Current Affair Quiz - Banking Exam 2015

Q. : 1   The high-powered committee constituted by the govt on “DRISHTI” (Driving Information System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) has submitted its report to the finance ministry. The committee was headed by

1) TV Mohandas Pai

2) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

3) Girish Paranjpe

4) Nandan Nilekani

5) NR Narayana Murthy

Q. : 2   The govt launched ‘Jammu Kashmir Arogya Gram Yojana’ recently. Which of the following is NOT correct about the scheme?

1) Under the scheme the CSIR (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research) will identify thousand villages in J&K for the growth of aromatic plants.

2) There will be active participation of local farmers and owners of the land in the scheme.

3) The govt will initially spend over Rs 25 cr on this scheme in addition to technical support by a team of CSIR scientists.

4) All the above

5) None of these

Q. : 3   The country’s first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up in which of the following cities by mid-2015?

1) Mumbai

2) Chennai

3) Kolkata

4) Kochi

5) None of these

Q. : 4   The European Union (EU) has appointed Christos Stylianides as coordinator of the bloc’s fight against

1) Ebola

2) ISIS

3) AIDS

4) Tuberculosis

5) None of these

Q. : 5   Which of the following countries has launched an unmanned spacecraft to fly around the moon and return back to Earth in order to test technologies to be used in its Chang’e-5 satellite?

1) Japan

2) Russia

3) China

4) Australia

5) None of these

Q. : 6   As per the advisory issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Gujarat govt prepared to face which of the following cyclonic storms in the Arabian Sea recently?

1) Lehar

2) Gonu

3) Nilofar

4) Phyan

5) None of these

Q. : 7   The committee constituted by the govt on “DRISHTI” (Driving Information System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) has submitted its report to the finance ministry. Which of the following is NOT a recommendation made by it?

1) Creation of National Taxpayer Services Directorate

2) Leveraging Service Oriented Architecture for IT Applications

3) Merging different Customs IT Applications into a Single System

4) Enabling Mobility solutions in Business Workflows

5) None of these

Q. : 8   The ‘Statue of Unity’ which will be double the size of 'Statue of Liberty,' US and four times that of 'Christ the Redeemer,' Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be built on the Sadhu island in the _______district of Gujarat.

1) Narmada

2) Jamnagar

3) Bhavnagar

4) Bharuch

5) Ahmedabad

Q. : 9   An individual having a ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ with a bank cannot have which of the following accounts in that bank?

1) Recurring Deposit

2) Term/Fixed Deposit

3) Savings

4) Loan

5) None of these

Q. : 10   The Gujarat govt has issued work order for constructing world’s tallest statue, The Statue of Unity. Which of the following is NOT correct about the project?

1) The work order has been issued to L&T.

2) The statue will be made out of iron collected from farmers across India.

3) The total height of the statue from the base (or reduce level) will be 240 meters, which includes base level of 58 meters.

4) The project is to be completed by 2018.

5) None of these

Answer:- 

1. (1) TV Mohandas Pai
2. (5) None of these
3. (3) Kolkata
4. (1) Ebola
5. (3) China
6. (3) Nilofar
7. (5) None of these
8. (1) Narmada
9. (3) Savings
10. (5) None of these