LIC AAO 2019 Current Affairs Questions

Dear Aspirants,

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. ________________and Hughes Communications India (HCIL) has decided to combine their VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) satellite communications operations in India.

BSNL

Jio

Airtel

Vodafone Idea

Aircel

Solution:

The Sunil Mittal led telecom major Bharti Airtel and Hughes Communications India (HCIL) have decided to combine their VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) satellite communications operations in India.

Q2. Tractor-manufacturer Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) Ltd has signed an MoU with PCRA to aid conservation of resources. What does C Stands for in PCRA?

Creation

Cheques

Complaints

Credit

Conservation

Solution:

Tractor-manufacturer Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) Ltd has signed an MoU with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) to aid conservation of resources.

Q3. Baidyanath Mishra passed away due to old-age related problems. He was a renowned_________.

Director

Economist

Sports person

Environmentalist

Activist

Solution:

Renowned economist Baidyanath Mishra passed away due to old-age related problems. He was 99.

Q4. Prof N.R. Madhava Menon, an educationist and scholar has passed away. He was known as the_________in India.

Father of Modern Space Education

Father of Modern Agricultural Techniques

Father of Modern Physics

Father of Modern Legal Education

None of the above option is the right answer

Solution:

Prof N.R. Madhava Menon, an educationist, scholar, and the pioneering spirit behind modern legal education in India, has passed away. He was known as the Father of Modern Legal Education in India.

Q5. The __________ police for the first time has inducted women commandos in the District Reserve Guard (DRG), its frontline anti-Naxal force.

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Bihar

Solution:

The Chhattisgarh police for the first time has inducted women commandos in the District Reserve Guard (DRG), its frontline anti-Naxal force.

Q6. India was re-elected as Observer to the _________, an intergovernmental forum recently. The decision was taken during the 11th ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi, Finland.

Arctic Council

International Council of Nurses

British Council

IMF

NATO

Solution:

India was re-elected as Observer to the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum. The decision was taken during the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi, Finland.

Q7. ____________, the first chronicler of Partition, who started building an archive in 1954, passed away at 95 in Chandigarh.

Paramjot Singh

Kirpal Singh

Chiragdeep Singh

Harbaksh Singh

Navtej Singh

Solution:

Prof. Kirpal Singh, the first chronicler of Partition, who started building an archive in 1954, passed away at 95 in Chandigarh.

Q8. Which of the following country's Parliament passed a law to curb the spread of fake news under which offenders may face up to 10-year jail or fines of up to INR 5.12 crore?

Sweden

USA

Singapore

Norway

Solution:

Singapore's Parliament passed a law to curb the spread of fake news under which offenders may face up to 10-year jail or fines of up to S$1 million (over INR 5.12 crore).

Q9. Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu is on a four-day official visit to Vietnam to participate in 16th United Nations Day of Vesak. What is the currency of Vietnam?

Vietnamese baht

Vietnamese rand

Vietnamese peso

Vietnamese dong

Vietnamese dinar

Solution:

Currency of Vietnam is Vietnamese dong.

Q10. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in_______.

1911

1913

1915

1917