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1. How much raise in share of states in central
taxes has been suggested in the 14th Finance Commission report,
which was accepted by the Union Govt.?

(1) 8%

(2) 9%

(3) 10%

(4) 11%

(5) None of these

2. What is the estimated growth forecast for
fiscal year 2015-16, according to the Economic Survey 2015-16?

(1) 7% – 8%

(2) 8%- 9%

(3)8.1% – 8.5%

(4) 8.5% – 9%

(5) None of these

3. Which private bank has announced to launch, India’s
first Green Infrastructure Bond worth Rs. 500 crore, proceeds from which will
be deployed to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency projects?

(1) HDFC
Bank

(2) ICICI Bank

(3)Yes
Bank

(4) Axis Bank

(5) None of these

4.
Which among the following scheme of the government, was
conferred with the Guinness world record?

(1) Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

(2) Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao

(3) Make In
India Campaign

(4) Swatch
Bharat Abhiyan

(5) None of
these

5. Recently,
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has tied up with which among the following
banks for seeking the payments bank licence?

(1)
SBI

(2)
Bank of Baroda

(3)
PNB

(4) ICICI

(5)
HDFC

6. Private
sector IndusInd Bank has tied up with which renowned English Premier League
(EPL) club for a co-branded credit card for football fans?

(1)
Chelsea FC

(2) London Welsh F.C.

(3) Queen’s Park Rangers FC

(4)
Boleyn Ground FC

(5)
Forest Hill Park FC

7. The
State Bank of India (SBI) has announced to contribute how much amount for clean
energy generation (renewable energy) as announced by it at Re-Invest India
2015?

(1)
Rs. 50,000 crore

(2)
Rs. 1 lakh crore

(3)
Rs. 75,000 crore

(4) Rs. 500
crore

(5) Rs. 2 lakh
crore

8. Who
among the following persons is the head of the committee, to evaluate
applications received for the proposed small finance banks?  

(1)
R Gandhi

(2) Usha Thorat

(3) Nachket Mor

(4) HR Khan

(5) Anand Sinha

9. Sukanya
Samriddhi Account (SSA), the special deposit scheme for girl child offer an
interest rate of ____ per year.

(1)
9%

(2)
9.1%

(3)
9.2%

(4)
10%

(5) None of these

10. According to the Bloomberg,
Top 50 Most Valued Global Banks (in terms of market capitalization), which bank
was ranked at highest place among Indian banks in the list?

(1) HDFC Bank

(2) ICICI Bank

(3) Yes Bank

(4) SBI

(5) Axis Bank

Answers

1 (3)

2 (3)

3 (3)

4 (1)

5 (1)

6 (1)

7 (3)

8 (2)

9 (3)

10 (1)