LIC AAO Current Affairs Questions

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Current Affairs Questions for LIC AAO :

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 interviewee’s simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. Who among the following has become the first Indian to break into the top-25 of world rankings in Table Tennis?

Anthony Amalraj

Sharath Kamal

G Sathiyan

Kamlesh Mehta

Harmeet Desai

Solution:

India’s G Sathiyan has become the first Indian to break into the top-25 of world rankings in Table Tennis. Sathiyan rose four spots to be 24th in the latest ITTF rankings, following his impressive sixth place finish in the Asia Cup in Yokohama.

Q2. Bharti AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer, has tied up with financial marketplace Wishfin’s insurance arm ________to offer two-wheeler insurance to customers via WhatsApp.

Wishpool

Likepolicy

Wishrules

Makeawish

Wishpolicy

Solution:

Bharti AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer, has tied up with financial marketplace Wishfin’s insurance arm Wishpolicy, to offer two-wheeler insurance to customers via WhatsApp.

Q3. India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group Company) has lowered the country’s growth forecast for the current fiscal to _______.

7.3%

7.6 %

7.8 %

7.1 %

6.9 %

Solution:

India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group Company) has lowered the country’s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.3%, from the earlier projection of 7.5 %.

Q4. The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the NCAP. What does C stands for in NCAP?

Cheque

Cleanliness

Credit

Clean

Credibility

Solution:

The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which aims to reduce particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024. The committee will be chaired by the Secretary, Union Environment Ministry

Q5. Who among the following was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal?

Dilip Kumar

Manoj Kumar

Sandeep Bakshi

Naina Parmar

Ramesh Mohan Singh

Solution:

Senior IAS officer Dilip Kumar was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal.

Q6. International Workers’ Day is celebrated across the world on___________ every year.

28 April

2nd May

30 April

3rd May

1st May

Solution:

International Labour Day (also known as May Day or International Workers’ Day) is celebrated across the world on 1st of May every year.

Q7. Which of the following firm has recently launched a recurring payment service for merchants that are working on a digital subscription model?

PhonePe

Amazon Pay

Paytm

Google Pay

MobiKwik

Solution:

Paytm has launched a recurring payment service for merchants that are working on a digital subscription model. The move will allow the subscription-based businesses to collect payments from their subscribers effortlessly.

Q8. Markets regulator SEBI directed ______to pay more than Rs 625 crore in the case of misuse of its co-location facility.

Tata Steel

NSE

BSE

Facebook

Paytm

Solution:

Markets regulator SEBI directed National Stock Exchange to pay more than Rs625 crore in the case of misuse of its co-location facility. SEBI has been probing alleged lapses in high-frequency trading offered through NSE’s co-location facility.

Q9. India was the world’s ______biggest military spender in 2018 according to new data think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

1st

3rd

4th

2nd

5th

Solution:

India was the world’s fourth biggest military spender in 2018 behind the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to new data think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). India was the fifth largest military spender in 2017.

Q10. Who has become the first Japanese Emperor to step down from the throne in more than 200 years?

Akihito

Takahashi

Watanabe

Nakamura

Tanaka

Solution:

Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to step down from the throne in more than 200 years.