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. Which company has appointed Manish Maheshwari as the Managing Director of its India operations recently?

Yahoo

Twitter

Facebook

Google

Dell

Solution:

Twitter has appointed Manish Maheshwari as the Managing Director of its India operations. In 2018, Taranjeet Singh had stepped down as the India Country Director and Balaji Krish was given charge of leading the country’s operations in the interim period.

Q2. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced the creation of the _______________ Chair in Inequality Studies, who was the Professor of Economics at LSE from 1971-82.

Manmohan Singh

Raghuram Rajan

Arvind Subramanian

Kaushik Basu

Amartya Sen

Solution:

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, named in honour of the India-born economist, philosopher, and Nobel laureate, who was Professor of Economics at LSE from 1971-82.

Q3. Which General Insurance company has launched a product– cyber defence insurance to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber-attacks recently?

SBI General Insurance

Royal Sundaram General Insurance

Universal Sompo General Insurance Company

IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited

HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

Solution:

SBI General Insurance has launched a product – cyber defence insurance to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber attacks. This offers protection against the growing threat of cyber breaches. It is designed to protect against major insurable cyber exposures like hacking attacks, identity theft, disclosure of sensitive information and business interruption.

Q4. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance in collaboration with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance have launched their first product. The name of the product is?

Cyber Defence Insurance Protection

Insurance Plan to Take Care

Take Care of Customers Health

Total Health Secure Goal

Customer Health Activity Secure

Solution:

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance in collaboration launched their first product ‘Total Health Secure Goal’. The new insurance product is a combination of two existing plans – Health Guard policy by Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, and iSecure from Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

Q5. Which organisation has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Network Intelligence to provide cybersecurity services to its members in line with the cybersecurity framework set by SEBI?

London Stock Exchange

Calcutta Stock Exchange

Bombay Stock Exchange

National Stock Exchange

India International Exchange

Solution:

BSE has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Network Intelligence, a global cybersecurity services provider to provide cybersecurity services to its members in line with the cybersecurity framework set by SEBI.

Q6. The Ministry of AYUSH inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ________________________________ for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional systems of medicine and its integration with modern science.

Aligarh Muslim University

IGNOU

CSIR

AIIMS

Indian Institute of Science

Solution:

The Ministry of AYUSH inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional systems of medicine and its integration with modern science.

Q7. World Book Day is celebrated every year on-

23rd April

21st April

27th April

29th April

22nd April

Solution:

World Book Day is celebrated every year on 23 April. It is also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book. It is organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.

Q8. India was ranked _____________ out of 28 countries in the Index of Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

25th

23rd

21st

13th

19th

Solution:

India was ranked 19th out of 28 countries in the Index of Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It was released as part of the report titled “Cancer preparedness around the world: National readiness for a global epidemic” prepared by EIU.

Q9. Name the Chennai’s famed chronicler, cartographer and journalist, who has passed away recently?

Amar Paul

S Muthiah

Pradeep Choubey

SK Shivakumar

Prafulla Rajguru

Solution:

Chennai’s famed chronicler, cartographer, and journalist S. Muthiah, 89, passed away due to age-related ailments. He was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2002 for his accomplishments.

Q10. Which country secured the 1st position in the Index of Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

Denmark

Germany

Netherlands

Australia

Norway

Solution: