GA QUESTIONS | IBPS PO MAINS | 20 NOV 16

With an aim to discourage cash transactions, the Finance Ministry has set up a high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card payments through incentives like tax rebates and cash back schemes. The 11-member committee, headed by former Finance Secretary -------. -  Ratan P Watal

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 was awarded jointly to Oliver Hart and ------ "for their contributions to contract theory".-  Bengt Holmström

Activist Irom Sharmila began her political journey by announcing a new political party, ------. - People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance ( PRJA)

-------, capital city of the Bahamas, lies on the island of New Providence. - Nassau

Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of ---- state of India. - Chhattisgarh

Bhavanisagar Dam  is located in Erode district,  ------ , India. - Tamil Nadu

The Sheikh Zayed Stadium is a cricket ground located in -----. - Abu Dhabi

What is the full form of BSBDA? - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account 

The 2016 Warsaw Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was held at the National Stadium in Warsaw, ------, on 8 and 9 July 2016. - Poland

Typhoon Haima, known in the ----- as Super Typhoon Lawin, was the second most intense tropical cyclone of the North Pacific Ocean in 2016. -  Philippines

Corporation Bank is a public sector banking company headquartered in -----, India. - Mangalore

Kalikho Pul acting Chief Minister of the north-eastern state of ----- for a brief time in 2016. - Arunachal Pradesh

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely-defined region in the western part of the ---- . - North Atlantic Ocean
Government provided ₹22,915 crore capital to ----- PSU banks including SBI, PNB and IOB to enhance their lending operations and enable them to raise more money from the market. - 13

What is the full form of  EFTPOS? -  electronic funds transfer at point of sale

Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile is an area within the city of Antwerp, -------. -  Belgium