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Q1. With which of the following organisation, Allahabad Bank has signed a bancassurance pact to offer a holistic financial planning solution to consumers?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) SBI Life Insurance
(c) Max Life Insurance
(d) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
(e) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Q2. Who has become the highest international wicket-taker across formats in 2018?
(a) Jasprit Bumrah
(b) Ishant Sharma
(c) James Anderson
(d) Dale Steyn
(e) Rashid Khan
Q3. Who has been appointed the new Railway Board Chairman?
(a) Vikram Bhargava
(b) Sudhir Bhargava
(c) V K Yadav
(d) V S Reddy
(e) Amitabh Chaudhry
Q4. Which country has withdrawn its membership from Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
(a) Turkey
(b) The United States
(c) Austria
(d) Israel
(e) Qatar
Q5. Who is the new managing director and CEO of the Axis Bank?
(a) Amitabh Chaudhry
(b) Shikha Sharma
(c) Sandeep Bakhshi
(d) Deepak Parekh
(e) Keki Mistry
Q6. The High-Level Committee (HLC) chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved additional assistance of __________ from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to Tamil Nadu, which was affected by cyclone ‘Gaja’ recently.
(a) Rs 1,946.10 crore
(b) Rs 1,245.15 crore
(c) Rs 1,146.12 crore
(d) Rs 1,546.80 crore
(e) Rs 1,448.25 crore
Q7. The completion of electrification in 100% households in 25 states has been completed at year end. Now, only 4 states are left. Which among the following is not in the list of those 4 states?
(a) Assam
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) All of the above are in the list of 4 states
Q8. Who is the present managing director and CEO of the Paytm Payments bank?
(a) Vijay Shankar Sharma
(b) Satish Kumar Gupta
(c) Renu Satti
(d) S K Gujral
(e) Ajay Shankar Sharma
Q9. Who is the present MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank?
(a) Aditya Puri
(b) Sandeep Bakhshi
(c) Shikha Sharma
(d) S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
(e) Rana Kapoor
Q10. The MSME ministry has established an export promotion cell to create a sustainable ecosystem for micro, small and medium enterprises. Who is the present Minister of MSME?
(a) Giriraj Singh
(b) Narendra Singh Tomar
(c) Kalraj Mishra
(d) Maneka Gandhi
(e) Bandaru Dattatreya
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Solution
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. Allahabad Bank and SBI Life Insurance came together and signed a bancassurance pact, to offer a holistic financial planning solution to consumers.
Ans.2.(a)
Exp. The 25-year-old fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah became the highest international wicket-taker across formats in 2018. He took a total of 78 wickets in the calendar year. Bumrah surpassed South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada’s tally of 77 wickets to reach the milestone.
Ans.3.(c)
Exp. General Manager, South Central Railway, V K Yadav has been appointed the national transporter’s senior-most bureaucrat by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Yadav belongs to the 1980 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.
Ans.4.(e)
Exp. Qatar has withdrawn its membership from Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The country had sent an official notification to the OPEC expressing its wish to pull out and to focus on its liquefied natural gas production in December.
Ans.5.(a)
Exp. Axis Bank announced its Managing Director and CEO Shikha Sharma has retired from the post and Amitabh Chaudhry is the new managing director and CEO of the bank with effect from January 1, 2019.
Ans.6.(c)
Exp.The High-Level Committee (HLC) chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved additional assistance of Rs 1,146.12 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to Tamil Nadu, which was affected by cyclone ‘Gaja’ recently.
Ans.7.(e)
Exp.The country achieved yet another milestone in the power sector with the completion of electrification in 100% households in 25 states at year end. Now, only about 10.48 lakh households are left to be electrified in 4 states – Assam, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh.
Ans.8.(b)
Exp.Satish Kumar Gupta is the managing director and CEO of the Paytm Payments bank.
Ans.9.(d)
Exp.MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank is S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao and its Headquarters is in Kolkata.
Ans.10.(a)
Exp. Giriraj Singh is the present Minister of MSME.
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