Friday, November 7, 2014

Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which of the following is NOT correct about India's strategic missile Agni-IV?
1) It is a nuclear-capable strategic missile and has a strike range of about 4,000 km
2) The missile cannot be launched from a roadmobile launcher.
3) It has two stages of solid propulsion
4) It has a re-entry heat shield which can withstand temperature of more than 3000 degrees Celsius.
5) It carries state-of-the-art Ring Laser Gyros based high accuracy INS and Micro Navigation System (MINGS).


2. Which of the following cricket teams lost its one-day international status recently after it failed to win the final super six game in New Zealand in the World Cup qualifiers?
1) Kenya
2) Zimbabwe
3) Scotland
4) UAE
5) None of these

3. Mission Mangalam, an integrated poverty alleviation and rural woman empowerment initiative of which among the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Kerala
5) Arunachal Pradesh

4. As per currently prevailing norms, 49 percent FDI is allowed under automatic route in private sector banks in India. However, under the govt route FDI limit is up to...
1) 64%
2) 74%
3) 84%
4) 94%
5) 100%

5. The RBI announced to conduct open market operations, aimed to adjust the rupee liquidity conditions in the market by selling or purchasing which of the following?
1) Govt. securities
2) Public Sector Banks (PSB's) shares
3) Shares of blue chip PSUs
4) Gold
5) None of these

6. The Govt. had set up a six-member committee to address concerns of people from the Northeast following outrage over the death of a 19-year-old student in Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh. The Committee was headed by...
1) P Bharat Singh
2) Tape Bagra
3) Allen Temshi Jamir
4) HWT Syeim
5) MP Bezbaruah

7. After the direct benefit transfer project, the Govt. is now planning to usher in a DTH scheme. Which of the following is correct with respect to this scheme?
1) DTH is the acronym for Direct-To-Home.
2) The scheme has already been initiated in Andhra Pradesh and will now be implemented across the country.
3) All wages, pensions, maternity benefits and subsidy schemes meant for the people will actually be delivered directly to the family through Micro ATMs and other means.
4) All the above
5) Only (1) and (3)

8. Which of the following has been appointed as India's permanent representative to International Renewable Energy Agency?
1) Anil Nair
2) T.R. Chandrasekhar
3) Kushal Singh
4) Arvind Nair
5) T.P. Seetharam

9. Which of the following is/ are correctly matched with respect to bank's classification of their non-performing assets (NPAs)?
(A) Sub-standard asset: an asset which has remained NPA for a period not exceeding 12 months
(B) Doubtful Asset: an asset which has remained NPA for a period exceeding 12 months
(C) Loss asset: an asset which cannot be recovered
1) All the above
2) Only (A)
3) Only (B)
4) Only (C)
5) Only (A) and (B)

10. Any tangible assets that an organisation uses to produce goods or services such as office buildings, equipment and machinery, is termed as which of the following?
1) Fast moving consumer goods
2) White goods
3) Capital goods
4) Brown goods
5) None of these


ANSWERS
1-2
2-1
3-3
4-2
5-1
6-5
7-4
8-5
9-1
10-3

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