Current Affairs for NIACL AO Main Exam: 21st February |

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Current Affairs for NIACL AO Main 2018-19:

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Most of the questions in GA appear from Current Affairs section. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the inter viewer’s simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. In which of the following state K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the project ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady’?

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Manipur

Solution:

K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the project ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady’ under the Swadesh Darshan scheme of Ministry of Tourism at Vagamon, Kerala.

Q2. Which of the following General Insurance Company, announced the launch of 'Trip Protector' insurance policy, a pioneering policy in the non-life insurance segment in India?

Max Bupa

Reliance

Bajaj Allianz

Bharti AXA

HDFC ERGO

Solution:

HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India’s third-largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector, announced the launch of Trip Protector’ insurance policy, a pioneering policy in the non-life insurance segment in India.

Q3. The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on _________.

22 February

10 February

20 February

17 February

2 March

Solution:

The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on 20 February.

Q4. The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2019 is _______________.

True Voice of Justice

If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice

How Social Justice Affects Poverty Eradication

Social justice for peaceful and prosperous coexistence

Job Creation, Better Quality Jobs, And Better Access to Jobs

Solution:

The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on 20 February. The theme for WDSJ 2019 is “If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice”.

Q5. The Ministry of Commerce will now recognize an entity as a start-up up to _____from the date of its incorporation or registration instead of the existing duration of ________.

9 years, 6years

6 years, 4 years

8 years, 5 years

10 years, 7 years

10 years, 5 years

Solution:

The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on 20 February. The theme for WDSJ 2019 is “If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice”.

Q6. In which of the following state, Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, has been introduced?

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Delhi

Goa

Maharashtra

Solution:

Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, has been introduced for the first time in India at the Kumbakonam city corporation as part of efforts to rid of manual scavenging at the cost of Rs 18 lakh in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Q7. Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CyPAD) Centre and the National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) were inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in__________.

Daman and Diu

Chandigarh

New Delhi

Pondicherry

Goa

Solution:

Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CyPAD) Centre and the National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) were inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and LG Anil Baijal in Dwarka, New Delhi.

Q8. One of the most successful squash players Nicol David has announced her retirement. She is from ___________.

Malaysia

USA

Serbia

Spain

Japan

Solution:

Malaysia’s 8-time World Champion Nicol David has announced that she will call time on her record-breaking career at the end of the 2018/19 season.

Q9. Who among the following won Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th National Photography Awards?

S. Neelima

V. Ravi Kumar

Arun Sreedhar

Shanth Kumar

Ashok Dilwali

Solution:

Ashok Dilwali has won Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th National Photography Awards.

Q10. Who among the following won Professional Photographer of the Year Award at the 7th National Photography Awards?

SL Shanth Kumar

Ashok Dilwali

Manish Jaisi

Arun Sreedhar

Avijit Datta

Solution:

SL Shanth Kumar won Professional Photographer of the Year Award at the 7th National Photography Awards.

Q11. William E. Butterworth III, better known as W.E.B. Griffin passed away. He was a noted_________.

Novelist

Poet

Scientist

Doctor

Director

Solution:

American military veteran and novelist, William E. Butterworth III, better known as W.E.B. Griffin (his pen name), passed away at the age of 89. He joined the army at the age of 17 and has served in the Korean War.

Q12. Namvar Singh passed away in New Delhi. He was a well-known __________.

Sanskrit novelist

Garhwali poet

Tamil director

Telugu actor

Hindi writer

Solution:

Noted Hindi writer Namvar Singh passed away in New Delhi. He was 92. Prof. Namvar Singh was ill for some time and was being treated at All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Q13. Climate scientist ____________, who popularised the term “global warming” passed away recently.

Syukuro Manabe

Wallace Smith Broecker

James E. Hansen

Phil D. Jones

Michael E. Mann

Solution:

Climate scientist Wallace Smith Broecker, who popularised the term “global warming” has passed away in New York. Eighty-seven-year-old Columbia University professor breathed his last at a New York City hospital.

Q14. Which of the following country became the 73rd nation to sign the International Solar Alliance?

Iran

Oman

UAE

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Solution:

Saudi Arabia became the 73rd nation to sign the International Solar Alliance. ISA was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi and former French President Francois Hollande in 2015.

Q15. 8-time World Champion Nicol David has announced that she will call time on her record-breaking career at the end of the 2018/19 season. She is a ________player.

Chess

Tennis

Squash

Badminton

Table-Tennis

Solution:

The 35-year-old from Penang is one of the most successful squash players of all time and spent an unprecedented 9 years at World No.1 between 2006-2015.