Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

The percentage of earth surface covered by India is


The state having a largest area of forest cover in India is


The only state in India that produces saffron is


The present Lok Sabha is the


The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term


Here are some of the Questions that were asked in the General Awareness Section of IBPS PO Exam on 17th June, 2012 Try To Find Similar Questions Guys


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Which year is observed as Poverty Eradication Year by SAARC?

A.1998B.1997

C.1996D.1995

Under the administrative arrangement Central gov is required to maintain a minimum cash balance with RBI, what is the amount in normal days ?


FDI Restrictiveness Index (FRI) : prepared by OECD (India rank = 4)

Top 3 FDI = Mauritius, Singapore, UK

Largest FOREX = india rank = 8 (china - 1)

Shome Panel = GAAR impl.

CECA = Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

CEPA = Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

G20 2014 = Brisbane AUS

Global Peace Index = India 141 rank

ROSHNI = scheme by MoRD, training and placement for youth in 24 naxal affected area

Umeed = J&K; = women empowerment

HDI: Human development index

FSI: Failed state index

CPI: Curruption Perception index

IEF: Index of Economic Freedom

GPI: Global Peace Index

WPFI: Worldwide press freedom index

DI: Democracy Index

New FDI Updates

- Telecom = 100%, Insurance, petroleum and natural gas, commodity exchange, power exchange, StockXD = 49%

- ARC = 49% Automatic, 49-100% under FIPB

- Credit Information Companies = 74%

- Courier Service = 100%

- Defence: Automatic route and beyond 26% Cabinet Committee on security will take decision

CMDs and CEOs of Banks in India 2013(As of 12.08.2013)

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>>>SBI & Associates

State Bank of India Pratip Chaudhuri, CMD
State Bank of Bikaner And Jaipur B. Sriram,MD
State Bank of Hyderabad M Bhagavantha Rao,MD
State Bank of Mysore Sharad Sharma,MD
State Bank of Patiala Achal Kumar Gupta,MD
State Bank of Travancore P. Nanda Kumaran,MD
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>>>Nationalised Banks

Allahabad Bank S. A. Panse,CMD
Andhra Bank B. A. Prabhakar,CMD
Bank of Baroda S. S. Mundra,CMD
Bank of India Smt V. R. Iyer ,CMD
Bank of Maharashtra Narendra Singh,CMD
Canara Bank R. K. Dubey ,CMD
Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi,CMD
Dena Bank Ashwani Kumar ,CMD
IDBI Bank Ltd M.S. Raghavan,CMD
Indian Bank T. M. Bhasin,CMD
Indian Overseas Bank M.Narendra,CMD
Oriental Bank of Commerce S. L. Bansal,CMD
Punjab And Sind Bank Devendra Pal Singh, IAS,CMD
Punjab National Bank K. R. Kamath,CMD
Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain, CMD
UCO Bank Arun Kaul,CMD
Union Bank of India D.Sarkar,CMD
United Bank of India Archana Bhargava,CMD
Vijaya Bank H.S Upendra Kamath,CMD

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>>>Private Banks

Axis Bank Smt. Shikha Sharma,MD & CEO
Federal Bank Shyam Srinivasan,MD & CEO
HDFC Bank Adtya Puri, MD & CEO
ICICI Bank Smt Chanda Kochar, MD & CEO and... K.V.Kamath ,Chairman
Indusind Bank Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO
ING Vysya Bank Shailendra Bhandari, MD & CEO
Jammu & Kashmir Bank Mushtaq Ahmad, MD & CEO
Karur Vysya Bank K. Venkataraman, MD & CEO
Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak , MD
Yes Bank's Ltd Rana Kapoor, Founder/MD & CEO

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>>>Foriegn bank ..country Head India

City Bank Pramit Jhaveri, Citi Country Officer, India
HSBC Bank Naina Lal Kidwai,Country Head, HSBC

Standard Chartered Bank Sunil Kaushal, chief of India operations
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Indian GM who won Politiken Cup in Denmark?

Name of the committee to review existing production sharing contract ?

Which one of the following films has bagged best film award at “Amsterdam Film Festival”?

Which one of the followings has been adjudged as “Best Performing Integrated Steel Pant” in the country for the year 2011-12?

The “Second South Asian Diaspora Convention'' will be organized in______?

Earth Overshoot Day 2013, was observed on____?

STAR is the recently notified scheme of National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward by Government of India. What does STAR stands for?

Who among the following is the highest-paid athlete in the latest Forbes list of world players?

Recently (August, 2013), Union Government has banned duty free import of which of the following commodities?

The Forward Market Commission comes under the purview of which among the following ministries at present?