QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.01.2017 TO 31.01.2017 QUESTION DISCUSSION 1. Which state govt. has decided to b. Payment bank can be opened with conduct the bull-card race named a capital of 100 cr. Kambala by amending law in line of c. Payment bank can open SB & Jallikattu of Tamil Nadu? Current Accounts 1) Maharashtra d. NRI cannot open account in 2) Bihar Payment Bank 3) Punjab e. C. Rangarajan Committee 4) Karnataka recommended for Payment Bank 5) Haryana Which is Incorrect? 2. Which country has decided to set up 1) only a 2) only b a personal states and inheritance 3) only c 4) only d court for Non-Muslims? 5) only e 1) Iraq 2) Kuwait 7. Indian Post Payment Bank started 3) Syria 4) UAE pilot service from 5) Saudi Arab 1) Raipur-Ranchi 3. What is the farm sector growth as 2) Raipur-Patna reported by the Economic Survey 3) Udaipur-Raipur 2016-17? 4) Kanpur-Agra 1) 3.1% 2) 2.1% 5) None of these 3) 4.1% 4) 5.1% 8. The 1st edition of the North-East 5) 6.1% Investors Summit was held recently 4. As per the Economic Survey 2016-17 at CPI Inflation rate has declined to 1) Kohima 2) Aizwal what percent in 2015-16 3) Shilong 4) Dispur 1) 5.9% 2) 5.2% 5) Itanagar 3) 4.9% 4) 4.3% 9. Who among the following has been 5) 3.4% appointed as the new Police 5. The Economic Survey has advocated Commissioner of Delhi? for UBI as an alternative to various 1) Alok Verma Social Welfare Scheme. What is 2) Amulya Patnaik UBI? 3) Satish Mathur 1) Universal Banking Institution 4) Javeed Ahmed 2) Universal Banking Interface 5) None of these 3) Union Bank of India 10. Who won the first edition of the 4) Universal Basic Income Kolkata Marathon? 5) None of these 1) Paritosh Roy 6. Consider the followings : 2) Biswanath Pal a. Indian Post Payment Bank is the 3) Abul Hossain 3rd entity to get RBI licence for 4) Uttam Bhujel Payment Bank. 5) Shubhankar Ghosh 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 1 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.01.2017 TO 31.01.2017 11. The Supreme Court has appointed a 5) None of these four-member committee to run the 16. Jeevan Akshay is single-premium affairs of the Board of Control for immediate annuity plan launched by Cricket in India (BCCI) which will be 1) ICICI Prudential led by 2) Bharti AXA 1) Amitabh Chaudhary 3) Tata AIG 2) Vikram Lamaye 4) LIC of India 3) Ramachandra Guha 5) SBI Life 4) Diana Edulji 17. Deepa Malik is the first Indian 5) Vinod Rai woman to win a medal in the 12. Who among the following was Paralympic Games. She had won a crowned Miss Universe 2016 silver medal in the Rio 2016 recently? Paralympics in 1) Raquel Pelissier 1) javelin throw 2) Andrea Tovar 2) pole vault 3) Stephanie Del Valle 3) triple jump 4) Iris Mittenaere 4) wrestling 5) Natasha Mannuela 5) shot put 13. The Centre has appointed who among 18. Who among the following won the the following as the interim men‟s singles title at the 2017 managing director and CEO of the Australian Open? India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)? 1) Rafael Nadal 1) Ratan Watal 2) Stan Wawrinka 2) Ashok Lavasa 3) Roger Federer 3) AP Singh 4) Andy Murray 4) Yogesh Aggarwal 5) Novak Djokovic 5) Rajiv Lall 19. After being declared polio-free, India 14. Which has become India‟s first city faces the risk of importation of the to get a multi-sports museum by the polio virus from which name Fanatic Sports Museum? country/countries? 1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 1) Nigeria 2) Afghanistan 3) New Delhi 4) Chennai 3) Pakistan 4) All the above 5) Mysuru 5) Nepal 15. The govt has reconstituted TOP 20. India Post has become the third entity committee with objective of to receive a final license to start identifying and supporting potential payments bank in India. The other medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 two are Olympic Games. Here, the term TOP 1) Paytm and Bharti Airtel stands for 2) Bharti Airtel and Vodafone M- 1) Target Olympic Preparation Pesa 2) Target Olympic Participation 3) Vodafone M-Pesa and Paytm 3) Target Olympic Performance 4) RIL and Adity Birla Nuvo 4) Target Olympic Podium 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 2 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.01.2017 TO 31.01.2017 5) Adity Birla Nuvo and Fino 26. Which state govt has launched an IT Paytech Project named „Jeevan Rekha‟ which 21. Who among the following has been aims to create a centralized database appointed the new Vice-Chancellor that will have the complete healthcare of Nalanda University situated in records of all the citizens? Rajgir, Bihar? 1) Karnataka 1) Pravin Krishna 2) Kerala 2) TN Srinivasan 3) Odisha 3) Amartya Sen 4) Andhra Pradesh 4) Jagdish Bhagwati 5) Sikkim 5) Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar 27. The RBI has prohibited the Indian 22. As per the govt data, over what entities from making direct overseas percent of Indians aged 18 and above investments in any „non co-operative now have Aadhaar cards? countries and territories‟, as 1) 79% 2) 92% identified by FATF. The term FATF 3) 67% 4) 99% means 5) 89% 1) Financial Accreditation Task Force 23. The US President Donald Trump 2) Financial Assessment Task Force recently signed a new executive order 3) Financial Advice Task Force to suspend refugee arrivals from 4) Financial Action Task Force seven Muslim countries. Which of 5) None of these the following is NOT one of them? 28. The T20 World Cup Cricket 2017 for 1) Iran 2) Iraq the Blind is being held in 3) Somalia 4) Syria 1) Pakistan 5) None of these 2) New Zealand 24. The central govt scheme PMGSY is 3) Bangladesh associated with which of the 4) India following? 5) England 1) Rural cleanliness 29. Who among the following 2) Rural electrification sportspersons was conferred Padma 3) Women empowerment Shri award announced on 26 Jan 4) Rural roads 2017? 5) None of these 1) Vikas Gowda 25. Which state has been ranked first in 2) Dipa Karmakar the “Cashless India Scorecard” 3) Sakshi Malik prepared by Walnut app to track the 4) Virat Kohli growth of digital payments in the 5) All of these country? 30. The US President Donald Trump 1) Haryana recently signed directives to build a 2) Gujarat wall along the US border with 3) Telangana 1) Canada 2) Nicaragua 4) Tamil Nadu 3) Mexico 4) Guatemala 5) Kerala 5) Cuba 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.01.2017 TO 31.01.2017 31. What is India‟s ranking in a list of 1) 09 Jan 2) 10 Jan eight great powers for the year 2017 3) 12 Jan 4) 25 Jan issued by the leading American 5) 27 Jan foreign policy magazine “The 37. The Union Cabinet has given its ex- American Interest”? post facto approval to interest waiver 1) Third 2) Fourth for two months of Nov and Dec of 3) Fifth 4) Sixth 2016 for farmers accessing short term 5) Seventh crop loans from 32. Facing sexual harassment charges, V 1) Cooperative Banks Shanmuganathan recently resigned as 2) Private Banks the Governor of 3) Microfinance Institutions 1) Meghalaya 2) Assam 4) Moneylenders 3) Kerala 4) Tripura 5) None of these 5) Mizoram 38. India and which country inked 14 33. Which state has announced a total agreements in various areas recently ban on polythene carry bags from after delegation level talks between May 1, 2017 across the state? PM Narendra Modi and Mohammed 1) Uttar Pradesh Bin Zayed Al Nahyan? 2) Madhya Pradesh 1) Saudi Arabia 2) Bahrain 3) Himachal Pradesh 3) UAE 4) Kuwait 4) Kerala 5) Iran 5) Sikkim 39. In United States, the Senate has 34. The highest peacetime military confirmed Nikki Haley as the next decoration award – the Ashok Chakra Ambassador to – was given posthumously to whom 1) UK among the following on the eve of 2) China 68th Republic Day? 3) India 1) Jagdish Chand 4) Pakistan 2) Mahendra Singh 5) The United Nations 3) Mohan Nath Goswami 40. Venezuelan President Nicolas 4) Hangpan Dada Maduro has awarded the first ever 5) Santosh Mahadik Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and 35. Who among the following is the Sovereignty to present Chief Election Commissioner 1) Narendra Modi (CEC) of India? 2) Xi Jinping 1) Syed Nasim Zaidi 3) Barack Obama 2) Om Prakash Rawat 4) Theresa May 3) SY Quraishi 5) Vladimir Putin 4) Achal Kumar Jyoti 5) VS Sampath 36. The 7th National Voters‟ Day was observed across the country recently on 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 4 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.01.2017 TO 31.01.2017 ANSWER KEYS 1. (4) 11. (5) 21. (5) 31. (4) 2. (4) 12. (4) 22. (4) 32. (1) 3. (3) 13. (3) 23. (5) 33. (2) 4. (3) 14. (2) 24. (4) 34. (4) 5. (4) 15. (4) 25. (2) 35. (1) 6. (5) 16. (4) 26. (2) 36. (4) 7. (1) 17. (5) 27.