Current Affairs : February quiz 2016 ( Multiple choice questions) - 23(LIC AAO , IBPS , SSC , Railways)

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1 Which of the following Indian IT firms is all set to buy the US-based HealthPlan Services for $460 mn?

1) Wipro 2) Infosys 3) TCS 4) HCL 5) Tech Mahindra

2 A temporary account held by a third part which operates until the completion of a transaction process between two parties is called

1) virtual account 2) current account 3) buffer account 4) escrow account 5) nostro account

3 Which of the following countries topped the US Chamber of Commerce-International Intellectual Property Index 2016?

1) Singapore 2) Norway 3) UK 4) US 5) Japan

4 Which state signed a joint venture pact for infrastructure development with the Indian Railway recently? It is the fifth state to sign such pact.

1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar 3) West Bengal 4) Assam 5) Chhattisgarh

5 India signed nine pacts, including on cyber security and infrastructure investment, with which gulf country recently? It is the third largest trading partner of India after the US and China.

1) Saudi Arabia 2) Iran 3) UAE 4) Bahrain 5) Kuwait

6 Anirban Lahiri is associated with which of the following games?

1) Shooting 2) Golf 3) Snooker 4) Squash 5) Chess

7 As per a study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), hit with 19 disasters in 2015, India stands at _____ position among disaster affected countries.

1) third 2) fourth 3) fifth 4) seventh 5) ninth

8 The European Space Agency (ESA) announced to bid final good bye to the Philae lander recently. Philae landed on _______ for the first time.

1) Pluto 2) Mercury 3) Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 4) Titan 5) Jupiter

9 The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), which contributed to the landmark Gravitational waves discovery, is located in

1) Hyderabad 2) Mumbai 3) Bengaluru 4) Pune 5) Chennai

10 The tainted umpire Asad Rauf was recently banned for five years by the BCCI. He belongs to

1) Bangladesh 2) Pakistan 3) Afghanistan 4) Sri Lanka 5) Zimbabwe

1 The World Radio Day is observed every year on

11) 4 Feb 2) 9 Feb 3) 11 Feb 4) 13 Feb 5) 15 Feb

12 The first Mega Food Park (MFP) of which state was inaugurated recently at Panwa village in Khargone district.

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajasthan 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Chhattisgarh 5) Jharkhand

13 Vilas Tonapi has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research which is located in

1) Hyderabad 2) Bhopal 3) Kolkata 4) Kochi 5) Patna

14 In order to provide greater momentum to the Make in India initiative, Make in India Week was launched by the PM recently in

1) Bengaluru 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) New Delhi 5) Jaipur

15 The Reserve Bank of India recently signed an MoU with which of the following central banks to enter into a Currency Swap Agreement?

1) Central Bank of Iran 2) Central Bank of the UAE 3) Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency 4) Central Bank of Kuwait 5) None of these

16 India’s Kavita Raut clinched a gold medal in South Asian Games recently and booked Rio Olympics 2016 berth. She is a

1) long jumper 2) pole vault player 3) boxer 4) wrestler 5) long-distance runner

17 The govt has appointed Ramesh Abhishek as the next __________ secretary.

1) Home 2) Revenue 3) Railway Board 4) Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) 5) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)

18 Which of the following public sector banks posted highest-ever quarterly loss by an Indian bank of Rs 3, 342 cr in the quarter ended Dec 2015?

1) Union Bank of India 2) Bank of Baroda 3) Bank of India 4) Central Bank of India 5) United Bank of India

19 Anil Agarwal has announced to invest $10 bn to set a LCD manufacturing plant in Maharashtra in India. He is the present chairman of

1) Essel Group 2) Essar Group 3) Vedanta Group 4) One97 Communications 5) HCL Technologies

20 Which of the following teams won the ICC U-19 World Cup 2016 final recently in Mirpur, Bangladesh?

1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) West Indies 5) Sri Lanka