Banking & Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam

1.    Which among the following Bank has the maximum number of overseas branches.

(1) State Bank of India                 

(2) Union Bank of India

(3) Bank of Baroda                                  

(4) Bank of India

(5) None of these

2.    What is the current interest rate on Saving Bank account?

(1) 4%      

(2) 3.5%

(3) 5%

(4) 6%

(5) 7%

3.    RBI (Reserve Bank of India) to issue Rs 10 plastic currency notes in which of the following cities 

(1) Ahmadabad

(2) Shimla

(3) Bangalore

(4) Dehradun

(5) Lucknow

4.    Interest is compounded on quarterly basis in ____.

(1) Saving Bank Account            

(2) Current Account

(3) Fixed Deposit Account

(4) Recurring deposits

(5) None of these

5.    What is the number of Rajya Sabha members allotted to the newly created state of Telangana?

1) 7                                   

2) 11                                 

3) 12

4) 18                     

5) None of these

6.    The term 'double fault' is associated with which of the following games?

1) Cricket             

2) Football            

3) Tennis

4) Badminton       

5) Chess

7.    What should be the minimum amount of certificate of deposit (CD)?

1) 0.5 lakh            

2) 1 lakh               

3) 2 lakh

4) 5 lakh               

5) None of these

8.    Who among the following has won the 2014 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix?

1) Nico Rosberg               

2) Jenson Button              

3) Fernando Alonso

4) Sebastian Vettel                       

5) Lewis Hamilton

9.    According to the WHO, which country accounts for 80% for polio cases globally?

1) Indonesia                     

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan      

4) Sri Lanka

5) Uzbekistan

10.  How many countries were elected as nonpermanent members of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 16th Oct' 14?       

1) 3                                   

2) 5                       

3) 6

4) 7                                   

5) 8

11.  Who won the Polly Umrigar Award for being India's best international cricketer of the 2013-14 season?

1) Parvez Rasool             

2) Bhuvneshwar Kumar               

3) Virat Kohli

4) Suresh Raina               

5) Ishant Sharma

12.  The Dhamra Port is a major newly developed port in?

1) Gujarat                         

2) Tamil Nadu                              

3) Maharashtra

4) Karnataka                    

5) Odisha

13.   Donetsk and Luhansk are the cities in?

1) Ukraine

2) Kazakhstan

3) Georgia

4) Poland

5) Portugal

14.  Which country topped the Press Freedom Index for 2014?

1) Netherlands

2) Norway

3) Sweden

4) Belgium

5) Finland

15.  Pawan Chamling was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following States for a record fifth consecutive term ?

1) Arunachal Pradesh                  

2) Nagaland

3) Tripura                                     

4) Sikkim

5) Mizoram

16.  Peter Mutharika  is a President of which of 

1) Niger                            

2) Namibia                                   

3) Malawi

4) Senegal                        

5) Djibouti

17.  Who is the youngest girl in the world to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest?

1) Samantha Larson

2) Ming Kipa

3) Arunima Sinha

4) Malavath Purna

5) None of these

18.  The 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament will be held in?

1) China

2) Indonesia

3) India

4) South Korea

5) Singapore

19.  World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on

(1) 4th July

(2) 16th October

(3) 12th August

(4) 18th May

(5) None of these

20.  A Bank’s fixed deposit is also referred to as a

(1) Term Deposit  

(2) Savings Bank Deposit

(3) Current Deposit

(4) Demand Deposit

(5) Home Savings Deposit