Thursday, February 12, 2015

Current Affairs

1. Baker and Pascua rivers are in which of the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Mexico
3) Cuba
4) Chile
5) Canada


2. Who is the author of the book 'The Prince of Gujarat'?
1) Rajmohan Gandhi
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Amalesh Tripathi
4) Mahesh Rao
5) Sipra Das

3. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) SHG - Self Help Group
2) TARC - Trade Administration Reform Commission
3) AMC - Asset Management Company
4) EMI - Equated Monthly Installment
5) IPO - Initial Public Offering

4. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the bilateral relations between India and which of the following countries as 'B2B'?
1) Bangladesh
2) Brazil
3) Bhutan
4) Belgium
5) Belarus

5. Which of the following comes under Services sector?
1) Construction
2) Mining
3) Agriculture
4) Dairying
5) Banking

6. India is now a permanent member of Washington Accord. Membership means global recognition of Indian?
1) Agriculture degrees
2) Doctor degrees
3) Journalism degrees
4) Engineering degrees
5) None of these

7. The Washington Accord was established in?
1) 1989
2) 1997
3) 1981
4) 1995
5) 1985

8. Open Market Operations mean?
1) Issuance of bonds
2) Giving loans to banks
3) Auction of precious metals
4) Sale or purchase of government securities
5) None of these

9. Identify the mismatched pair with regard to international financial institutions and their heads?
1) World Bank - Jim Yong Kim
2) IMF - Christine Lagarde
3) ADB - Takehiko Nakao
4) OECD - Jose Angel Gurria
5) WTO - Pascal Lamy

10. Banking Ombudsman is appointed by the?
1) SBI
2) Finance Ministry
3) IBA
4) Supreme Court
5) RBI

11. Which of the following international organizations/institutions is not located in the United States of America?
1) UNDP
2) UNICEF
3) World Bank
4) IMF
5) UNESCO

12. What is the highest denomination banknote that the Reserve Bank of India can issue?
1) Rs. 1000
2) Rs. 2000
3) Rs. 5000
4) Rs. 10000
5) Rs. 20000

13. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha should be from a party whose members constitute at least what per cent of the total strength of the House?
1) 15 %
2) 5%
3) 10%
4) 7%
5) 20%

14. The Shompen are the indigenous people of?
1) Kavaratti
2) Agatti
3) Amini
4) Great Nicobar
5) Minicoy

15. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the first political party to get a majority in the General Election on its own since the Indian National Congress had done so in?
1) 1952
2) 1991
3) 2004
4) 1989
5) 1984

16. The fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit was held in 2014 in?
1) Istanbul
2) Shanghai
3) Astana
4) Antalya
5) Ankara

17. The Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is located in?
1) Beijing, China
2) Manila, Philippines
3) Almaty, Kazakhstan
4) Kyoto, Japan
5) Antalya, Turkey

18. Which of the following financial institutions is the last to be established in India?
1) IFCI
2) RBI
3) ICICI
4) SBI
5) NABARD

19. Phycology is a branch of science that studies?
1) Algae
2) Fungi
3) Virus
4) Bacteria
5) Insects

20. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Under CRR a certain percentage of the total bank deposits has to be kept with the Reserve Bank of India
2) Banks do not earn any interest on CRR
3) The current CRR is 4 percent
4) SLR is determined by the RBI
5) The present SLR is 23 percent

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