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Current Affairs and General Awareness Questions
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Q1. India recently signed an agreement with which country on enhancing naval cooperation for security of sea lanes between the two countries?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Singapore
(c) Thailand
(d) Malaysi
(e) Sri Lanka
Q2. World AIDS day is celebrated every year all over the world on December 1st. What was the theme for World AIDS day this year?
(a) Listen to the young voices
(b) Hear their Voices
(c) My Voice My Community
(d) Right to Health
(e) Equity and Empowerment
Q3. Replacing the existing line, the International Monetary Fund has approved a new USD 88 billion credit line for _________________ to deal with a potential need for liquidity.
(a) Mexico
(b) Paraguay
(c) Brazil
(d) Colombia
(e) Chile
Q4. BSF, the biggest border guarding force in the world celebrated its 52nd Anniversary of Raising Day on- ________________?
(a) 30th November
(b) 29th November
(c) 26th November
(d) 25th November
(e) 1st December
Q5. What is the minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS-
(a) Rs.2 lakh
(b) Rs.10 lakh
(c) Rs.1 lakh
(d) Rs.5 lakh
(e) Rs.20 lakh
Q6. Which Bank has tied up with PFG Forex for remittance facility for the benefit of Indian expatriates from Australia. The new facility will leverage the bank to reach the Indian diaspora?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) State Bank of India
(e) South Indian Bank
Q7. FINO Payments Bank has commenced operations as a payments bank with effect from 30th June 2017 according to the Reserve Bank of India. Where is the head office of FINO Payments Bank?
(a) Chennai
(b) Jaipur
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Mumbai
(e) Chennai
Q8. Which of the following facts is/are true about SGBs (Sovereign Gold Bond)
(I) SGB are Government Securities Denominated in INR
(II) SGBs are issued by RBI on behalf of GOI
(III) SGBs can be traded on Stock Exchanges
(IV) SGBs can be bought from an authorised Stock Broker.
(a) Only II & III
(b) Only I III & IV
(c) Only I II III
(d) Only II & IV
(e) All of them
Q9. With which country has the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) recently entered into 2 Bilateral APAs (Advance Pricing Agreements)?
(a) South Africa
(b) Sweden
(c) Netherlands
(d) Zambia
(e) Bolivia
Q10. Surrendering to the wishes of hardline religious groups, who was the law minister of pakistan who recently quit the civilian government?
(a) Khwaja Saad Rafique
(b) Sheikh Aftab Ahmad
(c) Ishaq Dar
(d) Hasil Bizejo
(e) Zahid Hamid
Q11. Recently who has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
(a) Sunil Kumar Chourasia
(b) Kalyan Krisgnamurty
(c) Alok Kumar Verma
(d) Vishal Kaul
(e) Uttam Dhillon
Q12. Who is the present Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Akhilesh Yadav
(b) Nitish Kumar
(c) Yogi Adityanath
(d) Tarun Gogai
(e) Virbhadra Singh
Q13. Egypt is a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East. Capital of Egypt is?
(a) Cairo
(b) Colombo
(c) Khartoum
(d) Havana
(e) Nairobi
Q14. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad,Iraq in which year?
(a) 1940
(b) 1960
(c) 1950
(d) 1980
(e) 1970
Q15. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three year budget of ______________ commencing from 2017-18-
(a) Rs.10,018 crore
(b) Rs.8,081 crore
(c) Rs.8,840 crore
(d) Rs.10,118 crore
(e) Rs.9,046 crore