Current Affair Quiz - Banking Routing 2015

Ques. : 1   The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) named the cyclonic storm arisen in the Arabian Sea recently as Nilofar. The name 'Nilofar' was suggested by which of the following countries?

1) Thailand          

2) Myanmar

3) Bangladesh    

4) Sri Lanka

5) Pakistan          

Ques. : 2   India and Mexico held the sixth session of the Joint Commission Meeting recently. Which of the following is NOT a major item exported by India to Mexico?

1) Crude oil         

2) Vehicles and auto parts

3) Electrical machinery and equipment   

4) Pharmaceuticals

5) Textiles and garments              

Ques. : 3   What is India’s ranking in the World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index?

1) 142nd               

2) 126th

3) 114th                

4) 101st

5) None of these              

Ques. : 4   Due to uncertainty over oil supplies from West Asia, India is keen to diversify its imports and planning to buy crude from which of the following countries as announced by the Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan?

1) US     

2) Russia

3) Mexico            

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3)               

Ques. : 5   Name the chairman of the committee constituted by the govt to assess compensation for coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court recently?

1) Chitra Ramkrishna      

2) Pratyush Sinha

3) Shashi Kant Sharma   

4) M Damodaran

5) CB Bhave        

Ques. : 6   Which of the following pairs of agencies and their heads is NOT matched correctly?

1) NIA – Sharad Kumar  

2) NSG – Jayanta Choudhury

3) BSF – DK Pathak          

4) CBI – Ranjit Sinha

5) RAW – Ajit Doval         

Ques. : 7   How many withdrawals (through all channels including ATM) are allowed in a month in the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the country?

1) Three               

2) Four

3) Five   

4) Ten

5) None of these              

Ques. : 8   Which of the following is NOT a priority sector as stipulated by the RBI with respect to lending by the banks?

1) Agriculture     

2) Automobiles

3) Education       

4) Housing

5) Export Credit 

Ques. : 9   Identify the country which is accused by rights groups of carrying out world's largest number of executions every year and is now planning to cut down death penalty for nine crimes including smuggling weapons and nuclear materials?

1) North Korea  

2) Japan

3) US     

4) China

5) None of these              

Ques. : 10   Sharath Gayakwad has scripted history at the 2014 Asian Para-Games in Incheon, South Korea by winning six medals. He is a

1) Para-swimmer             

2) Para-sprinter

3) Para-Archer   

4) Para-judoka

5) None of these              

Answer:- 

1. (5) Pakistan
2. (1) Crude oil
3. (3) 114th
4. (4) All the above
5. (2) Pratyush Sinha
6. (5) RAW – Ajit Doval
7. (2) Four
8. (2) Automobiles
9. (4) China
10. (1) Para-swimmer