GK Updates for Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant Examination

Q. “Customer is an important visitor in our premises” is the starting line of quotation by:
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Atal Behari Bajpayee
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Jawahra Lal Nehru
(E) None of the above

Answer- (A) Mahatma Gandhi
Q. Cash Reserve Ratio is maintained in the form of:
(A) Government securities
(B) Balance with Reserve Bank of India
(C) Balance with State Bank of India
(D) All of the above
(E) None of the above

Answer- (B) Balance with Reserve Bank of India
Q. Banking Regulation Act, 1949, does not, at all apply to
(A) Nationalised Banks
(B) State Bank of India and its Subsidiaries
(C) Foreign banks having branches in India
(D) Primary agricultural credit societies and cooperative land mortgage banks
(E) None of the above

Answer- (D) Primary agricultural credit societies and cooperative land mortgage banks
Q. Which of the following terms is not directly associated with the functioning of RBI ?
(A) Open Market Operations
(B) Cash Reserve Ratio
(C) SENSEX
(D) Public Debt Office
(E) None of these

Answer- (C) SENSEX
Q. For filing and resolving customer complaints, theBanking Ombudsman
(A) charges a fee of Rs. 500
(B) does not charge any fee
(C) charges a fee of Rs. 1500
(D) charges a fee of Rs. 1000
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) does not charge any fee
Q. Banks in India are regulated under __ ?
(A) Companies Act, 1956
(B) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
(C) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1924
(D) Special powers conferred on the RBI
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Q. Inflation in India is measured on which of the following indexes/indicators ?
(A) Cost of Living Index (COLI)
(B) Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(C) Gross Domestic Product
(D) Wholesale price Index (WPI)
(E) None of the above

Answer- (D) Wholesale price Index (WPI)
Q. The availability of Cash and other cash like marketable instruments that are useful in purchases and investment are commonly known as
(A) Cash crunch
(B) Liquidity
(C) Credit
(D) Marketability
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) Liquidity
Q. Many times we read in newspapers that the RB! has revised certain rates/ratios under LAF. What is the full formofLAF ?
(A) Legal Adjustment Facility
(B) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
(C) Long-term Achievement Facility
(D) Legal Adjustment Formality
(E) None of the above

Answer- (B) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
Q. What is the meant by “Underwriting” the term frequently used in financial sector?
(A) Under valuation of the assets
(B) The Act of taking on a risk for a fee
(C) Giving a guarantee that a loan will not become a bad loan
(D) The act of permission to float an IPO
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) The Act of taking on a risk for a fee
Q. What is the capital city of Syria ?
(A) Bern
(B) Madrid
(C) Juba
(D) Damascus
(E) None of these

Answer- (D) Damascus
Q. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh recently appointed the a new poverty elimination committee under the chairmenship of
(A) Suresh Tendulkar
(B) D.T. Lakdawala
(C) C. Rangarajan
(D) Gulamnabi Azad
(E) None of these

Answer- (C) C. Rangarajan
Q. Who amongst the following persons is a Former Governor of RBI?
(A) Shri P. Chidambaram
(B) Shri Yashwant Sinha
(C) Shri Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Shri Man Mohan Singh
(E) None of the above

Answer- (B) Shri Yashwant Sinha
Q. Facebook has listed its shares on which stock exchange?
(A) NYSE
(B) NASDAQ
(C) NSE
(D) BSE
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) NASDAQ
Q. The green colouring of leaves is due to:
(A) Chlorophyll
(B) Chloroplast
(C) Hemoglobin
(D) Copper sulphate
(E) None of these

Answer- (A) Chlorophyll
Q. Which of the following is a development bank
(A) HDFC
(B) NHB
(C) Axis Bank
(D) Development Credit Bank
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) NHB
Q. Who won the Golden Boot Award in the recently concluded UEFA Euro 2012?
(A) Fernando Torres (Spain)
(B) Mario Balotelli (Italy)
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
(D) Mario Gomez (Germany)
(E) None of these

Answer- (A) Fernando Torres (Spain)
Q. Red ribbon express train related to
(A) Cancer Awareness
(B) AIDS Awareness
(C) TB Awareness
(D) Malaria Awareness
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) AIDS Awareness
Q. Which state was in news for scrapping the MLA Local Area Development (LAD) recently?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Bihar
(C) Karnataka
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) Bihar
Q. The promoter of Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL)
(A) IDBI
(B) State Bank of India and ICICI
(C) LIC
(D) HDFC and Bank of Baroda
(E) All of these

Answer- (E) All of these
Q. Which party got notable success in the parliamentary elections under the leadership of Suu Kyi held in Myanmarin2012?
(A) Democratic Party
(B) League for Democracy
(C) National Leauge .
(D) National League for Democracy
(E) None of these

Answer- (D) National League for Democracy
Q. Who among the following is the Foreign Secretary of India at present ?
(A) Ajit Seth .
(B) S.K Tripathi
(C) Pulok Chatterjee
(D) Mukul Joshi
(E) None of these

Answer- (E) None of these
Q. Who is the New Chief Justice of India?
(A) K.G. Bala Krishnan
(B) Altamas Kabir
(C) H.S. Kapadia
(D) J.N. Kaneria
(E) None of these

Answer- (B) Altamas Kabir
Q. Which of the following person recently nominated as a National Sanitation Ambassador
(A) Karina Kapoor
(B) Preeti Zinta
(C) Vidya Balan
(D) Priyanka Chopra
(E) None of these

Answer- (C) Vidya Balan
Q. India’s wage policy is based on
(A) Cost of Living
(B) Standard of Living
(C) Per capita Income
(D) Whole sale price Index
(E) None of these

Answer- (A) Cost of Living
Q. B.C. Roy Trophy related to which game ?
(A) Cricket
(B) Badminton
(C) Hockey
(D) Football
(E) None of these

Answer- (D) Football
Q. Who among the following was never the Prime Minister of India ?
(A) L.K. Adwani
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) J.L.Nehru
(E) Atal Behari Vajapayee

Answer- (A) L.K. Adwani

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  1. check answer former governor is manmohan

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