Current Affair Quiz - 30th June 2015

Q. : 1   Terrorist attacks in three nations on 26 Jun left several people dead and triggered panic across continents. These three countries were

1) France, Kuwait and Tunisia

2) Italy, Kuwait and Syria

3) France, Iran and Kenya

4) Israel, Indonesia and Tunisia

5) None of these

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Daily GK Quiz - 25th June 2015

Q. : 1   We often read about the term PMLA in financial newspapers. What is the full form of PMLA?

1) Prevention of Monetary Lending Act

2) Prevention of Money Leasing Act

3) Prevention of Monetary Liaising Act

4) Prevention of Money Laundering Act

5) None of these

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Daily GK Quiz - 24th June 2015

Q. : 1   Sister Nirmala, who died recently, was associated with which of the following organisations?

1) Greenpeace

2) Save the Children

3) PETA

4) Missionaries of Charity

5) None of these

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Current Affair Quiz - 23rd June 2015

Q. : 1   Who among the following won the US Open golf championship on 21 Jun?

1) Jordan Spieth

2) Rory Mcllroy

3) Dustin Johnson

4) Anirban Lahiri

5) None of these

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Daily GK Quiz - 22nd June 2015

Q. : 1   The World Refugee Day is observed on

1) 19 Jun

2) 20 Jun

3) 21 Jun

4) 22 Jun

5) None of these

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Daily GK Quiz - 19th June 2015

Q. : 1   Name the Indian footballer who has become the first Indian to score 50 international goals. He achieved the feat during his team's 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.

1) Sunil Chhetri

2) IM Vijayan

3) Robin Singh

4) Subrata Pal

5) Nirmal Chettri

Q. : 2   The govt has appointed Nilesh Sathe as the member-life of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). The insurance regulator IRDAI is headquartered at

1) Bengaluru

2) Mumbai

3) New Delhi

4) Hyderabad

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The central govt has approved increasing India’s solar power capacity target under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to __________ by 2022.

1) 20,000 MW

2) 50,000 MW

3) 100,000 MW

4) 150,000 MW

5) None of these

Q. : 4   The Union Cabinet on 17 Jun gave its approval for Housing for All by 2022 Mission. Which of the following is NOT true about the mission?

1) It has four components - slum rehabilitation, credit linked interest subsidy, affordable housing and beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.

2) The central assistance will be in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.30 lakh per beneficiary.

3) In urban areas, 2 crore new houses are to be built to meet the housing shortage over the next seven years.

4) Interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent on housing loans availed upto a tenure of 15 years will be provided to EWS/LIG categories.

5) None of these

Q. : 5   The Union Govt on 17 Jun decided to increase the number of workdays under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 days to _______ in drought-affected areas of the country.

1) 120 days

2) 125 days

3) 140 days

4) 150 days

5) 200 days

Q. : 6   What is India’s ranking in the 2015 Global Peace Index out of 162 countries?

1) 154

2) 143

3) 112

4) 72

5) 69

Q. : 7   Charles Correa, who passed away in Mumbai on 16 Jun, was the face of contemporary Indian

1) literature

2) bureaucracy

3) architecture

4) music

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The 25-year-old Beno Zephine from Chennai has become the first 100 per cent blind officer in

1) Indian Foreign Service

2) Indian Army

3) Central Industrial Security Force

4) Indian Police Service

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The Election Commission has suspended the recognition of PA Sangma-led National People’s Party? The party was a recognized state party in the state of

1) Rajasthan

2) Assam

3) Sikkim

4) Meghalaya

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Haruhiko Kuroda is the present head of which of the following institutions?

1) Asian Development Bank

2) World Bank

3) IMF

4) Bank of Japan

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (1) Sunil Chhetri
2. (4) Hyderabad
3. (3) 100,000 MW
4. (5) None of these
5. (4) 150 days
6. (2) 143
7. (3) architecture
8. (1) Indian Foreign Service
9. (4) Meghalaya
10. (4) Bank of Japan

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Current Affair Quiz - 18th June 2015

Q. : 1   Which of the following telecommunication companies launched free pan India roaming scheme on 15 Jun? This scheme will allow company’s mobile customers across the country to receive incoming calls free of cost.

1) Bharti Airtel

2) Idea

3) BSNL

4) Vodafone

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 15 Jun elected Mogens Lykketoft as its President for its upcoming 70th session in Sep 2015. He was the sole candidate from the Western European nations and is the speaker of the parliament of

1) Denmark

2) Poland

3) Germany

4) Croatia

5) Austria

Q. : 3   Name the present president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) who visited New Delhi recently.

1) Jim Yong Kim

2) Takehiko Nakao

3) Lou Jiwei

4) Haruhiko Kuroda

5) Jin Liqun

Q. : 4   Which of the following trains has been named as Yoga Express on the eve of the International Yoga Day on 21 Jun?

1) Haridwar Mail

2) Kalinga Utkal Express

3) Chennai Express

4) Bhopal Express

5) None of these

Q. : 5   The Indian Basel III framework for bank risk-based capital requirements came into force in

1) Apr 2013

2) Dec 2013

3) Apr 2014

4) Sep 2014

5) None of these

Q. : 6   In first of its kind ‘loan against shares’ (LAS) offering, which of the following banks is allowing customers to design their own loans and avail them in 24 hours?

1) ICICI Bank

2) SBI

3) HDFC Bank

4) Axis Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 7   India and Poland set the bilateral trade target of ___________by 2018 after the meeting of Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation in Warsaw.

1) USD 2.5 billion

2) USD 4 billion

3) USD 5 billion

4) USD 8 billion

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The ADB has decided to increase its lending to India from an average of USD 3 billion annually to _________ in next few years.

1) USD 4 billion

2) USD 5 billion

3) USD 6 billion

4) USD 9 billion

5) None of these

Q. : 9   What is the full form of NPS, a scheme launched by the PFRDA?

1) National Provided Scheme

2) National Provisional System

3) National Participatory Scheme

4) National Pension System

5) None of these

Q. : 10   India’s space agency ISRO will provide satellite-generated information to the railways through space technology. Its indigenous navigational guide system developed on the lines of GPS system of the US is named

1) VARUNA

2) GAGAN

3) AKASH

4) EAGLE

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (3) BSNL
   
2. (1) Denmark
3. (2) Takehiko Nakao
4. (1) Haridwar Mail
5. (1) Apr 2013
6. (3) HDFC Bank
7. (3) USD 5 billion
8. (1) USD 4 billion
9. (4) National Pension System
10. (2) GAGAN

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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 Affair Quiz For SBI PO Mains Exam 2015

Q. : 1   The GIC Re and 11 other non-life insurers have formed the India Nuclear Insurance Pool. Which of the following is NOT true about the pool?

1) The New India Assurance will issue the policy.

2) The private insurers like ICICI Lombard, Tata AIG, Reliance and others are part of it.

3) The reinsurance support had come from Nuclear Risk Insurer from London.

4) This pool will be the first such market pool globally.

5) The pool will cover both operators and suppliers and initially only cold zones (outside reactor areas) are covered.

Q. : 2   Queen Elizabeth II of the UK presented the inaugural Young Leaders Award to 60 exceptional youths from across the Commonwealth nations recently. Which of the following Indians were among the winners?

1) Devika Malik

2) Akshay Jadhao

3) Ashwini Angadi

4) All the above

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The central govt along with the Tamil Nadu govt launched the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Chennai recently. There are three such MRCs already functioning in

1) Kochi, Gurgaon and Hyderabad

2) Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad

3) Kolkata, Gurgaon and Mumbai

4) Bengaluru, Delhi and Kolkata

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Which of the following banks has launched ‘PayZapp’ app with a complete payment solution?

1) ICICI Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) Axis Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 5   The 41st G7 summit was held on Jun 7-8 in Schloss Elmau (hotel), Bavaria in which of the following countries?

1) Italy

2) Canada

3) France

4) Germany

5) None of these

Q. : 6   ‘Philae wakes up’ was the news in newspapers recently. What is Philae?

1) A vanished river

2) An active volcano

3) An F1 driver who was in coma

4) A comet lander rover

5) None of these

Q. : 7   Sheila Kaul, who died, recently, was a former

1) Governor of Himachal Pradesh

2) CM of Delhi

3) Finance Minister of Punjab

4) Union Environment Minister

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior retired from all forms of cricket on 11 Jun. He played for which of the following teams?

1) Australia

2) South Africa

3) New Zealand

4) England

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on

1) 12 Jun

2) 14 Jun

3) 15 Jun

4) 17 Jun

5) None of these

Q. : 10   When a smaller company folds into a larger one through exchange of shares or cash, it is termed as

1) diversification

2) collaboration

3) merger

4) joint venture

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (4) This pool will be the first such market pool globally.
2. (4) All the above
   
3. (1) Kochi, Gurgaon and Hyderabad
4. (2) HDFC Bank
5. (4) Germany
6. (4) A comet lander rover
7. (1) Governor of Himachal Pradesh
8. (4) England
9. (3) 15 Jun
10. (3) merger

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Current Affair Quiz For SBI PO Mains

Q. : 1   According to a recent PwC report, India’s top dry-fuel miner Coal India (CIL) has become the ________largest mining company among top 40 global mining firms in terms of market capital.

1) third

2) fourth

3) fifth

4) sixth

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) and 11 other non-life insurers have formed the India Nuclear Insurance Pool. It will have a capacity of

1) Rs 1,000 cr

2) Rs 1,500 cr

3) Rs 2,000 cr

4) Rs 2,500 cr

5) None of these

Q. : 3   In which country, facing an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the president cancelled a visit to the US and the governor of the central bank cut interest rates to a record low citing the spread of MERS as a threat to growth recently?

1) Japan

2) South Korea

3) Vietnam

4) Cuba

5) None of these

Q. : 4   The book ‘Scion of Ikshvaku’ has been authored by

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Preeti Shenoy

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Chetan Bhagat

5) Ashwin Sanghi

Q. : 5   Chiril Gaburuci, who announced his resignation after he was questioned by state prosecutors, recently, was the Prime Minister of

1) Slovakia

2) Romania

3) Moldova

4) Hungary

5) None of these

Q. : 6   Which country has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6? It earns around $5 bn per year from existing Suez Canal and the new one is supposed to increase the revenues to $15 bn by 2023.

1) Iraq

2) Israel

3) Jordan

4) Egypt

5) None of these

Q. : 7   Hannover Re has decided to offer reinsurance cover for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). This world’s third-largest reinsurer is based in

1) France

2) Spain

3) Sweden

4) Germany

5) None of these

Q. : 8   Which of the following pairs is the winner of the 2015 French Open?

1) Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski

2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan

3) Martina Hingis and Leander Paes

4) Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Sir Wesley Winfield Hall became 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 12 Jun. He is the 18th cricketer to be inducted from

1) Australia

2) West Indies

3) England

4) New Zealand

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Dick Costolo resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following Internet firms?

1) Yahoo

2) Rediffmail

3) Twitter

4) LinkedIn

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (4) sixth
2. (2) Rs 1,500 cr
3. (2) South Korea
4. (1) Amish Tripathi
5. (3) Moldova
6. (4) Egypt
7. (4) Germany
8. (2) Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
9. (2) West Indies
10. (3) Twitter

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Current Affair Quiz - 12th June 2015

Q. : 1   Who among the following is the only Indian sportsman (ranked 23rd) in Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list?

1) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Yuvraj Singh

3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

4) Virat Kohli

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list is topped by who among the following?

1) Cristiano Ronaldo

2) Roger Federer

3) Tiger Woods

4) Floyd Mayweather

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The African leaders on 10 Jun signed a 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market that would span half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town. Name the agreement.

1) Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)

2) African Free Trade Area (AFTA)

3) Agreed Free Trade Area (AFTA)

4) Common Free Trade Area (CFTA)

5) None of these

Q. : 4   Who among the following has been appointed Director of the Hyderabad-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)?

1) Upinder S Bhalla

2) D Sivananda Pai

3) Srivari Chandrasekhar

4) Pradyut Ghosh

5) None of these

Q. : 5   India’s RBI and Sebi on 11 Jun got the top-most ratings from the global bodies of banking and capital market regulators, the highest score of ‘4’ for all eight parameters. Which of the following is NOT among the other 5 countries which also got the same ratings?

1) Japan

2) Singapore

3) Brazil

4) Australia

5) US

Q. : 6   Name India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier which was undocked on 10 Jun at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Cochin, Kerala.

1) INS Vishal

2) INS Viraat

3) INS Vishwash

4) INS Vikrant

5) None of these

Q. : 7   Who among the following was on 10 Jun conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award- 2015 in Pune, Maharashtra by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on behalf of the Sarhad Foundation?

1) Farooq Abdullah

2) Tarun Gogoi

3) Naveen Patnaik

4) Parkash Singh Badal

5) None of these

Q. : 8   Hemant Kanitkar, who died on 10 Jun, was a former Indian

1) footballer

2) hockey player

3) test cricketer

4) tennis player

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Which of the following pairs won the men’s doubles title of the 2015 French Open?

1) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

2) Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo

3) Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau

4) Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor

5) None of these

Q. : 10   Jun 1 is celebrated as which of the following days annually across the world?

1) World Milk Day

2) World Environment Day

3) World Ocean Day

4) International Mountain Day

5) None of these

Answer:- 

(3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(4) Floyd Mayweather

(1) Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)

(3) Srivari Chandrasekhar

(5) US

(4) INS Vikrant

(4) Parkash Singh Badal

(3) test cricketer

(2) Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo

(1) World Milk Day

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Current Affair Quiz - 11th June 2015

Q. : 1   The Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) were sworn in by the President on 10 Jun. The new CIC and the CVC are respectively

1) Vijai Sharma and KV Chowdary

2) Ajit Seth and Sujatha Singh

3) Shivshankar Menon and Nripendra Misra

4) Ajit Seth and KV Chowdary

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has included three more districts in the National Capital Region (NCR). These three districts are

1) Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar

2) Yamunanagar, Hanumangarh and Baghpat

3) Panipat, Bharatpur and Sharanpur

4) Jhajjar, Bulandshahr and Meerut

5) None of these

Q. : 3   Henkel Adhesive Technologies of Germany has announced to invest 30 million euro (Rs 216 cr) to set up India's largest adhesives plant in

1) Sanand

2) Gwalior

3) Nasik

4) Pune

5) None of these

Q. : 4   The Parliament of which of the following countries raised serious objection over an agreement between India and China to boost border trade at Qiangla/Lipu-Lekh Pass, recently?

1) Bangladesh

2) Bhutan

3) Nepal

4) Pakistan

5) None of these

Q. : 5   The Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the much-awaited India’s first automated vehicle testing centre at which of the following places?

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Chennai

4) Nashik

5) None of these

Q. : 6   According to the IMD, The deep depression over east-central Arabian Sea further intensified into a cyclonic storm. This first tropical storm of the pre-monsoon season in the Indian seas has been named

1) Megh

2) Ashobaa

3) Nilam

4) Rashmi

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The Union Cabinet on 10 Jun cleared the signing of a motor vehicles pact with three nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) grouping. These three nations are

1) Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal

2) Bhutan, Pakistan and Nepal

3) Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh

4) Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The Cairn India is all set to be merged into which of the following firms, its parent company?

1) RIL

2) Essel Group

3) Essar Group

4) Vedanta Ltd

5) None of these

Q. : 9   The govt will provide soft loans of what amount to sugar mills to help them clear part of their Rs 21,000-cr dues to farmers.

1) Rs 5,000 cr

2) Rs 6,000 cr

3) Rs 8,000 cr

4) Rs 12,000 cr

5) None of these

Q. : 10   As per the latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report of the World Bank, India is set to surpass China and for the first time is leading the WB's growth chart of major economies with an expected growth rate of _________in FY16.

1) 7.1 per cent

2) 7.5 per cent

3) 7.8 per cent

4) 8.1 per cent

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (1) Vijai Sharma and KV Chowdary
2. (1) Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar
3. (4) Pune
4. (3) Nepal
5. (4) Nashik
6. (2) Ashobaa
7. (3) Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh
8. (4) Vedanta Ltd
9. (2) Rs 6,000 cr
10. (2) 7.5 per cent

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