Current Affair Quiz For Banking Exam 2015

Q. : 1 President Pranab Mukherjee released the book titled ‘Uniki’ (Being or Existence) in Hyderabad, recently, which is authored by the Maharashtra Governor

1) C Vidyasagar Rao 

2) Ram Naik

3) Ram Naresh Yadav 

4) Kalyan Singh

5) OP Kohli 

Q. : 2 The first state in the country to launch an innovative voluntary scheme Mhara Gaon- Jagmag Gaon aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers is

1) Rajasthan 

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Haryana 

4) Maharashtra

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 _______ has become the first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

1) UK 

2) Spain

3) Norway 

4) Finland

5) Cuba 

Q. : 4 Who among the following has won the Commonwealth Chess Championship on 29 Jun?

1) Deep Sengupta 

2) Abhijeet Gupta

3) S Ravi Teja 

4) MR Lalith Babu

5) Arghyadip Das 

Q. : 5 The power equipment maker BHEL on 1 Jul said it has commissioned the 500 MW Kosti Thermal Power Station, the largest power plant of

1) Bhutan 

2) Turkey

3) Comoros 

4) DR Congo

5) Sudan

Q. : 6 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 3 Jul approved the proposal of which of the following private banks to raise its foreign institutional investment (FII) cap in the bank from 49 per cent to 55 per cent?

1) Yes Bank 

2) HDFC Bank

3) Kotak Mahindra Bank 

4) ICICI Bank

5) Federal Bank 

Q. : 7 The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was released by the govt on 3 Jul. Which of the following is NOT true about the preliminary findings of the census?

1) The country has a total of 24.39 cr households. 

2) Of the rural households, 18.46 per cent belong to a SC and 10.97 per cent to a ST.

3) About a fourth of the rural households don't have a literate adult above the age of 25. 

4) The survey has been completed in all the 640 districts.

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 The provisional data of the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was released on 3 Jul by the govt. It is the first such Census in independent India as the last one was conducted in

1) 1909 

2) 1911

3) 1928 

4) 1932

5) 1942 

Q. : 9 __________ is the first company in the IT/ITeS sector to sign an advance pricing agreement (APA) with the Central Board of Direct Taxes. It is a part of efforts to reduce disputes with foreign companies over tax-related issues.

1) BNP Paribas Solutions 

2) Standard Chartered PLC

3) ANZ Merchant Business Solutions 

4) HSBC Wealth Strategic Solutions

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Name the Indian-American who has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate.

1) Vijay K Dhir 

2) R Paul Singh

3) Jamshed Bharucha 

4) Rakesh Khurana

5) Geeta Menon 

Answer:- 

1. (1) C Vidyasagar Rao
2. (3) Haryana
3. (5) Cuba
4. (2) Abhijeet Gupta
5. (5) Sudan
6. (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
7. (5) None of these
8. (4) 1932
9. (1) BNP Paribas Solutions
10. (2) R Paul Singh