IBPS Clerk 2017 Mains: GA Day 21

Answer : 4. Odisha

Answer : 5. Bihar

Answer : 3. Australia

Answer : 4. Maharashtra

Answer : 4. Lisbon

Answer : 3. Euro

Answer : 1. Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot

Answer : 1. Gangtok
Explanation
State Bank of Sikkim has been headquartered at Gangtok, Sikkim.

Answer : 5. Rajasthan

Answer : 4.Banas

Answer : 3. World Autism Awareness Day

Answer : 2. Boxing

Answer : 5. Manik Banerjee
Explanation
Veteran journalist Manik Banerjee, who is also a renowned mountaineer was presented with the Life Time Achievement Award by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). Manik Banerjee was presented the Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of his achievements in mountaineering over a period of four decades. He is a former sports journalist. He has made invaluable contribution in promotion of mountaineering and allied adventure activities in various media besides his service in spreading the spirit of adventure activities among the under privileged.

Answer : 4. Trisha Krishnan
Explanation
Tamil actor Trisha Krishnan was conferred the UNICEF celebrity advocate status for child rights at an event held in Chennai. Trisha Krishnan is the first actor from the South Indian film industry to receive the UNICEF celebrity advocate status. This was previously awarded to Bollywood actors Nandita Das, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Raveena Tandon. Trisha Krishnan will support efforts to address issues such as anaemia, child marriage, child labour and child abuse, especially in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Answer : 3. New Delhi
Explanation
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda inaugurated the 1st World Conference on Access to Medical Products and International Laws for Trade and Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in New Delhi. The Conference is being organized by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare with the support of WHO Country Office for India and in partnership withIndian Society of International Law.

Answer : 2. Nagpur
Explanation
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) launched India’s first Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station at a petrol pump in Nagpur. IOC, in collaboration with Ola, has launched India’s first electric charging station at one of its petrol-diesel stations in Nagpur. Nagpur, being the first city to introduce Electric Public Transportation Model in India, has added one more feather to its cap by adding the first electric charging station at IOC’s petrol pump in Nagpur.

Answer : 3. Sarajevo Haggadah
Explanation
Sarajevo Haggadah, the 14th- century richly illuminated Hebrew manuscript, has been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Sarajevo Haggadah has been kept at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1894. It was brought to Sarajevo through the efforts of Jews fleeing persecution in Spain. In Hebrew, Haggadah means a handwritten story (on parchment). It is read by family members on the occasion of the Jewish feast of Passover.

Answer :5. Anuk Arudpragasam
Explanation
Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam’s “The Story of a Brief Marriage” has bagged the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017. Bangladesh Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith presented the award to Arudpragasam at the magnificent Bangla Academy in Dhaka during the closing ceremony of the three-day long Dhaka Literature Festival on 18th November 2017.

Answer : 2. Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra
Explanation
Central Government has given approval for setting up India’s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra. India’s first mega CEZ will stretch along north Konkan region spread across Nashik, Thane, Mumbai, Pune and Raigarh. Despite of JNPT being one of the busiest cargo ports, it has been chosen for this project due to availability of sufficient land

Answer : 5. Chandan Sinha
Explanation
A panel formed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under Chandan Sinha (former Executive Director of RBI) has recommended a list of commodities which can be hedged in the overseas markets by all Indian residents. Thus it has recommended a list of commodities (which includes gold, silver, zinc, tin, crude oil and its derivatives, coal, natural gas, tea, coffee, sugar and cocoa) which can be hedged in the overseas markets by all residents i.e. by both domestic users and exporters/importers.

Answer : 1. State Bank of Sikkim
Explanation:
State Bank of Sikkim is not regulated by Reserve Bank of India unlike other banks in India

Answer : 1. Fixed Deposit
Explanation:
Fixed Deposit investments are safer than Post Office Schemes as they are covered by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC).

Answer : 4. Letter of Credit
Explanation:
A letter issued by a bank to another bank (especially one in a different country) to serve as a guarantee for payments made to a specified person under specified conditions.

Answer : 3. Consumer Durable loan
Explanation:
Consumer Durable loan is a finance option for purchase of (White Goods) household items like Washing Machines, Refrigerators, AC, LED, LCD, Microwaves etc.

Answer : 4. repayable on demand or after an agreed period as per bank’s choice.
Explanation:
A fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument provided by banks which provides investors with a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date.And Recurring Deposit is a special kind of Term Deposit offered by banks in India which help people with regular incomes to deposit a fixed amount every month into their Recurring Deposit account and earn interest at the rate applicable to Fixed Deposits.

Answer : 2. Financial Stability and Development Council
Explanation:
Financial Stability and Development Council is an apex-level body constituted by the government of India.
Chairperson: The Union Finance Minister of India
Members: Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBl), Finance Secretary and/ or Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), Chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, DEA, will be the Secretary of the Council.

Answer : 4. The bank upon which the cheque is drawn
Explanation:
Drawee is a legal and banking term used to describe the party that has been directed by the depositor to pay a certain sum of money to the person presenting the check or draft. A typical example is if you are cashing a paycheck.

Answer : 4. Debt Consolidation
Explanation:
Debt consolidation is a form of debt refinancing that entails taking out one loan to pay off many others.

Answer : 1. Reconveyance
Explanation:
The transfer of real property that takes place when a mortgage is fully paid off and the land is returned to the owner free from the former debt.

Answer : 2. Working Capital
Explanation:
The capital of a business which is used in its day-to-day trading operations, calculated as the current assets minus the current liabilities.