Banker's Arena

1. G-20 Summit held at
A. India
B. China
C. Japan
D. Russia
E. Pakistan

2. Name of Official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World cup -
A. Zabivaka
B. Tiger
C. Cat
D. Ticot
E. None of above

3. India won 2016 Kabaddi world Cup by beating -
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. Thailand
D. South Korea
E. Afganistan

4. 2016 Kabaddi World Cup organized at -
A. Patna
B. Ahmedabad
C. Pune
D. New Delhi
E. Mohali

5. What is India's rank in the 2016 global Hunger Index -
A. 37
B. 68
C. 84
D. 97
E. 112

6. Anirban Lahiri belong to which game -
A. Tennis
B. Badmnton
C. Chess
D. Golf
E. Formula-1 Race

7. Who won "Man Booker Prize 2016" -
A. Paul Beatty for "The Sellout"
B. Graeme Macrae Burnet for "His Bloody Project"
C. David Szalay for "All That Man Is"
D. Deborah Levy for "Hot Milk"
E. Ottessa Moshfegh for "Eileen"

8. 8th BRICS Summit concludes in -
A. Kerala
B. Goa
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai
E. Mysore

9. Under MUDRA Loan partnerships, Bank has tied-up with which company to finance vehicle purchase -
A. UBER
B. OLA
C. JUGNOO
D. GetMeCab
E. Joy Ride

10. Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) -
A. Narendra Modi
B. P J Kurien
C. K V Chowdary
D. R K Mathur
E. Nipendra Mishra

Answer Key

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
B	A	B	B	D	D	A	B	A	A

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Important date

National Days		International Days
January
9	NRI Day	1	Global Famly Day
12	National Youth Day	26	International Custom Day
15	Army Day	30	World leprosy Eradication Day
25	National Tourism Day
26	Republic day
December
4	Navy Day	1	World AIDS Day
18	Minority Right Day	2	World Pollution Prevention Day
23	Kishan Divas	9	Internatiol Anti-curruption Day
24	Consumer Right Day	10	Human Right Day
		18	International Migrant Day
November
11	National Education Day	14	Diabetes Day
14	Children Day	19-25	World Heritage Week
18	Territorial Army Day	21	World Fisheries Day
26	National Law Day
October
2	Gandhi Jayanti	3	World Habitat Day
8	Air Force Day	5	World Teacher Day
10	National Post Day	12	World Arthristis Day
		16	World Food Day
September
5	Teachers’ Day	8	International Literacy Day
14	Hindi Day	15	International Day of Democracy
15	Engineers’ Day	21	World Alzheimer’s Day
		21	International Day of Peace
		27	World Tourism Day
		28	World Rabies Day

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GK for Promotion Exam

1. Which bank recently, launched home loan overdraft facility for salaried customers - ICICI Bank

2. New Executive Director (ED) of the Reserve Bank of India - M Rajeshwar Rao

3. The first ever Agricultural Marketing & Farm Friendly Reforms Index was launched by - NITI Aayog

4. The first company to get RBI approval for debt recast under Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets - Hindustan Construction Company Limited

5. The Union Government has signed the loan agreement to improve Assam’s Power Distribution with - Asian Development Bank

6. Who has announced that Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes will cease to be legal tender - PM Narendra Modi

7. Who has inaugurated Economic Editors’ Conference-2016 in New Delhi - Arun Jaitley

8. India’s first banking robot “Lakshmi” has been launched by the Kumbakonam-based - City Union Bank

9. Global payments & technology company MasterCard has introduced a safe and secure ‘quick response’ (QR) mobile payments solution in India - Masterpass QR

10. The RBI has directed banks to waive ATM charges on all transactions done by savings bank customers till - 30th December 2016.

11. The Company named as the 2016 Digital Innovator of the Year by GE Digital - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS )

12. Who has launched India’s first payment bank - Airtel M Commerce Services

13. India has signed bank information sharing deal with the country for the implementation of Automatic Exchange of Information between the two countries - Switzerland

14. RBI has reduced the monthly cash withdrawal limit from the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts - Rs 10000

15. Airtel Payments Bank Limited recently launched India's first live Payments Bank in – Rajasthan

16. Bank has tied-up with Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) to digitize payment of bus tickets for his customers - YES Bank.

17. The 50th anniversary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has been hosted by - India.

18. Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)___Sushil Chandra

19. Brand ambassador of Switzerland tourism - Ranveer Singh

20. CEO and MD of Bank of Baroda Capital Markets Ltd. - Ratnesh Kumar

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General Knowledge Question-Answer

1. First domestic bank of India to open a branch in Yangon, Myanmar - State Bank of India

2. Which currency has officially become a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s basket of global reserve currencies - Yuan

3. India’s GDP growth forecast for 2016, as per World Bank’s latest report South Asia Economic Focus - 7.6%.

4. The 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) India Economic Summit has been inaugurated in -New Delhi

5. The first edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2016 has been inaugurated by - Pranab Mukherjee

6. Chairman and CEO of the Jammu and Kashmir(J&K)bank - Parvez Ahmed

7. Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board - MS Sahoo

8. Chairman of the Indian Bank's Association(IBA) for the financial year 2016-17- Rajeev Rishi

9. The National Seismic Programme (NSP) has been launched in Odisha by- Dharmendra Pradhan

10. India’s rank in the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) - 97th

11. The Bank who tied-up with Uber for cash-back of up to 25% for hailing cabs from the app - Standard Chartered Bank.

12. Who has become the first Indian lender to complete a banking transaction using blockchain technology - ICICI Bank.

13. The GST Council reached a consensus on the way the states would be compensated for any loss of revenue after implementation of the new indirect tax regime, GST from - 1 April 2017

14. “Biotech-KISAN scheme” has been launched to empower - small and women farmers

15. The states have topped the 2016 all-India State wise Ease of Doing Business rankings - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

16. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb black money will come into effect from - 1st November 2016.

17. Who has launched the SMS Alert Service for direct taxes for about 2.5 crore private and Government salaried employees at a function in New Delhi- Arun Jaitley.

18. As a mark of respect to the former President and ‘Missile Man’ of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary, United Nations has declared his birthday as - World Students Day

19. Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Bank of Baroda - P V Sindhu & K Srikant

20. India’s the communication satellite launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana - GSAT-18.

Novel Prize 2016

Winner of Novel Prize 2016

Field	Person	Country
Medicine	Yoshinori Ohsumi	Japanese
Physics	David Touless	British
	Duncan Haldane	British
	Michael Kosterlitz	British
Chemistry	Jean-Pierre Sauvage	France
	J. Fraser Stoddart	Britain
	Bernald Feringa	Netherland
Peace	Jaun Manuel Santos	Colambia
Economic	Oliver Hart	British
	Bengt Holmstrom	Finland
Literature	Bob Dylan	America

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List of Ministers of India-Cabinet 2016