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ISBT Awareness for all banking PO,Clerk,IBPS PO,Railway,SSC,IAS,OAS Exams

Q351.

Which of the following best defines a floating-rate bond ?

1)	A bond with a fixed interest rate and has better yield than varying interest rate bond	2)	A bond with a fixed interest rate and has lower yield than varying interest rate bond
3)	A bond with a varying interest rate and has better yield than fixed interest rate bond	4)	A bond with a varying interest rate and has lower yield than fixed interest rate bond
5)	None of these

Q352.

Though ULIPs (Unit Linked Insurance Plan) are considered to be a better investment vehicle it has failed to capture the imagination of the retail investors in India because of which of the following reasons ?

1)	Regulatory jurisdictional fight between SEBI and IRDA	2)	They don’t offer better tax benefits
3)	They offer lesser returns compared to traditional insurance policies	4)	All of the above
5)	None of these

Q353.

Which one of the following is the new sub-category of the commercial real estate sector (CRE) as per the latest RBI directive ?

1)	Residential projects	2)	Commercial projects
3)	Industrial projects	4)	SEZ projects
5)	None of these

Q354.

A Non-Performing Asset (NPA) of a non-agricultural loan book shall be a loan or advance where___

1)	Interest and/or instalment of principal remain overdue for 90 days in respect of term loan	2)	The debtor is declared insolvent
3)	Payment of interest/instalment of principal has been irregular	4)	All of the above
5)	None of these

Q355.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested a new indigenously produced Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile. What is the name of the interceptor missile which is set to become a part of the Indian Army ?

1)	Ashwin	2)	Pradyumna
3)	Astra	4)	Lakshya
5)	None of these

Q356.

India’s largest public sector bank SBI wants to merge it’s five-associated banks to make a giant financial institution in the world which is still not among the top 50 banks in the world.  What is it’s rank among the global banks ?

1)	57th	2)	67th
3)	74th	4)	83rd
5)	None of these

Q357.

Recently, acclaimed author Han Kang has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her "unforgettably powerful" novel 'The Vegetarian'. She is famous young novelist from -----------.

1)	Japan	2)	North Korea
3)	South Korea	4)	Vietnam
5)	None of these

Q358.

According to an EY report, what is the rank of India in the ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’ after the United States and China being first and second rank respectively ?

1)	Third	2)	Fourth
3)	Fifth	4)	Sixth
5)	None of these

Q359.

The World Bank (IBRD) has approved $ ------  million loan to support India’s grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic (GRPV) programme to generate clean energy across India with 400 MW.

1)	$500 million	2)	$600 million
3)	$625 million	4)	$650 million
5)	None of these

Q360.

Which country’s researchers built the World-first scanning helium microcope which could be useful in major industries such as solar energy, defence, explosives and information technology ?

1)	Australia	2)	USA
3)	Japan	4)	France
5)	None of these