Static GK Quiz Set – 60

1) Name the Australian batsman who has announced the retirement from his international career in 2017?

a) Steve Smith

b) Glenn Maxwell

c) Nathan Lyon

d) Matt Renshaw

e) Adam Voges

2) Name the Communication Satellite which would blast off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, to provide different communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries?

a) GSAT-12

b) GSAT-7

c) GSAT-15

d) GSAT-9

e) GSAT-18

3) Where the HSBC Bank headquartered?

a) Germany

b) Singapore

c) USA

d) London

e) None of these

4) What is the programme Union Government has decided to launch for recapitalisation of public sector lenders so that the banks remain solvent and fully comply with the global capital adequacy norms namely Basel-III?

a) Swareskan

b) Digital village programme

c) Skill development programe

d) Indradhanush 2.0

e) None of these

5) Currency Swap is an instrument to manage?

a) Currency risk

b) Interest rate risk

c) Currency and interest rate risk

d) Cash flows in different currency

e) None of the given options is true

6) The first freight train linking China with which country arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu after a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) trip, becoming the world’s second-longest rail route?

a) Italy

b) Sweden

c) Norway

d) Spain

e) United Kingdom

7) The National Health Mission (NHM) in Haryana launched a mobile-based application ____ to create awareness among pregnant women in the State-level Orientation Workshop.

a) Kilkari

b) Vilkari

c) Praekari

d) Pelkari

e) Chilkari

8) Which city will host the Davis Cup tie between India and Uzbekistan in April 2017?

a) Chennai

b) Bangaluru

c) Kolkata

d) Allahabad

e) Ahamadabad

9) Which of the following rivers has its origin in the Aravalli hills in Rajasthan?

a) Tapti

b) Chambal

c) Sutlej

d) Sabarmathi

e) None of these