1. In the Banking technology, IMPS stands for..

1) Instant Payment Service

2) Immediate Paid Service
3) Immediate Payment Scroll
4) Immediate Payment Service
5) None
2. IMPS, a mobile payment system launched
in......
1) 2009 2) 2011
3) 2013 4) 2010 5) None
3. IMPS developed by National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI). NPCI was incor-
porated in?
1) 2010 2) 2011
3) 2009 4) 2008 5) 2013
4. Which is the latest bank rolled out its mer-
chant payment service on mobile phones
using the IMPS?
1) State Bank of India 2) UCO Bank
3) United Bank of India
4) Union Bank of India 5) None
5. RBI constituted the Board for Payment and
Settlement Systems in ...
1) 2008 2) 2007
3) 2005 4) 2011 5) 2012
6. National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) headed by ....
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) K. R. Kamath 4) M. Balachandran
5) None
7. Institute of Development and Research in
Banking Technology (IDRBT),
Hyderabad had been providing
ATM switching service to banks in
India through NFS. NFS stands
for.....
1) National Front Switch
2) National First Switch
3) National Financial Scroll
4) National Financial Switch
5) None
8. National Payments Corporation of India took
over NFS operations in ...
1) 2000 2) 2001 3) 2005
4) 2009 5) None
9. The debit card holder can perform which of
the following functions?
1) Make Point of Sale (POS) purchase
2) Recharge pre-paid mobile phones
3) Pay life insurance premium
4) Make donation 5) All of the above
10. RBI announces REER. Expand the term
REER.
1) Real External Exchange Rate
2) Real Established Exchange Rate
3) Real Effective Exchange Rate
4) Real Effective Exchange Ratio
5) None
11. Switzerland's central banking authority
SNB on 19
th
June 2014 said that Indian
money in Swiss banks has risen to over to
Rs.14,000 crores. SNB stands for ...
1) Swift National Bank
2) Sure National Bank
3) Scope National Bank
4) Swiss National Bank 5) None
12. India moved to which rank in terms of for-
eign money lying with Swiss banks as per
the latest data. UK ranks top position..
1) 2
nd
2) 10
th
3) 18
th
4) 58
th
5) 100
th
13. How much percent of an estimated $1.6
trillion total global wealth held in
Switzerland's banking system as per the
data released on 19
th
June 2014?
1) 1.05 2) 6.52 3) 0.15
4) 1.95 5) 2.91
14. Who released the Global Economic
Prospects (GEP) report on 11 June 2014?
1) IMF 2) IDA 3) World Bank
4) HSBC 5) S & P
15. In GEP 2014, World Bank lowered the eco-
nomic growth of world 2014 to .... percent
from the earlier estimate of 5.3 percent?
1) 4.0 2) 3.5 3) 5.1
4) 4.8 5) 3.9
16. Finance minister is considering a proposal
to provide a fixed tenure of five years to
heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as
per the recommendation based on ...
1) P.J. Nayak Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Damodaran Committee
4) Nachiket Mor Committee 5) None
17. On 18 June 2014, Indian Army
test-fired Akash missile from an
Integrated Test Range (ITR) in
Balasore, Odisha. Akash is ...
1) air-to-air missile
2) water-to-water missile
3) surface-to-water missile
4) water-to-air missile
5) surface-to-air missile
18. M Shashidhar Reddy resigned as the Vice-
chairman of .....
1) National Commission of SC
2) National Commission of ST
3) National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA)
4) National Commission of Women (NCW)
5) None
19. Who is the Chairman of National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA)?
1) Union minister for disaster management
2) Union minister for home affairs
3) Prime Minister
4) Finance secretary 5) None
20. Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein was appointed
as the UN High Commissioner for human
rights on 6 June 2014. He is the prince of ...
1) Jordan 2) Saudi Arabia
3) Afghanistan 4) UAE 5) None
21. First Tang Prize in sustainable develop-
ment conferred on ..... who is a former
Norway Prime Minister?
1) Harlem Brundtland
2) Yingluck Shinawatra
3) Dilma Vana Rousseff 4) Julia Gillard
5) None
22. Pen Pinter Prize 2014 conferred on whom
for his marvellous literary output and sup-
port for freedom of expression on 19 June
2014?
1) Salman Rushdie 2) Amritha Pritham
3) Chetan Bhagath 4) Robin Sharma
5) None
23. Which Indian born scientist has been
named the winner of the $ 2,50,000 World
Food Prize for his contribution in increasing
global wheat production on 19 June 2014?
1) M.S. Swaminathan
2) Prathuysha Swamy
3) Sanjaya Rajaram
4) Ashok Gulati 5) None
24. Arpinder Singh of Punjab qualified for
Glasgow Commonwealth games. He
belongs to ....
1) Athletics 2) Hockey 3) Snooker
4) Karate 5) Wrestling
25. Father of Malaysian hockey died in Ipoh,
Malaysia on 28 May 2014. He is ....
1) Azlan Sha 2) Mommhed Mose
3) Rampralob Verma 4) Kanien Gore
5) None
26. On 27 February 2014, the union govern-
ment launched 'Saksham' for empower-
ment of ...
1) prisoners 2) senior citizens
3) women 4) students
5) adolescent boys
27. Mamta Abhiyan is the maternal and child
health campaign of ....
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Kerala
3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Goa
5) Jharkand
28. 'The price we pay' is the advertisement
released on.....
1) Liquor usage 2) Mobile usage
3) Oil prices 4) Cancer costliness
5) Anti-Tobacco campaign
29. Which nation announced the plans of cre-
ating the world's biggest Marine Protected
Area (MPA)?
1) UK 2) Japan 3) USA
4) Russia 5) Australia
30. In the Global Peace Index, India got which
rank?
1) 101 2) 100 3) 145
4) 143 5) 182
31. First rank in the Global Peace Index holds
by ....
1) Iceland 2) USA 3) Japan
4) UK 5) New Zealand
32. Sixth Asian Ministerial Conference for
Disaster Risk Reduction held at ....
1) New York 2) Washington 3) Paris
4) Bangkok 5) None
33. African Union's Peace and Security Council
(AUPSC) on 18 June 2014 unanimously
restored the membership of which nation?
1) Egypt 2) Nigeria 3) Somalia
4) South Africa 5) None
34. 'Delivering on and Implementing a
Transformative Post-2015 Development
Agenda' is the theme of .....
1) 70
th
Session of United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA)
2) 71
st
Session of United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA)
3) 68
th
Session of United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA)
4) 69
th
Session of United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA)
5) None
35. Central Excise Day is on ....
1) July 24 2) June 24
3) February 24 4) December 24
5) August 8
36. National Technology Day is on ........
1) January 11 2) February 11 3) July 11
4) May 11 5) August 8
37. How many million children die approxi-
mately under the age of five die annually of
malnutrition as per the report of FAO (Food
and Agricultural Organisation)?
1) 10 2) 8 3) 3 4) 9 5) 6
38. FAO headquarters is at ...
1) Rome 2) Washington 3) Paris
4) Tokyo 5) None
39. FAO was established in ....
1) 1945 2) 1948 3) 1999
4) 2000 5) 1901
40. FAO headed by .......
1) Jose Graziano da Silva
2) Mark Anthony 3) Jim Yong Kim
4) Anthony Lake 5) None
41. Baiji refinery was captured on 17 June
2014 by militants. It is in .....
1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Afghanistan
4) Congo 5) None
42. Iraq capital is....
1) Tehran 2) Abu Dhabi
3) Dubai 4) Baghdad
5) Cairo
43. Iraq currency is ....
1) Dirham 2) Pound 3) Dollar
4) Dinar 5) Rufiyaa
44. Bandhavgarh National Park is in.....
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh
3) AP 4) Telangana
5) Karnataka
45. Wagon R is the car brand name of.....
1) Mahindra 2) Chevrolet 3) Maruti
4) Audi 5) None
46. The Australian Grand Prix won by....
1) Fernando Alonso 2) Jenson Button
3) Kevin Magnussen 4) Daniel Ricciardo
5) Nico Rosberg
47. In order to control the diseases, Indian
government floated many schemes and
started vaccination programs. Pick the
wrong combination.
1) ABC/ AR program - To control Rabies
2) NMEP - To control Malaria
3) MMR - Vaccine against Measles,
Mumps and Rubella
4) OPV - To fight against Leprosy
5) DPT - To fight against Diphtheria,
Pertussis and Tetanus
48. Which of the following programme not initi-
ated to eliminate Urban Poverty?
1) National Social Assistance Programme
(NSAP)
2) Urban Basic Services for the Poor
(UBSP)
3) Antyodaya Anna Yozana (AAY)
4) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yozana
(SJSRY)
5) Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty
Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP)
Dmitry O Rogozi visited India from 18 June 2014. He is the Deputy
Prime minister of ...
1) USA 2) Ukraine 3) China 4) Russia 5) Korea
Ans: 4
Who won the arbitration award against Maldivian government for
wrongful termination of Airport project contract on 19 June 2014?
1) L & T 2) Lodha 3) GMR 4) Mahindra 5) None
Ans: 3
PEN Pinter Prize conferred on..
General Awareness
A. Veera Swamy
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