Static Awareness Quiz for Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Mains: 05th December 2018 |

Dear Aspirants,

As you all know that the time has come to prepare for the mains exam of Canara Bank PO and IBPS Clerk Mains. It is time to pace up your preparation of Static Awareness for the mains exam. These questions are related to static Awareness that will also help you in preparing for other upcoming banking recruitment examination. These set of 15 questions are based on the static facts that have been in covered in the most recent Current Affairs. So here is the quiz based on the News of 4th December 2018. Try to score as much as you can.

Q1. Luka Modric is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. He belongs to which country?

Argentina

Brazil

Spain

Croatia

Germany

Solution:

Luka Modric is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Croatia national team.

Q2. Navy Day is being celebrated in India on 4th December. The day is celebrated in honour of the maritime force’s role during the war with Pakistan in-

1962

1965

1971

1982

1999

Solution:

Navy Day is being celebrated in India on 4th December. The day is celebrated in honour of the maritime force’s role during the war with Pakistan in 1971 when Indian warships attacked Karachi port and successfully hurt Pakistani operations in the western coast.

Q3. Who is the present President of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?

Takehiko Nakao

Jin Liqun

Christine Lagarde

Jim Yong Kim

KV Kamath

Solution:

Takehiko Nakao is a Japanese civil servant who was elected the ninth president of the Asian Development Bank in 2013.

Q4. OPEC is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. What is the full form of OPEC?

Organization of the Permanent Exporting Countries

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Chamber

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Council

Organization of the Petroleum Empty Countries

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Solution:

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Q5. The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Where is the headquarters of ECB?

Madrid, Spain

Frankfurt, Germany

Paris, France

Bern, Switzerland

Rome, Italy

Solution:

The European Central Bank (ECB) based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Q6. What is the capital city of Qatar?

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Tripoli

Doha

Tehran

Solution:

Doha, capital of the peninsular Arabian Gulf country Qatar, is a modern city on Doha Bay.

Q7. Sakshi Malik is an Indian-?

wrestler

footballer

shooter

archer

cricketer

Solution:

Sakshi Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler.

Q8. NULM was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA), Government of India in 24th September 2013 by replacing the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). NULM stands for-

National Urban Livelihoods Management

National Urban Lease Mission

Nominal Urban Livelihoods Mission

National Urgent Livelihoods Mission

National Urban Livelihoods Mission

Solution:

National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA), Government of India in 24th September, 2013 by replacing the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).

Q9. Who is the present Union Home Minister of India?

Sushma Swaraj

Arun Jaitley

Rajnath Singh

Santosh Gangwar

Rao Inderjeet Singh

Solution:

Rajnath Singh is the present Union Home Minister of India.

Q10. Who is the present Governor of Jammu and Kashmir?

Lalji Tandon

Satya Pal Malik

Jagdish Mukhi

Banwarilal Purohit

Acharya Dev Vrat

Solution:

Satya Pal Malik is the current Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind on 21 August 2018. He was the former Governor of Bihar, his tenure starting on 30 September 2017.

Q11. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is animal rights organization based in-

France

Germany

Canada

USA

Solution:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, USA and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

Q12. Where is the headquarters of Yes Bank?

Chennai

Kolkata

New Delhi

Mumbai

Nagpur

Solution:

Mumbai is the headquarters of Yes Bank.

Q13. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. In which year IAAF was founded?

1945

1919

1912

1903

1956

Solution:

In 2012 after 100 years of athletics excellence, the International Association of Athletics Federations embarked on its second century with drive and determination. Athletics, a sport that was founded in antiquity, has continued to adapt through the centuries, offering a dynamic, life-enhancing sport which is ready for the exciting challenges of the next 100 years. On the 17 July 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden, following the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in the Swedish capital, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was founded as the world governing body for the sport of track and field athletics.

Q14. Intangki National Park is a wildlife park located in-

Assam

Nagaland

Odisha

Bihar

West Bengal

Solution:

Intangki National Park is a wildlife park located in Peren district of Nagaland.

Q15. What is the currency of Bahrain?

Dinar

Rand

Ruble