Current Affaris Quiz for IBPS Clerk - Exam

1.    The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched on the birth anniversary of ____?

(1) Mahatma Gandhi                  

(2) Sarrdar Vallabhbhai Patel

(3) Jai Prakash Narayan            

(4) Shaheed Bhagat Singh

(5) None of these

2.    Who among the following was the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Sania Mirza                              

2) Saurav Ghosal             

3) Sardar Singh
4) Dipika Pallikal                          

5) None of these

3.    We often read about the term gold ETF in the financial newspapers. What does letter ‘T’ denote in the term ETF?
1) Traded                         

2) Transferable    

3) Transaction

4) Termination                  

5) None of these

4.    India conducted the fourth joint military exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand 2014’ with which of the following countries?
1) Russia                          

2) US                                

 3) Germany

4) Japan                           

5) China

5.    FILA is the international body responsible for supervising which of the following games?
1) Weightlifting                             

2) Wrestling                      

3) Archery

4) Football                                    

5) None of these

6.    Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Fiji after attending the G-20 summit in Australia. Which of the following is the capital city of Fiji?
1) Luanda                         

2) Port Louis                     

3) Suva

4) Libreville                       

5) None of these

7.    The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his debut among the world's most powerful people on the Forbes list of 2014 released recently. He has been ranked at which of the following positions?
1) 64th                  

2) 57th                              

3) 36th

4) 21st                  

5) 15th

8.    How many withdrawals are allowed in a month in the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the country?
1) Three                           

2) Four                             

 3) Five

4) Ten                               

5) None of these

9.    Which of the following is NOT a priority sector as stipulated by the RBI with respect to lending by the banks?
1) Agriculture                                           

2) Automobiles                 

 3) Education

4) Housing                                                

5) Export Credit

10.  The Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) has been re-launched on 18 Nov. The KVP will be available in which of the following denominations?
1) Rs 1,000                      

2) Rs 5,000                      

3) Rs 10,000

4) Rs 50,000                    

5) All the above

11.  19^th SAARC Summit will be held in –

(1) China             

(2) India

(3) Maldives        

(4) Bhutan

(5) Pakistan

12.  Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?
1) pension scheme                                  

2) Group health insurance           

3) Women empowerment
4) Saving girl child                                               

 5) None of these

13.  Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?
1) France                                     

2) Switzerland                  

3) South Korea

4) UK                                            

5) None of these

14.  Dushyant Chauhan won a bronze medal in which of the following games in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon?
1) Rowing                        

2) Boxing              

3) Pole vault

4) Discus throw                

5) None of these

15.  Who among the following has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
1) Edappadi K Palaniswami                                 

2) R Vaithilingam
3) Natham R Viswanathan                                  

4) O Panneerselvam
5) None of these

16.  Murli Deora, who died recently, was a veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Union
1) Commerce and Industry Minister                    

2) Petroleum Minister
3) Railway Minister                                                          

 4) Home Minister

 5) None of these

17.  Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country's finest ________dancers.
1) Kathak                         

 2) Odissi                          

3) Kuchipudi

4) Kathakali                      

5) Bharatanatyam

18.  AADHAAR is a unique identification number issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for all residents in India. How many digits does AADHAAR number consist of?

(1) 8                                 (2) 10

(3) 12                               (4) 14

(5) 16

19.  Inter-bank transaction on day-to-day basis is known as-

(1) Base rate regime

(2) Capital market transaction

(3) Call money market   

(4) Bank rate

(5) short-term fund movement

20.  Which among the following is true?

(1) Repo and Reverse Repo is associated with long term borrowings

(2) SLR is kept with RBI

(3) CRR is kept with the Banks

(4) Bank rate is the rate at which RBI lends money to other banks for long term

(5) None of these

Answers:

1	3	11	5
2	3	12	1
3	1	13	2
4	5	14	1
5	2	15	4
6	3	16	2
7	5	17	1
8	2	18	3
9	2	19	3
10	5	20	4