Current Affairs Quiz for NIACL AO Mains |2nd February 2019

Current Affairs Quiz for NIACL AO Mains

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Q1. Indian firm India Ports Global Limited formally took over the operations of an Iranian port. What is the name of the port?

(a) Shaheed Behesti port

(b) Bandar Mahshahr port

(c) Shaheed Samarinda port

(d) Port of Ashdod

(e) Ras Bahrgan port

Q2. The Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce Rs 20 notes with additional features. It will bear the signature of ________.

(a) RBI Deputy Governor

(b) Finance Secretary

(c) Finance Minister

(d) RBI Governor

(e) President

Q3. ‘Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana’ has been launched in Uttarakhand. How many households will be benefited under the scheme?

(a) 11 lakh

(b) 23 lakh

(c) 49 lakh

(d) 29 lakh

(e) 15 lakh

Q4. Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passed away in Bengaluru. She was a well-known ________.

(a) Sports person

(b) Classical Singer

(c) Dancer

(d) Politician

(e) Social worker

Q5. The ______________________ exercises regulatory powers in respect of commercial banks, Local Area Banks (LABs) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) as per the provisions contained in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1975 and other related statutes.

(a) Department of Communication

(b) Department of Co-operative Bank Supervision

(c) Department of Government and Bank Accounts

(d) Department of Banking Regulation

(e) Department of Economic and Policy Research

Q6. IFCI is an Indian government owned development bank to cater to the long-term finance needs the industrial sector. IFCI stands for-

(a) Industrial Finance Company of India

(b) Industrial Finance Corporation of Investment

(c) Industrial Finance Corporation of India

(d) International Finance Corporation of India

(e) Industrial Fund Corporation of India

Q7. HUDCO was incorporated in which year?

(a) 1962

(b) 1970

(c) 1956

(d) 1948

(e) 1980

Q8. Paddy Ashdown has died aged 77 after a short illness. He was a well-known _________.

(a) Comedian

(b) Politician

(c) Quiz Master

(d) Environmentalist

(e) Rock Singer

Q9. The first meeting of the Follow-up Committee for implementation of the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement between India, _________and Iran was held in the port city of Chabahar in Iran.

(a) Iraq

(b) Turkmenistan

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Pakistan

(e) Afghanistan

Q10. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of best performing police stations. Which of the following police station topped the list?

(a) Kalu, Bikaner

(b) Campbell Bay, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(c) Farakka, Murshidabad

(d) Thalan, Uttarkashi

(e) Saket, Delhi

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

Exp. Indian firm India Ports Global Limited formally took over the operations of Chabahar’s Shaheed Behesti port in Iran, which opens a trade route between India and central Asia bypassing Pakistan.

Ans.2.(d)

Exp. The Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce Rs 20 notes with additional features. Rs. 20 Note bears the signature of RBI Governor.

Ans.3.(b)

Exp. ‘Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana’ has been launched in Uttarakhand. Under the scheme, each household in the state will be able to avail medical treatment of up to 5 lakh rupees annually. The scheme will benefit 23 lakh households and cover 1,350 critical diseases.

Ans.4.(e)

Exp. Social worker and Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passed away in Bengaluru. She was 98 years old. Narasamma had helped deliver more than 15,000 babies, free of charge, in Krishnapura, a remote village in Pavagada Taluk in Karnataka. Narasamma was awarded multiple honors for performing the traditional deliveries during her 70 years of service.

Ans.5.(d)

Exp. The Department of Banking Regulation exercises regulatory powers in respect of commercial banks, Local Area Banks (LABs) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) as per the provisions contained in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1975 and other related statutes.

Ans.6.(c)

Exp.The Government of India established The Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) on July 1, 1948 by way of an IFC Act 1948.

Ans.7.(b)

Exp. HUDCO was incorporated on 25th April 1970.

Ans.8.(b)

Exp. Centrist politician Paddy Ashdown has died aged 77 after a short illness. Ashdown, who was born in India and moved to Northern Ireland as a young child, headed up the Lib Dems for more than a decade.

Ans.9.(e)

Exp. The first meeting of the Follow-up Committee for implementation of the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement between India, Afghanistan and Iran was held in the port city of Chabahar in Iran.

Ans.10.(a)

Exp. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of best performing police stations across the nation during the ongoing DGP conference. On the top of the rank-list stands Kalu police station of Bikaner, Rajasthan followed by Campbell Bay (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and Farakka (Murshidabad, West Bengal) as 2nd and 3rd.

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