QUIZ OF DAY 26-03/2017 WEEKEND SPECIAL

QUIZ OF DAY 26-03

Ques. :1 The Reserve Bank of India recently imposed a penalty of Rs 5 cr on which of the following banks?
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Indian Bank
4) Dena Bank
5) Central Bank of India

Ans. 2) Bank of Baroda

Ques. :2 Sanjiv Puri has been named as the successor to the longest serving chairman YC Deveshwar at which of the following firms?
1) TCS
2) ITC
3) Bharti Airtel
4) L&T
5) Essar Group

Ans. 2) ITC

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Ques. :3 The first green train corridor of the country was inaugurated between Rameswaram and Manamadurai in which state recently?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana

Ans. 3) Tamil Nadu

Ques. :4 Which among the following has/have signed up for the global payments innovation initiative of SWIFT as first Indian lender(s) recently?
1) Axis Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)

Ans. 5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. :5 Which of the following firms has agreed to buy Yahoo Inc’s core internet business for $4.83 bn in cash?
1) AT&T
2) Microsoft
3) Google
4) Verizon
5) Nokia

Ans. 4) Verizon

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Ques. :6 The first ever Water Metro project in the country was recently launched by which of the following states?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) West Bengal
4) Uttarakhand
5) Kerala

Ans. 5) Kerala

Ques. :7 Avasarala Kanyakumari was selected for the prestigious 2016 Sangita Kalanidhi Award. She is the first female to be chosen for this prestigious award who plays
1) guitar
2) flute
3) tabla
4) violin
5) shehnai

Ans. 4) violin

Ques. :8 Who among the following has been honoured with Mahanayak award by the West Bengal govt?
1) Bapi Lahiri
2) Sonu Nigam
3) Babul Supriyo
4) Kumar Sanu
5) Udit Narayan

Ans. 1) Bapi Lahiri

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Ques. :9 “India’s International Bank” is the tagline of which of the following banks?
1) SBI
2) Canara Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Punjab National Bank

Ans. 3) Bank of Baroda

Ques. :10 Which of the following IT firms has been ranked as the top employer in the Indian IT industry by the representative body Nasscom?
1) TCS
2) Wipro
3) Infosys
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra

Ans. 1) TCS

Ques. :11 The Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed every year on
1) 12 Jul
2) 14 Jul
3) 15 Jul
4) 18 Jul
5) 26 Jul

Ans. 5) 26 Jul

Ques. :12 Which of the following firms has acquired the online fashion retailer Jabong valued at $70 million?
1) Amazon India
2) Snapdeal
3) Flipkart
4) Future Group
5) Arvind

Ans. 3) Flipkart

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Ques. :13 Budha Rashmi Mani has been appointed as Director General (DG) of
1) Indian Museum
2) National Rail Museum
3) Salar Jung Museum
4) Victoria Memorial
5) National Museum

Ans. 5) National Museum

Ques. :14 The Centre has approved about Rs 1,600 cr for which state under skill development initiative “Himayat” to train local youths in vocational courses?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Jammu & Kashmir
5) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. 4) Jammu & Kashmir

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Ques. :15 The BRICS policy planning dialogue meeting was held recently in which city ahead of the 8th BRICS Summit to be held in Goa on Oct 15-16?
1) Lucknow
2) Patna
3) Jaipur
4) Mumbai
5) Raipur

Ans. 2) Patna

Ques. :16 The Hinduja National Power Corporation recently commissioned its 1,040 MW coal fired thermal power project at Palavalasa village in the state of
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) West Bengal
4) Jharkhand
5) Telangana

Ans. 1) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. :17 The ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Chanu Sharmila is soon to end her 16-year old fast for repeal of AFSPA and contest state assembly elections in
1) Manipur
2) Assam
3) Nagaland
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans. 1) Manipur

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Ques. :18 Parveen Rana is associated with which of the following games?
1) Weightlifting
2) Boxing
3) Archery
4) Shooting
5) Wrestling

Ans. 5) Wrestling

Ques. :19 TR Zeliang is the present Chief Minister of which of the following states?
1) Manipur
2) Sikkim
3) Mizoram
4) Tripura
5) Nagaland

Ans. 5) Nagaland

Ques. :20 Mauricio Macri is the present President of which of the following countries? He announced a national plan recently to fight violence against women.
1) Argentina
2) Malaysia
3) Cambodia
4) Tanzania
5) Tunisia

Ans. 1) Argentina

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Ques. :21 Who among the following from India is/are among the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016, one of Asia’s most prestigious awards?
1) TM Krishna
2) Bezwada Wilson
3) Ashok Khemka
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)

Ans. 5) Only 1) and 2)

Ques. :22 Which of the following Mumbai headquartered banks has launched an Instant Money Transfer (IMT) Payment System on its ATMs in India?
1) PNB
2) SBI
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) Canara Bank

Ans. 2) SBI

Ques. :23 Name the minister for Asia and the Pacific in UK who recently chose India for his first official visit.
1) Alok Sharma
2) Keith Vaz
3) Nicky Morgan
4) Priti Patel
5) Virendra Sharma

Ans. 1) Alok Sharma

Ques. :24 The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution approving an agreement to make which of the following organisations a part of the UN system?
1) International Organization for Birds
2) International Organization for LGBT
3) International Organization for Migration
4) International Organization for Climate Control
5) None of these

Ans. 3) International Organization for Migration

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Ques. :25 The Securities and Exchange Board of India recently gave an in-principle approval to which of the following banks for sponsoring a mutual fund?
1) Federal Bank
2) IDFC Bank
3) Bandhan Bank
4) Kotak Mahindra Bank
5) YES Bank

Ans. 5) YES Bank

Ques. :26 The recently passed Child Labour Amendment Bill, 2016, calls for a complete ban on employment of children below what age in all occupations except those run by his or her own family?
1) 18
2) 16
3) 14
4) 12
5) 10

Ans. 3) 14

Ques. :27 The expert committee set up by the govt for exploring the other possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons is headed by
1) Naresh Bhatnagar
2) Tushar Tripathy
3) Rajeev Krishna
4) Atul Karwal
5) TVSN Prasad

Ans. 5) TVSN Prasad

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Ques. :28 The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal in The Hague recently ruled against Antrix Corporation in the case with Devas Corp. Antrix is the commercial arm of
1) DRDO
2) HAL
3) ISRO
4) OFB
5) BARC

Ans. 3) ISRO

Ques. :29 The WHO has officially declared Brazil free of which of the following diseases?
1) Ebola
2) MERS
3) Tuberculosis
4) Measles
5) Zika

Ans. 4) Measles

Ques. :30 Inderjeet Singh is associated with which of the following games?
1) Discuss throw
2) Shot put
3) Archery
4) Shooting
5) Boxing

Ans. 2) Shot put

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