Q1. Which of the following countries has become the first country in the world to pay a basic income to randomly picked citizens on a national level?
(a) Finland
(b) Norway
(c) USA
(d) China
(e) Denmark
Q2. Name the State, which has banned the use of Purse Seine Nets for fishing recently?
(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West Bengal
(d) Gujarat
(e) Madhya Pradesh
Q3. Name the Karnataka Minister for cooperation and Sugar, who has been passed away recently due to cardiac arrest?
(a) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
(b) Sunderlal Patwa
(c) H S Mahadeva Prasad
(d) Vera Rubin
(e) None of the given options is true
Q4. Table tennis Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia has announced her retirement recently. She belongs to which country?
(a) Bhutan
(b) Thailand
(c) South Korea
(d) China
(e) Japan
Q5. The definition of the priority sector was first formalised in 1972 by?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) National Development Council
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Ministry of Finance, Government of India
(e) None of the given options is true
Q6. Liquidity ratio is fixed by the Reserve Bank of India under the powers conferred on it by?
(a) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
(b) Companies Act, 1956
(c) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
(d) Special Powers given by the Union Ministry of Finance
(e) None of the given options is true
Q7. Monetary policy is the process by which monetary authority of a country generally controls the supply of money in the economy by its control over interest rates in order to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth. Monetary policy is regulated by which organisation in India-
(a) Finance Ministry
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Prime Minister Office
(e) State Bank of India
Q8. Financial markets for the buying and selling of long-term debt or equity-backed securities is called?
(a) Trade Market
(b) Capital Market
(c) Export Market
(d) Money Market
(e) None of the given options is true
Q9. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
(a) Suresh Kalmadi
(b) Takam Pario
(c) Narinder Batra
(d) Bipin Rawat
(e) David R Syiemlieh
Q10. India has ranked third among the countries offering the highest average annual salary to expatriates, according to HSBC Holdings data. Which country has ranked highest in the world to average annual salary?
(a) USA
(b) Denmark
(c) France
(d) Norway
(e) Switzerland
Q11. Which of the following cities PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the five-day annual Indian Science Congress?
(a) Patna, Bihar
(b) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Kochi, Kerala
(d) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
(e) Rajkot, Gujarat
Q12. Which of the following E-commerce companies has been awarded a patent for launching a giant flying warehouse that would acts as a launch pad for drones to deliver items within minutes?
(a) Flipkart
(b) Paytm
(c) Amazon
(d) MobiKwik
(e) None of the given options is true
Q13. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. Headquarter of NATO is?
(a) New York,USA
(b) London,UK
(c) Paris,France
(d) Tokyo,Japan
(e) Brussels,Belgium
Q14. Syndicate Bank is one of the oldest and major commercial banks of India. What is the tagline of Syndicate Bank?
(a) A tradition of trust
(b) India’s International Bank
(c) Relationships beyond Banking
(d) Your faithful and Friendly Financial Partner
(e) None of the given options is true
Q15. Which of the following is not a member of the World Bank Group?
(a) International Bank for Reconstruction Development (IBRD)
(b) International Development Association (IDA)
(c) Bank of International Settlement (BIS)
(d) International Finance Corporation (IFC)
(e) None of the given options is true