Current Affairs Questions for Indian Bank PO Mains Exam: 26th October 2018 |

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Current Affairs Quiz for Indian Bank PO Mains 2018

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you might have noticed is that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Apart from the GA Section, an excellent 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. The Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 held in New Delhi. What was the theme of the 2-day summit?

Doubling Farmers' Income by 2022

Deciphering Our Future

Connecting Farmers to Market

Creating Your Future in Agriculture

Activating “Generation Next”

Solution:

The Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 opened in New Delhi. The theme of the 2-day summit is, ‘Connecting Farmers to Market’. The summit was inaugurated by the Secretary Agriculture and Co-operation, Sanjay Agrawal.

Q2. All-rounder Dwayne Bravo announced his retirement from international cricket recently. He played for _______.

Sri Lanka

England

Kenya

Zimbabwe

West Indies

Solution:

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo announced his retirement from international cricket. The 35-year-old, who last represented the West Indies in September 2016, played a grand total of 270 international matches.

Q3. Government Constituted a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into sexual harassment at workplace. Who will be heading the GoM?

MJ Akbar

Rajnath Singh

Uma Bharti

Sushma Swaraj

Sumitra Mahajan

Solution:

The Union Government constituted a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine and strengthen the existing legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with matters of sexual harassment of women at the workplace. The Group of Ministers will be headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Q4. The Supreme Court ruled that no Bharat ________ vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020.

Stage-IV

Stage-V

Stage-VI

Stage-III

Stage-I

Solution:

The Supreme Court ruled that no Bharat Stage-IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020. The Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norm would come into force from April 1, 2020 across the country.

Q5. Which of the following has become the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs in the history of ODI cricket?

Steve Smith

Joe Root

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

Fakhar Zaman

Solution:

India captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs in the history of ODI cricket, achieving the feat in his 205th innings, against Windies.

Q6. India recently signed Thirty-eight pacts of_____ worth to give impetus to Iron and Steel Industry.

$3bn

$5 bn

$8 bn

$10 bn

$1 bn

Solution:

Thirty-eight pacts worth $5 billion were signed among 20 technology providers, capital goods manufacturers and steel producers, which will give impetus to the manufacturing of capital goods for the iron and steel industry.

Q7. Life insurer PNB Metlife has unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered customer service app. What is the name of that app?

Khushi

Disha

Pragati

Laxmi

Rashmi

Solution:

Life insurer PNB Metlife has unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered customer service app ‘Khushi’. The app is designed to be a one-stop shop providing insurance-related information, anytime, anywhere.

Q8. Which Indian state will organize TECH 2018 in association with UNESCO MGIEP ?

New Delhi

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Goa

Uttarakhand

Solution:

UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education) in association with Government of Andhra Pradesh announces TECH 2018, an international conference which aims to showcase the role of games and digital learning

Q9. A Chinese company has tested the 'world's largest' cargo drone successfully. What is the name of the drone?

Tianyi TY-DB3

Hexiang FH-100

Aisheng D-4

Feihong-98

MQ-9

Solution:

A Chinese company has tested the 'world's largest' cargo drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes (1,500kg).

Q10. Which of the following veteran banker has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank?

Renu Satti

Satish Kumar Gupta

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Shikha Sharma

Rajnish Kumar

Solution:

Paytm Payments Bank has appointed veteran banker Satish Kumar Gupta as its new Managing Director and CEO. The post was lying vacant after Renu Satti stepped down in July 2018.

Q11. The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year 2016 was given to______.

Rajkumar Singhajit Singh

Mahasweta Devi

Aruna Roy

Medha Patkar

Ram Vanji Sutar

Solution:

The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year 2016 ws given to one of India’s greatest sculptors, Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar.

Q12. The Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal (www.sparc.iitkgp.ac.in.) of the Scheme SPARC recently. What does R stands for in SPARC?

Renewable

Requirement

Regional

Research

Resources

Solution:

The Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal (www.sparc.iitkgp.ac.in.) of the Scheme “Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)” in New Delhi.

Q13. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave in New Delhi recently. What was the theme for the conclave?

Nuclear Power- Towards a Clean & Base Load Energy

Nuclear Power- Towards a Clean Energy

Towards Clean Energy and Nuclear Power

Empower - Nuclear, Solar & Renewable Energy

None of the given option is true

Solution:

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave in New Delhi on the theme: ‘Nuclear Power- Towards a Clean & Base Load Energy’.

Q14. International Arya Mahasammelan 2018 was recently held at_______.

Karnataka

Telangana

Bihar

Delhi

Tamilnadu

Solution:

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the International Arya Mahasammelan – 2018 in Delhi.

Q15. The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year 2015 was given to _______.

Kiran Bedi

Shudha Bharadwaj

Chhayanaut

Ram Vanji Sutar

Soni Sori

Solution:

The Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 is being conferred on the doyen of Manipuri dance Sh. Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (For 2014); Chhayanaut (a cultural organization of Bangladesh, for 2015) and on one of India’s greatest sculptors, Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar (for 2016).