Daily GK Quiz 2nd April 2015

Q. : 1   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 Mar approved the merger of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank. The acquisition will make Kotak Mahindra Bank the ________largest private sector lender in the country with about 1,200 branches.

1) second

2) third

3) fourth

4) fifth

5) None of these

Q. : 2   Which of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, a scheme to promote savings for girl child?

1) Accounts in name of girl child can be opened in banks and post offices.

2) Half of the fund can be withdrawn for girl’s higher education and marriage after the girl attains 18 years of age.

3) An account can be opened in the name of a girl child of up to 10-year-old.

4) The scheme would mature on completion of 25 years from the date of opening of the account.

5) Deposits can be made till completion of 14 years of the girl.

Q. : 3   As announced by the Finance Ministry, the investments in Sukanya Samriddhi Account, the special deposit scheme for girl child, will earn interest rate of _________for 2015-16.

1) 9.2 per cent

2) 8.7 per cent

3) 9 per cent

4) 8.3 per cent

5) 10.2 per cent

Q. : 4   The investments in Public Provident Fund will earn interest rate of ___________ for 2015-16 as announced by the Finance Ministry.

1) 9 per cent

2) 8.7 per cent

3) 9.2 per cent

4) 8.3 per cent

5) 10.2 per cent

Q. : 5   The Reserve Bank of India turned 80 recently. It started its operations as a shareholders' bank in 1935 on

1) 30 Mar

2) 31 Mar

3) 1 Apr

4) 2 Apr

5) 1 May

Q. : 6   Who among the following was appointed the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

1) Sukumar Sen

2) RK Shanmukham Chetty

3) CD Deshmukh

4) Osborne Smith

5) Benegal Rama Rau

Q. : 7   The govt on 1 Mar unveiled its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for 2015-2020, seeking to strengthen merchandise and services exports with a targeted value of ________by 2020.

1) USD 500 bn

2) USD 600 bn

3) USD 700 bn

4) USD 900 bn

5) None of these

Q. : 8   Which of the following is NOT a commercial bank operating in India as of now?

1) Federal Bank

2) Royal Bank of Scotland

3) Catholic Syrian Bank

4) South Indian Bank

5) None of these

Q. : 9   Who among the following has been crowned the Femina Miss India 2015?

1) Vartika Singh

2) Deeksha Kaushal

3) Tanya Hope

4) Afreen Racheal Vaz

5) Aditi Arya

Q. : 10   In the term NBFC, letter ‘F’ denotes

1) Financial

2) Facilitating

3) Forwarding

4) Factoring

5) Funding

Answer:-

1. (3) fourth
2. (4) The scheme would mature on completion of 25 years from the date of opening of the account.
3. (1) 9.2 per cent
4. (2) 8.7 per cent
5. (3) 1 Apr
6. (4) Osborne Smith
7. (4) USD 900 bn
8. (5) None of these
9. (5) Aditi Arya
10. (1) Financial

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Daily GK Quiz 31st March 2015

Q. : 1 Name the women shuttler who clinched her maiden India Open Super Series title recently.

1) Carolina Marin 

2) Saina Nehwal

3) Ratchanok Intanon 

4) PV Sindhu

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Who among the following is a deputy governor of the RBI as of now?

1) Pratip Chaudhuri 

2) Usha Thorat

3) Subir Gokarn 

4) SS Mundra

5) KC Chakrabarty 

Q. : 3 What is India’s ranking on the new index compiled by the UN trade body UNCTAD for assessing the readiness of countries for electronic commerce?

1) 63rd 

2) 130th

3) 83rd 

4) 75th

5) 92nd 

Q. : 4 The winner of the men’s singles title of the India Open Super Series badminton tournament is

1) Viktor Axelsen 

2) Kidambi Srikanth

3) Lin Dan 

4) Ajay Jayaram

5) Parupalli Kashyap 

Q. : 5 PM Narendra Modi in his address to a global energy conference, recently, appealed to people not to take subsidy if they can afford to buy LPG at market price. The govt targets that ________ will surrender the LPG subsidy.

1) ten crore 

2) five crore

3) two crore 

4) one crore

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Which of the following countries is the world's largest B2C market measured both by the revenue and the number of online buyers as of now?

1) US 

2) China

3) India 

4) UK

5) Germany 

Q. : 7 The _________Group is the world's largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise value, volume of goods and services being transacted at present?

1) eBay 

2) Amazon

3) Alibaba 

4) Flipkart

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 Which country has topped the recently released UNCTAD’s new Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce, businesses selling to the general public, index?

1) Finland 

2) Norway

3) Luxembourg 

4) UK

5) China 

Q. : 9 The govt gave 'in principle' nod to Sagarmala project recently. This project is aimed at port-led development in

1) coastal states 

2) Sri Lanka and Maldives

3) Mauritius and Seychelles 

4) Bangladesh and Myanmar

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 A unique integrating and interactive platform named PRAGATI was launched by the PM Narendra Modi recently. Which of the following is correct about the programme?

1) It is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances. 

2) It will monitor and review important programmes and projects of the central/state govts.

3) The interactive Pragati sessions will take place every second Saturday of the month. 

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2) 

Answer:-

1. (3) 83rd
2. (2) Saina Nehwal
3. (4) SS Mundra
4. (2) Kidambi Srikanth
5. (4) one crore
6. (2) China
7. (3) Alibaba
8. (3) Luxembourg
9. (1) coastal states
10. (5) Only 1) and 2)

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Daily Gk Quiz 30th March 2015

Q. : 1 The Food Processing Ministry allocated 17 mega food parks to states, pvt firms across the country recently. The present Union Food Processing Minister is

1) Harismrat Kaur Badal 

2) Ramvilas Paswan

3) Ashok Gajapathi Raju 

4) Chaudhary Birender Singh

5) Narendra Singh Tomar 

Q. : 2 The govt raised a record ___________ in the country's biggest and the fiercest auction of telecom spectrum that ended on 25 Mar.

1) Rs 102,400 cr 

2) Rs 109,874 cr

3) Rs 112,470 cr 

4) Rs 118,748 cr

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 Country's biggest and the fiercest auction of telecom spectrum ended on 25 Mar. Which of the following statements is NOT correct in this regard?

1) The record auction amount received this time is non-BSNL, non-MTNL money. 

2) The auction was conducted for airwaves in four bands.

3) Names of the winners have not been disclosed due to court orders. 

4) All the above

5) Only 2) and 3) 

Q. : 4 India and Qatar signed 6 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties recently. Which of the following is NOT among them?

1) Transfer of Sentenced Persons 

2) Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology

3) Leasing an island to India for infrastructure development 

4) Cooperation in the field of Radio and Television

5) Mutual Cooperation and Exchange of News 

Q. : 5 PM Narendra Modi will embark on an eight-day tour of three nations from 9 Apr to 16 Apr. These three nations include France, Germany and

1) Canada 

2) Spain

3) Italy 

4) Sweden

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 Ibobi Singh is the current Chief Minister of which of the following states?

1) Sikkim 

2) Manipur

3) Mizoram 

4) Meghalaya

5) Tripura 

Q. : 7 Sania Mirza lifted the women's doubles trophy of the Indian Wells Open tennis tournament at California recently with her partner

1) Elena Vesnina 

2) Sara Errani

3) Martina Hingis 

4) Cara Black

5) Roberta Vinci 

Q. : 8 PM Narendra Modi on 25 Mar launched his ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform PRAGATI in New Delhi. The letter ‘I’ in the term PRAGATI stands for

1) Information 

2) Implementation

3) Initiative 

4) Investment

5) Integration 

Q. : 9 Sanaa is the capital city of which of the following countries? Huthi militia’s advancement to the city forced the President to leave the city recently.

1) Bahrain 

2) Kuwait

3) Qatar 

4) Saudi Arabia

5) Yemen 

Q. : 10 The winner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is

1) Australia 

2) New Zealand

3) South Africa 

4) West Indies

5) England 

Answer:-

1. (1) Harismrat Kaur Badal
2. (2) Rs 109,874 cr
3. (4) All the above
4. (3) Leasing an island to India for infrastructure development
5. (1) Canada
6. (2) Manipur
7. (3) Martina Hingis
8. (2) Implementation
9. (5) Yemen
10. (1) Australia

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Daily GK Quiz 28th March 2015

Q. : 1 So far, 76 projects have been sanctioned under the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) programme in five Ganga river basin states. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

1) Uttarakhand 

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Bihar 

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) West Bengal 

Q. : 2 The Insurance Australia Group has announced to raise its stake from 26 per cent to 49 per cent in the general insurance joint venture with

1) HDFC 

2) ICICI

3) Punjab National Bank 

4) State Bank of India

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was forced to flee as Houthi rebels advance towards the city recently in which of the following countries?

1) Syria 

2) Yemen

3) Libya 

4) Iraq

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 Who among the following is all set to be the next foreign ministry spokesperson?

1) Ajit Doval 

2) Ranjan Mathai

3) Vikas Swarup 

4) Nirupama Rao

5) Sujatha Singh 

Q. : 5 The 2015 roster of 'World's Greatest Leaders' by Fortune magazine, which includes the 50 greatest leaders in the world including PM Narendra Modi, is topped by

1) Narendra Modi 

2) Kailash Satyarthi

3) Tim Cook 

4) Barack Obama

5) Shinzo Abe 

Q. : 6 The US President Barack Obama has nominated the Indian-American Atul Keshap as the next US ambassador to

1) China 

2) Sri Lanka and Maldives

3) Nepal and Bhutan 

4) India

5) Indonesia 

Q. : 7 India is the partner country for Hannover Messe, 2015, one of the biggest industrial fairs in the world, to be inaugurated on Apr 13 in

1) France 

2) Germany

3) Japan 

4) Spain

5) None of these 

Q. : 8 What does letter ‘S’ denote in the term IFSC, used for online banking transactions?

1) Security 

2) Settlement

3) System 

4) Submission

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 __________emerged as the highest bidder in the spectrum auction, which concluded on 25 Mar.

1) Idea Cellular 

2) Vodafone

3) Bharti Airtel 

4) Reliance Communication

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Every bank branch is given a unique MICR code and this helps the RBI to identify the bank branch and speed up the clearing process. The MICR code has ______digits in it.

1) three 

2) four

3) five 

4) seven

5) nine 

Answer:-

1. (4) Madhya Pradesh
2. (4) State Bank of India
3. (2) Yemen
4. (3) Vikas Swarup
5. (3) Tim Cook
6. (2) Sri Lanka and Maldives
7. (2) Germany
8. (3) System
9. (1) Idea Cellular
10. (5) nine

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Daily GK Quiz 27th March 2015

Q. : 1   The Malabar Naval Exercise is primarily held between

1) India and Chain

2) India and US

3) India and Nepal

4) India and Sri Lanka

5) None of these

Q. : 2   The centre decided to cancel the bid of which of the following firms for the two Chhattisgarh coal mines by annulling the tender and allotting them to Coal India?

1) JPL

2) Hindalco

3) Usha Martin

4) Tirumala Industries

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The Defence Minister Manohar Pariikar is scheduled to visit which of the following countries with top defence delegation from 28 Mar to 1 Apr?

1) China

2) US

3) Germany

4) France

5) Japan

Q. : 4   What is India’s positon among 102 countries on the Open Govt Index 2015 which ranks countries on govt transparency?

1) 87th

2) 37th

3) 98th

4) 99th

5) 101st

Q. : 5   Which of the following countries has topped the Open Govt Index 2015 released on 26 Mar?

1) Norway

2) Spain

3) New Zealand

4) Sweden

5) Denmark

Q. : 6   As we know, India is dependent on foreign countries for fighter planes, which of the following plane and the country from which it is sourced is not matched correctly?

1) Sukhoi-30MKI – Russia

2) LCA – Israel

3) Mirage 2000 – France

4) C-130J Super Hercules – US

5) None of these

Q. : 7   Steve Smith is veteran batsman of which of the following teams?

1) New Zealand

2) Australia

3) England

4) South Africa

5) West Indies

Q. : 8   Steve Smith is veteran batsman of which of the following teams?

1) New Zealand

2) Australia

3) England

4) South Africa

5) West Indies

Q. : 9   Steve Smith is veteran batsman of which of the following teams?

1) New Zealand

2) Australia

3) England

4) South Africa

5) West Indies

Q. : 10   What is the full form of NAV?

1) New Asset Value

2) Net Acquired Value

3) Net Asset Value

4) Net Assessment Value

5) None of these

Q. : 11   The Banking ombudsman is appointed by the

1) RBI

2) Supreme Court

3) IBA

4) Central Govt

5) None of these

Q. : 12   ‘Peso’ is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Sri Lanka

2) Bangladesh

3) Mauritius

4) Indonesia

5) None of these

Answer:-

1. (2) India and US
2. (1) JPL
3. (5) Japan
4. (2) 37th
5. (4) Sweden
6. (2) LCA – Israel
7. (2) Australia
8. (2) Australia
9. (2) Australia
10. (3) Net Asset Value
11. (1) RBI
12. (4) Indonesia

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Daily GK Quiz 26th March 2015

Q. : 1 ___________Republic Day was celebrated on 26 Jan with Barack Obama being the first US President to be the chief guest at the occasion.

1) 65th 

2) 66th

3) 67th 

4) 64th

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 Who is the first US President to visit India twice during his tenure?

1) Bill Clinton 

2) George W Bush

3) George HW Bush 

4) Barack Obama

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 RK Laxman, who died on 26 Jan, was a renowned

1) novelist 

2) journalist

3) cartoonist 

4) film maker

5) None of these 

Q. : 4 The National Bravery Awards, instituted in 1957, are presented by the PM on the eve of the Republic Day. The first official National Bravery Award was presented to

1) Chinmay Sharma 

2) Harish Chandra

3) Sunil Singh 

4) Subhash Kumar

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 Who among the following has became the first woman officer to command the tri-service guard of honour for a visiting head of state?

1) Gunjan Saxena 

2) Shakti Devi

3) Divya Ajith 

4) Pooja Thakur

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The veteran politician LK Advani was honoured with _________ on the eve of Republic Day of India.

1) Padma Vibhushan 

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Shree 

4) Bharat Ratna

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 Who among the following artists of Hindi cinema were presented with the Padma Vibhushan award on 26 Jan?

1) Amitabh Bachchan 

2) Dharmendra

3) Dilip Kumar 

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3) 

Q. : 8 Who among the following foreigners is NOT an awardee of Padma Bhushan award presented on 26 Jan?

1) David Frawley 

2) Bill Gates

3) Melinda Gates 

4) Saichiro Misumi

5) None of these 

Q. : 9 Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of

1) Italy 

2) Spain

3) Norway 

4) Greece

5) None of these 

Q. : 10 Who among the following has been crowned as Miss Universe 2015?

1) Paulina Vega 

2) Koyal Rana

3) Gabriela Isler 

4) Diana Harkusha

5) Nia Sanchez 

Answer:-

1. (2) 66th
2. (4) Barack Obama
3. (3) cartoonist
4. (2) Harish Chandra
5. (4) Pooja Thakur
6. (1) Padma Vibhushan
7. (5) Only 1) and 3)
8. (5) None of these
9. (4) Greece
10. (1) Paulina Vega

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Daily GK Quiz 25th March 2015

Q. : 1 Which of the following is NOT a component of Foreign Reserves of India?

1) Reserve Position in IMF Trench 

2) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)

3) Gold 

4) Foreign Currency Assets

5) None of these 

Q. : 2 People in India are NOT allowed to carry out banking transactions through which of the following means?

1) Mobile 

2) Internet banking

3) Personal visit 

4) Business correspondent

5) None of these 

Q. : 3 According to current regulations for banks, an asset is classified as non-performing asset (NPA) when it remains overdue for ______ days.

1) 30 

2) 60

3) 90 

4) 120

5) 180 

Q. : 4 Which of the following is the rate at which local currency can be converted into a foreign currency and vice-versa?

1) MIBOR 

2) LIBOR

3) Interbank exchange rate 

4) Exchange rate

5) Base rate 

Q. : 5 Which of the following is NOT a job undertaken by commercial banks in India?

1) Issuing credit card 

2) Setting up ATMs

3) Determining CRR, SLR 

4) Selling insurance policies

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 The small credits given to people belonging to low income groups, is called

1) Cash credit 

2) Overdraft

3) No frills loan 

4) Micro credit

5) Agricultural credit 

Q. : 7 Ringgit is the currency of which of the following countries?

1) Malaysia 

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Philippines 

4) Thailand

5) Indonesia 

Q. : 8 Which of the following agencies provides insurance cover to the deposits made with the banks?

1) LIC 

2) GIC

3) DICGC 

4) Tata AIG

5) HDFC Ergo

Q. : 9 Which of the following words is NOT used in banking?

1) Epicenter 

2) CBS

3) EFTPOS 

4) SWIFT

5) Priority sector 

Q. : 10 Which of the following is the regulator of credit rating agencies in India?

1) RBI 

2) IBA

3) SEBI 

4) FMC

5) NABARD 

Answer:-

1. (5) None of these
2. (5) None of these
3. (3) 90
4. (4) Exchange rate
5. (3) Determining CRR, SLR
6. (4) Micro credit
7. (1) Malaysia
8. (3) DICGC
9. (1) Epicenter
10. (3) SEBI

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Daily GK Update 24th March 2015

Q. : 1 Name the veteran Hindi film actor who has been named for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award recently.

1) Manoj Kumar 

2) Dharmendra

3) Amitabh Bachchan 

4) Shashi Kapoor

5) Rishi Kapoor 

Q. : 2 _________won the 35th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) Inter Unit T20 cricket tournament in Pune recently.

1) Oil India 

2) Hindustan Petroleum

3) Bharat Petroleum 

4) IOC

5) ONGC 

Q. : 3 The Union Cabinet on 20 Mar cleared what per cent reservation for women in the direct recruitment for non-gazetted posts in the police forces of all Union Territories, including Delhi?

1) 10 per cent 

2) 25 per cent

3) 33 per cent 

4) 49 per cent

5) 50 per cent 

Q. : 4 Which of the following is NOT a major Bill cleared by Parliament in the first part of the Budget session in 2015 (Feb 23-Mar 20)?

1) Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill 

2) Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill

3) Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 

4) Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill

5) None of these 

Q. : 5 In Nov 2014, RBI had asked banks to follow from Apr 1 some new norms. Which of the following is one of them?

1) Imposing a penalty proportionate to the shortfall in minimum balance in the account. 

2) Informing the accountholder through email/SMS of imminent charges when the balance requirement is breached.

3) Banks are barred from creating negative balances by imposing charges on the grounds that charges will be deducted from future deposits. 

4) All the above

5) None of these 

Q. : 6 What is the full form of CDR as used in banking and financial world?

1) Composite Debt Restructuring 

2) Corporate Debt Restoration

3) Corporate Debt Restructuring 

4) Cumulative Debt Restructuring

5) None of these 

Q. : 7 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 24 Mar projected India's economy to grow by what per cent for 2015-16?

1) 7.8 per cent 

2) 8.1 per cent

3) 8.5 per cent 

4) 7.2 per cent

5) 6.8 per cent 

Q. : 8 The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan met for the first time in nearly three years in ____________on 21 Mar.

1) Seoul 

2) Tokyo

3) New York 

4) Beijing

5) Shanghai 

Q. : 9 Malcolm Fraser, who died recently, was the former Prime Minister of

1) England 

2) Australia

3) Spain 

4) Norway

5) Sweden 

Q. : 10 As announced by the Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar, the Centre plans to start how many pharmaceutical clusters with an outlay of Rs 120 cr in the next one year?

1) 5 

2) 7

3) 10 

4) 12

5) 20 

Answer:-

1. (4) Shashi Kapoor
2. (5) ONGC
3. (3) 33 per cent
4. (5) None of these
5. (4) All the above
6. (3) Corporate Debt Restructuring
7. (1) 7.8 per cent
8. (1) Seoul
9. (2) Australia
10. (3) 10

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