
  • 2) Bhutan
  • 3) Nepal
  • 4) Myanmar
  • 5) China


26. Which of the following Indian states has the highest population of Tigers?

  • 1) Madhya Pradesh
  • 2) Andhra Pradesh
  • 3) Uttarakhand
  • 4) Karnataka
  • 5) Gujarat


27. The articles determining each country's share and lender's initial capital in respect of the USD 100 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was signed recently by as many as ....................

  • 1) 55 founding members
  • 2) 40 founding members
  • 3) 50 founding members
  • 4) 69 founding members
  • 5) 61 founding members


28. Mundra Thermal Power Station is located in the Indian State of ...................

  • 1) Gujarat
  • 2) Chhattisgarh
  • 3) Madhya Pradesh
  • 4) Rajasthan
  • 5) Haryana


29. As per the current provisions of the Coinage Act, 2011 coins can be issued by RBI in India up to the denominations of ....................

  • 1) Rs 500
  • 2) Rs 100
  • 3) Rs 50
  • 4) Rs 20
  • 5) Rs 1000


30. Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is a field hockey stadium situated in .................

  • 1) New Delhi
  • 2) Kanpur
  • 3) Kolkata
  • 4) Lucknow
  • 5) Nagpur


31. The 5-nation BRICS has recently signed an agreement to create a USD 100 billion pool of foreign exchange reserves to help each other in case of any problems with dollar liquidity. India's contribution to the poo is

  • 1) USD 18 billion
  • 2) USD 41 billion
  • 3) USD 10 billion
  • 4) USD 20 billion
  • 5) USD 25 billion


32. The Nashik Trimbakeshwar Samhastha Kumbh Mela was recently held on the banks of the river .........................

  • 1) Sabarmati
  • 2) Godavari
  • 3) Saraswati
  • 4) Narmada
  • 5) Krishna


33. The 'Desert National Park' known for hatching of the near-extinct Great Indian Bustard is situated in the Indian State of .....................

  • 1) Rajasthan
  • 2) Gujarat
  • 3) Uttar Pradesh
  • 4) Haryana
  • 5) Madhya Pradesh


34. In the banking sector in India, an unclaimed deposit is the one that has not been claimed for a period of at least ...........................

  • 1) Three years
  • 2) Five years
  • 3) Ten years
  • 4) Two years
  • 5) Four years


35. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, recently received first copy of the book titled 'Uniki' at Hyderabad'. The book is written by .......................

  • 1) Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra
  • 2) Shri Bandaru Dattareya, Union Minister
  • 3) Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh
  • 4) Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister
  • 5) Other than those given as options


36. Which of the following persons has been named as the first Chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank?

  • 1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
  • 2) Ashok Kumar Lahiri
  • 3) Kaushik Basu
  • 4) Amartya Sen
  • 5) Arvind Virmani


37. Which of the following currency has now becomes the world's second most used currency in trade finance?

  • 1) British Pound
  • 2) Japanese Yen
  • 3) Euro Zone's Euro
  • 4) US Dollar
  • 5) Chinese Renminbi


38. The first Chief Minister of the newly formed State of Telangana is .....................

  • 1) K.T. Rama Rao
  • 2) Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy
  • 3) K. Chandrashekhar Rao
  • 4) Other than those given as options
  • 5) T. Harsh Rao


39. Which of the following national programme aims to create skilled manpower of grass root level by providing them vocational, technical and skill-development education?

  • 1) PMKVY
  • 2) PMSBY
  • 3) PMAY
  • 4) PMJDY
  • 5) PMMY


40. The RBI has recently set up a committee headed by Shri Deepak Mohanty. The objective of the committee is to work out a medium-level (five year) measurable action plan for ........................

  • 1) Trade Finance
  • 2) FDI
  • 3) Financial Inclusion
  • 4) PPP
  • 5) Disinvestment