“20-20” General Awareness | Crack SBI PO/Clerk & BOB PO 2018 Day-39

Dear Aspirants, As we all know the importance of General Awareness section to appear for all the competitive exams. So, IG team has taken majestic step to make you score more in the General Awareness Part. We amalgamated Current affairs, Banking awareness and Static Gk sections to make you score more. The Aspirants can make use of it, to improve score in General awareness part.

1). Answer: B

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $375 million loan for a project to improve irrigation in Madhya Pradesh to help double farmers’ income.

2). Answer: E

Yes Bank has signed an MoU with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to become the preferred financial institution to extend banking facilities to small and medium enterprising (SME) customers of SIDBI.

3). Answer: D

India and World Bank has signed $ 500 million loan agreement to provide additional financing for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Rural Roads Project.

4). Answer: D

As per the World Health Statistics 2018 report, published in the WHO website, 17.3 percent of India’s population or nearly 230 million citizens spent more than 10 percent of their income towards health expenditure during 2007-2015. The global average is 11.7 per cent for people spending more than 10 per cent of their income towards medical expenses.

5). Answer: E

The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group has launched a new mechanism that intends to strengthen global health security through monitoring and regular reporting of preparedness to tackle outbreaks, pandemics, and other emergencies with health consequences. Under the programme, a new monitoring board, “Global Preparedness Monitoring Board” has been set up with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

6). Answer: B

Andhra Pradesh government has announced a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 each to unemployed graduate youths in the state with an upper age limit of 35.

7). Answer: A

The 2018 International Conference on TRIPS- CBD Linkage was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference will bring together indigenous people/local communities in developing and developed countries, internationally acclaimed academicians working on the subject, Geneva-based negotiators and capital based experts.

8). Answer: B

Social networking giant Facebook has partnered with National Commission for Women (NCW) to launch a digital literacy programme in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF). As part of the digital literacy programme pilot, awareness training will be conducted for 60,000 women in universities across major cities in Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu over a one-year period.

9). Answer: C

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has introduced a messaging platform that goes by the name of “Kimbho”.  Kimbo’ is derived from a Sanskrit word which translates to, “How are you? What’s new?” and can be downloaded directly from Google Play store.

10). Answer: D

India has been placed at 113th position in the list of 175 countries in “End of Childhood Index 2018” indexed by global child rights group, Save the Children. Singapore and Slovenia are placed at the top sharing the first place in the index and Niger figures at the end of the list at 175.

11). Answer: A

Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) is a seven digit unique number issued by the bank upon registration.

12). Answer: B

Karnataka Bank Ltd has launched ‘KBL-Deposit Only Card’ that enables hassle-free cash deposit transactions at the bank’s 24X7 e-lobby services.

13). Answer: C

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the viability rating (VR) of State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda (BOB) by one notch to bb+ and bb, respectively, reflecting their weakened intrinsic risk profile due to the negative effect of poor asset quality and earnings on their capital position.

14). Answer: E

Public sector Vijaya Bank has bagged the Best Performing Public Sector Bank award for the financial year 2017-2018 from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). The bank has performed well under Atal Pension Yojana. The award was given at the National Atal Pension Yojana Conference held at Delhi.

15). Answer: C

Priority Sector Lending (PSL) is an important role given by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the banks for providing a specified portion of the bank lending to few specific sectors like agriculture and allied activities, micro and small enterprises, poor people for housing, students for education and other low income groups and weaker sections.

16). Answer: A

Rangit Dam is located in Sikkim.

17). Answer: A

Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player

18). Answer: A

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary located in Gujarat.

19). Answer: D

The National Army day is observing on January 15.

20). Answer: D

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is located in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

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