socio-economic general awareness

SocioEconomic General Awareness for MAT, Bank PO, RBI and other exams 1. The first airline to start space tourism in the world is – Virgin Atlantic 2. The first IT company to cross the US $ 100 Billion mark in the world is – HP (Hewlett Packard) 3. World’s largest Silver ETF is? IShare Silver Trust 4. What is ETF? – Exchange Traded Fund 5. Which country has recently started ‘Social Impact Bond’ – Britain 6. NFO of which ETF has created the record for attracting largest amount of deposits – UTI Sundar 7. What is India Pay? – A Payment Processing System 8. What is NFO? – New Fund Offer 9. What is DTC? – Direct Tax Code 10. When the DTC would be implemented all over the country? – from 1st April 2011 11. Which is the largest credit card issuer in India (as on 1st August 2010)? – ICICI Bank 12. With what is the word jingle mail is generally associated? – ‘Banned Mail’ 13. Which scheme/system is expected to be the biggest beneficiary of the DTC? – New Pension Scheme 14. World’s first microfinance bank was – Banko Compartmasse 15. Which Indian company launched India’s first online ULIP? – Bajaj Allianz 16. What is ULIP? – Unit Linked Insurance Plan 17. Exchangeable Bonds could be exchanged with – Share of another company 18. According to latest listings of Fortune 500, which is US’ largest corporate? – Wal Mart 19. ‘Whitewash’ system, which was recently in the news, is associated with – Takeover Code 20. India’s first bank to engage in retailing of physical silver is – HDFC Bank 21. Which is the only commercial bank in India that levies ‘nonusage’ levies on its credit card? – Standard Chartered 22. Golden Moore is associated with discovering which phenomena? – Increase in Computing Speed 23. Compounding period in India’s Post Offices’ Recurring Deposit account is –compounding every 3 months 24. After how much time can a depositor of India’s Post Offices’ Recurring Deposit account can close his account? – after 1 Year 25. India’s largest credit rating agency is – CRISIL

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SocioEconomicGeneralAwarenessforMAT,BankPO,RBIandotherexams

1.ThefirstairlinetostartspacetourismintheworldisVirginAtlantic

2.ThefirstITcompanytocrosstheUS$100BillionmarkintheworldisHP(HewlettPackard)

3.WorldslargestSilverETFis?IShareSilverTrust

4.WhatisETF?ExchangeTradedFund

5.WhichcountryhasrecentlystartedSocialImpactBondBritain

6.NFOofwhichETFhascreatedtherecordforattractinglargestamountofdepositsUTISundar

7.WhatisIndiaPay?APaymentProcessingSystem

8.WhatisNFO?NewFundOffer

9.WhatisDTC?DirectTaxCode

10.WhentheDTCwouldbeimplementedalloverthecountry?from1stApril2011

11.WhichisthelargestcreditcardissuerinIndia(ason1stAugust2010)?ICICIBank

12.Withwhatisthewordjinglemailisgenerallyassociated?BannedMail

13.Whichscheme/systemisexpectedtobethebiggestbeneficiaryoftheDTC?NewPensionScheme

14.WorldsfirstmicrofinancebankwasBankoCompartmasse

15.WhichIndiancompanylaunchedIndiasfirstonlineULIP?BajajAllianz

16.WhatisULIP?UnitLinkedInsurancePlan

17.ExchangeableBondscouldbeexchangedwithShareofanothercompany

18.AccordingtolatestlistingsofFortune500,whichisUSlargestcorporate?WalMart

19.Whitewashsystem,whichwasrecentlyinthenews,isassociatedwithTakeoverCode

20.IndiasfirstbanktoengageinretailingofphysicalsilverisHDFCBank

21.WhichistheonlycommercialbankinIndiathatleviesnonusageleviesonitscreditcard?StandardChartered

22.GoldenMooreisassociatedwithdiscoveringwhichphenomena?IncreaseinComputingSpeed

23.CompoundingperiodinIndiasPostOfficesRecurringDepositaccountiscompoundingevery3months

24.AfterhowmuchtimecanadepositorofIndiasPostOfficesRecurringDepositaccountcanclosehisaccount?after1Year

25.IndiaslargestcreditratingagencyisCRISIL
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26.HaridasMundra,famousforsecuritiesscamin1950s,channeledmoneyofwhichpublicsectorundertakingintostockmarket?LIC

27.WhoaretheregulatoryauthoritiesforcurrencyderivativesinIndia?RBIandSEBI

28.WhoistheregulatorifIndiasinsuranceindustry?IRDA

29.IRDAstandsforInsuranceRegulatoryandDevelopmentAuthority

30.WhoistheregulatorofIndiastelecomindustry?TRAI

31.TRAIstandsforTelecomRegulatoryAuthorityofIndia

32.P/ERatiostandsforProfitEarningRatio

33.WhichETFisnotexistentinanymarketoftheworld?DiamondETF

34.WorldlargestIPOwassuccessfullydonebywhichcompany?PetroBas

35.IndiaslargestIPOwassuccessfullydonebyCoalIndia

36.IPOstandsforInitialPublicOffer

37.InEconomicsMalthustheoryisrelatedwithIncreaseinPopulation

38.Ason30thSeptember,whichwasIndiassmallestmutualfund(basedonmanageablefundvalue)?Shinshei

39.Whichleadingprivatesectorbankhasrecentlydiscloseditsplantoinvestheavilyintheeducationsectorofthecountry?HDFCBank

40.AxisBankwasinstitutedbywhichmutualfundgroup?UTI

41.WhichbankacquiredENAMgroupsInvestmentBankingandInstitutionalBrokingdivisionAxisBank

42.AnewsedanbythenameofETIOSwaslaunchedbywhichautomakerinIndia?Toyota

43.ToyotaisinjointventurewithwhichIndiancompanyofIndia?Kirloskar