Current Affair Quiz - 17th June 2015

Q. : 1   The word “Grexit” was repeatedly seen in the financial newspapers recently. What does the word Grexit mean?

1) Currency of Greece

2) Greece leaving its currency and joining eurozone

3) Greece exiting the eurozone

4) Capital city of Greece

5) None of these

Q. : 2   Which of the following is the apex bank for all central banks? It complimented the Indian banking authorities for their substantial reforms and alignment with the Basel framework recently.

1) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

2) World Bank

3) IMF

4) Federal Reserve

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 15 Jun deferred decision for the second time on which of the following bank’s proposal for raising foreign investment limit in the bank to 55 per cent?

1) Federal Bank

2) Axis Bank

3) HDFC Bank

4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 4   The 5/20 rule, which was in news, recently, is associated with which of the following sectors?

1) Pharmaceuticals

2) Civil Aviation

3) Gold import/export

4) Automobiles

5) None of these

Q. : 5   The merchandise exports in May 2015 contracted 20.19 per cent, reaching $22.34 billion. The trade deficit in May also narrowed to

1) $10.40 billion

2) $11 billion

3) $11.6 billion

4) $12 billion

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Name the bollywood actor who on 16 Jun surrendered to Enforcement Directorate (ED) an amount of about Rs 1.2 cr that he had received from scam-hit Saradha group of companies for being its brand ambassador.

1) Amitabh Bachchan

2) Mithun Chakraborty

3) Saif Ali Khan

4) Vidya Balan

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The govt has decided to infuse capital in public sector banks (PSBs) based on the requirement of individual lenders. What is the amount earmarked for capital infusion in PSBs in 2015-16?

1) Rs 11,200 cr

2) Rs 7,940 cr

3) Rs 6,990 cr

4) Rs 5,690 cr

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The World Blood Donor Day is observed across the world on

1) 14 Jun

2) 15 Jun

3) 17 Jun

4) 20 Jun

5) 23 Jun

Q. : 9   Which of the following telecommunication vendors has announced to set up 40,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country over the next three years through the PPP mode? About Rs 6,000 cr will be required for the project.

1) Reliance Jio

2) Reliance Communications

3) Barti Airtel

4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

5) None of these

Q. : 10   RuPay card payment system would roll out RuPay Credit cards from 2016 which are expected to give Visa and MasterCard a tough competition. The RuPay card is floated by

1) NPCI

2) IBA

3) SBI

4) RBI

5) None of these

Answer:- 

(3) Greece exiting the eurozone

(1) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(2) Civil Aviation

(1) $10.40 billion

(2) Mithun Chakraborty

(2) Rs 7,940 cr

(1) 14 Jun

(4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

(1) NPCI

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Current Affairs Quiz - 25th May 2015

Q. : 1 The Mumbai Indians franchise won the IPL8 final in Kolkata on 24 May. Who was the runner up of IPL8?

1) Chennai Super Kings 

2) Kolkata Knight Riders

3) Royal Challengers Bangalore 

4) Rajasthan Royals

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Who among the following won the Monaco Grand Prix F1 championship on 24 May?

1) Sebastian Vettel 

2) Lewis Hamilton

3) Nico Rosberg 

4) Fernando Alonso

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 John Nash, who died in a road accident in US on 23 May, was a __________ award winner.

1) Man Booker 

2) Nobel

3) Ramon Magsaysay 

4) Oscar

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 On Jun 2, which of the following states was officially divided into two states?

1) Bihar 

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Madhya Pradesh 

4) Andhra Pradesh

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Indian film ‘Masaan’ won the prestigious critics prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May. The film is directed by

1) Nitesh Tiwari 

2) Anurag Kashyap

3) Vikas Bahl 

4) Neeraj Ghaywan

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Which of the following countries legalised gay marriage through a referendum recently? It was the first time ever that gay marriage had been approved by popular vote.

1) Spain 

2) Norway

3) Ireland

4) Sweden

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The Indian Navy conducted bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX-15 from 23-26 May 2015 with

1) Vietnam 

2) Thailand

3) Singapore 

4) Seychelles

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 The private sector electricity producer Tata Power will move out of the stock market benchmark index Sensex (BSE). The firm will be replaced by

1) Lupin 

2) Suzlon Energy

3) Unitech 

4) Yes Bank

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) is observed on

1) 20 May 

2) 22 May

3) 23 May 

4) 25 May

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 The AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa was sworn in for the fifth time as Tamil Nadu chief minister on 23 May by the governor

1) P Sathasivam 

2) K Rosaiah

3) Vajubhai Vala 

4) ESL Narasimhan

5) None of these 

Answer:- 

1. (1) Chennai Super Kings
2. (3) Nico Rosberg
3. (2) Nobel
4. (4) Andhra Pradesh
5. (4) Neeraj Ghaywan
6. (3) Ireland
7. (3) Singapore
8. (1) Lupin
9. (2) 22 May
10. (2) K Rosaiah
    

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General Awareness Quiz - 1st May 2015

Q. : 1 Who among the following is the Minister of State for Finance in the present Union Cabinet?

1) Manoj Sinha 

2) Giriraj Singh

3) Sanwar Lal Jat 

4) Jayant Sinha

5) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 

Q. : 2 The Finance Minister, in his budget speech on 28 Feb, announced that two more Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will be set up which will take the total number of IIMs in the country to 20. These new IIMs will come up in

1) Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh 

2) Punjab and Tamil Nadu

3) Himachal Pradesh and Assam 

4) Bihar and Karnataka

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 As announced in the Union Budget for 2015-16, the govt will infuse what amount in PSU Banks in FY16?

1) Rs 6,999 cr 

2) Rs 7,240 cr

3) Rs 7,940 cr 

4) Rs 7,999 cr

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir?

1) Nirmal Singh 

2) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

3) Mehbooba Mufti 

4) Sajjad Lone

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Who among the following is the new president of the BCCI?

1) Anurag Thakur 

2) Sanjay Patel

3) Sharad Pawar 

4) N Srinivasan

5) Jagmohan Dalmiya 

Q. : 6 The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) celebrated its silver jubilee on Mar 1. The present chairman of NASSCOM is

1) Krishnakumar Natarajan 

2) R Chandrasekaran

3) Phaneesh Murthy 

4) Kris Gopalakrishnan

5) Ashok Soota 

Q. : 7 The winner of the men’s singles title of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships is

1) Roger Federer 

2) Novak Djokovic

3) Stan Wawrinka 

4) Andy Murray

5) Rafael Nadal 

Q. : 8 In the General Budget for 2015-16, the service tax has been increased from current 12.36 per cent to

1) 12.50 per cent 

2) 13 per cent

3) 13.50 per cent 

4) 14 per cent

5) 14.50 per cent 

Q. : 9 As proposed in the General Budget for FY16, the rate of corporate tax is to be reduced to what per cent from the current 30 per cent over next four years?

1) 28 per cent 

2) 25 per cent

3) 23 per cent 

4) 22 per cent

5) 20 per cent 

Q. : 10 Wealth tax has been abolished in the general budget for FY16. It is to be replaced by surcharge of __________on income of Rs 1 cr and above.

1) 1 per cent 

2) 2 per cent

3) 5 per cent 

4) 8 per cent

5) 10 per cent 

Answer:- 

(4) Jayant Sinha

(1) Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh

(3) Rs 7,940 cr

(2) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

(5) Jagmohan Dalmiya

(2) R Chandrasekaran

(1) Roger Federer

(4) 14 per cent

(2) 25 per cent

(2) 2 per cent

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Current Affair Quiz - 29th April 2015

Q. : 1   Who won the women's singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships in China on 26 Apr?

1) Li Xuerui

2) Ratchanok Intanon

3) Zhao Yunlei

4) Wang Shixian

5) Wang Yihan

Q. : 2   India’s rescue operation in quake-hit Nepal has been named as

1) Operation Rahat

2) Operation Maitri

3) Operation Madad

4) Operation Sath-Sath

5) None of these

Q. : 3   Kosala (cocoon) is a novel authored by who among the following? He was awarded a prestigious literary prize recently.

1) Bhalchandra Nemade

2) Kedarnath Singh

3) Vinda Karandikar

4) Salman Rushdie

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Which of the following public sector banks has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer an instant cash transfer facility to NRI customers? The bank has a network of more than 5,000 branches abroad.

1) State Bank of India

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Punjab National Bank

4) Indian Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 5   An Indian 155 millimetre, 45-calibre artillery gun successfully cleared Indian Army's tests recently. This gun has been named

1) Arjun

2) Dhanush

3) Tarkas

4) Prahar

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Who among the following won the Shamkir Chess tournament on 26 Apr?

1) Rauf Mamedov

2) Magnus Carlsen

3) Vishwanathan Anand

4) Fabiano Caruana

5) None of these

Q. : 7   ____________ on 23 Apr 2015 won the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015. It was awarded for Technology Implementation in the category of Best Outsourcing Project (New Bank).

1) ICICI Bank

2) Axis Bank

3) Bank of India

4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The Indian Army on 26 Apr conducted a major exercise, 'Akraman-II', in which of the following states recently?

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Rajasthan

4) Gujarat

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The French Govt has honoured who among the following with the Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), the highest French civilian distinction?

1) Manmohan Singh

2) Yashwant Sinha

3) Salman Khurshid

4) Jaswant Singh

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Which of the following sports bodies of India has been suspended by the govt of India with immediate effect? Earlier the international body of the game had suspended the same sports body.

1) Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)

2) All India Tennis Association (AITA)

3) Badminton Association of India (BAI)

4) Archery Association of India (AAI)

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (2) Ratchanok Intanon
2. (2) Operation Maitri
3. (1) Bhalchandra Nemade
4. (2) Bank of Baroda
5. (2) Dhanush
6. (2) Magnus Carlsen
7. (4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
8. (3) Rajasthan
9. (2) Yashwant Sinha
10. (1) Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)

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Current Affair Quiz For SBI Mains Exam 2014

Q. : 1 The RBI has overhauled the priority sector lending targets and now banks have to lend what per cent of their credit to the micro enterprises, entities whose investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs 25 lakh?

1) 8 per cent 

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 10 per cent 

4) 12 per cent

5) 9 per cent 

Q. : 2 The RBI has broadened the priority sector adding three more categories into the fold. Which of the following is NOT one of the three new categories added?

1) Medium enterprises 

2) Social infrastructure

3) Renewable energy 

4) Sugar industry

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 The UNESCO recognised historic Dharahara Tower (also called Bhimsen Tower), built in 1832, collapsed in the severe earthquake on 25 Apr in which of the following cities of Nepal?

1) Kathmandu 

2) Bhojpur

3) Chitwan 

4) Gorkha

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Ashraf Ghani, who visited India starting 27 Apr, is the present president of

1) Bangladesh 

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan 

4) Malaysia

5) Maldives 

Q. : 5 Who among the following has been conferred the 2015 edition of the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award?

1) Rishi Kapoor 

2) Anil Kapoor

3) Madhuri Dixit 

4) Jackie Shroff

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Name the present President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who visited India recently.

1) Sepp Blatter 

2) Juan Antonio Samaranch

3) Sergey Bubka 

4) Thomas Bach

5) Jacques Rogge 

Q. : 7 What is India’s ranking in the recently released World Happiness Report 2015 among the 158 studied nations?

1) 81st 

2) 109th

3) 84th 

4) 117th

5) 112nd 

Q. : 8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 Apr presented the 50th Jnanpith Award to Bhalchandra Nemade who is a

1) Marathi author 

2) Guajarati author

3) Tamil author 

4) Kannada author

5) Malayalam author 

Q. : 9 Which of the following states was awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state recently on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Diwas (25 Apr)?

1) Gujarat 

2) Bihar

3) Tamil Nadu 

4) Kerala

5) Assam 

Q. : 10 India and which of the following countries on 23 Apr began their 10-day naval exercise named 'Varuna'?

1) France 

2) Germany

3) South Korea 

4) Japan

5) Sri Lanka 

Answer:- 

1. (2) 7.5 per cent
2. (4) Sugar industry
3. (1) Kathmandu
4. (3) Afghanistan
5. (2) Anil Kapoor
6. (4) Thomas Bach
7. (4) 117th
8. (1) Marathi author
9. (5) Assam
10. (1) France

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Current Affair Quiz For SBI Mains 2015

Dear Readers, 

                         We are posting some important Current Affair Quiz Current Affair Quiz For SBI Mains Exam 2015 and Insurance Exam NICL Assistant 2015.

Q. : 1 Which of the following teams has won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL)?

1) Dabang Mumbai 

2) Ranchi Rays

3) Kalinga Lancers 

4) Delhi Wave Riders

5) Punjab Warriors 

Q. : 2 Veteran communist leader Govind Pansare, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds in a recent attack, died on 20 Feb. He was an

1) anti-toll tax campaigner 

2) anti-superstition campaigner

3) anti-child marriage campaigner 

4) anti-child labour campaigner

5) None of these 

Q. :3 Who among the following is the new chief minister of Bihar?

1) Nitish Kumar 

2) Jitan Ram Manjhi

3) Sushil Kumar 

4) Mangal Pandey

5) Misa Bharti 

Q. : 4 The United States recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State group?

1) Iran 

2) Iraq

3) Turkey 

4) Saudi Arabia

5) Jordan 

Q. : 5 The government is set to launch a new scheme 'Krishi Dak Service' which is aimed at distribution of __________to farmers at their doorstep through post-offices.

1) fertiliser subsidies 

2) farm equipments

3) Kisan Credit Cards 

4) improved seed varieties

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Name the Indian batsman who scored 137 runs , the highest individual score against South Africa in the ICC Cricket World Cup till now. India defeated SA in the match by 130 runs.

1) Virat Kohli 

2) Ajinkya Rahane

3) Rohit Sharma 

4) Shikhar Dhawan

5) Suresh Raina 

Q. : 7 Which of the following films has won the best animated feature film Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards?

1) The Book of Life 

2) The Nut Job

3) Big Hero 6 

4) Rio 2

5) The Lego Movie 

Q. : 8 The first round of coal block e-auction ended recently. Which of the following pairs of successful bidders and the coal blocks alloted to them is NOT matched correctly?

1) Jindal Power: Gare Palma IV/2&3 

2) Jaiprakash Power: Amelia North

3) Hindalco: Damodar 

4) CESC: Saisatolli

5) GMR Chhattisgarh Energy: Talabira-I 

Q. : 9 Trial against the former President Mohamed Nasheed started on terror charges recently in  which of the following countries?

1) Malaysia 

2) Maldives

3) Indonesia 

4) Bangladesh

5) Egypt 

Q. : 10 The combined military training exercise called ‘Surya Kiran VIII’ begun recently. This is a joint exercise between India and

1) Russia

2) US

3) Japan 

4) Vietnam

5) Nepal 

Answer:- 

1. (2) Ranchi Rays
2. (1) anti-toll tax campaigner
3. (1) Nitish Kumar
4. (3) Turkey
5. (4) improved seed varieties
6. (4) Shikhar Dhawan
7. (3) Big Hero 6
8. (3) Hindalco: Damodar
9. (2) Maldives
10. (5) Nepal

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Current Affair Quiz - SBI PO Mains 2015

Q. : 1 To bridge the gaps of social divide and promote tribal culture, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs held a National Tribal Festival in New Delhi named

1) Vanaj 

2) Vanbandhu

3) Tribal Trendz 

4) Van Mahotsav

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 President Francois Hollande’s govt won a confidence vote on economic reform law recently. He is the present president of

1) Spain 

2) Greece

3) Turkey 

4) France

5) Italy 

Q. : 3 The CCEA on 19 Feb approved the continuation of the incentive scheme for raw sugar production. It has fixed uniform rate of ________per MT for 2014-15 sugar season.

1) Rs 3,000 

2) Rs 3,500

3) Rs 4,000 

4) Rs 4,500

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Which of the following chief minister of Indian states visited Bangladesh on a three-day visit recently? The Teesta water agreement and Land Border Treaty were the focus points of the visit.

1) Pawan Kumar Chamling 

2) Tarun Gogoi

3) Naveen Patnaik 

4) Mamata Banerjee

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 PM Narendra Modi visited which of the following northeastern states recently to inaugurate a festival to mark the 29th Statehood Day and also flagged off the Naharlagun - New Delhi Air-conditioned Train?

1) Manipur 

2) Nagaland

3) Tripura 

4) Meghalaya

5) Arunachal Pradesh 

Q. : 6 Which of the following former Indian captains is all set to become the 77th member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?

1) Mohammad Azharuddin 

2) Anil Kumble

3) Sourav Ganguly 

4) Kapil Dev

5) Rahul Dravid 

Q. : 7 Khajuraho Dance Festival 2015 begun in which of the following states on 20 Feb?

1) Maharashtra 

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Rajasthan 

4) Karnataka

5) Tamil Nadu 

Q. : 8 The famous temples of Khajuraho were built between 250 and 1050 AD during the reign of

1) Chandela Dynasty 

2) Vakataka dynasty

3) Gupta Dynasty 

4) Nanda Dynasty

5) Brihadratha Dynasty 

Q. : 9 Bamako is the capital and largest city of which of the following countries? The country has signed a UN ceasefire to end conflict with northern rebels recently.

1) Niger 

2) Mauritania

3) Mali 

4) Ghana

5) Algeria 

Q. : 10 Which of the following Indian airports has won the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award in the 25-40 million passengers per annum category from the Airport Council International (ACI)?

1) Indira Gandhi International Airport 

2) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

3) Kempegowda International Airport 

4) Chennai International Airport

5) None of these 

Answer:- 

1. (1) Vanaj
2. (4) France
3. (3) Rs 4,000
4. (4) Mamata Banerjee
5. (5) Arunachal Pradesh
6. (2) Anil Kumble
7. (2) Madhya Pradesh
8. (1) Chandela Dynasty
9. (3) Mali
10. (1) Indira Gandhi International Airport

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General Awareness Quiz For Upcoming Exam

Dear Reader, We are posting latest current affair quiz for SBI Main 2015 and Insurance Exam NICL Assistant.

Q. : 1 Amitabh Kant holds which of the following positions at present?

1) Secretary, DIPP 

2) Secretary, FIPB

3) Chairman, ISRO 

4) Chairman, HAL

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 The new govt at the centre on 13 Feb officially told the Supreme Court that it would go ahead with the UIDAI project, Aadhaar. Who is the present DG of UIDAI?

1) Vijay S Madan 

2) Shailesh Nayak

3) K Radhakrishnan 

4) T Suvarna Raju

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 Who will head the External Advisory Committees (EACs) which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of payment banks?

1) Usha Thorat 

2) Nachiket Mor

3) Shikha Sharma 

4) Urjit Patel

5) Bimal Jalan 

Q. : 4 Name the Indian origin musician who won the best new age album award at the 57th Grammy Awards recently.

1) Devan Ekambaram 

2) MD Pallavi Arun

3) Ricky Kej 

4) Neecia Majolly

5) Chaitra HG 

Q. : 5 The 19th National Arogya Mela was organised in which of the following cities starting 6 Feb?

1) Raipur 

2) Chandigarh

3) Patna 

4) Bhopal

5) Jaipur 

Q. : 6 Which of the following is correct about Daggubati Ramanaidu, who died recently?

1) He entered the record books for producing maximum number of films in the world. 

2) He was the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award for life time achievement in 2009.

3) He was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2012 in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. 

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3) 

Q. : 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 Feb launched 'Soil Health Card' scheme from Sriganganagar district of

1) Rajasthan 

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat 

4) Haryana

5) Himachal Pradesh 

Q. : 8 Which of the following players emerged as the costliest cricketer in the IPL 8 players' auction, bought for a record Rs 16 cr by Delhi Daredevils in Bangalore?

1) Hashim Amla 

2) Mahela Jayawardene

3) Kevin Pietersen 

4) Dinesh Karthik

5) Yuvraj Singh 

Q. : 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 19th convocation of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) on 18 Feb. The NIMHANS is located in

1) Ranchi 

2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad 

4) Bengaluru

5) Shimla 

Q. : 10 Moshe Ya'alon is the first Defence Minister of which of the following countries to visit India recently since the two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1992?

1) Belarus 

2) Norway

3) Israel 

4) Sweden

5) Vietnam 

Answer:- 

• (1) Secretary, DIPP
• (1) Vijay S Madan
• (2) Nachiket Mor
• (3) Ricky Kej
• (1) Raipur
• (4) All the above
• (1) Rajasthan
• (5) Yuvraj Singh
• (4) Bengaluru
• (3) Israel

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