Current Affair Quiz | 25th April 2015

Q. : 1 The RBI has overhauled the priority sector lending targets and now banks have to lend what per cent of their credit to small and marginal farmers, defined as farmers having less than two hectares of land?

1) 8 per cent 

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 10 per cent 

4) 12 per cent

5) 9 per cent 

Q. : 2 Which of the following countries has been ranked on top in the 2015 World Happiness Report? It is the third annual report that seeks to quantify and explain happiness in 158 countries.

1) Canada 

2) Norway

3) Denmark 

4) India

5) Switzerland 

Q. : 3 Armenia marked the centenary of the Ottoman massacre of up to 1.5 million people recently. The capital city of Armenia is

1) Yerevan 

2) Zagreb

3) Tbilisi 

4) Baku

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 25 Apr is commemorated every year as

1) World Malaria Day 

2) World AIDS Day

3) World Tuberculosis Day 

4) World Typhoid Day

5) World Diarrhea Day 

Q. : 5 In an overhaul of the priority sector lending targets, the RBI has said that foreign banks with less than 20 branches will have to lend __________of their net credit to the priority sector. They have to do so by the end of fiscal year 2020.

1) 20 per cent 

2) 31 per cent

3) 42 per cent 

4) 40 per cent

5) 45 per cent 

Q. : 6 Calbuco volcano erupts in which of the following countries recently for the first time in more than 42 years?

1) Australia 

2) Cameroon

3) Chile 

4) Argentina

5) Spain 

Q. : 7 India recently delivered three Cheetal helicopters to which of the following countries? These are unarmed choppers and have a utility role

1) Sri Lanka 

2) Nepal

3) Bangladesh 

4) Afghanistan

5) Myanmar 

Q. : 8 After a long gap (36 years), a private member’s Bill was recently passed by the Rajya Sabha. This private bill moved by Tiruchi Siva (DMK) seeks to protect the rights of

1) tribals on the land 

2) transgenders

3) juvenile offenders 

4) mentally retard people

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 The govt has allowed retirement fund body EPFO to invest what per cent of its corpus in exchange traded funds recently?

1) 2 per cent 

2) 3 per cent

3) 5 per cent 

4) 8 per cent

5) 10 per cent 

Q. : 10 Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on

1) 12 Apr 

2) 22 Apr

3) 23 Apr 

4) 25 Apr

5) 26 Apr 

Answer:- 

1. (1) 8 per cent
2. (5) Switzerland
3. (1) Yerevan
4. (1) World Malaria Day
5. (4) 40 per cent
6. (3) Chile
7. (4) Afghanistan
8. (2) transgenders
9. (3) 5 per cent
10. (2) 22 Apr