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SUPER Current Affairs MCQ PDF 24th May 2021
By Dream Big Institution: (SUPER Current Affairs) ©
Q.Which Bank has issued India’s first foreign portfolio investor (FPI) licence to the GIFT IFSC alternative investment fund (AIF) of True Beacon Global?
A)HDFC Bank C)Yes Bank
B)Kotak Mahindra Bank D)ICICI Bank
Answer – B
Kotak Mahindra Bank In NEWS
Kotak Mahindra Bank Issues India’s First FPI Licence To GIFT AIF Kotak Mahindra Bank To Extend Online Payments To Farmers & Traders Tie-Up With Indian Army To Handle Salary Accounts ‘Kona Kona Umeed’ Campaign 1st Bank In India To Allow Video KYC First Lender To Charge For UPI Use
About Kotak Mahindra Bank:
MD & CEO: Uday Kotak Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra Tagline: Let’s Make Money Simple, Ab Kona Kona Kotak
Q.Who has been appointed as the CEO of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)?
A)Rajesh Bansal C)Jose J Kattoor
B)Kris Gopalakrishnan D)Vijay Goel
Answer - A
RBI IN NEWS 2021 . RBI Increases The Limit For Full-KYC PPIs To Rs 2 Lakh From Rs 1 Lakh
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. RBI To Transfer Rs. 99,122 Crore Surplus To Central Government For FY21 . RBI Announces Term Liquidity Facility of Rs. 50,000 Crore For Healthcare . RBI imposes Rs 3 crore penalty on ICICI Bank for Violating Specific Directions Issued by RBI . T Rabi Sankar appointed fourth Deputy Governor of RBI, succeeding BP Kanungo . RBI Joins Network For Greening Financial System . RBI Caps Tenure Of Private Banks MD & CEO At 15 Years . RBI Cancels Licence Of Bhagyodaya Friends Urban Co-Operative Bank . RBI Allows Commercial Banks To Pay Up To 50% Of Pre-Covid Dividends . RBI Approves Atanu Chakraborty As HDFC Bank’s Part-Time Chairman . Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) To Cancel Licence Of Sambandh Finserve . Former RBI Governor Maidavolu Narasimham Passes Away . RBI Sets Up Committee To Review Working Of ARCs . RBI Approves Re-Appointment Of Murali Natarajan As DCB Bank MD And CEO . RBI to conduct open market purchase of government securities of ₹1 lakh crore under the G-SAP 1.0 Programme . RBI Decides To Open Up RTGS, NEFT Facilities For Payment System Operators . RBI Enhances Loan Limit Under Priority Sector Lending Against ENWR/NWR . RBI Increases WMA Limits For The State Governments/UTs . RBI To Release Financial Inclusion Index (FI Index) Annually . RBI celebrated its 86th Foundation Day on 1 April 2021 . Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel Names as Additional Director of Britannia . RBI extends deadline for processing auto-debit payments by 6 months till September 30, 2021 . Former RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty Passes Away . Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brings State Bank of Sikkim under its regulatory purview . RBI slaps Rs 2 crore fine on Deutsche Bank for non-compliance . RBI takes IDBI Bank out of PCA framework . RBI Imposes Rs 15 Lakh Penalty On Fedbank Financial Services . RBI constitues eight-member expert panel for strenthening Urban Co-operative Banks . RBI has cancelled the licence of Maharashtra-based Vasantdada Nagari Sahakari Bank . RBI sets up College of Supervisors chaired by N S Viswanathan . RBI introduces Legal Entity Identifier for NEFT, RTGS transactions above Rs 50 Page 4 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo
crore . RBI introduces the RBI-Digital Payments Index. This RBI-Digital Payments Index (DPI) has 5 broad parameters . RBI Organises Financial Literacy Week from February 8-12, 2021 . RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4% . RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) . RBI officer R. Giridharan authors debut novel ‘Right Under our Nose’ . RBI introduces Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for NEFT, RTGS transactions above Rs 50 crore . RBI to evaluate impact of ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign in 14 languages . RBI Cancels Licence Of Kolhapur-Based Shivam Sahakari Bank . RBI Slaps Penalty Of Rs 2 Crore On Standard Chartered Bank . RBI Introduces Legal Entity Identifier For NEFT, RTGS Transactions Above Rs 50 Crore . RBI to launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque Truncation System . RBI publishes “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for UCBs . RBI announces ‘positive pay’ feature to help avert cheque frauds
About RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) . Founded : 1 April 1935 . 1st Governor : Sir Osborne Smith . RBI Nationalised : 1 January 1949 . 1st Indian Governor : CD Deshmukh . HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra . 25th Governor : Shaktikanta Das RBI Deputy Governor (4) 1. Mukesh Kumar Jain 3. Michael D Patra 2. B P Kanungo 4. M Rajeshwar Rao Four Subsidiaries of RBI : 1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC) 2. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) 3. Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT)
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4. Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS)
Q.Who among the following is the Asia’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index 2021?
A)Ratan Tata C)Gautam Adani
B)Azim Premji D)Mukesh Ambani
Answer - D
Rank Name Net Worth
1 Jeff Bezos (US) $189B
2 Elon Musk (US) $163B
3 Bernard Arnault (France) $162B
4 Bill Gates (US) $142B
5 Mark Zuckerberg (US) $119B
6 Warren Buffet (US) $108B
7 Larry Page (US) $106B
8 Sergey Brin (US) $102B
9 Larry Ellison (US) $91.2B
10 Steve Ballmer (US) $89.2B
11 Francoise Bettercourt Meyers $87.2B (France)
12 Amancio Ortega (Spain) $82.4B
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13 Mukesh Ambani (India) $76.3B
14 Gautam Adani (India) $67.6B
15 Zhong Shanshan (China) $65.6B
Q.Name the Cyclonic Storm which has formed in Bay of Bengal and likely to affect the coastal parts of Odisha and West Bengal.
A)Amphan C)Vyom
B)Taukate D)Yaas
Answer – D
India Meteorological Department has informed that, Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm, week after cyclone Tauktae had its landfall on the western coast of India. Cyclone Yaas is likely to affect the coastal parts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 26, 2021.
List of Cyclone/ Typhoon (Recently) in NEWS
Cyclone Sarai: Fiji Typhoon Kammuri: Philippines Typhoon Phanfone: Philippines Typhoon Faxai: Tokyo, Japan Typhoon hagibis: Japan Tropical cyclone Seroja: Australia Cyclone Taukate: Goa, Maharashtra
Q.Who among the following has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021?
A)Rumana Sinha Segal B)Tahera Qutbuddin
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C)Suresh Mukund D)Shaji N M
Answer- D
Q.On which date, World Turtle Day is observed every year?
A)22 May C)24 May
B)23 May D)25 Ma
Answer - B
World Turtle Day was celebrated on May 23, 2021. It is observed to raise awareness among people about turtle & tortoise and their habitats. Celebration of the day is sponsored by a non-profit organisation “American Tortoise Rescue (ATR)” since 2000. Theme for 2021 is- ‘Turtle Rocks!’.
Q.In India, Commonwealth Day is celebrated on ______.
A)23 May C)25 May
B)24 May D)26 May
Answer - B
Theme 2021: Delivering a Common Future
Q.Which F1 racer has won the Monaco Grand Prix 2021?
A)Sebastian Vettel C)Max Verstappen
B)Charles Leclerc D)Valtteri Bottas
Answer - C
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List of Formula One (F1) Grand Prix Winners
Monaco Grand Prix 2021 Max Verstappen
Spanish Grand Prix 2021 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-Great Britain
Portuguese Grand Prix 2021 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix Max Verstappen (Red Bull MERCEDES 2021 – Netherlands)
Bahrain Grand Prix 2021 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Austrian Grand Prix 2020 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes- MERCEDES Finland)
Styrian Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES (Mercedes-Great Britain)
Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
British Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
70th Anniversary Grand Prix Max Verstappen (Red Bull RED BULL RACING – Netherlands) HONDA
Spanish Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Belgium Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Italian Grand Prix 2020 Pierre Gasly (Scuderia ALPHATAURI HONDA AlphaTauri, France)
Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
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Russian Grand Prix 2020 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES
Eifel Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Portuguese Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Turkish Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Bahrain Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES
Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix 2020 Sergio Perez RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA
Q.Srikumar Banerjee passed away recently. He was a/an ______.
A)Costume Designer C) RBI governor
B)Radio astronomer D)Nuclear Scientist
Answer - C
List of RBI Governors
S.No Governors Tenure
1 Osborne Smith April 1, 1935, to June 30, 1937
2 James Braid Taylor July 1, 1937, to February 17, 1943
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3 C. D. Deshmukh August 11, 1943, to June 30, 1949
4 Benegal Rama Rau July 1, 1949, to 14 January 1957
5 K. G. Ambegaonkar January 14, 1957, to 28 February 1957
6 H. V. R. Iyengar March 1, 1957, to February 28, 1962
7 P. C. Bhattacharya March 1, 1962, to June 30, 1967
8 L. K. Jha July 1, 1967, to May 3, 1970
9 B. N. Adarakar May 4, 1970, to June 15, 1970
10 Sarukkai Jagannathan June 16, 1970, to May 19, 1975
11 N. C. Sen Gupta May 19, 1975, to 19th August 1975
12 K. R. Puri August 20, 1975, to May 2, 1977
13 M. Narasimhan May 3, 1977, to November 30, 1977
14 I.G. Patel December 1, 1977, to 15 September 1982
15 Manmohan Singh September 16, 1982, to 14 January 1985
16 Amitav Ghosh January 15, 1985, to 4th February 1985
17 R. N. Malhotra February 4, 1985, to December 22, 1990
18 S. Venkitaraman December 22, 1990, to December 21, 1992
19 C. Rangarajan December 22, 1992, to November 21, 1997
20 Bimal Jalan November 22, 1997 to September 6, 2003
21 Y. V. Reddy September 6, 2003, to September 5, 2008
22 D. Subbarao September 5, 2008, to September 4, 2013
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23 Raghuram Rajan September 4, 2013, to September 4, 2016
24 Urjit Patel September 4, 2016, to 11 Dec.2018
25 Shaktikanta Das From 12 Dec.2018
Q.Who is the current acting Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation?
A) Yc Modi C) Praveen Sinha
B) Hc Awasthy D) Ss Deswal
Answer - C
Q.Which state government has launched Sanjeevani Pariyojana?
A) Gujarat C) Haryana
B) Rajasthan D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer - C
About Haryana:
Capital- Chandigarh. Chief Minister (CM)- Manohar Lal Khattar. Governor- Satyadev Narayan Arya. National Parks (NP)- Sultanpur NP, Kalesar NP. State Bird- Black Francolin State Animal- Black buck State Tree- Peepal State Flower- Lotus. Festivals/Fair: Surajkund International Fair, Pinjore Heritage Festival, Gopal- Mochan Fair, Masani Fair, Gugga Naumi Festival.
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Q.Who won the Billboard Icon Award 2021?
A) Pink C) Drake
B) Lady Gaga D) The Weeknd
Answer - A
Q.Which animal will be re-introduced in India after being declared extinct in 1952?
A) Sumatran Rhinoceros C) Indian Aurochs
B) Pink-Headed Duck D) Cheetah
Answer - D
The world’s fastest land animal, the Cheetah which was declared extinct in India in 1952, will be re-introduced in India in November 2021 at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, according to State Forest Minister Vijay Shah.
Q.Which country has acquired 100 % stakes in ONGC Mangalore?
A. Mangalore Refinery and C. Bombay Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited Petrochemicals Limited B. Bangalore Refinery and D. Calcutta Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited Petrochemicals Limited Answer- A
Q.India has renewed its MoUs on military cooperation with ______.
A. Iran C. Iraq B. Oman D. UAE Answer: B
India has renewed its MoUs on military cooperation with Oman. The signing ceremony was held at the Muscat’s Ministry of Defense.
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Q.Which of the following sports organization has won the Etienne Glichitch Award?
A. ITTF C. BCCI B. FIIH D. Hockey India Answer: D
Q.Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Belarus?
A. Mahima Chaurasia C. Alok Ranjan Jha B. Bhavesh Mishra D. Bhushan Kumar Answer: C
Q.______has announced USD 50 Billion to end COVID-19 Pandemic, by vaccinating at least ______of the World's population by the end of 2021.
A)World Bank, 60% C)International Monetary Fund, 40%
B)World Bank, 30% D)World Bank, 50%
Answer- C
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an USD 50 Billion proposal to end the COVID-19 Pandemic. It has set a target of vaccinating at least 40% of the world’s population by the end of 2021 & remaining 60% by the first half of 2022. This would inject USD 9 trillion into the global economy by 2025 due to fast resumption of economic activity.
About IMF:
Managing Director – Kristalina Georgieva Headquarters – Washington, D.C., United States Establishment– 1944
Q.Which is the 1st small finance bank (SFB) to offer online account opening facility for NonResident Indians(NRIs)?
A)Equitas SFB B)ESAF SFB
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C)Janalakshmi SFB D)Suryoday SFB
Answer- A
Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESFBL) became the 1st Small Finance Bank(SFB) to offer the online account opening for Non-Resident Indians(NRIs). It also became the first SFB to have Virtual Relationship Managers(VRM) based on time zones.
About Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd(ESFBL):
MD and CEO– Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan Headquarters– Chennai, Tamil Nadu Tagline – It’s Fun Banking
Q.In which bank did Life Insurance Corporation of India acquire an additional 2% stake in May 2021?
A)Axis Bank C)Canara Bank
B)Oriental Bank of Commerce D)Union Bank of India
Answer- D
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) acquired around a 2% stake in the state-run Union Bank of mIndia(UBI) and hiked its stake hold in UBI to 5.06%.
Q.Rupay card launched by which organization in India?
A) National Payment Corporation India C) Government of India
B) Reserve Bank of India D) State Bank of India
Answer – B
Types of Cards used in Banking System
The following are most common types of cards used in banking system and the difference between them-
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Debit Card Make payments from linked account Credit Card used to borrow money and make payments Forex Card to hold foreign currency during international travels Prepaid Cards load the money in advance and then make transaction
Type of Debit Cards
1.Visa, Master and Maestro Debit Cards
2. Visa Electron Debit Cards
3. MasterCard Debit Cards
4. Contactless Debit Cards
5. RuPay Debit Cards
6. Deferred Debit Card
STATIC GK BASED CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ
Q.Where in India is the “EMS Stadium” A) Chhattisgarh situated ? B) Tamil Nadu A) Karnataka C) Kerala B) Kerala D) Andhra Pradesh C) Telangana Answer - D D) Haryana Q.Protein Revolution is related to Answer - B ______.
Q.“Simhadri Super Thermal Power A) Pharmaceuticals Plant” is located in which state ? B) Higher Production
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C) Egg Answer - D
D) Maize Q.Which city is known as the “Deccan Queen of India” ? Answer - B A) Bangalore Q.Who is the author of the book “Your Best Day is Today” ? B) Chennai
A) Shashi Tharoor C) Pune
B) Narendra Modi D) Hyderabad
C) Anupam Kher Answer - C
D) Chetan Bhagat Q.In which state is the “Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary ” situated ? Answer - C A) Gujarat Q“Ambubachi Mela” is held in which state of India ? B) West Bengal
A) Assam C) Uttarakhand
B) Odisha D) Rajasthan
C) Mizoram Answer - B
D) Uttar Pradesh Q.“Aparna Popat” is related to which sports ? Answer - A A) Badminton Q.In which part of India is the “Konar Dam” situated ? B) Boxing
A) West Bengal C) Shooting
B) Sikkim D) Football
C) Madhya Pradesh Answer - A
D) Jharkhand
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Q.Which boundary line divides the B) Radcliffe Line border between Pakistan and C) McMahon Line Afghanistan ? D) Durand Line A) Maginot Line Answer - D
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