Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Current Affairs Quiz

1) Chief Minister of ________, TR Zeliang has won the trust vote in the 60-member Assembly recently?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Manipur
c) Nagaland
d) Tripura
e) Mizoram

2) Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Noble Prize for _________
a) Physics
b) Medicine
c) Economic Sciences
d) Literature
e) Chemistry

3) Ministry of Commerce and Industry has planned to organize The Global Exhibition on Services (GES) on 23-25 April, 2015 at________.
a) New Delhi
b) Noida
c) Hyderabad
d) Gurgaon
e) Bengaluru

4) What is the name of the winter storm that hit US recently?
a) Juno
b) Elena
c) Baker
d) Katrina
e) Camille

5) Which financial institution, established in 1978, which insures all bank deposits, such as savings, fixed, current, and recurring deposits for up to a certain limit?
a) GIC
b) DICGC
c) LIC
d) BCSBI
e) None of these

6) According to one of the conditions for a corporate to issue Commercial Paper, the tangible net worth of the company, as per the latest audited balance sheet, should not be less than________.
a) Rs 8 cr
b) Rs 4 cr
c) Rs 5 cr
d) Rs 10 cr
e) Rs 2 cr

7) The RBI reduced the minimum daily maintenance of CRR from 99 per cent of the requirement to what per cent effective from the fortnight beginning Sep 21, 2013?
a) 85 per cent
b) 70 per cent
c) 90 per cent
d) 95 per cent
e) Other than those given as options

8) Which of the following countries parliament has voted in favor of ‘three-person embryo’ law recently? It is all set to become the first country in the world permit IVF babies to be created using biological material from three different people.
a) Switzerland
b) UK
c) US
d) Australia
e) Norway

9) Which countries has overtaken the US as the top foreign investment destination as per the recent report by the UNCTAD?
a) Hong Kong
b) India
c) Brazil
d) China
e) Singapore

10) What is the name of the book, which was written by Journalist – writer Hindol Senguta on entrepreneurial ventures in India has been shortlisted for the US’ prestigious Hayek Prize this year?
a) Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionising the World’s Largest Democracy
b) The Rule of Nobody; Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government
c) The Forgotten Depression: 1921 : The Crash that Cured itself
d) The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
e) Other than those given as options

11) Who became the first Indian investor in China based company "Xiaomi"?
a) Kunal Bahl
b) Mukesh Ambani
c) Azim Hashim Premji
d) Sachin Bansal
e) Ratan Tata

12) Every year 30th January is observed as _______.
a) World Tuberculosis Day
b) Anti-Leprosy Day
c) World AIDS Day
d) World Cancer Day
e) World Rabies Day

13) Which is NOT covered under general insurance?
a) Marine Insurance
b) Health Insurance
c) Fire Insurance
d) Cattle Insurance
e) None of these

14) Which of the following non-life insurer is nonexistent in India?
a) Universal Sompo General Insurance
b) PNB MetLife General Insurance
c) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
d) L & T General Insurance
e) Agriculture Insurance Company of India

15) Name the author of the book “The Lowland”, who has won the DSC Prize for Literature, which is one of the South Asia’s top literacy Award?
a) Kiran Desai
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Anita Desai
e) None of these

Answers:
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. b
9. d
10. a
11. e
12. b
13. e
14. b
15. c


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