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Q1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a ______rupees commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
(a) 1000
(b) 100
(c) 75
(d) 50
(e) 150
Q2. Burundi has declared the country’s new political capital. Name the city.
(a) Gitega
(b) Ngozi
(c) Kabegi
(d) Isale
(e) Ruyigi
Q3. The Reserve Bank of India has shortlisted six major IT companies, including TCS, Wipro and IBM India, to set up a wide-based DPCR. What does C stands for in DPCR?
(a) Clearing
(b) Corporate
(c) Corporation
(d) Credit
(e) Cheque
Q4. Who among the following has been elected as the president of the Archery Association of India?
(a) Uday Shankar Rao
(b) WV Raman
(c) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
(d) Pranab Das
(e) B V P Rao
Q5. The __________________________ has the responsibility of administering the functions of currency management, a core function of the Reserve Bank in terms of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
(a) Derivative of Currency Management
(b) District of Currency Management
(c) Department of Currency Management
(d) Department of Currency Manager
(e) Department of Current Management
Q6. SDDS is an International Monetary Fund standard to guide member countries in the dissemination of national statistics to the public. SDDS stands for-
(a) Special Data Dissemination Service
(b) Special Data Dissemination Standard
(c) Special Data Dissemination System
(d) Special Durable Dissemination Standard
(e) Simple Data Dissemination Standard
Q7. ______________ is responsible for discharging certain core traditional central banking functions, viz., acting as bankers to the Government and banks and managing public debt of both, central and state governments.
(a) CDBS
(b) FISIM
(c) DEIO
(d) ECGC
(e) DGBA
Q8. Legendary singer Dipali Borthakur passed away. She was also popularly referred to as the____________.
(a) Nightingale of Manipur
(b) Nightingale of Tripura
(c) Nightingale of North-East
(d) Nightingale of Assam
(e) Nightingale of Meghalaya
Q9. Which state assembly has passed a bill which recommends life imprisonment for those involved in mob violence if it results in the death of a person?
(a) Tripura
(b) Manipur
(c) Delhi
(d) Meghalaya
(e) Karnataka
Q10. National Consumer Day is celebrated every year on ____.
(a) 24th December
(b) 22nd December
(c) 28th December
(d) 25th December
(e) 23th December
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a 100 rupees commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, which falls on 25th December, is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’.
Ans.2.(a)
Exp. Burundi declared the small central city of Gitega the country’s new political capital, in line with a presidential promise, made a decade ago.
Ans.3.(d)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India has shortlisted six major IT companies, including TCS, Wipro and IBM India, to set up a wide-based digital Public Credit Registry (PCR) for capturing details of all borrowers and wilful defaulters.
Ans.4.(e)
Exp. B V P Rao has been elected as the president of the Archery Association of India in the polls held under a High Court-appointed administrator. Rao, who represented Archery Association of Assam, beat Rupak Debroy of Tripura at the elections held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Ans.5.(c)
Exp. The Department of Currency Management has the responsibility of administering the functions of currency management, a core function of the Reserve Bank in terms of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Currency management essentially relates to issue of notes and coins and retrieval of unfit notes from circulation.
Ans.6.(b)
Exp. Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) is an International Monetary Fund standard to guide member countries in the dissemination of national statistics to the public.
Ans.7.(e)
Exp. The Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA) is responsible for discharging certain core traditional central banking functions, viz., acting as bankers to the Government and banks and managing public debt of both, central and state governments. It is also responsible for maintenance of the Reserve Bank’s internal accounts and compilation of its weekly and annual accounts.
Ans.8.(d)
Exp. Legendary Assamese singer Dipali Borthakur popularly referred to as the “Nightingale of Assam” passed away. She was 77. Borthakur had been suffering from a motor neuron disease for the last four decades.
Ans.9.(b)
Exp. The Manipur Assembly has passed a bill which recommends life imprisonment for those involved in mob violence if it results in the death of a person. Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who also holds charge of the Home department, moved the ‘The Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Bill, 2018’ in the state Assembly.
Ans.10.(a)
Exp. Every Year 24th December is observed as National Consumer Day with a specific theme in India.
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