QUESTION DISCUSSION – 01.03.2017 TO 07.03.2017

QUESTION DISCUSSION

1. SBI has decided to reintroduced years. had bought the carrier penalty on non-maintenance of from minimum balance in account from 1) France 2) Israel 1) 1st March 2017 3) Russia 4) UK 2) 31st March 2017 5) US 3) 1st April 2017 7. The large-scale joint military 4) 30th April 2017 exercise, called Foal Eagle, was 5) 1st July 2017 conducted between the US and which 2. Which Indian bank has launched of the following countries recently? India’s first Artificial Intelligence 1) Japan 2) Philippines based banking Chatbot EVA for 3) Vietnam 4) South Korea customer service? 5) Thailand 1) SBI 2) UCO 8. Which airport has been renamed as 3) ICICI 4) HDFC ‘Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao- 5) AXIS Amaravati Airport’ after the 3. WCCB has launched operation legendary actor? Thunder Bird against 1) Tirupati Airport 1) Millitant 2) Vijayawada Airport 2) Naxal 3) Airport 3) Poaching Wildlife 4) Bengaluru Airport 4) Child Labour 5) Hyderabad Airport 5) None of these 9. Name the largest unrelated blood 4. Which of the following countries is stem cell donors registry in India, has NOT a member of the Economic received the Global NGO Excellence Cooperation Organisation (ECO) set Award under the Best Healthcare up to promote sustainable economic NGO category. development? 1) DATRI 2) Goonj 1) Pakistan 3) Give India 4) 2) Turkey 5) Society 3) Iran 10. Which is the host of the three-day 4) Afghanistan long ‘Destination North East’ 2017 5) None of these event, aimed at showcasing North 5. The International Women’s Day is East as a potential destination for observed every year on investment? 1) 02 Mar 2) 04 Mar 1) Kolkata 2) Chandigarh 3) 06 Mar 4) 08 Mar 3) Mumbai 4) New 5) 10 Mar 5) Gurugram 6. The world’s oldest aircraft carrier in 11. India’s tallest Tricolour was hoisted active service, INS Viraat, was recently at decommissioned on 06 Mar after 1) Ranchi serving the Indian Navy for nearly 30 2) Jammu

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3) Itanagar 3) Intermediate 4) Daulat Beg Oldi 4) Integrated 5) Attari border 5) Infrastructure 12. Manohar Parrikar presented the 17. The Google India and which state Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation govt have signed a memorandum of for the best Service Hospital in the understanding (MoU) aimed at Armed Forces Medical Services supporting the digitisation efforts of (AFMS) for the year 2016 to INHS the state? Asvini, located in 1) Assam 1) Mumbai 2) Jharkhand 2) Pune 3) Telangana 3) Secunderabad 4) Chhattisgarh 4) Manipal 5) Uttarakhand 5) Kolkata 18. The Union Finance Ministry has 13. Which country is the host of the 13th agreed in-principle to allow public Economic Cooperation Organisation sector banks to offer ESOPs to their (ECO) Summit? employees from 2017-18. The term 1) Afghanistan ESOPs stands for 2) Kyrgyzstan 1) Employee Stock Option Plans 3) Azerbaijan 2) Employee Share Option Plans 4) Turkey 3) Employee Service Option Plans 5) Pakistan 4) Employee Salary Option Plans 14. Rohan Bopanna is associated with 5) None of these which of the following games? 19. Taarak Mehta, who passed away 1) Table tennis recently, was a renowned writer and 2) Badminton playwright in which language? 3) Tennis 1) Gujarati 2) Marathi 4) Squash 3) Bengali 4) Urdu 5) Snooker 5) Odia 15. PM Hassan Ali Khaire announced the 20. The govt has shifted the deaths of hundreds of people due to responsibility of promoting digital hunger and diarrhoea amid a drought transactions in the country from NITI in the Bay region in Aayog to the 1) Nigeria 2) Somalia 1) Reserve Bank of India 3) Kenya 4) Liberia 2) NPCI 5) Estonia 3) Ministry of Commerce & Industry 16. The GST Council recently approved 4) Ministry of Information & the draft CGST and IGST Bills. The Broadcasting letter ‘C’ in the term CGST stands for 5) Ministry of IT and Electronics ‘Central’ while letter ‘I’ in the term 21. The All India Football Federation ‘IGST’ stands for (AIFF) has appointed Luis Norton de 1) Independent Matos as the head coach of the India 2) Initial

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U-17 World Cup team. Luis hails 26. The World Bank has announced an from assistance programme of over $1 bn 1) Portugal 2) Spain in the areas of urban transport and 3) Brazil 4) Argentina climate resilient agriculture in which 5) France state, over the next 2-3 years? 22. Which of the following life insurers 1) Rajasthan recently launched a new online term 2) Maharashtra plan ‘iSelect’ meant for family 3) Andhra Pradesh protection? 4) Odisha 1) Canara HSBC OBC Life 5) Bihar 2) LIC of India 27. South Korea’s special prosecutor’s 3) ICICI Prudential office has announced that it will 4) HDFC Standard charge Jay Y Lee and four other 5) Bharti AXA executives with bribery and 23. The global leader in payment embezzlement. Lee is the group chief solutions American Express recently of announced the launch of BIP, an 1) LG 2) Samsung electronic payment platform. Here, 3) Hyundai 4) POSCO the term BIP stands for 5) Shinhan Financial Group 1) Buyer Initial Payments 28. The fourth series of Sovereign Gold 2) Buyer Initiated Payments Bond (SGB) will be launched shortly. 3) Buyer Introduced Payments The SGB scheme was launched as an 4) Buyer Indicated Payments alternative to physical gold in Nov 5) None of these 1) 2009 2) 2011 24. Who among the following has won 3) 2013 4) 2015 this year’s prestigious Polly Umrigar 5) 2016 Award, given to BCCI’s International 29. In the OECD’s Economic Survey of Cricketer of the Year? India, the real GDP growth has been 1) Rohit Sharma pegged at what percentage in the 2) Yuvraj Singh FY17 and at 7.3 per cent in the FY18. 3) MS Dhoni 1) 6.9 per cent 2) 7 per cent 4) Ravichandran Ashwin 3) 7.1 per cent 4) 7.3 per cent 5) Virat Kohli 5) 7.6 per cent 25. Who has been appointed as India’s 30. Angel Gurria is the present Secretary permanent representative or General of which of the following ambassador to the World Trade international organisations? Organization (WTO)? 1) IDA 2) IMF 1) G Latha Krishna Rao 3) OECD 4) BIS 2) NK Sinha 5) WTO 3) Rajeev Nayan Choubey 31. Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis, who 4) Rita A Teaotia won the Uganda International Series 5) JS Deepak title recently, are associated with the game of

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1) badminton 2) tennis 3) 3.4% 4) 3.6% 3) table tennis 4) squash 5) 3.8% 5) snooker 37. Who took charge as the new 32. Who among the following has been chairman of the Securities and awarded with the CK Nayudu Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mar 1, 2017? BCCI recently? She is the first 1) Sriram Kalyanaraman woman to receive the award? 2) Yogesh Aggarwal 1) Snehal Pradhan 3) TS Vijayan 2) Harmanpreet Kaur 4) Ajay Tyagi 3) Poonam Raut 5) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 4) Shantha Rangaswamy 38. Tata Communications is partnering 5) Diana David with which to support the roll-out of 33. Which city has retained its number its Internet of Things platform, the one position in the annual city LoRa network. governance ranking, according to the 1) Microsoft Annual Survey of India’s City- 2) Accenture System (ASICS)? 3) Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1) Chandigarh 4) Google 2) Bengaluru 5) IBM 3) Bhubaneswar 39. The Venture Capital Investment 4) Kolkata Committee (VCIC), set up by which 5) Thiruvananthapuram of the following has sanctioned 34. The Parliament in which country Rs 300 cr. to fund managers who recently expelled MP Mohammed would invest in startups. Anwar Sadat, an outspoken critic of 1) SIDBI the govt’s human rights record? 2) NABARD 1) Egypt 2) Greece 3) SBI Mutual Fund 3) Turkey 4) Iran 4) LIC of India 5) Iraq 5) BSE 35. The sovereign wealth fund of which 40. The Union Railway Minister Suresh country, the world’s largest, notched Prabhu recently flagged off the first up huge gains in 2016. Antyodaya Express, a long distance, 1) Sweden 2) Norway fully unreserved, superfast train 3) US 4) Switzerland service, between 5) Singapore 1) Chennai and 36. The growth of eight core sectors 2) Patna and New Delhi slowed down to a five-month low of 3) Lucknow and Mumbai what percentage in Jan 2017, mainly 4) Ernakulam and Howrah due to contraction in output of 5) Patna and Kolkata refinery products, fertiliser and cement. 1) 2.8% 2) 3.2%

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QUESTION DISCUSSION – 01.03.2017 TO 07.03.2017

ANSWER KEYS

1. (3) 11. (5) 21. (1) 31. (1)

2. (4) 12. (1) 22. (1) 32. (4)

3. (3) 13. (5) 23. (2) 33. (5)

4. (5) 14. (3) 24. (5) 34. (1)

5. (4) 15. (2) 25. (5) 35. (2)

6. (4) 16. (4) 26. (2) 36. (3)

7. (4) 17. (3) 27. (2) 37. (4)

8. (2) 18. (1) 28. (4) 38. (3)

9. (1) 19. (1) 29. (2) 39. (1)

10. (2) 20. (5) 30. (3) 40. (4)

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