Mild to Severe Earthquake in North India around 11:45 Am

Meanwhile, there has been a mild to severe earthquake in the norther part of India which includes states of Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal, MP and Rajasthan.

The epicenter is being Pokhara in Nepal near to Indo - Nepal Border.

Till now no casuality has been reported and on Richter scale is measured above 7.

We hope all are fine 

Current Affair and General Awareness Update, April 16, 2015

• Zomato , Online restaurant search portal has acquired Maple POS ( Point of Sale - where we swipe our card to pay via card in shops ) product for restaurants.
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• Rahul Gandhi returns after 56-day sabbatical ( Presently Rahul Gandhi is Member of Parliament for Congress Party from Ameti seats in U.P. and Congress Vice President )
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• According to IMF India GDP growth will be better than China in 2015-16 at 7.5%
• Ola raises $400 million from DST Global, GIC and Falcon Edge ( Ola is a Cab / Taxi service provider, who competes with other similar companies like Taxi For Sure, Uber, Meru Cabs, Tab Cab )
• India test fires Agni-III missile
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• Former Nepal PM Surya Bahadur Thapa dies ( Present Nepal Prime Minister is Sushil Koirala )
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•  Saina Nehwal regains World No 1 spot in latest badminton rankings ( Saina Nehwal is playing Badminton for India , do not confuse her with Sania Mirza who plays Lawn Tennis )

Current Affair and General Awareness Update, April 8, 2015

• Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) has kept the policy rate unchanged in its monetry meeting review on Tuesday 7th April 2015, following are the rate of RBI Policy
• CRR 4%
• SLR 21.5%
• Repo Rate : 7.5%
• Reverse Repo : 6.5%
• FedEx to buy TNT for USD 4.8 Billion, FedEx is American Packaging firm and TNT Express is its Dutch rival.
• Microsoft has lanuched its new Mobile model under its Lumia brand, the new Model will be called Microsoft Lumia 640 and its priced around 12,000/-. MS is also planning to lanuch Lumia 640 XL with bigger screen size
• Sumit Mazumdar is new CII President, currently Sumit Mazumdar is Chairman and Managing Director of TIL Ltd , country's largest range of material handling equipment.
• Mudra Bank to be lanuched by Pm Modi today, as it seeks in getting cheaper credit for small and micro business firms.
• RBI survey pegs the economy growth to 7.9%.
• 20 Red sanders smugglers shot dead in Chitoor district of Andhra Pradesh
• Royal Dutch Shell Plc  to buy BG Group Plc for about £47 billion ($70 billion) in cash and shares, the oil and gas industry’s biggest deal in at least a decade.
• Three of country top lenders ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI have reduced the base rate after RBI Governors wrath, which will result in lowering of EMI of existing and new borrowers.

Current Affair and General Awareness Update, April 3, 2015

• Somali Islamists kills more than 147 students in Kenyan University massacre.
• Oil prices have fallen 3% to levels of 55$ per barrel
• Stock and forex market to be closed today on account of Good Friday holiday , they will open directly on Monday 6th April 2015
• Prime Minister Modi asks RBI to prepare 20 Year Financial Inclusion Road Map , speaking on account of 80th Anniversary of RBI 
• KVB , Karur Vasya Bank to build 200 toilets in Gujarat state
• India to have worlds largest Muslin population by 2015, overtaking Indonesia and Pakistan
• India targets 2024 Olympic bid as Pm Modi meets IOA chief

Current Affair and General Awareness Update, April 2, 2015

• Supreme Court stays coal scam summons to former Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh
• Third Party Insurance Cover to Cost More around 30%
• Pharma giant Dr Reddy's to buy UCB( Select brand of Belgian firm ) brands for INR 8001 Crores
• ING Vysya Bank now becomes Kotak Mahindra Bank, now the combined entity will become 4th Largest private sector bank in country with total bank branches of 1,214.
• State Bank of India, SBI is mulling stock option for employees as well as faster promotion for its officer employees.
• New Trade policy aims to double exports of India to US 900 Billion
• ED attaches the assets of Dayanadhi Maran worth INR 742 Crore in Aircel-Maxis deal
• SBI to divest 10% in life insurance business of SBI Life , a subsidiary of SBI 

GK Questions Asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 Part 5/5

Here is the list of questions asked in the Online examination of SBI Associate Clerk held till 15th February 2015.

All the questions asked in the previous exams of general awareness section of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam till date are listed below in part manner as there are more than several group of questions.

This part is part 5 of total 5 parts of questions asked in SBI Exam to be published.

• Capital of Canada - Ottawa
• Bhutanese currency - Ngultrum
• PK movie director - Rajkumar Hirani
• World water day - 22nd March
• Minister of Road Transport and Highways - Nitin Gadkari ( Imp )
• World Environment Day is observed on - 05 June
• Author of "God of small things" - Arundhati Roy
• WU-14 is launched by- China
• Speed of Computer is measured in- Hertz
• 1 question on which of the following is not a Credit rating agency of India?
• Which is regulator of commodity market - FMC
• Cancer day - 4th February 
• Internet users in India in dec 2014 - 300 Million
• Anirudh Jagannath is the PM of which country? - Mauritius
• FAO headquarters - Rome, Italy
• Urban development union minister - Venkaiah Naidu
• According to 2011 census female rate per 1000 males in Haryana? - 879
• Confucius prize was awarded to whom? - Fidel Castro
• Dandi Kutir is established in which place recently? - Gandhinagar
• NITI Aayog vice  chairperson - Arvind Panagariya 
• Who is Punkaj mishra - Writer
• National voters day - 25th January
• Argentina capital- Buenos Aires
• Greece currency - Euro ( Important )

GK Questions Asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 Part 4/5

Here is the list of questions asked in the Online examination of SBI Associate Clerk held till 15th February 2015.

All the questions asked in the previous exams of general awareness section of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam till date are listed below in part manner as there are more than several group of questions.

This part is part 4 of total 5 parts of questions asked in SBI Exam to be published.

• Wandering in many worlds is autobiography of whom? - V. R. Krishna Iyer
• Australia capital - Canberra
• Afghanistan Currency - Afghan Afghani
• National Youth Day - 12th January
• 2018 Commonwealth Game - Gold Coast, Australia ( Important )
• PMJDY payment card - Rupay ( Imp )
• Small and Payment bank need how much Capital for start-up? - 100 Crore
• Recently people of 13 country make march and pray for world peace in which state- Bihar
• In India recently Bio fuel Train started from - Rohtak to Rewari 
• External Affair Minister - Smt. Sushma Swaraj ( Imp )
• APEC summit 2014 venue - Beijing
• Chief Economic adviser to GOI - Arvind Subramanian ( Imp )
• Switzerland beat whom to win Davis cup - France
• Anemia is caused by deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin B12
• Bihu dance is related to which state - Assam
• International court of justice HQ - The Hague
• Jim Corbett national park is situated in which state? - Uttarakhand  
• Denmark capital - Copenhagen
• Which is the Country having maximum gold mines - China
• Which was the warmest year ever? - 2014
• What is the currency of China? - Yuan ( Imp )
• RBI cut in repo rate by how much? - 25 basis points ( Always remember the latest RBI Rates )
• There were few questions related to Census 2011- Hence have a glance of latest census

GK Questions Asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 Part 3/5

Here is the list of questions asked in the Online examination of SBI Associate Clerk held till 15th February 2015.

All the questions asked in the previous exams of general awareness section of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam till date are listed below in part manner as there are more than several group of questions.

This part is part 3 of total 5 parts of questions asked in SBI Exam to be published.

• New chief of RAW - Mr. Rajinder Khanna ( Important )
• Strait time person of the year - Narendra Modi
• Wular Fresh lake in which state of India-Jammu and Kashmir
• Name of boxer recently banned - Sarita Devi
• Bandhavgarh National Park is in which state - Madhya Pradesh
• Chairman of NITI Ayog - PM Narendra Modi
• Currency Philippines - Philippine peso 
• Brazil capital - Brasilia  ( Important )
• Sarita devi which sports - Boxing
• RBI doesn't control which one of them? ICICI Prudential
• America Canada line - Parallel line 49
• Fort Aguada which state - Goa
• Next G 20 Summit - Istanbul, Turkey
• New chief of IB - Dineshwar Sharma
• Fresh water lake in U.S.A - Lake Superior
• Purpose of monetary policy?
• RBI has it Head office in which city of India ?  Mumbai
• CEO of NITI Aayog - Sindhushree Khullar ( Important )
• Who is Shinzo Abe - Japanese prime minister ( Important )
• Who among the following was one of the previous RBI governor - Y V Reddy

GK for Bank Exam Updates on 18 February 2015

Here are the list of General Awareness Questions / Current Affair Questions, important of various competitive exams which are held across the country for various job vacancies.

The questions are most important for upcoming bank exams & insurance companies exams. 
Also those who are preparing for other competitive exams such as SSC, Railways, NABARD, SIDBI, UPSC, Management Exams these questions also qualify as very important questions for the above examinations listed by us.

Hence exam aspirants kindly go through these questions and learn them, if any doubt and any query you are most welcome to put your queries in the comment sections of any post.

Also keep visiting the website www.gkforbankexam.blogspot.com at regular intervals for regular update on Current Affair and General Awareness Latest Questions, Also share it with your friends who are preparing for any such exams.

1. When a customer opens a Deposit account with the Bank, which one of the following is the status of the Bank

• Debtor
• Creditor
• Trustee
• Beneficiary
• None of these

2. Which of the following is not a type of cheque ?

• Blank Cheque
• Crossed Cheque
• Speed Cheque
• Order Cheque
• Bearer Cheque

3. Which of the rate below which banks cannot generally lend is called as

• Base Rate
• Floor Rate
• Call Money Rate
• Repo Rate
• Reverse Repo Rate

4. When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called

• Payment of cheque
• Payment in due course
• drawing of cheque
• dishonour of cheque
• cancellation of cheque

5. Full form of ECS is ( We mostly hear this term in banking parlance )

• Electronic Clearing Service
• Electronic Cleaning Service
• Electromagnetic Clearing System
• Electronically Cleaning System
• Electronic Credit Service

6. Many a times we hear the term OPEC , which is a group of countries related to which sector or field

• Gold
• Mining
• Coal
• Crude Oil
• Terrorist Activities

7. Who among the following is the largest shareholder in terms of percentage holding of nationalised banks in India ?

• RBI
• State Government
• Govt of India
• LIC
• NABARD

8. NRE Deposit is ?

• Non resident External Deposit
• Non resident Extra deposit
• non refundable external deposit
• non resident exchange deposit
• non resident extended deposit

9. Cricket world cup is being held in which country in 2015 ?

• India
• South Africa & Zimbawe
• Australia & Newzeland
• England & Scotland
• Pakistan & UAE

10. Magnus Carlson has won FIDE world chess championship 2014 held in Sochi, Russia . He is related to which of the following countries ?

• Norway
• Philipines
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Russia

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Answers :-

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1. Debtor
2. Speed Cheque
3. Base Rate
4. dishonour of cheque
5. Electronic Clearing Service
6. Crude Oil
7. Govt of India
8. Non resident External Deposit
9. Australia & Newzeland
10. Norway

GK Questions Asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 Part 2/5

Here is the list of questions asked in the Online examination of SBI Associate Clerk held till 15th February 2015.
All the questions asked in the previous exams of general awareness section of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam till date are listed below in part manner as there are more than several group of questions.

This part is part 2 of total 5 parts of questions asked in SBI Exam to be published.

• BSF Foundation day -1 December
• RBI regulate which sector -Banking
• Sachin autobiography-Playing It My Way ( Already given in our list of important / current affair questions list 2 months back )
• 2011 highest urban population state-Maharashtra
• UNESCO Headquarter- Paris
• Current Home Minister of India - Rajnath Singh
• Roger Federer related to which sport- Tennis
• Hudhud affected which coast? - Visakhapatnam
• Bharatnatyam start from which state - Tamil Nadu
• Capital of Assam State - Dispur
• Where is the head quarter of UNICEF? - New York 
• When do we observe army day? - 15th January
• Water week started from - 13th January in context with Ganga Rejuvenation Plan
• Who is the current Defense minister of India? - Manohar Parikar
• Which language is second most spoken language in world - Hindi

Some recommended books for SBI Bank Exams

GK Questions Asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 Part 1/5

Here is the list of questions asked in the Online examination of SBI Associate Clerk held till 15th February 2015.
All the questions asked in the previous exams of general awareness section of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam till date are listed below in part manner as there are more than several group of questions.

• Prize given to Raghuram Rajan recently - Governor of the Year in Central Banks awards
• Newspaper name of recent France attack - Charlie Hebdo ( Important )
• Deodhar Trophy Champion - East Zone
• Highest mortality rate in infants state - Odisha ( Formerly called Orrisa )
• CBI new director - Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha ( Important )
• Barack obama wife name - Michelle Obama
• CVV FULL FORM - Card Verification Value ( It is the 3 digit number which is printed on the back side of credit or debit card which is required for authentication of any transaction carried out though the said credit or debit card )
• PAKISTAN CURRENCY - Pakistani Rupee
• BSBDA A/C FULL FORM - Basic Savings Bank Account
• Dramatic decade author? -Pranab Mukherjee ( Important )
• IMF headquarters -Washington D.C.  ( Important )
• Champions Trophy Hockey Winner - Germany ( Runner up Pakistan )

Here is the list of some good recommended book necessary for cracking SBI Exams :

Analysis of General Awareness and Computer Questions of United India Insurance AO Exam 2014

Following are the detailed analysis of question asked in the United Indian Insurance AO exam held in December 2015.

These questions list of United India Insurance AO exam are also helpful for upcoming AO as well as Bank exams which may be held in future. 

Keep visiting the website for regular updates of GK questions asked in various Bank and Insurance Exams as well as we are posting several important question bank which can be asked in SBI , IBPS, and various bank exams such as RBI , SIDBI , GIC & NABARD

• Bond Market is also known as - Debt Market ( Interest rates and bond prices are inversely related )
• ARCIL is which type of company? - Asset Reconstruction Company
• Which manufacturer installed the world's tallest hybrid wind generator turbine at Gujarat recently? - Suzlon Energy
• BHEL has recently commissioned a hydro power project in which African country? - Rwanda
• Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers? - Ananth Kumar ( Health Minister J P Nadda, Defence Minister Manohar Parikar )
• International Anti-Corruption Day? - December 9
• Which among the following is the Partner of SBI Life Insurance? - BNP Paribas
• An enterprise with investment in plant and machinery will be considered micro enterprise if it does not exceed the limit of? -Rs. 25 lakh
• Name the textile business group of Reliance Group? - Vimal (other major textile groups in the country are Arvind , Aditya Birla Nuvo )
• Along with May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser who shared Noble Prize in Medicine 2014? - John O'Keefe
• In BSBDA Account, no extra charge levied if balance is maintained above? -Rs. 50,000
• Which is the first State to achieve 100% financial inclusion under PMJDY? -Kerala ( Till now total number of accounts opened under PMJDY is more than 1.2 Crore )
• Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana government aims to cover 2,500 villages by which year? – 2019
• Protests named "Umbrella Revolution" recently held in which country? - Hong Kong
• Which is the sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market? - General Insurance Corporation of India
• Govt recently announced that the crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) would have to merge with its holding company named? - Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL)
• IMPS full form? -Immediate Payment Service ( Inter Bank payment system )
• Headquarters of Financial Stability Board? - Basel, Switzerland
• Tata Power has recently signed a share purchase agreement with Ideal Energy Project (IEPL) to acquire the latter’s 540-MW thermal power plant in which state?-  Maharashtra
• Word CTS-2010 is related with? –Cheque ( Cheque truncation system )
• Which state has highest rural population in India as per Census 2011? - Uttar Pradesh
• Kisan Vikas Patra is not in which among the following denominations? -Rs.500 ( In KVP the money doubles in 100 months )
• Name the Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners launched by Prime Minister recently? - Jeevan Pramaan
• G20 Summit 2014 was held at? -Brisbane, Australia
• Capital of Chile? - Santiago
• Currency for Republic of Colombia? - Colombian peso
• Paypal is which type of company? - Internet Payment company
• Name the foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions to exchange aspects? - Currency swap
• When we open a website first page is called? - Home page
• Which of the following is Web Browser? - Internet Explorer
• To move text we use? - Cut & Paste
• Author of the recently released book "Not just an Accountant"? - Vinod Rai ( He was earlier CAG chief )
• To save a file with a new name we use which option? - Save as
• Which of the following is function key? - F3