General Awareness Questions for Insurance Exams

1).Who has taken charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited with effect from 5 January 2015?

a) S Narsing Rao

b) A K Dubey

c) Sutirtha Bhattacharya

d) Dinesh K Sarraf

e) None of these

2).How many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are there in the country at present?

a) 82

b) 56

c) 64

d) 52

e) None of these

3).In India, the “National Consumer Rights Day” is observed on which of following dates as the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted on this day?

a) 27 December

b) 24 December

c) 21 December

d) 31 December

e) 29 December

4).Among the following, which terms is NOT associated with banking sector?

a) Corporate finance

b) Sub-prime

c) Prime Meridian

d) Sub-standard assets

e) syndication

5).Which institutions are associated with the regulation of finance-related activities in India?

a) FMC

b) IDBI

c) ICERT

d) IFFCO

e) None of these

6).After being adopted by the UN General Assembly in April 2013, the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) came into force on_________.

a) 10 January 2015

b) 24 December 2014

c) 1 January 2015

d) 24 November 2014

e) None of these

7).What is the India’s position out of 146 nations in the Forbes’ list of the best countries for business for 2014?

a) 105th

b) 18th

c) 93rd

d) 55th

e) None of these

8).Name the Konkani writer and a recent recipient of Sahitya Academy award (for the book Manthan) who passed away recently?

a) Madhavi Sardesai

b) Pundalik Naik

c) Uday Bhembre

d) Maria Aurora Couto

e) None of these

9).In IMPS, ‘S’ stands for_______.

a) Suspension

b) Service

c) Settlement

d) Supervision

e) System

10).Which Acts enables banks to reduce their non-performing assets (NPAs) by adopting measures for recovery or reconstruction?

a) State Bank of India Act

b) RBI Act

c) Banking Regulation Act

d) SARFAESI Act

e) None of these

Answers: 

1). c) 2). b) 3). b) 4). c) 5). a) 6). b) 7). c) 8). a) 9). b) 10). d)