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1 Aviva Plc recently acquired an
additional 23 per cent stake in Aviva
Life Insurance from which firm for Rs 940 cr?
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1) Reliance
Capital
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2) Dabur Invest
Corp
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3) Bajaj Capital
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4) Bharti Group
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5) Birla Sunlife
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Answer:- 2) Dabur
Invest Corp
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2 Which of the
following technology firms announced the biggest
tech merger in history, the $70-bn
merger with EMC recently?
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1) Dell
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2) HP
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3) Oracle
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4) Microsoft
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5) Red Hat
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Answer:- 1) Dell
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3 The 63rd National Film Awards were presented by the president Pranab Mukherjee recently. Who was conferred the Best Director award this year?
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1) Anand L Rai
(Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
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2) Shoojit Sircar
(Piku)
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3) SS Rajamouli
(Baahubali: The Beginning)
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4) Kabir Khan
(Bajrangi Bhaijaan)
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5) Sanjay Leela
Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)
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Answer:- 5)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)
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4 The Supreme
Court appointed a three-member panel to oversee the Medical Council of India (MCI) recently. The panel is headed by
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1) SK Sareen
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2) Vinod Rai
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3) RM Lodha
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4) Kurian Joseph
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5) HL Dattu
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Answer:- 3) RM
Lodha
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5 India will
organise a cultural festival in which of the following countries to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath
Tagore?
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1) France
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2) Papua New
Guinea
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3) Egypt
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4) Mauritius
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5) Suriname
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Answer:- 3) Egypt
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6 Patricia Espinosa was selected as the
executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently. She is a diplomat from
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1) Norway
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2) Sweden
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3) Denmark
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4) Mexico
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5) Chile
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Answer:- 4)
Mexico
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7 Who among the
following took charge as Director of
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) based in Pune recently?
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1) Bhupendra
Kainthola
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2) Prashant
Pathrabe
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3) Nana Patekar
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4) Salim Khan
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5) Anupam Kher
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Answer:- 1)
Bhupendra Kainthola
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8 Mark Selby from England won the 2016 World
Championship title of which of the following games recently?
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1) Squash
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2) Chess
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3) Table tennis
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4) Boxing
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5) Snooker
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Answer:- 5)
Snooker
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9 What is the
full form of the term PMI? It is
an indicator of business activity
-- both in the manufacturing and services sectors.
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1) Purchasing
Market Index
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2) Purchasing
Management Index
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3) Purchasing
Monitors’ Index
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4) Purchasing
Managers’ Index
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 4)
Purchasing Managers’ Index
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10 The World Malaria Day is observed on
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1) 23 Apr
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2) 25 Apr
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3) 26 Apr
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4) 3 May
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5) 5 May
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Answer:- 2) 25
Apr
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11 The European Central Bank announced to
permanently discontinue production of 500-euro bill recently. The ECB is headquartered at
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1) London, UK
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2) Rome, Italy
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3) Madrid, Spain
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4) Frankfurt,
Germany
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5) Paris, France
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Answer:- 4)
Frankfurt, Germany
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12 As revealed by
Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, recently, there were 7,686 wilful defaulters owing around
_________ to state-owned banks as of Dec 2015.
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1) Rs 28,000 cr
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2) Rs 33,000 cr
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3) Rs 45,000 cr
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4) Rs 55,000 cr
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5) Rs 66,000 cr
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Answer:- 5) Rs
66,000 cr
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13 The state-run IREDA might be converted into a Green Bank to enable it to access
funding from overseas banks. It is associated
with
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1) rural
development
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2) insurance
sector
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3) renewable
energy
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4) asset
restructuring
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5) rural
irrigation
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Answer:- 3)
renewable energy
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14 Kotak Mahindra Bank opened its IFSC banking unit at GIFT City in Gujarat
recently. Here, the term IFSC stands
for
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1) Indian
Financial Services Centre
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2) International
Financial Services Centre
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3) Institutional
Financial Services Centre 4) Integrated Financial Services Centre
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 2)
International Financial Services Centre
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15 Seven Indian shuttlers qualified for 2016
Rio Olympics, recently. Who among the following is NOT one of them?
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1) Ashwini Ponnappa
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2) Jwala Gutta
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3) Kidambi
Srikanth
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4) PV Sindhu
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 5) None
of these
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16 The annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held
recently in
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1) New Delhi
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2) Tokyo
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3) Manila
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4) Frankfurt
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5) Bangkok
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Answer:- 4)
Frankfurt
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17 Which of the
following firms bagged the Gold Award
in IT Services field at the Niryat
Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards of the FIEO?
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1) Wipro
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2) TCS
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3) Infosys
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4) HCL
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5) Tech Mahindra
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Answer:- 2) TCS
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18 ________ has been
appointed as the new Chief of Naval
Staff and will assume charge on May 31.
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1) Sunil Lanba
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2) Satish Soni
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3) SPS Cheema
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4) HCS Bisht
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5) None of these
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Answer:- 1) Sunil
Lanba
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19 _________ was honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland
govt recently.
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1) Late Yash
Chopra
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2) Shubhash Ghai
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3) Sanjay Leela
Bhansali
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4) Late Raj
Kapoor
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5) SS Rajamouli
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Answer:- 1) Late
Yash Chopra
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20 Jai Kumar Garg is the present Managing Director and CEO of which of
the following PSBs? The bank won ‘excellence
award on empowering MSMEs’ recently.
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1) PNB
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2) SBI
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3) Dena Bank
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4) Indian Bank
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5) Corporation
Bank
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Answer:- 5)
Corporation Bank
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Current Affairs : May quiz 2016 ( Multiple choice questions) - 8 (LIC AAO , IBPS , SSC , Railways)
