GA Revision for IBPS Clerk Mains and Other Exams – 680

GA Revision Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains and Other exams.

1. Which service carrier airline have joined hands with SBI Card for premium co branded credit cards?
   A)Vistara
   B)AirIndia
   C)AirAsia
   D)SpiceJet
   E)GoAir
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer, and Vistara, a full-service carrier, have joined hands to launch a one-of-its-kind premium credit card for travel savvy urban Indians.

   
   
2. Recently RBI asked banks not to charge savings account customers for NEFT from which year?
   A)January 2020
   B)February 2020
   C)March 2020
   D)April 2020
   E) June 2020
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandated banks not to charge savings account holders for National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) from January 2020.

   
   
3. U GRO Capital, a tech-enabled lender to small businesses, has signed a loan co-origination partnership with which bank to offer credit at a competitive rate of interest?
   A)SBI
   B)Indian Bank
   C)IDBI Bank
   D)Allahabad Bank
   E)Union Bank of India
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: U GRO Capital, a tech-enabled lender to small businesses, has signed a loan co-origination partnership with State Bank of India (SBI) to offer credit at a competitive rate of interest.

   
   
4. Recently champion Nicola Adams announced her retirement from which sports?
   A)Boxing
   B)Cricket
   C)Football
   D)Tennis
   E)Hockey
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: Two-time Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams (37 years) announced her retirement from the sport on medical advice due to the vulnerability of losing eyesight.

   
   
5. The Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal, CLAP in which city/UT?
   A)New Delhi
   B)Pune
   C)Chennai
   D)Mumbai
   E)Jaipur
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal, CLAP, in New Delhi. The portal provides a transparent and robust real-time web-based monitoring system for credit-linked Subsidy Services, CLSS, beneficiaries. Using the portal, a beneficiary can track his application status in real-time. The initiative would also benefit other stakeholders to work in synergy to release subsidy to beneficiaries on time.

   
   
6. Which Company builded App Defense Alliance to fight bad apps?
   A)Amazon
   B)Google
   C)Samsung
   D)Apple
   E)Reliance
   
   
   

   
   Option B Explanation: Malicious apps are plaguing app stores and Google wants to fight them better. The search giant announced the launch of App Defense Alliance that will help stop the bad apps from reaching the official app stores.

   
   
7. Which Indian writer was given the Gemcon Young Literature Award?
   A)Abhishek Sarkar
   B)Abhijeet Banerjee
   C)Taraknath Banerjee
   D)Abhimanyu Singh
   E) Maniharan Goswami
   
   
   

   
   Option A Explanation: At the 9th edition of the Dhaka Literature festival, West Bengal-based writer Abhishek Sarkar and Bangladeshi poet Rofiquzzaman Rony were given the Gemcon Young Literature Award and Gemcon Young Poetry Award.

   
   
8. Which state government has announced 5% reservation to national and international medallists sportspersons in state government jobs?
   A)Maharashtra
   B)Uttar Pradesh
   C)Gujarat
   D)Madhya Pradesh
   E)Jharkhand
   
   
   

   
   Option D Explanation: Madhya Pradesh government has announced 5% reservation to national and international medallists sportspersons in state government jobs.

   
   
9. Recently India and Thailand ports signed how many MoU to boost connectivity?
   A)6
   B)2
   C)3
   D)5
   E)4
   
   
   

   
   Option C Explanation: Ranong Port of Thailand and port trusts of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata have inked three Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) to cut down sea travel time by half between the two countries.

   
   
10. Where is the HQ of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance?
    A)Kochi
    B)Chennai
    C)Pune
    D)Mumbai
    E)Kolkata
    
    
    

    
    Option C

    
    
11. India test-fired 3,500-km range K-4 underwater nuclear missile from which place?
    A)Vizag
    B)Surat
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Visakhapatnam
    E)Hyderabad
    
    
    

    
    Option A Explanation: To further strengthen its capabilities of hitting enemy targets from submarines, India test-fired the 3,500 kilometre strike-range K-4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

    
    
12. Where is the HQ ofGoogle?
    A)New York
    B)Paris
    C)California
    D)London
    E)Singapore
    
    
    

    
    Option C

    
    
13. Recently the Etawah Lion Safari, formally known as Etawah Safari Park was thrown open for public.It is situated in which state?
    A)Uttar Pradesh
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Bihar
    D)Odisha
    E)Manipur
    
    
    

    
    Option A Explanation: The Etawah Lion Safari, formally known as Etawah Safari Park was thrown open for public in Uttar Pradesh without the lion segment.

    
    
14. Which country to host 2023 FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup?
    A)India
    B)Brazil
    C)Thailand
    D)England
    E)Japan
    
    
    

    
    Option A Explanation: The Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced that India would be hosting the Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023.

    
    
15. Recently Devendra Fadnavis announced his resignation from which state CM position?
    A)Telangana
    B)Odisha
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Jharkhand
    E)Gujarat
    
    
    

    
    Option C Explanation: Devendra Fadnavis submitted his resignation as Chief Minister to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari as, he said, BJP fell short of the required number of MLAs to win the scheduled floor test.

    
    
16. Recently the Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) has been set up in which city?
    A)Pune
    B)Hyderabad
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Mumbai
    E)Kolkata
    
    
    

    
    Option B Explanation: The Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) has been set up in Hyderabad, Telangana. This new entity is set up to impart professional training in the management of railway finances

    
    
17. The 10th Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine held in which city?
    A)New Delhi
    B)Ahmedabad
    C)Mumbai
    D)Chennai
    E)Hyderabad
    
    
    

    
    Option A Explanation: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurating 10th Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. The aim of the conference is to develop programs and manuals to train citizens in emergency first aid procedures such as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as it will help in saving a life while waiting for emergency services.

    
    
18. How many Indian Authors novels make it to BBC’s 100 ‘Novels That Shaped Our World’ list?
    A)7
    B)3
    C)4
    D)5
    E)2
    
    
    

    
    Option D Explanation: Renowned Indian authors like R K Narayan, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth and V S Naipaul are among 100 writers who have featured on a list of the most inspiring novels chosen by a panel of experts and revealed by the BBC.

    
    
19. Recently the central government has approved the proposal of setting up five new medical colleges in which state?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Tamil Nadu
    E)Chattisgarh
    
    
    

    
    Option C Explanation: The Central government has approved the proposal of setting up five new medical colleges in different districts of Rajasthan.

    
    
20. Who has become the first Indian male cricketer to play 100 T20Is?
    A)Virat Kohli
    B)MS Dhoni
    C)Rohit Sharma
    D)Suresh Raina
    E)Yuvraj Singh
    
    
    

    
    Option C Explanation: Stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian male cricketer to play 100 T20Is. He achieved the feat in the ongoing second T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh here at the Khandheri Cricket Stadium in Rajkot, Gujarat.