Victoria Azarenka
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1 Who among the
following won the women’s singles
title of the 2016 Miami Open tennis tournament?
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1) Victoria
Azarenka
2) Svetlana
Kuznetsova
3) Petra Kvitova
4) Jelena
Jankovic
5) Sania Mirza
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Answer:- 1)
Victoria Azarenka
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2 In a first, DCB Bank offered Aadhaar-based ATM
transactions sans PIN recently. The private sector lender is headquartered in
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1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Kochi
4) Mumbai
5) Kolkata
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Answer:- 4)
Mumbai
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3 Which of the
following teams won the ICC Women’s
World T-20 2016 title?
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1) England
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) India
5) South Africa
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Answer:- 3) West
Indies
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4 The Development
Bank DfW will provide loan assistance to metro system for Nagpur. The DfW bank is based in
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1) France
2) US
3) Germany
4) Spain
5) Japan
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Answer:- 3)
Germany
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5 Kallol Roy has been appointed as the new CMD of
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1) BARC
2) NTPC
3) NHPC
4) Power Finance
Corporation
5) Bhartiya
Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
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Answer:- 5)
Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
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6 What is the
full form of the term CBEC?
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1) Central Board
of Excise and Commerce
2) Central Board
of Export and Customs
3) Central Board
of Excise and Customs
4) Central Board
of Excise on Commodity
5) None of these
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Answer:- 3)
Central Board of Excise and Customs
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7 The Govt extended the safeguard duty on
some steel imports by two years,
till Mar 2018. This is to protect domestic industry from onslaught of cheap
supplies especially from
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1) UK
2) Japan
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) China
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Answer:- 5) China
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8 PM Narendra
Modi visited TCS’ all-women IT centre
in which of the following cities abroad recently?
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1) Dubai
2) Manama
3) Kuwait City
4) Riyadh
5) Tehran
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Answer:- 4)
Riyadh
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9 What is India’s ranking among the world’s Top-Ten largest manufacturing
countries as per the recent UNIDO report?
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1) Third
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Sixth
5) Seventh
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Answer:- 4) Sixth
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10 Azerbaijan
announced a unilateral ceasefire against Armenian forces recently. The capital city of Azerbaijan is
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1) Baku
2) Manama
3) Luanda
4) Tirana
5) Nassau
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Answer:- 1) Baku
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11 The RBI in its first monetary policy
review of FY17 pegged 2016-17 GDP
growth forecast at
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1) 8.3%
2) 8.1%
3) 7.9%
4) 7.6%
5) 7.3%
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Answer:- 4) 7.6%
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12 The Pacific
island nation of Vanuatu was hit with a 6.9 magnitude earthquake recently.
The capital city of Vanuatu is
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1) Santiago
2) San Jose
3) Belmopan
4) Nicosia
5) Port Vila
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Answer:- 5) Port
Vila
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13 India signed
an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently. Which of the
following is NOT one of the 56 members
of IDB?
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1) Saudi Arabia
2) UAE
3) Egypt
4) Kuwait
5) None of these
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Answer:- 5) None
of these
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14 The RBI
announced its first monetary policy review of the financial year 2016-17 on 5
Apr. What is the new Repo rate?
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1) 6.75%
2) 6.50%
3) 6.25%
4) 7%
5) 7.25%
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Answer:- 2) 6.50%
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15 The RBI
adjusted the reverse repo rate in its monetary policy review on 5 Apr. What
is the new reverse repo rate?
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1) 7%
2) 6.5%
3) 6.75%
4) 6.25%
5) 6%
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Answer:- 5) 6%
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16 The RBI has reduced the minimum daily maintenance of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) from
95% of the requirement to _____ with effect from the fortnight beginning
Apr 16.
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1) 90%
2) 85%
3) 80%
4) 75%
5) 70%
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Answer:- 1) 90%
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17 The RBI on 5 Apr
cut the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate 0.75% to lower banks’ borrowing
cost. The new MSF is
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1) 8%
2) 7.75%
3) 7.50%
4) 7.25%
5) 7%
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Answer:- 5) 7%
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18 Which of the following states on 5 Apr decided to
impose a total ban on alcohol?
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1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Bihar
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Answer:- 5) Bihar
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19 The National Maritime Day of India is
observed on
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1) 2 Apr
2) 3 Apr
3) 5 Apr
4) 6 Apr
5) 7 Apr
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Answer:- 3) 5 Apr
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20 Tran Dai Quang was sworn in as the new President of which of the
following countries recently?
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1) Chile
2) Vietnam
3) Philippines
4) Cambodia
5) Venezuela
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Answer:- 2)
Vietnam
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