Current Affairs : December quiz 2015 (Multiple choice questions) - 10

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Bhopal Gas tragedy 

Ques. : 1 The Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984 complets 31 years in Dec 2015. The leakage of which of the following lethal gases killed an estimated 25000 people there?
1) Chlorine pentafluoride
2) Phosphorus pentafluoride
3) Carbon monoxide
4) Methyl isocyanate
5) Boron tribromide
Answer:- 4) Methyl isocyanate

Ques. : 2 The Tata Sons and ICBC of which of the following countries have formed a long-term partnership under which ICBC will become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) Indonesia
4) Singapore
5) South Korea
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 3 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for operationalisation of six new IITs recently. Which state will not get one of these six IITs?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Goa
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Madhya Pradesh

Ques. : 4 As per the latest report by credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings, which state is the biggest economy within India at Rs 16.87 lakh cr in terms of gross state domestic product?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) UP
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
Answer:- 3) Maharashtra

Ques. : 5 The RBI announced to infuse _________ on 7 Dec by buying govt securities to ease a liquidity crunch in the money markets.
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 10,000 cr
3) Rs 15,000 cr
4) Rs 20,000 cr
5) Rs 25,000 cr
Answer:- 2) Rs 10,000 cr

Ques. : 6 The senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on 3 Dec sworn in as Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He is _____ CJI.
1) 40th
2) 41st
3) 42nd
4) 43rd
5) 44th
Answer:- 4) 43rd

Ques. : 7 In addition to Rs 940 cr package announced by the centre earlier, PM Narendra Modi announced an immediate relief of what amount for flood-hit Tamil Nadu recently?
1) Rs 500 cr
2) Rs 700 cr
3) Rs 1,000 cr
4) Rs 1,100 cr
5) Rs 1,500 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 1,000 cr

Ques. : 8 Which bank launched the country’s first ‘display variant’ debit card recently which is capable of generating the OTP on the card itself?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) SBI
Answer:- 4) Axis Bank

Ques. : 9 Who has authored the book titled “This Unquiet Land: Stories from India’s Fault Lines”?
1) Prannoy Roy
2) Sagarika Ghose
3) Arnab Goswami
4) Rajdeep Sardesai
5) Barkha Dutt
Answer:- 5) Barkha Dutt

Ques. : 10 As per economists, Brazil is in danger of suffering its worst recession since the 1930s. What is the currency of Brazil?
1) Dong
2) Real
3) Ringgit
4) Shekel
5) Kuna
Answer:- 2) Real