STATIC GK QUIZ FOR PPSC-PATWARI-PSSSB-PUDA
Q1. Every year, on which of the following day, the World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)?
(a) 12 August
(b) 02 September
(c) 31 May
(d) 27 June
(e) 24 October
Q2. The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on June 1 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. What is the theme of the 2018 World Milk Day (WMD) in India?
(a) Be Strong Be Healthy
(b) Natural Drink for Health
(c) Milk: A Healthy Drink
(d) Drink Move Be Strong
(e) None of these
Q3. The Somasila Dam is built across the Penna River near Somasila in Nellore district of which state?
(a) Kerala
(b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Odisha
Q4. Name the city hosted the 49th Conference of Governors?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Lucknow
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
(e) None of these
Q5. What is the Capital city of Belarus?
(a) Kiev
(b) Minsk
(c) Warsaw
(d) Vilnius
(e) Riga
Q6. Karwar is a city in Karnataka, situated on which river?
(a) Panchaganga River
(b) Kali River
(c) Minachil River
(d) Savitri river
(e) None of these
Q7. Garba is a famous dance performed by women in which state?
(a) Punjab
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha
(e) None of these
Q8. Pattadakkal Dance Festival celebrated in which state?
(a) Odisha
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Telangana
(e) None of these
Q9. Kudremukh National Park is located in which state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Telangana
(e) Kerala
Q10. Where is the headquarter of First Rand Bank?
(a) USA
(b) South Africa
(c) Brazil
(d) Australia
(e) None of these
Answer key
Ans.1.(c)
Exp. Every year, on 31 May, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease.”
Ans.2.(d)
Exp. The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on June 1 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. WMD 2018 theme in India is “Drink Move Be Strong”. Milk is enriched with nutrients like calcium, protein, vitamin B2, potassium, iodine, etc.
Ans.3.(d)
Exp. The Somasila Dam is a dam constructed across the Penna River near Somasila, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Ans.4.(c)
Exp. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the two-day Conference of Governors at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Ans.5.(b)
Exp. Minsk is the Capital city of Belarus. Its Currency is Belarusian ruble.
Ans.6.(b)
Exp. Karwar is a city in Karnataka being the head quarter of Uttara Kannada district in the Southern western coast of India. It is situated between Sahyadri ever green forest in east, blue Arabian Sea to the west, towards south ends with harbor and North the beautiful Kali river.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp.Garba is customarily performed by women, the dance involves circular patterns of movement and rhythmic clapping. It popularly performed during Navratri. The word comes from “garbha deep” which is translated as either light in the inner sanctum of the temple or lamp inside a perforated earthen pot (which is often used in the dance).
Ans.8.(c)
Exp. Pattadakkal Dance Festival is an annual dance festival which is held annually in Pattadakkal, a small town located in the southern state of Karnataka, India.
Ans.9.(a)
Exp. Designated as national park in the year 1987, Kudremukh National Park is located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka state.
Ans.10.(b)
Exp. FirstRand Limited, also referred to as FirstRand Group is the holding company of FirstRand Bank, and is a financial services provider in South Africa. It is one of the financial services providers licensed by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the national banking regulator.
BANKING QUESTION QUIZ
Q1. Name the First Bank in India.
(a) Bank of Calcutta
(b) General Bank of India
(c) Bank of Hindustan
(d) Bank of Madras
(e) None of these
Q2. Name the First Governor of RBI.
(a) M. Narasimham
(b) James Braid Taylor
(c) Mr. C D Deshmukh
(d) Mr. Osborne Smith
(e) None of these
Q3. Name the First Indian governor of RBI.
(a) M. Narasimham
(b) Benegal Rama Rau
(c) Mr. C D Deshmukh
(d) P. C. Bhattacharya
(e) None of these
Q4.Name the First Bank to Introduce ATM in India.
(a) HSBC
(b) ICICI
(c) SBI (d) HDFC
(e) None of these
Q5.Name the First Bank to introduce saving Bank in India.
(a) Bank of Hindustan
(b) Syndicate Bank
(c) Bengal Bank
(d) Presidency Bank
Q6.Name the First Bank to Introduce Cheque system in India.
(a) Central Bank of India
(b) Presidency bank
(c) Bengal Bank
(d) HSBC
(e) None of these
Q7.Name the First Bank to introduce Internet Banking.
(a) Axis Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) SBI (d) ICICI Bank
Q8. Name the First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund.
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) SBI
(c) Central Bank of India
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) None of these
Q9.Name the First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India.
(a) SBI
(b) Central Bank of India
(c) ICICI
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) None of these
Q10.Name the First Foreign Bank in India.
(a) Chinatrust Commercial Bank
(b) United Overseas Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris
(e) None of these
Solution
Ans.1. (c)
Exp.Bank of Hindustan (1770-1832), a now defunct bank, considered as among the first modern banks in colonial India. It was established by the agency house of Alexander and Company.
Ans.2.(d)
Exp.Sir Osborne Arkell Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, a post he held from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937 while C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor.
Ans.3.(c)
Exp.Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities while Sir Osborne Arkell Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Ans.4.(a)
Exp.HSBC (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) was the first bank to introduce the ATM concept in India way back in 1987. It was from Diebold and installed at Andheri, Mumbai.
Ans.5.(d)
Exp.Savings account system in India was started by Presidency Bank.
Ans.6. (c)
Exp.Cheque system was first introduced by Bengal Bank which was established in 1784.
Ans.7.(d)
Exp.ICICI Bank was the first Indian bank to provide internet banking facility.
Ans.8.(b)
Exp.The mutual fund industry in India originally began in 1963 with the Unit Trust of India (UTI) as a Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India initiative. Launched in 1987, SBI Mutual Fund became the first non-UTI mutual fund in India.
Ans.9.(b)
Exp.Central Bank of India was the first public bank to introduce Credit card.
Ans.10.(d)
Exp.The Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris opened a branch in Calcutta in 1860, and another in Bombay in 1862; branches followed in Madras and Pondicherry. HSBC established itself in Bengal in 1869.
