Current Affairs Quiz for IBPS PO MAINS and Indian Bank Po Mains | 1st November 2018

01/11/2018

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Q1. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has partnered with _______ to train small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs in India.

(a) IBM

(b) Facebook

(d) Microsoft

(e) WhatsApp

Q2. State Bank of India (SBI) and payments solution provider ______ Payment Services India has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for establishing a card acceptance and digital payment platform.

(a) Google Pay

(b) IBM

(d) Oppo

(e) Lenovo

Q3. The world’s largest airport terminal “under one roof” with a capacity to serve 90 million passengers has been opened in ______.

(a) Istanbul

(b) Asthana

(d) Sochi

(e) Beijing

Q4. Padma Shri Qazi Abdussattar recently passed away in Delhi. He was a _______.

(a) Social activist

(b) Urdu writer

(d) Indian classical musician

(e) Indian classical dancer

Q5. India Mobile Congress is one of the biggest marquee Mobile, Internet, and Technology event. It was recently held in ________.

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Bangalore

(d) New Delhi

(e) Chennai

Q6. America’s IBM has acquired software company _______ in a $34 billion cash and debt deal, marking its biggest ever acquisition till date.

(a) Snapchat

(b) Alphabet Inc

(d) Flipkart

(e) Softbank

Q7. Prime Minister of Italy,_______ has arrived in New Delhi on a day-long official visit to India.

(a) Gjorge Ivanov

(b) Michel Aoun

(d) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

(e) Giuseppe Conte

Q8. Mr. Nitin Gadkari recently laid the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock in ______.

(a) Kerala

(b) Mumbai

(d) Vizag

(e) Odish

Q9. Germany’s Chancellor has announced that she will step down from the post in 2021. Who is the Chancellor of Germany?

(a) Corazon Aquino

(b) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

(d) Julie Bishop

(e) Angela Merke

Q10. The 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India has held at _____.

(a) Shillong

(b) Haridwar

(d) Panchkula

(e) Gangtok

SOLUTIONS

Ans.1.(e)

Exp. WhatsApp has partnered with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to train small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs on using the messaging platform to connect with customers and growing their businesses.

Ans.2.(c)

Exp. Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) and payments solution provider Hitachi Payment Services India has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for establishing a card acceptance and digital payment platform.

Ans.3.(a)

Exp. The world’s largest airport terminal “under one roof” with a capacity to serve 90 million passengers has been officially opened on October 29 in Istanbul, which marks the Republic Day of Turkey.

Ans.4.(b)

Exp. Padma Shri Professor Qazi Abdussattar, a noted Urdu writer and former head of Aligarh Muslim University’s Urdu department, passed away in Delhi following a protracted illness. He was 85.

Ans.5.(d)

Exp. India Mobile Congress is one of the biggest marquee Mobile, Internet, and Technology event for South-East Asia organized by COAI and DoT. IMC 2018 was held in Aerocity, New Delhi. The congress was held under the theme of NEW DIGITAL HORIZONS.

Ans.6.(c)

Exp. America’s IBM has acquired software company Red Hat in a $34 billion cash and debt deal, marking its biggest ever acquisition till date. Founded 25 years ago, Red Hat was valued at about $20.5 billion at the end of trading.

Ans.7.(e)

Exp. Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte arrived in New Delhi on a day-long official visit to India. During the visit, the Italian Prime Minister will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ans.8.(a)

Exp. The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan laid the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala.

Ans.9.(e)

Exp. Germany’s Angela Merkel has announced that she will step down as Chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.

Ans.10.(c)

Exp. The 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India has begun at Kaziranga in Assam. State Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal and Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the three-day summit.