General Awareness Questions

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, Reserve Bank of India directs that with effect from April 1, 2012, banks should not make payment of cheques/drafts/pay orders/banker’s cheques bearing that date or any subsequent date, if they are presented beyond the period of three months from the date of such instrument. Accordingly, cheques, Drafts, Pay Orders and Banker’s Cheques are “valid for 3 months from the date of instrument”, with effect from 01.04.2012. 

The "Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan" scheme was launched on 15-02-2019. Under the PM-SYM scheme, the workers will get amount of Rs. 3,000 pension after attaining the age of 60 years. 

Types of Budget ::

1) General Budget
2) Performance Budget
3) Zero Based Budget
4) Outcome Budget
5) Gender Budget

Lofar telescope has recently helped to discover 300000 new galaxies.

The 1st country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage is Taiwan.

A glass bridge at Rajgir in Bihar is the first glass bridge in India.