Question Paper from: SBI PO MAINS 2018

The government has set up a 13-member committee to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level in the backdrop of plans to revise the base year for National Accounts or GDP calculation. The Committee for Sub-National Accounts will be headed by-

Andres Iniesta has announced that he will retire from international football after seeing __________ crash out of the World Cup at the hands of Russia.

All Regional Rural Banks or RRBs are, therefore, advised to achieve and maintain a minimum CRAR of ______ on an ongoing basis.

Name the city, which has get India's first e-waste plant?

Which country has emerged as the top export destination for India, with USD 47.9 billion worth of shipments last fiscal?

What is the amount announced in Union Budget 2018-19 in Operation Greens?

Petrol and diesel prices will be revised ___________ basis?

What is the meaning of "N" NSFR?

Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana to promote ______________ farming.

The government has identified ______________- Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) for listing on stock exchanges in line with the Union Budget 2018-19.

The HDI is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. What is the meaning of "H" in HDI?

Banks have finalised an inter-creditor agreement and are working on details of an asset management company as part of a five-pronged mechanism they have identified to resolve the issue of mounting ______________ under Project "Sashakt".

Behdienkhlam festival is celebrated in the month of July for good health, property and bumper harvest in which state?

__________________ is the process of using agricultural machinery to mechanise the work of agriculture, greatly increasing farm worker productivity.

In each of the following questions, a sentence is written in four different ways conveying the same meaning and following the correct grammar structure. Choose the sentence among the four options which is grammatically incorrect or carrying a grammatical/idiomatic error in it as the answer. If there is no error in any of the sentences, choose (e), i.e. “All are correct” as the answer.

Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni was passed away recently. Who was Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni?

Bharat QR Code, the latest initiative to boost digital transactions, will make use of QR codes system for payments across merchant outlets. Bharat QR was launched with much fanfare by-

Small Finance Banks (SFBs) will be required to extend ____________ of their adjusted net bank credit (ANBC) for priority sector lending.

In each of the following questions, a sentence is written in four different ways conveying the same meaning and following the correct grammar structure. Choose the sentence among the four options which is grammatically incorrect or carrying a grammatical/idiomatic error in it as the answer. If there is no error in any of the sentences, choose (e), i.e. “All are correct” as the answer.

Singapore state investment arm Temasek has struck its third back-to-back deal in India this month by inking an agreement to pick up a stake of around 4.8% in which Bank?

Amangarh Tiger Reserve is a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger in-

YONO (You Only Need One) app is launched by-

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted permission to the ______________ to operate offices in India recently (July 2018).

Which Bank has raised its stake in microlender Swadhaar FinServe to 100 per cent to help expand its financial inclusion?

The Reserve Bank of India has pulled one more rabbit out of the hat. This time it's a fluorescent blue Rs 50 currency note, with an incredible ______________ motif on the reverse side as a nod to India's syncretic past.

Which organisation has organised India's First Global Mobility Summit?

Foreign Direct Investment to India decreased to _________ billion dollars last year from 44 billion dollars in 2016 while outflows from India, the main source of investment in South Asia, more than doubled, according to a new trade report by the UN.

Asteroid Day is an annual global event which is held on the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event that took place on-

Which country has thrashed Iran 44-26 to emerge champions of the six-nation Kabaddi Masters in UAE?

Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the TIES recently. What is the meaning of "E" in TIES?

The new telecom policy or National Digital Communications Policy aims to attract _______________ investments in the digital communications sector by 2022.

INDRA is a joint, bi-annual military exercise conducted by India and-?

In each of the following questions, a sentence is written in four different ways conveying the same meaning and following the correct grammar structure. Choose the sentence among the four options which is grammatically incorrect or carrying a grammatical/idiomatic error in it as the answer. If there is no error in any of the sentences, choose (e), i.e. “All are correct” as the answer.

Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Scheme’s subscriber base crossed 1 Crore on completion of 3 years of the Scheme launch. APY was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi at a function in Kolkata on 9th May,2015 and the current number of subscribers stands at ___________ Crore.

Who has been appointed the first ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) effective 15th 2018 in what is the biggest organisational change since Urjit Patel took over as RBI governor in September 2016?

Numaligarh Refinery Limited is a public sector oil company in-

What is the time limit to Bankuptcy resolution process in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)?

The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of-

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved an initial Corpus of _____________ crore for setting up of a dedicated “Micro Irrigation Fund” (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY).

Which Bank has announced the launch of a service to enable Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to send money to beneficiaries in India using social media apps such as WhatsApp and e-mail?

South Asia Economic Focus includes a Focus section presenting more in-depth analysis of an ___________ topic of relevance for stability, growth, and prosperity in the region as well as country briefs covering South Asian Countries.

The government will come out with a Rs 350 commemorative coin to mark the 350th birth anniversary of _______________, the 10th and last Sikh Guru.