GK Questions IBPS Clerk Mains Exam - 3 January 2016 (Morning Shift)

Hi Aspirants..Today (3 January 2016) was the second day of IBPS Clerk Mains 2016. In this post we are sharing with you the questions asked in the Morning Shift of today's (03.01.2016) exam. The Mains Exam consist of Reasoning, English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness & Computer Knowledge. 40 questions from each section for a total of 200 marks. This will be useful for those preparing for next year's exam. 

New!! Check Questions asked in Evening Shift Exam
GK Questions asked in 3 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains

1. Headquarters of HDFC? - Mumbai

2. Capital of Saudi Arabia? - Riyadh

3. Prime minister of Canada? - Justin Trudeau

4. Riyal is the currency of? - Saudi Arabia

5. Name the Insurance regulator in India? - IRDA

6. Constituency of Hema Malini MP? - Mathura

7. Hawana is capital of which country? - Cuba

8. Indian Army Day is observed on? - 15 January

9. Keoladeo National Park is located at? - Bharatpur, Rajasthan

10. Dholera International Airport is located at? - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(If you are back in Current Affairs don’t worry,  attempt Our Daily Current Affairs Quiz & this will surely improve your GA. Have a try & believe)

11. First Regional Rural Bank in India started in which state? - Uttar Pradesh

12. Korba Thermal Power Station is located at? - Chhattisgarh

13. Climate Change Summit 2015 was recently held at? - Paris

14. Ashok Amritraj is a former player in? - Tennis

15. Which Bank has headquarter at Manipal, Karnataka? - Syndicate Bank

16. Which bank can deposit upto 1 lakh but no loan can be given? - Payment Bank

17. Full form of ASBA? - Application Supported by Blocked Amount

18. Customer identification is related with which instrument? - KYC

19. Which bank recently launched mobile wallet 'Batua'? - SBI

20. Which Bank launched country's first 'display variant' debit card? - Axis Bank
Also check IBPS Clerk Exam 2 January 2016 Questions

Read More

Banking Awareness Quiz for Bank Exams in 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS-PO/Clerk/SO/SBI-PO/Clerk/SBI Associate-Clerk/PO/Other Bank Exams upcoming in 2016. You can attempt the quiz by clicking the start quiz button below. All the Best. 

Click Here to take this quiz from our direct site for better experience 
1. A NBFC is prohibited to offer or undertake _____ ?

(a) accept demand deposits

(b) accept time deposits  

(c) Lend long term loans 

(d) Pay a higher rate of interest on deposits as compared to Banks

(e) None of the Above

2. “Grameen Bank” is a micro-finance organization and community development bank which operates in _______?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Bangladesh 

(d) India 

(e) Nepal

3. What is the extended date for BASEL III Norms which was earlier 31st March 2018?

(A) 31st March, 2016

(B) 31st March, 2019

(C) 31st March, 2020

(D) 31st March, 2021

(E) 31st March, 2025

4. What was the name given to the minor a/c launched by SBI for children above 10 years?

(A) Shishu Suraksha

(B) Pehla khata

(C) Pehli Udaan

(D) Shishu Dhan

(E) None of the above

5. Commercial paper may be issued for a period of ____?

(a) 90 days

(b) 91 to 180 days

(c) 7 days to one year

(d) All the above

(e) None of the above

6. What is "Call Money”?

(a) Money borrowed and lent for overnight or a day

(b) Money borrowed for more than a day but upto 3 days    

(c) Money borrowed for more than a day but upto 7 days   

(d) Money borrowed for more than a day but upto 14 days

(e) None of the above

7. Under the Gold Bond Scheme instead of buying physical gold, Indian residents can buy the Gold Bonds. As per the Gold Bond Scheme, what is the tenure of the bonds?

(A) 15-17 years

(B) 5-7 years

(C) 1-2 years

(D) 1-5 months

(E)  None of the above

8. The minimum acceptable amount under the Scheme of Certificate of Deposit is ____?

(a) Rs. 1 lakhs 

(b) Rs. 10 lakhs

(c) Rs. 20 lakhs

(d) Rs. 25 lakhs

(e) None of the above

9. What are Mutilated Notes?

(A)  Notes which are in pieces and/or of which the essential portions are missing

(B)  Any bank note, which is wholly or partially, obliterated, shrunk

(C)  Notes which are washed, altered or indecipherable

(D)  Notes which are wholly or partially, obliterated, shrunk, washed, altered or indecipherable

(E)  None of these

10. What is the maximum age for MD and CEO in Private Sector Banks set by RBI?

(A) 70

(B)  75

(C) 60

(D)  80

(E) None of these

Attempt above Quiz to check the right answers. 

Check more Banking Quiz from here 

Read More

Current Affairs Online Quiz – 2 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 2 January 2016. Trending topics for the day include LPG emergency helpline number 1906, 'Cricketer of the Year' award, Sangita Kalanidhi award, pre-dawn strike at the Air Force base in Pathankot etc. Please study the questions & attempt the quiz given at the bottom. 

1) Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on 1 January 2016 launched the LPG emergency helpline number ____ for the cooking gas consumers across the country?

(A) 1800

(B) 1906

(C) 1901

(D) 1806

2) Which player has been selected for 'Cricketer of the Year' award 2015 by BCCI?

(A) Ravichandran Ashwin

(B) Ravindra Jadeja

(C) Virat Kohli

(D) Shikhar Dhawan

3) Union Government has recently constituted a committee to examine the wage structure, service conditions of the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the Department of Posts (DoP). The one member committee will be headed by?

(A) Padmini Gopinath

(B) Kamlesh Chandra

(C) Radhika Doraisamy

(D) Kavery Banerjee

4) Who was conferred with the 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award on 1 January 2016?

(A) Sanjay Subrahmanyam

(B) Shyam Benegal

(C) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

(D) Unnikrishnan

5) Heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists on 2 January 2016 carried out a pre-dawn strike at the Air Force base in Pathankot in which state?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Odisha

(D) Punjab

 Check our Previous Current Affairs Quiz 2015

6) A B Bardhan who died on 2 January 2016 was a veteran leader of which political party?

(A) BJP

(B) Indian National Congress

(C) Communist Party of India (CPI)

(D) Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPM

7) Atul Sobti on 1 January 2016 assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of?

(A) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)

(B) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

(C) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

(D) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

8) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) on 1 January 2016 signed a MoU with which bank for web-based monitoring of watershed management projects?

(A) SBI

(B) IDBI

(C) NABARD

(D) ICICI

9) L M Kahute was on 1 January 2016 appointed as the DGP of?

(A) Manipur

(B) Bihar

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Uttar Pradesh

10) Which state police entered Limca Book of Records on 2 January 2016 for solving India's biggest cash heist case?

(A) Kerala Police

(B) Delhi Police

(C) Karnataka Police

(D) Punjab Police

Answers

1) Ans. (B) 1906

2) Ans. (C) Virat Kohli

3) Ans. (B) Kamlesh Chandra

4) Ans. (A) Sanjay Subrahmanyam

5) Ans. (D) Punjab

6) Ans. (C) Communist Party of India (CPI)

7) Ans. (A) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)

8) Ans. (C) NABARD

9) Ans. (A) Manipur

10) Ans. (B) Delhi Police

 Studied??? Now itz time to revise these questions based on your memory

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

Read More

Today's (2 January 2016) Evening Shift IBPS Clerk Mains GK & Computer Questions

Hi Aspirants..The Evening/Afternoon shift of today's (02.01.16) IBPS Clerk Mains is over now. In this post we are sharing with you the questions asked in Evening Shift exam. The Mains Exam consists of Reasoning, English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness & Computer Knowledge. 40 questions from each section for a total of 200 marks. This will be useful for those having exams in upcoming shift & those preparing for next year's exam. 

GK Questions asked in 2 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains - Evening Shift

1. Rubble is the currency of which country? - Russia
2. Headquarters of IDBI Bank? - Mumbai
3. Ankara is the capital of which country? - Turkey
4. David Cameron is the Prime Minister of which country? - Britain
5. 19th SAARC summit 2016 will be held in which country? - Pakistan
6. Which indian was recently appointed executive director at IMF? - Subir Gokarn
7. Headquarters of International Maritime Organization? - London
8. Kanha National Park is located in which state? - Madhya Pradesh
9. Who won the Women's singles at Macau Open Badminton Championships 2015? - P. V. Sindhu
10. Mahip Singh who died recently was a? - Writer & journalist
11. Heena Sindhu is related to which sport? - Shooting 
12. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of? - Swami Vivekananda
13. Entities participating in Gold monetization Scheme can earn up to_____ per cent interest rate on their idle gold? - 2.50
14. IDFC was incorporated on 30 January 1997 with its registered office in? - Chennai
15. Lakshmi Vilas Bank recently launched co-branded credit card in partnership with? - SBI Cards and Payment Services
16. Premium RuPay card holders will get personal accident coverage upto? - Rs.2 lakh
17. 13th World Robot Olympiad will be held at? - New Delhi
18. Which state entered Guinness Book of World Records for Plantation Drive? - Uttar Pradesh 
19. Govt aims rolling out Bharat Stage V & VI norms (emission norms for vehicles) from which year? - 2019
20. Bharath Ratna award was Instituted in? - 1954
21.  KisanVikas Patra denominations? - Rs 1000, Rs 5000, Rs 10000, Rs 50000
22. FEMA full form? - Foreign Exchange Management Act
23. Prathma bank is sponsored by? – Syndicate Bank
24. Bandhan bank is a  co-operartive or commercial bank? - Commercial Bank
25. Headquarters of Asian Development Bank? - Manila
26. C in ECB? - Commercial Borrowings
27. BASEL norms is related to? - Banking
28. Indian Overseas Bank Headquarters? - Chennai
29. Conversion of Physical Security in Electronic Form? - DEMAT
30. Full form of ECR? - Earnings Credit Rate
31. 5-10 Lakhs loan limits in mudra yojna comes under? - Tarun 

(If you are back in Current Affairs don’t worry,  attempt Our Daily Current Affairs Quiz & this will surely improve your GA. Have a try & believe)

Most of the Current Affairs Questions asked were covered in our weekly Currentaffairs4examz PDF. So if you have upcoming exams don't miss our Weekly PDF. Click Here to download the same. 

Meanwhile you can check Questions asked in Morning Shift Exam

Read More

General Knowledge for Railway RRB Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants.. Railway RRB has already published notification for recruitment of Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Goods Guard, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Assistant Station Master, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper. Exams are scheduled in March - May, 2016. So let’s start our preparation. In this post we are sharing with you some useful GK questions for this exam. Attempt questions online & check your score. 

Click Here to take this quiz from our direct site for better experience 
1. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?

(A) Gandhiji

(B) Bal Gangadhara Tilak

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Nehru

2. Kathakali dance form is associate with which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Manipur

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu

3. What is the famous chipko movement associated with?

(A) Trees

(B) Saving the tigers

(C) Saving the wetland

(D) None of these

4. According to 2011 Census, the State having maximum population is

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

5. An ordinance issued by the Governer has to be passed by the assembly within

(a) 10 weeks

(b) 12 weeks

(c) 6 weeks

(d) 8 weeks

6. Who has authored the book “The Kingdom of God is Within you”?

(a) Henry David

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) John Ruskin

(d) Leo Tolstoy

7. Which is the major cause of ‘October Heat’?

(a) Very low-velocity winds

(c) High temperature associated with high humidity

(b) Low pressure system over the Indo-Gangetic plains

(d) Hot and dry weather

8. Which of the following was the founder of the house of Peshawar?

(a) Balaji Vishwanath

(b) Balaji Baji Rao

(c) Parsuram Triamusuk

(d) Ramachandra Pant

9. Seismography is the science of

(a) Earthquakes

(b) Volcanoes

(c) Mountains

(d) Rivers

10. Cuba is the largest producer of

(a) Sugar

(b) Wheat

(c) Rice

(d) Barley

Attempt above Quiz to check the right answers. 

Check 1000+ more Useful GK Questions  

Read More

Questions asked in IBPS Clerk Mains held on 2 January 2016 - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants..Today (2 January 2016) was the first day of IBPS Clerk Mains 2016. In this post we are sharng with you the questions asked in the Morning Shift of today's (02.01.2016) exam  & its Review. The Mains Exam consist of Reasoning, English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness & Computer Knowledge. 40 questions from each section for a total of 200 marks. This will be useful for those having exams in upcoming shift & those preparing for next year's exam. 

New!! Check Questions asked in Evening Shift Exam

GK Questions asked in 2 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains

1. Currency of Nigeria? - Nigerian naira
2. National Housing Bank (NHB) is the subsidiary of? - RBI
3. Beirut Capital of? - Lebanon
4. Which country won the Davis cup 2015? - Great Britain
5. PT Usha is related to which sports? - Atheletics
6. President of France? - Francois Hollande
7. Dachigam National Park is located in which state? - Jammu & Kashmir
8. India’s literacy rate as per census 2011? - 74.04%
9. Sunil Naraine is thecricketer from which country? - West Indies
10. CRAR full form? - Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
11. Who won Mahatma Phule Samata Puraskar 2015? - Arundhati Roy
12. Name India's first Credit Information Company (CIC) founded in August 2000? - Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL)
13. Central Sector Scheme Nai Manzil aims at? - Educational and livelihood needs of minority communities
14. Atal Pension Yojana has replaced which previous scheme? - Swavalamban Yojana
15. Naitonal Voters Day was observed on? - January 25
16. Mount Abu is a popular hill station located in which state? - Rajasthan
17. Which of the following is the Public Sector Bank? - IDBI (from options)
18. 1st BRICS media summit was recently held at? - China
19. KYC is used for which pupose? - To verify the customer
20. Name the first Non-banking financial company (NBFC) recently started bank? - Bandhan
21. IMF recently included which country’s currency in its basket (SDR)? - Yuan (Renminbi) of China
22. In RIDF R stand for? - Rural (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund)
23. First Indian Scientist to receive Bhart Ratna in 1954? - C.V.Raman
24. UNU stands for? - United Nations University [Headquarters: Tokyo,Japan]
25. Commonwealth's new Secretary General? - Patricia Scotland
26. Which bank recently decided to shut its private banking operations in India? - HSBC Holdings Plc
27. MMID full form? - Mobile Money Transfer Identifier
RBI monetary policy review on which basis? - Bi-monthly
(If you are back in Current Affairs don’t worry,  attempt Our Daily Current Affairs Quiz & this will surely improve your GA. Have a try & believe)

Computer Questions asked in 2 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains
1. ADSL full form? - Asymmetric digital subscriber line 
2. Mozila Firefox is a? - Web Browser
3. Device act as both input and output? - Touch screen 
4. Which is the text-based operating system? - Linux
5. Full form of HTTP? - HyperText Transfer Protocol
6. Google is a ____? - Serach Engine
7. c++ is which type of language? - Programming Language
8. Which language is used to write internet program? - HTML

Most of the Current Affairs Questions asked were covered in our weekly Currentaffairs4examz PDF. So if you have upcoming exams don't miss our Weekly PDF. Click Here to download the same. 

First Reviews!!!

From the first reviews received it is seen that English, Reasoning & Computer Sections were easy whereas Aptitude was little bit lengthy & from GA banking & current affairs questions were more - static gk were less. Stay connected for more updates.
Aptitude Review

* No questions from quadratic equation, simplification questions were moderate, Data Interpretation question was easy. 

Meanwhile you can check Study Materials for IBPS Clerk Mains 2016

Read More

Persons in News – January 2016

Hi Aspirants we have just thought of creating an exclusive post to update the list of persons in news for January 2016. Here you can check all the important persons of National & International importance who were in news from Current Affairs perspective during January 2016.

Here are the Persons in News – January 2016

1. Harper Lee - His book "Go Set a Watchman" topped the 2015 US bestseller list. 
2. Zinedine Zidane - Appointed as the new manager of Real Madrid football club. 
3. Syed Kirmani- Presented with Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award on 5 January 2016.
4. Filippo Grandi - He has taken the charge as new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 6 January 2016. 
5. V.V.S. Laxman - His masterly innings of 281 against Australia was rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years. 
6. Mary Barra - Elected as Chairman of Board of Directors of General Motors. 
7. S H Kapadia - Former Chief Justice of India - He died on 5 January 2016.
8. Kate Atkinson - British writer - She won the novel-of-the-year prize at Britain's Costa Book Awards 2015 for her book "A God in Ruins". 
9. Abid Ali Neemuchwala - Appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Wipro. 
10. Radha Krishna Mathur  - On 4 January 2016 sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner of India. 
11. Pranav Dhanawade - He created history on 5 January 2016 when he became the first batsmen in to score more than 1,000 runs in an innings in school cricket. 
12. Justice RM Lodha - Justice RM Lodha Committee on IPL spot fixing on 4 January 2016 submitted its report to the Supreme Court suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 
13. Vilmos Zsigmond - Cinematographer - He is the winner of an Oscar for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind & died on 1 January 2016.
14. Arunima Sinha - India’s star amputee mountaineer - She successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in which country as part of her Mission 7 Summits. 
15. Natalie Cole - Grammy-winning singer died on 2 Jan 2016. 
16. L M Kahute - Appointed as the DGP of Manipur. 
17. Atul Sobti - Assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL). 
18. A B Bardhan - Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) died. 
19. Sanjay Subrahmanyam - foremost south Indian classical vocalists - Awarded Sangita Kalanidhi award 2015.
20. Kamlesh Chandra - Head of one member committee formed to examine the wage structure, service conditions of the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the Department of Posts (DoP)
21. Virat Kohli - Selected for 'Cricketer of the Year' award 2015 by BCCI
22. Laxmi Ratan Shukla - Former Bengal cricket captain - Announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. 
23. Adnan Sami - Singer - He got Indian citizenship. 
24. Nagesh Prabhu - Assumed charge as Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC). 
25. S Javeed Ahmed - New Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh.
26. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria - Took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff. 
27. Shyam Benegal - Eminent filmmaker – He was appointed as the committee head to look into the revamp of the Censor Board                                               
28. Also Check Current Affairs January 2016 for Exams

Read More

Current Affairs January 2016 for Exams

Hi Aspirants..Itz the first month of the new year and has come with lot’s of new hope. Many Exams are upcoming in 2016 & let’s try together to make your dreams come true this year itself. As requested by many of our followers, we are creating a post exclusively for January 2016 Current Affairs where we will post all the important happenings of January 2016. 

* Also attempt Current Affairs Quiz January 2016

* Download Current Affairs (Week Wise) from here

Here is the Date Wise Current Affairs of January 2016

1. Current Affairs Quiz 7 January 2016
2. Current Affairs Quiz 6 January 2016
3. Current Affairs Quiz 5 January 2016
4. Current Affairs Quiz 4 January 2016
5. Current Affairs Quiz 2 January 2016
6. Current Affairs Quiz 1 January 2016

Read More