Current Affairs Quiz 8

    1. There are  two cities which are in bid to conduct 2024 Olympics. One is LA,other is

    a) Berlin

    b) Paris

    c) Tokyo

    d) Beijing

    e) New Delhi

   2.   Which of the following automotive carmakers has started production of its upcoming SUV Tiguan in India?
a) Hyundai
b) Volkswagen
c) Toyota
d) Suzuki
e) Tata

   3.   Germany has got its new President, who is
a) Frank  Walter 
b) Angela Merkel
c) Manuel Walls
d) McArthur Meckenzie
e) Stuart Oliver

   4.   Government of India has declared that it is going to impose how much tax on cash payments of over 2 lakhs from 1 Apr, 2017
a) 1%
b) 1.5%
c) 2%
d) 2.5%
e) 3%

     5.  Every year World Tuberculosis day is observed with a different theme. As for this year it’s theme is “ Unite to end TB”. It is observed on
a) 22 Mar
b) 24 Mar
c) 31 Mar
d) 01 Mar
e) 03 Mar

   6.   SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya is on Fortune list among the world’s top 50 greatest leaders who are transforming world and inspiring others to do the same. She is ranked
a) 21
b) 26
c) 29
d) 39
e) 42

   7.  Which of the following handsets has been declared bestseller of the 2016?
a) iPhone 6s
b) iPhone 7
c) iPhone 7 Plus
d) Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 
e) Samsung Glaxy S7

    8.  India has pegged which rank out of 188 countries in Human Development Index, as told by UN. It was same in 2014 also.
a) 131
b) 143
c) 150
d) 102
e) 79

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Inadvertent mischief??

Asiatic Lions also known as Indian Lions are found in the Gir forests of Gujarat and in the surrounding areas. This species is declared as endangered by IUCN, international organisation working for nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. But there is an encouraging fact, according to the 2015 census, the total number of lions count was 523 which used to have 411 in year 2010. Increase in the number of lions has made the periphery of the villages more susceptible to risk for people residing there. In the last two years, huge number of lions has died of which some are unnatural deaths like they get electricity shock by coming in contact with live wires put up by farmers for the protection of their crops and falling of lions into the deep wells which are left open by farmers as well. This arises a question over the conservation of the biggest cats and for the safety of the people.

The coins thrown into the pool by people for their own good luck became bad luck for turtle as it swallowed the coins mistaking them as food and it became cause of its death.This is about Thailand turtle named "Omsin" which was recently in news, it underwent surgery after swallowing hundereds of coins.

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Cash or Cashless: Moulding Slow

In the end of the last year everyone in the country had to face certain difficulties post-demonetisation as within no time, there made a statement by our PM Narindera Modi of using 500 and 1000 notes was not legal, on 9 Nov,2016. Almost 86% of the currency of the country was drawn out and whole economy was managing to survive. This was done to stash out black money and to increase transparency. It could be seen that it was the first step by the government to make people user friendly to adhere to the digital transactions. It proved to be right also, almost 65% of the people used to make digital transactions in the November & December,as reported by survey. But were the people actually transforming themselves completely and ready to use digital platforms. It doesn't seem so. As soon as new currency notes were put back into the market by government, the percentage of respondents remain almost one fourth in the months of January and February. Even though there are some sectors like online shopping, tourism, food purchase where people are interested to pay online but on the whole they are not even enticed by the cashbacks the companies are providing. It can be seen that people need time to mould themselves.

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Current Affairs Quiz 7

1. Government has decreased the cash transaction limit from 3 lakhs to 2 lakhs, it is clarified by our Revenue Secretary. Who is our Revenue Secretary?
   a) Arun Jaitely
   b) Hasmukh Adhia
   c) Ronyl Kaushal
   d) H R Khan
   e) D Subbarao
2. Capital Markets regulator SEBI has got one full time member. Who of the following is one of them?
   a) Madhabi Puri
   b) Dinesh Kumar
   c) Suresh Kumar
   d) Rajiv Agarwal
   e) Anoop Sinha
3. Martin McGuineness, an army commander turned politician, recently passed away. He hails from
   a) Ireland
   b) Germany
   c) France
   d) Australian
   e) USA
4. Which of the following Cricketer is number 1 in test ranking bowling?
   a) R Ashwin
   b) R jadeja
   c) Ishant Sharma
   d) Mitchel Starc
   e) James Anderson
5. There were talks related to conduct of CWG in India and Indian Olympic Association( IOA) chief said it is not possible at the very last stage to apply for it. Who is IOA chief?
   a) N Ramchandran
   b) Shashank Manohar
   c) Ravi Shastri
   d) Thomas Bach
   e) Vijay Goel
6. There recently held a protest by monks over citizenship for Rohingyas, protest was held in
   a) Myanmar
   b) Nepal
   c) Tibet
   d) China
   e) Hong Kong
7. Who has been elected as new UP CM?
   a) Akhilesh Yadav
   b) Yogi Adityanath
   c) Rajnath Singh
   d) L K Advani
   e) Mulayam Yadav
8. What does ULIP stands for?
   a) Unit Linked Insurance Plan
   b) Unit Linked Investment Plan
   c) Unit Linked Investment Policy
   d) Unit Linked Insurance Policy
   e) Unit Linked Interest Plan
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Current Affairs Quiz 6

1. Recently there was a news with regard to cyber security as per which 29 lakh debit cards were used at ATMs that were connected to switch of company, which underwent through malware attack. The switch with which it is connected is of the company
   a) Hitachi
   b) Samsung
   c) Reliance
   d) LG
   e) Tata
2. India signed a pact on the maintenance support of the  Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets of the IAF with which country
   a) Italy
   b) France
   c) Russia
   d) Germany
   e) Israel
   
3. Uttrakhand state has got a new Chief Minister, who is
   a) Harish Rawat
   b) Suresh Rawat
   c) Trijendra Rawat
   d) Trivendra Rawat
   e) Maan Singh Rawat
4. Post Graduate institute of medical and education research (PGIMER) has got new director, who is
   a) Dr Jagat Ram
   b) Dr Vijay Tripathi
   c) Dr Harish Rao
   d) Dr Sanjay Singh
   e) Dr Vivek Kumar
5. In which country, there are talks going on in regard with forming of Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth province.
   a) Saudi Arabia
   b) Pakistan
   c) Afghanistan
   d) Turkey
   e) Oman
6. Philip Cullen, a man who is facing jail term for killing two of the rarest endangered butterflies i.e Large Blues, person hails from which country
   a) Dubai
   b) Saudi Arabia
   c) USA
   d) UK
   e) Russia
7. A river Whanganui has gained its own identity and has been granted legal status as "a person".The river is in which country
   a) Finland
   b) New Zealand
   c) Denmark
   d) Norway
   e) Sweden
8.  Arafat Sunny, a cricketer who was charged with posting intimate photos of his girlfriend on social media is released on bail now. The Cricketer belongs to
   a) Pakistan
   b) Bangladesh
   c) UAE
   d) Zimbabwe
   e) Afghanistan
9. Who is our minister of state for finance?
   a) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
   b) Jai Shankar
   c) RK Reddy
   d) Jayant Sinha
   e) Nirmala Sitharaman
   
10. Government is now ready to conduct a field trial of circulation of plastic notes in five cities. The notes is of denomination of
    a) Rs/- 10
    b) Rs/- 20
    c) Rs/- 50
    d) Rs/- 100
    e) Rs/- 500
    
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Resigning of VCs: Has it become more of political post?

                                 Punjabi University, Patiala

It seems that every government tends to appoints its own man to run all the government organisations, including universities as well. The day before the formation of new government in Punjab, Vice-Chancellors(VCs) of Punjabi University, Patiala & Guru Nanak Dev University(GNDU), Amritsar resigned from the post citing personal reasons behind it. Professor AS Brar, who has become Vice Chancellor of the GNDU in 2009 got two extensions during his tenure; it is claimed by the teachers association of the university that it's because of his close associations with former Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal, he has been able to get extensions. Now he has appealed to chancellor of the university i.e.governor VP Singh Badnore to relieve him of all the operations, citing that his only son has not been in good condition health wise for quite sometime. Due to this he had been absent from the university since January, he had attended only major functions. On the other hand, Vice chancellor of Punjabi University Jaspal Singh who was appointed by Badal government in 2007 had got three extensions during his tenure. Now he has also asked for resignation, citing personal reasons behind it, he has also submitted his resignation to Chancellor o University i.e. governor VP Singh Badnore.

The Maternity Benefit Bill( Amendment) 2016

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016, which is recently passed in the Lok Sabha, replacing Maternity Benefit Act 1961 will raise the paid maternity leave for women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks in the organized sector for the first two children, is a welcome step. The maternity leave beyond the first two children will continue to be 12 weeks. It says 12 weeks’ paid leave will be granted to mothers adopting or having a child through surrogacy in all the establishments employing at least 10 people. Moreover, it also says every establishment employing atleast 50 people must  provide creche facilities for working mother either in office or in any place within a 500-metre radius. Such mothers will also be permitted to make  4 visits to take care of their child during working hours. Now it’s duty of organizations to convey the message to all the women working with them. The bill will now be sent to the President for his assent before it becomes an Act as it has already been passed in Rajya Sabha earlier. The amended law is expected to cover approximately 2 million women, covering minute percentage of the total working women all over the country. The Bill doesn’t apply to the women working in unorganized sector yet, where the only support available is a cash amount of Rs/- 6000 during pregnancy, conditionally. On the whole it has started bringing social change which is appreciable step in the right direction. But it has yet to cover major portion that is unorganized sector.

Current Affairs Quiz 5

1.     The sets of the fim "Padmavati" were attacked for second time, this time in Maharashtra.
The film is being directed by
a) Imtiaz Ali
b) Anurag Basu
c) Anurag Kashyap
d) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
e) Neeraj Pandey

2.     Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE)  has directed all schools in the state not to have any junk food with in the radius of 200 m, the chairman of the board is
a) Asano Sekhose
b) Durandi Bohra
c) Atul Bohra
d) Keshab Mahanta
e) Himanta Biswal

3.     Singer Nahid Afreen is in news recently, who has been issued fatwa,in which 'Sharia law' doesn't allow musical nights to be organised, by some clerics against perorming in public. The singer hails from which state
a) Gujarat
b) Odisha
c) Karnatka
d) Assam
e) Tripura

4.     A baby in Pakistan is born with rare disorder of ectopia cordis, where internal body part of person is outside of his body and functioning properly. This rare disorder is related with
a) Kidney
b) Lung
c) Heart
d) Liver
e) None of these

5.     Two Indo-American authors, Paul Kalanithi and Sidddartha Mukherjee, have been shortlisted for wellcome book Prize. It is associated with fiction and non-fiction work in the field of health and
a) Peace
b) Medicine
c) Yoga
d) Physiotherapy
e) Literature 

6.    Pertaining to the recent held legislative assembly elections, Manipur has got its Chief Minister, who is
a) N Biren Singh
b) O Ibobi Singh
c) Sarbananda Sonowal
d) Manik Sarkar
e) Prem Khandu

7.    Shashank Manohar ending his tenure of 2 years before the time citing personal reasons, he has been linked to the body
a) ICC
b) BCCI
c) SAI
d) IOC
e) None of these

8.     Himachal Pradesh transport corporation has launched the provision of online ticket booking, it has tied up with which bank
a) ICICI
b) YES Bank
c) HDFC
d) Axis Bank
e) IDFC Bank

9.     2nd Agri leadership Summit is going to held from 18th to 20th March in
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) UP
d) Rajasthan
e) Maharashtra

10.  India’s largest floating solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) plant has been installed in which state?
 a) Haryana
 b) Punjab
 c) Maharashtra
 d) Kerala
 e) Karnatka

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Current Affairs Quiz 4

Happy Holi

1.  Automaker Hyundai has decided to phase out its popular hatchback i10 in India, company Hyundai belongs to
   a) France
   b) Germany
   c)  Japan
   d) S korea
   e) Italy
2.  Ritu Rani has come out of retirement after months she bid a farewell to sport. With which sport she is related with
   a) Hockey
   b) Cricket
   c) Table-Tennis
   d) Badminton
   e) Shooting
3. A new product for outward Forex remmitance "Fx Out" has been rolled out recently by a bank.
   The bank is
   a) Punjab National Bank
   b) State Bank of India
   c) Reserve Bank of India
   d) Bank of India
   e) Corporation Bank
4. Paytm has decided to charge certain percentage of fees on top up if done with credit cards. The percentage is
   a) 1%
   b) 1.5%
   c) 2%
   d) 2.5%
   e) 3%
5.  Banks are told to launch " Aadhar Pay" by 31,March, 17 across the country. First bank to launch this was
   a)  Punjab National Bank
   b)  State Bank of India
   c)  Bank of India
   d) IDFC Bank
   e) IDBI Bank
6. In the recent held legislative elections in Manipur, BJP party has managed to form majority. Candidate from the party will be ready to take oath before governor, who is
   a) KK Paul
   b) Najma Heptulla
   c) V P Singh Badnore
   d) P Sathasivam
   e) V Shamagunthan
7. After the recently held legislative assembly elections, BJP party has now spread its footprints in how many states
   a) 13
   b)14
   c)15
   d)16
   e)17
8. This year, there are two more states where legislative elections will be held, one is Gujarat, other one is
   a) Arunachal Pradesh
   b) Himachal Pradesh
   c) Haryana
   d) Rajasthan
   e) Odisha
9. B P Kanungo has been appointed as new Deputy governor for RBI replacing
   a) H R Khan
   b) R Gandhi
   c) Viral Acharya
   d) SS Mundra
   e) N S Vishwanathan
10. In the recently held legislative assembly elections in the five states, BJP party has been able to form government in how many states.
    a) 2
    b) 3
    c) 4
    d) 5
    e) still not decided
    
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Fun with some shun

HAPPY HOLI

It's the day of fervor, festival Holi is being celebrated in every corner of the country. Everyone seems to be fascinated putting colors on one another, buckets full of color mixed water ,showing their own moves on music, distributing sweets especially Gujias, which is made by our moms. That is the gift of much awaited festival we celebrate every year with lot of energy, love and affection.

While celebrating the Holi in streets, stray dogs become inadvertently victims of our deeds.Most of us unaware of the fact that dogs do not have sweat glands like we people do. Their skin is different from the human skin. This is the reason that, when they got any color on their body, dry or wet, it starts to get absorbed in their skin. Colors which are made of toxic substances proved to be fatal.Their bodies get itchy and sometimes, helpless, they start licking the color which directly impacts their liver. Most of the pet owners do take care of these mentioned things and they don't let their dogs out of the home during festival season, protecting them from any misdeed.

The worse impact dogs got out of this is change in their behavior which includes restlessness and flapping of their heads.

A little care can make a big difference, unintentionally if we put any colors on dogs, their body could be washed with warm water, which will comfort them. Many animal welfare societies are also leading this move, they can also be consulted if necessary.

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Current Affairs Quiz 3

1. Sunita Singh Choken has pegged Nari Shakti Purskar award for which field?
   a) Journalism
   b) Literature
   c) Singing
   d) Mountaineering
   e) Dancing
   
   
2.  Mandatory deposits of 25% of the undisclosed income to be made in Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan scheme, 2016 which will be interest free and have lock-in period of?
   a) 2 years
   b) 3 years
   c) 4 years
   d  5 years
   e) 6 years
   
   
3. International Yoga fest is celebrated recently in Talkatora stadium which is located at?
   a) Karnatka
   b) AP
   c) UP
   d) New Delhi
   e) Gujarat
   
   
4. Education body has introduced a new app " Exam locator" to locate exam centres, the body is
   a) AICTE
   b) UGC
   c) CBSE
   d) NCERT
   e) IIT
   
   
5.  IISc has pegged rank among top 10 institutions in the world by "The Times Higher Education" in the category of small universities, its rank is
   a) 6th
   b) 7th
   c) 8th
   d) 9th
   e) 10th
   
   
6. Renowned personality Kalikaparsad Bhattacharya passed away, he was associated woth field
   a) Dancing
   b) Singing
   c) Jounalism
   d) Literature
   e) Science
   
   
7. Artifiicial intelligence based Chatbot EVA is launched by bank
   a) ICICI
   b) HDFC
   c) Axis
   d) IDFC
   e) Kotak Mahindra
   
   
8. Indian Cricket team will get new sponsor replacing "Star India" from 1 Apr, 17
   a) Oppo
   b) Vivo
   c) Paytm
   d) Snapdeal
   e) Amazon
   
   
9.  Legislative assembly elections were held in five states recently, which is not one of them?
   a) Punjab
   b) Haryana
   c) Manipur
   d) Goa
   e) Uttrakhand
   
   
10. Jointly top position in bowling in test Cricket matches is by Ashwin and
    a) Dale Steyn
    b) Ravindra Jadeja
    c) Mitchel Starc
    d) Josh Hazelwood
    e) K. Rabada
    
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Current Affairs Quiz 2

Current Affairs Quiz 2

1. Shooter Jitu Rai clinched Gold in 50m pistol at ISSF combined World Cup which ended now, where this tournament was held?
a) Kolkata
b) Hyderabad
c) Ahemadabad
d) New Delhi
e) Bengaluru

2. BJP government has made compulsory in all government aided schools in Assam to learn which language
a) Assamese
b) Hindi
c) Bodo
d) Sanskrit
e) English

3.  Our national security adviser has held talks with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as a part of preparations in concern of PM Narinder Modi visit to the same. Who is our national security adviser?
a) S Jaishankar
b) Ajit Doval
c) V K Singh
d) Nripendra Mishra
e) Sanjiv Agarwal

4. National Pension System is regulated by Pension fund & Regulatory Development Authority(PFRDA), where is the head quarter of PFRDA?
a) Mumbai
b) Lucknow
c) New Delhi
d) Hyderabad
e) Bengaluru

5. World wildlife day, with theme,"listen to young voices", is celebrated on
a) 2 March
b) 3 March
c) 4 March
d) 5 March
e) 7 March

6. Which movie has pegged the 89th Oscars for best film award?
a) La La Land
b) Moonlight
c) Fences
d) Manchester By the Sea
e) Sunshine

7. Nokia is ready to make a comeback of one of its handset in new avatar, it is
a) 5130
b) 3110
c) 3310
d) 5233
e) 1100

8. RBI is soon to launch plastic notes of denomination of
a) Rs. 100
b) Rs. 10
c) Rs. 500
d) Rs. 2000
e) Rs. 50

9. Harvard Law Review has elected 1st Black woman president Imelme Umana, she hails from
a) Kenya
b) Nigeria
c) Ghana
d) Yemen
e) Nairobi

10. Al Nagah-II, joint army exercise will be conducted in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh starting from 6 Mar between India and which country
a) Oman

b) Yemen
c) Saudi Arabia
d) UAE
e) Iran

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Current Affairs Quiz 1

       Current affairs for upcoming Banking / Insurance exams

1. Company LG has launched smartphone K10 2017 with panic button feature of dialing 112. This company belongs to which country.
   a) Finland
   b) Germany
   c) Japan
   d) S Korea
   e) France
2. Vitaly chukrin,who recently dies, was ambassador to UN, he belonged to which country
   a) Italy
   b) Russia
   c) France
   d) Switzerland
   e) Germany
3. Which country is the world's largest arms importer?
   a) USA
   b) China
   c) Russia
   d) India
   e) Pakistan
4.  Shurhozellie Lieziestu has replaced TR Zeliang, who has resigned the post of CM for which state
   a) Nagaland
   b) Sikkim
   c) Arunachal Pradesh
   d) Tripura
   e) Meghalya
5. Mike Pence, he is newly made Vice President for which country?
   a) USA
   b) UK
   c) Germany
   d) France
   e) Mexico
6.  Reliance Jio has tied up with which car aggregator company
   a) Ola
   b) Uber
   c) Jugnoo
   d) Free ride
   e) Drive smooth
7. Vice President has recently been to Rawanda, the capital city of Rawanda is
   a) Dodoma
   b) Addis ababa
   c) Kigali
   d) Lusaka
   e) Juba
8. How much TCS will be imposed upon jewellery costing over 2 lakhs
   a) 1%
   b) 1.5 %
   c) 2%
   d) 2.5 %
   e) 2.25 %
9. Sanjiv Rajput, who is in news lately, belongs to which sports?
   a) Basketball
   b) Chess
   c) Volley ball
   d) Shooting
   e) Golf
10. Who has made all time record for considered as highest paid cricketer ever in IPL auction?
    a) David Warner
    b) Mitchell Starc
    c) Steve Smith
    d) Ben Stokes
    e) Joe Root
    
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