Current Affairs Questions for ESIC UDC and Steno Exam: 30th March 2019 |

Dear Aspirants,

Current Affairs Questions for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness. Knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI and GD more efficiently. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. Valery Bykovsky passed away at the age of 84 years. He was a_____________.

Russian cosmonaut

American cosmonaut

CIA Agent

Russian Spy

Russian defence minister

Solution:

Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, passed away at the age of 84 years.

Q2. Who among the following will be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries?

Arun Jaitley

Raghuram Rajan

Geoffrey Hinton

Amartya Sen

Shaktikanta Das

Solution:

Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries.

Q3. Who among the following has/have been honored with the Turing Award?

Geoffrey Hinton

Yann LeCun

Yoshua Bengio

All (a), (b) and (c)

Only (a) and (c)

Solution:

Three pioneers in AI, University of Toronto faculty member and Google Brain researcher Geoffrey Hinton, Facebook chief AI scientist and NYU professor Yann LeCun, and Element AI founder and University of Montreal professor Yoshua Bengio has been honored with the Turing Award.

Q4. Name the first Indian port operator that has recorded cargo movement of more than 200 million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine ports along the east and west coasts.

Mody Ports

Adani Ports

Tata Ports

Birla Ports

Ambani Ports

Solution:

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) announced that it has recorded cargo movement of more than 200 million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine ports along the east and west coasts, becoming the first Indian port operator to achieve the milestone.

Q5. Who among the following is the author of the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism”?

P. Chidambaram

Amartya Sen

Raghuram Rajan

Arun Jaitley

Y. V. Reddy

Solution:

The book “Indian Fiscal Federalism” has been written by Dr. Y. V. Reddy, former Governor of RBI and Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India along with Dr. G. R. Reddy, Advisor (Finance) to the Government of Telangana.

Q6. Which of the following organisation has unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing?

OPEC

IMF

UNSC

BRICS

NATO

Solution:

The UN Security Council has unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing.

Q7. State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and Varde Partners for___________.

Rs 1,375 crore

Rs 2,565 crore

Rs 1,000 crore

Rs 1,570 crore

Rs 1,851 crore

Solution:

State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and VardePartners for Rs 1,851 crore at Rs 850 per share.

Q8. Name the Himachal Pradesh village that has become the highest polling station in the world.

Thalan

Tashigang

Mangalpur

Tilothgang

Chopta

Solution:

Tashigang, a Himachal Pradesh village at an altitude of 15,256 feet has now become the highest polling station in the world. Situated about 29 km from the India-China border, the polling station covers two villages, Tashigang and Gate.

Q9. Who among the following will now serve as the Ethics Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc basis?

D K Jain

A K Goel

Amitabh Kant

Naresh Goel

Sushil Chandra

Solution:

Supreme Court-appointed BCCI Ombudsman Justice D K Jain (retd) will now serve as the Ethics Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc basis.

Q10. The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse _____ into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB.

Rs 3,372 crore

Rs 1,862 crore

Rs 5,042 crore

Rs 7,632 crore

Rs 2,075 crore

Solution:

The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse Rs 5,042 crore into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB.