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Q1. What is India’s rank in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2019, out of 190 countries in 2018?
(a) 83
(b) 77
(c) 23
(d) 100
(e) 71
Q2. The finance ministry has announced that the sixth tranche of electoral bonds sale has been started. Which bank is the only authorised bank to issue such bonds?
(a) PNB
(b) ICICI
(c) BOB
(d) HDFC
(e) None of these
Q3. Ntozake Shange had recently passed away. She was a noted______.
(a) Quiz Master
(b) Pop-Dancer
(c) Playwright
(d) Heart Surgeon
(e) Economist
Q4. 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018, will be held in Goa. Olu, the opening film in IFFI 2018 is made in which of the following language?
(a) Asamis
(b) English
(c) Telugu
(d) Malayalam
(e) Tamil
Q5. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the renaming of Jharsuguda Airport. This airport is situated in which Indian state?
(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Odisha
Q6. Pankaj Advani has become the first Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event. He defeated ______in final.
(a) Ju Reti
(b) Danthai Boonma
(c) Galia D Reti
(d) Gabriela Sabatini
(e) John Higgins
Q7. Which of the following section of the RBI Act empowers the Central Government to consult and give instructions to the Governor of the RBI to act on certain issues?
(a) Section 370
(b) Section 1-B
(c) Section 7
(d) Section 9
(e) Section 77
Q8. HDFC Bank had announced that the RBI had approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as MD and CEO of the bank. Now, he will be serving the bank till ____.
(a) 2020
(b) 2021
(c) 2022
(d) 2019
(e) 2024
Q9. The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has acquired ________ an infrastructure debt fund. This acquisition is the first investment from NIIF’s strategic fund.
(a) IL&FS
(b) IDBI-IFL
(c) IDFC-IFL
(d) Bhushan Steel
(e) NIACL
Q10. India has signed a $950 million contract with Russia for two upgraded _____class stealth frigates.
(a) Krivak III
(b) Sovetskogo Soyuza
(c) Kirov II
(d) Admiral Grigorovich
(e) Admiral Gorshkov
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. India jumped 23 positions in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2019 and is now ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018, a development that could help the country attract more foreign investments. It was ranked 100 in 2017.
Ans.2.(e)
Exp. State Bank of India (SBI), in the sixth phase of sale, has been authorised to issue and encash electoral bonds through its 29 authorised branches. SBI is the only authorised bank to issue such bonds.
Ans.3.(c)
Exp. Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theatre piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” had passed away. She was 70.
Ans.4.(d)
Exp. Malayalam film Olu will be the opening film at the 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018. This was decided by the jury for the Indian Panorama. The IFFI will be held in Goa in November 2018.
Ans.5.(e)
Exp. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the renaming of Jharsuguda Airport, Odisha as “Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda”. Veer Surendra Sai is a well-known freedom fighter of Odisha.
Ans.6.(a)
Exp. Nineteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won the second leg of the Asian Snooker Tour in Jinan, China. Advani delivered a power-packed performance to outclass China’s Ju Reti 6-1 in the final and become the first Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp. The Section 7 of the RBI Act empowers the Central Government to consult and give instructions to the Governor of the RBI to act on certain issues, that the government considers serious and in public interest.
Ans.8.(a)
Exp. HDFC Bank had announced that the RBI had approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as MD and CEO of the bank for another two years. Aditya Puri will now serve the office from November 1, 2018 to October 26, 2020.
Ans.9.(c)
Exp. The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has acquired IDFC Infrastructure Finance (IDFC-IFL), an infrastructure debt fund. This acquisition is the first investment from NIIF’s strategic fund. The acquisition is subject to approval from RBI.
Ans.10.(a)
Exp. India has signed a $950 million contract with Russia for two upgraded Krivak III-class stealth frigates. A government-to-government contract was signed between India and United Shipbuilding Corporation of Russia last week for the supply of two stealth frigates.
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