Current affairs MCQ:

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Ques. : 1 Who among the following is all set to return as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after the recent Parliamentay elections?
1) Chandrika Kumaratunga
2) Maithripala Sirisena
3) Ranil Wickremesinghe
4) Mahinda Rajapaksa
5) Sarath Fonseka
Answer:- 3) Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ques. : 2 The Reserve Bank of India has given “in-principle” approval to 11 applicants to set up payments banks. Which of the following is NOT among them?
1) Department of Posts
2) Reliance Industries Ltd
3) Tech Mahindra Ltd
4) Vodafone m-pesa Ltd
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 3 The RBI’s ‘in-principle’ approval granted to 11 applicants to set up payment banks will be valid for a period of 18 months. The Payment Banks will NOT be allowed to
1) accept demand deposits
2) remit money
3) provide Internet banking
4) issue ATM/debit cards
5) issue credit cards
Answer:- 5) issue credit cards

Ques. : 4 Name the novelist who has won the annual James Tait Black Award 2015 for his debut novel “In the Light of What We Know”.
1) Zia Haider Rahman
2) Imdadul Haq Milon
3) Anisul Hoque
4) Humayun Ahmed
5) Sunil Gangopadhyaya
Answer:- 1) Zia Haider Rahman

Ques. : 5 The central govt has decided to declare which of the following cities as 'twin national heritage cities,' the first instance of such a tag being given?
1) Hyderabad-Sikandrabad
2) Haridwar-Rishikesh
3) Ghaziabad-Faridabad
4) Jaipur-Jodhpur
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Haridwar-Rishikesh

Ques. : 6 The Australian govt has appointed who among the following cricketers as its inaugural ambassador to India on education?
1) Shane Warne
2) Glenn McGrath
3) Matthew Hayden
4) Adam Gilchrist
5) Ricky Ponting
Answer:- 4) Adam Gilchrist

Ques. : 7 Who among the following has been named an advocate for UN’s ‘HeForShe’ campaign, the campaign on gender equality?
1) Anil Kapoor
2) Salman Khan
3) Anupam Kher
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Akshay Kumar
Answer:- 3) Anupam Kher

Ques. : 8 _________ has been conferred with “Maharashtra Bhushan” award, the state's highest honour.
1) Anant Sadashiv Altekar
2) DP Khambete
3) Satish Alekar
4) Babasaheb Purandare
5) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Answer:- 4) Babasaheb Purandare

Ques. : 9 To check black money generation, the govt on 20 Aug approved signing and ratification of the agreement between India and _________ for exchange of information with respect to taxes.
1) Morocco
2) Seychelles
3) Algeria
4) Mauritania
5) Mauritius
Answer:- 2) Seychelles

Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been appointed new Chairman and Managing Director of Air India?
1) Rohit Nandan
2) Ashwani Lohani
3) Vivek Sahai
4) Vinay Mittal
5) Arunendra Kumar
Answer:- 2) Ashwani Lohan