QUIZ OF DAY-01-06/2017 GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

QUIZ OF DAY-01-06

Ques. :1 India’s eight core industries grew at its slowest pace in 14 months by 1% in Feb 2017. Which of the following is NOT one of the eight core industries?
1) Cement
2) Fertiliser
3) Refinery Products
4) Natural Gas
5) None of these

Ans. 5) None of these

Ques. :2 Park Geun-hye was arrested over a corruption scandal recently. She is the ousted President of
1) South Korea
2) Philippines
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Venezuela

Ans. 1) South Korea

Ques. :3 The Indian-origin finance minister Pravin Gordhan was sacked in a cabinet reshuffle recently in which of the following countries?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) South Africa
4) Australia
5) Mauritius

Ans. 3) South Africa

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Ques. :4 __________ has become the country’s first city to have access to the 1 gbps-speed wired broadband connectivity, launched by ACT Fibernet recently.
1) Mumbai
2) Hyderabad
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Chennai

Ans. 2) Hyderabad

Ques. :5 Which bank recently announced that it is introducing a range of gender neutral titles (Mx, Ind, M, Mre, Msr, Myr, Pr, Sai, Ser and Misc) for transgender and others customers who do not identify as male or female?
1) CITI Bank
2) Standard Chartered
3) Barclays
4) HSBC
5) Morgan Stanley

Ans. 4) HSBC

Ques. :6 Virbhadra Singh and his wife have been charge-sheeted by the CBI in a special court in a disproportionate assets case. Virbhadra is the present Chief Minister of
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Haryana
4) Odisha
5) Uttarakhand

Ans.  1) Himachal Pradesh

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Ques. :7 The govt has lowered interest rates on small saving schemes. What is the new interest rate on public provident fund (PPF) scheme for the Apr-Jun quarter?
1) 7.2 per cent
2) 6.9 per cent
3) 7.6 per cent
4) 7.7 per cent
5) 7.9 per cent

Ans. 5) 7.9 per cent

Ques. :8 The fiscal deficit for Apr-Feb 2017 has been Rs 6.05 lakh cr reflecting 113.4 per cent of the full year target. For the fiscal 2016-17, the Centre had pegged the fiscal deficit target at
1) Rs 4.81 lakh cr
2) Rs 4.44 lakh cr
3) Rs 5.35 lakh cr
4) Rs 5.34 lakh cr
5) Rs 5.63 lakh cr

Ans. 4) Rs 5.34 lakh cr

Ques. :9 Which bank has launched ‘811’ digital banking initiative that offers a zero balance savings account with zero charges for all digital transactions to the customers?
1) Axis Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) ICICI Bank

Ans. 4) Kotak Mahindra Bank

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Ques. :10 The Puttamraju Kandriga village in Andhra Pradesh is associated with which of the following personalities who adopted it under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?
1) Rekha
2) Vinod Khanna
3) Paresh Rawal
4) Kirti Azad
5) Sachin Tendulkar

Ans. 5) Sachin Tendulkar