Youssef Chahed
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Ques. : 1 What is the repo rate after the
recent (9 Aug) monetary policy review issued by the RBI?
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1) 6 per cent
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2) 6.25 per cent
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3) 6.50 per cent
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4) 6.75 per cent
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5) 7 per cent
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Answer:- 3) 6.50
per cent
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Ques. : 2 What is the Statutory Liquidity
Ratio (SLR) as of now (10 Aug)?
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1) 20.75 per cent
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2) 21 per cent
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3) 21.25 per cent
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4) 21.50 per cent
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5) 21.75 per cent
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Answer:- 2) 21
per cent
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Ques. : 3 PM Narendra Modi released a
theme song for Tiranga Yatra to be organised from 16 to 23 Aug to mark 70
years of Independence Day. The theme song “70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo Kurbani”
has been composed by
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1) Ghazal
Srinivas
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2) Bhimrao
Panchale
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3) Hariharan
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4) Javed Akhtar
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5) Gulzar
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Answer:- 1)
Ghazal Srinivas
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Ques. : 4 The Parliament passed the GST
Bill recently. This is _________ constitutional amendment Bill.
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1) 120th
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2) 121st
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3) 122nd
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4) 123rd
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5) 124th
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Answer:- 3) 122nd
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Ques. : 5 The International Day of the
World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on
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1) 2 Aug
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2) 5 Aug
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3) 7 Aug
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4) 9 Aug
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5) 10 Aug
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Answer:- 4) 9 Aug
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Ques. : 6 The Wildlife Institute of India
(WII) will house the country’s first repository on tigers, under its new
Tiger Cell. The WII is based in
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1) Indore
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2) Dehradun
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3) Bhopal
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4) Ahmedabad
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5) Kolkata
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Answer:- 2)
Dehradun
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Ques. : 7 Which state govt recently
launched Quit India 2-from Swaraaj to Suraaj initiative to mark the 75th
anniversary of Quit India Movement?
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1) Gujarat
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2) Rajasthan
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3) Madhya Pradesh
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4) Bihar
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5) Maharashtra
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Answer:- 5)
Maharashtra
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Ques. : 8 Kalikho Pul, who was found dead
in his official residence recently, was the former Chief Minister of
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1) Sikkim
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2) Manipur
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3) Mizoram
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4) Arunachal
Pradesh
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5) Tripura
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Answer:- 4)
Arunachal Pradesh
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Ques. : 9 Youssef Chahed was named the
new Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
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1) Nigeria
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2) Sudan
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3) Estonia
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4) Eretria
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5) Tunisia
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Answer:- 5)
Tunisia
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Ques. : 10 Virginia Thrasher won the
first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the women’s 10 metre
air-rifle event. She belongs to
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1) China
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2) Russia
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3) UK
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4) France
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5) US
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Answer:- 5) US
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Ques. : 11 What is the total tally of
medals won by India so far from the 33 Summer Olympic Games it has participated?
Ace US swimmer Michael Phelps equaled the medal tally with India recently.
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1) 18
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2) 21
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3) 23
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4) 26
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5) 31
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Answer:- 4) 26
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Ques. : 12 The book “Burning Bright”
written by Deepti Priya Mehrotra is the biography of who among the following?
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1) Sachin
Tendulkar
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2) APJ Abdul
Kalam
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3) Kiran Bedi
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4) Manohar
Parrikar
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5) Irom Sharmila
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Answer:- 5) Irom
Sharmila
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Ques. : 13 The project of the HRD
Ministry aimed at catapulting Indian Institutes of Technology to the top
league of global academic rankings has been named
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1)
VISHWASHRESHTHA
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2) SARVASHRESHTHA
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3) VISHWAJEET
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4) AGRANI
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5) VISHISHTA
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Answer:- 3)
VISHWAJEET
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Ques. : 14 The Araku organic coffee,
grown in the picturesque Araku valley, is being promoted in the domestic and
international markets by
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1) Tamil Nadu
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2) Assam
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3) Karnataka
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4) Kerala
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5) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer:- 5)
Andhra Pradesh
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Ques. : 15 PM Narendra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Putin dedicated Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project's (KKNPP)
first unit to the country. The plant is situated in
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1) Maharashtra
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2) Tamil Nadu
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3) Karnataka
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4) Odisha
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5) Gujarat
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Answer:- 2) Tamil
Nadu
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Ques. : 16 India’s ranking as a business
destination has improved as per a recent survey of Transparency
International. It now ranks
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1) 76th
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2) 82nd
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3) 89th
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4) 91st
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5) 94th
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Answer:- 1) 76th
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Ques. : 17 The govt is to set up a
committee to look into all issues, including FDI norms, pertaining to
e-commerce industry which will be headed by the NITI Aayog CEO
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1) Sindhushree
Khullar
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2) Arvind
Panagariya
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3) Arvind Subramanian
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4) Bibek Debroy
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5) Amitabh Kant
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Answer:- 5)
Amitabh Kant
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Ques. : 18 Takehiko Nakao has been
unanimously reelected as President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The
ADB is headquartered at
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1) Manila
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2) Tokyo
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3) Beijing
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4) New Delhi
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5) Seoul
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Answer:- 1)
Manila
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Ques. : 19 Who among the following has
been appointed as a Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI)?
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1) Himanshu Joshi
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2) Gopal Murli
Bhagat
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3) Raj Kamal
Verma
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4) Ashok Kumar
Garg
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5) Dinesh Kumar
Khara
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Answer:- 5)
Dinesh Kumar Khara
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Ques. : 20 What is the theme of the 31st
Summer Olympics 2016 being held in Rio De Janerio, Brazil?
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1) Peace and
Environment
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2) Zeal and
Victory
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3) Human and
Environment
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4) Peace and
Prosperity
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5) Fight and
Fraternity
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Answer:- 1) Peace
and Environment
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