SBI Clerk Mains Mock Test - 4 - Banking Exams MCQ

There is no physical "money market." Instead, it is an informal network of banks and traders linked by telephones, fax machines, and computers.

Money markets exist both in the United States and abroad.

The short-term debts and securities sold on the money markets—which are known as money market instruments—have maturities ranging from one day to one year and are extremely liquid.

Treasury bills, federal agency notes, certificates of deposit (CDs), eurodollar deposits, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and repurchase agreements are examples of instruments.

The suppliers of funds for money market instruments are institutions and individuals with a preference for the highest liquidity and the lowest risk.

Hence, the correct option is (E).

a. Mallika Srinivasan- Chairperson of Public Enterprises Selection Board

b. Mukhmeet S. Bhatia- Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

c. Subhash Kumar- Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

d. Chintan Vaishnav- Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission

UNESCO and Netexplo, a company in the field of futurology and innovation research, have awarded ten global cities for their top performance in certain areas of society.

Vienna received the award for its “innovative, intelligent, networked and expressly sustainable” housing policy.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

This honor has been given to him for his work ‘Pitru Slaughter’. This book has been published in English under the name of ‘The Death Trap’.

It is a digital facility that allows contactless debit card payments by simply waving one’s smartphone against a Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled POS terminal.

SafePay embeds Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in the IDFC First Mobile App to enable secure payments using a debit card issued by the Bank.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

Poshan Gyan repository was conceptualized as a resource, enabling search of communication materials on 14 thematic areas of health and nutrition across diverse languages, media types, target audiences and sources.

India ranked first in the central and southern Asia region.

India ranked third in lower and middle-income group countries.

The top three countries are:

​Switzerland

Sweden

The United States of America

In 2020, the Global Innovation Index (GII) presented its 13th edition dedicated to the theme Who Will Finance Innovation?

Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Railways was also present for the virtual launch.

India was at the 52nd position in 2019 and was ranked 81st in the year 2015.

The WIPO had also accepted India as one of the leading innovation achievers of 2019 in the central and southern Asian region, as it has shown a consistent improvement in its innovation ranking for the last 5 years.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) took the help of Cornell University and INSEAD Business School for the report.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

To promote wellbeing across age groups MANAS App was launched virtually which is endorsed as a national program by the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council.

MANAS was initiated by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. It was jointly executed by NIMHANS Bengaluru, AFMC Pune and C-DAC Bengaluru.

It is her debut book which is a feminist novel set in modern-day India that ponders motherhood and the change of roles from being a daughter to becoming a caregiver for an elderly mother.

The Booker Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.

The other options of the question are authors of the books that are explained below:

Sree Iyer is the author of the book 'Who painted my lust red?'.

Tenzin Priyadarshi and Zara Houshmand are co-authors of the book 'Running towards Mystery'.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

India’s men hockey teams will be captained by Manpreet Singh at Tokyo Olympics.

The exercise is conducted biennially between the Indian Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

‘JIMEX’ series of exercises commenced in January 2012 with a special focus on maritime security cooperation.

The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in October 2018.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

The awardees are a diverse group of women achievers and leaders from Chhattisgarh and other parts of India in the fields of law, education, literature, history, music, business, sports, law enforcement and social work.

The awardees include Teejan Bai, Dutee Chand, Shubha Mudgal, Rebecca Mammen John, Sabbah Haji, Rana Safvi, Budhri Taati, Keshkunwar Panika, Amita Shriwas, Lakshmi Karyare, Ameera Shah, Yashica Dutt, Ankita Gupta and Savita Awasthi.

The day raises awareness about mental health issues and provides information on different programmes on the treatment of mental illnesses.

The theme for World Mental Health Day 2020 is 'Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access'.

The first-ever World Mental Health Day was celebrated on October 10, 1992.

Hence, the correct option is (D).

Brown made medical history and became a symbol of hope for the tens of millions of people living with the virus that causes AIDS when he was cured more than a decade ago.

He had been living with a recurrence of leukemia for several months.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

The first military farm was raised on 1st February 1889 at Allahabad.

After 132 years of service to the nation, the organisation is being closed.

The enactment of the Depositories Act in August 1996 paved the way for the establishment of NSDL.

It was established in August 1996

It was promoted as a joint venture of the IDBI, UTI, and the National Stock Exchange.

Its tag line −Technology, Trust and Reach.

It is a state-of-the-art infrastructure that handles most of the securities held and settled in dematerialized form in the Indian capital market.

The Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) is the second depository to commence operations and was promoted by the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Bank of India.

Both these national-level depositories operate through intermediaries who are electronically connected to the depository and serve as contact points with the investors and are called depository participants.

Mr G. V. Nageswara Rao is Managing Director & CEO of National Securities Depository Limited

Hence, the correct option is (C).

Iran topped the medal tally while Kazakhstan was second. India was at 3rd place with 14 medals (5 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze).

It will benefit 87 lakh women belonging to 8.71 lakh self-help groups (SHGs).

The scheme promises to deposit money in the bank accounts of eligible women, amounting to Rs 27,168 crore in total, in four instalments.

He released the first instalment of Rs 6,792 crore on 11 Sept 2020.

Andhra Pradesh:

Number of Districts - 13.

Lok Sabha seats - 25.

Rajya Sabha seats - 11.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

Top Ranked Nations : Norway is ranked number 1 in the index, followed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Costa Rica.

India’s Rank : India ranks 142nd in the index. India shares the “bad” classification with Brazil, Mexico and Russia.

Lowest Ranked Nations : At the bottom of the index is Eritrea (180), with North Korea (179), Turkmenistan (178) and China (177) preceding it.

A loan agreement was signed between the additional secretary in the department of economic affairs Dr C.S. Mohapatra and Chief Representative of JICA in New Delhi - Katsuo Matsumoto.

Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA is a governmental agency that coordinates Official Development Assistance for the Government of Japan.

This program loan aims to support India’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 and to prepare the health system to manage future epidemics.

This Grant-in-aid from the Government of Japan is for providing medical equipment to strengthen the public health and medical system in India.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

It was announced on 30th March 2020 for a period of 90 days and it was extended for a further period of 90 days up to 25th September 2020.

This Central Sector Scheme provides an insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh to healthcare providers.

Hence, the correct option is (D).

She works with Syngene International Limited, Biocon's research organisation offering pharma and biotechnology majors customised solutions in synthetic chemistry and molecular biology for early-stage drug discovery and development.

Based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Government of India, declares Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 22 crops before the sowing season.

Hence, the correct option is (E).

The project would mark an end to more than two decades of close cooperation with the United States aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Russia would give notice to its partners that it would leave the ISS project from 2025.

About Russia Capital: Moscow Space Agency: Roscosmos

The IACC leadership bestowed the IACC Lifetime and Global Excellence Awards to Tata at a closed-door meeting.

Tata, who grew the revenues for India's largest conglomerate 'The Tata Group' to nearly $100 billion by 2011-12, remains an influential industrialist, philanthropist and humanitarian to the day.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

‘Portraits of Power’ recalls Singh’s various stints over the decades- starting from 1964 when he joined the IAS, serving at highest echelons of the government of India before taking a political plunge with a Rajya Sabha term.

He is currently the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

The theme was ‘Building Back Better’.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad represented India at the meeting.