Current Affairs Quiz For IBPS RRB : August 11, 2017

Q.1) Who authored the second volume of Economic Survey 2016-17, that is going to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in both houses of the Parliament?

a) Shaktikanta Das

b) Arvind Subramanian

c) Nirmala Sitharaman

d) Adam Smith

e) Amartya Sen

Q.2) Which state government flagged off mobile therapy vans which would provide basic medical assistance to elderly people, widows and other section who requires social security?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Uttarakhand

c) Bihar

d) Punjab

e) Rajasthan

Q.3) Which state government launched “Buniyadi Sanjivani Sewa” at a function in presence of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and minister for Social Welfare department Manju Varma

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Uttarakhand

c) Bihar

d) Punjab

e) Rajasthan

Q.4) India and US will be co-hosting the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at ______ from 28-30 November, 2017.

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Jaipur

d) Kolkata

e) Hyderabad

Q.5) The working session of the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, Ministerial meeting is held at ______.

a) Colombo

b) New Delhi

c) Kathmandu

d) Dhaka

e) Bangkok

Q.6) Which state government is setting up a brand new “Japanese Industrial Park” on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), that is spread on 1555 hectare and is 15 times bigger in size compared to an existing one?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Gujarat

d) Maharashtra

e) Madhya Pradesh

Q.7) Which unique product of Bangladesh has received geographical indication (GI) tag recently. It is the only the second product to get the GI tag?

a) Tripathi Laddu

b) Jamdani sari

c) Hilsa fish

d) Mysore Agarbatti

e) Muga Silk

Q.8) Which of the following organisation has introduced an online registration mechanism for custodians of securities to make it convenient for them to do business?

a) RBI

b) SEBI

c) GOI

d) IRDAI

e) AMC

Q.9) Name the redesigned video platform, an apparent bid to take on Google-owned YouTube, Facebook for creators and publishers.

a) Watch

b) Match

c) Catch

d) Yatch

e) Batch

Q.10)  Softbank had invested over how much amount in Flipkart, a mix of primary and secondary capital in the e-commerce company.

a) $1.5 billion

b) $2.5 billion

c) $3.5 billion

d) $4.5 billion

e) $5.5 billion

Q.11) Who has issued the final guidelines on tri-party repo transactions as part of its attempt to energise the corporate bond market and generate more liquidity in the segment?

a) RBI

b) SEBI

c) GOI

d) IRDAI

e) AMC

Q.12) Which country Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake was recently resigned from the post, linked to a questionable financial arrangement with a controversial businessman?

a) Thailand

b) Malaysia

c) Singapore

d) Srilanka

e) Myanmar

Q.13) Name the persons who received Hindu Playwright Award 2017 recently?

A) Akshat Nigam

B) Thomas Manuel

C) Gerish Khemani

a) Only A

b) Only B

c) Only C

d) Both A and B

e) Both A and C

Q.14) Indian shuttler HS Prannoy improved two places to reach the ______ spot in the latest BWF rankings.

a) 11^th

b) 12^th

c) 13^th

d) 14^th

e) 15^th

Q.15) How many crore has been announced in a new supplementation scheme for Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) in Telangana?

a) 1000 crore

b) 1500 crore

c) 2000 crore

d) 2500 crore

e) 3000 crore

Q.16) The working session of the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, Ministerial meeting is held recently. Who attended the meeting on behalf of India?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Nirmala Sitharaman

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Raj Nath Singh

e) Prakash Javadekar

Q.17) Which of the following has announced a issue on directive that insurance of a vehicle will not be renewed unless the owner provides pollution under control (PUC) certificate?

a) Supreme Court

b) High Court

c) National Green Tribunal

d) Government of India

e) HRD Ministry

Q.18) Who has imposed an interim ban on use of non-biodegradable plastic bags which are less than 50 microns in the entire national Capital?

a) Supreme Court

b) High Court

c) National Green Tribunal

d) Government of India

e) HRD Ministry

Q.19) The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX) has received capital markets regulator ______approval to launch options on gold, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

a) RBI

b) SEBI

c) GOI

d) IRDAI

e) AMC

Q.20) Which state government launched new supplementation scheme for Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) with an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore, half of which will be spent for modernisation of the canal system and the rest for installation of the pumping facility?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Telangana

c) Gujarat

d) Maharashtra

e) Madhya Pradesh

Q.21) Which bank board of directors gave ‘in-principle’ approval to induct Dai-ichi Life Holdings’ group company Asset Management One Company as a strategic partner in Union Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd (Union AMC)?

a) Bank of India

b) Union Bank of India

c) Bank of Baroda

d) United Bank of India

e) Dena Bank

Q.22) The Capital of Nepal is______.

a) Kathmandu

b) Thimphu

c) Bangkok

d) Kabul

e) Islamabad

Q.23) The Currency of Nepal is ______.

a) Rupiah

b) Rupee

c) Rial

d) Shekel

e) Dollar

Q.24) The Capital of USA is ______.

a) Belmopan

b) New York

c) Ottawa

d)Washington, D.C

e) San Salvador

Q.25) The Currency of USA is ______.

a) Rupiah

b) Rupee

c) Rial

d) Shekel

e) Dollar