Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains

1. Online classifieds platform ___________ acquired Bengaluru-based online recruitment firm Hiree for an undisclosed amount ?
Quikr
Olx
Paytm
Flipkart
None of These

2. Online marketplace _______ partnered with e-ticketing platform BookMyShow to extend its offerings ?
Paytm
Snapdeal 
Flipkart
Amazon
None of These

3. Online pharmacy Company ________ acquired diagnostic labs aggregator Medd (HolaMed Healthcare Technologies Pvt. Ltd) for an undisclosed amount. ?
NetMeds
Sun Pharma
GSK
Practo
1mg

4. __________ Integrated Power Ltd’s 4000 UMPP(ultra mega power project) received First Stage Approval. Area required is 1302 hectares for this Rs 29000 mega power project. ?
Uttarakhand
Orissa 
Rajasthan
Kerala
Jharkhand

5. Over 14 lakh LPG connections have been released to women of BPL families under Pradhan Mantri _________ Yojana that aims at providing LPG connections to five crore below-poverty-line beneficiaries over next three years ?
Sajag
Ujjwala
Sugam
Sahaj
None of These

6. Public Sector Bank _________ launched a new Green PIN facility as an online module for generation of Personal Identification Number (PIN) for credit card holders. ?
Corporation Bank 
Central Bank of India
SBI
Bank of Baroda
None of These

7. Railway Ministry launched a project to install Solar Panels in all Railway Buildings in order to reduce expenditure on electricity. As part of this, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu laid foundation stone of one Megawatt (MW) solar power plant at __________ Railway station in Punjab ?
Chandigarh
Hoshirapur
Patiala
Ludhiana
Amritsar

8. Reserve Bank of India asked banks to exchange up to ________ of soiled currency notes with a maximum value of Rs. 5,000 free of charge in an effort to improve customer service ?
25 pieces
20 pieces 
10 pieces
5 pieces
15 pieces

9. SBI Cards and Payment Services launched a premium credit card’____________, as a bundle of several privileges and benefits for high net worth individuals (HNIs). It is launched on Master Card World platform, enabled with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology ?
Elite
Premium
Elegant
Royal
None of These

10. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) partnered with __________ under Partial Risk Sharing Facility (PRSF) for financing energy efficiency projects programme sponsored by World Bank. As per agreement, SIDBI will guarantee 75% of loans of up to Rs. 15 crore extended to energy efficiency projects ?
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
HDFC Bank
SBI
Yes Bank

11. Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money recommended ban on cash transactions of above ________ rupees in a day and a separate law to declare such transactions as illegal and punishable ?
3 lakh 
10 lakh
1 lakh
2 lakh
5 lakh

12. __________ and Brookfield Asset Management set up a joint venture (JV) of RS 7000 Crores to make investments in businesses with stressed assets ?
HDFC Bank
State Bank of India 
ICICI Bank
Yes Bank
None of These

13. State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI _________, a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users. It will allow SBIs customers to access various banking services via these social platforms ?
Twinkle
Jingle
Sprinkle
Tinkle
Mingle

14. State Bank of India (SBI) signed MoU with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT _______ to promote innovation by start-ups in the financial sector. ?
Bombay
Indore
Mumbai
Ropar
None of These

15. __________ signed agreement worth $625 million USD with World Bank to support its grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic (GRPV) programme, aimed ar geenrating 400 MW solar capacity across country. ?
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
State Bank of India
Yes Bank
None of These

16. State Bank of India (SBI) tied up with e-commerce firm ________ to offer new pre-approved Equated Monthly Installment(EMI) facility for SBI account holders. ?
PayTm
Snapdeal
Amazon
Flipkart 
None of These

17. _________ Launched Digital Village Campaign and selected 21 villages across country, on its foundation Day (1st July). ?
Yes Bank
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
RBI
State Bank of India

18. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited India. World Bank signed agreement with International Solar Alliance (ISA) to provide over 1 billion USD to support Indias solar initiatives. World bank will provide _________ dollars to Indias grid-connected rooftop solar programme that will finance the installation of at least 400MW of solar photovoltaic installations ?
525 million
725 million
925 million
825 million
625 million

19. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Vision-2018 document – ___________________. It aims at building efficiecnt payment systems for a ‘less-cash India and ensuring access to mobile banking services to even basic phone users ?
Go Cashless : Vision-2018
No More Cash Transations: Vision-2018
Cash Less Ness : Vision-2018
Cash Less India: Vision-2018
Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision-2018

20. As per recent changes made by Government to enhance financial powers of its Ministries, Projects Under Expenditure ____ may be approved by Concerned Ministry itself (as compared to limit of 75 crores earlier) ?
300
200
100
400
500

21. Cabinet approved recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. Increased Salaries of Government employees will be made applicable now with _______ hike. Pay for government employees will be between 18000 – 225000 rs / month ?
15.55 %
43.55 %
13.55 %
33.55 %
23.55 %

22. _______ approved 500 million USD loan to build a bridge across Ganga River in Bihar. Loan funds will be used to build 9.8 km road bridge in Bihar on Ganga River. It will be India’s longest river bridge. ?
Asian Development Bank
IMF
World Bank
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
None of These

23. World Bank Group released mid­year India Development Update 2016 Financing Double­Digit Growth. It expects Indias economic growth to be at 7.6 % in 2016-2017, followed by a 7.7 % in 2017-2018 and _______ in 2018-2019?
8.5 %
9 %
8.8 %
7.9 %
7.8 % 

24. ______ Advanced Systems Limited and Boeing laid foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture, to co­produce Boeing AH­64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures ?
Mahindra
Reliance
Tata
Aditya Birla
None of These

25. State Bank of India (SBI) and ___________’s CaixaBank signed pact to provide loans to joint ventures and local enterprises ?
Germany
France
Spain
Russia
None of These