General Awareness For APPSC

Would you please give here General Awareness section questions for Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam ?

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As you want I am here giving you General Awareness section questions for Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) exam.

APPSC GK Exam Paper :

1. Thailand Prime Minister visiting India to attend the first bialoral meeting between India and Thailand. Who is the Prime
1) Tran Dai Quang
2) Htien Kyaw
3) Idriss Deby
4) Prayut Chan-o-cha


2. First time, the Central Board of Dinect Taxes (CBDT), and the Central Board of Excise and Customs CBEC) conducted a joint conference by name Rajasa a Gyan Sangam. Who is the present chairman of CBDT?
1) Atulesh Jindal
2) Ratan P Watal
3) YV Reddy
4) Ashok Lavasa


3. PM Narendra Modi outines RAPID a five-point mantra to reform and broaden net on 16 June 2016. In this context R stands for
1) Revenue
2) Rough
3) Roll
4) Roaster


4. Which among the following is the curency
1) Nauna
2) Taka
3) Ape
4) Won


5. In the recent newspapers, a term Rexit used frequently. The term refers to
1) Increasing Repo Rate, when the inflation is high.
2) Re entry of Urban Co-operative banks, whose license cancelled recently.
3) Government proposal to merge all Public sector banks in to 7 or 8 banks.
4) Exit of Raghuram Rajan as the Governor of RBI.


6. For the Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs), the new norms are issued by SEBI on 11 June 2016 to follow the Rules of KYC and AML regulations. KYC means Know Your Customer and AML stands for
1) Anti-Money Laundering
2) Again-Money Laundering
3) Anti-Mobile Laundering
4) Act-Money Laundering


7. Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said banks are expected to disburse how much loans under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY in 2016-17)?
1) Rs 3.80 lakh crore
2) Rs 10 lakh crore
3) Rs 1.80 lakh crore
4) Rs 1.00 lakh crore


8. On 15 June 2016, the Union Cabinet approved the takeover by SBI of its five associate banks and
1) MUDRA Bank
2) NABARD
3) Exim Bank
4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

9. NRls can now join NPS (National Pension scheme) online through eNPs The regulator of Pension Sector is
1) TRAI
2) CCI
3) SEBl
4) PFRDA


10. The list of heads of different regulators in India given. The wrong combination is
1) SEBI UK Sinha
2) TRAI RS Sharma
3) CCI Devender Kumar Sikri
4) PERDA Hemant G Contractor
5) All of above are correct


11. Which city declared a state of public calamity" over a major budget crisis in order to release emergency funds to finance the
1) New Delhi
2) Paris
3) Rio de Janeiro
4) Washington DC


12. Narendra Modi inaugurated Duraiappah Stadium through Video oonte encing which was renovated by India at the cost of over Rs 71 or. Where is Duraiappah stadium
1) Ivory Coast
2) Sri Lanka
3) India
4) Nepal


13. Which of the following banks in the country has set up a Rs 200-cr fund in order to fund startups in the financial technology (intech) space?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Canara Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) SBI


14. RBl signed MoU with Bank of Israel (BOI) for exchange of information pertaining to banking supervision. The currency of Israel is,
1) Dinar
2) Peso
3) New Shekel
4) Dirham


15. Which is the first Local Area Bank (LAB) emerged as the first entity received the RBI license to start operations as a small finance bank?
1) Krishnabim Samrishi Local area Bank.
2) Coastal LAB, Vijayawada
3) Capital Local Area Bank, Jalandhar
4) South Gujarat Local Area Bank Ltd.


16. For the mobilization of rural savings by local institutions and make them available for investments in the local areas, the Local Area Bank Scheme was introduced in
1) 1981
2) 2001
3) 1996
4) 2004


17. which nation and India set up a joint parliamentary panel to enhance ties as declared on 18 June 2015?
1) Thailand
2) Ivory Coast
3) UAE
4 Saudi Arabia

18. In order to enhance economic cooperation and strengthen financial stability. RBI extended the 2 billion currency swap arrangement to SAARC nations
1) till mid-November 2016
2) till mid-March 2017
3) till mid-March 2013
4) till mid November 2017