General Knowledge Question and Answer for PA Exam 2014

General Knowledge Question and Answer

1. What does S.T.D mean?
(A) State Trade Development
(B) Service Trade Development
(C) Subscribers Trunk Dialing
(D) Standard Trunk Development

2. What does talcum powder consists of ?
(A) Magnesium silicate
(B) Sodium silicate
(C) Hydrated magnesium silicate
(D) Sodium chloride

3. What drug does tobacco contain?
(A) Latex
(B) Nicotine
(C) Narcotic
(D) L.S.D

4. Who wrote the National Anthem of India?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) J.C.Bose
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

5. Who was the inventor of stainless steel?
(A) Victor Hugo
(B) Montevideo
(C) Brearley
(D) Godwin Austin

6. Garuda is the name of which country's airlines?
(A) America
(B) Phillippines
(C) Indonesia
(D) Singapore

7. Mother Teresa was born in?
(A) Yugoslavia
(B) Ireland
(C) France
(D) Italy

8. The first women president of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Sucheta Kripalani
(D) Indira Gandhi

9. Which of the following is a public sector unit ?
(A) TCS
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) TESCO
(D) BHEL
(E) All of these

10. The ‘Orange Coalition Govt.’ was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) None of these

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11.Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
(A) USA
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these


12.The financial markets of which of the follow-ing countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?
(A) Russia
(B) Brazil
(C) UK
(D) USA
(E) None of these

13. Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties ?
(A) Muslim League
(B) Pakistan Peoples Party
(C) Pakistan National Congress
(D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(E) None of these

14. Many times we read in financial newspapers about ‘FII’. What is the full form of FII ?
(A) Final Investment in India
(B) Foreign Investment in India
(C) Formal Investment in India
(D) Fair Institutional Investment
(E) Foreign Institutional Investment

15. Which of the following countries does not play International cricket ?
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) South africa
(D) Pakistan
(E) India

16.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these

17. India has different categories of Commercial Banks. Which of the following is NOT one such category ?
(A) Private Banks
(B) Commodity Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
(D) Co-operative Banks
(E) Foreign Banks

18. Majority of Rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?
(A) Money Lenders
(B) Foreign Banks
(C) NABARD
(D) RBI
(E) All of these

19.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as ‘Investor protection fund’ ?
(A) SEBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Bombay Stock Exchange
(D) AMFI
(E) None of these

20. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks ?
(A) Railways
(B) State Road Transports
(C) Post and Telegraph
(D) Ministry of Health
(E) None of these