Current Affairs : March quiz 2016 ( Multiple choice questions) - 13(LIC AAO , IBPS , SSC , Railways)

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1 Which of the following cities has been declared the world's most expensive city in 2016 as per the 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey?

1) Zurich 2) Singapore 3) Tokyo 4) Los Angeles 5) New York

2 India co-hosted the meet on Asia’s economic challenges in New Delhi recently named ‘Advancing Asia’ with which of the following institutions?

1) World Bank 2) IMF 3) ADB 4) AIIB 5) New Development Bank

3 The Uber Inc recently inaugurated its first engineering centre in Asia in

1) New Delhi 2) Hyderabad 3) Chennai 4) Bengaluru 5) Pune

4 Who among the following has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Army by the govt?

1) Ashok Singh 2) NPS Hira 3) Praveen Bakshi 4) KJ Singh 5) None of these

5 ___________ has been conferred with Chevalier de la Légion de Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French authorities.

1) Ratan Tata 2) Mukesh Ambani 3) Anand Mahindra 4) Sunil Bharti Mittal 5) Azim Premji

6 In order to address the climate change issues in the two countries, India and _____ have launched the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship.

1) UK 2) Japan 3) Germany 4) France 5) US

7 Which of the following banks in India has launched “iWork@home”, a first-of-its-kind programme that allows women employees to work from home for up to a year?

1) HDFC Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) Yes Bank 4) ICICI Bank 5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

8 What is the new name of the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) being implemented at present?

1) ROSHNI 2) CHIRAG 3) SURYA 4) JAN JYOTI 5) UJALA

9 The market regulator SEBI has given its in-principle nod to which of the following stock exchanges to list itself on a bourse? It is the Asia’s oldest stock exchange.

1) Magadh Stock Exchange 2) Calcutta Stock Exchange 3) MCX Stock Exchange 4) Bombay Stock Exchange 5) National Stock Exchange

10 The winner of the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship is

1) Adam Scott 2) Dustin Johnson 3) Patrick Reed 4) Gaganjeet Bhullar 5) None of these

11 Who among the following is considered a ‘wilful defaulter’?

1) Deliberate non-payment of dues despite adequate cash flow and net worth 2) Fraudulent transactions by the borrower 3) Disposal/removal of securities without bank’s knowledge 4) Misrepresentation/falsification of records 5) All the above

12 Hanan Al Hroub, who won the Global Teacher Prize recently, belongs to

1) Israel 2) Malaysia 3) Jordan 4) Palestine 5) Saudi Arabia

13 The market regulator Sebi hardened its stance regarding ‘wilful defaulters’ recently. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard? The Sebi has barred wilful defaulters from

1) raising public funds through stocks and bonds 2) taking board positions at listed companies 3) setting up market intermediaries such as mutual funds and brokerage firms 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3)

14 _________ has won the men’s singles title of the All England badminton title 2016.

1) Tian Houwei 2) Lee Chong Wei 3) Chen Long  4) Lin Dan 5) Parupalli Kashyap

15 Which of the following High Courts celebrated 150 years of its existence recently?

1) Allahabad High Court 2) Patna High Court 3) Delhi High Court 4) Bombay High Court 5) Madras High Court

16 Enda Kenny resigned recently as the Prime Minister of

1) Iceland 2) Norway 3) Sweden 4) Denmark 5) Ireland

17 Which of the following teams won the 70th Santosh Trophy football title recently?

1) Maharashtra 2) Services 3) Railways 4) Punjab 5) Mizoram

18 The Arab League declared the Lebanese movement Hezbollah a terrorist group recently. The league is headquartered at

1) Amman 2) Baghdad 3) Cairo 4) Algiers 5) Manama

19 The total fund mobilised under Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) as on Jan 31, 2016 stood at

1) Rs 256.74 cr 2) Rs 296.64 cr 3) Rs 369.74 cr 4) Rs 377.69 cr 5) Rs 418.57 cr

20 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to bring terrorism to its knees after the recently attack in the capital city of

1) Greece 2) Turkey 3) Egypt 4) Cambodia 5) Chile