Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

Which bank will replace state-run Bank of India (BoI) as the trustee bank for the National Pension System (NPS) from July 2013 onwards? –

Which state imposed a ban on sale, storage and production of gutka and pan

masala on 8 May 2013?

What was the growth rate of India's industrial output (as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)) for 2012-13, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)

on 10 May 2013?

10 August 2013


1. Parliament has approved the new Companies Bill that will make sweeping changes in the way firms operate and are regulated and replace a nearly six-decade-old legislation. The new law would require companies that meet certain set of criteria, to spend at least two percent of their average profits in the last three years towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.


2. Rakesh Sethi has taken charge as the Executive Director of the Union Bank of India. Before that he was the General Manager with Bank of India and headed the National Banking position in Southern India.


3. Rising shuttler P V Sindhu on has created history by becoming the first Indian woman singles player to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships at Guangzhou, China. Sindhu defeated local favourite Shixian Wang by 21-18, 21-17 to enter the semifinals. At the same time, Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap both bowed out in the quarterfinal. A podium finish remained elusive for Saina Nehwal as she suffered a straight-game defeat.


4. Indian wrestler Virender Singh did the nation proud as he won a gold medal in the men's 74kg freestyle event at the Deaflympics in Bulgaria. The Delhi-based deaf and mute Indian defeated Oguz Donder of Turkey to win the coveted medal.

The SAFTA was introduced with a view of levying how much custom duty for trading any product within the SAARC zone???


India's foreign policy is based on several principals, one of which is

India is self sufficient in production of which of the following commodities???

_______ is the regulator of home loans provided by all commercial banks.

Which of the following is the name of the process available to common people to seek court's intervention in matters of public interest???

According to the world bank estimate about 40% of indians are living below international poverty line of US$

The SAFTA was introduced with a view of levying how much custom duty for trading any product within the SAARC zone???

The concept of banking was first introduced in medieval florence in the year.........???

Indian National Defence University, India's first defence university is to be set up at –

Who is the brand ambassador of fair and handsome India ?

During Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India, year 2014 was declared as which year for the two countries?

As per the latest data released by the Planning Commission recently, the poverty ratio is highest in which of the following states?

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The name 'George Alexander Louis' was doing rounds in the international media recently. This name is associated with who among the following?

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