Current Affair Quiz for Banking Exams 2015

1. Uttar Pradesh govt on 8 Apr 2015 conferred Sahitya Shiromani Samman on

• 1) Uday Pratap Singh 
• 2) Vibhuti Narain Rai
• 3) Gopaldas Neeraj 
• 4) All the above
• 5) Only 1) and 3) 

Ans: (5)
2. According to the World Bank, which of the following countries has topped the global remittances in 2014 receiving USD 70 bn?

• 1) Nigeria 
• 2) Mexico
• 3) China 
• 4) Philippines
• 5) India 

Ans: (5)
3. Which of the following banks in India acquired the diamond/jewellery financing business of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently?

• 1) Yes Bank 
• 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
• 3) ICICI Bank 
• 4) IndusInd Bank
• 5) None of these 

Ans: (4)
4. Who among the following is the present chairman of the telecom regulator TRAI? The race for the next TRAI chief is on as the incumbent chairman retires in May.

• 1) UK Sinha 
• 2) Rahul Khullar
• 3) Nripendra Misra 
• 4) Shashi Kant Sharma
• 5) Pulok Chatterji 

Ans: (2)
5. India and Canada have inked 13 agreements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada recently. Who is the present PM of Canada?

• 1) Peter MacKay 
• 2) Stephen Harper
• 3) Elizabeth May 
• 4) Thomas Mulcair
• 5) None of these 

Ans: (2)
6. As per news published in financial newspapers, the Finnish network gear maker Nokia is in process to acquire Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is based in

• 1) France 
• 2) US
• 3) Germany 
• 4) Sweden
• 5) None of these 

Ans: (1)
7. The 30 first responder bike ambulances were launched in which of the following cities on 14 Apr as a part of much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances?

• 1) Chennai 
• 2) Bengaluru
• 3) Mumbai 
• 4) Bhopal
• 5) Ahmedabad 

Ans: (2)
8. India has inked a deal with which of the following countries recently through which Cameco Corporation will supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium over five years to India for $254 mn?

• 1) France 
• 2) Germany
• 3) Canada 
• 4) Japan
• 5) None of these 

Ans: (3)
9. Name the batsman who hit the first century of the eighth edition of IPL recently.

• 1) Dwayne Smith 
• 2) Dwayne Bravo
• 3) Michael Hussey 
• 4) Brendon McCullum
• 5) Chris Gayle 

Ans: (4)
10. The senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was on 14 Apr given a three-month extension as the chairman of the ________.

• 1) TRAI 
• 2) SEBI
• 3) FMC 
• 4) IRDAI
• 5) PFRDA 

Ans: (3)
11. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project was launched in which of the following states recently?

• 1) Uttarakhand 
• 2) Punjab
• 3) Haryana 
• 4) Himachal Pradesh
• 5) Maharashtra 

Ans: (4)
12. As predicted in the semi-annual report of the World Bank, what could be the GDP growth rate of India in FY 2015-16?

• 1) 7 per cent 
• 2) 7.5 per cent
• 3) 8 per cent 
• 4) 8.5 per cent
• 5) 9 per cent 

Ans: (2)
13. India to be world’s third largest economy by 2030 is projected by the US Department of Agriculture. As per the current macroeconomic projections for 2015, India stands at ______spot in the world.

• 1) fourth 
• 2) fifth
• 3) sixth 
• 4) seventh
• 5) eighth 

Ans: (5)
14. Indian Navy on 9 Feb conducted a mega drill named Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) to test its readiness for handling tsunamis. The venue of the drill was ________.

• 1) Odisha 
• 2) Andhra Pradesh
• 3) Lakshadweep 
• 4) Andaman and Nicobar
• 5) Goa 

Ans: (3)
15. Jitu Rai is associated with which of the following games. He won a bronze in the World Cup of the game in Changwon (Korea) recently?

• 1) Archery 
• 2) Shooting
• 3) Boxing 
• 4) Wrestling
• 5) Weightlifting 

Ans: (2)