Quiz15 - Current Affairs of 2013 for IBPS, APPSC and Bank PO Exams

1 Q) "Who will head a panel to suggest steps to promote financial inclusion? (This was announced by the new RBI Governor Raghuram Raj an on Sept 4,2013) 1) C.Rangarajan 2) Burial Jalan 3) Urjit Patel 4) Nachiket Mor 5) K.C.Chakrabarty "

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1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4

2 Q) "Miss World 2013 beauty pageant will be held on September 28th 2013 in? 1) Ordos,,China 2) Bali, Indonesia 3) London, UK 4) Cape Town, South Africa 5) Moscow, Russia "

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1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4

3 Q) "Which of the following books written by Indian author Jhum paLahiriis shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize? 1) Interpreter of Maladies 2) Namesake 3) The Lowland 4) Unaccustomed Earth 5) None of these "

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1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4

4 Q) "The 3 9th G8 S u mnrit was hosted by which of the following countries in June 2013? 1) USA 2) Russia 3) Germany 4) UK 5) None of these "

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1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4

5 Q) "Who assumed office as the Director General of the World Trade Organization on September 1,2013? 1) Pascal Lamy 2) Klaus Schwab 3) Rakesh Mohan 4) Roberto Azevedo 5) None of these "

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1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 4

6 Q) "Identify the mismatched pair? 1) Bank Rate - 10.25% 2) Repo Rate - 7.25% 3) Reverse Repo Rate - 5.25% 4) Cash Reserve Ratio - 4% 5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio - 23% "

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6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10)4

7 Q) "Identify the mismatched pair? 1) Justice RSathasivam - Chief Justice of India 2) Shashikanth Sharma - Comp troller and Auditor General 3) Avinash Chander - Director General of Defense Research and Development Or ganiza- tion 4) Kushal Singh - Chairperson, National Commission for Women 5) Anil Goswami - Home Secretary "

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6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10)4

8 Q) "Chitra Ramakrishna is the MD and CEO of? 1) Axis Bank 2) BSE 3) NSE 4) CRISIL 5) ICICI Bank"

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6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10)4

9 Q) "Former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CRT) Ashwani Kumar became the Governor of which of the following states on Mar ch 21, 2013? 1) Nagaland 2) Odisha 3) Sikkim 4) Tripura 5) Meghalaya "

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6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10)4

10 Q) "The first Regional Rural Bank was established in 1975 in which of the following states? 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Karnataka 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Himachal Pradesh "

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6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10)4

11 Q) "Who among the following is not closely associated with the day- to-day functioning of the Reserve Bank of India? 1) K.C. Chakrabarthy 2) Anand Sinha 3) H.R.Khan 4) Urjit Patel 5) Montek Singh Ahluwalia "

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11)5 12)4 13)2 14)5 15)4

12 Q) "The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year is known as? 1) PPP 2) GNH 3) GNI 4) GDP 5) Inflation "

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11)5 12)4 13)2 14)5 15)4

13 Q) "Who is the Pr esident of World Bank at present? 1) Robert Zoellick 2) Jim Yong Kim 3) Kaushik Basu 4) Christine Lagarde 5) Alan Greenspan "

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11)5 12)4 13)2 14)5 15)4

14 Q) "Which of the following is not a function of the NABARD? 1) Acting as a regulator for RRBs and cooperative banks 2) Extending assistance to the government in matters related to rural development 3) Providing refinance to lending institutions in rural areas 4) Acting as a coordinator in the operations of rural credit institutions 5) Review of monetary and credit policy "

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11)5 12)4 13)2 14)5 15)4

15 Q) "Which of the following countries is a member of G8? 1) China 2) India 3) Brazil 4) Italy 5) Australia "

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11)5 12)4 13)2 14)5 15)4

16 Q) "The Central Bank of USA is? 1) Deutsche Bank 2) Bank of America 3) Citi Bank 4) Federal Reserve 5) Federal Bank "

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16)4 17)2 18) 1 19)3 20)3

17 Q) "Which of the following is not a function of RBI? 1) Deciding Bank Rate, CRR and SLR 2) Opening Savings Accounts for general public 3) Currency Management 4) Maintaining Forex 5) Prescribe the Capital Adequacy Ratio "

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16)4 17)2 18) 1 19)3 20)3

18 Q) "SARFAESI Act deals with? 1) Non Performing Assets 2) Self Help Groups 3) Internet Banking 4) SEZs 5) Day to day activities of a bank "

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16)4 17)2 18) 1 19)3 20)3

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19 Q) "Credit Rating is? 1) Used to work out performance of the employees 2) Not used in any bank 3) Used to rate the borrowers while giving advances 4) Necessary before giving promotion to employees 5) None of these "

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16)4 17)2 18) 1 19)3 20)3

20 Q) "Prior to the establishment of RBI in 1935, which bank acted as banker to government? 1) Allahabad Bank 2) Bank of Hindustan 3) Imperial Bank of India 4) General Bank of India 5) Central Bank of India "

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16)4 17)2 18) 1 19)3 20)3

21 Q) "World Forestry Day is? 1) March 20 2) March 21 3) March 22 4) March 23 5) March 24 "

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21)2 22)3 23)2 24) 1 25)4

22 Q) "Which of the following is the capital city of a state in India? 1) Gorakhpur 2) Kochi 3) Kohima 4) Aurangabad 5) Satara "

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21)2 22)3 23)2 24) 1 25)4

23 Q) "The 12th Five Year Plan was started in? 1) April 2010 2) April 2011 3) April 2012 4) April 2013 5) None of these "

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21)2 22)3 23)2 24) 1 25)4

24 Q) "Which of the following is not a nationalized bank? 1) Karnataka Bank 2) Bank of India 3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) Bank of Baroda 5) UCO Bank "

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21)2 22)3 23)2 24) 1 25)4

25 Q) "Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in? 1) 1934 2) 1935 3) 1948 4) 1949 5)1950 "

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21)2 22)3 23)2 24) 1 25)4

26 Q) "T.S. Vijayan is? 1) Chairman, SEBI 2) Chairman, PFRDA 3) Chairman, IRDA 4) Chairman, LIC 5) Secretary, Planning Commission "

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26)3 27)3 28)4 29)5 30)5

27 Q) "Which one of the following programs/initiatives would insulate small and marginal farmers fr om exploitation of the moneylenders? 1) UIDAI 2) Swavalamban 3) Swabhiman 4) SGSRY 5) SJSRY "

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26)3 27)3 28)4 29)5 30)5

28 Q) "Croatia became the new member of which of the follo¬wing organizations recently? 1) NAM 2) NATO 3) UNO 4) EU 5) None of these "

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26)3 27)3 28)4 29)5 30)5

29 Q) "Which of the following awards is given in the field of Science and Technology? 1) Dronacharya Award 2) Arjuna Award 3) Kalidas Samman 4) Chameli Devi Jain Award 5) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award "

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26)3 27)3 28)4 29)5 30)5

30 Q) "Basel Committee r ecommen- dations are related to? 1) Internet Banking 2) Currency Management 3) Priority sector lending 4) Marketing of bank products 5) Risk Management "

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26)3 27)3 28)4 29)5 30)5

31 Q) "In which of the following eco¬nomies the means of production ar e privately owned? 1) Mixed economy 2) Socialism 3) Capitalism 4) Developing economy 5) Developed economy "

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31)3 32)4 33)4 34)3 35)2

32 Q) "John Kerry visited India recently. He is the United States? 1) Vice President 2) Treasury Secretary 3) Defense Secretary 4) Secretary of State 5) None of these "

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31)3 32)4 33)4 34)3 35)2

33 Q) "Glasgow in Scotland will host which of the following sporting events in 2014? 1) Winter Olympics 2) FIFA World Cup Football 3) Euro Football 4) Commonwealth Games 5) None of these "

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31)3 32)4 33)4 34)3 35)2

34 Q) "Who is the present Foreign Secretary? 1) Ajit Kumar Seth 2) Ranjan Mathai 3) Sujatha Singh 4) Nirupama Rao 5) Shiv Shankar Menon "

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31)3 32)4 33)4 34)3 35)2

35 Q) "Joshna Chinappa’s name is associated with? 1) Archery 2) Squash 3) Billiards 4) Swimming 5) Golf "

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31)3 32)4 33)4 34)3 35)2

36 Q) "Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with Hockey? 1) Irani Trophy 2) Davis Cup 3) Thomas Cup 4) Uber Cup 5) Aga Khan Cup "

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37 Q) "Who among the following US Presidents served single term? 1) Bill Clinton 2) George W Bush 3) Barack Obama 4) Ronald Reagan 5) James Carter "

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36)5 37)5 38)3 39)5 40)3

38 Q) ". The index of National S tock Exchange is known as? 1) Sensex 2) Nikki 3) Nifty 4) MCX 5) None of these "

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36)5 37)5 38)3 39)5 40)3

39 Q) "In a Savings Account, money can be deposited? 1) On Monthly basis 2) On Quarterly basis 3) On Annual basis 4) In one lump sum 5) As per the convenience of the depositor "

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36)5 37)5 38)3 39)5 40)3

40 Q) "Who is the 2013 US Open Lawn Tennis men’s champion? 1) Andy Murray 2) Novak Djokovic 3) Rafael Nadal 4) Roger Federer 5) Leander Paes "

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36)5 37)5 38)3 39)5 40)3